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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1903
Page
3
State School Commissioner Merritt issues census guidance for June counting by militia, sub-districts, and rural urban areas. Names enumerate census supervisors for Thomas county districts and reports include village city populations and county school funding implications. Broadnax resigns from the colored department to focus on preaching duties.
A congenial party including the Grantham Poole Kutler Gribben and Proctor families Miss Nelson and W H Bibb Jr spent Wednesday at Miller's Spring. On Thursday A W Ball Annie Laurie Fuller Rhetta Williams Bascom Fuller and Emmett Michell visited Masury's Landing for the day. Miss Lucy Lester of this city graduates this week from Wesleyan Female College at Macon. Thomasville visitors included Mr I M Dyke, a Merrillville farmer, who reports crops in good condition. Tomorrow marks Jefferson Davis birthday.
Sheriff Hight and Deputy Singletary arrested Price Menning after an incident at Pine Park. Menning struck a Black man named Ponder in the hip and faces a serious legal case. Ponder’s injury is not considered unusually dangerous and he is expected to recover.
Mr Anton P Wright, involved in the People's Ice and Cold Storage Co, notes plans for a Savannah factory have been received but no contract let yet. Construction will not start in time for this summer, but the plant is expected to supply customers by next season. Bryan Wright, a local investor, holds large interests in the company.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Fillmore Patterson are invited to the marriage of their daughter Leona Isabella to Mr. Theodore Hance Tiller. The ceremony will be held Wednesday June 10 at 9 o clock in the Methodist church at Bainbridge Georgia.
The Agnes Scott Institute held graduation exercises in Decatur last week. Two graduates with local ties attended, Miss Juliet Cox of Decatur and Miss Audrey Turner of Camilla, both noted for friendships in Thomasville.
The following individuals have enrolled at Stanley Ss Business College: I A Baggett of Cairo, Webster Ed wards of city, M M Stephens of Jennings Florida, Miss Bessie Bruce of Rochelle, R J Brooks of city, Miss Ettie Matthews of Knoxhill Florida, Harry Peagler of Homer ville, E G Lovelace of Lumberton North Carolina.
Mrs William D Mitchell announces the marriage of her daughter Susie Reid to Mr Thomas Raines Blackshear. The ceremony is set for Wednesday evening June seventeenth at 9 30 at Baptist Church Thomasville Georgia. Blackshear formerly resided here and is well known and popular. Everyone is invited to extend congratulations.
Mr. Robert H. Brent formerly of this city and Miss Myrtle Carroll wed at Independent Presbyterian church in Savannah. The couple, after a secret ceremony witnessed only by the groom’s friends, left for Wilmington North Carolina to make their home.
Anecdotal testimonial claims Dr Miles' Nervine strengthens weakened nerves after LaGrippe, restores appetite and energy, and provides rapid relief. Mrs George B Hart of Jackson Tennessee endorses its effectiveness, urging readers to seek the remedy from local druggists and request the free book from Dr Miles Medical Co.
Rev. Alex W. Bealer of Cartersville will arrive July 1 to assume duties at the Thomasville Baptist church after accepting the call two weeks ago. He rose from Atlanta newspaper work to ministry and has led Cartersville to steady growth, with a new pastorium built. Bealer is cited as a prominent Georgia divine and will bring ties to Inman Park family life, with Thomasville described as a strong field in South Georgia.
A humorous exchange cites comments on female fashion and figure. The dialogue riffs on a shirtwaist and poem lines while noting a temporary editor’s reply. An advertisement for Ramon's Liver Fills and Tonic Pellets offers a liver guard treatment at twenty five doses for 25 cents.
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