13 Feb 1929
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1929
Page
1
Local items reflect on national figures and regional concerns with humor and commentary. Notes mention Rockefeller and Stewart, Edison, a Dothan airport project, Thomasville winter plantings, and a southern loan program, plus a tobacco marketing plan for farmers and local infrastructure plans.
The Savannah Morning News notes Edison has secured 22 009 acres from Henry Ford in Bryan County Georgia to plant rubber producing crops. It praises Ford and Edison for vision and expects large scale rubber production, boosting local land use and regional prospects. It also suggests cotton may shift to food crops amid boll weevil challenges.
The piece compares policies at the University of Georgia and Washington and Jefferson on whether married students, including athletes, should remain in school. It discusses the longstanding debate in colleges and public schools about allowing married students to continue courses and the broader social and educational implications.
The Tifton Gazette notes Georgia sold tobacco near market lows while North Carolina prices averaged above nineteen cents. China buyers influenced North Carolina Virginia markets as they rose four to five cents per pound. Prospects hinge on tobacco quality and crop size. year may improve if growers produce high quality leaf and avoid low grade loads.
Clinton S. Carnes, former Home Mission Board treasurer, is prepared for a medical exam at the Georgia state prison farm in Milledgeville after pleading guilty to embezzlement. He faces a five to seven year sentence amid past mail fraud convictions as investigators traced almost 1 million dollars missing from church funds.
Paris reports General John J. Pershing will remain indoors for a few days as a precaution after a slight grippe attack during most of his trans Atlantic voyage. He will then resume work with the commission on battle monuments in France.
Tifton, Moultrie, Thomasville and Bainbridge service leaves Thomasville at 8 45 a m 11 00 a m and 3 00 p m for Moultrie Tifton and intermediate points and for Cairo Bainbridge and intermediates at 9 15 a m and 6 15 p m.
An advertisement touts Bassmann's Gas Tablets as a cure for stomach and bowel gas. It claims elimination of gas pressure symptoms, improved digestion, reduced nervousness, mood restoration after meals, better breathing, and relieved numbness or cold limbs, with the yellow package highlighted and priced at $1. Available at Thomas Drug Store.
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