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Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1916

Page

6

Notice of stock transfer and multiple Georgia charter pleas

Legal advertisements show the administrator of Elizabeth J. Watt of Boston Massachusetts announcing the transfer of four shares of Georgia National Bank stock in Athens and filing for court orders to sell property. Clarke County tax levies are proposed, and several petitions seek charters for Hilley Furniture Company Oconee Alkali and Chemical Company Jackson Medicine Company in Athens.

Elizabeth J. Watt Boston Massachusetts Suffolk County Georgia National Bank of Athens Georgia G. Gordon Watt T. W. Hilley W. L. Bell W. A. Fowler Maid Tate and County Hilley Furniture Company General Furniture Business Clarke County Hiliay Furniture Company T. W. Helley Carl F. Crossley I. B. J. Crawford Superior Court Said County Hwaey Furniture Company

Multiple Athens property sales under sheriff and court orders

A lengthy notice lists several November 1916 auctions in Clarke County Georgia. Sales include two tracts in Athens described with Wilkerson street and railroad right of way, 3 acres total, and other parcels in Oconee Heights and Trail Creek/Cemetery areas. Assets include buildings and improvements. proceeds fund debts, reinvestment, or distributions. Administrators and executors publish notices of sale and requested leave to sell, with terms cash and specified boundaries and dates.

Georgia Clarke County Athens Wilkerson Street Georgia Railroad Oconee River Oconee A. H. Hodgson Lyndon C. B. Griffith A. H. Talmadge H. J. Rowe W. H. Shelton Superior Court City Court of James M. Smith W. E. Jackson Sherif Clarke County Henry MM. Payne Court House J. W. Barnett Julus Cohen Irt Morton Washington Street the Good Samaritans ML. B. Morton Henry M. Payne Otho Brown Mose Allen Court of Ordinary

Administrators Sale and Sheriff Sale Notices in Clarke County

Public notices from Clarke County Georgia outline multiple 1916 sales. Administrator Henry H West advertises first Tuesday in November sale of Mrs Marion L West estate properties in Athens including the West home place at Hill and Harris streets. Separate notices describe Georgia Hawks estate land for Georgia Hawks and J L Hawks administrator. Sheriff sale lists a half-acre lot near Normal School section, a Georgia Factory Road parcel, and other properties tied to R J Whitehead and Steve Williams from various courts.

Georgia Clarke James White D. FP. Miller W.0. Ash J. H. Griffeth W. F. Bradshaw, Jr R. C. Orr Clarke County Georgi Said County J. E. Hawks Winterville Gum’ Corner Eald Road Stone B.H. Barrow W. M. Coile J. B. Hawks Court of Ordinary City of Athens Trail Creek Street Cemetery Alley Henry Ross County of Clarke Hill and Harris Streets Hill Street A. C. Holliday Mrs. West Harris Street Hill A. H. O'Farrell Marion L. Weat Henry. H. West Marion L. West Georgia Hawks Gum Corner R. J. Hardeman J. L. Hawks Georgia Hawkn Toor Said G. M Normal School J. T. Waldrep R. J. Whitehead Royster Guano Company City Court of W. E. Jackson Court House Georgia Factory Road Athens City Pat Lee Harriett Thompson Allensville Cemetery Steve Willinine Justice Court H. T. Hull Steve Williams Lavy J. M. Pledger L. C W. B. Jackson Sherif

Lonely youngster on crowded streetcar prompts auntie call

A writer recalls a crowded street car ride where a small boy sits between two nourished women. He asks his aunt to come over and take care of him, highlighting the boy's loneliness and the passenger amusement. The anecdote ends with the boy plaintively pleading for attention.

Device Tackles Nets With Drilled Nails to Catch Herring

The Christian Herald describes a method where nails driven into boards drive fish into a catch, hauled aboard by boards. At Prince Rupert in one year over 1,000,000 pounds of herring were trapped and frozen for bait, while about 125,000 pounds of cod were similarly taken each year.

Prince Rupert

Love at First Sight and Convalescent Hearts

The article contrasts gender differences in susceptibility to love at first sight. Males reportedly recover quickly from Cupid's arrow, often forgetting the affair within an hour, yet remain deeply bound while under its spell. It also calls communities to boost enthusiasm and cooperative efforts, mentions two perspectives, and jokes that dentists may influence insanity.

Cupid

Local Lodge Directory Listings Evening Meetings

St Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at 8 at Castle Hall Jester Building Clayton St Phone 1136 visiting members welcome Williams Lodge No 18 I O O F meets Mondays in Odd Fellows Hall Max Joseph Building all brethren invited Athens B P C E No 790 Mt Vernon Lodge F A M Mt Vernon Lodge No 2 W and A M Geo 3 Davie Camp 292 W C W meets Wednesdays at 8 30 p m Woodmen Hall Max Joseph Building First and third

St. Elmo Lodge K. of P Knights of Pythias Castle Hall Jester Building Clayton Street Glenn Lodge Odd Fellows Max Joseph A. M. Center N. G K Lumpkin, JR Davie Camp W. C Eoening Woodmen Hall

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Charles H. Brand Milledge Avenue Andrew J. Cobb Camak Linton Ida Ll Chamberlin George & Shewell Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues R. L. Bramblett Tatd Wright Board of Commissioners of Roads B. J. Crawford B. R. Hodgson, Jr Harry Hodgson Brogdon Fulton County Oconee Alkali And.chemical Company United States Cobb, Erwin & Rucker E. J. Crawford Oconee Alkali and Chemical Company BE. J. Crawford State OF Georgia J. McBride Howell John R. Northcutt Cobb Lampkin Henry H. Weat Walt. G. Cornett John B. Jackson Lioyd R. Palmer D. D. Hunt Jackson Medicine Company Sale Corporation Henry H. West Walt G. Cornett Tacksop Medicine Company Goperior R. Z. Tolbert Oconee Heights L. J. Whitehead Smith Street J. M. Smith Prof. McPherson J. W. Smith Otis Cardell Rollin Cardell R.C. Orr Addie D. Saye Massey Belle Saye R. C. Obr J. T. Scott Thos A. Jonas Clarke County, Ga Ing I. T. Derricott Attensa Hancock Avenue Rock Spring Street Inadale Drive Said Avenue Hancock Commerceial Bank of Athens A.J. Jackson Levy Gale D. J. Cook L. G Sherit Meste Mt. Vernon Lodge
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