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Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1917

Page

6

Tax Levy for Clarke County Georgia 1917 Adopts Heavy Rates

Clarke County Georgia board sets 1917 tax levies on state and county property. State levy 130 percent with six and a half mills. county levy 130 percent totaling 11.5 mills. Allocations cover legal indebtedness, bridges, maintenance, roads, officers salaries, jurors, poor relief, coroner, jail, and lawful charges. Also authorizes two and a half mill local tax outside Athens to support public schools. Additional notices include sheriff sales and administrator and executor sales of local properties.

Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue Clarke County Georgia County Board of Education County of Clarke City of Athens General Assembly H. W. White Tate Wright

Sheriff Sale for Clarke County Georgia 1917 Notice

Sheriff sale in Clarke County Georgia on the first Tuesday in October 1917 for cash before the courthouse bidder. Described land and improvements in Athens East Athens bounded by Oconee Street sea smiths lot Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery and other Wells property. Notice cites Justice Court fi fa filed by Geo A Sancken against J K Wells with levy and sale details.

G. (. & N. Raailway Seaboard Air Line Railway Tyler Martha Smith Clara Brightwell Superior Court Clarke County Georgia Athens Oconee River J. G. Rivers Fourth Street Nathan Gear Rivers Isam Smith Fifa City Court of Martha H. Wilcox Marthe Smith Fife W. E. Jackson Court House Broad Street Alex Perry Joe Bennett Robert Jones Jones Perry John Smith Atticns Kate C. O'Farrell Parnell D. J. Cook L. C Court of Ordinary Jaaid County Rockspring St William Hill Jim Swinney H. Abit Nix Said W. D. Carter Winterville Christian Oborgia J. K. Wells Fifa 4 K. Wells Justice Court Levy Bald County East Seah Smith Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery

Wills, Estates and Public Notices in Clarke County

Multiple notices record estate sales and transfers in Clarke County Georgia. Executors and administrators seek debtor payment, sale of lands, and distributions, with hearings set for first Mondays in October 1917. cases involve Lula Moore Clemmons, Lula Hawkins, Lula Hawkins estate, and James Moore heirs.

District board certifies Clarke county men for service

The Clarke county local board receives a list of white men certified for military service after review by local and district boards in Atlanta. Names and serial numbers include Willard Allen, Homer Nicholson, George Williams, Roy Holmes, Asa Hammond, Earnest Higgins, Thomas Paschal, John McCune, Jease Dockery, Charles Segar, Paul Holmes, William McKinnon, Ralph Hodgson, Otis Mooney, Fritz Horner, Charles Gilmer, William Weatherly, Richard Belser, Claude Prather, Evans Gregory and others.

Clarke Board Atlanta Clarke County Willard Harry Allen Homer K. Nicholson George Willams Roy Tabor Holmes Asa Catmus Hammond Earnest Stout Higgins Thomas Watson Paschal John Milton McCune Jease Rayne Dockery Charles Mills Segar Paul Tabor Holmes William McKinnon Ralph R. Hodgson Otis Mooney Fritz Horner Charles H. Gilmer William Early Weatherly Richard J. Belser Claude N Prather Evans R. Gregory

Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles

Texan patent medicine claim cures kidney and bladder ailments for men and women includes cures for gravel diabetes back rheumatism and inflammatory conditions. Regulates children's bladder issues. $1 by mail with testimonials from Dr. B. W. Hall address St. Louis Missouri. Sold by druggists.

Texas Wonder B. W. Hall Olive St. St. Louis, Mo Drygaists

Fragmentary Tale of Ailment and Deception

A confused speaker asks a doctor about her husband’s illness, claiming a simple case yet revealing unclear details. The exchange highlights uncertainty and a possible miscommunication in a medical setting, with the narrator attempting to obtain medicine through the pastor’s guidance.

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People Speak Well of Chamberlain's Tablets

A dealer from Headford Ontario reports two years of successful sales and favorable customer feedback for Chamberlain's Tablets. He tried them himself and claims no other preparation equals their effectiveness for indigestion or constipation, advising others to give them a trial.

Chamberlain Headford

15000 Men to Report to Camp Gordon Next Week

Special to the Banner Atlanta Bureau reports that 15,384 selectmen from Georgia Alabama and Tennessee will move to Camp Gordon between Wednesday and Saturday as a 40 percent allotment. White men only will be used to fill counties and cities quotas with shortages drawn from other counties. Rail movement will be heavy through mid October. Also a reader note endorses Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy citing a local testimonial.

Atlanta Kimball House Atanta Georgia Alabama Tennessee Camp Gordon Atelanta War Department State Department Washington Augusta Macon Augusa Joel Mallett American Railway Association Crowder

High Opinion of Chamberlain's Tablets by Mrs Barnes

Mrs C A Barnes of Charleston Illinois says she has a high opinion of Chamberlain's Tablets for biliousness and as a laxative. She finds them mild and pleasant to use and notes her brother has also had satisfactory results with these tablets.

Chamberlain

Hardwick Denounced by Bar Association Member

A New York Times Sunday page prints a letter from Francis Marion Etheridge dated September 8, 1917, criticizing Senator Hardwick for addressing the American Bar Association at Saratoga Springs and warning of treasonous implications of his stance on the draft. An editorial from the Times asks when free speech becomes license, noting Georgia’s representation by the game cock.

New York Times Senator Hardwick American Bar Association Saratoga Springs Francis Marion Etheridge New York Herr Hardwick Times Georgia

Qua Shame in the Senate

The piece denounces Senator Hardwick accusing him of pro Germany stance and disloyalty to America, criticizing Georgia leadership and urging expulsion from the Senate. It portrays cross party anger in the U.S. Senate and claims Hardwick’s motives are openly questioned by both parties. It places Georgia and its junior senator under harsh national scrutiny.

United States Senate of the Georgia Commonwealth America Senate American Congress Thomas William Hardwick People of the Republic Stone Vardaman

Social News from Commerce Georgia September 13

Miss Gladys Shirley of Apple Valley spent the weekend in Commerce as guest of sister Mrs Frank Wright. Miss Ida Phee Perkins of Atlanta visiting Mr and Mrs A M Shankle. Miss Mildred Nelms of Commerce visiting Miss Elsie Harber of Carnesville. Dr L G Hardman and family returned from Natcoochee where they summered. Mrs Boyd Sloan of Gainesville visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Scott Jackson. Former Mayor J M Nix and Mary Nix spent weekend in Greenville S C with D C Massey. H E Williams spent weekend with friends and relatives in Decatur. Experience the Best Teacher. It is generally admitted that experience is the best teacher but we should use others experiences as well. Mrs J N Griffith of Valdosta is one more to be depended upon than that of one individual. Many thousands of persons have used Chamberlains Cough Remedy for coughs and colds with the best results. Try it.

Commerce, Ga Gladys Shirley Apple Valley Commerce Frank Wright J. N. Griffith Valdosta Dr. L G. Hardman

Grove's TasteLess Chill Tonic Promises Strength in Heat

An oat of regu larly Grove's TasteLess Chill Tonic claims to strengthen feeble seniors and weak youths during summer heat by purifying blood and enriching the system. The advertisement emphasizes increased endurance with a small price.

Reguarly Grove

Dublin Friends Honor Miss Holleman and Miss Phillips

Miss Holleman and Miss Phillips of Dublin were honored at a heart garden party hosted by Mrs. W D Rice on a Wednesday afternoon. Miss Ida Shankle Hardman entertained several friends at a following gathering.

Holleman Miss Phillips Dublin W. D. Rice

Also Mentioned on This Page

W. J Chandler J. T. Pittard WII A. S. Towns Jas H. Towns R. C. Orr J. H. Horton Richard Coleman H. H. Carlton Lula Hawkins H. A. Nix Lumpkin and Brown Barber Street C. B. Daniel Athens Avenue Lula Moore Clemmons James Moore Kate Arrington Jnc. N. Arrington John N. Arrington Andrew J. Wobb Said Bounty E. J. Crawford Clarke Superior Court Carlisle Cobb O ‘Achel Hector Nelsor feCombs Zeffrine A. George Par ‘Yenla Smith Squire Thomas Sallihomas Orchael Hector Abow Rachar Vetor Rachael Hector Teert EB. J. Crawford Larke County Said County Talmadge Hariaware Company SCOTT Talmadge Pframe Scott Hardware Company Peron Talmadge Hardware Company Rer Jno J. & R. M. Strickland Talmadge Hardware Company J Clarke Co B. F. Hardeman Co. H. Phinizy Hardeman Phinizy Hardwick Union Germany Ida Phee Perkins A. M. Shankle Mildred Nelms Elsie Harber Carnesville L. G. Hardman Natcoochee Boyd Sloan Gainesville Mrs Scott Jackson Hardman Cal J. M. Nix Mary Nix Ernest Nis Greenville D. C. Massey H. E. Williams Decatur Ida Shankle Hardman
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