Phi Delta Theta Home Company charter petition filed in Clarke County
In Clarke County Georgia the petitioners seek incorporation of The Phi Delta Theta Home Company for twenty years to provide housing for University of Georgia Phi Delta Theta members in Athens. Capital stock set at 16000 dollars, with option to rise to 25000. rights include real estate, mortgage, and corporate powers. hearing noted by Clerk BE J Crawford dated May 16 1912.
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Phi Delta Theta Home Company
Athens
Clarke
Georgia
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
University of Georgia
Clarke County
B. J. Crawford
Superior Court
Phi Delta Theta Home Fraternity
BE. J. Crawford
Clarke Co
T. W. Wallace
B. Wingfield
Hova Wallace
Fr. W. Wallace
Mary Buchwald
Ephraim Buchwald
Court of Ordinary
W. H. Doolittle
Jena
Georgia Osteopaths to Meet in Atlanta
Osteopaths from across Georgia arrive in Atlanta for the Georgia Osteopathic Association meeting to be held tomorrow and Saturday. Dr. G M Phillips city secretary presided over arrangements. Speakers include Dr. P H Woodall of Birmingham and Dr. FP Turner of Savannah.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Georgia Osteopathic Association
G. M. Phillips
P. H. Woodall
Birmingham
FP. M. Turner
Savannah
Georgia Boys Corn Clubs Aimed at Cutting Living Costs
Prof J Phil Campbell state agent of the Boys Corn Club and part of the State College of Agriculture argues that educating farmers in modern methods is the key to reducing the high cost of living. He notes urban migration stems from old parental ideas and praises business support for farm youth as a major factor.
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Georgia Boys’ Corn
J. Phil, Campbell
Boys’ Corn Club
State College of Agriculture
Prof
Campbell
Macon Campaigners Aim High After Athens Y M C A Feat
The Macon Telegraph notes Athens shows strong results in Y M C A and Y W C A drives with $84,000 raised for the Y M C A building and $20,000 more for the Y W C A in ten days and two days respectively. It reports leaders expect a similar Macon effort, with a campaign slogan Every man doing something every day. State Y M C A official J V Read praises the Athens feat and urges Macon to seize the opportunity for a $50,000 drive, citing Dr Ainsworth’s stirring address and plans to raise civic strength through philanthropy.
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Athens
Macon
Irons
Macon News
Ainsworth
Georgia Y. M. C. A
J. V. Read
Y. W
C. A
Mr. Read
Development projects and bonds across Southeast region
Industrial Index notes multiple Southeast initiatives including a Georgia railroad seeking $7.2 million in bonds and stock for an electric railway, construction of bank and office buildings in Birmingham, Florida land purchases for farms, a Brunswick to Dothan rail survey, a $100,000 Madison oil mill, and $300,000 for Decatur water system improvements. It lists numerous new construction contracts, industrial plants, and 19 new corporations totaling $502,500 in minimum capital.
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Columbus
Central
Georgia
Birmingham
Ala
Offce
Kansas City
Florida
Brunswick
Dotaha
Madison
New York
Decatur
Dublin
Rome
South Alabama
Savannah
Manatee County
Gadaden
Alamada
Mobile
Augusta
Moultrie
Palmetto
Fla
Harwood
Fila
Three Athens Boys Kill 70 000 Flies in a Week
Three young Athens students led a feverish drive against house flies in seven days. Omer Williams won first prize with 32 000 kills, followed by William Palmer with 10 500 and Herbert Hart with 10 000. Fly-kills were tallied by counting cupfuls, prizes awarded by Miss Lane, and a new pay plan for the second week offered ten cents per thousand killed.
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Little
Athens
East Athens Night School
Louie Lane
Jack Frost
Civic League
Mildred Rutherford
Omer Williams
William Palmer
Herbert Hart
Industrial Home Association
Live Stock Rally Demonstration at Elberton
A cattle dipping vat demonstration on June 4, 1912, in Elbert county drew 250 farmers and 150 head of cattle. Officials from state and federal agencies urged tick eradication, touting dipping as practical and profitable, with local mills aiding farmers to fight cattle fever tick and boost Georgia cattle industry.
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Elberton
Elbert County
Elberton Oil Mills Company
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Captain Wesley
J. J. Brown
Georgia
E. M. Nighbert
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Peter F. Bahnsen
Jarnigin
Furson and Hart
State College of Agriculture
Athens
College
Hart County Fair Set For October In Hartwell
Hart County fair begins October 21 and the association aims for a record county fair in northeast Georgia. L. L. Stapleton leads as president with L. S. Brows as vice president and T. B. Thornton as secretary. The finance committee includes D. C. Alford, J. H. Warres, T. M. Myers, L. Thornton, T. S. Harper. Twelve acres of Bold Springs property inside Hartwell are purchased as the fair moves forward to attract wide interest.
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Hartwell
Hart County
L. L. Stapleton
T. M. Myers
L. Thornton
T. 8. Harper
the Fair Association
Bold Springs
Georgia
Piedmont
North Carolina Democrats Choose Delegates for Baltimore
The Democratic state convention of North Carolina assembled in Raleigh to select delegates to the national convention in Baltimore this month.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Democratic State Convention
Baltimore
Branson Travels to Washington and New York for Rural Life Work
Dr. E C Branson former president of the State Normal School and head of the rural economics department departs for Washington City and New York to confer with federal education leaders on cooperative rural life initiatives He is a sought after speaker and author on The School as the Bulwark of Country Life and related topics with invitations to speak at Charlottesville and other venues.
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E. C. Branson
State Normal School
Department of Rural Economics
Washington City
New York
Department of Education
Branson
Charles G. Maphis
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Georgia Club
State Normal School of Georgia
Columbia University
Henry C. Newell
Country Life
Prediction on New Governor Candidate Rumors
The Albany paper cites Atlanta dispatches noting underground chatter of a fresh gubernatorial entry backed by the Hoke Smith faction. Rumors point to Congressman Tom Hardwick or Attorney General Felder as possible leaders, with details to emerge in days.
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T. G. Hudson
Atlanta
Albany
Hoke
How Are Socialists to Prove Their Methods Are to be Better
Washington DC June 6 The Banner reports on the contrast between public ownership proposed by socialists and actual public ownership of utilities. It cites American Telephone and Telegraph figures to question how socialists would persuade stockholders and the public that government management would be better, more economical, and honest, noting the challenge of convincing 26 million daily users and hundreds of thousands of stockholders. The piece ends by warning propagandists must move from theory to concrete plans.
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Washington, D. C
American Telephone Company
Congress
Theodore N. Wall
United States
Publc
Lke
Plana
Farms for Sale Near Athens and Surrounding Counties
Multiple farm listings across Oglethorpe, Morgan, Oconee, Greene and Clarke Counties near Athens. Properties include 1200 acres at $40 per acre on good roads with easy terms, 210 acres near Bishop, 60 acres near Athens, 400 acres near Athens, and 43 acres near Athena on Bogart road.
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Athens
Hull Road
Bishop
Oconee County
Jefferson Road
Monroe Road
Athena
Bogart_road
E Farms
Oglethorpe, Morgan
Oconee
Greene and Clarke Countie
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J. Etrickland
Said State
Court House
Nowhere Road
Jerry Gray
J. F. Clotfelter
Clotfelters
Try Gray
Gray's
Norch
Nicholson
Henry Comer
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T. Young
J. F. Allgood
Alice Venable
Beulah V. Hood
Beulah
Department of State
Secretary of State
Philip Cook
WN. A. Wright
W. J. Speer
Whig
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Commerce
Maysville
Commerce Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Jackson and
Banks Counties
W. C
Maccon
Chamberlain
Georgia School of Technology
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Ga. Tech
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MR. Branson
Gaynor
Stephenson & Hull
Athens, Ga
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