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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1922
Page
2
A garbled 1920s era column mixes editorials on Walker and Watson with scattered social observations. It rails against pension policy and taxes while noting drink, fashion, and daily life quirks. The piece touches on government expense, the state farm, and highway bonds with satirical asides.
Farmers face rain and drought impacts with watermelons and cotton prospects dimming yet South Georgia shows relative resilience. Rail service debate surges as A B and A line faces alleged sabotage amid populationly tense reports and a missing couple incident near Miss Floyd’s home.
A nationwide safety drive on grade crossings prompts a Thomasville man to receive a railway notice wrongly placing him at a Canton Georgia crossing on May 18. The observer cited failure to exercise due care though no train was nearby. The TVed observer misread the car number but the aim remains to record careless acts at crossings and notify drivers.
A Georgia paper note by Hon. Boyce Ficklen Sr. claims Confederate leaders Jefferson Davis and others descended from Wilkes County. It recounts Davis’s ancestral search for his grandfather’s grave after the Civil War and ties Gen Samuel Davis and Col Samuel Davis to Wilkes County lineage.
Notice invites all interested in Frederonia Cemetery to join a cleanup day on Thursday June 16. Volunteers should bring tools and expect lunch provided. Committee chairman W. I. Hancock signs the notice.
The readable text lists numbers and terms with no clear context. It mentions measurements or quantities like 95 and 176 and 250 in a garbled format, with unclear subjects or places. Active facts or entities beyond these digits are not identifiable from the fragment.
The article compares baseball schemes to pests like boll weevil and case borer, arguing towns worldwide rush into costly small league ventures. It notes hired amateur teams, high salaries, and reliance on gate receipts, with towns often failing to recoup costs but still raising funds.
Announcement from Louis Moore a young local candidate born in the county seeking the state senate seat. He promises honest faithful service and opposition to excessive laws and taxes while praising Jeffersonian minimal government ideals and criticizing the current code mass. He aims to prevent repeal and expansion of government powers.
Fragmentary notes indicate a person announcing candidacy for Representative. No clear name, location, or date is readable. The garbled text suggests earlier campaign talk and a focus on stature or qualities, but lacks verifiable details.
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