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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1910
Page
7
Arrivals and departures listed for Central of Georgia, G M Ry, Seaboard Air Line, Southern Railway. Includes daily Athens city times for Macon, Savannah routes, with specific departure and arrival windows and note on trains not running north of Athens. Mentions mixed trains and Sunday-only schedules.
R E Davison of Greene county has filed his bond with the governor and will assume the prison commissioner post within days to replace G R Hutchens. The arrival of official election results and an AG opinion on term dates are awaited as Davison prepares to be sworn in.
The state department issued a charter to the Carnesville Railway company to build a roughly 20 mile line from Toccoa in Stephens County to Carnesville in Franklin County via Mize and Red Hill. Capitalized at 200000 dollars, the project lists incorporators from Clarkesville Toccoa Mize Red Hill and Carnesville.
Miss Annie Harris wed G R Morris at her parents home in Greensboro on October 12 after the groom fell ill with typhoid fever a week earlier. Rev E H Jennings performed the ceremony with immediate family present as they shortened their plans from next month.
Greensboro Ga Oct 13 Hammond Reynolds catcher on the Columbus team signed to play with the Chicago American League next season. His first full season in organized baseball ends with a strong showing and a first year buy. Wade Reynolds brother to Ham mond signs for a Macon South Atlantic tryout. Rough, from Thomasville, had a tryout with Augusta but was ill and had to switch to prove himself.
Greensboro Ga Oct 13 A deadly duel in Greene County on the Oconee River left Paul Rowland dead and Will Green badly wounded after a dispute over fifteen cents. Rowland swam ashore while Green collapsed, later dying from his injuries. The men met on Schull Shoals river flat and drew pistols in a fatal confrontation. Also Hartwell reports John Cash on trial for an eight year old assault charge against D G Smith, a Lavonia merchant.
D B Smith a Lavonia merchant was attacked with a razor. Cash, at large eight years, was arrested this summer in Atlanta. J D Humphries and J J Elton defend Cash with Solicitor General Brown aided by A G and Julian McCurry. Judge Hodges presides. Judge Meadow disqualified. In Lexington Rev W H Faust accepts a 1911 pastorate at Glade Baptist church. In Winder cotton buyers report rain harmed cotton grade and anticipate higher prices.
Congress man Howard spoke to an enthusiastic Hartwell audience on October 3 with no interruptions. Tribble spoke here the day before, introduced by A. S. Skelton. Both speakers drew good crowds and spoke for over an hour, continuing the campaign with active appeal.
Dr John M Jacobs a prominent Gwinnett County figure and twice mayor of Lawrenceville died at his home after a long illness He practiced dentistry here before health declined He never married and left his widowed mother and two orphan nieces nephews He was about 38 and a Methodist and Knights of Pythias member Funeral set at the Methodist church with interment in the new cemetery He also served as cashier of the Bank of Lawrenceville and was widely connected across the state.
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index notes rising stockraising and diversified farming in both states with large land purchases and new industries. It highlights a 2750 acre Georgia farm for stockraising, an Ohio buyer near Demopolis for alfalfa and cattle, rising land values, and ongoing bonds and public improvements in multiple counties. New factories and a railroad survey project are mentioned, along with 16 new corporations formed.
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