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Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1917

Page

8

Tax Levy for Clarke County Georgia 1917 Notice

Legal advertisement detailing 1917 tax levies by Clarke County Board of Commissioners. State levy set at 130 percent plus 6.5 mills. county levy 6.5 mills. various per cent allocations on state levy for departments and services totaling 130 percent and a concurrent county tax of 11.5 mills. Includes school supplementary levy of 2.5 mills outside Athens limits and notes on collection and fund separation. Also contains sheriff sales and various notices.

Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue Clarke County Georgia Maintenance Court House Ronda County Board of Education Clarke City of Athens General Assembly H. W. White Tate Wright Bessie Samuels R. F. Woods L. C W. ®. Jackson

Heirs at Law of Rachel Hector in Clarke County Case

Plaintiff Cordsle Cobb as administrator seeks heirs at law of Rachel Hector in Clarke Superior Court Oct 1917. Defendants include Nelson McCombs Zeffrine A. George Parthenia Smith Squire Thomas Sallie Thomas and all heirs at law. Plaintiffs bill asks who inherits estate and rights share. Trial returnable October term 1917. clerk E J Crawford.

Court of Ordinary Clarke County Georgia Court House Athens Lumpkin and Brown Barber Street C. B. Daniel Athens Avenue Lula Moore Andrew J. Cons Superior Court Said Jeounty J. Crawford Clarke Superior Court Cordsle Cobb Rachel Hector Nelson McCombs Zeffrine A. George Parthenia Smith Squire Thomas Sallie Thomas Rachael Hector Said E. J. Crawford

Clarke County site offered for negro college location

Special to the Banner Atlanta September 6 under the act creating the negro Agricultural and Mechanical College the governor state school commissioner and attorney general will decide the location bids received by October 6 at the capitol must include at least 100 acres of land. Bids opened October 5 in the governor's office. Clarke county may offer the Jackson Harris Model and Training School property with its many advantages for a normal school for colored students.

Neorgia Clarke County Court House Athens Said County W . Carter Winterville Georgia Railroad W. J Chandler J. T. Pittard WD. Carter Atlanta Negro Agricultural and Mechanical College Dorsey pMces Capitol Judia C. Jackson Harris

People Speak Well of Chamberlains Tablets

G A McBride of Headford Ontario says he has sold Chamberlains Tablets for about two years and believes none equal them. If you suffer from indigestion or constipation, try them as they will do you good.

G. A. McBride Headford

Eighteen Year Old Minish Dies Near Commerce

Hubbard Earl Minish, an eighteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Minish, died at home near Commerce yesterday afternoon after illness starting Saturday night. He leaves his parents and one brother. Funeral and burial planned for 11 this morning at Apple Valley church in Jackson county. He was a nephew of Mr. Benton of this city.

Hubbard Earl Minish W. H. Minish Commerce Apple Valley Jackson County Benton

Experience as best teacher in cough remedy report

The passage argues that experience is the best teacher and that the experiences of many people support Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as reliable for coughs and colds. It claims the remedy is prompt effective and pleasant to take and urges readers to try it.

Berlin Mints Bronze Statues for War Use

A Berlin dispatch reports decisions to melt bronze statues for military purposes. The move, already in effect in Bavaria, reallocates public monuments to support war efforts.

Associated Press Copenhagen Berlin Bavaria

Veterans Bid Farewell to Clarke's Quota at Athens

Veterans of the 1960s and nine selectmen bound for Camp Gordon departed Athens after morning ceremonies at Seaboard station. University faculty, mothers, and local businessmen joined to honor the first draft group, with cheers from friends as the train headed to Atlanta and then Camp Gordon.

Frank P. Griffeth Dozier Cox Jones The Grey Seaboard Station Clarke Camp Gordon University State College of Agriculture Chamber of Commerce Atlanta Athens Jackson and Crawford Messrs Williams and Westbrook Williams Vaughan Westbrook McWhorter Herring Thomas Lee Luther Hall Holmes Lmen Virginia France

Belgian Fortunes and Hague Rules Examined

Gaston de Leval of the Brussels Bar addressed the American Bar Association in Saratoga Springs detailing three years of German violations of the Hague Convention in Belgium Since the war began He argued that the Convention provisions are largely ineffective in practice citing German fines executions deportations and unlawful imprisonments while praising American aid and Cardinal Mercier He questioned the meaning of absolute necessity under Article XLII and condemned the occupying power for eroding legal order in Belgium with selective enforcement and coercion.

Associated Press Saratoga Springs N. Y de Leval Liege Mr. de Leval Wallon Belgium Germany America Brand Whitlock Cardinal Mercier de Leral Montesquieu Rousseau Metter the Hague

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