Former Piggly Wiggly head testifies on start of new chain
Clarence Saunders told a Memphis court how his wife a brother in law and a Memphis friend helped form the Clarence Saunders Corporation after his bankruptcy following the Piggly Wiggly stock raid. He described funding sources including a $60 bank account and family assets and asked for an auditor to review his personal and business affairs.
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Memphis
Tenn
May
Clarence Saunders
Wall Street
R. M. Barton
Saunders
Illinois
County bids for fencing spools and barb wire
We will accept bids to May at 6 p.m. for 800 spools of 12 gauge two point barb ed wire cattle fencing weighing 75 to 80 pounds per 80 rod spool. F.O.B. Thomasville Georgia. J F Pittman chairman and Heald clerk County Commissioners. 5-4-6t
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F.o.b
Local visitors and business postings highlight community week
A list of visitors and residents appears with names from Albany Bainbridge Waycross Macon Dublin Valdosta and Columbus. Advertisements include U DRIVE IT service eight hour battery service and plumbing by J O Baxiey.
Boll Weevil Spraying Machine Demonstration At Neels Hardware
The S. and W. Boll Weevil Spraying Machine will be demonstrated at Neel's Hardware Co on Saturday May 9. See this device before poisoning cotton as it will save time money and labor. Mr J J Gillard of Macon was among prominent visitors yesterday for a short stay.
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J. W. Wilson
Macon
Neel’s Hardware Co
J. J. Gillard
Local notes from Thomasville and vicinity overflow
Miss Eleanor Morris of Augusta visits Mrs. Hitchcock on Love Street while Chas H. Everett of Pavo arrives in town as liquidating agent of the defunct Bank of Pavo. Visitors include Miss Sophie Hughes of Rome and Mrs. S C Fleming is ill. The Smiths Park swimming pool opens for season and quick sale of a full house of furniture is offered by Empire Furniture Store. Dr. C L McGinty of Mercer University preaches at First Baptist, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Parker.
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Eleanor Morris
Augusta
Chas. H. Everett
Pavo
Everett
Bank of Pavo
Empire Furniture
C. L. McGinty
Mercer University
First Baptist Church
John F. Parker
Annual meeting of Thomasville Real Estate & Improvement Co
The annual meeting of the stock holders will be held Tuesday May 12 1925 at 4 p m in the directors room of the First National Bank Thomasville Ga.
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The
Thomasville Real Estate & Improvement Company
First National Bank
Thomasville
Radiosent photographs from Honolulu to New York mark first long distance test
The Radio Corporation of America and the U S Army staged a radio photo transmission from Honolulu to New York. Seven test pictures of Hawaiian military maneuvers appeared in New York papers, auto relayed through four stations with no human hands touching the line. The test showed maps and images could be sent and corrected automatically, aiding military intelligence.
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New York
Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
Navy
Radio Corporation of America
United States Army
Atlantic
Kahuku
Oahu
Eastern Pacific
Marshall
Cal
Bolanas
Niverhead
L. I
Radio Corporation
Broad Street
Ocean
Alfred E. Koening
Corporation
Charles P. Summerall
Second Corps
Women Barred from Airline Cockpit Crews in Lincoln
The International Commission for Air Navigation in Lincoln announced women are barred from employment in operating crews aboard passenger airplanes. The decision confirms a medical sub commission's earlier conclusion and affects all carriers under its scope.
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Lincoln
Eng
International Commission For Air Navigation
Local Ad Lines Offer Money Tips and Shopping Shouts
A string of playful ad snippets promotes savings at The Commercial Bank and shopping at Watt House Furnishing Co and Louis H. Jerger. Other lines urge careful weight in groceries, stylish millinery by Mrs J H Spence, and Dry Cleaning by The Thomasville Steam Laundry with a tease “Continued Monday.”
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Thomasville Steam Laundry
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Fashion Park
Louis Steyerman & Sons
BCRAP
J. B. Watkins & Co
Lawhead & Rackley
Optometrists
J. T. Dixon
W. BH. Burch & Son
United States
Dunn’s
Bear Cat
Lone Star Service Station
Jackson and
Madison Streets
Empire Furniture Store
Columbia Phonograph Records
Regula
Moore Music Co
Broad St
J. O. Baxley
Gonzr
Rosalie White
Exile
Madison Street
W. B. Whiddon
Mgr
Boston
Z. L. Wilson
Ink
Parker- Jeffries Co
Parker-Jeffries Co
Airdale
Don Dallas
N. Crawford St
J. D. Goldberg
W. EB. Hitchcock
Warren Ave
W. M. Parker
Moultrie Floral Co
Moultrie, Ga
E. M. Smith, Jr
F. D. Dismuke
W. B. McLean
Ty Ty
Ww. M. Hammond
Mantel
Madison
Piggly Wiggly Head
Court
Angwer
H. C. Mitchell
Ablemta
A. L. Bowden
Waycross
Sidney Sterne
Albany
J. M. Simmons
Bainbridge
R. L. White Taxi Service
W. Jackson St
F. J. Macintyre
Quincy
Mr. O. C. Parker
Sampson's
Paul J. Jones
Dublin
J. O
Mr. H. Brown
Valdosta
W. O. Stanford
Columbus
Roy ‘Trustt
Imp
B. F. Ovérall
Td Business
E. Woody
N. Broad St
Thomasville, Ga
Sophie Hughes
Rome
Julia Davenport
S. C. Fleming
J. N. Sarrett
Jakin, Ga
Methodist Church
G. W. Self
Edith and
Majorie Self
Providence, R. 1
Alice Hall
George Self
Smith's Park
W. EB. McLean
Ty Ty, Ga
W. M. Hammond
J. W. H. Mitchell
Richmond, Va
Alex Mitchell
Union Theological Seminary
Mitchell Davenport
Jacksonville
Fla
B. M. Davenport
Dawson Street
Stockholders Meeting
Watt House Furnishing Co
Louis H. Jerger
John Dixon
J. H. Spence
UNI Savr
CERTO
Libby
Muni-Savr S. R
Muni-Savr Plain
Postoffice
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