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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1916
Page
13
New Bedford and Fall River mill authorities announce a wage advance affecting fifty thousand cotton mill operatives. The 10 percent rise takes effect May 1 and raises pay to a record level in the region, with total annual payments increasing by about 1.5 million dollars.
A local candidate rallies support by telling residents that Mangum and his deputies will appreciate their vote. The appeal frames law enforcement goodwill and community backing as a key issue in upcoming elections.
Washington April 27 Special Representative Charles R Crisp recommended Mrs Mattie N Riley for Butler postmaster. She has served as assistant postmaster and supports an invalid husband and two children. Father was a leading Democrat in the county. Other rural post appointments were announced Sparta John M Martin Colbert John W Kirk Clem Emanuel Fuller to succeed Asan Wright
Naval surgeon Dr. John F F Murphy began a tour of southeastern sub recruiting stations to administer anti typhoid vaccine to all officers and sailors in line with U S Navy rules. The injections occur every three years and start in Savannah Ga with Atlanta main office personnel treated after the sub stations. Mangums supporters are registered voters not curbside politicians who forgot to register.
William J. Harris of the Federal Trade Commission left Washington for Georgia to handle personal business in Cedartown and to attend the state convention in Macon to elect delegates to the national convention in St Louis. He met President Wilson and said Georgians are harmonious with no opposition to administration indorsement and that Clark Howell and James R. Gray are favored for Georgia posts.
In Waycross Georgia on April 27 a coroner's jury ordered R F Westberry and Floyd Boone held after investigating the murder of merchant M Orovitz who died from injuries suffered in his store the previous Wednesday. Witnesses placed Westberry in or near the store during the day and Boone lingered nearby seeking credit. About $30 in the cash drawer is unaccounted for, suggesting robbery as a motive. Coroner Walker will continue the inquiry. Orovitz survived by six children and had moved to Waycross six years earlier from Unadilla.
In Tifton Georgia at Tift county hospital an unusual procedure removed diseased bone pressing on the brain. D C Mullis a white man aged about 21 years had long politics fits after a head wound from a hoe blow in childhood. The operation freed the brain and he is on the road to recovery.
Athens Ga April 27 Special The University Law School students are being trained in practical legal rhetoric as The Legal Gazette a typewritten daily publication mocks and sharpens their skills with anonymous management and authorship.
Snow fell across San Angelo Texas last night as temperatures dropped to 40 degrees Many lambs on the ranges died and newly shorn sheep also suffered the cold snap The brief storm disrupted early spring grazing and caused livestock losses in the area May have impacted local ranchers and markets.
Dalton Ga April 27 Ex Senator M C Tarver withdraws from the race for the Georgia Cherokee Circuit judge seat and announces a campaign for the post to be launched next Monday at Chatsworth Murray County. Tarver, a six year veteran of the state legislature, vows a thorough canvass of every militia district. Judge A W Fite intends to seek reelection. The article also notes Bowden's campaign in Quitman and Overstreet's rise in the First District race with local delegate details.
Officials chosen include Ordinary I T Woodard clerk C H B Hardison sheriff G W Winn tax collector T E Tharpe tax receiver J B Hardison county school superintendent F M Green coroner A B Schilling treasurer S M Anderson surveyor J B Mathis Two to three distant precincts未 heard from vote tight except clerk and sheriff with Hardison and Winn winning by large margins The cactus thick stem helps reduce water loss by evaporation
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