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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1910

Page

8

Notice of Election and Charter for Clarke County

Clarke County Ordinary calls August 3 election on local tax for public schools outside Athens city. Also petitions to incorporate THE ANDREW JACKSON INSURANCE COMPANY with fifty million capital, to operate life and other insurances. Public notices include road board amendments, sheriff sale of Pepsi Cola Bottling Plant assets, and various administrations in Clarke County Georgia.

Clarke County Athens B. Wingfield State OF Georgia County of Clarke Philip Cook State of Gear John A. Darwin L. F Edwards G. H. Hulme J. N. Webb John J. Wilkins County of Clarke Andrew Jackson Insurance, Company United FP. Edwards J N. Webb Fidelity Insurance Company Georga Athens Weekly Andrew Jackson Insurance Company United States J. Wilkins L. F, Edwards Geo H. Mulme Cobb & Erwin Georgia Charter Clarke, &c Court House Knoxall Sr Goulding Clayton Street Peps! Cola E. B. Thompson Miller & Co Thia W. E. Jackson

Wingfield guardian seeks sale of Athens land 1910

B Wingfield Sr guardian for minor Lila Louise Finley applies to Judge C H Brand of the Western Circuit Athens Georgia on August 6 1910 at eleven for leave to sell privately a lot in Athens Fourth Ward bounded by Barber Street Nantahala Avenue and surrounding lines previously described from W Wingfield to S B Wingfield Jr on October 11 1905. Sale aims to reinvest proceeds due to heavy taxes high insurance and repair costs and sewer work. property yields low rental income.

Georgia Clarke County Lila Louise Finley C. H. Brand Superior Courts of the Western Circuit Athens Barber Street Nantahala Avenue W. ©. Wingfield B. Wingfield, JR Lila Louise Pinley

Governors orders Durham mines riot questioned by Rosser

Atlanta letters report Governor Joseph M Brown faces a House inquiry over sending troops to the Durham coal mines to quell a riot. Rep Rosser from Walker County introduces a resolution demanding reasons, while partisans split on the action and cost.

Atlanta Joseph M. Brown Durham Rosser Walker County

Cotton Market Steady After Partial Recovery in New York

Liverpool July 20. The cotton market recovered part of yesterday's loss and stayed firm today with a firm undertone. Spot sales reach three hundred bales at a fifteen point advance. Latham Alexander & Co.

New York

The Aged Convict Who Planned Beauties of a Colorado City

Captain Thomas H. Edwards, a former British civil engineer and longtime inmate, walked free from Colorado’s Canon City prison on June 20 after serving seven and seven twelfths of a fifteen year term. He helped design the Sky Line Drive and other prison projects, earning respect from guards and inmates alike despite his confinement for murder in a quarrel with his son-in-law.

Denver Colo Colorado Thomas H. Edwards Royal Engineers Edwards Canon City Rocky Mountain Range

Mystery Ten Questions For Missing Tecumseh Heir

Tecumseh Nebraska July 20 The probate court will hear a test tomorrow to verify identity of John Wilson Jr in a $30 000 inheritance left by his missing father old Scotch Wilson The claimant Alonzo Wilson an attorney and engineer once living in Houston Texas must answer ten questions written by the elder Wilson to prove his claim within five years or the fund goes to the testator's nephews The case has stirred Tecumseh with many theories about the nature of the questions and the missing heir.

Tecumaeh Neb Tecumseh Geotch" Wilson Livingston John Wilson, Jr Scotch” Wilson Old Wilson Wilson John Wilson Tecumseh Bank A. C. Sullivan

People of Arizona and New Mexico Must Submit Constitutions

Citizens in the two territories face required submission of their state constitutions to the President and Congress for ratification before admission. The article argues the constitutions must pass legal tests against the U S Constitution, with Republicans favoring submission. It cites British reform debates as a parallel to emphasize parliamentary action over public demonstrations.

Arizona New Mexico Congress The

Georgia and Alabama industrial index notes new charters and roads

The weekly Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index reports 30 new Georgia Alabama corporations with 2,372,990 capital. Real estate, farm land ventures, and colonization tracts attract South Carolina investors. Road bids spread through Morgan Montgomery Covington Houston counties. A Savannah turpentine cup maker, mobile woodworking plant, a $60,000 Birmingham cotton oil mill, and other industrial moves are outlined with city paving, street lighting projects, and water works plans in Albany Biberton Dalton Clarkesville Americus and nearby locales.

Columbus Isaue Georgia Alabama Sumter County South Carolina Americus Alster Morgan Montgomery Covington Houston County Savannah Mobile Birmingham Ala Blakely Clarkesville Albany Biberton Dalton

Oregon GOP Assembly stirs fight over party platform

Portland July 20 Oregon Republicans prepare for a state assembly called to draft a party platform and nominate a slate for governor and other state offices. Supporters promise wide county representation and a ticket likely to win primaries, while opponents denounce the move as a bid by the Simon faction to control party machinery. Dr Andrew C Smith, Portland physician and ex state senator, is among the potential leaders favored by assembly backers.

Portland Ore Oregon Assembly Republican Party of Joseph Simon Supreme Court Congress Frank W. Benson Chamberlain United States Senate Andrew C Smith State Senate Bimon

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