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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
8
Public notices outline multiple sheriff sales in Clarke County Georgia during July 1916. Properties include Lots 4 and 10 in J. W. Barhett survey Pulaski Heights Athens with alley rights, a half acre Normal School district lot, and several other parcels fronting Easy Street Fifth Street Grove Street and Beuna Vista Avenue.
In July next, at public outcry at the courthouse door in Clarke County, Georgia, the property of L. B. Flatow trading as the Athens Motor Car Company will be sold to satisfy a distress warrant issued May 22 1916 by J. P. Carl F. Crow sley. The sale will occur in the October term of Clarke Superior Court. The extensive list includes machinery, tools, tires, fuel, parts, boxes, fixtures, a delivery truck, a safe, office fixtures, and more, all levied by R. F. Wood L. C. and transferred to Sheriff W. E. Jackson. The case is in favor of Mrs. M. L. Beacham.
Clarke County Georgia Superior Court hears application by H. H. Hinton and H. L. Stewart to form Hinton Stewart Contracting Company for twenty years with renewal. Office set in Athens with potential branches. capital stock five thousand dollars, up to fifty thousand. common stock at one hundred dollars per share. business includes general contracting, building, excavation, brick and stone work, machinery, and related activities. Petition seeks usual corporate powers and rights to sue and be sued.
A petition to amend the charter of the Georgia Beta Chapter House Association seeks to modify stock and membership rules. The filing outlines prior charter grant in 1911 and 1916 meeting actions, including replacement of paragraph four to allow stock issuance at ten dollar denominations and membership upon holding ten or more shares to any Sigma Alpha Epsilon member.
The petition seeks to amend the charter by substituting specified language for paragraphs four and five, detailing stock terms with eight directors eight members, six from Georgia alumni and two from active members, and vacancy rules. The petition and certified minutes are filed. court approval and publication are requested.
Notice to all creditors and kindred of Burrell Morris late of Clarke County to appear at the July Term 1916 of the Court of Ordinary to show cause why Sense Morris should not be granted as applied for. Executor J A Lester signs this June 1916. EXECUTORS SALE Athens Clarke County Georgia. First Tuesday in July between hours of sale for cash the property of Mrs. E H Lester deceased on Vine Street East Athens five room house and half an acre for distribution among heirs.
Trustees of Bethel A M E Church will sell at public outcry the Hattie Saxon property in Athens Clarke County Georgia on the first Tuesday in July 1916. The Lot fronts Billups Street and measures forty five by seventy two feet with a tenant house, bounded by Owens Hudson and the Bethel church lot. Proceeds settle unpaid balance and installments due more than sixty days. Quit claim titles issued to buyer. June 7 1916 Trustees by T B Mell Attorney.
Devereaux F. McClatchey of Atlanta secretary of the Georgia state senate has been named the reading secretary for the national Democratic convention in St. Louis. He accepted after a telegram from Secretary Bruce Kremer. McClatchey, famed as a convention reading clerk, will join the Georgia delegation Monday afternoon. He is noted for his voice and parliamentary knowledge.
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a cure for rheumatism neuralgia backache and soreness. It claims a 25 cent bottle warms and soothes painful areas and brings welcome relief, urging readers to buy at any drug store.
A reader testimonial voices six months of relief from indigestion using Chamberlain's Tablets. The ad claims the remedy offers great benefit and notes availability everywhere.
The Georgia Democratic Executive Committee faces a costly and time tight primary season with increased candidate assessments and tighter consolidation deadlines. County groups must forward county tallies to secretary St Elmo Massen gale by September 25, leaving little preparation time before Macon convention.
Political chatter from Georgia notes four contenders for governor including Harris Hardman Dorsey and Pottle. The Moultrie Observer previews the first year political speech in Milledgeville and remarks that Georgia’s race draws unusual attention but voters stay focused on broader issues. Hardman is praised for practical education and progressive reform ideas, while Atlanta reporters shift to coverage of the evolving field.
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