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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
2
The new infirmary on the University of Georgia campus is in erection and expected to be ready by January 1. Chancellor Barrow leads the project with help from generous friends, addressing the need for a quiet space when students fall ill. The stucco structure will have two large rooms plus closets and a bath.
The Atheny Electric Street Railway Company has purchased a new trolley wire for its entire system and will install it soon to prevent breaks that caused delays. The firm emphasizes ongoing improvements and prompt repairs, noting citizen appreciation for its energy and continued service enhancements.
The Georgia Southern and Florida railroad has asked Professor J. B. Stewart of the University of Georgia to organize educators for rallies at multiple points along the line. Stewart is considering the request and aims to boost local support for statewide educational efforts with rallies likely at at least six locations.
The City Board of Education introduces a rule granting excused examinations and ten days holiday to students who score above eighty five percent. Supt. Bond will announce names, salute merit publicly, and invite others to earn the break with diligent work. Examinations begin today for some grades and tomorrow for others.
The secretary of the treasury has decided the Atlanta post office and United States Custom House will be built of Georgia marble. Foundations will be granite, but the building, interior and exterior, will be marble. The move aims to make it one of the handsomest in the country.
Legal advertisements demand notices for the estate of Sallie Osborne and a county boundary change order affecting Winterville Georgia. Includes probate sale of a note from Rebecca Swann estate and payment of debts with public sale scheduled on the first Tuesday in January.
Pursuant to an order of the Superior Court the undersigned, administrator to Standard Manufacturing Company, will on the first Tuesday in January next within legal hours of sale before the Court House door in Athens Georgia offer for sale the described real and personal property. Bids will be received first on the property as a whole including real estate and all machinery and personal property.
The auction covers four acres adjoining the Georgia railroad in Athens known as the Kattting Mill property with main buildings and several facilities. Machinery includes Branson knitters, Hepworth loopers, Wheeler sewing machines, assorted dyeing and drying equipment, dynamos, motors, transformers, boiler and engine along with shafting and tools, to be sold as real estate, machinery, and personal property in three separate bids. The sale is by order of the Superior Court with cash terms and bids reported for court confirmation within ten days.
Regular December term notices of letters of dismission for executors and administrators in Clarke County Georgia. Warnings to show cause by early January 1907. Also a Clarke Sheriff sale listing for two parcels in Athens tied to Vonderleith estate, with details of boundaries and related fi fas. Includes appraisers report for twelve months support for Jesale Mitchell and her four minor children from Albert L. Mitchell estate.
Fragmentary notice shows an order that the usual citation issue weeks according to law, issued by WINGFIELD Sr Ordinary. The text hints at a probate or legal proceeding but lacks full details or names beyond the official.
Washington accorded a lively argument as Representative Gillette urged adopting 300 simplified words while Missouri's Clarke mocked the reform as impractical. Georgia's Livingston warned that embracing the board’s 300 altered spellings would cause confusion and hinder national progress.
President Roosevelt reiterates he will discharge three colored companies of the Twenty fifth Infantry over Brownsville incident. He meets Governor-Elect Comer and Congressman Clayton, who say Alabama and the South approve his action though the Senate may probe or oppose. Comer notes white troops were discharged for defending a black, and Roosevelt stands firm despite opposition.
Paris reports Monsignor Montagimini secretary to the papal munici ture was arrested on an order expelling him from France and to be sent to the frontier tonight. After a cabinet meeting Clemenceau will seek parliament to strike clergy pensions liquidate Catholic church property and distribute presbyteries and seminaries. Cardinal Richard and bishops were notified to evacuate their Paris residence and similar notices went to clergy in other departments ordering departure Thursday or Friday.
Public warning against mercury based catarrh remedies. Ball's Catarrh Cure from F. B Cheney & Co of Toledo claims mercury free and claims action on blood and mucous surfaces. Consumers urged to verify claims when buying Hall's Catarrh Cure, sold by druggists with price listed per bottle.
The state reformatory on the state farm at Milledgeville will receive 35 juvenile offenders next Monday from various convict camps. Governor Terrell proclaimed the institution open last Thursday, with final details to be arranged. Rules are being drafted by the state prison commission and indeterminate sentences will apply, with inmate grading by conduct.
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