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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1908

Page

2

Southeastern Acetylene Company charter requested in Clarke County

The petition of James F Hart and L C Hart seeks incorporation of Southeastern Acetylene Company in Clarke County Georgia for twenty years with renewal option. Capital stock to be 50000 dollars, initially 100 dollar shares, with possible increase to 200000 dollars. Principal office to be Athens Georgia, with branches possible. objects include buying installing owning and operating acetylene gas plants for lighting cooking and heating and related powers.

State OF Georgia Clarke County James F. Hart L. C. Hart Georgia South Eastern Acetylene Company Incororation Athens State of Gear Bia Seins Sail Incorporation Agus Thos. F

Warning to avoid altering roads and bridges in county

All persons who alter or obstruct a public road or bridge without an order shall be prosecuted as for a misdemeanor and liable for damages to any injured party. The notice warns against fencing or placing obstructions across highways in the county and aims to protect public way usage.

UB. Chandler Athens Superior Court Dangeonty Jefferson Center R. R Lula C. B. Chandler Lucian L. Ray Jackson Julia J. Chandler Riestt Tom Dooley Isaac Haddock Fannie Trerilkeld City of Athens Bealist Ella Jefferson Cran Oliver Clarke County Ella Oconee Street John Jp. Mell Southby Julia Phinizy J. D. Mell G. M. Suber D. Cran Oliver Clarke Superior Court I.N B. F. Culp City of Clarke Co. Gu Jim King Henry M. Smith D. Clan Oliver Clarke Superior Cort Athe Thomas Street Tom Smith E. C. Colbert Thomas St F. C. Colberts State OF Georgia Clarke

Road ditch obstruction prohibition in Clarke County 1908

By order of the Clarke County Board of Commissioners the notice warns that anyone who plows or drags dirt trash or brush from road ditches or beds and removes sand gravel dirt rock or any substance obstructing highways will be prosecuted under Georgia Political Code sections 570 and 572. Dated September 1 1908.

John B. Gamble Clarke State of Georgia Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues Clarke County

Pinchot Warns Cotton Mills of Water Power Risk

Washington reports Gifford Pinchot chief of the Forest Service wrote to C J H Woodbury secretary of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers. He warned that reliance on water power amid floods and low water is risky and could force costly steam plants, raising power costs for mills, with floods endangering investments in the South and New England.

Washington Gifford Pinchot United States Forest Service C. J. H. Woodbury National Association of Cotton Manufacturers Mr. Woodbury National Cotton Manufacturers’ Association Appalachian North Carolina Committee On Agriculture House of Representatives South Carolina New England New Hampshire House Merrimac A. M. Schoen Electrical Engineers Schoen Southern Appalachians

Forests regulate streams and power for prosperity

Gifford Pinchot argues forests must be preserved to maintain water power, prevent floods, and protect navigation. He warns that deforestation leads to costly, avoidable losses in manufacturing and regional prosperity, urging widespread forest conservation for community welfare.

Gifford Pinchot

Sweep of Cholera in St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg reports 15,683 cholera cases and 7,192 deaths in Russia since the epidemic began. In the city since Sept 8 there are 4,931 cases and 1,875 deaths. Daily new cases 268 with 143 deaths, improving from prior days. Officials note social and labor resistance, ignorance, and superstition hinder sanitation efforts.

St. Petersburg Russia Stolypin

Patisnal Association Meets For Cotton Manufacturers Session

The Nedoral Association of Cotton Manufacturers, in continuous existence since 1845, opened a two day session at 10 a.m. in the United States Hotel. Charles T. Plunkett of Adams, Mass, called the meeting to order. Papers and discussions covered cotton fibre properties, grinding, steam, turbines, forest preservation, power transmission, staple gray goods standards, textile fibers and consumer relations, modern dyeing methods, and cone flyer relationships in cotton sale markings.

Caran Nedoral Association of Cotton Manufacturers Bedar United States Charles T. Plunkett Adams Mass

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