City Hall Plans Split from Court House Decision
Athens council rejects joint construction of the county court house and city hall after a public debate. A three member committee Vonderan Foster Racker will study city hall plans costing 10 000 to 40 000 while bonds are prepared for sale.
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Court House
City Hall
Wooderau
Hodgson
O'Farrell
Foster
Athens
Rucker
Ayes
Dootson
Vonderan
Nays
Weatherford
Racker
Ite
City Streets Improve Through Early 1900s Investments
City Engineer J. W. Barnett reports 1899 to 1902 street work totals including Belgian block and brick paving with 172723.83 spent. city paid 106076.16. In 1902 8100 feet of eight inch sewers were built, and the sewer mains total 66.145 miles. The 1903 arc lamp cost was 4549 per lamp. Barnett urges 500 on pillar upkeep.
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Barnett
Mayor Sets Licenses At Last Year Rates
The mayor and council at their Wednesday session kept drag, billiard and pool, back, market and peddling licenses at the same figures as the previous year.
Questionable birth remedies advertise narcotics warnings
An advertisement warns against opium morphine and strychnine in many birth medicines for women. It claims Mother’s Friend is a guaranteed remedy for painless childbirth and offers a book and regulator company contact in Atlanta Georgia.
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Moat
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Royal Arch Masons Banquet in Athens With Installation
Tonight at eight o clock the Royal Arch Masons Keystone Chapter No 1 plan an elegant banquet at the Masonic hall in the Max Joseph building in honor of Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M. Preceding the banquet the installation of Keystone Chapter officers will take place with addresses by the high priest Max Joseph and other invited speakers.
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Masonic Hall
Max Joseph
Keystone Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Mt. Vernon Lodge
W.F. Dorsey
King
H. R. Palmer
J. G. Trussell
Messrs
H. H. Carlton
T. W. Reed
W. B Barnett
H. O Tock
J. J. Btrichland
I A. Rabenstein
W. F. Dorsey
M. G. Michael
W. J. Garebold
G. W. McDorman
H. 0. Gonway
G. A. Bailey
J. H Epting
T. P. Oliver
Athens
Alderman Arnold Leaves Athena City Council
Alderman John L. Arnold retires after eight years of service. He attended nearly all sessions and served as an active officer for the city. His successor, Alderman J. H. Doot son, was sworn in and assumed duties at noon Wednesday.
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John L. Arnold
Athena City Council
Rhodes
Arnold
J. H. Dootson
St Elmo Lodge Selects Delegates for Grand Conclave
Messrs. T. G. Mell and W. P. Vouderan have been elected by St. Elmo Lodge Knights of Pythias as delegates to the grand conclave in Atlanta next May.
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Messrs
T. G. Mell
W. P. Vouderan
St. Elmo Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Atlanta
Von derlieth to Represent Athens Grocers in National Session
Athens Retail Grocers' Association selects D A Von derlieth as delegate to the National Retail Grocers' Association meeting in Kansas City January 14 15. He leaves Atlanta next Monday with other state delegates. Hood's Sarsaparilla is promoted as a blood purifier.
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National Retail Grocers’ Association
Athens Retail Grocers’ Association
D. A. Vonderlieth
Ecesion
Kansas City
Vonderlieth
State Association
Atlanta
Hood
Athens City Clerk Report Shows Property Tax Rise and Expenditures
Annual report of the clerk and treasurer W. W. Turner details 1902 municipal finances. Total receipts 193 016.07, total expenditures 159 476.04, cash on hand 8 540.08, tax uncollected 18 390.26, and outstanding tax executions 4 240.75. Expenditures include Streets 12 618.83, Paupers 2 618.65, Police 10 755.78, Lights 6 001.51, Fire 8 887.11, Public schools 12 510.00. City remains about 20 000 ahead.
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Athena
W. W. Turner
Athens waterworks annual report 1909 highlights
The report to the city council shows total expenditures of 10 203 89 and receipts of 96 614 28 with water service to cemeteries Y M C A streets fire hall city hall stables and more. Since 1900 504 meters are in use and 177 720 768 gallons were pumped in the year. A minimum rate of 35 cents is suggested and an additional main from the pump log station to Cleveland avenue is proposed.
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W. L. Wood
Athens Waterworks
Atreeta
Cleveland Avenue
Women Suffer Kidney Trouble Says Swamp Root Remedy
Advert says kidney and bladder trouble affect both sexes and children's health. Claims Swamp Root provides quick relief and invites sample bottles and pamphlet from Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York.
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Dr. Kilmer &Co
Binghamton, N. Y
City Council Authorizes Minimum Water Charge
The mayor and council on Wednesday set a minimum water charge of 25 cents per month. Previous 5 and 6 cent bills did not cover reading meters or making accounts, Alderman Hodgson moved for the minimum, and the motion passed without dissent.
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Hodgson
Hacks in Athens to Be Inspected by City Council
Alderman Foster introduced a resolution to form a committee to inspect all city hacks and horses and refuse licenses to noncomplying hacks. Wayer Rhodes appointed Aldermen Rucker Foster and O’Farrell to this committee, which will review the hacks at an early date.
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Foster
Duesday
Wayer Rhodes
Rucker, Foster
O'Farrell
Death of S. A. Harris in Jackson County
Stephen A. Harris died at his Jackson County home after a four year illness. Born in 1889, he had lived there all his life and was buried at Walton Harris old place with Dr. W. B. J. Hardman conducting the services. He leaves a wife and was uncle to Mrs. J. D. Bellamy of this city, married in the county fifty years ago to Lavina White.
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Bis
Jackson County
Stephen A. Harris
Walton Harris
W. B. J. Hardman
Harris
J.D. Bellamy
Lavina White
New Streets to Open in Uptown Area
The city will open two new streets Cresting from Prince Avenue to Seaboard tracks and Barrow Street from Barber to Pulaski. Childs Street will be fifty feet wide, improving access to residences between the old Home School property and George T Hodgson’s lot. Estimated cost is 900 dollars.
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Atocus
Childs Street
Prince Avenue
Seaboard Air Line
George T. Hodgson
Barrow Street
Barbera Street
Pulaski Street
Southern
Beaboard
Fatal Accident at Oconee Oil Plant
Tom Foote, a young Black man, was killed instantly at the Oconee Oil and Fertilizer Company plant when his apron became entangled with a three foot shaft, pulling him into revolving machinery. He died from massive head injuries as bystanders stopped the machine. his body was sent to Bernstein's undertakers and shipped to his wife in Five Forks, Georgia. Also appears an unrelated advertisement for Green's August Flower promising cure for indigestion and liver troubles.
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Tom Foote
Oconee Oil & Fertilizer Company
Bernstein
Five Forks
Green
G.G. Green
Woodbury
N. J
Chief Gulp's Annual Report of 1902 Police Work
Chief B F Ouly presents the 1902 police department report detailing arrests by white males found guilty fines collected turnkeys and impounding fees. The document notes state arrests and a box of medicines as a separate testimonial fragment from H A Tisdale of Sammerton Ohio.
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Wood
B. F. Ouly
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