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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
5
About a fifth of Athens public school enrollment increase this fall is in the high school. Of 223 additional students, 40 are in the high school. White attendance rises from 1600 to 1774, a gain of 171, while colored schools rise from 832 to 881, up 49. Total 2655 vs 2432, a 223 gain.
The Athens pastor and laymen conducted ceremonies at the Commerce Church marking an ecclesiastical installation with formal rites and community participation.
Rev. Jesse N Mc Cord was installed as pastor of the Commerce Presbyterian Church by a Athens Presbytery commission. The ceremony featured remarks by Rev. Hill and Rev. Hooper with support from local church leaders and visiting pastors. The community awaits further spiritual growth under Mc Cord.
Clarke County Georgia notices for administrators and heirs across multiple estates. Includes applications to sell lands, discharge of administratrix, and public auction of desribed tracts in Beaverdam and Clarke counties. Also requests for special election on road and revenue board amendments.
Multiple notices detail land sales to pay debts and for estate distributions in Clarke County Georgia. Guardianship and administration filings name Lucy Miller for Nathan and Susan Stith minors, Jena Morton guardian of three minors, and W. W. Stark seeking permanent letters of administration for Mrs. Ellen Collins. A sheriff’s sale in Athens lists a lot on Virginia Avenue tied to S. J. Moss and India C. Pitner.
County Georgia notices a legal action involving a defendant and tenant in possession. The notice bears a date placeholder for October 1913 and is signed by W. E. Jackson, Sheriff.
The Colonial presents Miss Russell and troupe in She Stoops to Conquer on Saturday night October 22. The production grows from New York backers and features Oswald Yorks Percival Stevens Murray Kinnell and others.
Mr and Mrs M M Arnold returned from Macon where they attended the opening days of the Georgia State Fair. Rain marred events but exhibits and attractions were praised with the State Agricultural College display and several Northeast Georgia counties offering notable exhibits.
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