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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1925
Page
1
A damaged weather bulletin reports cabbage lettuce and onions affected by cold and rain. Conditions vary by state with storms near the coast and hog kill operations limited. South Carolina shows improvement while Tennessee and adjacent areas face precipitation and quality concerns.
Sree Washington reports that Census Bureau figures show urban farms increasingly use machinery. Horses on farms declined sixteen percent from 19,164 in 1920 to 16,535,759 in 1936 while machinery use rose, signaling a shift in farm work away from equine power.
A Fulton county coroner's jury held W C Wil 8, veteran Atlanta Police Department member, on bail pending investigation after ruling he killed his 39 year old wife in their Capitol avenue home on Saturday morning.
Reports from Atlanta say a merger between Georgia Railway and Power Co and Southeastern Power Co may have been finalized to create a super utility spanning Georgia and Alabama. Officials deny the deal, with the Birmingham press also reporting conflicting statements.
Albany jury returns verdict in a complex trial over the death of a farmer and the shooting of his wife. Testimony centers on Officer Wilbanks alleged involvement, the apartment confrontation, and subsequent injuries to two bystanders. the case highlights regional crime and investigation details.
Chicago December 30 Lew Sarett poet and Northwestern University professor plans to abandon city life and move into the northern Wisconsin woods. He seeks happiness in rural solitude, embracing a simple life away from metropolitan comforts and the modern city.
Palm Beach reports vast numbers of tradesmen and families forced to abandon Florida ventures. Charities in Georgia and the Carolinas note daily appeals for help as Northerners sell cars, ride freight, or beg rail fare home. Many head to Miami where rents and food prices rise while projects falter.
Report describes a Georgia murder case where Coggeshall was sentenced to death by electric chair at Milledgeville for killing W C Wright. Scarborough pleaded guilty to related charges and is serving a separate sentence.
Reported assault follows a tour of Europe the United States and Japan. General Hau’s train was bombed at Langfang as he traveled with staff. Edt Cheng Wu, son of General Lu Chien Pan, claimed revenge for his father's 1918 death at a banquet.
The article recounts Pat Crowe once famed for robberies facing a vag rancy charge. He receives a suspended sentence and is freed after court attendants adjust a correction, leaving Crowe $11.75 richer.
Senator Capper told the Boston chamber of commerce that tariff protection must apply to agricultural crops or protection for manufactured goods will erode. He urged practical steps to absorb surpluses and prevent a withdrawal of protection from surplus farm produce. He warned the government should seek markets for agricultural surpluses without price fixing.
Columbia University president Nicholas Murray Butler says four words in headlines rap assail attack annoy him. He urges softer accurate language to describe human activity. Butler spoke to the American Association of Teachers of Journalism in New York on December 30.
Rudyard Kipling celebrates his sixtieth birthday with permission from his doctor to sit by the fireside for the first time since his pneumonia attack. Doctors say it will be weeks before he can leave the house.
Allen M. Way, jailed in connection with his wife’s slaying last week in Orangeburg South Carolina, died today at Foat Hospital after multiple failed suicide attempts including jumping from a second floor window while under treatment for personal safety concerns.
Washington reports from December 30 note 1925 as one of the most devastating droughts and a record high temperature year. Rainfall was deficient nationwide, with the South enduring a prolonged drought through spring and summer.
Mrs. Sam D. Jones of Atlanta accepted on behalf of the Georgia division of the National Service Star Legion the 59th Confederate memorial half dollar minted in Philadelphia. Presented by the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association, the coin will be made into a gavel using material from states where the legion exists.
Columbus Ga Dec 30 a fire believed to start from a heater destroyed the Tom Hustlon peanut plant with an estimated loss of ten thousand dollars.
Unprecedented cold in Mexico leads to many deaths and a proposed congress bill for 500000 pesos to buy clothing and provide warm quarters for the poor. The measure, reported from Mexico City, aims to ease suffering amid severe winter conditions.
New York December 30 Pat Crowe once convicted for the Eddie Cudahy kidnapping in 1900 received a suspended sentence for vagrancy in Essex Market Court. He told reporters he squandered his loot on wine women and song and now begs out of a Missouri stint, aiming to avoid theft charges.
The speed boat Flomaybe owned by Miamian Mmm Matem of Miami was burned and destroyed off Wrightsville Beach near Willington N C yesterday with an estimated loss of 150000 dollars.
The forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with rain moving through the southern portion. Temperatures rise slightly in the extreme east while winds shift to moderate to northeast.
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