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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1915
Page
8
Clarke County records show W F Bradshaw applying to be permanent administrator of James White estate with June hearing. Also petitions to form STANDARD BRICK COMPANY Athens and GUARANTY INVESTMENT & LOAN COMPANY in Clarke County with capital stock details and corporate powers.
The Clarke County Court of Ordinary calls creditors to June term 1915 and warns Lozzie Thomas’s heirs to show cause why letters should not be granted. A petition seeks a charter for THE MYERS DISTRIBUTING COMPANY in Athens with broad powers to buy sell and own property, plus a receiver’s notice for Athens Mutual Insurance claims and a public sale of Lot 25 in the C B Chandler survey by T L Mitchell.
President Jere M Pound of the State Normal School will deliver the annual address next Tuesday at the District Agricultural and Mechanic High School in Monroe. The address underscores school progress and community ties in the region.
Miss May Hubert sister of Max Hubert of this city, married E A Cook last night at 8 in Rev Geo E Stone's home on South Lumpkin street. Only a few friends witnessed the ceremony. They are both residents of the city and have many friends offering congratulations and best wishes.
Rev. C. Jarrell, pastor of the First Methodist church, returned yesterday evening from a long trip to fill engagements promised earlier. He preached at Acworth Wednesday night and at Marietta yesterday morning.
Avanta Georgia May 6 The War Insurance Bureau created by the U S Treasury has reduced insurance rates from 20 30 percent to 2 3 percent and aided cotton shipments from the South. A Southern senator says the bureau helped start cotton exports last November and December boosting prices and moving last year s crop to market to prevent a price slump for this year. He notes more last year cotton will be sold this fall and that the bureau makes it possible to put cotton abroad benefiting farmers and the southern people.
The May term of Walton superior court in Monroe Georgia adjourned after handling divorce cases and civil matters Judge Charles H Brand presided with J Roy Nunnally as foreman and D W Key as clerk The State vs Ab Johnson ple a of guilty and other burglary cases were disposed of before adjournment The report also notes community notices from Crooked Creek including church and social updates and a Sunday school reminder.
Commencement program for Bessie Tift College lists Clifford Walker as the orator. Events span May 26 through May 31 with plays, meetings, exhibits, class day, music, baccalaureate sermons, and medal/degree ceremonies in Forsyth, Georgia.
An N. W. Ayer leaflet extols Georgia as a rising industrial state. It lauds Asa G. Candler and Atlanta as a metropolitan hub, highlights Georgia crops, mills, lumber, fruit, and the Savannah port. The piece frames Georgia as creditworthy, educated, and open to foreign investment with strong newspapers and schools backing progress.
Special to the Banner. Atlanta Ga May 6 Theodore N Vail president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company says the South is rapidly recovering from the low mood of 1914 and early 1915 He was impressed by Southern enterprise and optimistic about future prosperity as he travels from Jekyl Island Georgia to Vermont with his family.
Brenau College sets commencement events from May 23 to June 1 with a May 30 baccalaureate sermon by Dr. R A Torrey of Los Angeles. The program features art and domestic science exhibits, a school of oratory play, a grand concert, alumnae dinner, and class and graduating exercises. Torrey’s daughter Margaret Torrey is in the graduating class.
Dr David C Barrow chancellor of the University of Georgia will be principal speaker at the Sixth District A and M School graduation exercises in Barnesville on Friday evening May 21 He will address the large graduating class Prof W H Maxwell announces a music recital and Friday events include inspections of domestic science arts and shop exhibits dairy butter milk testing cream separating and other agricultural displays The school reports strong attendance and public interest in the program
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