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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
4
An arrest warrant was issued today for Mayor N. D. Campbell acting as counsel and secretary of an industrial building and loan association. He faces embezzlement perjury and record falsification charges in a state banking and insurance department complaint.
Market notes from Chicago report grain and produce quotes with wheat and corn prices, alongside rye and lard figures. Savannah rosin and turpentine firm, St. Louis wheat and corn futures shown, New York and New Orleans cotton pricing listed, with New York stocks and bonds described as heavy and mixed respectively.
Georgia Supreme Court ruled Decatur county board had no power to employ special tax investigators to recover unpaid taxes. Roberts sued for 1754.45 after a 26 percent commission on 14382.45 back taxes. Court held only tax assessors may hire such agents with ten percent commission, county boards lacking implied authority. Decision expected to affect several counties statewide.
Berlin reports Dr. Hans Luther the former Essen mayor and ex finance minister in the Stresemann era becomes German chancellor. He secured appointment from President Ebert after promising a workable solution to the cabinet crisis. The new government marks a conservative bourgeois cabinet since the republic's founding.
Fulton County foreman J Frank Beck says pistols drive crime, urging laws to stop manufacture and sale. Walton News and speaker Orville A Park cite firearms as major killers, urging reform and tougher justice.
The Cane Growers Canning & Warehouse Company stockholders meeting will be held tomorrow at the Courthouse, opening at eleven. The session intends to vote on increasing capital stock from 25 000 to 50 000 to accommodate new members and satisfy bylaw stock requirements. Proxy voting is allowed though a representative attendance is expected.
Slayton cites a rising list of law arrests and increased drinking as proof of prohibition failures. He warns of youth drunkenness, bootlegging, and deaths from poisoned liquor, arguing federal and local enforcement costs reach 30 million annually and revenues lose about 5 billion in the period.
At Pensacola quarters of the Saunderfish Company last night the crew of the fishing schooner remained detained. Officials would not release further details as the investigation continued into the incident and its implications for the crew.
The schooner Ruth with a captain and nine men remains confined in jail at Progreso Mexico despite strong efforts for release. Dr H F Lorenz of the Wisconsin state board of control, a passenger on the vessel, was freed and heading home. A tug departed to attempt a rescue as the vessel appeared abandoned and adrift on a reef.
An old advertorial urges Americans to combat kidney trouble by drinking soft water and taking Jad Salts a few times daily. It links kidney pain, bladder issues, and general decline to overworked kidneys and acid buildup, promoting this mineral laxative as safe, economical, and beneficial.
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