Carmack and Cooper Tragedy Details Highlight Trial Testimony
The article outlines conflicting accounts of whether Carmack fired first before he fell to a gunshot, with Colonel Cooper and Robin claiming Carmack acted first. Judge Bradford and others recount a meeting on November 9 and a telephone claim by Governor Patterson, while witnesses dispute calls and the path of events on Seventh Avenue. The piece notes Tennessee law on threats and the implications for Cooper’s alleged threats versus Carmack’s death, concluding that Cooper abandoned the threat.
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Colonel Cooper
Robin
Coopere
Seventh Avenue
J C Bradford
Tully Brown
Malcolm R Patterson
Coopers
Bradford
Cooper
Patterson
General Brown
Brown
Blake
Charles Hayden
Daley Lee Judge
Jumes Bradford
Harts
Senator Carmack
Cormack
Coo
Norton Reported Safe After Disappearance in Athens
Norton the grocer, who vanished from his Athens home, has sent a letter to his wife but contents remain undisclosed. Authorities say he is safe and expected to return soon. Clarke's Pure Are Fou full Quart 25 delivered appears in the notice, a local advertisement for whiskey.
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Norton
Athens
Helen
Athena
Clarke
Bathing a Negro on campus shocks Athens crowd
A Negro on the University of Georgia campus was struck by a rock hurled by a student. Several others chased the assailant through the streets, captured him on campus, and subjected him to a soaking bath amid smoke and controversy. Authorities urged restraint and ordered calm as the incident drew local attention.
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Athens
Mareh
Atlanta party returns home after inauguration trip
Atlanta delegates and volunteers from the Governor's Horse Guard Firemen's Drum Corps and the Atlanta Grays returned from Washington after taking part in the Taft inauguration parade. They described extreme cold six inches of snow and a six hour parade, with Governor's Horse Guard and cadets accompanying them, praised reception and the Georgia state's strong showing.
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Governor's Horse Guard
Atlanta
Taft
Atents Yesters
National Capital
Georgia Military Academy
College Park
Donal Frase
Decatur
Allanin
Louis Geegg
The
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Akon
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Atlanta Grays
Fifth Regiment
National Guard of Georgia
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Claud Smith
Washington
Ebberton
National Guard
Augusta
Atrom
Georgia
Peel
Johnny Peel
Uniterma
Ine
Army
Donald Fraser
Moe Washington
Capitol
Penston Office
Treasury
Patent Office
Congressional Library
Botanical Gardens
Marine Hospital
Tolamon Cruger Smith-Cuyler
Medical Museum
Pennsylvania
Whitehall Street
Broad Street
Congress
Many Changes at the Bijou
The Bijou theater in Marietta street undergoes a major transformation by the W E Decorating Company. Crews repaint, repaper, rewire, and revarnish from entrance to dome. Lessee Jake Wells approves plans for new brass features and brighter wall coverings as a ladies maid attends performances.
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DeGive
Columbia
Little Playhouse
W E. Decorating Company
Marietta Street
Jake Wells
Wells
Shore Items of Interest in Budd and City Scene
Shore items note Budd the City Passenger and a Frisco Route ticket agent in Terre Haute on business and pleasure. Mrs Howard Bell and Mrs Nash Broyles lead a group at the Japanese tea room as crowds surge. Edward T Brown recalls tea invitations due to a death. A Washington visit with President Tait and Secretary Carpenter sparks chatter. Pat Hampton of Seaboard steered the train home. Atlanta delegates shine in the parade. Roosevelt era comparisons and Gopher quips haze the scene.
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Terre Haute
Ind
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Auanta
Howard Bell
Nash Broyles
Carpenter
Candler
Seaboard
Washington
Atnia
Atlanta
Avania
Tait
Fulton DeKalb Annexation Fight Delayed By Legal Action
Fulton county seeks to block Atlanta annexation of DeKalb territory. Judge Ellis denied initial injunction, Bill of Exceptions filed by R J Freeman via Hooper Alexander, temporary restraining order issued. A second suit by J R Rivers aims to stop certification of returns. Hearings postponed to allow appeals, likely delaying annexation for months.
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DeKalh
Atlanta
Dekiard
R. J. Freeman
Death County
Hooper Alexander
W. D. Eile
Endi
DeKalp County
Wicton
Supreme Court
Elis
DeKalb
J. R. Rivers
Jd, Kilpatrick
Alonso Fletda
Pendleton
Kilpatrick
J. Freeman
Roosevelt as message writer record in seven years
John Corrigan Jr reports President Roosevelt sent 421 messages and 40 veto messages to Congress over seven years in office. The article compares him to predecessors, noting Cleveland’s vetoes inflated totals and detailing session-by-session counts across Fifty-seventh to Sixtieth Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Memagen
Congress
Mortuary notices and obituaries from Georgia listings
Mrs Sarah Brittain of Los Angeles dies visiting Battle Hill. funeral at daughter’s West Lake Ave home, interment Westview cemetery. John N Jones of Fairburn dies at 78. Confederate veteran leaves wife, brother and two sisters. services at his home. Ruth Greene’s daughter Ruth dies at 13 after pneumonia. funeral held. Henry H Wilson of New York dies in Augusta from pneumonia. wife Ruth accompanies remains to New York. Mrs George Dawson dies in Augusta. body to Greenberg Bond for Jacksonville funeral.
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Mra Gster Brittain
Los Angeles
Cal
Miz W B Jackson
West Lake Avenue
Battle Hill
Westview Cemetery
Mra Brittain
John N. Jones
Fairburn, Ga
Fairburn Ga
Merch
John N Jones
North Carolina
Ruth Greene
Athens
Ruth
George Dawson
JM Jane
Washington Stirest
Greenberg Bond & Bloomfield
Jacksonville
Pla
EXPECT HUDSON HOME TUESDAY FROM WASHINGTON
Commissioner Hudson is expected back from Washington probably Monday or Tuesday after a week long conference with United States agricultural authorities. The push to continue the war against the cattle tick in Georgia gains support as reports surge across the state. Cotton seed meal as cattle feed boosts interest, with experiments at the state college agricultural station and branch schools showing promise. Hudson’s report on his Washington trip is awaited with keen anticipation.
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G. I Hudson
Washington
Hudeon
State Gericultural College
Branch Agricultural School
Hudson
Death of Old Woman's Home member Mary V Landrum
Funeral held in Greenburg chapel with eighteen residents of the Old Women's Home attending. Rev E D Edenwood led the service as companions recalled her kindness to the aged and helpless. Choirs from local churches performed, and flowers, including violets from the Home yard, adorned the casket. Attendants from Westview Floral Company and others provided carriages for the old ladies' procession.
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Edenwood
Westview Floral Company
B F Abbott
Alfred Austell
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Kahn Leaves Atlanta for New Acts and Belasco Pact
Manager Ben Kahn departs Atlanta for New York to hire acts for a new theater built by Ed Ansley's company. He aims to lure independent companies and secure Warfield with Belasco's agreement, and hopes to bring stars like Madame Kalich and Mrs Fiske south. Previous tour by Mrs Flake faced theater trouble in Atlanta last season.
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Ed Ansley
Atlanta
New York
Belasco
Warfield
South
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Mrs Fiske
Blanche Pater
Mra Flake
Iinar
Woman killed by rejected suitor in Beaver boarding house
Mrs Mamie McKee, widow and boarding house operator, was shot by William G Wilner, a rejected suitor, at her Beaver home. Wilner then poisoned himself and shot himself, dying later. He was 28. McKee had run the boarding house since her husband’s death.
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Here
Mamie McKee
Wiliam G. Wilner
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Hving
Mra Mckee
Pittsburg
TB Campaign Aims to Rid Pensacola of Tuberculosis
Florida launches a ninety day crusade against tuberculosis with exhibits lectures and recruiting across cities including Pensacola Tallahassee Lake City Ocala Gainesville Miami and Key West. The National Anti-Tuberculosis Association headquarters will move from St Johns to Pensacola to support local skirmishes and statewide outreach.
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Fla
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National Anti-Tuberculosis Association
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Tallahassee
Lake City
Ocala
Gainesville
Miami
Key West
Corpse Found Under the Snow in Virginia Mystery
Washington reports the body of a well dressed man found near Alexandria Virginia partially buried in snow. A $300 traveler’s check issued by Wella-Pargo Express Company Los Angeles California and cards bearing the name Walter F Schultz with an Iowa address are found on the victim. Police call it a blooded murder with no clear motive and possible inauguration visitor theory.
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Wella-Pargo Express Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Walter F. Schultz
Dougie Street
Gleax City
Iowa
Alexendria
Authoridus
Night Rider Escape Ties Union City Murder Case
March 7 Union City Tenn A confessed member of a night rider band Hogg escaped jail after the October murder of Captain Rankin at Walnut Log He is believed to be riding in the lake region Fort Peckan military notified inefiatin a vigorous search Sheriff Braefield notes Hogg recently was freed and may have aided an attack on him The escape ends a period of pursuit by local and state authorities
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Union City
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Hirachel Hoge
Captain Rankin
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Drenden Tast
Lake Region
Fort Pegan
C A Braefield
Shertif Branfield
Hia Encape
Rankin Bermcks
Ham
Avalanche disaster in Salzburg kills twenty seven
An avalanche at Sankt Johan in the Pongau district of Salzburg destroyed a workmen shelter and killed 27 people. Fifteen bodies have been recovered.
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Sankt Johan
Pongau
Salzburg
Fiftern Bidien
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