Second-District High School Meet in Blakely This Week
Blakely Georgia hosts the Second District High School meet Thursday through Saturday with more than 200 contestants from 22 schools. A holiday Friday brings expected visitors, and dinner will be served on campus by the Parent-Teacher Association. A championship debate features Camilla High versus Moultrie High on bonds for roads and University system buildings.
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Blakely
Parent
Camilla High
Moultrie High
Georgia
R. H. Powell
Georgia State Womans College of
Carrie Sue Blocker
Andrew Female College
Cuthbert
Ida Bailey
Bluffton
Mildred Adair
Dothan
Mays
B. Clarke
Lila Hatcher
Turpentine and Grain Markets Reported From Multiple Cities
Market notes from Savannah and St Louis on turpentine prices and grain futures. Wheat May at 1.52, July 1.35, Sept 1.28. corn May 1.02, July 1.07. New York stocks irregular. cotton steady. coffee easy. Chicago reports wheat firm, corn strong, cattle steady to weak, hogs lower. Spot cotton in New York middling 24.60.
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St. Louis
New York
Hindenburg Felt Nomination Not Unanimous
Berlin April 7 The Associated Press reports that Field Marshal Von Hindenburg refused the German presidency because nationalist forces did not nominate him unanimously. His friends say the lack of unanimous backing explained the decision.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Field Marshall von Hindenburg
Originator of the Jim Crow Character
The minstrel Thomas D. Rice of New York originated the character Jim Crow. He first performed the role at the Park Theatre in New York and later toured England.
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Jim Crow
Thomas D. Rice
New York
Park Theater
England
Evidence of Dorothy Ellingson's sanity in murder trial
San Francisco April 7. Prosecutors began presenting evidence to show 17 year old Dorothy Ellingson is sane in the case for killing her mother. Police officer Mrs Katherine Sullivan testified Ellingson said she could answer alienists and that truth stands above all.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Katherine Sullivan
Legal sales held at courthouse today in Thomasville and surrounding areas
Sherif Gordon B B Davis oversaw tax sales including Walter Lap ers sale of vacant lot to Dr. C K Wall for 16.00 in Thomasville and Mary Mitchell property sold to W N Hamilton for 65.00. Purchases included land and houses in Pavo Boston and surrounding districts with amounts ranging from 16.00 to 171.13. Several banks and estates financed transfers with bids from W F Harvey W T Mardre and others. additional sales anticipated in the afternoon.
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Court House
Sherif Gordon BB Davis
Thomasville
Walter Lapers
C. K. Wall
Grant’s Alley
Mary Mitchell
W. N. Hamilton
City of Boston
Mias Suste Salres
W. T. Mardre
Haring Street
Pavo
G. W. Taylor
Clarissa Simmons
H. J. MacIntyre
Boston
Monticello Road
C. T. Headley
W. F. Harvey
B. R. Peacock
M. R. Peacock
W. W. Peacock
B. F. McLoud Shoe Co
Pavo Road
Ford, Gardiner & Turner
Thomas County
J. W. L. Brannon
Oak Street
Joe Macintyre
Walter's Alley
J. T. Taylor
Allen Normal
Frank Burch
Otto Zbinden
Mitchell Street
Camilla Brown
P. C. Andrews
Bryant Street
Sylvia Aiken
Harry Feinberg
Barwick
W. F. Pope
Beaton
C. W. Reicherts
B. B. Earle
Harris Street
E. T. Webb
Maclean
Broad Street
E K. Maclean
Bank of
Farmers & Merchants Bank of
Coolidge
W. J
H. D. Crowe
Boykin Harrison
Annie EB. Moody
J. W. Moody
S. Richy
S. Steyerman
L. B. F. Johnson
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Coolidge
Lavenia Dukes
Feud Violence Kills Two in Kentucky Street Fight
In Albany Kentucky four men were taken into custody after a street battle that killed Roscoe Patterson age 40 and his son Walter 20 and wounded Harvey Stearn 45 and Josh Lowdron 45. The incident ends with four suspects held for exam and marks the outbreak of an old feud.
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Albany
Roscoe Patterson
Walter
Harvey ,Stearn
Josh D. Lowdron
Will Albertson
Chester Means
Henry Cummins
Clifford Cummins
Shipley
Cummins-Albertson
Stears-Lowhorn
Means
Patterson Party
Court House
Former Broker McMasters Sentenced to One Year
John F. Mc Masters, ex head of R. H. Mc Masters and Company, which failed for 1.25 million dollars in 1928, was sentenced to serve not more than one year in the penitentiary for bucketing customers orders.
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Associated Press
New York
John F. McMasters
R. H. McMasters and Company
Party led by Stears cleans out house near here
A party headed by Stears is said to have cleaned out a house nearby. Pat Terson was shot five times and his son has bullet wounds. Their funerals will be held today.
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Stears
Patterson
American arms traffic policy shaped before Geneva meeting
Washington April 7 American policies on arms traffic control are being refined through inter-departmental talks at the State Department ahead of the Geneva conference beginning May 4 under League of Nations auspices. Secretary Kellogg has outlined broad instructions after discussions with Weeks Wilbur and Hoover, with detailed proposals to align the convention with American policy. Delegates to Geneva will be named by President Coolidge and supported by army and navy officers, Commerce Department officials and international law experts, sailing mid April.
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Washington, D.C
State Department
Whch
Geneva
League of Nations
Kellogg
Weeks
Wilbur
Hoover
Pesident Coolidge
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Second District High School Association
EK. E. McCarty
J. C. Simmons
Triton
L. R. Towson
Thomasville Ice & Mfg. Co
Havana & Son
Mitchell
North Broad
Chicago Grain and Produce Market
Savannah
Turpentine Firm
ST. Louis Grain
Chicago
P. Cc
Rye
Perrerree
Reneee
Hindenburg
Dorothy
Boston Oil Mill
Ochlocknee
McCullers
Mamie McCullers
W. F. Sanford
The
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Julia F. Bryant
Kentucky
Doreen
Irene Castle
Georgette Tremaine
Delia
Neel Brothers
HRENE
Army
Navy
Commerce Department
Equitable
Meney
Equitable Life Assurance Society of
United States
New York City
Feinberg Special
Thomas
Thomas Drug Store, Inc
OLD Reliable Druggists
Thomasville, Ga
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