Athens Court Records Reveal Charter Petition and Sheriff Sales
A Clarke County court document outlines a petition by James Galloway John H Lambert Will B Willing and others to form The Galloway Lambert Company with thirteen thousand dollars capital and a five member board to operate wholesale and retail groceries and general merchandise in Athens Georgia. The filing includes corporate powers real estate and by law authority and a July 13 1893 attestation by Clerk I J K Kenney. Separate notices announce administration for Myer Marks estate hearing first Monday in August 1899 and Clarke County sheriff sales including a vacant Dougherty Street lot and a printing office assets tied to The Athens Savings Bank with public sale scheduled next August.
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GIA
Clarke County
Said
James Galloway
John H. Lambert
B. Willing
Robert Tobert
Joway
Bert Company
Graeae
Athens
Henry C. Tuck
Georgia
I. J. K. Kenney
Said County
4. K. Kenney
Georgia Clarke County
Max Joseph
Myer
Herrington
Ordinary
G .H. Hulme
Athens Savings Bank
Ny Gndien
Belle H. Bramby
G. W. Baker & Co
W. D
K. K
Gordon
Clayton Street
Shepard
Athens Ving Bank
Amid
Eo Ens Tlaw
Turner Speaks at the Court House Opening Athens District Conference
The Athens district conference opened with a large turnout at Bethel African M. E. Church. Bishop H. M. Turner spoke at the midday session and again to a huge audience in the courthouse at night, praising his fifty years with the Methodist church. E I. Smith Mayor and Capt. W. A. McDowell addressed the crowd alongside a noted musical program.
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Athens
Bethel African M. E
W. D. Johnson
A. 8. Bailey
White Plains
Geo. D. Carnes
J. 8. Hill
H. F. Thomas
Noah Johnson
William Champion
Siloam
A.B Marden
William Gillespie
The
Baptist Church
T. B. Bell
M. E
Belton
B. Davis
Athens Clipper
H. M. Turner
Abbeville
S. C
Methodist Church
Court House
Africa
E I. Smith
W. A. McDowell
Nubian Tea offers liver regulation tonic for dyspepsia
The ad promotes Nubian Tea as a remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion with claimed liver regulation. Sold by Brumby Drug Co. Agents for lace curtains wanted with liberal commission. Territory given and free catalogue from Great Eastern Lace Co. 396 Broadway New York City.
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Brumby Drug Co
Great Eastern Lace Co
Broadway
New York City
Death of George Thurmond at High Shoals
Athens reports the death of George Thurmond a respected High Shoals citizen aged about sixty. His funeral is set for 10 o clock at his burial today with burial at his home.
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High Shoals
Athens
George Thurmond
Thurmond
After the Pass Parody at State Normal School Graduat
A humorous piece performed at a State Normal School graduation depicts a Freshman, brimming with romantic drollery, and a chorus lamenting after the pass. The parody mocks lectures in Branson's hall and the teachers' disagreement as students reflect on twenty weeks of study and shared mischief.
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State Normal School
Athens
Branson
Danielsville and Comer Telephone Company Formed in Georgia
In Danielsville Georgia Judge Seaborn Reese grants a charter for a new Danielsville and Comer Telephone Company. Incorporators include W C Buchanan and E L Alexander of Comer and David W Meadow Leonidas E Green and Berry B Moseley of Danielsville. Also notes Roundlap Bale enters as a popular cotton industry development with 800 presses this season and new Chicago plant operations.
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Danielsville, Ga
Seaborn Reese
Danielsville
The
American Cotton Company
Chicago
Use of Short Words in Honest Speech by Horatio Seymour
The piece argues for clear speech with short words learned early in life. It cites Bible language and urges simple terms to reveal truth in teaching, law, church, and press, noting long words hide crime and mislead judgment.
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Horatio Seymour
Postal Telegraph Lines Sought for Athens Trade Boost
Citizens press to bring Postal Telegraph Co to Athens arguing competition and service quality will spur commercial growth. A key obstacle cited is tax restrictions while a local business league is urged to study depot timing rates and related issues.
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Postal Telegraph Co
Athens
Stole a Coat by Oscar Andrew Brown in Athens
Oscar Andrew Brown from Hartwell came to Athens and stole a black coat from a Black boy. Police caught him behind the depot where the coat was hidden. Judge Cobb sentenced him to nine months on the chain gang unless he pays a $20 fine.
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Portland Express
Oscar Andrew Brown
Athens
Hartwell
Megro
Dearing Hill
Hill
Cobb
Brown
Revenue men capture a near town illicit still
Revenue officers Hairston Kinne Ayers and others raided a cave hidden still four miles from town. The 150 gallon still had a spring water pipe and was described as the prettiest, best arranged illicit operation encountered by the authorities. Marion Bradley was bound over.
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Hairston
Kinnebrew
Ayers
Illicit distillers and odd anecdotes headline a curious page
Round two reports 100 gallons of beer and 50 gallons of singlings seized as revenue men raid illicit distilleries with Marion Bradley bound over to US court. A Bath anecdote recounts a surgeon claiming to remove and replace a patient’s eye with a spoon shaped anesthetic. Also notes a theater misadventure with ill fitting shoes and a quip about rain and court social life.
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Ben Kinnebrew
Marion Bradley
Judge Kinnebrew
United States Court
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Central OF Georgia Railway
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Clayton Avreet Dry Goods
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Clayton
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Davison & Lowe
H. BR. Palmer & Sons
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Southern Express Company
College Aren
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Tone Clayton Hardware Stores
Athens Hardware Company
Broad St
E. D. Stone
Jackson Street
Mattress Works Mateos Siete
Ordne
W. F. Dorsey's
T. P. Oliver
Prince Avenue
Athens Banner
Tele
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Washington Street
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