14 Jul 1916
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1916
Page
1
July 13 reports discuss military fronts Verdun and Russian actions, along with local farming notes in Merrville. The melon season nears end after heavy rains, and community visitors and revival meetings are noted among residents and families.
Fragmentary townsfolk notes mention visitors from T pa Fla and Thomasville, a wedding near town, a DuPont powder plant explosion with fatalities, and a tentative July convention program. The mixed items include names like Miss Mamie Kenedy and Edward Jones, and references to local church services and upcoming events.
Washington July 13 The Senate took up the naval appropriation bill and aims to keep it before the body until final vote. The House version provides eight capital ships for next year and the General Board five year program in three years. Senator Simmons opened the general debate stressing the need for the United States to be the world second greatest naval power.
July brief from Coolidge reports watermelon and cantaloupe shipping soon rising prices though shipments will be fewer than last year. notes new Crapp Murphy Co mercantile store and other merchants reopening, with personnel changes and travel to Atlanta for goods. mentions rural routes strained by rains, courts relocating to depot area, and Camp Woodmen of the World to unveil monuments at the cemetery on the first Sunday in August at 4 p.m. Public invited.
The Board of Directors met at the Court House at ten oclock to review the year and ordered a ten percent cash dividend from earnings. At the adjourned stockholders meeting, C L Heald was elected.
Washington reports state that Treasury seeks permission from the State Department to restore normal movement into Mexico of all commodities except war munitions. Customs and military authorities are already passing clothing and food shipments. Large freight stocks, mainly lumber and coal, have built up at the border since the embargo on expats. officials see easing as a relief for both nations. Pershing notes Mexicans and foreigners along his communications network feel the crisis is averted and relations have warmed.
In Chihuahua City on July 13 General Ignacio Enríquez, former civil governor, remains in Mexico City after talks with Provisional President Carranza. Rumors claimed Villa forces seized Carranza officers from a train, but General Treviño denied any capture of a government military train.
A letter from the American Duroc Association notes a state Duroc breeders meeting forming July 18 in Cochran Ga. The event aims to promote the breed in Georgia with breeder representation by letter or attendance. Peacock and Hodge will sell Durocs in the afternoon, inviting all breeders to attend and meet fellow growers.
The old Board of Directors was re elected and Homer Hurst was named vice president with Charles Rehberg as secretary. The company reports a prosperous year, has paid off borrowings for its warehouse and ginning plant, and starts the new crop with a healthy cash balance. Roscoe Chastain was re appointed manager for the year.
July reports heavy rain across Thomias County cause road washouts and rising Ochlockne river. The Chastain bridge is feared to wash away while efforts aim to save it. Local agriculture suffers as melon and cantaloupe fields flood and hog cholera hits livestock. Community notices include school shifts, new trustees, a baby arrival, and social events.
In New York the twenty four hour period ending ten this morning shows fifteen hundred fifty seven children struck and three hundred eleven died since June twenty six. Atlanta reports one new infantile paralysis case as authorities isolate a 21 year old man. New Orleans announces three cases with one fatality in the latest count.
News reaching Newbern reports the death on Wednesday of Greely Dozier’s 7-year-old son from infantile paralysis at Yorkville near Newbern Tennessee.
Thomasville area Masons gather in Boston Georgia at Horeb Lodge No 281 for a convention on July 19 1916. Activities include regular sessions entered apprentice degree fellow craft and master degree work with teams from Meigs and Thomasville lodges and a noon lunch.
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