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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
6
A letter from the Baptist Foreign Mission Society board to President elect Harding expresses hope for the creation of an Association of Nations to promote peace on earth and goodwill. It greets Harding as the first Baptist elected president and pledges support and cooperation.
Raymond Walker aged about 20 died at a Cairo hospital after being shot at a dance at Lesar Carter’s home four miles away. Albert Walden claimed self defense saying the men crowded him. James Majors remained critical. Walden captured and jailed.
Salim K. Seergy filed suit in City Court of Savannah seeking damages of 20 000 against Homer F Geiger former Masury Hotel proprietor for eviction from properties at 113 and 115 East Broughton Street with goods removed windows torn and stock exposed The filing lists actual losses 4 995 26 and requests 20 000 punitive damages The case set for January 3 in City Court
New York undecided on case as government sues John D. Rockefeller for 292,678 alleging his income tax report was incorrect misleading and false. Rockefeller is away in the South and his representatives issued a statement.
Washington dispatch says the Korean commission released a statement accusing Japanese military authorities of frightful deeds in Korea. The report cites authentic Manchuria reports claiming thirty two villages burned, all males killed in a district, and a massacre of 145 peaceful inhabitants in one town with a house set ablaze containing women and children.
Rome reports that Gabriele d'Annunzio proclaims a war state between his Fiume government and Italy and bans residents from leaving the city. Roads and railways are torn up, wires cut, and cavalry patrols guard key points as both sides issue manifestoes and appeals.
Washington December 22 Congressmen clash over federal aid to states for road building. Larsen DHA Georgia district says Republicans block action, proposing January 25 report date while Democrats push January 10. Committee deadlock leaves fate of a multiyear program in doubt.
The House battle over a new tariff bill pits 72 Democrats and 14 Republicans against the measure, with Rainey leading opposition. Proponents say it protects farm commodities for ten months while critics warn of higher living costs and economic strain.
A tornado four miles north of Eufaula Alabama last night caused major property damage on several farms with barns and outhouses razed. Reports from Quitman County Georgia across the Chattahoochee River and Florence Georgia say the storm killed livestock and demolished buildings but no lives were reported.
Tifton Georgia December 21 John Jones a Black worker who killed his white foreman R H Hayes late Saturday night at a turpentine camp five miles out lies at large as search efforts continue with no arrest or sightings reported.
Passersby with dogs had searched for him for two days and nights. Mr. Hayes, driving by, saw Jones assaulting his wife who fled to the car for protection. Jones followed and beat her with a pistol, then fired four shots at Hayes who died within minutes. Hayes, a North Carolinian, aged 38, leaves a widow and three daughters and was buried at Tifton on Sunday.
Washington reports to the Senate say credit access and exchange limits will largely decide the volume of American cotton purchased by foreign nations. Agents note Germany needs between six hundred thousand and seven hundred thousand bales by the end of the current year.
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