New Stable Erected on Jackson Street by J J Cone
In Thomasville a new wood stable will be built next to J J Cone’s feed and sale business on Jackson Street near Madison. It will be one story, 70 by 105 feet, and Cone will occupy it with possible use of his current quarters for storage or additional operations. Summer session of Georgia legislature convened in Atlanta with Gov Terrell urging tax equalization and state care for Confederate graves and reorganized asylum management.
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Cone
Atlanta
Georgia
Joseph M. Terrell
United States
Tallahassee
Bradfordville
Centerville
Mannington - Cn. C
Tamonia
Sunnyhill
Thomasville
Cane Industry to Replace Beet Sugar in Georgia Plan
A Michigan cane sugar manufacturer considers building a factory in Thomas County Georgia after a Macon convention. He would invest about 500000 dollars for a 2000 acre cane operation and accept local cane at rates existing elsewhere. The move aims to expand sugar production beyond beet sugar as cane farming centers in Georgia grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah Press
Capt. D
Michigan
Macon
Stubbs
Louisiana
W.B. Roddenberg
Thomas County
Saperton
Monticello Defeats Dan Dixons Rangers 18 to 12
Monticello handed the undefeated Rangers a rare defeat by an 18 to 12 score. Captain Dan Dixon led his team of youths from Thomasville against Monticello in a spirited baseball clash yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Dixon
Rangers
Monticello
Dan
Watermelon with knot of wood on display at drug store
A peculiar melon shaped like a watermelon grows around a knot of wood and bulges on the opposite side. Exhibition at J. W. Peacock's drug store features the odd specimen. Mrs Susie Reid Blackshear visits from Montgomery and plans stays in Thomasville for several days as her mother prepares to move back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Peacock
Susie Reid Blackshear
Montgomery
Thomasville
Mes. W. D. Mitchell
Yee
Mont
Edward Beadel
Liake Tai Amoni
Fhiadelphia
Mayor Culpepper Reception Returns Favor With Lively Affair
The absent Mayor Culpepper was honored by the Disorderly Conduct Club with a noon reception at their rooms. Notable contributors to the city treasury gave sums ranging from two to ten dollars plus costs. The event featured ebony and ivory decor and a fricasseed service. Also noted is Mr. G W Davis bringing a large cantaloupe to town, highlighting his success as a melon grower and local popularity at the Times office.
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Davis i
Industrial School Library drive urged by City Mission Board
The City Mission Board asks for books or funds to establish a circulating library at the industrial school. The aim supports two departments of work and boosts literacy and spiritual aims, with donations to Mrs. J. F. Evans at Dawson Street. Several locals and visitors are noted, including Prof. Olin S. Dean and Miss Pessie Harley, with community news and upcoming mail service proposals in the region.
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City Mission Board
City Mission School
General Board of
City
Missions By
J. F. Evans
Dawson Street
Charming Visitors Leave Georgia Socialites Depart After Week
Miss Lilly White and Miss Elise Landrum, guests of Miss Mary Ann Watt in this city, left Wednesday morning for Atlanta. They were very popular with the young set and their departure was greatly regretted.
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Miss Mary
Ann Watt
Atlanta
Societ
Cet
Summer Stealing Starts in Thom asville with Melon Larceny
The summer stealing season opened with four boys aged twelve to fourteen in Thom asville who eyed melons near Stewart’s residence and were seized by law, now jailed. Jerger and Archie MacIntyre left for Savannah and then New York to attend the Equitable Life Assurance Summer School, returning in August to work life insurance in South Georgia.
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S .Me
Thomasville
Stewart
Bruce's
Georgia Crops Prospects From Weather Bureau Report
The week was warm and dry, crops show improvement though corn is undersized. Wheat and oats harvests general, cane and sweet potatoes doing well, peaches fail in the north but may be decent in central and southern Georgia. Showers needed to mellow soil as heavy rains boost crops.
Bank to be Established at Pavo
Banker W S Witham who runs thirty five banks in the state met leading men in Pavo yesterday. A bank may be built there with home capital. Brick stores and other improvements are rising in the town as the building can be completed.
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Pavo
W. S. Witham
Thomasville Furniture Dealer Showcases Local Lumber Pieces
Forbes of Thomasville, a furniture dealer, reports desks made from Thomas County kiln dried lumber. A fine one recently completed at Kirby Planing Mill and assembled in Forbes' shop draws praise for its appearance. Mr and Mrs Geo Cox return from Atlantic Beach and reside on the pack front. Miss Gilbert of Tifton is a guest.
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Thomasville
Mer
Gedo
Forbes
United States
Thomas County
Kirby Planing Mill
Geo
Cox
Atlantic Beach
Wallace Branden Heads to Atlanta Then Norfolk Shipyard
Wallace Branden departs this morning for Atlanta and then travels to Norfolk to work as a mechanical engineer in a local shipyard.
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Wallace Branden
Atlanta
Norfolk
Bottom on South Jackson Street Signals Growth
A businessman on South Jackson Street noted that construction is rising, saying The Bottom is getting on top. D Rhett Pringle, two years at Georgia Tech, may not return home this summer as he is in Atlanta with a good electrical engineering position.
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D. Rhett Pringle
Géorgia School of ‘Technology
Atlanta
Melon Carloads Sold to Bayless Fruit Company
Merrillville growers J. J. Sims and P. N. Carter sold one carload each of melons to the Bayless Fruit Company for one hundred dollars per car as the melon season opens and shipping gets busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Sims
Pln. Carter
Merrillville
Bayless Fruit Company
Fire destroys Moultrie planing mill in latest blaze
A large planing mill owned by E. H. Mace at Moultrie Georgia burned late Monday night. The city has suffered recent fires including the Georgia Northern depot two weeks earlier. Insurance partially covered the mill loss.
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E. H. Mace
Moultrie
Georgia Northern
Sheriff Hight Captures Wanted Man at Brooks County Line
Sheriff Hight brought John Williams, a Negro wanted in Tallahassee, to justice at the Brooks county line. Several local residents and visitors including A H Cooke and J B Jamison arrived from travels, while society figures Miss Hattie Van Buren and Miss Teva Paton plan a Thom asville visit next week to stay with Annie J Montgomery.
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Hight
Brooks County
John . Williams
Tallahasse
Hattie van Buren
Griswoldville
Teva Paton
McComb City
Seri
Thomasville
Annie J . Montgomery
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Melons
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A. Card
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Olin S. Dean
Savanah
New York
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Valdosta
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T. P. Walton
Valedosta
Epworth League
Harry Ainsworth
Thomasville Lodge
This City
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Messrs. E.R. Jerger
Archie MacIntyre
Olin
Thomasvallé
Cuthbert
Chas, B. Fosbroke
Fla
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Bellview Avenue
Dublin
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Wilgham
Bainbridge
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Boston, Ga
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Philadelphia
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Broad Street
Miss Pendleton
William. Pendleton
Swedenborgian
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Lilly White
Elise Landrum
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Gilbert
Tifton
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South Jackson Street
A. HA. S. Cooke
Mr. Cooke
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J. B. Jamison
May
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Quitman Free Press
Victoria Collier
Albany
Ste Culpepper
E. D. Graves
R.A. Gaves
Bainbridge Argus
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