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Newspaper
Dawson County Advertiser
Location
Dawsonville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1921
Page
4
A nostalgic note compares the fading village blacksmith shops to other bygone features as automobiles replace horses. It cites The Atlanta Constitution and Butler Herald, then mentions local editors proposing birth-day renewal to extend subscriptions.
The town discusses the dry versus wet mayoral race with strong turnout expected. Women registering to vote intensify the contest while longtime opponents of suffrage mobilize to influence the council election. H. B. Smith.
Dillard Reeze, a Dawson county farmer, was wounded in the right leg and robbed of $503 by two unidentified white men who posed as law officers after blocking his light truck near the Chattahoochee river. They forced him to walk away, then abandoned him five miles from the scene before fleeing. He received first aid in Smyrna and was hospitalized in Atlanta.
Public sale notices list property seized to satisfy executions from 1921 in Dawson and Lumpkin counties. Listings name debtors Clifford Roland Jess Higgins Jess Higgins John L Summerour and others with dates in November and December 1921 and sheriff W J Orr supervising at court houses.
The tract lies in the fourth district and first section totaling 208 acres with multiple parcels including 20 acres in lots 631 632 633 595 and 568 and 592 593 594 with improvements. It is levied on as the property of M D Reece to satisfy a September 1 1921 execution from the Superior Court of Dawson County. The sale occurs at the county courthouse on the first Tuesday in January 1922 during legal hours.
The Dawson County notice states property described as lots 155 196 198 243 244 and Spelgerigatta 240 acres with improvements. Saitland levied on as the property of KK E Garman to Oct 12 1921 from the Superior Court in favor of Farmers and Citizens Bank of Dawsonville Ga against R E Garmon. Dated Nov 28 1921. W J Orr Sheriff.
In Dawson County Superior Court August term 1921 the Gainesville Grocery Co petitions against the Estate of Mrs E M Grogan and executor Deane Grogan seeking foreclosure of a mortgage dated January 21 1921 on town lot and house in Dawsonville described as part of lot 43 in district 4 section 1. The mortgage secures a note of 832 with 8 percent interest. The court orders payment or foreclosure to Gainesville Grocery Co and bars redemption, with service on Deane Grogan executor. Court date August 8 1921 andCertification September 24 1921.
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a tonic and blood purifier. It claims to cleanse the blood and restore normal conditions, enabling nature to heal. Circulars are free from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio, with all druggists carrying the product.
Classified notices list optometrist Max.ne Crosiar in Gainesville Georgia and legal notices for Wood Wood and Vandiviere Attorneys at Law in Canton California. The readable items include professional services and law firm presence in these locales.
The American Red Cross says 43 disasters caused 850 deaths and 2,500 injuries in the year ending June 8 1921. They spent 1 871 000 on relief, with 30 million in property damage and 65 000 families homeless. Major events included the Pueblo flood, Wall Street explosion, Tulsa race riot, and famine in China.
Growth of Red Cross Life Saving Corps across the nation continued as 160 corps enroll over 10 000 members. Of these, 1 276 are examiners. Notably the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis organized what may be the world's largest life saving corps.
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