Public sale of estate assets and administration notices
Public outcry sale of fourteen shares of Citizens Bank & Trust Company stock from the William J Hale estate, with the Ordinary authority and November 1909 date. Multiple administration petitions and guardianship notices across Clarke County, detailing applicants, required appearances, and terms for letters of administration and discharge. Court and sheriff notices describe deadlines and locations for hearings at the Clarke County Courthouse Athens Ga.
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Georgia
Clarke County
Court of Ordinary
Said
Citizens Bank & Trust Company
William J Hale
Sanitary Plumbing Company incorporated in Clarke County
Petitioners L C Smith Louis Baum and W W Polk seek incorporation of Sanitary Plumbing Company for twenty years with stock of 2000 dollars at 50 dollars a share and potential increase to 225000. They seek power to hold property borrow money sue and be sued and use a common seal with principal office in Athens Ga. The filing is certified by I E Crawford Clerk on October 28 1999 and includes related court notices and a separate adoption petition in 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Clarke County
Mary Estelle Porter
Katie Platt Porter
Court of Ordinary
Wingfield, SR
Worgia
W. D. Griffeth
Ida Ellis
Streckfuss
Florence Fisher
Frank Streckfuss
Court House
City of Athens
Teseaun
B. Wingfield, SR
Horace Martin
J. B. Hill
B. Wingfield
George E. Deadwyler, Jr
T. W. Deadwyler
George E. Deadwyler, Sr
George E. Deadwyler
Geo
E. Deadwyler, Jr
Said County
L. C. Smith
Louis Baum
W. W. Polk
Sanitary Plumbing Company
Athens
Dow
Cobb & Erwin
I. E. J. Crawford
Superior Court
BE. J. Crawford
Escaped From Jail Then Returned In 60 Mile Homeward Run
Frankfort Ky Nov 17 After comforting his mother wife and children Rice Combs walked sixty miles to return to the jail from which he had escaped last spring He had just begun a sixty day sentence for a minor offense when he learned his mother was ill at Knott county He planted crops and tended them through the season then surrendered to authorities to obey what he called his understanding of justice The tale notes the nearest railroad was sixty miles away at Jackson and describes a long trek back to prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Combs
Knott County
Jackson
Markets News New York Cotton and Grains Report
Market data shows opening and closing figures for cotton wheat corn oats and meat products. Prices list daily highs lows and close values for January through May, with futures and spot notes across cotton seed oil and related commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tal
WorkmenKilled by Falling Earth at Salem Viaduct Site
Five men died when 4000 cubic feet of earth caved during foundation work for a concrete trestle at Salem creek near Winston-Salem North Carolina rescuers were again buried by a second collapse but all surfaced. The dead include German workers Carl Dorothe Schmidt Carl Ebner Liebman Lipner and Lesse Freasland Oscar Mise was injured. No inquest held. contractors H J Collier & Co of Cleveland and Spartanburg had the project.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Salem Creek
Lesse Freasland
Iredell County
Carnal Bulling
Stokes County
Carl Dortehschmidt
Carl Ebner
Leibhman Lippner
New York
Oscar Mise
Norfolk
H. J. Collier & Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Spartanburg, S. C
Confederate Veterans Meet in Montgomery Expected Attendance
Confederates veterans gather in Montgomery on Wednesday and Thursday for a reunion. Col M B Washburne serves as parade chief marshal and Col Harvey Jones expects about 1500 veterans in the parade. Governor Comer will return to deliver the welcome address. The Waterways Association plans to push Congress for major national waterway improvements.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Ala
M. B. Washburne
Harvey Jones
B. B. Comer
South
the Waterways Association
Washington
Congress
American Congress
Kiplinger Trial Draws Intense Seattle Interest
In Seattle on November 17 authorities report mounting public and political interest as John Kiplinger, former city comptroller and ex-mayoral candidate, faces embezzlement charges. Authorities say shortages near seventy thousand dollars arose from a lax accounting system, with funds improperly diverted from improvement district bonds. Kiplinger returned from Central America last spring to face the case, amid lingering questions and influential support.
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Seattle
Wash
John Kiplinger
Riplinger
Central America
William H. Moore
Riplings
Improvement District
Treasury
Methodist ministers to be cared for in conference
Atlanta Ga Nov 17 The North Georgia Conference Widewe and Orphans Association meeting decided to protect superannuated ministers from exclusion or higher dues for late membership. About 200 attendees, including lay members, elected officers with Dr M F Cofer president and others. An auditing committee was named: W H Cooper C S Simmons and Q L Kelley.
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Atlanta
Methodist Church
Widewe and Orphans’ Air Association
North Georgia Conference
M. 4. Cofer
B. P. Allen
Cedartown
8. B. Ledbetter
W. H. Cooper
Greensboro
0. C. Simmons
QO. L. Kelley
Hartwell
Railway Employees 7 Responsible For Accidents
W L Park general superintendent of Union Pacific told the New York and New England Association of Railway Surgeons meeting that negligence by railroad workers accounts for about 80 percent of accidents. He urged weeding out irresponsible workers and firm discipline, saying labor groups should not run railroads. Additional remarks were made by W H Truesdale of Lackawanna and George W. Davis.
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New York
W. L. Park
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
New York and New England Association of Railway Surgeons
Mr. Park
W. H. Truesdale
The
Lackawanna
George W. Davis
Chicago and Alton
Are the Women Growing Taller in Society Attire
A historical Omaha Bee piece notes rising female height across classes affects architecture and fashion. Tall hats and high chandeliers prompt redesigns in elegant homes and tea rooms, while dressmakers report longer skirts and larger waists as outdoor sports and gymnastics boost average stature.
Thanksgiving and the Thornwell Orphanage outlook
Thanksgiving day or the Sunday after is the recommended collection day for orphans by the Synods of South Carolina Georgia and Florida. The Thornwell Orphanage in Clinton is run by those synods and began in 1875 with eight children. It has grown to sixteen cottages with capacity for about twenty pupils each and added a technical department in 1892 to teach useful trades. The school is free to deserving orphans from any denomination, funded by private donations and church collections.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Thornwell
Thornwell Home and School For
Clinton
D. C
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line
Inman Named to Georgia Rhodes Committee
Dr George Parkin announced a fifth member to the Georgia Rhodes Scholarship Fund committee. Hon Samuel M Inman of Atlanta accepted the post, joining Chancellor Barrow and Professors Bocock Peed Murray on the panel. Inman is noted as a leading financier and education advocate in Georgia. The existing lineup includes Barrow Bocock Peed Murray and Inman. Ely Cream Balm is promoted as a nasal remedy with testimonials, offered 75 cents with a spraying tube, by Ely Bros New York.
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George Parkin
Rhodes Scholarship Fund
Athens
Georgia
Samuel M. Inman
Atlanta
Inman
Education
Barrow
Bocock
The
University
Peed
Emory
Murray
Mercer
Ely
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
New York Society Wedding Unites Beatrice Benjamin and A D B Pratt
In New York on November 17 a large society gathering gathered at St Thomas Church for the wedding of Miss Beatrice W. Benjamin and Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt. The bride, daughter of William Evarts Benjamin, is a granddaughter of the late Henry TI Rogers Standard Oil magnate, noted among New York society circles.
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New York City
New York
Beatrice W. Benjamin
Alexander Dallas Bache Pratt
St. Thomas’ Church
William Evarts Benjamin
Henry TI. Rogers
Standard Old
Young Boy Run Down by Auto on Rome Street
In Rome Georgia on November 17 Jimmile Weems age 12 son of J B Weems lay near death from a skull fracture after colliding with an automobile driven by Charles Dengre of Birmingham. The boy rode a bicycle on Broad Street while his sister rode a streetcar nearby and waved to him. He did not see the car until impact and was thrown headfirst to the road as the driver claimed he blew the horn and braked when the collision occurred.
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Rome
Jimmile Weems
J. B. Weems
Charles Dengre
Birmingham
Broad Street
Gambler Leaves Curious Will in Kansas City
George Brown Jr the gambler and race horseman leaves a will aiming to repay every person he won money from with interest. He also requests a tombstone for himself and wife bearing only their given names. The case of his father George Brown Sr who killed his son's wife and surrendered at the penitentiary is noted. The kansas auto race areas urged continued road work into next year across Georgia counties in the wake of the events.
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Kansas City
George Brown
Brown
Supreme Court
Andrews Young Wedding Draws Out of Town Guests
Raleigh witnesses a high profile wedding as Miss Mabel Young daughter of James R Young state insurance commissioner and Mr J Andrews son of Col A B Andrews president of the Souf Company are married. Prominent guests travel from out of town to attend the ceremony in Raleigh on November 17.
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Allee L. Pittman
R. L. Pittman
Alice L. Pittman
W. S. Eberhart
George Eberhart
S$. B. Wingfield
Towit
County of
Clarke
218Th District
G. M
State and Canalry
Jas. E. Spinks
Jas. E. Splinks
Oconee
Eddy Tuck
E. P. Whitlock
Hardeman & Phinizy
W. E. Jackson
FO W
Ally Sloper
Jack
Young Lofty
Ruth
Senator Aldrich
West
Liverpool
Chicago Grain Market
Mare Tat
Fae
Jantul
Tub Ang
3IX
Kiplinger
Omaha Bee
Madame
Wone's
Trousseau
State of
Gambler
Curious Will
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