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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1929
Page
2
New York reports subdued activity in the gray goods sector with print cloth sales mainly for June and July and August September contracts largely declined due to low prices. Automotive supplies lag, some mills cutting prices. printed materials and draperies stay active though season peak has passed.
The China Inland Mission reports five missionaries captured by bandits in Shekichen southeast Henan. Victims include Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Weller, Mr. and Mrs. John Walker and child, of Shekichen station, and Miss J. P. Brook of Kaifeng station.
Cotton duck makers plan 40 hour weeks in July and August while denim capacity drops by 26 percent. Prices in primary markets include print cloths at 5 4 to 7 1-4 cents, brown sheetings at 12 cents, denims around 2.20, indigos 17 1/2 cents, and various staples and prints ranging from 8 1/2 to 23 1/2 cents.
A collage of brief items shows Mrs. Handley singing at the Methodist church, visits by J T Holland and Truman Holland to Cochran Ga, and various travelers and business visitors including Scoggins & Joies barbershop, Eddie Lewis hats, Western Union messenger, and several named residents en route to or from Atlanta Philadelphia Jacksonville Lanc ar Pa Detroit Nashville and Atlantic City.
Geneva announcement says a league of nations convention on foreign arbitral awards will take effect in July after ratification by New Zealand and Denmark. Americans helped draft the document which will respect judgments of tribunals across borders, aiding businessmen in foreign trade.
Attleboro Massachusetts reports Albion Holden a national amateur 118 pound boxing champion has turned pro after winning the title at a Boston tournament on April 11. Holden’s first two professional bouts followed his amateur record of 57 wins and six losses in 63 fights. Pat James of Brown University and Olympic team member beat Holden in the pro ring in Buffalo.
The Thomasville bid wins the county officers association convention vote over Savannah and Macon. Judge Roscoe Luke and local officials present Thomasville roses to Ordinary Edwin Dart as the city secures the 1930 meeting with a ballots vote.
Washington reports this year’s winter wheat at 622,148,000 bushels with June 1 condition at 19.6 percent of normal. Last year’s winter wheat was 579,000,000 bushels with 73.6 percent condition. Rye output 43,634,000 against 41,800,000 last year. rye condition 83.6 percent. Spring wheat condition 84.8 percent. production not forecast. apples 66.6 percent, peaches 64.7 percent, pears 58.5 percent. peaches 48,759,000 bushels and pears 20,662,000 bushels.
The Thomasville High School Class of 1929 graduation filled the East Side auditorium with a large crowd. Students received diplomas from E. R. Jerger as candles and roses lit the stage, with honors awarded to Burness Moore, Mary Love Cravatt, and Robert Robison among others. The event featured poems, prophecies, music, and a class song ending with a benediction by Rev. C. M. Meeks.
A new Prince Henry memorial cup is offered by the North German Yachting Club for the Kiel regatta starting June 22. The cup honors the ex Kaiser’s brother and is awarded to the codat cutter class winner who must win twice to claim permanent possession.
George Simpson of Ohio State won the 100 yard dash in 9.25 seconds at Stagg Field Chicago, eclipsing the world record by 0.05 seconds. He edged Rice Institute’s Claude Bracey with Eddie Tolan close behind, boosting Ohio State to a 20 point lead after Rockaway’s hurdles win.
New York June 8 Blue Lark Spur Edward R Bradley's colt Whitney's Crazy Coot won the sixty first Belmont Stakes for three year olds. African placed second and Jack High third. The race carried a purse of $59,650 to the winner.
Prague June 8 King George of England asked his physicians about accommodation at a well known Pistyan hotel near the Slovakian Hungarian frontier to take the sulphur baths this summer. He received an affirmative reply. The Pistyan baths are famed for mud and sulphuric baths and attract thousands of Europeans and Americans annually.
First game Chicago 7 Boston 2. Second game Chicago 0 Boston 0 with incomplete score lines. Cleveland at New York postponed by wet grounds. St Louis at Philadelphia postponed by wet grounds. Detroit at Washington postponed by rain. National League Brooklyn at Pittsburg 0-1? score incomplete. New York at Cincinnati score incomplete. Boston at Chicago score incomplete.
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