Clarke County Executors seek sale of estate lands in 1912 notices
In Clarke County Georgia various public notices authorize executors to sell property to pay debts and distribute assets. The estates of J B Rylee Mrs Mary Sharpe and R G Bullock face court actions for debts administration and dismission while T Young seeks permanent administration for James F Allgood. Also regional cotton market notes project 1911-12 receipts exceeding 150000 bales.
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Georgia
Clarke County
Y. F. Cash
Mary
BE. Sharpe
Sarah EB. Sharpe
B. Wingfield
Four Eclipses for the Present Year
Atlanta observers report four eclipses in the new year. The first is a partial moon eclipse on April 11, visible only in parts of the United States. An April 17 eclipse will be visible in the eastern United States with better viewing conditions. A total eclipse follows later in the year.
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Atlanta
United
Judge West Defends Salary Against County Commission
Judge H G West delivers a statement on the injunction fight over his salary as city court judge. He criticizes the county commission for withholding pay while others are compensated and notes actions by Chairman Hodgson and others in delaying payment. West says he will continue to discharge duties and uphold court authority despite the dispute.
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H. G. West
Yeaterday
Commission
West
Shack
County Commission
Smith
Shackford
Hodgson
Andrew Cobb
J. J. Strickland
Cobb
Strickland
Pittard
Holman
Tate Wright
County Schools to Begin Term Monday
The county schools start their winter term on Monday January 8th. County Superintendent T H Dozier has secured good teachers for every school. Clarke County is small with few schools and the prospects for a successful term are favorable.
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T. H. Dozier
Issmall
Clarke
Mother of Athens Citizen Is Dead
The mother of R W Sizer cashier of the American State Bank died at her home in Jefferson City Tenn Monday night. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon. Surviving are Mr Sizer and Col J B Sizer a prominent Chattanooga attorney.
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R. W. Sizer
American State Bank
Special Magazine Clubbing Offer for Readers
Our Special Magazine Clubbing Offer offers readers a one year deal of The Weekly Banner plus one of five publications for 1.35 dollars. Titles include Farm and Fireside Home and Farm Southern Fancier American Poultry Journal and McCalls Magazine. Subscriptions can be combined for a named price.
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Weekly Banner
Home and Farm
Southern Fancier
American Poultry Journal
McCalls Magazine
First Case 1912 City Court Stealing Christmas Gifts
The 1912 City Court opened with a larceny case heard by Judge West. Coke Dean, colored, admitted taking a pair of long gloves from Davison-Nicholson Company on Christmas Eve to give as a present. He pled guilty and was fined fifty dollars plus costs or a year in jail.
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West
Coke Dean
Davison-Nicholson Company
Christmas Gifts on Wheels Delight Athens Children
The Athens report describes a festive scene with hundreds of wheeled presents for children and young folks. Bicycles, tricycles, roller skates, toy cars, and buggies filled stores and doors as Santa Claus delivered a flood of new wheels across town.
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Athens
Santa Claus
Yeaterday
First New Year Deed Recorded at Clarke Courthouse
The first deed of the year to be recorded at Clarke County Court House involved a one quarter interest in the estate of the late Mary Echols. J H Echols transferred to Lena Exhols for 75 dollars with property on John Street in Athens. The deed, filed January 1, was drawn up and delivered that day and recorded the same day.
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Minnie F. Boley
Mattie Tuck
Court of Ordinary
B. Wingfield
Clarke County
Clarke Courthouse
Crawford
Carlton
Smith
Mary Echols
J. H. Ech
Ols
Lena Exhols
John Street
Athens
Leap year slows Clarke county marriage licenses in 1912
In Clarke county only one marriage license was issued in January 1912, fewest on record for a January. The account notes December had two licenses per day, and a youth arrest ride by patrols appears in a separate item. Buck O'Brien led Western league pitchers with 26 wins last season for the Boston Americans.
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Clarke County
Denver
Buck” O’brien
Boston Americans
Urem Toot
Rode to Jail on Fine Horse
The city’s police improvise transport for arrests not using a Black Maria. A limber drunk is hauled to the hoose of recovery as the drinker is moved from lock-up toward the stockade in a rural-tinged account of policing.
Coal statistics show 1911 US production near 1910 peak
United States coal output in 1911 likely ranged from 455 to 496 million short tons,data from Parker and Armstrong point to a 3–6 percent drop in bituminous coal from 1910 while anthracite rose to a record 70.1 million long tons. The year faced overproduction and depressed prices, with industry calls for federal supervision to stabilize and conserve.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Edward W. Parker
United States Geological Survey
Pennsylvania
A. H. Armstrong
Bureau of Anthracite Statistics
Mr. Parker
Np 1911
Belgium
Canada
Spalding’s America’s National Game chronicled
A.G. Spalding recalls his baseball rise from the 1860s to the 1870s. He explains the birth of professionalism with the Boston club in 1871, the Red Stockings in Cincinnati, and the formation of the National Association. Also notes Davenport drawings and availability of the book for $2.00.
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A. G. Spaldlng
Boston
National Ieague
Salding
Spalding
Chicago
Harry Wright
Bockford
Roscie Barnes
Fred Cone
Red Stockings
Cincinnati
Wright
Henta
Barnes
Cone
Bostons
New England
National Association of Professional Baseball Players
Casey
Polo Grounds
New York
Homer Davenport
America
Uncle Sam
Buton Band
Davenport
American Sportsing Company
Warren Street
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Latham
Jackson County
Santafeo
Jackzon County
J. B. Rylee
H. M. Rylee
Rylee
Wm. R. Tuck
Gehorgia
W. H. Bullock
W. J. Bullock
R. Gi. Bullock
R. H. Bullock
T. Young
James P. Allgood
Eald County
James F. Allgood
C. T. Young
Severa
Liverpool
Sly Jane
Baz
Paty
Cottor
Sear
the Athens Weekly Banner
Jaele Remus
Mother's Magazine
American Agriculturiet
Howard's Dairyman
American Boy Pictorial Review
Cosmopolitan
Everybody's
Good Housekeeping
Metropolitan
Delineator
McClure's
H. R. Sykes
Ruby Dean
Coal Statistics OF
Cincinnati Red Stockings
Murphy Candler
Jack Slaton
Jack
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