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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1925
Page
1
The Times-Enterprise publishes a curatorial page of editorials and letters critiquing politics, Florida travel shifts, economic woes, and local governance. It laments traffic mismanagement, public funds, and the haze of reform while noting community figures and incidents in a brisk, opinionated tone.
Towns along key routes face reports of men posing as officers to extract fines and cash bonds from motorists claiming liquor or speed violations. Critics urge travelers to avoid the areas and urge locals to unite for Griffin after a stirring talk by Col. Lucien Goodrich inspiring civic effort.
Fred D. Dismuke, longtime prohibition director for Georgia, is expected to take a deputy role in the new treasury department enforcement regime. Georgia forms part of the eighth division with North and South Carolina. Dismuke, praised for honesty and courage, is seen as a valuable addition to state enforcement work.
An elderly Iowan, seventy, faced a circuit judge for burning a box car. He pleaded guilty and asked for life imprisonment to return to prison where he would be cared for. He had just reentered society after a long sentence and had no funds or family support. The court imposed five years instead of a life term, noting the hardship of releasing aged inmates.
A boy who shot his father in Iowa insists the act was justified claiming the elder forced him to work hard to earn his salt. Chicago plans the world’s largest building and considers renting it if it can be secured against gunmen and robbers.
The Griffin News and Sun reports 460 prominent Griffin men attended the annual Chamber of Commerce meeting, electing a new board—Travis Wilson Blake Halston and Rogers—to drive growth in Griffin and Spalding county. Speeches by Lucien Goodrich and W. H. Beck inspired renewed city effort.
Arrival and departure times published for the Atlantic Coast Line and Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic railways. Schedules note that East and South trains from Thomasville run on Eastern Standard Time, while West trains use Central Standard Time, one hour behind.
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