Executors Sale in Clarke County Georgia 1916
Legal notices announce executor A P Dearing will sell multiple Clarke County properties at public auction on the first Tuesday in December 1916. The sale includes the A P Dearing home place of 20 acres on Milledge Avenue Athens and several surrounding parcels in Clarke and Lumpkin counties. Terms are cash.
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Georgia
Clarke County
E Dearing
Court House
Said County
A. P. Dearing
Milledge Avenue
Athens
Superior Court
Georgia Factory
Beaverdam Road
EB. K. Lumpkin
Fannie
Albin P. Denning
Allensville
Williams Rutheford
14Th District
Orig Finally Hall
Lumpkin County
James Gowdy
William Dearing
Gaincaville & Wdablenege Electric Railway
Chestatee
13Th District
Halltow Lumpkin County
Gainesville
Hugenia B Dearing
Cobb, Bryin & Rucker
Engenia B. Dearing
Sheriff Sale Notice of Clarke County Property in 1916
The Clarke County Sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in December 1916 at the courthouse door in Clarke County Georgia the property of Clarke County Oil and Fertilizer Company a 3.78 acre tract with improvements and machinery located in Kenney District bounded by Gainesville Midland Railway Mrs Gilleland and Camak property with rights in the Gainesville Midland Railway and Hodgson Brothers guano warehouse. Also includes reversionary rights in the railway right of way and subject to existing claims. notice served on A B Rhodes general manager and secretary.
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Georgia
Clarke County
Mary L. Cooper
H. H. Linton
Superior Court
Court House
Said
Athens
Harris and
Peabody Streets
Harris Street
Peabody Street
Bloomfield
H. A. Linton
Kenney
Gainesville
Gilleland
Camak
Athens and Jefferson Road
Gainesville Midland Railway
C. B. Chandler
Hodgson Brothers
Clarke County Oil and Fertilizer Company
Clarke County Oil and Fe
Veterinarians to Form Association in Atlanta Meeting
Southeastern veterinarians plan a December 27 28 gathering in Atlanta to form a regional association. South of Kentucky and Virginia will be represented with noted authorities discussing shipping fever contagious abortion hemorrhage septicemia in cattle and other issues. The Georgia State College of Agriculture urges broad Georgia participation to bolster the cattle industry through better regional collaboration.
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Atlanta
Kentucky
Virginia
South
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Georgia
Electric Power Cuts Copper Mine Costs Dramatically
The Anaconda Copper Mine, producing 330 million pounds annually, reports saving 34.5 to 4 million dollars yearly after full electrification. By 1916, energy use should reach 700 million kilowatt hours annually, about 2 kilowatts per pound of copper. Electricity replaces steam plants, trimming costs by over a cent per pound.
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Anaconda
Ansjeonda
Capital Gossip and Chamber Elections Highlight Atlanta Scene
Special Atlanta correspondence reports Ivan E. Allen elected president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce with H G Hastings named third vice president for two years. Also noted are a memorial tribute to a departed brother by the Atlanta Elks and the opening of a Kappa Alpha convention led by Robert M Strickland Jr with delegates from Georgia Alabama and Florida.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Chamber OF Commerce
Ivan E. Allen
H. G. Dastings
Allen
H. G. Hastings
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta Elk
Forsyth Theater
Atlanta Elks
L. Volney Williams
Waycross Journal
House of Representatives
Kappa Alpha
Robert M. Strickland, Jr
John SI. Hardeman
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Boll Weevil Meeting Warns Warren County Farmers
Under state board of entomology guidance a Warren and surrounding counties farmers meeting will be held in Warrenton Thursday. Entomologist Lee Worsham and other experts will discuss the boll weevil situation and control efforts. There are 109 Georgia counties infested. Col W H Dorris visits to appear before the railroad commission and comments the 1917 session will be pivotal for the state’s future.
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Warrenton
State Board of Entomology
Warren
Lee Worsham
Georgia
W. H. Dorris
Crisp
Railroad Commission
Dorris
Price and Clay to Attend Southern Commercial Congress
Commissioner of Agriculture Jas. D. Price and Assistant Commissioner Cliff C. Clay will travel to Norfolk to attend the Southern Commercial Congress session from December 11 to 14. Price will address the topic The Possibilities of the South and Clay will discuss Agricultural Activities in International Reconstruction.
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Norfolk
Jas. D. Price
Cliff C. Clay
Southern Commercial Congress
Mr. Price
South
Mr. Clay
Laundry charges rise in Atlanta over paper cost
Announcement states Atlanta laundries will raise prices for cleaning collars from two and a half cents to three. The rise is attributed to higher costs for paper and ink.
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Atlanta
Sea Island cotton sale tops Valdosta prices at 53c
Special to the Banner from Valdosta Georgia reports Sea Island cotton bringing 53 cents per pound on Valdosta streets the highest price this season and near postwar highs. Several sales occurred near that price as the market reacts to a 2 dollar per ton jump in value for cotton seed and a related rise in seed prices follows the trend.
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Sea Island
Valdosta
Parasol Starfinder Invented in Shanghai Atlas Chart
An inventor in Shanghai creates an improved starfinder shaped as a parasol. When opened and aimed at Polaris, the stars and constellations drawn on the parasol align with their real sky positions, offering a novel celestial mapping device.
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Shanghai
Polaris
Uae
Freight Rates Seen Too Low for Atlanta Rail Traffic
Special to the Banner reports Atlanta freight tariffs under the interstate commerce fourth section order are insufficient. Railroads, citing statistics, show Southern lines would lose earnings overall while Atlanta gains are minimal, prompting expectation of requests for rate increases before the ICC.
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Atlanta
Southeastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlanta Freight Bureau
Southern Railroad
Buffalo Pittsburgh
Interstate Commiftce Commission
Sixteen Elections Scheduled in Clarke County on Saturday
Clarke County faces sixteen elections this Saturday eight singles and eight doubles across districts Athens Puryear's Kinneys Princeton Buck Branch Georgia Factory Sandy Creek and Bradberry Ordinary Orr has mailed blanks for holding the elections Justice Carlisle Cobb faces no opposition Bailiffs Wood and Cook run unopposed The grand jury will elect a notary public and ex officio justice of the peace Judge Carl Crossley holds that post in the town district.
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Clarke
Georgia
J. P
Athens
Town
Puryear’s
Kinneys
Princeton
Buck Branch
Winterville
Georgia Factory
Sandy Creek
Bradberry
L. C
Carlisle
Cobb
Wood
Cook
Grand Jury
Carl Crossley
Good Samaritans Grand Lodge Closes Session Here
The Grand Lodge of the Good Samaritans, a fraternal order for Black Georgians, closed last night electing current officers for another year and setting next year’s meeting for Shady Dale. About 250 delegates attended as membership rose about 50 in the year to around 15,000 statewide. The order paid out nearly 15,000 in death claims and benefits in the past year with 108 claims. Rev. H. Guile of Lumpkin is grand lodge head and Dr. W. H. Harris of this city is grand secretary.
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Ganner
Grand Lodge of the “Good Samaritans
Shady Dale
Georgia
H. Guile
Lumpkin, Ga
W. H. Harris
South
Thomas Edison the Wizard of Menlo Park
A compact portrait of Thomas A. Edison, born in Milan, Ohio in 1847. Detailing his brief schooling, early reading, hunger later in New York, and early experiments in Port Huron. Notes his incandescent lamp public debut in 1880 and early newspaper peddling to fund research.
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Thomas A. Edison
Milan
Edison
Gibbon
Rome
Hume
England
Sears
Faraday
New York
America's Electrical Week Celebrations in Athens
Banners reading Americas Electrical Week and Come Help Us Celebrate adorn the Electric Building at Athens Railway and Electric Company. The citywide observance runs from December 24 to December 31 with new daylight lamps and lighting displays enhancing public and business spaces.
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Athens Railway & Electric Company
Hancock Avenue
College Avenue
America
Athens
Edison the Wizard of Menlo Park and His Inventions
The article traces Thomas Edison from early experiments on a moving train to his rise as a leading inventor. It recounts his telegraphy career, stock ticker repair, Orange laboratory, and a string of innovations including the phonograph, motion pictures, and a storage battery. It notes foreign honors and his impact on the electrical industry.
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Edison
Middle West
Boston
New England
Edleon
New York
Bilson
Laws
Orange
Menlo Park
America
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