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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
6
Court or medical advertisement notes that children must be with their parents and married ladies must be with their husbands. It also praises a specialist who achieved many cures last year, with headquarters listed as Atlanta, Georgia.
W B Roddenhberg of Cairo Ga offers a limited quantity of mosaic disease immune seed cane. Planters urged to write for prices and secure stock for protection. Also items from other notices include a lost watch reward and sale of Jersey cows.
Public notice lists tax collection visits for Barwick Patten Coolidge Merrillville Pavo Ellabelle Meigs Ochlocknee and Boston with November dates and final office period in Thomasville from November 18 to December 20. Tax books close December 20 and unpaid taxes accrue interest. Signed P B Heeth Tax Gatherer.
Harrisburg, December 2. Governors and governors-elect from over half the states voted to begin an inquiry into the farm crisis, aiming to urge Congress to extend or adapt the Federal Reserve system to refund farmer debts and stabilize markets. A committee including Harding, Bickett, Holcomb, Parker and Goodrich was appointed to survey conditions and report, possibly prompting a Washington push for relief legislation.
J H Davis a Western Union section lineman operating a light gas car narrowly escaped serious injury when his vehicle crashed into the rear of a box car attached to an Atlantic Coast Line freight train near Pine Park. Davis, with B B McCleary and BE Morgan, had been following the train from Cairo toward Thomasville and kept more than a mile behind during the trip.
Messrs McClary and Morgan momentarily stepped clear as a freight collision occurred. Mr Davis remained on the car, was thrown forward, struck by a projection, and sustained a head wound. He was rushed to the local hospital and reported to be improving with no serious danger expected.
The Georgia Experiment Station tested twenty five cotton varieties in 1920 using an 8-3-3 fertilizer applied April 23. After boll weevil infestations in July and August, picking finished by November 1. Yields are listed as pounds of cotton per acre with totals for Oct 1 and overall season results, showing variability among varieties.
An article describes the formation of the Southwest Georgia Watermelon Growers Association across ten counties. It outlines inspections, grading, and brand labeling to ensure top quality melons. A selling network aims to place fruit in over 100 markets in the United States and Canada.
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