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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1916
Page
3
The Texas election shows Wilson's larger statewide margin than 1912 with Ferguson winning big. Hurdleston defeats Gilmore for railroad commissioner while socialism wins in some counties. border guards voted earlier. many troops abroad had sealed ballots.
The 1917 inauguration on March 4 falls on a Sunday prompting debate whether the oath will occur March 3 or March 5. Authorities note Rutherford B. Hayes was sworn in March 3 and Zachary Taylor on March 5, leaving the decision to the president elect.
New York troops, North Dakota and Minnesota guardsmen at Llano Grande, Wisconsin at San Antonio, Iowa at Browns ville and Donna, and 10000 Pennsylvania officers with a Massachusetts contingent vote on presidential and state tickets in El Paso. Massachusetts and Pennsylvania election officials supervise with judges and clerks drawn from soldiers.
Austin officials report all state departments closed Tuesday for the general election holiday. Two assistants in the attorney general's office stayed on duty to answer emergency calls seeking rulings on election questions in Texas.
Democratic electors 3110 and Republican 380 lead in Georgetown Texas with Ferguson 3201 Creager 291 Hurdlet on 1911 and Gilmore 1107 among other recorded vote tallies.
In Webb county Laredo Democratic electors 679 and Republican 462 with Ferguson 723 Creager 417 Hurdleston 672 Thorne 452 Gilmore 1. Majority vote favored the amendment.
Complete political tallies from several Texas locales include Kleberg Roberts Ector Martin and others with votes for Ferguson Creager Meitzen Lyon Hurdleston Gilmore and party columns Democratic Republican and Socialist tallies. Amendment votes show Plainview 266 for and 114 against.
Beaumont Texas reported Texas led markets on Blue Rose and Japan rice with prices at Eagle Lake from 3.67 to 3.76 dollars and 3.45 dollars respectively. Hon duras sold between 3.60 and 3.85 dollars, mainly in Arkansas. Rough rice Saturday sales totaled 47 153 with 19 732 in Louisiana 13 829 in Arkansas and 13 592 in Texas.
Across the Western and Eastern fronts violent clashes persist. Italian troops push near Gorizia while Austrians retreat, and Jamiano sees heavy Italian attacks with costly losses. French, British, and German actions unfold from Somme to Galicia as Romania shifts offensively in Dobrudja and Transylvania.
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced another suspension of an increase in rice freight rates from Texas and Louisiana points. The delay runs from November 7 to May 7, extending the temporary measure.
The Texas state conference of the Daughters of the American Revolution adjourned on Friday. The final act of the meeting was choosing Orange as the site for next year’s state conference.
A Texas agricultural statement decries wholesale bird killings by farmers and sportsmen, warning losses of insects control and pasturage have raised crop damages into the millions. It argues birds protect crops, warns of lasting ecological harm, and cites the 400 of 1,400 species now gone.
The Texas Supreme Court, in a majority decision, affirmed the district court and reversed the Fort Worth court of civil appeals in C. E. Gilmore v. Paul Waples et al. from Tarrant. It held that Charles H. Hurtleston, Governor appointee, was unlawfully certified as the Democratic nominee for railroad commissioner to fill Williams's unexpired term.
A report by Colonel J. T. Stockton shows Texas National Guard federal service strength as of Sept 30 with 213 officers and 4,340 enlisted. Earlier figures: May 31 had 197 officers and 3,650 men. July 81 had 212 officers and 4,268. Aug 31 had 212 officers and 4,384.
Commissioner J T Robison of the general land office lists about one million acres of school land to be sold January 1 1917. Most land lies in the far west with many small tracts statewide. Of 985000 acres up for sale Brewster county holds 476000, Presidio 213000, and El Paso 80000 acres.
Washington reports that nearly all railroads have filed tariffs to replace the flat $1 per day demurrage on cars not loaded or unloaded within forty eight hours of readiness, with a graduated scale. The new demurrage schedule takes effect December 1.
A fire sweeping the Buehrig and Runge Frobese pastures Saturday was checked Sunday after 1700 acres of pasture burned. No cattle were stampeded and no stock losses were reported.
Game War den Klein plans another expedition to exterminate the large pack of wild dogs terrorizing a section of New Jersey near Greenwood Lake. The effort aims to curb livestock attacks and restore farm security in the area.
A London wholesale drug house learned of a strang e trade where a man sold hem lock seed cheap then sowed hedgerows for later sale as hedge clearance. He promised nothing would be done, then offered to eat the weeds for a shilling, profiting from the harvest.
A short note from Ohio reports a man subsisting solely on onions. The item adds a wry remark that anyone who lives on onions should live alone.
New York ships 125 to 175 carloads of chickens weekly, averaging about 20 000 pounds per shipment. The piece notes a large poultry flow into the city and hints at agricultural trade patterns.
Milwaukee News notes that a lecturer’s credibility to farmers rises when he milks five cows at home night and morning, illustrating practical farming experience to bolster trust.
A brief from the Louteviste Courier Journal notes contrasting views on mob behavior. It highlights a crowd forming and labels mob spirit as harmful while recounting harm done to two ill farmers by the assembly.
A compact reflection on delays and value. It contrasts the urge for cures when wealth fades with the empty talk of men who seek reputation without results.
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