County Commissioners Held Busy Session
The Clarke county board passed road and bridge projects including three new bridges and culverts, bought five two-horse road machines, and authorized a district overseer for road taxes with a ten percent fee. The official Clarke county map was adopted, a road register was approved, and death notices for Sheriff Wier noted. The next meeting is the first Tuesday in January. A ledger will itemize all orders and expenditures.
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Gambler
Princeton
Tester’s
Tallassee Road
Winterville
Aoman
Clarke County
C. M. Strahan
Grand Jury
Gamble
Prof
Strahan
Sheriff Wier
Lumpkin Street
Milledge Avenue
T. J. Scott
Le Raysville merchant touts Bucklen salve for piles
Good Advice from O Woolever of Le Raysville N Y extols Bucklen's Amica Salve as a cure for piles once twenty years ago and claims it heals every sore wound burn or abrasion. Sold for 25 cents at W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons drug stores.
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Woolever
le Raysville
N. Y
Bucklen
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Chamberlain
Warren
J. Smith & Bro
L P. Canning
E. C. McEvoy
Orr Drug Co
Athens, Ga
Funeral of Sheriff John W Wier at Presbyterian Church
The funeral for Sheriff John W. Wier was held Sunday at two o clock in the Presbyterian church, attended by a large crowd including prisoners in the jail who paid last respects. Veterans, city officials, and local lodges joined in tributes as clergy delivered a tender sermon from We Spend Our Years as a Tale That is Told, with interment at Wier burial ground.
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John W. Wier
Gwen
Athens
BE. Lb. Hill
Pressbyterian Church
Hill
State Normal School
Jefferson Road
H. R. Palmer
W. F. Dorsey
H. H. Linton
Troy Beatty
The Great Divide at Colonial Thursday
Henry Miller presents The Great Divide at the Colonial on Thursday evening. The three act drama set in Arizona and Massachusetts explores East West contrasts through a Western man and Eastern woman, with a celebrated company delivering a powerful study of American manhood and womanhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Miller
Metro
the Princess
Daly's Theatres
New York
Buro
Vr Miller
Moody
Gg Ete
McQueen Dies After Illness Following Injury at Moss Mfg
Yesterday morning a young white man from Hall county named McQueen died in the city after a brief illness with meninigitis. He had recently moved from Hall county to work at Moss Manufacturing and earlier lost a thumb in a machine accident. His life ended despite prompt medical attention. The funeral is set for three this afternoon at Dorsey and Funkenstein undertakers with interment at Oconee cemetery.
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McQueen
Hall County
Moss Manufacturing Company
Dorsey& Funkenstein
Oconee Cemetery
Dublin youth locates after disappearance in Georgia
Orrin G. Kelley of Dublin, who vanished after entering the University last October, has been found in Camilla, Georgia. He left a note claiming a trip to visit a brother in Vidalia and found work at a Camilla sawmill, without notifying his family.
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Orrin G. Kelley
Dublin
Barrow
Camilla
Vada
Election for Clarke County Sheriff Set for January 17 1908
Ordinary Wingfield orders a special election to fill the unexpired term of Sheriff John Wier. Multiple candidates are rumored including Clarence Y Wier City Marshal Lloyd E Brooks M D Browning Walter E Jackson Ben H Kinnebrew James A Suddeth and Tax Receiver J H Dorsey all weighing entry as coroners Weatherly will oversee until a new sheriff is chosen. The vote will be held at the courthouse and precincts with notices issued December 16 1907.
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B. Wingfield
Sheriff Wier
Clarence Y. Wier
Wier
Lloyd E. Brooks
Madison County
Brooks
M. D. Browning
Browning
Wsaalianiemel
Hin
Walter E. Jackson
Athens
Ben H. Kinnebrew
Sherrll Wier
James A. Suddeth
Winterville
J. H. Dorsey
Charles N. Weatherly
Wingfield
Georgia
Clarke County
John W. Wier
Sala County
Court House
Said
General Assembly
S. B. Wingfield
Court House Square
Weatherly
Amida Er A
Special Fur Sase at the Blo Store in Athens
A sale of mink, stone martin, and seal neckpieces offered at 25 to 33 1 3 percent off from regular $10 to $65 prices. The store claims these furs are the finest yet, with new shipments arriving by every express train. Also notes silk stockings for Christmas trade and a cough remedy advertisement.
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Athens
University extension lectures gain early traction in area high schools
Lectures prove popular as three high schools Maysville Stone Mountain and Warrenton arrange series and will select lecturers later. Other schools consider adopting the program and more requests are expected. The movement is expected to be a great success.
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Maysville
Stone Mountain
Warrenton
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Princeton Bridge
Lester’s Branch
Wintervilles
Gambl
Foley
Urea
Lester
the Great
Meninsit
C. G. Kelley
Phome
Davison Nicholson Company
Great Orchestra
Lyceum
The
Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs
Hattie Galligher
Dreamland
Davison-Nicholson Company
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