Terrific wind storm sweeps through Athens and surrounding counties
A severe wind storm struck Athens yesterday morning at about ten to one, rattling houses and blowing down fences and chimneys. Damage spread across Clarke, Oglethorpe, Madison, and Oconee counties with destroyed barns, roof losses, and several deaths reported, including a woman and her children in a Neese plantation incident.
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Neese
Athens
Tren
Outine
Clarketon
Uiew
Gaj
Wiliams
Williams
R. T. Bullock
Joe Epps
Maysville
Carr, Boyd and Co
Commerce
Baptist Church
Madison County
Ed Crawford
Center
Fannie Cooper
Stoy Marlowe
H. G. Farmer
Nicholson
Will Hopkins
Wright
New Harmony
Smithonia
Oglethorpe County
Oconee County
Joe Dickens
High Shoals
Aleck Huff
Megro
City Council Adopts Tax Ordinance With Additions
The adjourned council meeting read and adopted a tax ordinance for the coming year. Increases were approved, new lines added, hours set for licenses, and a carnival license proposal referred to the mayor. petitions on stockyard relocation and property sale were discussed, and bond allocations and a reinstated captain were noted.
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Cosmopol
Bond Commission
H. N. Thomas
Solicitor General C M Walker to Probe Hawkins Case
Solicitor General C M Walker arrives in the city to investigate the killing of Mary Hawkins. He will handle the murder case against her husband and will be the first murder trial he conducts in the county.
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Mary Hawkins
C. M. Walker
Will Hawkins
Tickets to banquet at Georgian tonight
Mr. M. H. Merry will be at the Georgian tonight from 6 to 9 30 with admission tickets for the T P A convention banquet. Invited guests may secure their tickets from Mr. Merry. One loaf of bread free with one pound of Lady Fingers Friday and Saturday.
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Georgian
M. H. Merry
Arnold & Abney
Athens Hosts Traveling Painters Protects Association Meeting
The Traveling Painters Protective Association held a noon meeting in the Athens auditorium with about two hundred attendees. Guests praised Athens Hotel Georgian and the city’s progress, while Rome Georgia's Cary J. King expressed gratitude and humor in accepting the hospitality of Mayor W. F. Dorsey and local officials.
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Elers’ Protective Association Gla
Star
Athens
C. Y. Wier
Georgian
S. R. Belk
Atlanta
W. F. Dorsey
Michael
King
Local T P A Delegation Hosts Big Convention Event
Gentlemen the hospitality you have tendered is accepted in the same spirit yet warns that the I P A uses every good thing and local groups cannot reform alone. Reports of officers were read as meetings proceed. Georgia Cincinnati baseball game entertained the visitors with a University of Georgia cadet drill. The program includes today and tomorrow business meetings at 10 a m, a p m sessions, a banquet at 10 30 p m, and a Saturday session for officers and delegates at 10 30 a m.
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Georgia
Cincinnati
University of Georgia
J. M. Kimbrough
Chamber of Commerce
Georgian Hotel
Chancellor Barrow Visits Milledgeville Campus
Chancellor David C. Barrow visits the Girls Normal and Industrial College in Milledgeville. It is his annual visit as chancellor and he is always a welcome guest there.
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Barrow
Milledgeville
David C. Barrow
Girls’ Normal and Industrial College
George Bush Arrested on Vagrancy Charge Report
A report notes George Bush was arrested on a vagrancy charge. The incident involved a suspect named Bush and references a breakfast meeting and a payment of $1.00 in the context of the arrest record. Arnold & Abney are listed in connection with the case.
Colbert man fatally shoots self after illness
Earl Colbert of Colbert Georgia reportedly killed himself with a pistol at his home after a period of illness and nervous distress. The 32 year old man left a note before the fatal shot, his funeral arrangements pending as relatives learn of Georgetown connection and family losses.
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Dorning
Néuse
Colbert
Earl
Athens Cadets to Attend Trial and Seek Fun Philanthropy
The T P A convention will attend in a body as witnesses and cadets join a spring encampment. Judge Andrew J. Cobb presides tonight with Hon T B Mell as defense attorney and Col T F Newton for the plaintiff. The jury includes Mayor Dorsey and several prominent locals. Sheriff Jackson and Clerk E J Crawford will perform official roles.
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Athens
Andrew J. Cobb
H. H. Linton
E. B. Cohen
S. C. Benedict
Sheriff Jackson
E. J. Crawford
Georgia ex-representative Bell commits suicide aboard train
George H Bell of Swainsboro, a former state representative, killed himself on a Central of Georgia train No 4 between Atlanta and Savannah near Toomsboro at 2 50 am He stabbed himself near the heart in the presence of conductor Robert L Brake who was unable to intervene The tragedy followed a prior attempt on his life and the victim was described as having previously tried to harm himself
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Savannah
Central of Georgia
Atlanta
Toomsboro
George H.bell
Swainsboro
Robert L. Brake
Bell
Condueto
Himheart
J Bell
Jule Smith Arrested On Theft Charge
Jule Smith, a negro, was arrested on a charge of stealing four dollars from the bureau in Jim Moon's house. He will face committal trial at once. A separate report notes a fatal stabbing with five wounds beneath the heart observed in examination.
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Jule Smith
Jim Moon
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Isolicitor General Co
M. Walker
APA
Cary J
Athen
Cary J. King
Rome
Mr. Mayor
Micha
Cohamerce
T. P. A. Post
Haughey
Ceorge
Bush
Cole
Earl Colbert
Colbert Ga
Mr. Colbert
Hon
J. Fletcher Colbert
Colonial
Geo. H. Bell
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