The log cabin Democrat., 1908-03-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK
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Tenn, for killing his wife last spring on the slope of historic Look out mountain, has according to his own confession, added the fifteenth notch to his gun by shooting and instantly killing ". B. Davis, a superintendent for J. W. Oliver, at railroad camp in Alton Park, a suburb of Chattanooga. Edwards recently stated on the witness stand, when on trail for killing sam Brooks, a negro, that he had slain fourteen men, and boasted that he had as "many notches as any man.. Friday he had trouble with Davis, for whom he was working and was discharged. That night he coolly walked into the superintendent's premises, parleyed few minutes and, drawing his pistol, fired three sLots into Davis body. Edwards fled and bloodhounds are on his tracks. The sheriff has offered a reward for his arrest.
 Mounted Custom Inspectors Char les Logan and Charles Jones fought a duel in the dry bed of the Rio Grande river at Fl Paso, Tex, and both were killed. It is supposed that each mistook the other for a smuggler Logan was son of the late Major T. H. Logan, U. $. A., and brother of the wife of Capt. Frank D. Wickham, Twelfth h. fantry, U. $. A., stationed at Gov ernor's Island, New York. Jones was a railroad man and lived at San Antonio and Houston, Tex, before entering the customs service.
 Mrs. E. R. Thomas has deeded the handsome residence at No. F West Fifty-seventh street, New York, which was given to her by Gen. Sam Thomas, her husbands $ father at the time of her marriage. as a wedding gift, to her husband, and it is said it will be thrown into the general fund to satisfy creditors to whom Thomas owes something like S4.000,000.
 When James Legg opened his res taurant at Vineland, N. J., Wednes- day morning he found a large rat dancing about the floor with a clam hanging to one foot. The rodent was crazy with rage and pain, and put up a lively fight before it was killed. The clam's shell had to be broken with a hammer before the rat could be released.
 Superintendent Bynum of tht Madison county, Tenn, public schools has demanded that teachers keep a rigid lookout for ''spooning,' "dovo cooing," puppy love mak- ing etc. Young pupils are accus- ed of neglechng their studies this year and in former years to enter into this sort of thing when spring time rolls around.
 Two robbers, believed to be mem. bers of the gang that held up the TNro bank last week, walked into the Davis bank at Hoffman, Okla, 3( miles southeast of MusFagce, Thurs day afternoon. covered the bank olli cialS with pistols. and, gathering uI S900 in currency, mounted theil horses, which were standing outside and escaped.
 According to reports Jose Mari; Morcna. owner of the san Pedro ranch in Composital, MeX~ commit ted suicide before 300 relatives ar, friends by going into the cattle per and allowing vicious bull to gor him to death. He had issued inyi tations to come and see the eXhibi tion.
 Five of the victims of the cNplo sion at the Natchez CNIisSD Drag Company's building were buriel  Tuesday. Every flower garden il the city was shon to decorate the graves. Every place of business in the city closed from } to 3 ?. m., as a mark of respect to the dead.
 The plant of the J. T. Newman Lumber Company in Hattiesburg, Miss, the largest sawmill in the state, burned to the ground Tuesday morning with 5.0OO.0o0 feet of lum- Der.