Petition to dissolve marriage contract in Sumter Court
On November 5 1907 W C Kirvin filed a petition in Sumter Superior Court against Mrs Maggie C Kirvin to remove disabilities of marriage contract. The case stands for trial at the May term 1908 convening Fourth Monday in May. Mrs Kirvin must appear in person or by attorney or the court will proceed. Witness Hon Z A Littlejohn Judge. H B Allen Clerk February March 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceorgia
Sumter County
Maggie C. Kirvin
W. C. Kirvin
Sumter Superior Court
Z. A. Littlejohn
H. BE. Allen
Public road petition drawn in Sumter County Georgia
In Sumter County Georgia Mrs N A Thomas B T Smith W P Thomas Mrs 8 E Smith J J Smith E Timmerman and others filed for a second class public road in the 17th District from Plains and Smithville road near Mrs N A Thomas house easterly to near W F Thomas then north to landowners including Mrs N A Thomas W P Thomas E Z Smith and Son Mrs B L Hollenbeck Airs S E Smith J J Smith and E J Smith continuing northwest to join the Americus and Dawson road at B E T Smith house the length about two miles final grant proposed on first Monday in June next unless objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Sumter County
N. A. Thomas
B. T. Smith
W. P. Thomas
BE. T. Smith
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
Sheriff Sale of Lot in Americus Georgia
Sumter County sheriff announces sale before the courthouse door in Americus on the first Tuesday in June 1908. Property is one house and lot on Lee Street, 126 feet, bounded by C M Council, Lee Street, and Head Alley, levied to satisfy a judgment in favor of Glover Grocery Company and later Standard Grocery Co. against Osceola Dismukes. Levy by J W Cobb L C. This March 17, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Sumter County
Americus
Lee Street
C. M. Council
Oscola Dismukes
Justice's Court
G. M
Glover Grocery Company
Osceola Dismukes
J. W. Cobb
L. C
Ebl
BELL
Américus
Lee At
C.bm. Council
Justice Court of
789Th
Standard Grocery Co
Levy
Ty J. W. Cobb
E. L. Bell
Hearse to be sold at Webster County sale day
Webster County court will auction a hearse at public outcry on the first Tuesday in June at the courthouse to satisfy an execution. The property, levied on as L. J. Majors's, is listed as the possession of J. L. Horn and will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. This action is dated May 7, 1908, by Sheriff J. W. Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Webster County
L. J .Majors
Superior Court
Said
W. A. Ward
L. J. Majors
J. L. Horn
J. W. Montgomery
Webster County Sheriff Sale Listing for 375 Acre Lot 105
Webster County Georgia will sell on the first Tuesday in June at public outcry in the courthouse hours to the highest bidder the lands on the north side of the Richland road from Bell's old mill to Richland containing 375 acres more or less in the 25th district bounded by creek old Merritt place Richland road Bell's Mill pond and Mrs Busie Stallings lands being lot 105 and parts of other lots levied on as the property of A Marion Bell to ratify eight tax fi fas for state and county tax 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 and one for another tax ropeing in possession of Marion Bell tenants in possession sheriff Webster County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Webster County
Saie County
Richland Road
Bell
Old Mill
Richland
Old Merritt Place
Old Bell's Mill Pond
Busie Stallings
A. Marion Bell
Txx
Marion Bell
J. W. Montgomery
Land Sale in Sumter County Georgia Ordered
Land sale in Georgia Sumter County proceeds under a court order. The public action lists parcels to be sold and dates to follow, with notices from local officials and the court. Persons with interests are advised to review the filing for rights and deadlines.
Americus Gets Another 25000 for Federal Buildings
The House approved new appropriations for Georgia federal buildings including Americus 25000, Rome 20000, Athens 43000, Marietta 10000, Augusta 10000, Gainesville 15000. Cordele gets 50000 for a building and site, totaling 60000 with the present bill. Plans will be revised from 35000 to fit funds as materials rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
House
Georgia
Americas
Rome
Athens
Marietta
Augusta
Gainesville
Lewis
Cordele
America
Windsor Hotel
Mi-Ona Means Stomach Comfort
Mi-Ona offers stomach relief by strengthening stomach and bowel walls to aid digestion. Sold by Dodson's Pharmacy with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure. a 50 cent box is advertised as sufficient to make the stomach do its own work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Dodson
Vote Taken On Train For Brown And Hoke
A Seaboard train from Americus to Cordele carried thirty four voters including Sumter and Schley residents. The result favored Brown with 28 votes and Smith with six, indicating Brown's stronger local support while Schley residents split for Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard
Americus
Cordele
Pretty Hoke
Sumter County
Schley
Brown
Smith
Foley's Kidney Remedy Claims Kidney Health
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Remedy as restoring kidney function to strain impurities from the blood. It urges immediate use to improve health and vigor, presenting a brisk, saleslike claim typical of antidote promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Dr King’s New Life Pills Sold At Eldridge Drug
B G Stewart of Cedar View Mississippi proclaims customers get gold worth value from a box of Dr King’s New Life Pills. The product is guaranteed and sold at Eldridge Drug Co for 25 cents. A note adds that playing cards were invented for King Charles VI of France in 1280.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
Dr. King
Eldridge Drug Co
Charles VI
France
Pennington Estate sale at Americus courthouse
J B Pennington administrator will sell at the Court House Americus Georgia on the first Tuesday in June the land lots 315 274 276 278 218 214 343 and 311 totaling 834 acres more or less in Sumter county district 29 cash terms will convey the estate of J L Pennington deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gia
Americus
J. L. Pennington
Sumter County
Georgia
J. B. Pennington
Notice of support from P. J. Wise estate
Georgia Sumter County notices that Mrs. Lou C Wise has applied for year's support for herself and minor children from the estate of P J Wise deceased. The report of appraisers is on file and the court will grant the application at the term unless a legal objection is filed. May 4, 1903. John A Cobb Ordinary Sumter Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Sumter County
Lou C. Wise
P. J. Wise
Gald
John A. Cobb
Ordinary Sumter Co
Notice on Monthly Legal Advertisements Submission
Legal ads must be brought to the business office by Wednesday noon each month with the fee to ensure insertion. The rule will be enforced.
Matrons Enjoy Unanimous Praise At Mrs Hooks Barbecue
The Fortnightly Club ladies gathered at Mrs Thomas Hooks ideal country home for a Wednesday barbecue. One hundred twenty guests attended with a long shaded table, served by the gentlemen as waiters. Brisk punch lemonade music and a feast of barbecue hash Brunswick stew coffee tea and cakes marked a grand gala day in Americus social life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Thomas Hooks
Americus
Australian Leaf promotes woman’s health cure
An advertisement touts Mother Gray’s Australian Leaf as a safe regulator for back pains urinary bladder and kidney trouble aimed at women. It offers a sample free and a 50 cent retail price through The Mother Gray Co. LeRoy N Y. A Brownsville affair update notes Senate postponement until December with Senator Foraker expected to revisit the issue to stay in the public eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy, N
Brownsville
Senate
Foraker
Chicago
Colds That Hang On Exposed By Foley's Honey and Tar
Colds that linger into spring weaken the system and may invite serious illness. Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised to quickly stop the cough and expel the cold with safe certain results. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Eod&w
Holly Springs open season at popular picnic resort
Holly Springs near Americus opens for the season and will host the Furlow Lawn Sunday school picnic next Friday. The lake is clear and new bathing salts improve enjoyment. Dancing and skating facilities are fine and Holly is a convenient destination via the good road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly Springs
Americus
Furlow Lawn
Holly
Doctors Mistakes Burying Sickness in Women
Dozens of ailments from dyspepsia to hysteria are blamed on separate diseases by overburdened doctors. The text promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a restorative tonic for exhausted, nervous, and frail women, claiming wide remedying effects and ease of use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pately
Pierce
Conan of Ie
Pierca
St. Vitus
Gosta
Philadelphia
Central Georgia Readies Record Peach Carriers This Season
The Central of Georgia Railroad plans to handle more peaches than ever, placing 2735 refrigerator cars from Armour & Co. The peak prior was 2213 in 1904, with shipments starting around June 10 mainly to Eastern markets and Chicago later. Also an ad urges Foley's Kidney Remedy for kidney disease prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central of
Georgia
Americus
The
Central
Armour & Co
Chicago
Visitors enjoy Magnolia Dell festival at Americus
Six hundred Red Men and friends from Columbus attended the Magnolia Dell festival in Americus. The party arrived by Seaboard train at 9:30 and spent the afternoon dancing, rowing on Muckalee, and resting under magnolia shade. They returned to Columbus after 6 pm without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Americus
Magnolia Dell
Seaboard
the Dell
Muckalee
Ball Park
Carnegie Gifts to Libraries Reach Nearly Fifty Million
A summary of Andrew Carnegie’s library philanthropy notes gifts totaling 49,605,622 by April 1. It lists 76 U.S. buildings, 29 additions, 9 Canadian libraries, 13 in Britain, 4 in New Zealand, plus single libraries in the Seychelles, HarriSmith, South Africa, and Fiji. The largest yearly grant was 5,000,000 for a college professors pension fund. total gifts and related items amount to 6,631,630 since his return from Scotland, filling 55 pages in an account book with twenty-two lines per page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Americas
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Seychelles Islands
East Africa
Harrismith
South Africa
Fiji Islands
Scotland
Presidente Collum Named Delegate to TB Congress
Pres J M Collum of Agricultural College is appointed delegate to the International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington from Sept 1 to Oct 12. The appointment was made by School Commissioner J M Pound under Gov Smith authority. Delegates include educators as the fight against the white plague is largely educational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres
J. M. Collum
The
Agricultural College
Washington
J. M. Pound
Gov. Smith
Week of Vacation Given the Court Ends Session Early
There is no court in session this week in the Southwestern circuit. Judge Littlejohn, court officers, and lawyers will have a week of rest. The Oglethorpe session occupied one week, Judge Littlejohn concluding business yesterday and returning to Americus. Sumter superior court begins next Monday the 25th with light dockets, suggesting a short session like other counties in the circuit.
Wedding of Miss Nona Cross and Mr Jesse Glawson
The marriage of Miss Nona Cross and Mr Jesse Glawson was solemnized Thursday evening in a quiet ceremony attended by immediate friends. Rev O P Gilbert of First Baptist Church officiated and joined with brothers in extending congratulations to the couple who now reside on Church Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nona Cross
Jesse Glawson
First Baptist Church
Rothers
Church Street
Myrtle Springs Ready To Open For Season
Myrtle Springs will reopen and be run in its usual satisfactory manner. The mineral waters analyzed show sulphur iron magnesia soda lime and lithia. The Springs offer curative properties and a large swimming pool will be emptied weekly. Cottages are rented by owner C A Chambliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Springs
Hr. C. A. Chambliss
Two Lutkin Houses Painted Differently by Devoe Co
A letter to 1. B. Small discusses two Lutkin Texas houses owned by Judge I. D. Fairchild. Both frames and paint were identical yet one required 15.5 gallons of Devoe while the other used 25 gallons of a different paint priced the same. The 25 gallon paint allegedly contains 15 percent whiteing, causing the extra 9.5 gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lut
Texas
I. D Fairchild
Torrance
Devoe
F. W. Devoe & CO
Americas Construction Co
Albany Seeks Return of Trains 7 and 8
Albany Business League voices protest over discontinuation of Central Georgia trains Nos. 7 and 8 south of Americus. A committee report was promised after the last meeting. The earlier Albany protest against the Americus segment cut was met with indifference, and travel between Albany and Americus has suffered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Georgia
Americus
Abany Business League
Cit Pages
Secretary Board of Trade Resigns in Called Meeting
Directors met in a called session and accepted the resignation of Secretary Mit. The board offered to continue her with pay, which was declined. A. C. Crockett was appointed to fill the vacancy and his salary was set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Trade
Mit
the Bowe
A. C. Crockett
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Sherife’s Sale
the Court of
Brown and
Hoke
Longinus
Mrs. Hooks
Campor
A. W. Smith Furniture Co
Foleys
Bright
Collum
B. Small
Americus, Ga
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