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Thomasville Times Enterprise

Location

Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1925

Page

3

Coast Line Expected to Build Monticello Extension Soon

Perry Herald reports during a visit by Atlantic Coast Line officials Harry Walters and Lyman Delano that Perry residents have waited years for the Monticello extension. The executives hinted progress is likely soon but offered no firm date, citing wartime delays and current freight congestion as factors.

PERRY Coast Line Harry Walters Atlantic Coast Line Lyman Delano Perry Herald Atlantict. Coast Line W. F. Hargrett Herald Walters Monticello The Childe Monticello News

Samoa Parliament Acts in Radical Change

Apia Samoa October 1 native parliament of eastern Samoa meets and undertakes sweeping reforms. Members debate constitutional changes and accelerate legislative agenda amid nationalist sentiment and calls for self rule.

Samoa Apia Maf Eestern

Talk of Drilling Oil Wells at Monticello

Monticello reports that Wray Hawthorne Company of Camden Arkansas plans oil drilling in Florida. Vice president T F Bray aims to lease 20000 acres, drill one or more wells within three to five miles of the city, to 2660 feet if needed, with seven eighths royalty to the operator and one eighth to landowners.

T. F. Bray Wray Hawthorne Company, Incorporated Camden Arkansas Monticello Bray D. H. Gilbert Florida Gilbert United States Oklahoma Kansas Pennsylvania

Local visitors and business figures flock to city

A flood of out of town visitors fills the day with business trips and social calls. Tallahassee Decatur Charleston Macon Savannah Meridian Trenton Trenton New and used pianos advertised downtown while optical goods and plumbing services highlight local commerce.

Autumn Term of Thomas County Superior Court Opens

The October term of the Superior Court convenes Monday at 10 oclock with Judge W B Thomas presiding. Civil matters are calendared, grand jurors summoned, and prosecutors plan to present 25 to 30 warrants for criminal offenses including five seduction cases. Petit jurors are listed for first and second weeks, with bankruptcy and charter petition notices appearing in the docket.

Thomas Superior Court W. EB. Thomas Hay Grand Jury T. J. Willis J. A. Horne Robinson B. H. Wright J. W. Smith R. R. Singletary J. B. Jemison M. C. Ball J. B. Rountree C. White P. W. Lewis J. M. Simpson H. B. Fuller Sam Cooke R. A. Rutland Leo Wilkes L. Rogers T. C. Ivey W. A. Bustle J. V. Hawthorne E. P. Ward R. G. Fleetwood A. E. Stringer Adam Arnold R. W. Stewart D. B. Anderson A. McDougal T. C. Beverly Pardee S. R. Robinson Superior Court Thomas County Georgia W. B Cochran M. L. Haire J. H. Griffin G. F. Wincy I. M. Smith B. B. Hancock P. L. Dixon J. F .Mays K. K. Moore Lee B. Kelly IT. IL Spence J. D. Blanton C.c. Wurst J. F. Clark Ij. H. Carroll “Hansell Watt J. H. Law O. W. Nesmith J. H. Harvey G. W. Anderson W. W. Rudd M. Singletary C. J. Nix J. J. Parramore S. Haddock R. H. Elrod BR. T. Carter A B. Carlton J.C. Thomas J. B. Norton J. A. Turner J. B. Cone C. R. Sasser J. L. Key BE. B. Bishop J. A. Bowers J.J. Miller W. R C. T. Mills Pavo Valdosta Qgqhorgia Said County W. BE. Thomas W. B. Cochran W. F Thomasville Dolper H. H. Merry

Japanese Destroyers Sent to Chinese Waters

The Japanese navy dispatched two destroyers from Port Arthur to Tsingtao on October 17 to protect Japanese residents amid tensions in the area.

Chinese Associated Press Tokyo Japan Japanese Navy Department Port Arthur Tsingtao

Tragedy in Etowah leaves three dead and one wounded

In Etowah Tennessee on Thursday night Ben Parker shot his wife and infant in the Morrows home, fatally wounding Mrs Morrow and seriously injuring Norman Morrow. Parker then suffered a fatal wound near his home. the manner of self inflicted harm remains unclear.

North Etowah Ben Parker Norman Morrow Mr. Morrow

Monroe Man Named Private Secretary

Governor Walker appoints John B. Wilson of Monroe as private secretary to succeed Matthew C. Bennett who becomes chief examiner at the Georgia Securities Commission. In a separate note, a homicide mystery remains unsolved with no powder burns and a .38 revolver found beside the victim while a .32 pistol had been used in the other shootings.

Walker John B. Wilson Monroe Matthew C. Bennett Georgia Securities Commission

Weather outlook and land law note unrelated changes

The article lists a week forecast for South Atlantic and East Gulf states with mostly fair, cool start and rising temperatures later. It also oddly reports a radical land law change granting male Samoans five acres, with a second five acre grant upon planting, and compensation to landowners, though the text is garbled and incomplete.

Associated Press Washington, D. C South Atlantic East Gulf States

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