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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1911

Page

8

Clarke County Georgia Legal Advertisements 1911 12

Clarke County notices show executors seeking leave to sell Zacariah Sikes estate lands. Guardianship for Waddell and Alburnard Favors cited. Estate land sale to pay debts proposed by L H Blackmon. Court-orders reform and charter petitions for several Clarke County entities including Georgia Mortgage Company and Computing Cloth Measuring Machine Company. Public outcry sale of five shares of Pennsylvania Railroad stock planned by Nevitt executors.

Georgia Clarke County T. J. Sikes J. H. Sikes John Sikes Zacariah Sikes Said B. Wingfield Felix Cooper Regiaing Waddell Favors Alburnard Favors Waddell Alburnard B. Wingfield, SR Clark County Ceorgia L. H. Blackmon B. M. Blackmon Said County New Old Lexington E. M. Blackmon Herrington Johnson John J. Nevitt R. B. Nevitt Garah Nevitt Owen Louise B. Oates Mary Nevitt Flanigen Mary E. Nevitt J. H. Rucker B. F. Hardeman C. H. Phinisy Court of Ordinary Mra Sald Hardeman Phinizy Athens Mary B. Nevitt Rucker B. FP. Hardeman H. Phinizy B. J. Crawford Clarke Co State OF Georgia Clarke I. Elmer J. Crawford Superior Court Georgia Mortgage Company J. Crawford M. G. Nicholson J. A. Morton A. T. Conway B. A. Luster W. H. Elliott P. L. Smith R. W. Woods W. H. Shelton L. E. Greene Madison County United States Georgia McMahon J. J. C. McMahin The Georgia Railroad & Banking Company Court House Pennsylvania Railroad Company

New York Cotton Markets Mixed Data From Day's Trade

Market report shows New York cotton prices with figures for previous open and close across months including Dec Jan Moh May July Aug Sept Oct. Prices fluctuate with bid and ask ranges noted, outlining slight gains in some positions and slight declines in others across the forward curve.

Liverpool Cress Chicago Sete Ve. Bath

Policemen Have Ladies' Dresses at City Hall

Officers at city headquarters hold two dresses two shirt waists and a lap robe found after an auto or buggy mishap. The garments belong to someone and may be claimed by calling the chief or captain of police.

Dresea

Seaboard Agent Returns From Florida Trip

Mr J Z Hoke, a Seaboard agent, reports a delightful journey with seventy eight S A L agents aboard a train of sleepers diners and cars. They toured Savannah for races and a ball game then explored Florida oranges and winter tourists. Many officials plan a Athens stopover before returning to the South.

J. Z. Hoke Florida Savannah Hoke Athens Big Southland

Cold remedy and footbath sill to ward off cold

When feet are wet and body chilled from exposure, take a dose of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and bathe feet in hot water before bed to ward off a severe cold. Available wherever medicines are sold.

Port Authority Sees Great Gains for Southern Ports

Special to the Banner Irving T Bush of Bush Terminal Company predicts the Panama canal will shift ocean routes toward Gulf ports like New Orleans and Galveston, giving the South the greatest benefits while New York gains from Orient trade. He cites cotton export growth, calls for modern banking to finance foreign commerce, and urges Southern bank cooperation to reduce dependence on European finance.

New York Irving T. Bush Bush Terminal Company Europe Panama Panama Canal Bush Gulf New Orleans Galveston South Boston Philadelphia London United States

New Commissioner of Labor Must Labor With a Commissioner

Atlanta, Dec. 7. Georgia's new commissioner of commerce and labor will serve from January 1 without a salary until the legislature provides funds. State officials discovered no appropriation for salaries or department expenses, leaving both the new commissioner and an assistant unpaid until the session acts. The bill sets salaries at 2000 and 1500 dollars, but no provisions exist for payment or initial funding, delaying inauguration and outfitting.

Atlanta Georgia Mercer Bombone Department of Commerce and Labor

Chief McKie Repeats Win In Habeas Corpus Case

The Gwinnett county case shows Chief McKie swiftly winning habeas corpus challenges. A young white man was detained on a warrant for cheating, but released on bond after habeas corpus proceedings. The article notes previous similar actions against a negro held in a different county and mocks repeated attempts to apply the writ.

McKie Gwinnett County Wingfield Gwinnett

Prevention of Industrial Disease in Industry

The piece outlines two paths to industrial disease: industry specific hazards like phossy jaw and exposure to dust leading to tuberculosis and pneumonia. It argues safety measures, employer accountability, and public education are needed, proposing commissions, clinics, inspectors, and liability acts to protect workers and spur humane reform.

Journal The Amercan Medical Association National Consumers’ League

Albany Likely to Create Municipal Ice Service

Albany council weighs a municipal ice plant to curb high prices and poor service from private firms. The city already runs successful waterworks and lighting, motivating interest in expanding public utilities.

Albany

Wholesale Drug Store Coming to Athens Again

A strong probability exists that Athens will host another wholesale drug store within days. The operation will be exclusive and stocked to supply the extensive territory served by local grocers and wholesalers. It would mark a rare instance outside Atlanta and Athens of such an enterprise matching the Gate City.

Athens Atlanta

Commerce Elects Unanimously Safer Prohibition Mayor and Council

Special to the Banner Commerce Ga December 7 The city held a unanimous election for mayor and council with T A Little elected mayor for two years and councilmen for two years L L Davis J Barnett Claud Montgomery T F Wright T C Hardman and D M Nix named from wards one through four. The piece praises sobriety and prohibition, predicts prospering municipal affairs under Little and notes Commerce as a strict prohibition town with penalties for drunkenness and efforts to deter illegal saloon activity.

Commerce City of Commerce T. A. Little L. L. Davis J. Barnett Claud Montgomery T. F. Wright T. C. Hardman Fourth D. M. Nix Joe Brown L. G. Hardman Little

Dr King’s New Discovery credited for saving wife

Muscadine Alabama resident C H Brown writes of his wife’s severe bronchial illness and dangerous cough being cured after using Dr King’s New Discovery. He praises it as the most reliable remedy for lung troubles and coughs. Trial bottle offered free by local druggists.

C. H. Brown Muscadine Ala Dr. King W. J. Smith & Bro H.R. Palmer & Sons

Industrial progress of Georgia shows major southern expansion

The Industrial Index reports over $1,000,000 planned investments in Alabama and Georgia, with a 16.1 million capital company building near Tuscaloosa and a five-state operation. Plans include a 5- to 6-story Atlanta office building, a 28,000 acre tract option near Mobile, and a railroad between Birmingham and Chattanooga. New plants and depots, school and factory buildings, and several new corporations totaling at least $190,000 in capital formed. Land purchases by Northeastern buyers and new residents arriving in Georgia accompany this week’s wave of construction and industrial announcements.

Columbus The Indusrial Index Tuscaloosa Ala Atlanta London England Mobile Fuscaloosa Natural Bridge Birmingham Chattanooga Great Southland Unadilla Washington Al‘ony Greenville Paing Savannah Mason, Ga Enterprise Newnan Falls Anniston Piedmont Barnetville Sandersville Power Gaithair Gainesville Cot ‘Ton Alexander City Ginnery Dublin Handle Gadsden Elberton Samaca Turpentine Ashbury

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Potent Claim Stirring Caution

The notice warns that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy contains opium or narcotics and could be given to a baby or adult to treat colds. It stresses eagerness to fix sickness but cautions about dangerous constituents. The tone mirrors period health warnings about narcotics in medicines.

Chamberlain Ian

Also Mentioned on This Page

State Andrew C. Erwin Blanion Fortsop Etwell Blanton E. Fortson Sald County S. B. Wingfield C. D. Flanigan Mary EB. Nevitt Seaboard Port Authority Labor City OF Albany Jow Dickson Naylor Drug & Gen's Mustang J. T. Teibble Cartersville Drug & Gen'l M. F. Turner Rome Julia Lester Columbus, Ga Slabetila
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