19 Aug 1930
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1930
Page
1
A Thomasville Times-Enterprise front page column mixes light humor and social notes. It ponders heat versus summer colds, politics, agriculture, aviation progress, and local culture with wry asides and short quips about voters, actors, and sports.
The piece notes large expenditures in U S Senate races, citing Mrs Ruth Hanna McCormick and Mr Davis as examples. It argues spending is driven by modern politics and questions the fairness of vote buying while urging recognition of changing times and broad public consent. It also advocates farm diversification to counter economic shifts in agriculture across south Georgia.
The piece argues revision is needed as tobacco market failure and low cotton and crop prices press Thomasville. It warns acreage around Thomasville is key to a viable market and ongoing traffic, with a thousand acres cited as a threshold for market vitality.
The article urges hospital membership before September first to cover charity costs, stressing donor support beyond local funds. It also discusses drought impacts, citing the meteorological bureau and editorials noting crop ruin, low Mississippi levels, and water shortages amid questions about rainfall patterns.
The Brunswick News notes scientists attribute the dry spell to persistent high pressure pushing moisture away from the coasts. The article says the storm track has moved north into Canada, with cyclonic storms not crossing the United States and rain forming only where warm and cold air meet. It also mentions theories linking the pattern to lunar cycles and warns of continued taxation woes until legislative action and a constitutional amendment for automatic tax levies.
The piece notes Hoover likely misses a Nebraska swing to stump for Norris as tariff policy dominates campaigns in industrial districts. It mentions O Brine and Jackson setting endurance air records, Hunter boys’ money loss, Vanities models at Carroll shows, and Hoovers possible dive while relief efforts for stricken farmers are cited amid a bleak tobacco season.
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