Carroll County GaArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for MARCH & APRIL 1885 1885 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: C Gravelle http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00023.html#0005680 May 1, 2007, 4:48 pm The Carroll County Times 1885 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CARROLL COUNTY TIMES", Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia for MARCH 1885 & APRIL 1885 (NOTE: The newspaper issue of MARCH 6, 1885 was not filmed for this microfilm roll. ) NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MARCH 13, 1885 ENON GROVE Community News, Heard County Mrs. Loftin of Franklin was on a visit to her parents Mrs. and Mrs. J.B. Davis the past week. --- Mrs. Minerva Lane was quite sick but we are glad to say is much better. --- We heard providentially that Ben Green Hartsfield, formerly of this section, but now of Crawford, is still in feeble health. ---- LOCAL news Mr. W.D. Evans has again opened out his jewelry store and is ready to do repairing or selling you goods in his line. ---- Sheriff Hewitt, in taking a buggy ride down about Snake's Crerek on Tuesday last, discovered and captured Bill Dansby, colored, who had escaped from J.F. Murray's convict camp near Milltown, Ala. ---- Mr. W.M. Legg of Mexico City, Mexico, brother of B.H. Legg of this place, spent last week in our town. ---- Mr. Webb of Rome, Ga., brother of Mrs. Thomas Brown of this place, is visiting relatives and friends here. This is the home of his boyhood. ---- In the last issue of the Times, the obituary of B.M. Smith stated that he was born Dec. 10th, 1883 and should have stated he was born Dec. 10th, 1833. ----- Mr. Strong and family, while on their way to Bremen, their new home, spent Thursday night with their daughter Mrs. A. Little. ---- ROOPVILLE News Three of the Bell boys went to Heard county the first day of March. D.E. Bell and G.W. Bell came home in the evening and Z.R. Bell stayed all night down there and the next morning, he returned home with a charming bride. ---- IN MEMORIAM OF MRS. NANCY HARMAN Died ont he 26th of Feb., Mrs. Nancy Harman, mother of A.D. Harman of the 11th district of Carroll. The deceased was born June 1st, 1811; had been living for a number of years in this county, making her home most of the time with her son-in-law Mr. E.O. Little. For nearly 74 years she led a peaceful and quiet life, having been a member of the Primitive Baptist church about 56 years. She met death without any fears as she had been patient in affliction, so also was she calm in death. She was buried at Bethesda church. The large congregation which attended the funeral, gave evidence of the high esteem in which she was held by all who knew her. The bereaved family and relatives have the sympathies of many friends, and sad hearts are comforted with the thought of "Mother in Heaven." Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. W.W.R. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MARCH 20, 1885 COWETA County News Dr. A.C. North and his son Nicholas united with the Baptist church Sunday by letter from Ft. Worth, Texas. Before moving to Texas, Dr. North was an efficient deacon in Senoia Baptist church. ---- Mr. Wm. Austin is seventy-eight years of age and has never been sick a day in his life to the best of his knowledge. This is a remarkable statement which should be hard to duplicate. ---- We regret to learn that Mr. J.E. Gurley is lying dangerously ill at his residence at Panther Creek district. ---- WACO Community News Mrs. Marchman is visiting her daughter Mrs. J.W. Jeter. --- P.J. Tally while cutting timber yesterday was caught under a falling tree and his leg was badly crushed. ---- VICTORY Community News Mrs. Wm. Word who has been feeble for some time, is not expected to live long. ---- Mrs. Tom Farmer is very sick. ---- Died on the 7th inst., the little infant child of Mr. Tom Farmer. Also on the 9th inst., another little child of his died. ----- PLOWSHARE Community News Married on March the 12th at the resdience of Elder John Tillery, by Rev. John Thurman, David Gable of Coweta county to Miss M.E. Garrett of Carroll county. The bride is 35 years old and the bridegroom is 83 years old. ----- Thomas Stamps has six children sick. ----- A YOUNG CHRISTIAN FALLEN Mr. Frank Arnold, son of Rev. Wesley Arnold, died in Atlanta on the 28th ult. His father was for some time pastor of Bowdon circuit and resided at Bowdon where the deceased was well known as a youth of high promise, morally as well as intellectually. From a letter written by his sister to his uncle Lawrence Baskin of this county, giving a brief account of the circumstances attending the sad event, we are permitted to make the following extract: " Frank was taken very suddenly on Sunday the 22nd of Feb. and died the 28th. Father and Lawrence were the only ones of the family with him in sickness and death. I was with Willie in Hancock and I knew nothing about it till after he was buried. To add to the grief of the bereavement was the thought that he had not the attention and loving care of sister or mother. Lawrence says he never suffered for attention. It seems so strange that one so young, noble and good should have been snatched away thus. But God knows best. He was a christian and I doubt not that he is now with our precious Pierce, who went on just six months before. I've thought of what he said of Pierce, since his death. Speaking of him being at christ's feet, said he " I almost envy him his place." It seems hard for me to have to give up my darling brother, but it's our Father's work and can be but for the best. Since Frank's death, Lawrence had quite an attack of the fever and Willie had pneumonia. I was miserable till they began to improve for fear they too, would be taken. But God in his mercy has raised them both and they are now at home, both able to be up today. Sallie is here too with her sweet babe. There are only four of us left and we are all at home. Almost half of our little family are in Heaven. How strong the ties that bind us! Hope this will find all well. Just received Grandma's letter a few days ago and will answer it soon. Your affectionate niece, Mattie --------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MARCH 27, 1885 LOCAL News Mr. J.M. Fields, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel of this place, died at his home yesterday, Wednesday, about 8 a.m. The deceased was a native of Carroll county and was about 37 years of age. He took charge of the hotel just one year ago. He was pleasant, genial in manners and accomodating in disposition which soon won him a host of friends and made his house a popular resort for the traveling public. Three weeks ago he contracted measles and before he recovered, it caused his death. His remains will be interred in the new cemetery this afternoon. To the heart broken wife and saddened relatives, we tender our sincere sympathy. ----- Hugh B. Campbell, an old citizen of Carroll, died at his home in the upper part of the county last Tuesday. Mr. Campbell was about 80 years old at the time of his death and had been quite feeble for some time. ---- We understand that the Rev. W.W. Kelly of Corinth in Heard county, who was reported to have gone deranged, is now improving and hopes are entertained that he will again be restored to his usual health. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 3, 1885 LOCAL News Mr. H.O. Beall of Cuthbert, a brother of our townsman Mr. Wm. Beall, paid his relatives here a brief visit this week and left for home Wednesday morning. ---- VICTORY Community News Mrs. Annie Brook and also Miss Ann Brook have been very low with pneumonia. ---- OBITUARY OF JOHN M. FIELDS This beloved brother was taken from his painful afflictions at 8 o'clock on the morning of March 26th by the hand of death. After an illness of some days with an inflammation of the windpipe, he yielded up his life quietly and peacefully, in bright hopes of an endless mortality with Jesus. He was born Sept. 9th, 1846 and was in his 39th year. In early life he gave his heart to God and was a devoted and consistent follower of his Savior for nearly twenty years. The church realizing, that in him, she had one who would fill the office of deacon well, set him apart for that office, which he filled very acceptably for three years, before he removed to Carrollton. Being very retiring and modest and the church here not knowing of his ordination to this office until quite recently, he did not serve in that capacity with us. A man so pleasant in his disposition, so accomodating and honest, must necessarily gain a large number of friends. The people of Carrollton as well as the traveling public were rapidly learning the great worth of this gentleman for months past and he was universeally beloved by christians of all denominations. He met death quietly, but with a firm persuasion that all was right between him and his God. A devoted christian wife and lovely daughter, with many other relatives mourn his loss. A large circle of friends followed his remains to the grave. Rest in peace. The Pastor ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 10, 1885 LOCAL News We regret to say that Mr. Jesse Robinson has been for several days very sick with typhoid fever. ---- Mr. Hamilton Lowry who is engaged as bookkeeper by Mr. Ben Long of Jasper, Ala. is in the city visiting his father's family. ---- RESOLUTIONS OF THE VILLA RICA BAPTIST CHURCH ON THE DEATH OF B.M. SMITH Whereas, our Heavenly Father hath in his wisdom been pleased to call our brother B.M. Smith from his labors in the church below, to that rest that remainteth to the people of God. Bro. Smith was born Dec. 10th, 1833 and died February 27, 1885, aged 51 years, 2 months and 17 days. He joined the Baptist chuch at Macedonia in 1857, and lived a faithful, consistent and zealous member. In 1872 he was called by his brethren to the ministry; he was liberated to exercise his calling by preaching the gospel. This high privilege was duly appreciated and to the extent of his ability, he labored faithfully in the cause he loved so well, acquitting himself in such a way as to bring no reproach on the calling. In the year 1878 Bro. Smith moved his membership from Macedonia to Villa Rica and at the constitution of our church, he became a member with us, who are and were his co-laborers together with God. And, whereas, the ways of our Heavenly Father are incomprehensible and always "working together for good to them that love God," therefore be is resolved; That we bow in humble submission to His will and that while we mourn the absence of our brother from our midst, we feel that our loss is his eternal gain. Resolved that in the death of our brother, the church has lost one of its zealous, earnest and consistent members; our community an upright and honorable citizen, whose example is worthy of imitation and whose place in our midst, will be hard to fill. Resolved, that we tender to the family of our deceased brother our sincere sympathy in their heavy affliction, and that we pledge to remember them in our prayers to the great Head of the Church; that he may temper their sorrows and their great trouble; that they may recognize the hand of HIm who doeth all things well; and faith from on high be given to enable them to bow in the humility to the God of our salvation, and to say with Him, who redeemed us, "thy will be done." Resolved; that these resolutions be entered upon the minutes of the church at Villa Rica,; that they be published in the Carroll Free Press and the Carroll County Times, and copies of the same be presented to the family of our deceased brother. J.M. Hamrick W.F. Strickland L. Roberts, Commitee Read and adopted in conference, April 4th, 1885. H.B. Bartlett, Moderator H.T. Marchman, Clerk ------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 17, 1885 OBITUARY OF ANDREW CONNER Andrew Conner died at his residence in old Villa Rica, Carroll county, Ga. on Feb. 27, 1885 in the 58th year of his age. He was born in Walton county, Ga. on April 22nd, 1828 and moved to Meriwether county, Ga. with his father in the year 1838. He married Miss Martha Tidwell in the year 1848. He joined the Masonic fraternity at Luthersville, in Meriwether county in the year 1845 and connected himself with the Baptist church at Bethel in Meriwether county in 1864 and was chosen and ordained a deacon of that church in 1866. He moved to Carroll county in 1870 and went into the constitution of the Villa Rica Baptist church in 1878 and remained a member of that church until his departure from life to death. Bro. Conner was well known in this vicinity and int he community in which he lived, he was well known as a man who desired to deal honestly with all mankind and to live for God. He was a man that had talent to keep peace among his neighbors and to settle and quell all disturbances that might arise upon the church among his brethren. He was a regular attendant of his church meetings, always at his post ready to help the cause of his master. As a husband he was kind and devoted, as a father he was affectionate and always striving to make home pleasant for his children and friends when visiting him. Bro. Conner leaves a kind and loving wife and seven dutiful children and many warm friends to mourn his loss. Brother Conner always stood high in the estimation of his brethren and was a friend to the widow and orphan, always ready to help them in time of need. But, alas, he has ended his career in this life. He kept the faith to the end and was ready to be offered up. The family has lost a true friend, husband and father, and the church a good christian. On Friday night, Feb. 27th, he was taken suddenly ill and at 10 o'clock he expired with heart disease. Bro. Conner was a citizen of old Villa Rica and was buried at the cemetery at that place on Sunday, March 1st, with Masonic honors. Thus our fathers in Israel are passing away. Resolved, that a copy of these proceedings be presented to the bereaved family, and a copy be sent to the Carroll County Times and Carroll Free Press for publication. William A. Land John C. Samples H.T. Marchman, Committee This done in conference by order of the church, Feb. 28th, 1885 H.B. Bartlett, Moderator H.T. Marchman, Clerk ------ LOCAL News Mr. Jesse Roberson, though still very sick, is thought to be improving. ---- The surviving soldiers of the Mexican War are requested to meet at the court house in Carrollton on the first Tuesday in May at 10 o'clock a.m. ---- ROOPVILLE News Mr. T.T. Staples who lives near this place has been quite ill for some time, but is some better. ---- Mrs. Ida Almon who lives near this place was taken to the Milledgeville Asylum last week by L.W. Almon and W.H. Alexander. May her malady soon leave her. She has the sympathy of many relatives and friends in her sad affliction. ---- VILLA RICA News Mr. Joseph Harper has been dangerously sick with typhoid fever, but he is supposed to be some better. ---- OBITUARY OF THOMAS H. ROBERDS Dr. Thomas H. Roberds, one of the oldest citizens of our town has passed peacefully to that rest "which remaineth to the people of God." He was born February 23rd, 1814 in the city of Savannah, Ga. His parents both died while he was but an infant after which Jno. and Rebecca Melton of Columbia Co. Ga. took and raised him. At the early age of 17 he drew, under the laws of Georgia at that time, a lot of land in Campbell county, to which he with the old people, moved in 1831. He read medicine at Newnan under Dr. Terrell, attended and took first courses of lectures at Augusta, Ga., graduated at and received his diploma from the University of Pennsylvania. He moved to Carroll in the year 1839. He practiced medicine in this vicinity with unbounded success for 46 years. He married Miss Sarah Mastiller in 1839 after which eight children were born to them, all of whom, with his wife, survive him. He was a member of the Methodist church. The house in which he lived and died has been built 36 years and the death of the doctor was the first that ever occurred in it. He practiced his profession up to the time of his death and after he was clad with the robe of death and tenderly placed in his coffin, even there, there was a call for his professional services. His remains were interred at Concord church by the side of the old people who loved and cared for him in his youth, and from whom he was separated only by their death. He was a man whose medical skill and ability was unquestionable and almost we might say, unsurpased in Ga. and whose honesty and integrity is well vouched for by the many noble acts of his well spent life. He was a model man, a skillful physician, a devout christian, an honorable and upright citizen and a kind and affectionate husband and father, though he had his faults, as other men, but which are now merged in the many noble deeds of his life. He had many friends who together with his bereaved family mourn and realize the great loss sustained by his death, but yet we have a source of great comfort, in believing that our loss here, is his eternal gain in the great beyond. ------ ENON GROVE Community News Mrs. Minerva Lane is still in feeble health. ---- Mrs. Minerva Powers, is still in feeble health, whose family and friends are very uneasy about her as this is the second stroke of paralysis. She was thought to be some better yesterday. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 24, 1885 CARROLL COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT OCTOBER Term Zelena Whitehead vs. Jas. Whitehead; Libel for Divorce and application for temporary alimony. Rule granted. ---- The state vs. Charley Roberson; Assault; Verdict, guilty. Penalty, $30. and costs or six months in chain gang. ---- The state vs. James HIcks; Assault with intent to murder; Verdict, guilty. Penalty, 10 years in penitentiary chain gang. The evidence of the case showed that the defendant Hicks had made an unprovoked and murderous assault on the person of Mr. Harper, the agent of the Ga. Pacific Railway Company of Temple. ---- LOCAL News George Smith's mother, Mrs. Sophia Smith, 74 years of age, has the measles. ---- Mrs. Frank Bass has been very sick this week. Her mother Mrs. Judge Benson has been with her. ---- BUCK CREEK News Mrs. Wm. Beard died of measles Sunday night and was buried at Smryney church Tuesday morning. Mr. Beard has had a great deal of sickness in his family recently. He needs and has the sympathies of friends and neighbors. ----- KANSAS District News Mrs. D.N. Tilmon died last Sunday at her home in Kansas district. She had been sick about six months but was not confinued to her bed till about the 25th of December. She has suffered all the time with that terrible disease, consumption, until last Sunday when she passed away. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist church at Holly Springs. She bore her afflictions with great christian fortitude and patience. She leaves a kind husband and several children and many friends to mourn her death. But their loss is her eternal gain. The husband and children and their many friends have our sympathy and condolence in their bereavement. ----- Mr. Allen Rowe is still very feeble and low in health. ---- IN MEMORY OF MRS. MARY M. HORTON ( Excerpts by Rev. F.H.M. Henderson at Memorial Service held at Antioch Church, Carroll County, Ga. April 5, 1885) (NOTE: the newspaper page is very faded and nearly illegible in many parts so not able to transcribe the obit in it's entirety.) ..."Of that class of men and women who are the world's true benefactors, we have a noble illustration in the life of Mrs. Mary M. Horton, whose memory we are here to honor. She was born in Bowdon, May 8th, 1853. Her maiden name was Mary M. McDaniel. My first acquaintance with her was in 1860 . She was then the coy little pet of six years. Her social virtues were not the product of training in the festive gatherings of her time. From these she learned neither social virtues nor social vices. But her kindly disposition and agreeable manners were the result of christian charity, which, beginning with her childhood, grew with her growth. She was a living illustration of the apostle's declaration that "charity never behaveth itself unseemly." I would not pretend to say that any human being is perfect, but if she had any faults in manner, I had too many myself to detect them. Always sweet and genial, modest and reserved, she spoke when she had something to say, and like the old philosopher, knew when to be silent. She adorned the domestic sphere less than twelve months. Of this we cannot speak from observation. It was monopolized by Prof. N.A. Horton who became the fortunate and happy groom of the accomplished bride on Nov. 20, 1883. Those who knew her well will have but little difficulty to believe this testimony. That his home, though of humble pretentions, was second only to heaven. Reared as she was, under the classic shades of Bowdon College, she early developed her native talents for science and literature. Her early school days were spent int he Female Schools of Bowdon. How well she improved her opportunities is shown by the fact that in Jan. 1873 she entered Bowdon College among the first of her sex ever admitted; and at commencement of that year, was admitted to the senior class. Her only rival for senior honors was Judge W.C. Adamson of Carrollton. Her final examinations stands thus recorded; In French, 98, in Calculus, 90, in Astronomy, 95, in Greek, 100; average, 95. She gave her heart to God in childhood and united with the M.P. church in Bowdon at 8 years of age. In church relations, too, I was intimately associated with her and always regarded her as a pet lamb of the flock. Her faith was a loving power and her life of true and fervent devotion and an illustration of the saving truth of the gospel. At the church she was a worshiper and she always assured the preacher of one attentive hearer. Sister Mary is safe. If I could, I scarcely would, bring her back to struggle again in this rugged, battle of life. Husband, Mother, Father, Brothers, Sisters, all, remember she beckons you onward and upward. Her path through life, though short, lights afresh the way our savior trod. Her death kindles anew the light that shines away the darkness of her grave. Dry up those tears. Linger not around the cemetery. Our loved and lost is not there. Look to heaven where she is. " ---------- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/carroll/newspapers/newspape2250gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 23.1 Kb