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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1913
Page
2
A fragment from a Thomasville Times-Enterprise issue comments on topics from war and politics to society events. It mentions Dr. Cook before Congress, the Georgia political scene, and local quips about fashions, media, and public figures of the era.
The Thomasville Times Enterprise earlier reported a farmer’s claim of a blue streak of millions of tiny bats in a field, a story echoed by the Albany Herald and questioned by others. The item combines sensational local rumor with later national health and labor observations contrasting factory conditions and child labor.
Atlanta reports that Judge Moses Wright of Rome, upheld by the Court of Appeals, ruled that locker clubs organized chiefly to dispense whiskey with no social or literary purpose are illegal as subterfuge to evade the law. The Rome Law and Order League fought the Hill City club, and the ruling could affect smaller Atlanta locker clubs.
The passage argues that families working at home earn under ten cents an hour and facing pitiless, pestilent conditions. It notes that consumers pay a high price in illness and death for so-called bargains, citing Dr Solomon Solis Cohen on poverty and infections in the home.
Patten residents reported light crop damage this week while noting numerous social visits. Cullen Rogers and sisters attended a Merrillville picnic. Mrs R R Gardner and Miss Pearl Gardner visited Dixie. J R Dixon and J R Lancaster families returned from visits. Gardner and Hudson traveled to Thomasville. Holland family stayed with Mrs J B Lancaster. Cora and Leona Green visited Patten from McGraw district.
The Associated Charities plan to formalize a new organization in Thomasville and begin systematic work next fall. Arrangements are underway to establish the body and coordinate activities with similar institutions. Full details will follow once plans are perfected.
A boy about ten years old was struck by a car driven by J E Baker at the Jackson Crawford corner this morning. The boy suffered facial injuries and a chin cut but was not fatally hurt and recovered enough to go home after medical aid from Doctor Little.
Hundreds of hospital sick rooms in Washington were brightened today by flowers and potted plants sent from the White House conservatories by Mrs Woodrow Wilson.
Youngstown Ohio police say Giuseppe Pomaro was arrested after sending a Black Hand letter to President Wilson demanding five thousand dollars. He reportedly admitted guilt and said he simply wanted the money.
Fine bathing boating and fishing attractions along the gulf offer a delightful report. Low rates and easy 414 hour ride via Bainbridge highlighted by H Bainbridge Georgia manager C J Acosta of G F A Ry.
Atlanta ministers police officials and reformers reject Dr. Samuel Z Patten's claim that he was solicited for immoral purposes nineteen times on Atlanta streets. They label the statement slander and say it does not reflect current vice conditions, with police, vice squad, and reform groups agreeing.
Merrillville visitor Mr. I. M. Dyke arrived with several bushels of butter beans from his one and a quarter acre plot. The vines were heavy with hundreds of well filled pods. He expects a neat sum from the bumper crop.
Alma Barrett, arrested in a hotel raid, faced Judge Broyles who offered the Martha Home as an alternative. She refused reform and insisted that if sentenced it should be to the stockade, declaring no woman of her type could be reformed.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a cure for old sores and other ailments. It claims to relieve pain and heal simultaneously with pricing listed as 25¢ 50¢ and 1.00.
Atlantic Coast Line begins immediate installation of telephone dispatch equipment between Waycross and Thomasville for train control. Equipment arrived. full line telephonic dispatching planned from Virginia to Savannah with current success on stretches to Jacksonville.
Waynesboro Georgia January 1 1913 mayor Frank S Palmer endorses Dr Herringtons Liver Pills for biliousness liver kidney and stomach disorders neuralgia indigestion and headaches. Pills cost 25 cents per box available through local druggists or prepaid direct from Waynesboro Georgia. Peacock Uash Drug Co Ingram Drug Co and Thomasville Georgia listed as sellers.
Scientists say no person is naturally lazy and that indolence stems from health issues caused by malaria germs. A tonic marketed by G. B. Williams Co. of Quitman, Georgia claims to remove these germs and restore health with a money back guarantee, priced 25c and 50c per bottle.
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