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tv VVT. f’httti*»ry.Tenth Ju-, in and for 1ry.il corpora 1in; \lt;1KI a decreeIt led cause II. A. I).A Wliil-n fnvor of any. a enr-•vji Chubb, master in die OlltiTVr in the •unt y ami hour* of day of tame being aid Month.services of Mr. Farris and in recog nit ion of his ability, offered Mr. Farris several appointive positions, whlrh lio refused, chiefly because of the fact, that the positions offered him. while I hey were more remunerative to Mr Karris at that time than his chosen profession of law. yet, they would remove him from an active fight in the political life of ibis Sint-in behalf of the common people lleing a Southerner, in I'.mT. Mr. Karris introduce!! in the Mouse of liepreson101 ivi*h, and secured the passage of a law eliminating two negro councitnieii in Jacksonville, who liad repres* tiled tie* Sixth Ward of that city a number «»f years, giving to tile people of Jacksonville a white man's government Since that time* no negro lips held office in the city ofJacksonvilleAUTHOROF MUNICIPAL DOM ACTFREEMr. Karris has the distinction of being probably the only man in the State of Florida who has ever held the position of Speaker of the Mouse of Representatives for two Sessions; he having held this position in 11*09 ing School '; t and again In 1913. Me Is now a nrshlp in the member of the State Senate, and asjture in theI wiii’li initniltor wrrtfo find i uf mrlitnrwl 1 Itillu fur llm . iy».
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Lakeland Evening Telegram
Lakeland, Florida, US
Mon, Mar 27, 1916
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