Hawkins Kills Wife In Brutal Onslaught On South Lumpkin Street
Mary Hawkins, a young woman, was slain by her husband Will Hawkins in their South Lumpkin Street home during a dispute linked to pending divorce papers. He first slashed her throat with a razor then fired five shots, witnesses say, while bystanders restrained him until police arrived. coroner ruled death from multiple wounds. Local race tensions surfaced as a crowd gathered. Hawkins claimed jealousy sparked the attack and that Mary fired first. The Clarke Superior Court is to proceed with the case.
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South Lumpkin Street
Mary Hawkins
Will Hawkins
Hawkins
Herschel Smith
Haynes
James W. Davis
Jackson
Clarke Superior Court
Weatherly
Will Hawking
Jeak
Athens
Louis Thomas
Mary Hawking
R. A. Saye
Smith
J. W. Cash
Roy Laverder
Common Seed Crushers To Meet Here Next Month
Athens hosts a Cotton Seed Crushers Association gathering at the State College of Agriculture on April 19 and 20. The two day program features livestock feeding discussions led by college professors, round table talks, and broad participation for both members and nonmembers with expected attendance in the hundreds.
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State College of Agriculture
Athens
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Death prediction for Roosevelt by University of Chicago professor
New York March 23 Ex President Roosevelt sails for Africa as Professor Frederick Starr of the University of Chicago repeats his warning that Roosevelt will not return alive. Starr cites age quick temper and African fevers as fatal risks urging a lakes voyage instead. The piece also includes a medical testimonial for Foley's Urino Laxative from A Wolkush of Casimer Wisconsin.
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New York
Roosevelt
Africa
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
Starr
Tropics
Filing the Bill Mischief at Hotels
Harper's Weekly notes a Western boniface recounts a St. Louis landlord tracked a decamped guest. Months later the owner asked for the amount of the bill and received the reply seven dollars and fifty cents.
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Harper's Weekly
St. Louis
Prisoner Transferred as Town Feels Heat Over Slaying
The slayer of a woman was moved to the city prison then to Clarke County jail amid tense, possibly hostile crowds. Authorities planned to bring him before the Clarke Superior Court for a potential grand jury indictment at the upcoming term.
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Slynch
Teo
Hawkins
Jackson
Clarke Superior Court
Bia
Ely
Postoffice Inspector Visits Athens On Carrier Expansion
Postoffice Inspector E D Beatty visits Athens to assess expanding the free delivery force. Rapid city growth demands more carriers and possible redistricting. Officials likely to increase staff. department will issue orders to the Athens post office soon.
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Postoffice Department
Postoffice
E. D. Beatty
Athens
Beatty
Wright declares for seventh district seat in Congress
Rome Ga March 23 In an interview Judge Moses Wright denies rumors of accepting another office and confirms he will run for Congress from the seventh district. He notes the nomination is about eighteen months off and says he will announce and actively canvass at the proper time. Wright, a University of Georgia graduate, has served in the legislature and as solicitor general before his current term as Rome Judicial Circuit judge.
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Rome
Moses Wright
Congress
Seventh Congressional
Gordon Lee
Wright
University of Georgia
Rome Judicial Circuit
Resignation of Gainesville Midland Chief E J Douglas
Mr E J Douglas general manager of the Gainesville Midland Railway Co resigns effective April 15. He will become general manager of the R O Camp bell Co coal business in Atlanta. Mr EB B Eppes succeeds him as chief engineer. Eppes is a well known local figure and brother of Francis and LW Eppes with many relatives in the area.
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E. J. Douglas
Gainesville Midland Railway Co
EB. B. Eppes
Douglas
Atlanta
R. O. Campbell Co
Eppes
Havize
Messrs
Francis
LW. E Eppes
Habeas corpus writ sued out in Clarke County
Kate O Dwyer, convicted of keeping a lewd house, was sentenced to twelve months but suspended on leaving the Western circuit. She returned to Athens and was placed in a county camp. Through Col John R Cooper the prisoner seeks release, with Judge Brand ordering county farm superintendent to produce her for a March 26 hearing on the habeas corpus petition.
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Kate O'Dwyer
Clarke
Brand
Athens
Jackson
John R. Cooper
Macon
Col. Cooper
Balloonists Lost In The Mountains Near Pasadena
In Pasadena on March 23 six aeronauts rose in the balloon America at dawn before 6,000 spectators. The craft drifted into cloud and vanished over Sierra Madre, sparking relief expeditions as searches span the Mojave desert. If the balloon failed to cross the range the men face extreme cold and possible death after hours without contact.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ts Anament Park
Pasrdera
America
Informaion
Sierra Madre Mountains
Mojave Desert
Pasadena
Isierre Madre Jad
Waitress Henry Hilton Eye Injured by Tobasco Sauce
A New York waitress Alda Hilton suffered a severe eye injury when Tobasco sauce bottle exploded in a Brooklyn restaurant. Her sight was endangered by the burning fluid’s sudden spray as she attempted to uncork the bottle. She was rushed to a hospital where doctors feared permanent damage.
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New York
Alda Hilton
Brooklyn
Roosevelt Ott On African Trip
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt sails from Hoboken aboard the Hamburg on the first leg of a six to twelve month Africa and Europe expedition. He travels with son Kermit and a party including naturalists and aides, planning to reach Kilindini Harbor then Nairobi and Khartoum, with European lectures planned.
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Roosevelt
Africa
Hamburg
Hoboken
Lloyd
Mr. Roosevelt
Kermit
Mrs. Roosevelt
Taft
North River
Naples
Kilindin
Mombasa
Sland
Nairobi
Port Florence
Lak Victoria Nyanza
Uganda
Nile
K Khartoum
British East Africa
Khartoum
Ethel Roosevelt
Europe
Edgar A. Hearns
J. Alden Loring
Edmund Heller
United States
Egypt
Great Britain
Germany
France
England
East Africa
Kermit Roosevelt
Chattanooga Wants The Jeffries Fight
Chattanooga capitalists offer a purse of 100000 for an eight round bout between Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries to be held in Chattanooga. E W Forstner of the Chattanooga Automobile Company sent the offer to Johnsons manager and awaits reply. Local promoters backing the bid will meet to arrange the event and post a reasonable forfeit. The eight rounds comply with Tennessee law barring longer prize fights.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Jack Johnson
James J. Jeffries
E. W. Forstner
Chattanooga Automobile Company
Johnson
Forstner
Tennessee
Miss Clang to Wed in Africa Mission Trip
New York reports Miss Charlotte Clang of Iowa bound for Africa on the same steamer as the Roosevelt party. She will marry Dr. Thomas Lambie in Alexandria and then travel up the Nile. Clang, a Monmouth College graduate, has spent three years in missionary work in the Soudan.
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Africa
New York
Roosevelt
Charlotte Clang
Iowa
Soudon
Alexandria
Thomas Lambie
Nile
Mise Clany
Owt
Monmouth College
Maryland conference opens 124th annual M E Church South session
Clerical and lay delegates from Maryland Pennsylvania Delaware and West Virginia arrived in Baltimore to attend the 124th annual Maryland conference of the M E Church South. Sessions begin at St Pauls church tomorrow morning and continue for one week with Bishop A W Wilson presiding. The annual sermon will be preached this evening by Rev J H Light of Montroyal Va.
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Southern Methodist Episcopal Conference
Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
West Virginia
M. E. Church South
St. Paul's Church
A. W. Wilson
J. H. Light
Montroyal
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