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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
4
For sale by Ingram's Drug Co and Drugelsta everywhere. One dose claims complete and permanent stomach relief.
Mr. W. G. Jackson of Barnesville is spending a short time in the city on business.
The Industrial Index reports Alabama Illinois and California capitalists securing a 40000 acre tract near Mobile for resettlement and a Savannah company to subdivide 2400 acres into truck farms and homes. Also two cotton mills to expand, a Pensacola bank formed, other banks and city contracts, and eleven new corporations with 230000 dollars capital.
Local items note Dr. L L Lundy and B L Massey visiting Morven and a Thomasville business trip by Lundy and E B Brooks. Freeman family returns from North Georgia trip. Mrs Cone and Mrs Hewlett visit Pavo. several Barwick residents join a Boosters meeting at Barwick High School with speakers from Quitman inviting more townsfolk to a mass meeting in Quitman.
A community notes passage reports attendance at preaching at Barnetts Creek and a singing convention at Little Ochlocknee church. It lists residents visiting relatives near Woodland Bold Springs Camilla and Thomaston area, plus a new baby girl and social visits among the McMillans Singletarys Braswells and Maddoxes.
Mrs Dixon of Thomasville visits daughter Mrs Hudson this week. Mr and Mrs Conally spend Sunday in Grady County. Miss Lillie Barrett returns from Hansell. Mrs Sanders and children visit Fredonia relatives. Mrs J T Gay and son Lester in Thomasville. Bettie Garrett and Albert visit near Meigs. Many attend Little Ochlocknee singing convention last week.
Woodland Grady County notes rain last Sunday evening boosts crops while local families visit relatives in Meigs Cairo. Sunday school draws attendees and a call for participation in church gatherings. Farmers prepare to lay by corn as crop progress continues and folks welcome visitors.
Local residents and visitors are listed in a community update. Mrs D M Highsmith returns from Cairo. Several families including the Wood and Kent households are mentioned with visits to relatives and friends. A children's day program drew a large crowd and enjoyable exercises were reported.
Local readers report a favorable rainfall improving melons, especially H A Miller's, while truck crops face near total failure. The write-in urges voters to oppose a no fence law amid stock-and-crop concerns and notes community visits, church events, and local social updates.
The Coolidge column notes a dry spell threatening crops west of town while rains arrive unevenly. W H Groover campaigns for representative and locals urge voting on the fence issue. New business openings include Glover Megahee restaurant and Carter grocer stores. A hardware rivalry grows as Coolidge Hardware moves in with J W Crapps. Rebuilding begins for Burgess and O Neal after fire. A Coolidge brass band forms under a teacher, with St Johns Day celebrations planned and public dinner inviting all.
A local report notes a pleasant Sunday afternoon with police involvement and a focus on potato and melon planting. It mentions melon loading starting soon and a busy period ahead for growers and buyers over the next weeks, affected by continued drought.
Local notes record several visits and trips among residents. Otis Brinson stays with relatives this week while H J Thompson and N H Sasser hosted visitors. Ola Chason and J P Chason traveled to Thomasville and plan a weekend visit with sister Lilla Griffin. Remer Thursby from Metcalfe is currently in the community.
Meigs Georgia notes a local effort to launch a full weekly newspaper within sixty days. The item discusses community support, reader attitudes toward the press, and local topics such as hogs roaming streets, drought affecting crops, and civic changes including a new police chief.
The Sunny Hills area reports various social visits and outings. Names include H J Blalock Lizzie Billingsley McLendon Minnie Billingsley Remer Thursby Joe Billingsley Charlie Jones and A M Jones among others with trips to Thomasville Metcalfe and Brown's Chapel. The community shared bee cutting and Sunday School attendance.
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