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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1912
Page
8
A jumble of small ads lists fire insurance options with J C Jester, brick for sale, barber school catalogs, music classes, a Costa gold prize, baggage service, and farm sales near Athens Georgia. Also notes on concerts, loans, rentals, auto tire repairs, typewriters, and a medical remedy with prices and contact details.
An advertisement touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a quick cure for constipation bile and liver issues. It claims easy safe and sure results for 25 cents at W. J Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Sons with Uncle Ezra urging readers to act.
Petitioners seek an election under the 1912 Georgia Act to decide adoption of county unit school controls in Clarke County. Notice prints election date October 16 1912 at all precincts with ballots marking For County Unit system of schools for Clarke County or against adoption. The board will tally returns and declare result publicly.
An old ad proclaims deep discounts on refrigerators and china with porcelain ware, enamelware, and silverware. The notice also includes Clarke County Georgia election orders listing ballot wording and appointed election managers and clerks for October 16, 1912.
Committees report analyzes proposed shift from city to county school funding. It explains current city tax of 1.25 percent with 40 cents for schools, and how abolishing city schools would move taxes to the county. A four mill country levy would raise modest amounts for residents, highlighting disparities in funding and term lengths across the system.
A letter from a Clarke county committee argues for a county unit school system to unify city and rural education under common supervision. It cites improvements in Richmond and Bibb counties and asserts county property values rise with rural school progress, urging cooperative efforts for equal school privileges. The signatories are Andrew J. Coob, Thomas H. Dozier, Co. D. Flanigen, John T. Pittard, and Joseph S. Stewart.
In Atlanta on September 10 Charles Davis, a Black man, was tried and found guilty of murder in DeKalb County in 45 minutes, with the jury occupying only fifteen minutes. He received a life term.
Dosing the stomach and topical applications fail to kill catarrh germs. Breathe the vaporized air of Booths Hyomei to reach the lungs and treat the infection. The complete inhaler outfit costs 1.00 with future bottles at 50c. H. R. Palmer & Sons offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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