Georgia Baseball Defends Loss to Cornell Blames Pitcher Young
Georgia players return to practice after a defeat in Atlanta to Cornell. They schedule two games in Athens against Trinity College and claim the Augusta trip lost money, while asserting their team is the strongest yet. Hugh Jennings says Georgia would have won with a different pitcher.
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Atlanta
Cornell
Trinity College
Athens
Georgia Boys
Augusta
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Young
Jennings
Constitution
Killing in Habersham Ends Atlanta Salesman Death
William B. Bell an Atlanta drug store traveling salesman was beaten to death with a club near Soque post office Habersham county. J S Smith alleged intoxication claims the killing was revenge for an insult to a Bell family member. Bell sold for John B Daniel of Atlanta and stayed overnight with Smith before the fatal assault.
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Atlanta
Habersham County
William B. Bell
J. S. Smith
Soque Post Office
Smith
Bell
John. B. Daniel
Habersham
Tragedy After Saturday Drinking Sparks Arrest Tale
Reports describe a fatalkilling scene in which Si Smith beats Bell to death after a late drink spree. Bell had left Smith’s house by buggy when Smith overtook the vehicle and dragged him down before striking him with a heavy stick. Smith claims Bell insulted a family member to justify the act. The column also recalls a Donkey-in-the-Shed episode featuring Opie Read and Charles Eugene Banks, and notes longtime Georgia Railroad conductor Davison Lowe and conductor Hutchins, both described with brief biographical details and virtues. An advertisement for Tutt’s Liver Pills closes the item.
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Bell
Smith
Opie Read
Charles Eugene Banks
Arkansas
Banks
Opera House
Read
Noted Southern Conductor M W Hutchens Known As Uncle Mat
Leslie's Weekly highlights M. W. Hutchens of Athens Georgia as the Souths most noted railroad passenger conductor and the oldest active in the United States. The profile describes him as Uncle Mat Hutchens known to every intelligent person familiar with the era.
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Leslie’s Weekly
New York
South
United States
M. W. Hutchens
Athens
Georgia
Mat” Hutchens
Scotch Gown Worn by Dr McDonald in Savannah Sermon
In Savannah on April 3 at Independent Presbyterian Church Dr. McDonald preached in the old fashioned Scotch gown required by Mrs. Telfair’s 1000 bequest to the church. The clause barred any preacher from filling the pulpit without the gown, and Dr. McDonald complied gracefully.
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Savannah
Independent Presbyterian Church
McDonald
Murder Near Knoxville Shocks Hawkins County
Report from Mooresburg Hawkins county describes a murder after a quarrel between Hugh Young and his wife. The wife allegedly struck with an axe killing him instantly in an isolated mountain location. The woman reportedly arrested and said to be crazed with grief.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mooresburg
Hawkins County
Hugh Young
LOVER KILLED AT MALOLOS
Miss Mary Wilson of Augusta learns of her lover Alva Dix s death at Malolos and commits suicide by morphine after writing a note to her parents. Dix, a private in Twentieth Kansas, had courted and become her affianced. they were to marry in June.
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Wichita
Kan
Mary Wilson
Augusta
Alva Dix
Malolos
Twentieth
Kansas
Spain
Wilson County
Miss Wilson
Vassar
Philippines
Alva
Mayor's Court Dockets Three Light Offenses
Three offenders appeared before the mayor at a matinee. Doc Alexander faced drinking and disorderly charges with a five dollar fine or ten days. Rufus Brown pled guilty to disorderly conduct and received the same fine. Weldon Wood was fined two dollars and fifty cents for disorderly conduct. Court adjourned with no other cases.
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Doc Alexander
Rufus Brown
Weldon Wood
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Trinity
the Constitution Roast
Hugh Jennings
Nature
Pagala
A.L. Ford
Brimby Drag
Weekly Bulletin
Wash Goods Department
India
Sea Island
Madras
Si’ Smith
Georgia Railroad
Hutchins
Mat
Atlantic and
Danville
Norfolk
Virginia
Tutt
M. W. Hutchins
Chamberlain
D. C. Brant
Santa Ynez
Cal
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Co-Operative Detective Agency
Nashville
Knoxville, Tenn
W. J. Cuyler
Red Creek
N. Y
Cuyler
W. G. Phippin
Red Creek Herrald
H R. Palmer & Sons
Mozley
H. Morley
Capitol
Tam
L. J. Alldred
State Senate
State Capitol
Morley
S. A. Gretham
Salem, N. C
H. Mozley
Pratt
Pratt Medicine Co
Station B
Chicago
Farrand & Votey Organs
HOPE
Mayor’s Court
Farrand & Votey
Hope Hale
Clayton Street
Athens, Ga
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