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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1918

Page

8

Athens Landowners Urge Tenants to Grow More Food

Scores of Athens residents own farms in Clarke county and are urged by the county agent to press tenants to plant larger areas of food and feed crops this year. The list of landowners includes Mrs W C Ash S M Barber Mrs W D Beachem Selig Bernstein Co D Beusee Col J Boley and others who will be approached for cooperation.

Athens Clarke Clarke County W. C. Ash S. M. Barber W. D. Beachem Selig Bernstein D. Beusee Col. J. Boley Sol Sid Boley Geo. M Amanda Bowling Chauncey S. Scott W. L. Childs W. G. Coggins F. J. Comer E. J. Crawford

Names of Citizens and Firms Listed in Local Registry

A long roster of individuals and companies appears in the document, including Jerry Davis, Dozier & Co, Frances Eppes, T J Eppes, H C Erwin, Fambrough, Flannagan, Fitzpatrick, Fortson, Fowler, Gamble, Harmon, Humphries, Hunnicutt, Hodgson, Johnson, Patman, Link, Lumpkin, Massey, Matthews, Michael Co, Patman, Phinizy, Pitner, Rhodes, Rivers, Talmadge, Umbach, Vaughan, Vincent, Weathery, Weir, Winston, and others. The list reads as a formal registry of names and associated firms or households.

T. R. Crawford Jerry R. Davis Dozier & Co Frances Eppes T. J. Eppes H. C. Erwin A. A. Fambrough W. J. Flannagan J. T. Fitzpatrick Blanton Fortson J. C. Fowler J. B. Gamble J. H. Griffith D. F. Miner J. L. Harmon Mra A. Humphries M. Herrington C. N. Hodgson J. M. Hodgson J. McB. Howell Wescon Hodgins Rosa D. Hull G. H. Hulme Devoree Hunnicutt J. A. Hunicutt M. L. Hunnicutt R. M. Jennings J. P. Johnson P. S. Johnson J. H. Patman J. Lester Sophia Link E K. Lumpkin O. A. Rivers A. H. Talmadge J. E. Talmadge E. D. Sledge G. T. Stephenson F. G. Umbach Jno V. Vaughan T. P. Vincent N. Weathery R. H. Weir A. P. Winston M. P. Jarnagan J. W. Woods A. W. Woodyard

Interesting Will Cases For Walton

Judge A J Cobb returned from Monroe where he presided over Walton superior court. Two will cases were heard the week prior. The Mary W Sandidge will was upheld as valid. The Thomas Giles will aimed property to nephews for life with remainder to the District Agricultural High School near Monroe.

A. J. Cobb Monroe Walton Superior Court Mary W. Sandidge Thomas Giles District Agricultural High School

Service Flag With 178 Names Upon It

Judge A J Cobb presided in Monroe for the Walton superior court and addressed the presentation of a large service flag to the county by Monroe D A R and U D C chapters. The flag bore 178 stars with two in gold for the dead, hanging in the courthouse. a proposal urged all counties in the state to do likewise. Laxative Brom Quinine price increase noted due to higher costs after decades of use.

A. J. Cobb Monroe Walton Superior Court

Red Cross Lectures Highlight Athens Summer School

Dr. Stockton Axson secretary of the American Red Cross will visit Athens for the first week of the summer school July 1 to deliver lectures on Red Cross work and war problems. Dr. George E. Vincent of the Rockefeller Foundation is tentatively set to speak on the Meaning of America, both messages open to the public without charge.

Stockton Axson American Red Cross Howard Odum University Home Service Red Cross Georgia Washington Athens Vincent Odum George E. Vincent University of Minnesota Rockefeller Foundation America Africa

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