Day of Egypt's Glory in Thebes Gates Highlight 100 and 200
Thebes in ancient Egypt boasted 100 gates each adorned with 200 charlote at each entrance, reflecting a ceremonial or symbolic grandeur noted in regional chronicles.
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1925
Page
8
Thebes in ancient Egypt boasted 100 gates each adorned with 200 charlote at each entrance, reflecting a ceremonial or symbolic grandeur noted in regional chronicles.
Thomasville Georgia Board of Education met with five members. Resignations of two teachers were accepted. Jarelle Little elected to Lafin department at Thomasville High for 1925 26 and F A Maddox named assistant principal and teacher in the colored high school. Plumbing and library shelving referred for action. New enrollment rules require purchased tickets or officer signed tickets for books and supplies. Board recommends seven mill school tax for 1926 26. Bills approved: Broughton Spence Supply Moore Music Times Enterprise Horace Partridge Sturdivant Roberta Meek Ginn Co Scott Fores.
JIG-JOGS WITH SHEPHERD leading the sluggers and Adams the fielders Thomasville has two players who should be made to stick to the local club. The LOCAL team is melding on an average of 915. OFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL Aug 4 1925. Council discusses street lights water and sewerage on Rosedale Ave Jerger and Pine Sts and private camp ground light Grady St. Health Committee reports septic tank work begun. Various bills approved by Water & Light Department for city expenses. The report of the Sexton notes July general counts. Licenses approved for several applicants and report on a new corporation line.
Clarence Darrow told the Civil Liberties Union he did not seek reimbursement for expenses and felt the Dayton Scopes trial offered great educational value. He praised the case for awakening public discussion on religion and helping deter anti evolution laws. the union plans to publish the trial as a book with Darrow’s cross examination of William Jennings Bryan.
Fragmentary text indicates municipal actions including plat adjustments and clerk attestation by the council. Multiple unreadable fragments reference Wright, July, and South area, suggesting a local government record of land or zoning steps. The exact entities and dates remain unclear due to damaged OCR.
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