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The Herald And Advertiser October 1909
NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE HERALD AND ADVERTISER", Newnan, Coweta County,
Georgia for OCTOBER 1909
NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, October 1, 1909
OBITUARY OF ZEPHIA BARRETT GORDON
On the morning of June 29, 1909, the soul of our sister Zephia Barrett Gordon
winged its flight heavenward, while all earth was awakening to life and
springtime was in its glory but she answered the summons bravely, for she had
made her peace with the Lord. She was born July 13, 1889; was married to W.C.
Gordon on May 5, 1907, and died June 29, 1909, aged 20 years. She united with
Prospect church in Heard county in early life, where her parents belong.
It was not the privilege of the bereaved father and mother to be with her in
her last illness but she murmured not, and all that loving friends and
relatives could do was done for her, but to no avail. She called each member
of the family to her and bade them a last goodbye, telling them she was ready
to go. She leaves, besides her husband and little daughter, a sorrowing father
and mother, four sisters and one brother, besides a host of other relatives to
mourn her death.
While we know that we cannot have her back with us, yet we would have her
death as a benediction to us all, guiding us onward and upward to things
brighter and better, so that when the summons comes we can be ready and again
be united, never more to be parted.
"A few more years shall roll,
A few more seasons come,
And we shall sleep with those who
Sleep within the tomb. "
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LUTHERVILLE News
Miss Mattie Scogin is visting in the home of Mr. Jim Scogin in Hogansville who
is quite ill with the fever.
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Mr. and Mrs. Claude Scogin and children from Texas are visiting the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Scogin.
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Mrs. Alvan Young has returned to her home near Turin after visiting her mother
Mrs. Jim Powledge.
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Mrs. Jim Matthews went to Hogansville this week to see her brother Mr. Jim
Scogin.
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NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, October 8, 1909
RESOLUTIONS BY MORELAND BAPTIST CHURCH ON THE DEATH OF MARY MONTGOMERY
Death has again entered our band and taken away our sister Mary F.A.
Montgomery. Indeed, a mother of Israel has fallen. Our sister was born July
26, 1834 and was baptized and received into County Line Baptist church in
Troup county in 1849. She ever after lived a consistent Christian life. She
was married to C.B. Montgomery on Nov. 27, 1859. She was a devoted wife and
mother. She joined Moreland Baptist church by letter Jan. 21, 1905 and
remained a member with us until her death which occurred May 27, 1909. Truly a
good woman has gone. Her children rise up and call her blessed and her works
do follow her. Therefore, be it resolved,
That as a church we mourn with the family of our deceased sister.
That a copy of these resolutions be sent the family and also spread on our
church record.
That a copy be sent the Herald and Advertiser for publication.
Mrs. Nina Couch
Mrs. Nannie Cotton
Mrs. J.W. Williams, Committee
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TRIBUTE OF LOVE IN THE MEMORY OF GEORGIA MIZE
The subject of this sketch, Miss Georgia Mize, was born and reared in Coweta
county and departed this life Aug. 30, 1909. In early womanhood she joined
the Baptist church at Elim and remained a consistent member until her Father
called her home. She leaves a testimony not in words alone, but in daily walk
and conversation, that she was ready when the summons came. A princely soul
has gone to the heavenly home but she has left a rich life to bless the world.
We who loved her in life still love her for what she was, and follow intently
over the way she journeyed to the home "whose builder and maker is God."
A few days before her death she was talking to some of her relatives and told
them that she was ready to die. After an illness of about five weeks the
gentle spirit was taken back to the God who gave it. She was a devoted sister
and a true friend and it is hard to understand why she was taken from us.
Never can the gloom of sadness be lifted from us, only as we enter upon our
Heavenly home with Him can we understand why she was taken. While we mourn her
loss we may treasure to ourselves the exceeding great and precious promise of
life to come, into whose blessful rest we confidently believe we can enter
with joy. We will look forward to the time when he can see her again, when
God shall wipe all tears from our eyes.
She bore her afflications with Christian fortitude and when the end came at
early dawn she fell asleep like a happy, trusting child on its mother's bosom.
Don't weep for her loved ones; she cannot come to you, but you can go to her.
"Oh how sweet it will be in that beautiful land,
So free from all sorrow and pain,
WIth songs on our lips and harps in our hands,
To meet one another again."
Her death was not unexpected. She moved from this county to Iron City, Ala.
about four years ago to live with her sister and remained there until her
death. She leaves two sisters and a brother to mourn her death, besides a
number of friends and relatives. She was 62 years of age and was a twin; her
twin sister still living.
Funeral services were conducted at Mt. Carmel church by Rev. F.J. Amis.
Alice Ingram, Sept. 28, 1909
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LUTHERVILLE News
Mrs. Jim Culpepper has returned from Hogansville where she visited her brother
Mr. Jim Scogin.
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MADRAS News
We regret to learn that Mrs. F.C. McKoy continues dangerously ill at the home
of her daughter Mrs. G.C. Strong near Welcome. That she may have a safe
recovery is the wish of her relatives and friends here.
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LOCAL News
Mrs. D.S. Muse of Woodbury is visiting her daughter Mrs. W.G. Post.
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Rev. A.T. Sears is critically ill at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. W.J.
Langford. He is 77 years old and is suffering from a general breakdown in
health. The Griffin News and Sun
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Mr. and Mrs. Thos. J. Jones and Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Glover went down to
Hogansville on Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs. T.B. Sims whose death
occurred Saturday in Mississippi. The deceased was a niece of Dr. Jones and
well known in Newnan, she having visited here frequently before her marriage.
She is survived by her husband and three children.
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NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, October 15, 1909
LOCAL News
Mr. A.J. Daniel, residing 5 miles south of the city, shot himself with a
shotgun early Wednesday morning, his body being found in the roadway by Jim
Amos, colored, as he started to work about daylight. Mr. Daniel had been in
poor health for some time, and his relatives had discovered that his mental
condition had become impaired. Coroner Jackson held an inquest, the report
of the jury, after a full investigation being that death resulted from a
gunshot by his own hand. Mr. Daniel was in his 60th year and was highly
esteemed. The Franklin News and Banner, the 1st inst.
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WELCOME News
Oct. 13th
Mr. W.H. Hutchens Jr. and Miss Hattie Land surprised their friends Sunday
afternoon by getting married, Rev. A.D. Sansburn officiating.
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LUTHERVILLE News
Mrs. Nath Upshaw has gone to Chattanooga on an extended visit to her daughter
Mrs. Thompson Shannon.
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Mrs. Seals, Mrs. Chandler, Miss Ruby Davis and Mr. Dave Davis attended the
funeral of their sister Mrs. Gray the past week.
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LONE OAK News
Oct. 13th
After an illness of hardly ten days from typhoid fever, Mr. M.M. Sewell of
this place died yesterday at noon. The funeral exercises are appointed for 2
o'clock this afternoon to be conducted by his pastor Rev. A.H.S. Bugg at
Prospect church, the interment to be in the cemetery adjoining. In this sad
and untimely removal of Mr. Sewell, our community loses one of her best
citizens and the county a man devoted to her interests and faithful to every
trust confided to him, while his family and many devoted friends, their loss
is indeed irreparable.
His many sterling traits of character insured him the respect of all who knew
him. Besides his wife who was Miss Zora Culpepper, Mr. Sewell is survived by
five sisters, Mrs. John Burdette, Mrs. Hiram Nall and Mrs. John Barrow of this
place, Mrs. Clarke Phillips of Hogansville and Mrs. Fields of Arkansas; also,
one brother Mr. Asbury Sewell of Arkansas, besides a host of more distant
relatives. The sincerest sympathy of all who knew him and them is insured to
those thus bereaved.
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Mrs. Clarke Phillips of Hogansville has spent the past ten days in Lone Oak
with the families of her son Mr. T.H. Phillips and her brother Mr. M.M. Sewell.
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LOCAL News
Mrs. J.C. Millican of Roopville is visiting her sister Mrs. C.L. Baker.
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Mrs. Kate Johnson Clarke of Chicago is visiting her niece Mrs. Edward Parks.
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Mr. J.P. Hubbard and daughter of Sand Hill, Ala., are visiting relatives in
this city this week.
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Mr. Otis Jones and Mrs. Thos. B. Jones of Newnan are guests in the home of
Mrs. Julia Jones at her home in West End. The Atlanta Journal
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Mr. A.M. Ingram of Sharpsburg has severed his connection with J.R. Cole & Co.
and will leave in a few days for Mexico to accept a government position.
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Married at the home of the bride's sister on Wednesday afternoon, Miss Maggie
Hanson and Mr. Paul Maddox. Rev. A.E. Sansburn officiated.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Callaway Gibson announce the engagement of their daughter
Ada Catherine to Mr. James Lemuel Poole, the marriage to occur at the Central
Baptist church in Newnan at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 17th.
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By request, Rev. W.J. Cotter went to Atlanta one day last week and baptized
Judge W.B.W. Dent and received him into the Methodist church. Judge Dent has
been quite ill and for several weeks past has been staying with his sister
Mrs. F.J. Wooten in Atlanta.
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The many friends of Mr. J.F. Sponcler will regret to learn of his serious
illness. He has been in failing health for some time and about ten days ago
was forced to take to his bed. Owing to his advanced age and enfeebled
condition, fears are entertained that he may not recover.
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F.M. Allams, who murdered his wife in Newnan three or four years ago, and was
sentenced to be hanged but escaped the gallows by a plea of insanity, and was
sent to the State Farm near Milledgeville, made application to the Prison
Commission last week for a pardon. His application was refused.
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NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, October 22, 1909
DR. AND MRS. LEVI YOUNG CELEBRATE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR MARRIAGE ON
OCT. 13th
On Wednesday afternoon of last week, Dr. and Mrs. Levi S. Young of Moreland,
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage with a golden wedding
and it was an occasion long to be remembered by the hundred or more friends
who gathered to do honor to this popular and beloved couple.
A large number of handsome presents were received. Among these was a gold
watch, a gift to Dr. Young from his children; a beautiful cameo brooch, a gift
to Mrs. Young from the children also; a handsome gold-headed cane, a gift to
Dr. Young from his brothers and sisters; a beautiful gilt clock, a gift to the
couple from the physicians of Newnan, and a number of other elegant presents
from friends, both at home and at distant points.
Dr. Young was born in Coweta county in 1838 and Mrs. Young (nee Julia Bexley)
was born the same year in Lowndes county, Miss. They were married on Aug. 4,
1859, in this county, Rev. Hiram Camp officiating. They have four children,
Dr. A.Q. Young, Mrs. E.H. Carmical and Mrs. J.W. Cole of Moreland and Mr. W.A.
Young of Jackson, Tenn. All were present at the golden wedding except the
latter.
Dr. Young is a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted May 3, 1861 as a
member of Capt. S.W. Lee's company, Co. A., 7th Georgia regiment. He lost an
arm in the battle of Manassas and in November following was discharged from
service, returning home the latter part of 1861, when he took up the practice
of medicine and has followed it continuously and successfully since.
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SENOIA News
At the close of a most touching sermon at Ebenezer on Sunday, Miss Dallas
Moore of Oak Grove and Mr. Alex Padgett of Woolsey were happily married. The
bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Moore and is of a sunny
disposition and will make an ideal companion for the man who has been so
fortunate as to win her for his wife. Mr. Padgett is a prosperous young farmer
of Woolsey, an an honest, energetic young man. After the ceremony a few
friends and relatives enjoyed an elegant dinner at the home of the bride's
parents.
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LOCAL News
John Henry Hines and Jim Alexander, both colored, now in jail on the charge of
killing Hugh Render, also colored on the night of the 9th inst., in that
section of east Newnan known as "Chalk Level", have not yet had their trial.
After the killing, Hines escaped but a day or so later was captured by Sheriff
Brewster in Upson county and brought back to Newnan. Hines is being held as
principal and Alexander as accessory to the murder.
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The marriage of Miss Mary Pickens Johnson and Mr. Ben Wynn Cochran took place
Tuesday evening at the home of the bride in Palmetto. The marriage was a quiet
one, Rev. R.C. Rhodes officiating and was witnessed only by the members of
both families. The bride is a bright and lovable young woman, both her family
and that of the groom being of prominence and distinction. Mr. Cochran is the
only son of the late Bapt. B.W. Cochran. He is a graduate of the Georgia
School of Technology and one of the leading business men of Palmetto.
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Mr. Paul Maddox, an employee of the Newnan Cotton Mills, met his death in a
tragic manner Monday night. He was attempting to move a trunk from the upper
room of the house from which he occupied to another room on the same floor. He
got out on the roof of the shed in order to transfer the trunk by taking it
through a window of the room he wished to vacate and putting it through the
front window of the room adjoining. As he pulled the trunk onto the roof, he
lost his footing and rolled off to the ground below, a distance of twelve or
fifteen feet. The trunk followed and struck him on the head, crushing his
skull. Dr. A.A. Barge and Dr. T.S. Bailey were summoned to attend the
unfortunate man, but the could do nothing for him and a few hours later he
died. Mr. Maddox was married only last week and his tragic death is a great
shock to his young wife as well to everyone in the mill community.
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WHAT THE SOUTHERN CROSS OF HONOR MEANS
The following paper upon the significance of The Southern Cross of Honor, was
prepared by Mr. Walter A. Clark at the request of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy Chapter in Augusta, Ga., and was read on Memorial Day by Hon. H.C.
Roney:
" I have been asked by these fair women whose gentle hands have done so much
to rescue and preserve the sacred memories of the past, to voice for them as
truly as I can, the real import and significance of this bronze emblem with
which they are to honor these old veterans today; to say as best I may what
this Confederate Cross of Honor means to me and to my comrades of the old war
days. It is a little thing, and in the great marts of trade it would not count
for much, and yet to him who wears it worthily it has a world of meaning.
What is it?
It means that eight and forty years ago there came into his life a stern and
stubborn duty that he dared to face; that under the clarion call of a newborn
flag and with the tear -wet kiss of mother, sister, wife, or all of them upon
his brave young lips, he left the comforts of home to suffer hardship, peril
and privation; to feel the bitterness of the cold and weariness and hunger; to
tread the lonely, shivering path of midnight picket with no companions but the
stars; to face the thunder of belching cannon and the music of hissing
minnies; and to meet, if need be, a soldier's death, with no complaint upon
his loyal lips.
It means that during those four years, in infinite self- denial and supreme
self-sacrifice, in loyal and sublime devotion to patriotic duty, he reached a
higher plane of moral manhood than had ever touched his life.
It means that he, if any mortal could be, was worthy of the glorious Southern
womanhood who wrought with tireless fingers at their hearthstones or
ministered with glad and willing hands in wayside homes, or trod with angel
step and angel heart the fevered aisles of ghostly hospitals, where pain and
death held cruel sway, the radiant womanhood whose patient heroism amid the
dread suspense that came between the battle and the published list of the
slain and wounded, amid the wearing agony of separation that seemed endless,
amid the weary watching for footsteps that never came again, glorified the
loneliness of their battle shadowed homes.
It means that he was part and parcel of the immortal gray clad host whose
uncrowned valor won the homage of the world, and that "through its shifting
fortunes of victory and defeat" he fought beneath a flag whose crimson folds
were never stained by cruelty or wrong.
It means companionship with glorious John B. Gordon whose hero heart and brave
right arm made him "the man of the 12th of May" and a fellowship with Nathan
Bedford Forrest, the "Wizard of the Saddle", whose untrained genius
revolutionized the arts of war. It means a brotherhood with Albert Sidney
Johnston, with Hill and Stuart and Longstreet, with Walker and Polk and
Cleburne, with Hampton and Wheeler and Butler, with all that radiant band
whose gleaming swords flashed always and only in the forefront of battle.
It means comradeship with that strange, saintly soldier whoe dazzled with his
genius the camps and cabinents of both continents, and then went to
death "with the love of the whole world", Stonewall Jackson.
It means a glorious kinship with the noblest knight of all the generations,
kinship with him within whose soul there loomed the fairest flower of Southern
grace and Southern chivalry; yes, thank God, kinship with the courtesy and the
courage, the virtue and the valor, the goodness and the greatness, the world
renowned grandeur of Robert Edward Lee. And meaning this, my comrades, I
adjure you to cherish it in your heart of hearts as a priceless heritage and
when the eternal bugler sounds the "taps" that end your waning years, transmit
it to your children and your children's children for all the years to come.
For well I feel assured that when posterity, unblinded by prejudice and
passion, shall give to all the claimants in the Pantheon of fame their just
and proper meed as high in purest patriotism as any Rebel that fell at
Lexington or starved at Valley Forge as high in lofty courage as any hero that
rode with Cardigan or Balaklava or marched with Ney at Waterloo or died
beneath the shadow of the Persian spears at old Thermopolae, will stand the
Rebel soldier of the South, clad in his tattered gray, beneath whose faded
folds is shrined the Stars and Bars of an invincible republic that lives in
history only as a memory.
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TURIN News
Oct. 21st
Last Saturday morning in Snakerag district, Fayette county, a difficulty
occurred between a man named Cochran and another named Caldwell which resulted
in the killing of the latter. We did not learn the particulars of the
unfortuante affair. On the same day at Chestlehurst in the same county, a
young man named McCullough was shot and killed by another named Tinney. They
had been warm friends until trouble arose over cards and whiskey, with the sad
result related above.
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Mr. Fred Hunter has bought a part of the Elijah Linch farm, paying therefor
$35. per acre.
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A deep gloom hangs over our community by reason of the death of Mrs. Paul
Arnall, which sad event occurred Wednesday night. The deceased was a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Johnson and wife of Mr. Paul Arnall, one of Turin's
leading merchants. She is survived by her husband and one child, besides a
host of other relatives. The funeral took place today at the Methodist church,
services being conducted by Rev. W.A. Davis of Senoia and Rev. L.L. Landrum.
The remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Sharpsburg.
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MORELAND News
After a months visit with relatives here, Mr. Wm. Carmical has returned to San
Francisco.
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SENOIA News
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Story left yesterday for their future home at Chipley.
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Mrs. J.R. Nolan received the sad news this morning that her uncle Mr. Jake
Chapman died in Griffin yesterday. He will be buried today.
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Mr. E.T. Peek spent a day or two the first of the week at the bedside of his
daughter Mrs. R.W.Tygert at Nashville who has been quite sick, but was
improving when Mr. Peek left on Tuesday.
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The remains of Mrs. Thos. Cannon were brought up from south Georgia on Tuesday
and carried out to Bethel church for burial. She was a sister-in-law of Mr.
W.A. Cannon of Standing Rock and leaves a husband and two or three children to
mourn her death. Before her marriage she was a Miss Stubbs.
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Mr. E. Paul Harrison, son of the late Judge H.H. Harrison, died at his home in
East Point an an early hour this morning and his remains will be laid to rest
at Coke's Chapel tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Mr. Harrison was an unusually
clever young man and his many friends will be pained to learn of his death. He
had been sick for several weeks with the fever.
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Mrs. W.A. Huddleston and Mr. Elam C. Williams were called to Birmingham, Ala.,
on Thursday to attend the burial of their sister Mrs. C.T. Hudson, who was
burned to death at her home in that city last Wednesday night. She had a lamp
burning near her bed which by some means was turned over and set her bed on
fire while she was sleeping. Her body and limbs were burned to a crisp. Mrs.
Hudson once lived in Senoia and had many friends here.
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VEAL FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
Carrollton, Ga., Oct. 20th
One of the most sensational trials ever witnessed in this county came to a
close this afternoon when the jury returned a verdict of guilty of
manslaughter against Guy Veal, who was charged with the murder of Ex Hayes on
Aug. 8th. There were no eye-witnesses to the tragedy.
It appeared from the evidence that the defendant and the deceased visited a
camp meeting about 12 miles from the defendant's home on the day of the
killing. The deceased carried with him thirty pints of whiskey. The defendant
pleaded self-defense and in his statement admitted to the killing, but claimed
he did it to save his own life. A pistol was found on the person of the
deceased. The deceased was 28 years of age and the defendant is19 years of
age. The case was given to the jury yesterday at noon and they were unable to
agree on a verdict until late yesterday afternoon.
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LOCAL News
Mrs. W.B. Green of Fairburn is visiting her sister Miss Della Reese near town.
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Mrs. A.W. Arnold is visiting her mother Mrs. Ella Brown this past week.
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Mrs. Ed Rutland of Newnan is visiting her mother Mrs. T.P. White. The West
Point Herald
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Mrs. C.C. Hardy of Washington, Ga., was the guest of Mrs. Jos. T. Kirby on
Saturday and Sunday.
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Mr. P.F. Cuttino received a telegram on Saturday morning bringing the sad news
of the death of his only sister, Mrs. E.M. Milnor which occurred the night
previous at her home in Charleston, S.C. She was 81 years of age and one of
the prominent women of that historic old town.
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Mrs. Mary Morris, the aged mother of Mr. John L. Morris died Wednesday night
at St. Charles, after a long illness. The deceased was 88 years of age and was
loved and esteemed by everyone in the community. The funeral took place
yesterday, services being conducted by her pastor, Dr. S.B. Cousins. The
interment was at Moreland.
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NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, October 29, 1909
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. W.L. BENTON
The sudden death of Mr. W.L. Benton, which occurred at Lutherville on Saturday
afternoon last, was a great shock to his friends here and is deeply deplored
by those who knew him intimately. Something over a year ago, while engaged in
the cotton business at Meridian, Miss., he suffered a stroke of paralysis and
came near dying. He was brought home, however and in the course of a few
months had so far recovered as to be able to again take an active interest in
business affairs. Since the opening of the fall season he had been buying
cotton at Lutherville, and was on the streets Saturday afternoon, when he went
to his room in the Upshaw house for the purpose of resting, it is supposed. He
had just entered the room, accompanied by a negro porter and while he was
standing by the bureau the negro saw him suddenly throw up his arms and then
lurch forward in the state of collapse. The negro hurried out and summoned a
physician but by the time assistance arrived, the unfortunate man was dead.
Mr. Benton was about 45 years of age and was a warm hearted, genial man, loyal
to his friends, and liked by everyone. His funeral which took place at the
family burying ground near Moreland on Sunday afternoon, was largely attended.
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DEATH OF A PROMINENT AND USEFUL CITIZEN
The Herald and Advertiser chronicles with deep regret and sorrow this week the
death of a prominent and useful citizen, in the passing away of Hon. Luther M.
Farmer. This sad event occurred Wednesday and while it was known that he had
been seriously ill, no one was prepared for the annoucement of his death which
came as a great shock to everyone.
Col. Farmer's illness began about ten days ago, resulting from a severe cold
which he had contracted. Never very robust, he remained indoors most of the
time when first taken ill, hoping that a course of medicine and careful
nursing might prove effective in averting a more serious attack. Sunday night
he developed pneumonia but even then the hope was held out that he would
untimately weather the attack and get well. He grew steadily worse, however,
despite the skillful efforts of his physicians and the faithful attentions of
his loved ones, and shortly after noon on Wednesday he breathed his last.
Col. Farmer was one of Coweta's best and most useful citizens, a leading
member of the Newnan bar, and both prominent and active in public affairs.
After leaving college and while still ayoung man he filled for a time a
professorship in Howard College at Birmingham. He afterwards read law, was
admitted the bar, and located in Newnan for the practice of his profession. A
few years ago he was chosen to represent this county in the General Assembly
and took a prominent part in the deliberations of that body. He also served
several years as President of the City Board of Education and was a member of
the board at the time of his death.
He was a deacon of the First Baptist church and one of its most useful and
active members, having served continuously fo the past twelve years as
superintendant of the Sunday school. He had a high concept of civic duty and
regarded as one of the greatest importance the obligations of citizenship.
Reviewing these admirable qualities and estimating him at his true worth, it
is to be regretted that one whose influence among men was always for good, who
by precept and example was so well calculated to spread abroad the gospel of
godly living, should have been cut down in the prime of a splendid manhood,
yet we are assured that "He who doeth all things well" makes no mistakes, and
let us now believe that the human link scrapped asunder on earth has been
forged anew in Heaven.
The deceased was 53 years of age and is survived by his wife and two
daughters, besides several brothers and sisters, all of whom have the sincere
sympathy of the community in their bereavement.
The funeral took place yesterday afternoon at half past 2 o'clock from the
First Baptist church and was largely attended. The interment was at Oak Hill.
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LOCAL News
Mr. J.D. Arnold of the Second district, has the sympathy of everyone in the
loss of his beloved companion, whose death occurred Sunday night, after a
short illness. She was a good woman, a noble example of wifehood and
motherhood and her taking away is mourned by hosts of friends throughout the
county.
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Mr. J.W. Fulmer, who removed from this county to Memphis, Tenn. in the
early '80's, afterwards going to Los Angeles, California, where he resided
about fifteen years, died at the last named place on the 21st inst. The
remains were carried to Goodwater, Ala., for interment. He was reared near
Moreland, and at the outbreak of the Civil War, entered the Confederate
service, being attached to Gen. N.B. Forrest's command. After the war he
returned to his old home and remained until his removal to Memphis several
years later. He was successful in business in his new home and amassed a
considerable fortune. His numerous Coweta friends will be grieved to learn of
his death.
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TURIN News
Oct. 27th
It is with feelings of deep sadness that he chronicle the death of Mrs. J.D.
Arnold, wife of Deacon J.D. Arnold, an estimable and highly cultured lady of
this community. A few days ago she went to visit at the home of her son-in-
law Mr. A.P. Bowers in the White Oak neighborhood. While there she was taken
ill and developed a severe case of pneumonia. Although faithfully attended by
physicians and the loved ones of her family she grew steadily worse, and on
Sunday last yielded to death.
Monday her remains were brought to the cemetery at Sharpsburg for interment,
funeral services being conducted by Rev. J.F. SIngleton of Newnan. After this
solemn service was over, the body was consigned to the grave by the side of a
lovely daughter who passed away a number of years ago. The large concourse of
sorrowing friends, together with the beautiful floral offerings, fully
attested the esteem in which this good woman was held. The family, the church
at Ebenezer and the community at large all have sustained an irreparable loss
in the death of Sister Arnold, whose chief adorning were the hidden graces of
a meek and gentle spirit.
The deceased is survived by her husband and three daughters, the latter being
Mrs. W.S. McDonald, Mrs. A.P. Bowers and Mrs. Oliver Waltom, beside a number
of grandchildren and other relatives. An only brother, Col. Owens of Monroe
county also survives her. The stricken family have our sincere condolence in
their bereavement.
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Mr. Paul Harrison, son of the late Judge H.H. Harrison, died at East Point on
Thursday of last week and his remains were brought to Coke's Chapel the
following day where they were laid to rest beside those of his lamented father
and mother and a brother who died many years ago. The deceased had numerous
friends in this community where he was born and reared. He leaves a wife and
several children, besides several brothers and sisters. Our heartfelt sympathy
goes out to the bereaved family.
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Mrs. Hudson who met a tragic death at Birmingham, Ala., a few days ago, was
the wife of Rev. L.P. Hudson who preached at Mills Chapel in Newnan some years
ago. The deceased had been for some time, divorced from her husband. She was
engaged to be married to a gentleman of high standing at the time of her
tragic death, and the gown that she was to have been married in served as her
burial robe. She was a noble Christian woman and much sympathy is expressed
for her brother Mr. Elam Williams and two sisters, Mrs. Huddleston and Mrs.
Pollard, now residing in Fayette county and at Senoia. It is reported that
Rev. L.P. Hudson was killed some time ago in Florida.
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MORELAND News
Oct. 27th
Mr. Geo. W. Matthews who had been sick for some time, died on Sunday and was
buried on Monday, the funeral being conducted by his pastor Rev. T.R. Kendall
Jr. The bereaved family have the sympathy of everyone in their affliction.
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LOCAL News
Rev. D.A. Brindle went to Senoia yesterday to conduct funeral services for Mr.
R.S.Smith who died on Sunday. The Griffin News and Sun, the 26th inst.
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Wm. Eady, a well known farmer of Carroll county, was thrown from his horse on
Thursday of last week and sustained injuries which resulted in his death on
Saturday.
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