Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-10
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! A. NJ Brand, receiver for the Geor-
| gia Granite Company, was directed
| by superior court to resume opera
! tion Of the Georgia Granite Company
/ railroad, a four mile strip Of track be
| tween Lithonia and Stone Mountain.
! Creditors of the company had insisted
J to the court that the company's assets
! be tied up until their claims We're set
/ tied.
George II. Taylor, vice president Of
| the International and Great Northern
railway. with headquarters in New
| York city, and. Henry W. Anderson, of
| Richmond, Va, general counsel for the
! !. e. G.. ~, passed through Atlanta
en- route TO New Orleans, where
| they viii attend a meeting of the Off
| Gals Of that road to be held next week.
| Assistant Commi ssoner of AgriCui-
| .ure J. j. Brown will address the citi-
zens Of Appling county in BaXley, on
! February Is at noon. The occasion will
| be a big farmers convention, assembled
/ from surrounding territory. Besides
veterinarian, and Professor Jarnegan
! Of the State College of Agriculture in
Athens, will deliver addresses.
| Atlanta Shriners have planned an
| elaborate trip when they go to Dallas,
Texas, in May for the imperial con
| clave. They will go by Birmingham,
| Meridian, Vicksburg and Shreveport
| over the Southern, Queen and Crescent
| and Texas and Pacific lines, and return
! by Texarkana, Memphis and Birming
| ham over the Texas and Pacific, Iron
| Mountain, Frisco and Southern roads
| Temple Khedive, of Norfolk will pass
| through Atlanta en- route to Dallas, over
the Southern, West Point, Louisville
and Nashville and Texas and Pacific
| lines.
HerOld Nicholson, Of Stephens Ga,
| a student at the Atlanta College of Ply
! sicians and Surgeons, Is i'll with pneu
monia at the home of Mrs Trecy. His
father has arrived from Stephens to at
| tend him
DR. P. F. Bahnsen, state veterinarian,
will begin an active campaign against
| the cattle tick in twenty counties in
northwest Georgia early next month
| This is the largest number of counties
| to receive attention at one time since
| the war on the tick was started.
| Raoul S. Bonanno, Duke Of Misilmeri
| singer and writer. has returned to At
| lanta with the statement that atlanta
! has the world beaten for pretty girls"
| Since leaving Atlanta, the duke, whose
| voice delighted an Atlanta audience at
! the Auditorium last summer, has Wis
| tied many cities, but finds none equal to
Atlanta.
| S. w. Tate, with a bid of $1,31S, has
| been declared purchaser of Folsoms
! restaurant IS and 20 Marietta street
in an order of confirmation by p. II.
Adams, referee in bankruptcy. The bid
was the highest made to the receiver
j. II. Porter who was placed in charge
| of the affairs of the restaurant upon it's
being thrown into bankruptcy recently
A bid of $3.50 for the hotel furniture in
the rooms above the restaurant was
made by j. G. Oglesby, Jr., and ac-
cepted,
More civil service examinations, to OBJ
tam men for government work, were to-
day announced by the local civil service
commission. Examinations for assistant
| forest pathologist will be held February
ap; for photographer Of plant speci-
senior highway engineer March 10.
The local division of postoffice inspec-
tors received word today that the post
office at Bolton. Ga, near Gainesville, was
entered last night. No particulars of the
| case were given.
The city tax books are now open to
receive personally returns. Receiver
! Beauchamp said today that the council
/ committee had instructed him to en-
force the penalty of fine Of 10 per
cent for failure to return property and
a doubling of the street tax against all
! those who do not report to the tax Of
| flee by March 10.
/ Councilman j. n. Kimbrough. chair
man of the bridges committee, today
began work on three big projects. He
/ says the Forsyth street underpass must
be closed, the Pryor street viaduct be-
| gun and an underpass built under the
Mcdaniel street railroad crossing this
| year.
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