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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1925
Page
7
Turpentine firm at Savannah Georgia reports a price of 1.00 per gallon on October 28. The market scenes include St Louis grain with Dec wheat at 1.48 and May at 1.44, and corn trades around 73 to 77 cents, while New York markets show varied stocks bonds and cotton at middling 21.80.
New Orleans market quotes show Oct and Jan futures at 20.57 and 20.51 respectively. May 20.45, Oct 20.67, and Dec 20.63 complete the weekday listing.
Immigration officials arrested an individual involved in a long running scheme to bring liquor into Florida. The Nea Sande was seized off Tarpon Springs by coast guard cutter 947 after a two week venture aimed at delivering liquor to Tampa.
Williamoseph [:$tiamons founder and former emperor of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan filed suit in Superior Court against Amos W. Braselton an Atlanta real estate man for 550,000 alleging he withheld funds from the sale of Col. Simmons' Klan contracts. The petition outlines a sale plan approved by the Raleigh concilium and accuses Braselton of fraud over payments and cash settlements related to the Simmons-Klan agreement.
The will of tobacco magnate James B. Duke filed for probate in Somerville North Carolina reveals a ten million dollar bequest to be administered by a Duke endowment. The bequest underscores the enduring family legacy and Duke philanthropy.
Thursday session opened with devotion and reading of the previous day s minutes. Rev R C Crouch of Moultrie and Dr J M Nabrit of the General State Baptist convention spoke. Rev J S Saxson urged support for the Georgia Baptist paper and a donation was given. Rev Dr W M Harris lectured on church government and was thanked. Rev A R Starling preached the missionary sermon and a good contribution was raised. Finance committee led by Dr M H Cobb reported.
Justice handled a heavy criminal docket as New York saw persistent crime. Cowboy Tessler and gang members faced robbery and murder charges while two youths raided four victims, stealing wallets with near 50000 in diamonds. Counterfeiting arrests followed, as a Brooklyn plant theft yielded 47 barrels of grain alcohol and a haberdashery heist involved 2500 dollars in goods.
W A Nosworthy was found guilty and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary for assaulting a young New York woman near the Emanuel Johnson county line. Companion C A Wheeler was tried and the case heard. both men claimed the act was consensual.
A woman identified as a notorious confidence woman was recaptured today after escaping yesterday. She was found in an attic of a partially constructed house just outside the city limits by a worker who reported the scene.
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