State department cuts tag cost amid fertilizer shift
The Department of Agriculture saved the state money by ordering 4,000,000 fertilizer tags from Reyburn Manufacturing in Philadelphia. Prices rose due to material costs, but forethought kept costs below state expectations. Aimed to reduce fertilizer use, the department notes fewer fertilizers are needed and tags will stay required by law.
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Philadelphia
Department of Agriculture
State Department
Stevens
Reyburn Manufacturing Company
Capitol
Commissioners Agree To Pay For Granite Courthouse Annex
The county board voted to substitute granite for limestone in the new courthouse annex. Stone will come from the Stone Mountain district with Veal and Venable supplying and Gude & Walker handling quarry contracts. Total cost set at 111000, with funds reallocated from heated system and other building expenses. The decision followed hours of discussion and consideration of quarry options and marble alternatives.
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Board of County Commissioners
Meadis
Messra. Gude & Walker
Forrest Adair
Brown
Palmer
Adair
Fulton County
Stone Mountain
County Commissioners' Office
A.B. F. Veal
Gude
Anderson
B. J. Abbott
Georgia Marble Company
Georgia
Stone Mountain District
Veal and Venable
Gude & Walker
Georgia Teachers Receive Half Million Dollars In State Aid
State School Commissioner Glenn will distribute 556000 dollars to Georgia common school teachers for the last two months of the 1899 session. This sum covers two-fifths of the total school appropriation. Payments have often been delayed to January due to pension obligations, with past patterns suggesting payments may begin earlier this year.
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Georgia
Glenn
Court Officers Vindicated In Cow Stealing Case
Brunswick Ga January 12 Special It has been a long time since any docket entry created such interest as the case involving Alfred Turner a prominent local butcher found guilty of cow stealing The defendant alleged coercion by former Judge J L Sweat and former Solicitor General W M Toomer prompting a guilty plea The bench swift action by Judge Joseph W Bennet and Toomer’s vigorous defense were records of public debate As the verdict of guilty followed the trial the case was deemed a strong rebuttal of the charges against the officers and a tribute to Solicitor General John W Bennett's handling of the proceedings
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Brunswick
Glynn
Alfred Turner
J. Ll. Sweat
W. M. Toomer
Joseph W. Bennet
Solicor
John W. Bennet
Waycross
Jacob L. Beach
Glynn Court
John C. Lehman
Teri
Toomer
John W. Bennett
Indigent Confederate Pension Payments Begin Next Week
Pensioners will start receiving funds Monday as the state distributes the $268000 appropriation for indigent Confederate soldiers. The process uses local officials or Atlanta officials to issue warrants and forward payments, with many veterans relying on the $60 annual support. Officials warn the indigent roll will grow, then gradually decline as veterans age, with widows and invalids to follow.
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Lindsey
Peweton
Treasury
Atlanta
Johnson
Confederata
Hood's Sarsa parlltages promises health through digestion
What We Eat must be digested and assimilated. Hood's Sarsa parlltages is claimed to aid digestion and produce pure blood, restoring digestive organ function and nourishing nerves and muscles. It is said to cure dyspepsia, scrofula, salt rheum, boils, pimples, eruptions, catarrh, rheumatism, and diseases from impure blood.
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Hood
Winkler Dispensary Bill Introduced in South Carolina
Columbia January 12 Special The dispensary bill by Representative Winkler aims to keep the state headquarters and board of control, abolish county boards and the state dispensary fund, and split profits among counties’ schools. A new five year board with a 5000 bond, liquor contracts by July, and a 3000 salary liquor commissioner with a 2500 bond are proposed.
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South Carolina
Columbia
S. C
Winkler
Tillman
Board of Control
Tyner neuralgia pills promise cure no opiates
Iron ore demand pushes Blacksburg mines near Greenboro, South Carolina, to operate under difficult, costly conditions. About a hundred workers extract gray Magnetic ore, shipped 120 miles to furnaces in Greensboro, with ore hauled five miles by wagon over rough roads. Output runs several hundred tons weekly. if prices rise, a spur track may be built.
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8. C
Blacksberg
Greensboro
N. C
Niles
Jobin
L. Black
J. W. Pope Buys 9 Alabama Street Building in Atlanta
J W Pope has become owner of a two story brick building at 9 Alabama street in Atlanta. The cash purchase price was 16000, deemed a bargain for local real estate. Pope refused a 1000 offer before closing, noting the property’s higher value. Sellers were J W Rucker and W L Peel. The lot fronts 22 feet on Alabama street and extends 10 feet back. The building, used for offices, was handled through Forrest Adair.
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J. W. Pope
Alabama Street
Pope
Atlanta
J. Ww. Rucker
W. L. Peel
Forrest Adair
Regular meeting of the Canadian Society of Georgia
The Canadian Society of Georgia held a Monday regular meeting. Officers were elected: A. W. Farlinger president, John S.S. Cameron first vice, W. N. Phillimore second vice, George W. Stewart secretary, Alford Maddison treasurer, Edward Porter historian. Membership rises. next meeting set for February 7 at 8 in 321 Prudential Building.
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Canadian Society of Georgia
A. W. Farlinger
John S.S. Cameron
W. N. Phillimore
George W. Stewart
Alford Maddison
Edward Porter
Arso
Prudential
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Engineering and Mining Journal of New York
Commissioner of Agriculture of
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North Sea
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