Mississippi Roads Largely Open for Winter Travel
The State Highway Department reports about eight hundred twenty five miles of roads maintained across Mississippi with extensive work under way. Since January first about 1.2 million dollars has been spent on completed projects and forty one more under construction. Many projects are near completion and will be open before winter, improving rural routes and meeting federal and state bridge requirements. County projects add to the progress, bringing total completed since January to roughly two hundred miles.
Two Railway Guards Shot Dead at Augusta Border
Augusta Ga Aug 30 F Fewster and Reedy Booth Southern Railway guards killed by ambush fire near the Hamburg S C crossing. The men were checking on two individuals Fewster had earlier ordered from the premises.
Wanted Room and Was Shot at Local Hotel
John Hall was shot through the cheek after returning to a hotel room he claimed had been paid for. P. W. Edwards, hotel night clerk, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge following the incident in Atlanta Georgia on August 30.
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