All Are Trying to Raise Cotton and Postal Scandals
Washington December 16 Special The long report details misuses in the Post Office Department under Beavers Heath and others, noting graft, forged or inflated claims, subordinates admitted without exam, and illegal labor practices. It cites proposed investigations into Washington and New York post offices and calls for a small presidential commission to separate auditing from politics. It also contrasts declining U S cotton production prompting European nations to explore overseas farming to lessen reliance on American supply.
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Sistant
George W . Beavers
Nulther
United States
Charles Emory Smith
James FP. Willett
Washington
John A Menrald
Hig
Sa‘d Allike
Robert Jo Traxewell
Henry A Castle
Postoffice
Depairmhat
Civil Service
Publc
Thomas Gilmer
F A Vandertip
the Treasury
Vanderlip
Seymour W Tulloch
Merritt
Washington Postoffice
New York Postoffice
Bristow
Heath
Bundy
Hugh McLandon
Beavers
Clayton Graff
Graff
Edward Allen
Cleveland
Ohio
Hat H J Trusdell
Bingshanton
Inspectora
Rostinastes General
Rand
H H Rand
Postmaster General Office
Post Office
New York City
Jersey City
Bayonne
Wels
Benjamin Parkhurst
Lorder
Minerva Jeffrey
Fredonia
Repart
Bowers
Congress
Grant Park
Atlanta
Jack
Florida Ave
Durys
Duffy
Hottia
de G's Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
New York
Global push to grow cotton beyond United States
A worldwide initiative led by Britain Germany France and other colonial powers aims to establish cotton industries in tropical and subtropical territories. Reports from consuls in West Africa India the Caribbean and beyond note trials plantings and promising soils with efforts to boost supply and counter high US prices.
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United States
England
East Africa
West Africa
India
West Indian Islands
America
Germany
Africa
Russia
Tertory
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Statistics
British Cotton Growing Association
Kolonial- Wirtschiftsiche
Berlin
Coton Association
France
Tans
London
West Indies
West African
Halstead
Birmingham
British West Africa
Ifalsteid
Serr Leone
British Association
British East Africa
Central Africa
Rhodesia
Get
Ecotonica
Central
Swanhmer Lew No
Sates
Antigua
Boyle
Lherpool
Jamie
Trinidad
St Christopher St Lucia
Barbados
Rahnamas
Sea Island
Dreland
Wirt Indies
Ravie
British Guiana
Irish Honduras
Ceylon
Nile
Sudan
Albert
Brunswick
Tuskegee Institute
Togoland
Vonaghain
Chemalts
Hughes
Coburg Hive
Togo
Egypt
Kameroon
Southwest Africa
Ambolade
German East Africa
Kiowa
Bremen
Consul Covert
Leuvens
Tunis
Algeria
Madagascar
Tanauer
Bardin
Niger
Tiakoway
St Petersburg
Smith
Moscow
Tthe
Rusalia
Ruffin
Asuncion
Paraguay
Peru
Dudley
Donaldson
Managua
Nicaragua
Watts
Prague
Austro- Hungary
Hungary
Deaths of W J Brown Jr and J I Harris in South Carolina and Georgia
Mortuary notice reports W J Brown Jr of Greenville South Carolina died this morning from appendicitis while a Fer man university student. His body with seven senior classmates and President Poteat was taken to his Florence home for a funeral. J I Harris of Crawfordville Georgia, a prosperous local citizen, died yesterday after a period of ill health and was buried in the family plot near Sharon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Brown, Jr
Greenville
S C
W J. Brown, Jr
Ferman University
Poteat
Brown
Florence
J. 1. Harris
Crawfordville
Spajalji
Sharon
Rabble in Atlanta and New York Letters From the Passing Throng
An Atlanta woman in New York writes a letter to Florence describing city life and regional rivalries from Harlem to Brooklyn, contrasting Atlanta unity with New York factions. The essay, titled Rabbit A, includes gossip about a woman named Sara Golding, her husband Jimmy Van Zandt, and a dinner party, with editorial interruptions and postscript notes revealing social intrigue and manners.
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Atlanta
Heights
Central Park
Brooklyn
Flatbush
Indy
New York
Florence
Jack
Iittle
Sara Golding
Jimmy van Zandt
Femenina
Sbe
Friars Lands Sold to U S as Taft Decrees Settlement
Manila reports a Taft sanctioned deal where the United States will buy the friar lands for 8 7 2 1 0 0 0 gold, covering 40 000 acres of agricultural holdings except 12 000 acres including a farm near Manila sold to a railroad and a sugar plantation. The pope approved the terms and war department approval is awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Genera
Taft
Friars
United States
Pope
War Department
Pearce Registers at Kimball Meet in Elberton
Charles G Pearce of Jackson ville registers at the Kimball meet in Elberton while stopping at the Kimball and encounters Willam Rawlings of Sandersville Georgia.
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Charles B. King
Thomaston, Ga
The
Kimball
Charles G. Pearce
Ofacksonville
Elberton
Willam Rawlings
Sandersville, Ga
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