New 1930 census reveals names and listed ages
The snippet reports a 1930 census listing new names and ages for residents. It notes families, occupations, and locations for several persons, highlighting changes since prior counts.
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1930
Page
5
The snippet reports a 1930 census listing new names and ages for residents. It notes families, occupations, and locations for several persons, highlighting changes since prior counts.
In Anchorage a memorial effort by the Pioneers of Anchorage would name the municipal airport for Russell Merrill an Alaskan flier who was killed last winter honoring his service with the Anchorage Transport Company.
New York stocks show irregular activity with bonds steady and curb futures uneven. Foreign exchanges are mixed while commodities vary with cotton and sugar steady and coffee holding.
New York reports show cotton rallies fading as weather optimism steadies, with July futures around 14.40 and later months down. Wall Street shares see broad short covering after prior declines, with notable gains in IBM, Westinghouse, U S Steel and others, while Allied Chemical and U S Freight hit new lows before rebounding. Overall trading volume approached 2.5 million shares as prices closed mixed to barely steady amid lingering credit and demand concerns.
Cotton futures faced renewed selling early with July and October easing to nearby lows. A late rally followed forecasts of unsettled weekend weather as July rebounded and October reached a new high before a fresh selloff in mid-session.
Chicago market notes show U S D A figures with total U S shipments at 1 142. Prices drift with southern and Irish varieties quoted around 2 65 to 2 76 per bag. North Carolina barrel potato movement appears modest amid weak trading.
New York raw sugar prices hold. buyers wait on Senate tariff vote while duty frees bid 3.30 to 3.33. Refined sugar steady at 1.50. Butter and eggs outputs mixed with steady cheese. Savannah turpentine and rosin firm with varied grades. Chicago livestock prices show higher hogs and mixed cattle. New York poultry markets report mixed live fowl and duck rates.
Call money in New York on June 18 remained steady at 2 1/4 percent all day. Time loans eased with 30 days at 3, 60 to 90 days at 3, 4 months at 3 1/4, and 5 to 6 months at 3 3/4 percent. Prime commercial paper at 3 1/4 percent and bankers acceptances unchanged.
MOULTRIE HOG MARKET as of Thursday June 12 lists packer hogs at 9.50 for No. 1 and 8.68 for No. 2 with roughs at 7.50. New Orleans cotton seed prices show steady losses with prime summer yellow at 7.35 and crude at 6.75 to 6 7/14, and futures for Jan to Dec posted between 7.60 and 7.56.
Governor L. G. Hardman named Miss Alice Louise Garretson of Decatur a student at Agnes Scott College as Georgia's sponsor for the Rhododendron festival in Asheville North Carolina June 18 19 and 20. Each southern state selects a sponsor for ceremonies this year most states already named their delegates.
In New York on June 13 coffee market shows steady demand with Rio number 7 up 9 percent, and Santos number 4 rising to 1314 in official price metrics.
In New York on June 13 cotton seed oil closed steady with prime summer yellow at 8.25 and prime crude at 6.75 to 6.87 percent. New and old contracts for various months ranged from 7.95 to 8.41 with several changes noted across January through December.
In New Orleans on June 13 spot cotton closed quietly with minor losses. Prices for low middling and middling fell to 12.16 and 18.68 respectively amid receipts of 926 bales and total stock around 436,348.
Southern Natural Gas Corp announces contracts worth several million dollars for expansion of transmission lines in the south. Mobile division covers about 215 miles from Yazoo City to Mobile with numerous feeders to Laurel Gulfport Biloxi and Pascagoula. Montgomery division about 104 miles runs from Tuscaloosa toward Columbus Georgia with laterals to Selma Montgomery and other Alabama towns. Macon division spans about 175 miles from near Atlanta to Griffin and Macon with feeders toward Wilkinson county Thomaston and Milledgeville.
Georgia state auditor Tom Wisdom said reimbursements to counties under the state aid system will total 19 706 570 dollars. The figure reflects debts unpaid by the state to counties that advanced more than 24 million dollars for highway construction. Debts settled before the aid system began are not counted, and counties will be refunded once the new system is finished.
The 33rd annual Georgia Association of Insurance Agents convened in Brunswick on June 13 with opening remarks by William B. Harrison, state insurance commissioner. The convention continues through tomorrow and features speeches from J. Schofield of Detroit, vice president of Standard Accident Company, with Pred M. Bar- as a participant.
Ton of Galveston, chairman of the executive committee of the National Association of Insurance Agents, was scheduled to speak this afternoon.
Three inmates still at large after overpowering guard Carl Williams at Floyd county chain gang. Leo McIntosh and Ben Shearer, life term murderers, and Harrold Cowart, ten year burglary convict, fled in a truck with Williams and his weapons. A posse hunts the area as the abandoned truck is found.
Georgia fish and game commission members arrive in Brunswick after a Savannah hearing on prawn fishing, reporting no decision yet.
They asked for more study time and expect a decision at a June 25 meeting. Sports fishermen petition for a closed prawn season to protect game fish affected by trawl nets. Commercial fishermen blame oyster bed depletion for scarce game fish rather than prawn fishing.
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