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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1920
Page
4
Interest in the Joseph B Elwell murder case grows as District Attorney Swann and his assistants and detectives meet in a secret conference to review the investigation.
A Democratic national committee meeting in San Francisco will hear the Reed seating dispute from Missouri and push for party rule changes to define women’s status. Att Gen Palmer, Sen Carter Glass, Gov Edward Edwards and others converge as Georgia and Missouri contests loom over committee leadership and resolution plans.
In Coolidge Georgia last week Mr T W Pierce and Miss Gertrude Melton wed in Pavo with few relatives present. The bride moved from Ochlocknee two years ago and both sets of friends offer congratulations for a long happy life together.
The Times-Enterprise reports a typhoid case in Thomasville the first since last summer. Vaccination reduced yearly cases but loses effectiveness after one year, so boosters every two years are advised. Public vaccine sessions are offered free Saturdays at the Commercial Association Building by Health Commissioner Schreiber, urging all eligible residents to attend.
Samuel Gompers was unanimously reelected head of the American Federation of Labor for the thirty-ninth time at the Montreal convention. Delegates cheered wildly for Gompers after George W. Perkins nominated him. The meeting voted to launch a nation wide campaign to organize telephone workers amid anti labor sentiment from Bell and associates. The convention also approved expanding the executive council and designated the fourth Sunday in May as Labor Memorial Day.
Fragmented notice lists Sunday services at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. at Boston Baptist Church with pastor Barron. It mentions Sunday school at 9:45 or 10 a.m. and various Bible classes for men and women led by Rev. ZB Barron and others.
Excelsior Springs Missouri June 18 George Underwood Carrollton Mo in hospital minus left hand and foot two men robbed him bound him to a railroad track before a train. He freed his right arm and leg just as the engine neared and a farmer helped untie the barbed wire wrapping his body. He said $70 was taken and two automobiles were sold in Kansas City with proceeds largely gone.
Commercial Association brief urges proper melon stem treatment to prevent stem end rot as a key to preserving value. paste sources listed and caution against daubing. Atlantic Coast Line to prepay freight for untreated shipments. Barwick residents praised for city park fundraising and civic effort.
Oma Simpson, 18 of Danville, Kentucky, is being educated at the Kentucky School for the Deaf and Dumb under Miss Sophia Alcorn. She is totally blind and deaf yet learns orally, has a 3600 word vocabulary, can read braille books fast, weave, knit, use a typewriter, tell time by touch, read lips by touch, and even hear via telephone, a unique achievement in medical history.
The 1920 exam will be held July 30 and 31 in the Court House. Friday covers Primary and General Elementary plus High School questions. Saturday continues Elementary High School items. Reading Course materials and Georgia history questions target licensed teachers from other states as well.
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