25 Feb 1930
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1930
Page
1
The Thomasville Times-Enterprise notes include farm marketing hints, quarantine talk on fruit flies, political chatter about Tom Heflin and Al Smith, reflections on advertising, and an obituary notice for Will H. Bullock of Monticello News.
The article argues Thomasville must spend public funds conservatively to preserve credit, favoring a thrifty three thousand dollar yearly Chamber of Commerce over a ten thousand dollar one. It urges local merchants to fund the effort, notes leadership by Nat Williams, and warns against wasted fundraising. It also covers crime policy, pardon standards, and a humorous aside on Mable Normand, tariffs, and Edison inspired rubber.
The Literary Digest plans a nationwide postal poll with about twenty million ballots on three questions: support for the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead Act, modification of wine and beer laws, or repeal of the 18th amendment. Voters will cast secret ballots in many communities, including Thomasville. The result will not be a referendum but a gauge for political maneuvering, with limited representativeness and no official standing.
The Baumes law, tested in New York and Michigan, imposes a mandatory life sentence after four felonies. Most cases show few harsh outcomes, though one woman who stole a trifling item four times was sentenced to life, illustrating the statute’s severe reach.
The essay explains that while germ-caused diseases like tuberculosis and diphtheria are known, details of how specific bacilli injure the body remain partly mysterious. It notes efforts to study the bacillus chemistry and physiology to curb disease and mentions diphtheria toxin and anti toxin as pivotal advances.
Federal agents traced a strong odor of fermented grain to a deserted garage on South Michigan Avenue near the Loop. They uncovered a huge still and seven 10 000 gallon vats filled with mash. The distillers dumped mash into a sewer, which backed up after rains. The stills and equipment were valued at about 50000 dollars.
Spinners of American cotton in Lancashire Mills will not revert to organized short time as had been suggested. Members of the American section of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners Association voted on the question of curtailed production equivalent to 13 hours stoppage.
Increasing cloudiness with rain late tonight or Wednesday. Latest observations show 8:00 am temperature 78, record highs and lows for the period and month. precipitation totals 8.44 inches since January first with deviations from normal. Unsettled conditions prevail regionally with thunderstorms and wind, warmer east, colder west. showers likely here late tonight or Wednesday.
Weather forecast notes increasing cloudiness and showers across South Carolina Georgia and Florida with colder spells in northern areas. Alabama sees cloudy periods with local rain and cooling. Extreme Northwest Florida remains cloudy tonight and Wednesday with moderate winds.
The eight week vote began March 8 with only 58 percent in favor of curtailment, short of the 80 percent required. The committee therefore decided to take no further action.
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