Carroll County GaArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY 1879 1879 ************************************************ 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 November 18, 2006, 8:40 pm The Carroll County Times 1879 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CARROLL COUNTY TIMES", Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia for APRIL 1879, MAY 1879, JUNE 1879, JULY 1879 NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 4, 1879 LOCAL News Mr. Godfrey Kener, an old citizen of LaGrange is dead. --- Mr. Louis Whisenhunt, son of P.M. Whisenhunt, left last Tuesday morning for Wood county, Texas. --- BOWDON News An awful tragedy took place last Thursday morning about 5 o'clock. Bud Hays, son of Calvin Hays, shot himself with his pistol. He was living with the Widow Snow about 5 miles west of Bowdon. It was said that he had been in a state of delirum for some time. ---- There seemed to be quite a number of marriages in Bowdon last week. Col. Boon of Hawkinsville and Miss Mattie Adamson of Bowdon were united in the holy bonds of matrimony by the Rev. Mr. Harmon. W.L. Morris and Miss Mattie Shelnut were married by Rev. W.S. Twedell last week. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 11, 1879 LOCAL News Miss Jennie Hamilton, daughter of T.M. Hamilton, living near Villa Rica, an account of whose burning we gave in the The Times on the 28th of March, died, we learn, on the 29th of March. She was a lovely, amiable and beautiful young lady and the circumstances of her death are quite sad. Her parents in their great affliction have the sympathies of the entire community. --- Joseph McClellan, aged about twenty years, died of dropsy at the residence of his uncle, Mr. J.P. Coleman, on the 8th inst. May the God who has promised to be a husband to the widow, comfort her in her sore affliction. ---- Mr. A.C. Fowler intends going to Texas soon. --- SUPERIOR COURT Martha A. Smith vs. M.J. Baxter, administrator of C.C. Smith, deceased, application for dower. Commissioners appointed for same. --- State vs. Vol Stephens, carrying concealed weapons. Entered a plea of guilty. Fined $50. and costs; in default of payment thereof, twelve months in the chain gain. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 18, 1879 LOCAL News Married on Thursday evening the 10th inst., at the residence of the bride in Campbell county, Mr. John Neal of Carroll county to Miss Camp of Campbell county. --- Dr. Mehaffey, one of the oldest citizens of this county, died at his home some six miles north of here last Thursday night. His death from what we can learn, was very sudden, he having died during the night, without the knowledge of any of his family. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, APRIL 25, 1879 LOCAL News Old Uncle Rowland Tolbert of Villa Rica, is one of the stoutest and most active men of his age in the county. He will be 80 years old the 3rd of July and he can ride thirty miles a day without difficulty. --- A negro man by the name of Levi Bonner, a tenant of John W. Stewart of this place, on a farm of his near Bowdon, was killed under rather peculiar circumstances last Friday night. Mr. Joseph Vance who lives in the same neighborhood, it seems, had for some time been missing corn out of his crib. Being determined to catch up with the thief, he set a double barreled shot gun in the back part of the crib with the muzzle pointing toward the door, a string being tied to the trigger and connected with the door, so that when the door was opened, the trigger was pulled and the gun was fired. The gun was set, we understand, late in the evening, and just after dark, Mr. Vance and a young Mr. Tarpley, who happened along at the time, started to a neighbor's near by, to some kind of gathering. They had not gone very far when they heard the discharge of the gun. Hurrying back and Mr. Vance going over into the lot, he discovered the negro in his death agonies in front of the door. Before going into the lot, he first hailed to know who was there, and receiving no answer he went in and discovered the body. The negro, it is thought, lived about fifteen minutes after he was shot. Coroner Cole was sent for on Saturday morning to go down and hold an inquest over the body. In company with Dr. Cole of this place, he went down and an inquest was held. The verdict of the jury was that the deceased came to his death by "involuntary suicide". ---- SURROUNDING AREA News Mrs. S.V. Abercrombie of Douglas county is dead. She died on the 14th of March last, in the 43rd year of her age. --- E.H. Camp of Douglas county has married MIss Mattie Selman also of the same county. --- Miss Minnie Alexander, a young and promising lady of Newnan, died last Wednesday in that city. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MAY 2, 1879 Mrs. Mooty, wife of Jesse Mooty of Troup county, died recently. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MAY 9, 1879 Mrs. Latham of Haralson county is dead. --- J.C. Crenshaw, ex-mayor of LaGrange, will soon leave for Texas where he expects to make his future home. --- LOCAL News Mr. A.C. Fowler and family left last Tuesday morning for Smith county, Texas where they expect to make their future home. --- On last Tuesday night near Holland's gold mines in Haralson county, two men by the name of Tally, and one by the name of New and one by the name of McBurnett were arrested, charged with counterfeiting or passing counterfeit money. They were brought to this place for trial and the trial is going on, as we go to press. The counterfeit pieces in circulation are half dollars and dimes. --- BILLOW News Died, Saturday morning, the 26th ultimo, Sallie, daughter of U.H. and Lucy McRay, of dropsy of the heart. Little Sallie had been a great sufferer for about two months, but she has gone where there is no sorrow, sickness, pain nor death. May He who tempereth the wind to the shorn lamb, comfort and console the bereaved parents and relatives. May they all so live that when the Lord shall see fit, they shall be permitted to go to that blessed home and dwell forever with little Sallie in Paradise. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MAY 16, 1879 LOCAL News Mr. B.F. Wilder left for Arkansas this week where he goes to look at the country. --- Of the parties from Haralson county, charged with counterfeiting who were tried here last week, the two Hills and Jim Tally were bound over, and Bill Tally, Lee New and Mr. McBurnett were released. Those bound over will be carried to Atlanta Sautrday or Sunday by Sheriff Hewitt. --- The anouncement that Mr. S.A. Blalock and Miss Mollie Daniel, both of this place, were to be married at the M.E. church last Sunday evening, drew quite a crowd to the church at an earlier hour than usual, as the marriage was to take place before services. ---- SURROUNDING AREA News Mrs. Cooley of Meriwether county is dead. --- Tom Jones, a colored man of Meriwether county, was found dead in the woods last week. A coroner's inquest decided that the old man's death resulted from natural causes. --- Mr. Hugh Latimore, an old and respectable citizen of Newnan is dead. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MAY 23, 1879 LOCAL News Mr. John Russell of this place, left for Texas on last Friday morning. He goes to visit relatives in that state and will be absent a month or six weeks. --- Died, at Sacramento, California May 1st of consumption, Augustus H. Black, son of Adelia Holland and stepson of James Holland, aged 19 years, 6 months and 22 days. ---- SURROUNDING Area News TWO MEN DROWNED We learn that two men, one by the name of Thompson and the other Norris, were drowned just above Franklin in the Chattahoochee river on Thursday night the 14th inst. We failed to get any of the particulars connected with the drowning. There were three of them, it is said, out fishing, one escaping. Up to 8 o'clock Friday morning, the time our informant passed through Franklin, the bodies of the unfortunate men had not been recovered. ---- Mr. Edward Broughton, one of the oldest citizens of LaGrange is dead. He had been living in Troup county for forty-seven years. --- Mr. Augustus Ashcroft and Miss Sue Moore of Coweta county were recently married. --- On Monday of last week, a difficulty occurred in Cobb county between I.Y. Davis and A.A. Daniel, which resulted in Davis striking Daniel in the head with a rock, from the effects of which the latter died. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, MAY 30, 1879 SURROUNDING AREA News Dr. Jno. Goodman, a well known physician of Atlanta, died recently in that city from paralysis of the brain. Dr. Goodman was formerly a citizen of Fairburn. --- Mrs. Juliette Cox of LaGrange, wife of Mr. A.E. Cox, died at her residence on Tuesday of last week. She was at the time of her death, fifty-five years old. --- According to the Franklin News, the two men drowned aboce that place week before last, were named Jesse Thompson and Henry Norris. In company with Henry Thompson they had gone out into the river to examine some set hooks, the boat striking a snag, commenced dipping water and soon after capsized, when William Thompson swam out to shore and the other two were drowned. ---- Mr. A.J. Farmer, living on Beech Creek in Haralson county, has one of Gen. R.E. Lee's shirt, which he prizes very highly. The way he came into possession of it was this: while in the hospital at Richmond during the war, it was given to him by one of Gen. Lee's daughters. It has the General's name on it. Mr. Farmer says that people from Tennessee and Kentucky have been to his house to see it. As we have stated, he prizes it very highly and nothing could induce him to part with it. ---- LOCAL News Mr. West Hendrix, living near here, died last Tuesday night. Mr. Hendrix was a hard working, industrious man and was well known in town, he having been engaged for several years past in hauling wood here. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, JUNE 6, 1879 SURROUNDING AREA News We learn from the Randolph County News that Col. Cicero D. Hudson, an old and well known lawyer in east Alabama, died at the home of his son in Randolph county, not long ago. --- Mr. W.S. Askew and Miss Sallie Scroggins of Newnan have married. --- Lawrence Floyd of Newnan had his eyes badly burned the other day while moulding bullets. --- Mr. Jos. Earnshaw of Douglas county is dead. --- Mr. Reuben Latimer of Cobb county is dead. --- LOCAL News STRIPLING'S CHAPEL News Mr. West Hendrix who died near Carrollton last Tuesday night was brought to Stripling's Chapel on Wednesday and buried. The burial service was conducted by Rev. T.J. Lyle. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, JUNE 13, 1879 SURROUNDING AREA News Drewry Tye, who not long since, killed his father-in-law Sparks, was tried last week in Fulton Superior court and acquitted. --- Col. Seaborn Jones and Miss Mary E. Presley, both of Polk county, were married at Rockmart on the 29th ultimo. --- Thomas W. Hooper, an old citizen of Cobb county, is dead. --- Alsay Fuller, an old citizen of Troup county, is dead. --- LOCAL News IN MEMORIAM OF MRS. NANCY JONES Mrs. Nancy Jones departed this life on the morning of the 9th inst., at 5 o'clock at the residence of her son, Mr. J.A. Jones. She was at the time of her death seventy-one years old. From early childhood she had been a believer in Jesus and had attached herself to the M.E. Church, South. Long had she in her affliction appealed to Him in whom she trusted for comfort in her hours of trouble and sometimes deep sorrow. She had suffered a great deal for several months, but she bore her affliction with patience, always expressing herself as being ready to go when the Master called. It was doubtless no disturbance to her when the summons came, she was ready, for her probation had ended and her work was finished. The angel that bore her spirit away from this world carried it to that beautiful home where flowers bloom forever and pleasures never die. The memory of her will long linger in the hearts of all who knew her. She was beloved by many friends and relatives. In her last moments, she smiled, closed her eyes and fell asleep in Jesus. Blessed sleep from which none ever wake to weep. Let the children that said on the day of the burial, "fare thee well, mother" trust in the same Jesus and meet her on the other shore. W.A.L. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, JUNE 20, 1879 GEORGIA News Mr. William Florence, an old citizen of Meriwether county, is dead. --- Mrs. T.W. Griffin, living two miles from Marietta shot herself last week. --- Mrs. Powell, wife of Rev. W.F.S. Powell, died in Coweta county last week. --- LOCAL News Married on the 12th inst., at the residence of the bride's father Mr. P.V. Mathews, by the Rev. A.C. Reese, Mr. H.H. Simpson to Miss Ida D. Mathews, all of this place. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, JUNE 27, 1879 GEORGIA News Mr. John Garner, an old ciitzen of Polk county is dead. --- Mrs. Nancy Selman of Douglas county is dead. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, JULY 4, 1879 DRAKETOWN News Married, June 22, 1879 at the residence of the bride's father Dr. R.B. Hucherson by W.C. McBrayer, N.P., Dr. W.F. Goldin to Miss Sarah Hucherson, all of this place. --- GEORGIA News The last Meriwether Vindicator contains an account of a homicide in that county on Tuesday of the week before in which Mr. James Burton shot and instantly killed his brother-in-law Samuel Ricks. The killing occurred near Warnerville and grew out of family matters. --- James L. Cooper of Power Springs is dead. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, JULY 18, 1879 LOCAL News Mr. J.C. Matthew of Franklin is dead. --- Mrs. Daniel, wife of Mr. James Daniel of Heard county, was badly hurt by being thrown from a buggy last week. --- We learn of the sudden death of an old man by the name of Haney, in the lower part of Haralson county, last Sunday morning. On Saturday he had walked some twelve or fourteen miles on his way to church, stopping Saturday night with Mr. Matthew Holcombe. On Sunday morning he started to church, not far off stopping to rest on his way at the residence of Mr. George Holcombe. Shortly after stopping, he complained of a pain in the back of his head, and lay down to rest. In about an hour and a half he died almost without a struggle. He was about 60 or 65 years of age. --- Married, at the residence of the bride on the evening of the 9th inst., by J.M. Cobb, N.P., the Rev. S.T. Sims and Mrs. Sophronia J. Scogin, all of the Sixth district of Carroll county. --- IN MEMORY OF J.L. WARD of the Baptist Church at New Lebanon Whereas, it has pleased God to remove from our midst our beloved brother J.L. Ward, who was born May 13th, 1792 and died May 22nd, 1879, having joined the Baptist church at Providence in Coweta county in 1835, and has lived a worthy and consistent member up to the time of his death; therefore, be it; Resolved 1; that the community has lost one of its best citizens, the church one of its brightest jewels, and the family, to whom we tender our deepest sympathy, a loving and tender husband and parent. Resolved 2; that these resolutions be spread upon the church record and request that they be published in the Carroll County Times, and that a copy be sent to the bereaved family. Read and adopted by the church in conference. J.M.D. Stallings James M. Walker S.W. Millican C.T. Richards, Committee ---- VILLA RICA News Died, July the 10th, Charles Polk, familiarly known as "Uncle Charley", one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Campbell (now Douglas) county. He was known far and wide for his honesty and uprightness and his death is sadly lamented. He was buried on the 11th with Masonic honors, having been a member of this sacred order for many years. His bereaved family have our heartfelt sympathy. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, JULY 25, 1879 HOW JUDGE WARNER WAS HANGED One of the stories told about Judge Warner is that during the war a party of federal soldiers hung him in order to make him tell where his gold was concealed, but that he clung to his treasure laid up on earth more tenaciously than to life itself, and that the robbers finally retired, baffled, but leaving him nearly dead, from the effects of their brutality. Many regard the story as a romance, but it is not. It is partly true and partly false. It is true that he was hung; it is not true that he had any gold to give up. Judge Warner himself described the occurrence a few days ago and I do not violate any confidence in giving the substance of his narrative. In the spring of 1865 and after the surrender of General Johnston (though that disaster was not officially known throughout Georgia), Judge Warner was at his plantation in Meriwether county, awaiting the approach of one of Wilson's columns of federal raiders, which was then passing through the country. All the whites on the place fled except Judge Warner and his married daughter. The latter had a child only a week old, and as she could not be moved, the father remained with her. During the morning several deatchments of cavalry halted at the house and made themselves free with anything they desired in the way of "portable property" but no violence was done to the inmates. About noon, another party arrived and stopped to feed their horses and to plunder. After satisfying their appetites they began to pillage and the Judge's silver, and other valuables were soon stowed away in their capacious saddle bags. While they were robbing the smoke house of hams and pickles and wines and preserves, the Judge stood in silence watching the proceedings. After the building had been thoroughly gutted, a revolver was suddenly presented at his head and he was ordered to accompany the party. Midway between the hosue and the "negro quarter" was a body of woodlands, and into this grove Judge Warner was conducted by his captors. Reaching a place secluded from observation, the leader of the band who wore the uniform of a federal Captain, took out his watch and said he would give him just three minutes to tell where his gold was hidden. Judge Warner protested that he had no gold but to no avail. They had been informed along their line of march that he had a secret hoard and the "da_ned old secessionst" must give it up. The prisoner urged that the only money he had was confederate currency and in Central railroad bills. They robbed him of $5,000. of the former and $15,000. of the latter, which they found on his person, but continued to insist that he had gold and must produce it. At the expiration of three minutes, the Captain made a signal; one of the men took from a horse a long leather strap with a running noose at the end, while the other improvised a gallows by bending down the end of a stout sappling. WIth an oath, the officer made them select a larger, stronger tree. Judge Warner remained silent for the very sufficient reason that he had nothing to tell. One end of the strap was adjusted around his neck and the other fastened securely to the tree. The sappling was gradually released until the line became taut, when it was turned loose and the Judge's body dangled in the air. The brutes still surrounded him when he recovered consciousness, and he was again ordered to give up his gold, under penalty of death. He could only reply as before, and again the sappling was released. This occurred about two o'clock. When he revived, the sun was nearly down. He lay at the foot of the impromptu gallows, the halter had been removed from his neck and the leaves, which covered the ground several inches deep, were burning within a few feet of him. He thinks the heat of the flames restored him to consciousness and to life. The wretches had left him for dead and set fire to the woods to conceal the evidence of their crime. The Judge was able to find his way to the house, where he lay ill for many days. He finally recovered and now shows no signs of the violence to which he was subjected. He is confident that the Captain and soldiers who figured as amateur hangmen belonged to a Wisconsin cavalry, though he does not remember any of their names. The Judge is wont to say that he has suffered all the pangs of dissolution and has been "as near dead" as he ever expects to be. ( NOTE from transcriber: This is more likely than not, Judge Hiram Warner from Meriwether county, Georgia per a reference to this incident from the history of Meriwether county, Georgia: "Judge Hiram Warner had come to Hancock County in East Georgia to teach school, but later "read law", was admitted to the bar and in 1845 became one of the three judges in Georgia's Supreme Court. Though from the North, he was not spared the wrath of the Yankees at the close of the War Between the States. After plundering his plantation, Wilson's raiders hanged him in a grove after he repeatedly declared he had no gold. In a further touch of irony, a faithful slave turned servant cut him down. He lived to become Georgia's Chief Justice from 1867 to 1880. " From the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: WARNER, Hiram, a Representative from Georgia; born in Williamsburg, Hampshire County, Mass., on October 29, 1802; received a good common-school training and acquired some knowledge of the classics; in 1819 moved to Georgia and taught school for three years; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Knoxville, Crawford County, Ga., in 1825; served in the general assembly 1828-1831; declined reelection; moved to Talbotton in 1830 and continued the practice of his profession; moved to Greenville; elected judge of the State superior court and served from 1833 to 1840; judge of the State supreme court from 1846 to 1853, when he resigned; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1856; appointed by Governor Jenkins as judge of the Coweta Circuit Court and served from 1865 to 1867, when he was appointed chief justice of the State supreme court; was subsequently elected and served until 1880, when he resigned; died in Atlanta, Ga., June 30, 1881; interment in Town Cemetery, Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga. ) --------------- LOCAL News We see from the Henderson (Texas) Times that Maj. P.G. Garrison, formerly of this place, but now of Athens, Alabama, is on a visit to Henderson, Texas where his two sons Ezra and George and his daughter Mrs. Hickey, are living. --- Married, July 16th, 1879, at the bride's fathers, J.B. Ward, by Rev. G.W. Burson, Mr. John L. Kilgore and MIss Melvina E. Ward, all of Bowdon, Carroll county. --- GEORGIA News Walter McLaughlin, a young man of Meriwether county, is dead. --- S.J. Vardeman of Meriwether county, has been living there since the county was organized in 1828. --- The West Point Guards have been presented a flag staff by Captain W.W. Hulbert, who was the senior officer of the company at the close of the war. --- VILLA RICA News Married on the 13th inst. at the residence of the bride's father Mr. Wm. Hewitt, Mr. Joe Adams to Miss Francis Hewitt, the ceremony performed by our new N.P., Mr. M.C. Turner. ---- THE KILLING OF MR. ALEX. REID Below we copy a special dispatch to the Atlanta Constitution, which gives an account of the killing of Mr. Alex. Reid and the shooting of his son Sam, in Opelika, Ala., on the 21st inst. Both of these gentlemen formerly lived in this place and are well known here: Opelika, Ala., July 22nd - - - About 5:30 o'clock last evening a shooting affair occurred at the Sledge house in this city, which resulted in the death of one and the serious wounding of another of the parties. A traveling man, Samuel G. Grasty by name, has been here for a week or two stopping at the Sledge house. He has been visiting the home of Mr. Alex. Reid. Last evening Mr. Reid called at his (Grasty's) room at the hotel and told Grasty that he wanted him to quit visiting his house. Grasty took Mr. Reid by the beard and in an insulting way, said, he would quit his visits if Reid wished him to. He struck Mr. Reid on the face and Mr. Reid struck him on the head with a stick, knocking Grasty down. At this juncture, Sam Reid came into the room with a knife and inflicted a wound on Grasty's wrist. Grasty reached over and obtained an old pistol that was lying on his bureau. He shot Mr. Reid through the abdomen and Sam Reid through the neck and face. Further firing was stopped at this time by Capt. A.A. Scott, a gentleman who happened to be passing by and heard the shooting and came in to see what was the matter. Mr. Reid, an old man, died today about one o'clock. Sam Reid is not fatally wounded. ---- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/carroll/newspapers/newspape2635nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 25.3 Kb