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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1925
Page
8
One store and two houses available on Walcot Street between Broad and Madison. Contact Mrs James Gribben for details and showing times.
Anna Jordan a 73 year old negress and long time nurse and cook for the Smith family in Macon Georgia was buried in the Smith plot at Rose Hall cemetery beside Mr Smith and two children. The funeral was held in the Smith home with white friends and church members in attendance. The story notes rare public honors for a black woman in the city and recalls similar white supported burials in Riverside and for a city janitor.
A description of Chinese eating habits noting that vegetables beyond common staples like potatoes and cabbage are widely used. Radish leaves bamboo shoots seaweeds and other plants are consumed, contrasting with American norms.
J M Purdom reports the Tobacco Association of the United States decided to open Georgia markets on July 28 after thorough review. A prior July 21 plan met warehousemen opposition. decision aims to protect farmer quality and avoid rushed harvests while watching a Chinese boycott affecting bright leaf tobacco.
Senator Hefflin of Alabama condemns administration aims to tax future state and local securities and oppose new yield reporting changes. He argues such taxes would discriminate and hurt public works funding. He also cautions farmers about low tobacco prices due to export taxes and production costs.
In Chicago on July 1 the second group of manufacturers admitted to operating a trust in violation of the Sherman act. Sixteen refrigerator firms entered pleas before Federal Judge Adam C. Cliffe. Some chair manufacturing firms had already pleaded guilty and been fined. The defendants claimed no knowledge of wrongdoing and denied price fixing. The plea for each offender ranged from two thousand to five thousand dollars. Two refrigerator firms refused to plead and may go to trial. Fifty seven chair makers had already pleaded guilty with total fines of about one hundred sixty thousand dollars. Other firms in bedroom and dining furniture await pleas from a180 manufacturers and two officers.
The snippet records visits among the Lewis family and relatives in Boston area circles. It mentions Lucile and Jeanette Lewis visiting grandmother Mrs. N. C. Lewis, Mrs. Coy Stephenson staying with relatives, and various interwoven trips within a Monday context. It also notes crops improving after rains and several local households visiting N. C. Lewis.
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