Georgia: Coweta County: The Times Herald, 5 March 1897 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Dianne Wood cowetafamilies@yahoo.com ==================================================================== Herald & Advertiser, March 5, 1897 The regular spring term of Coweta Superior Court convened on Monday last, Judge S W Harris presiding. The progress of the court has been blocked at every turn, however, by various causes – sickness or unavoidable absence of lawyers, litigants or witnesses – and as a consequences not a single civil case has been tried. The criminal docket was taken up yesterday morning, and will occupy the time of court for the remainder of the session. It is believed that all cases on this docket will be disposed of tomorrow, and court will probably adjourn tomorrow afternoon for the term. The jurors implemented this week are as follows: Grand Jury – J S Addy, A H Benton, E N Camp, H A Camp, H W Camp, W W Carmical Sr, J R Cole, W L Crowder, W L Cruce, T C Dickson, W B Edwards Jr, T G Farmer, H L Freeman, J P Hearn, Geo P Hodnett, R C Iverson, S E Leigh, T L Phillips, J K Polk, W F Summers, J R Thurman, J P Walker, O Wynn. Traverse Jury – H C Arnall, L C Bailey, J W Bellamy Jr, J W Brakefield, E W Bridges, T F Brooks, O L Carmical, O M Cavender, S R Chander, J A Copeland, O Z Crook, J J Davis, W P Duke, J T Hughie, A H Lang, H A Martin, C B Nixon, U R Norton, W C Ragsdale, J C Robertson, W H Sewell, W H Summer, W L Welch. Sheriff Brown has appointed the following bailiffs to Assist him in his court duties viz.; J H Bailey, C A Burks, J T Entrekin, W D Palmer, Lewis McCullough, Bat Stovall. C E Harrison is on guard at the door of the grand jury room. The visiting lawyers during the week were as follows: P H Brewster, Atlanta; C P Gordon and Will Hamrick, Carrollton; F S Loftin, Franklin; F M Longley, J P Pitman And Frank Harwell, LaGrange; J W Shell W M Glass and D R Methvin, Senoia. The grand jury has been overrun with business, and it is possible that this branch of the court will not be able to get through with its work in time to adjourn tomorrow. TURIN HIGH SCHOOL --- J. A. Pendergrast, Prin. Term Opens October 26th, 1896. Rates of tuition $1.00 to $3.00 pr month. Board $8.00 to $10.00 per month. For further information address the Principal at Turin Ga. [this was in the Mar 25th paper] AN ENJJOYABLE OCCASION Dr. and Mrs. J M Couch entertained quite a number of friends at their home in Moreland on Friday last. The doors of the beautiful and commodious rooms were thrown open to their guests, and lovely violets, hyacinths and honeysuckle, by their sweet fragrance, rendered the hospitable home all the more inviting. When the hour for dinner was announced the guests proceeded to the appetite of a king, met their gaze. From the huge, richly-browned gobler and various meats, to the dainty cakes and more delicate viands, the skill of Mrs. Couch in the culinary art was admirably displayed. Suffice it to say, all did justice to the occasion. Later in the evening the crowd assembled in the parlor and listened to the sweet music rendered by Mrs Bertha Camp. Dr Couch is noted for his generous hospitality, and his good lady is in every way his equal. The occasion will long be remember by those present. The guests were Rev. S B Cousins and wife, of Luthersville; Dr and Mrs G E Camp, and little daughter; Mr. and E C Cureton and little son; Mr. & Mrs L A Knapp and little daughter; Mrs Margaret Bailey and daughter; Mrs Bennie Camp and daughter; Mr. & Mrs H A Martin; Mrs W A Bingham; Mrs Martha McClure; and Messrs. Henry Couch, J T Mayfield, J A Camp, and R L Pitts. Moreland, GA, March 3rd. A GUEST. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following named persons have paid their subscription dues to THE HERALD AND ADVERTISER for the week ending March 4, which we hereby acknowledge with thanks: R S Barnes, J H Bradbury, S J Cavender, S Conder, M F Crawley, H L Freeman, Mrs C F Glover, Mrs S M Grace, T H Grimes, Rev J J Griswold, Parks Hearn, Dr J C King, A M Meeks, J C Norton, J H Shelnutt, J W Smith, A R Word, G E Young. OBITUARY Mrs. Millie A Smith, wife if Mr. Isaac Smith, died in the Sixth district of Coweta County very suddenly on Sunday morning, Feb. 7th, 1897, aged 61 years, 1 month and 7 days. She had not been in very good health, but seemed as well as usual; had eaten her breakfast, and was sitting conversing with her family, when stricken with death. She died without uttering a word. Her maiden name was Haynes, and her first husband was William Hammock, by whom she had four children, who are yet living – a son in Texas, a daughter, Mrs Reynolds in Arkansas; another daughter, Mrs Morgan in Athens; and Mr. John Hammock of the Sixth district of this county. Early in life, she joined the Methodist Church, and remained a member for a number of years; but on marrying Mr. Smith, he being a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, she deemed it her duty to connect herself with that church. She remained a strict member thereof to the day of her death. She was regarded by those who knew her as a woman who practiced, in her daily life, the religion which she professed. Two things convinces me that she was a woman of most excellent qualities: (1) I never heard her spoken of except in terms of praise. (2) She was a good stepmother. Her last husband had a number of children, some of whom were small at the time of her marriage to their father. All these stepchildren were raised with the tender solicitude and care of a mother. They seemed to love her, and now lament her death as much as if she had been their own mother. On the day after her death her funeral was preached by Rev. R C Rhodes of Palmetto, to a large congregation of sorrowing relatives and neighbors, and her remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Coke’s Chapel. She leaves An aged husband, who, with her children and other relatives, has the sympathy of the whole community. W. W. T. ADVERTISEMENT E E Turner, of Compton, Mo., writes us that after suffering from piles for seventeen years, he completely cured them by using three boxes of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It cures eczema and severe skin diseases. G R Bradley. 4 2