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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1909

Page

8

Administrator's Sale of Clarke County Land in Athens

Legal notices report administrator Luther McGinty selling Mrs Cornelliam McGinty estate land in Clarke County Athens fronting S Lumpkin Street. Property 135 by 136 feet with cash terms. Other Clarke County road petition hearings note Special Commissioners findings and December session. Sheriff sale notices list tax warrants and property in Clarke County. Includes multiple court orders, administrator letters, and public sale plans dated November 1908.

Beorgh Fulton County Court House Glarke County Cornelliam McGinty Towilt County of Clarke City of State of Georgia G. M Clarke County Athens and Princeton Road Will Hunter Troup Akridge Tray Akridge Manuel Jones Iands Burger Gotho Giyon D. W

Bludwine Company and Manhattan Hat Company Charter Petitions

Clarke County petitions seek charters for two new corporations. Bludwine Company plans a nonintoxicating drink and related ventures with offices in Athens and branch rights statewide. Manhattan Hat Company seeks a wholesale hat business with capital start of 15000 dollars, option to increase to 50000, and board-controlled common stock voting.

State OF Georgia Clarke Superior Court Abe Joel Felix Phillips Sidney Boley Louis Funkenstein Manhattan Hat Company Athens Patrtionera MEL Aahd Company Steels Board of Directors United States

Fraternal & Protective Order of Friends Incorporation Petition

In Clarke County Georgia 1908 petitioners seek charter for a fraternal beneficiary order named Fraternal & Protective Order of Friends with twenty year term and renewal rights. The group requests grand and subordinate lodges, real estate powers, dues and benefit provisions including death funeral and disability, and corporate powers to sue, borrow, and govern by constitution and by laws.

Georgia Clarke County Said County W. H. Shelton J. Galloway M. F. McKinney T. M. Booth J. C. McKinney Fraternal & Protective Order of Friends Supreme Grand Lodge Ath Clarke County Gemgla Bald Neeoeration United States State of Prlisoners Gold Association State of Georgia Shackelford & Shackelford J. Crawford Elmer J. Crawford Superior Court

Application for administratrix of estate in Clarke County

Elizabeth Eldsen applied to be appointed permanent administratrix of Joseph B. Elden deaceased. The court will hear the petition at the next Ordinary term, on the first Monday in January 1809. Witness given December 16, 1998, with the official seal of Clarke County Superior Court.

Georgia Clarke County W. Ingle M. T. Hayes Wald County B. Wingfield Orliary Gald County Clem Gear Justice Court H. L. Mathew Levy F. L. Johnson L. C Jackson B. J. Crawford Superior Court Bludwine, Company F. J. Crawford Elizabeth Eldsen Joseph B. Eldaon Eald Eald County

Administrator Sale in Oglethorpe County Georgia

By order of the court of ordinary of Oglethorpe County Geer will sell on January 6 at 1 o'clock three store rooms at the corner of Thomas and Clayton streets fronting on Thomas street formerly occupied by Abbey Broa under the September and October 1908 orders.

Court of Ordinary Oglethorpe County, Geer &la Thomas and Clayton Streets Thomas Street Abbey Broa

American Consul Cheney and wife die in Messina quake

Washington reports that Arthur S. Cheney American consul at Messina and his wife perished in the Messina earthquake disaster. A dispatch from Stuart Lupton says the Messina consulate was destroyed and the consul and wife believed dead, with Lupton possibly escaped. Amb. Griscom cites high death toll and widespread fires amid the disaster.

Washington, D. C Arthur Cheney Messina Cheesterday Sa Stuart Lupton Malta Mediterranean William H. Gele State Department Gale Cable Lupton Illnois Connecticut Tenessee H. Pierce Griscom Rome Mesania

Hall Collapse Traps 100 During Maryland Trial Hearing

In Ellicott City a two story Eaton Hall door collapsed during magistrate William Harwood's hearing for murder. About 30 to 40 injured, including Baltimore American reporter William Hall who suffered multiple injuries. Fear of lynching surfaced but restraint held. cause tied to the stairwell collapse amid a crowded courtroom.

Baltimore Eaton Mall Ellicott City William Harwood Wii Ham Hall Baltimore American Harwood Charles E. Hii

Great Progress In Geo and Alabama Industries For 1909

Georgia and Alabama industrial index notes a brisk start to 1909 with planned waterpower, interurban railways, and mining ventures. New chartered companies include a $457,300 total capital, with telephones for farmers in Homerville and Munford, street paving in Savannah, and new banks in Gunterville and Athens. A $65,000 courthouse in Chattooga county and a $250,000 new wall for Mobile’s federal works are among developments.

Columbus Georgia Fron Alabama Polk County Cherokee County Homerville Munford Ala Madison County Savannah Gunteraville Apharetta Standing Rock Als Tallapoosa Chattooga County Athens Autaga County Waycross Baker County Florida Fairburn and Atlanta Railway and Electric Company Wesley Memorial Church Atlanta Mobile United States East Point Montgomery Goda Nry Manufacturing Company Cullman County Mobile County Brunswick

Northeast Georgia Fruit Growers election set for Atlanta meeting

The Georgia Fruit Exchange meeting in Atlanta on January 6 will elect officers and pledge over 3600 cars of peach shipments. Northeast Georgia reps from Cornelia Baldwin Mt. Airy Militon and Elberton attend with noted figures such as Robert B. Maddox and I. M. Fleming listed among early selections.

Atlanta Georgia Cornelia Baldwin Mt. Airy Middleton Elberton Georgia Fruit Exchange Robert B. Maddox I. M. Fleming Southeastern Armour Car Lines Gec-3la Exchans CorneHa D. N. Yoling W. B. Hunter T. E. Lombard J. F. Lee Peyton W. Sellers J. W. Peyton W. C. Rudisill C. Rudisill E. 8. Baker J. A. Farnsworth A. M. Kitchen W. A. Shore E. B. Heard Heard & Swift J. ¥. Swift Mt. Alry R. Chrialle Sr. Elberton E. B. Tate G. M. Ward

Electric Bitters Promoted By Arkansas Resident

W C Klestler of Halliday Ark reports malaria and stomach issues cured by Electric Bitters described as a remedy for stomach and liver troubles and run-down conditions. The tonic purifies blood, tones nerves, and boosts energy with a refund if no help. Sold at W J Smith & Bro H B Palmer Sons drug stores.

W. C. Klestler Halliday Ark W. J. Smith & Bro H. B. Palm Sons Drug Stores

Abe Ruef Sentenced to Fourteen Years in San Francisco

San Francisco December 30 Abraham Ruef received a fourteen year penitentiary term for bribery of a city supervisor in a case tied to the United Railroads trolley franchise. The verdict followed a four month trial with appeals filed and a writ of probable cause issued as Ruef began his transport to the county jail. The trial stemmed from charges based on bribes to multiple supervisors and involved a dramatic series of related indictments and a jail death.

San Francisco Abraham Ruef Des Unies Eugene BR. Schmits Lawlor Ruef John J. Fuory United Railroads Oliver Grand Jury Francis J. Heney Morris Haas Haag Hass

Texas Teachers Keep Busy at Annual Conference

Austin Texas December 30 teachers from across the state attend the annual convention of their association with a general session featuring Dr J L Keeler Baylo Walversley Superintendent J B Blair Corscane Dr Margaret Holiday Adstn and Superintendent S M N Marrs Terrell The afternoon session covers sections for superintendents principals county superintendents and classical and high schools Tonight headliners include State Superintendent R B Cousine and Clarence Owsley Fort Worth president of the Conference for Education in Texas.

Texas Austin J. L. Keeler Baylo Walversley J. B. Blair Corscane Margaret Holiday Adstn M. N. Marrs Terrell R. B. Cousine Clarence Owsley Fort Worth Conference For Education

Bucklen’s Arnica Salve praised for cold sore cure

Local user Leo F. Zelinski from Buffalo reports Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured a stubborn cold sore in two days with a single application daily. The testimonial appears in an advertisement shouting satisfaction and urging readers to purchase at Smith Brothers and Palmer & Bons drug stores.

Leo F. Zelincki Gibson Buffalo W. J. Smith & Bro Palmer & Bons

Guilty of Counterfeiting in Local Drug Case

A defendant was found guilty of counterfeiting involving a counterfeit remedy claim similar to Foley's Honey and Tar. The case centers on selling an alleged cure marketed as a cough and lung remedy by druggists.

Foley

Movement expanding for George Junior Republics

New York December report details plans to extend George Junior Republics to Massachusetts New Jersey Pennsylvania Connecticut Maryland and California seeking site selections near Pittsburg Litchfield and Freeville with wide adult support to transform youths into citizens of a growing network of juvenile republics leaders say the movement transcends its founder and will endure across states into the next era

New York Matexchusetts Pennsylvania New Jersey William Street Cir California Connecticut Maryland Greater Union New York State Freeville Litchfield Annapolis Massachusetts George Pittsburg L. 8. Levin Friends of the National Plan National Thomas M. “Osborne Greater Republic

Hunted Betrayer of His Home

Denver story recounts the murder of C. Culver Dury by Burdette Bell after a theater ad drew Bell to Dury and his wife. Bell pursued them from Laramie to Denver, forced the couple into a rooming house, and killed Dury while his wife pleaded for his life. Foley's Honey and Tar ad appears in the piece.

Denver Col C. Culver Dury Deaury Burdette Bell Dory Englewood Bell Laramie Curtis Street Dary

Also Mentioned on This Page

W. W. Puryear FE. K. Greer RK. J. Hardeman Board of Commissioners of Roads Gid Sheal Creek Lexington Road W. H. Morton James Morton Walter Childs Messrs James Crane Special Commission Board of Commissioners John B. Gamble H.C. Anderson W. H. Bholton J. H. Griffeth J. H. Masway RB. Wingate I. H. Goss M. M. Brophenson Thos. ¥. Green L. F. Griffeth Oconee County C. H. Ashford Fultom County L. L. Arrington Els Bald Thos. F. Green Wax Michael K. J. Crawford E. J. Crawford Clarke Co. Ga Crawford Ely Ely Brothers Warren Street Tho Abe Ruef
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