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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1929
Page
1
A dated miscellany from the Thomasville Times Enterprise blends local chatter with brief observations. It notes editor and business staff, then offers a stream of short quips on topics from weather to politics, riding the paper’s light tone amid public notices.
The bishop admits a misperception of installment purchases as he faced $158,000 credited stock buys with only a $2,500 cash deposit. He notes margins and profits but signals concern about large sales in a short period beyond partial payment.
A sensational critique discusses Professor Snook facing execution for killing his lover, the social disgrace on his family, and the broader tension of stock gambling and moral ruin. It notes the bishop’s complicity, political fallout, and calls for cautious conduct to avoid similar scandals.
The article urges cautious investing and promotes Thomasville as a stable growth area. It cautions against speculative stocks for those with limited funds and highlights real estate as a prudent, long term path. It notes many young investors in the city and warns that booms can lead to losses while sound property bets offer steady returns.
A rambling diary of social trends and public annoyances touching bathing dress flappers censorship advertising in small papers and political barbs. It jabbed at German protests Hoover entertainment skeletons in the closet and a new prohibition remedy while opining on marriage manners and public life.
W. P. Aiken of Fort Gaines was elected superintendent at the Ochlocknee Consolidated Schools board meeting. Aiken, previously Fort Gaines public school head, will lead the 1929-30 faculty including Mrs. Hammond Braswell as principal and several teachers from Ochlocknee and surrounding areas. Attendance reached a historic high and the school retains its A-1 Georgia Accrediting Commission rating as plans to gain county high school designation progress. The board, chaired by E. R. Clark, also includes A. E. Speer secretary, Oscar Maddox, W. E. Carter, and O. P. Griffin.
A survey shows at least eighty percent of Iowa pastures are infested with small ragweed. The weed is most troublesome in autumn when it reaches full growth.
South Carolina generally fair tonight and Sunday with a cooler east portion. Georgia fair to tonight and Sunday with little temperature change and light to moderate variable winds. Florida partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with scattered afternoon thundershowers Sunday. Alabama and extreme northwest Florida partly cloudy unsettled on the coast tonight.
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