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Thomasville Times Enterprise

Location

Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1916

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Mockne Visitor Sees Large Day With Ss

A visitor, identified as J. ng, attended a public event in Mockne during the holiday period. The report notes a large turnout and describes the atmosphere and notable attendees.

Passports for Executed Americans Stir Mexican Crisis

Washington reports evidence from El Paso that Carranza authorities in Chihuahua assured a party of Americans killed near Ysabel that they would be safe and that passports were issued for their travel. State Department officials say investigations are ongoing and unclear who bears responsibility. Consuls note Americans gathering at Torreon and Monterey for protection as joint neutral zone proposals surface in Senate by Senator Gore.

Washington el Paso Chihuahua Jaturda C. R. Watson Erryst Ysabel Notfield Carranza Chima Filleua Watson Carnans Juarez Nhapja Callese Snza State Department M. Kirkolven Cusi Teredict Chihuanua Oole Hun Mexico United States Senate Thomas P. Gore Oklahoma

Birthday Dinner Plans for General Lee Observance

The meeting of the John B. Gordon Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy discussed observing General Robert E. Lee's Birthday on Wednesday January 19. Due to Aize Temple Shriners from Savannah visiting Thomasville that day the town would be busy, so only a county veterans dinner will be held at the courthouse starting at noon with a procession to the hall.

John B. Gordon Angie Dee Jonn B. Gordon Daughters of the Confederacy Robert B. Lee Aize Shrinerg Savannan Thomasville

Six Thousand Garment Workers Strike In Philadelphia

About six thousand workers mainly women and girls walked off the job in Philadelphia. The walkout led to the closure of around 250 factories as they demand higher wages and improved conditions.

Philadelphia

Montenegro Seeks Peace Unconditionally Surrender

The Hungarian Premier announced in Parliament that Montenegro requested peace and would lay down arms unconditionally, with the promise to do so immediately. Includes note of telegraphic report from Berlin via Sayville. Count Tisza stated Montenegro’s commitment to cease fighting.

Berlin Sayville Rae Count Tisza Montenegro

One Session Decides School Schedule in Thomasville

The Thomasville Board of Education voted to shift to one session per day after reviewing votes from parents. The plan, supported by a majority of patrons, keeps nearly full school hours with high school reduced by forty minutes and younger students dismissed at 1 PM.

Sesson Cochran Chastain Culpepper Thomasville Messrs Watt Upchurch

Oklahoma Officials Pardoned by Wilson

President Wilson grants full pardon to Frank Gunn and J. J. Beal two Oklahoma election officials convicted in federal court of intimidating blacks and blocking their voting under the Grandfather Clause in the Oklahoma Constitution.

Washington Wilson Frank Gunn J. J. Beal Oklahoma

Probation officer Ida Fischer takes on Thom asville work

Thom asville and Thomas County begin probation efforts led by Ida L. Fischer who, after one week, has made fifteen calls and investigated five cases involving children and families. She placed two girls in Vashti Home, secured a temporary home for a mother and child, and seeks a central fund for charity work across local organizations.

Ida L. Fischer Thomasville Thomas County Fischer

Cold Wave Reaches Deep South With Freezing Temps

Reports say a second cold wave and freeze sweep the East and South, reaching Florida as a sharp cold spell spreads from the Mississippi region. Washington noted the extraordinary cold on January 17, with many areas affected by freezing temperatures.

East Florida Washington Mississippi

Belled Buzzard Sighted Near Thomas County

A rare belled buzzard was seen on Captain Maclean’s land eleven miles from town in the Glascow district. Mr. W. T. Redfearn reported the bird perched on a limb within fifteen feet, ringing a small silver bell on one foot. A similar sighting occurred about thirteen years earlier at the same location.

Thomas County Captain Maclean Glascow W. T. Redfearn Mr. Redfearn

Potash Amine Ownership Case Heads to Superior Court

A suit over about twenty five thousand acres of potash deposits at Searles Lake in San Bernardino County goes to the Superior Court tomorrow. Plaintiffs R Waymire and E Thompson claim ownership dating to 1910 and say they were barred by an armed force. California Trona Company and others deny the 1910 ownership claim.

San Bernardino Cal Searles Lake San Bernardino County Superior Court United States R. Waymire E. Thompson California Trona Company Trona Company

Supreme Court Dismisses Kitchens Appeal in Georgia Murder Case

The Supreme Court dismissed for lack of jurisdiction the appeal of Robert Kitchens, a Black man, from a Georgia federal court ruling upholding his conviction and death sentence for the murder of a white man named Brantley. Kitchens argued jury bias due to no Black jurors being summoned.

Washington Supreme Court Robert Kitchens Federal Court of the Southern District of Georgia Brantley

Cold Wave Forecast Across the South and Midwest

The region faces heavy rains and snows in the East and South with sleet reaching Mobile. A cold wave will persist tonight and Tuesday from the South Atlantic States into Central Florida. Interior districts east of the Mississippi may see slightly warmer conditions over the next twenty four hours.

Linters Showed Increase in Cotton Output to Jan First

Washington reports the linters from the 1915 cotton crop reached 532 552 bales by January first, up from 462 073 bales a year earlier. Seed crushed totaled 2 628 610 tons vs 3 338 176 tons up to January first, 1916, per Census Bureau release.

Washington

Cotton consumption and stocks report for December 1915

The Census Bureau reports December 1915 cotton use at 654 725 bales, up from 450 869 in December 1914. Five month totals show 2 532 599 bales used versus 2 122 018 last year. On hand stocks total 5 191 188 bales in public storage and compresses.

Washington Bureau of the Census S

Belgica Sunk. 23 Crew Saved

The Spanish steamer Belgica has been sunk but twenty three crew members were saved.

London

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