Razor On Willow Street Leads To Fatal Razor Fight
On Willow street two Black women Minnie Aycock and Maggie Wingfield fought after a chair was broken playing cards and beer with two men. Maggie renewed the quarrel with a razor, Minnie then fired a pistol from her home, wounding Maggie in the hand and hip. Capt. Hamilton and Officer Dudley arrested the shooter.
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Minnie Aycock
Maggie Wingfield
Darky
Minnie
Maggie
Maggie Winfield
Capt. Hamilton
Dudley
Was Bound Over For Pocketbook Theft
Tuesday afternoon Nelson Mc Combs a colored boy was given his committal trial on the charge of snatching the pocket book of another colored man Lee Chappel in front of the National Bank. The justice of the peace held the evidence sufficient to bind him over.
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Nelson McCombs
Lee Chappel
National Bank
Justice of the Peace
Prof Stewart Addresses Athens Sunday at YMCA
Sunday afternoon at the Y M C A a large number of Athens men and University of Georgia students heard a masterful address by Prof J B Stewart of the University. Stewart is an interesting lecturer and his message drew intense interest with listeners giving undivided attention throughout, regarded as one of the best meetings ever held in the building.
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Athens
University of Georgia
J. 8. Stewart
University
Stewart
Upson Appointed Receiver Toward Pemarest Property
The Arm of Dillashaw and Ferguson of Pemarest Georgia begins the process of receivership with a court appointing a receiver in the action. The case involves property once valued at six thousand nine hundred dollars and details are incomplete in the fragment. The transmitter is unclear and critical names are partially garbled.
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Dillashaw & Ferguson
Pemarest
Hergn
Dotsaria
Johntien Gemowns
Records We Lost by a Big Fire at Sewanee University
The big stone building housing the university supply store the Professors' Club the local bank and the treasurer's office at the University of the South Sewanee Tenn was totally destroyed by fire early today The loss is about 26000 with 15000 insured Administrative affairs are disrupted temporary quarters are being secured and plans for a more commodious building are under consideration The supply store has burned before several years ago and this is the second destruction by fire
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University of the South
Sewanee, Tenn
Professors’ Club
R. M. DuBose
Riot in Pittsburg Schools Drugs? No, Real Riot at Shake speare School
Pittsburg Penn Sept 25 police mobilized all reserves at South Side station to quell a race riot sparked by Shake speare school pupils. About 60 students, mostly 10 to 16, fought in the yard as white boys beat black pupils with scalp wounds reported. Police took names of white participants for later action.
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Pittsburg
Penn
South Side
Shakespeare School
Mill
Northeast Georgia Fair preparations under way for October opening
The Northeast Georgia Fair will open Tuesday morning October 3 in this city. The Agricultural Hall is ready for exhibits with county displays from Oglethorpe and Oconee counties joining Clarke's in a lively county premiums contest. Local merchants plan displays and space is filling fast. The Woman's department promises a standout show and Drake Bros of Woodstock seeks space for their cotton exhibit. Exhibits should be assigned by Monday evening for a smooth opening and strong attendance is anticipated.
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Weitl
Oglethorpe County
Oconee County
Clarke
Wages Music Company
Athens Gas Company
Bailey Supply Company
Hugging & Son
Griffeth Implement Company
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Dorsey & Funkenstein
Drake Bros
Woodstock
Horses Arrive for Northeast Georgia Fair Races
Yesterday more fine horses arrived for entry in the races at the great Northeast Georgia Fair which opens next Tuesday morning. Special attention to this feature promises the races will be the best ever seen in this city with purses large enough to attract fine stock from Athens in the Southern Circuit.
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Athens
Shackled man carried to jail by Polk County officers
Chattanooga Tennessee September 26 a shackled William Cody a Polk county criminal was taken to the county jail by Sheriff B B Biggs and two deputies after local officers captured him Cody 4g was wanted on charges of assault with intent to murder and faced felonious assault charges in the state.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
William Cody
Polk County
Sheri B. B. Biggs
Cody
Godyer
Sen
Negro woman Cora Williams arrested on theft charge
Cora Williams, a 4 Negro woman, was arrested yesterday in Athens on the charge of stealing a dress from a local resident. Police doubt her guilt and say the dress may have been given to another party, with details unclear from the fragment.
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Cora Williams
Athens
Te Drega
Wren Pee
Death of Clarke County farmer J W Amis after brief illness
Mr J W Amis a well known Clarke county farmer died Tuesday morning at home near Athens after a short illness from indigestion followed by a fatal hemorrhage. He left a wife and three children and was active in the Methodist church and local charitable drives. He was buried Tuesday with Masonic honors.
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Athens
J. W. Amis
Amis
India
Art
Vernon Lodge
Free and Accepted Masons
Funeral of Mrs G A Broach at College Avenue
The funeral of Mrs. Gal Broach was held Sunday at four o'clock at the residence on College Avenue. Rev. W H Young of the First Baptist Church led the service with several hymns sung by a choir including Mrs. H S Martin Miss Mewborn A W Thornton and J E Gardner. Interment followed at Ocones cemetery with tender and loving hands conducting the grave services.
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College Avenue
Mra. Gal Breach
W. H. Young
First Baptist Church
H. S. Martin
Mewborn
A. W. Thornton
J. E. Gardner
Large punch bowl for a bath tub in glass shop tale
A woman enters a Barclay Street glass and china house not an actress and orders a seven by two and a half by two feet cut glass bath tub. The manager doubts feasibility and cost yet she offers to pay, asking the shop to attempt the enormous tub within a week. The head salesman estimates impossibility and suggests the price could be very high.
Georgia Football Outlook Brightens Under Dickinson
Georgia University faces a hopeful season as only one veteran returns with new players showing early star potential. Coach Dickinson has studied the game over summer and will be given freedom to prove a Georgia coach can succeed without northern outsiders. The team aims to prove critics wrong and deliver strong performance this year.
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University of Georgia
Othe Bris Iron
Georgia Boys
Dickinson
Georgia
Bomb Explodes On Pekin Railway Killing Four Officials
A bomb exploded in a private car at Pekin railway station as a rainsoaked mission left for abroad to study foreign political methods. Four miners killed, over twenty injured including Prince Tear Teche and Wu Ting Fang. The bomber was killed. Government and railway guards tightened security.
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Pekin
Prince Tear Teche
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Riot at St Stanislaus Church Sparks Police Action
In Adame Mass on September 25 a long running dispute between parishioners and the pastor at St Stanislaus Polish Church led to a riot at high mass. Parishioners moved to displace collectors, police drew clubs and revolvers, six arrests were made, and the crowd briefly reentered the church before reinforcements restored order.
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de Develonad
Right of Way Must Be Secured for Brumby Monument
Avanta Ga Sept 25 The Brumby monument committee received a $109 check from Admiral George Dewey to aid the monument honoring Lt Thomas Brumby kiled in the Spanish American War Brumby was Dewey s flag lieutenant and a favorite of the hero of Manila TheGeorgia capitol site will host the statue two Spanish captured cannons will stand at its base The fund stands at 1300 with 700 still needed the committee plans to proceed regardless Dewey appended a final note asking the added 100 to go toward the fund and expressed his gratitude
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Avanta
W. R. Joy Her
Brumby
George Dewey
Thomas Brumby
Dewey
Manila
Georgia
Capitol
Joyners
Hot Springs
Woldy
Apg
Proposition Up To Athens For Rail Right Of Way
Athens must grant the right of way for the Athens and Jefferson railroad to begin work. A few property owners blocking the committee delay plans, but engineers are ready and contracts will be settled once the right of way is secured. The road promises large gains and should be finished by the next cotton season. The public should rally to clear the way now.
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Athens
Athens and
Jefferson
New Road
Seary
Ashens
Judge Ernest Gary Robbed in Columbia Street Hold Up
In Columbia on September 25 Judge Ernest Gary of the state circuit court was held up near Col. Harwell's residence and robbed of 26 dollars, a 100 dollar gold watch, and a bunch of keys. Two other victims were robbed nearby of 15 and 4 dollars respectively as part of the same incident.
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Columbia
Ernest Gary
State Circuit Court
Governor's Mansion
State Penitentiary
Gary
Col. Harwell
Southern Railway
Judge Gary
George L. Baker
Bull Street
Junge Gary
Tom Paine Bust Found Place in Independence Hall
The bronze framed marble bust of Thomas Paine, famed free thinker, now rests in Independence Hall after decades of efforts led by Carrie B. Kilgore. Funded by Boston Index supporters in 1876, the piece was sculpted by Sidney SH Morze and funded by contributions totaling 1200 dollars. The long campaign included a past rejection by Select Council and notes that an oil Paine portrait had hung in Independence Hall since 1860.
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Thomas Paine
Independence Hall
Carrie B. Kilgore
Boston Index
Edward Everett Hale
C. B. Frothingham
Robert Collier
George W. Julian
Momber
Congress
Kilgore
Sidney SH. Morze
Boston
Tennessee
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Willow Street
Upson
Demarest
Negresg
Mee
G. A. Broach
New York
Massachusetts
Brumby Fund
Athens and Jefferson Railroad
Clarke County
Judse
South Carolina
Nagle
Tom Paine
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