Carroll County GaArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for OCT. 1879 October 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 22, 2006, 2:04 pm The Carroll County Times October 1879 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CARROLL COUNTY TIMES", Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia for OCTOBER 1879 NEWSPAPER Issue of OCTOBER 10, 1879 NOTICE - - - This is to give notice that I will refuse to pay any debt made or entered into by my wife Lesla Martin, she having voluntarily abandoned me and left my bed and board without sufficient provocation. Benjamin Martin, Oct. 10, 1879. ---- GEORGIA News From the Atlanta Constitution of the 4th inst., we learn that John Hicks, a resident of Paulding county was found dead on Wednesday of last week in the woods a few miles from Dallas. Suspicion points to Jerry Shelton, a resident of Dallas as the guilty party, as the two men were on bad terms and Shelton has not been seen since the murder was committed. --- Mrs. Rebecca Gault of Marietta is dead. She was 78 years of age at the time of her decease. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, OCTOBER 17, 1879 GEORGIA News Mrs. Lucinda Grant and Mrs. Whatley, two old ladies of the Eleventh district of Meriwether county, died lately. --- Major Chas. Leavell of Coweta county is dead. --- Col. John M. Edge of Douglas county was kicked by a horse while in Atlanta not long since, and the result is that his leg will have to be amputated. --- CARD FROM JERRY SHELTON, ABOUT MURDER OF JOHN HICKS To Editor of the Times; Please allow me space in your journal to refute a false rumor which is now going the rounds, maliciously accusing me of murder of Mr. John Hicks of Paulding county. The acount makes out that John Hicks was murdered some time ago in Paulding county; that the residents of Dallas are highly incensed at this murder; that they are trying to solve the mystery, and that they have got it solved making out the suspicion that Jerry Shelton is the murderer. The rumor as it is published purports to be an affair of great notoriety, and that the residents of Dallas and vicinity are my accusers, and yet the tale comes from a "private source" and is anonymous. In the first place, there is no mystery to solve as Hicks shot himself accidentally; and in the second place, I was over fifty miles from the place of the tragedy, at the time it occurred. To substantiate this, reference can be made to R.M. Rainey and his son J.R.T. Rainey, both of Altoona, Ga., and to Mid Baker of Acworth, Ga., who were with Hicks at the time he shot himself. It was about the 15th of last September and was some where on the line of Paulding and Polk, some twenty miles from Dallas. My neighbors will testify that I was at my home, near Whitesburg, Carroll County, at the time. When I heard that I was accused of this fictitious murder, I hastened to Dallas to see if I could "solve the mystery" but I have failed so far to even find out who was my accuser. Every circumstance of the Hicks' affair is falsely stated, and that I think, not by mistake, but by design, in order to slander me, because I am already implicated in a criminal case. My accuser entirely omits to mention that Hicks had a gun and that he was hunting with some others who were nearby when he shot himself. On the contrary, he intimates that Hicks had no gun, and that he was by himself. He does not mention even the possibility of the affair being an accident, but makes it a murder without giving one item of evidence, or introducing a single witness. It is charged that I have a "bad record". If such malicious accusations as the "private source" makes against me were true, then, indeed, I would have a bad record. I acknowledge that myself and Hicks were not on good terms, but I could not help the accident of him killing himself. I am sorry he did kill himself, but I will not omit this opportunity of stating that the difference which existed between us, did not arise from my insulting his wife, but from the fact that I was a witness against him in a criminal case of his beating a negro woman. I scorn to detract from the character of a dead man, and would not have mentioned this, if it had not been necessary to explain the whole matter. Respectfully, Jerry M. Shelton, Carroll county, Oct. 14, 1879. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, OCTOBER 24, 1879 CARROLL'S FALLEN BRAVE The following lines were written by Miss Lucy Rogers, September 4, 1866. They were handed to us by E.B. Merrell not long since with request to publish: A dirge for Carroll's fallen brave, Who from our homes are gone, Whose forms are laid in glory's grave, Whose memory lives on. At first I'll sing of one whose eye flashed back the merriest light, Whose heart was proud and true and high, Whose air rejoiced the sight. In gloomy Lunchburg far away, In glorious manhood fell, In mild September still away, Poor P.J. Mandeville. And Ahaz Boggess too is gone, But not his cherished name His lights should linger in our thoughts, And on the scroll of fame. And missing at the Seven Pines, As brave as he was fair, The light of youth upon his brow, and in his waving hair; Alas young William Garrison, The sacrifice has made, and on his country's altar, the previous offering laid. Green be the grass above thee, Friend of my early days, None knew thee but to love thee, or named thee but to praise. And in the same battle, of courage were not alack, Fell the dauntless and the daring, The gallant Captain Black. On the good field of Manassas, T.J. Merrell's closing eye, Showed how a Carroll soldier, For home and friends could die. D. Velvin and Ed Fletcher were permitted to return, and die among their friends at home, who long for them will mourn. Affection fondly weeps over them, and on their honored graves, tears of love fall softly, and the dewy flowers wave. With no loved friends to cheer him, no voice to sooth his woe, Away in Richmond hospital, alone, died Paschal Grow. And. Lonis killed at Petersburg, in the flash of early youth, a brother's love had followed, with signet seal of truth, But now her gallant soldier boy, is from all sorrows free, His battle, blood- stained bible, he sent for her to see. Job Bird and J.C. Benson, and Isaac Williams too, And George McRea and Kirby, No more will meet our view. For they fell as southern soldiers, But their memory will remain, When the liberty has come to us, So many died to gain. Captain Parrish killed at Vicksburg, Thomas Beard at Baker's creek, Joel and Neal and Will McClure, Never will be heard to speak. For their days on earth are ended, and they fell in freedom's cause, offering incense to their country, and obedience to her laws. T.S. Bonner, too, has left us, another fallen brave, And in all his strength and valor, Only a soldier's grave. And in young manhood's glory, and in the pride of life, Captain John Henry Garrison, Fell in the cruel strife. Near the shining Chickamaunga, The gallant S.S. Hay, Fell with our colors flying, and our banners all gay. And killed up in east Tennessee, among the mountain nooks, He gave his life for liberty, Poor little Billie Brooks. And now I mention one whose name, makes all our hearts to thrill, To the world he's Col. Curtis, but to us, he's Ezra still. We've met his kindly, genial smile, in all the days gone by, And now it saddens us to think, that he was born to die. The meed of glory covers him, the nation's love is given, Let us look in gratitude, that Ezra is in Heaven. On the far heights of Gettysburg, Standing up for Dixie land, Fell little Willie Rogers, with his colors in his hand. Also sleeps among the many, as young and quiet and much beloved, and just as brave as any. My dirge is sung, my rhymes are wrought, but every one can tell, the ground is holy, where they fought, and holier, where they fell. ------ LOCAL News DEATH OF MR. J.F. COCHRAN We were very mch surprised to learn on last Monday of the death of the above gentleman at his residence in the Sixth district at an early hour that day. It was not known in this place that he was unwell and the news of his death was a surprise to everyone who heard of it. He had, however, we understand, been confined to his house for two or three weeks from a cut from an axe on his knee. In the death of "Uncle Jake" as he was familiarly called, Carroll county has lost a good citizen. He was held in the highest esteem by his neighbors, those who knew him best, as has been frequently attested. He was a good man of sterling integrity and great industry. He was regarded as one of the best farmers in the county. We tender our sympathies to his family in their bereavement. ---- DOUBLE MURDER Last Saturday night, a double murder was committed at Whitesburg in this county which was as unprovoked as it was atrocious, if we have heard the facts correctly. From the best information we can obtain, the following are the circumstances under which this outrageous crime was committed. Henry Preston and Mollie Williams, both colored, had been living together as man and wife but had recently separated. Last Saturday night, Henry with the marshall of Whitesburg, John Brantley, went to the house where Mollie was living to get some things which Henry claimed belonged to him. While there, a difficulty arose between Brantley and Mollie about a shirt which Henry claimed was there and which had not been produced as expeditiously as Brantley thought necessary. Brantley threatened to carry Mollie to the caboose and had hold of her and was struggling with her near the door, when Mollie's grown daughter Julia Williams rushed up and caught ahold of her mother and begged Brantley not to carry her to the caboose. Brantley told her if she did not turn her mother loose that he would shoot her and she refusing to do so, he did shoot and kill her. Mollie Williams was then caught by another negro woman and carried into an adjoining room. Brantley after a pause shot again and killed a negro child which was in the room in the door of which he was standing. Whether he shot at the child or at the mother Mollie Williams, the statements are conflicting. During all this melee, the negro man named Preston, it appears, was holding a lighted lamp just outside of the door where the killing occurred. Brantley, after shooting, escaped and nothing has been seen of him since. There are rumors afloat, we don't know if they are true or not, that he was assisted in getting off from Whitesburg by certain parties there. The negro Preston has been arrested and as we go to press is now undergoing a preliminary trial before Squires Acklin and Gaston in the courthouse, charged with being one of the principals in this deplorable affair. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, OCTOBER 31, 1879 GEORGIA News Mr. J.M. Harris, telegraph operator at Newnan, is dead. He had been in declining health for some time. --- A difficulty between Mr. Henry Woodgate and Mr. Wesley Jones, two young men of West Point, resulted in the serious cutting of Woodgate, from which it is feared he will not recover. --- LOCAL News EXECUTOR'S SALE By virtue of an order of the Ordinary of Coweta county, I will sell at public auction before the court house door in Carrollton, Carroll county, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in December next, the northeast quarter of lot of land number 187 in the Tenth District of said Carroll county, as part of the real estate of Asa Huggins, late of Coweta county, deceased. William Bluford Huggins, Executor of Asa Huggins ---- SHOOTING IN VILLA RICA Mr. Sol Kilgore shot Mr. W.F. Black in the face with a pistol last Saturday. Cause not known. Suppose a little whiskey was the cause. Mr. Black is a very peaceable man. He is a brother-in-law of Kilgore. We are quite sorry the affair happened. Dr. Slaughter probed for the ball and found it between two bones in the neck and impossible to be extracted. Black may die or he may live. Since the above was put into type, we have seen the Douglasville Star of the 28th inst. and it states that the shooting took place near Douglasville on the road to Atlanta and that the wound was dressed by Dr. Selman of Douglasville and it was not considered serious. It also says that the shooting was supposed to be accidental. ---- TURKEY CREEK News Died, Saturday at 2 o'clock a.m., Mr. Samuel Nichols of dropsy of the chest. He had been confined to his room for about six weeks. The funeral services were held in connection with the burial services at Smith's Chapel, Sunday morning, October 19th. The sermon was preached by Rev. John Thurman from the 19th verse of the 34th Psalm using the 13th verse of the 14th chapter of Revelations as part of the text. He preached one of his ablest sermons. He said it was a very heavy duty for him to undertake to pay this last tribute of respect to the brother, for he seemed as a brother to him; yet considering all the surrounding circumstances, he would do the best he could. The deceased had been, from a boy, one of the most sturdy, pious, honest and straightforward persons he had ever known. Had known from from a boy. He united with the Presbyterian church when a small boy, but after his marriage, having moved out of reach of that church, he united with the M.E. church of which he remained an honored and worthy member until the day of his death. Uncle Samuel, as he was familiarly called, enjoyed the love and respect of all who knew him. This was fully proved by the large concourse of his neighbors and friends to pay their last tribute of respect. The church has lost a faithful member, the vicinity a noble citizen and the family a kind husband and loving father. 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