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The funeral will take place when the Houston and Texas Central reaches the union station, at 4:45 this afternoon. Rev. A. C. Chappell will conduct the services, and interment will be made at Oakwood. Pall bearers selected are: N. S. Hill, Judge T. L. McCullough, John Sleeper, E. M. Ainsworth, F. A. Winchell, Wm. Lambdin, Judge D.A. Kelley and Sam Smith. Mrs. Jackson was the widow of the late W.D. Jackson and she came to Waco from Cameron, in 1873. She left Waco about two years ago, to make her home with her daughters, Mrs. H.V. Hamilton, of Palestine, where her death occurred. Something like two months ago Mrs. Jackson had a fall which resulted in breaking her left arm. Paralysis developed, and this, together with the infirmities due to old age, resulted in her death. For many years, Mrs. Jackson had been a member of the Fifth Street Methodist Church, and her husband donated the land occupied by that edifice and the parsonage. She was especially well known to the older residents of this city, and she represented the highest type of Chritianity. Throughout the course of her life it seemed to afford her particular pleasure to minister to the wants of the distressed and afflicted, and her lengthy career was spent in doing good. Mrs. Jackson cared absolutely nothing for the praise of the world, content in doing the work of the Master, and in exemplifying , in her daily life, the Golden Rule. Beside the daughter in Palestine, Mrs. Jackson is survived by three other children, Mrs. J. F. Wells, Waco; Mrs. G. Lamar Robinson, San Francisco; Gus B. Jackson, Winnepeg, Canada. She also has one brother, Lee Battle of Cameron. All these have the sincere sympathy of many friends. FUNERAL OF MRS. EDITH SMITH Mrs. Edith Smith, aged 35, died at her home, 603 Turner street, early yesterday morning. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, interment being made at Greenwood. She had been ill for some time. Her husband, W. T. Smith, and four children survive. HAMPTON B. SMITH DIES AT SANITARIUM Hampton B. Smith, a resident of Waco for the past eleven years and prominently identified with the religious and philanthropic work of Second Presbyterian church, died at 6:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Providence sanitarium. Mr. Smith, who was 76 years of age, had been in failing health for more than a year. Until his health began to break, he was bookeeper in a local hotel, having taken that position when he first came here in 1903. He was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. When he came to Waco, he affiliated with the Second Presbyterian Church and was made an elder. He was interested particularly in work among boys who were seeking educational advantages, and he was instrumental in doing much good among them. He is survived by one son, J.E. Smith of the Minneapolis Journal, by a brother at Mercer, Pa.; and two sisters at Marionville, Mo. The funeral will be held from the Second Presbyterian Church this afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. J.J. Greer officiating. The deacons and elders of the church will be pall bearers as follows: R.A. Word, E.M. Ewing, J.C. Smith, S.Y. Lee, J. W. McLaren, W.R. Smith, William Fox, J.M. Clement, H.A. Bruyrere, P.A. Warren, J.H. Stribling and S.N. McLaren. MRS. MARIETTA ODOM The funeral of Mrs. Marietta Odom, wife of Prof. I. N. Odom of Brook Avenue school, was held yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Mrs. Odom died at 11:30 o'clock Saturday night. She was 37 years of age. She moved to Texas with her husband from Tennessee fifteen years ago. After eight years in Dallas, they came to Waco, where Mr. Odom has been since employed in the Waco Public Schools. She is survived by her husband, two sons and one daughter. The pall bearers were J.C. Lattimore, J. B. Johnson, W.H. Pool, T.G. Martin, W.R. Marrs, and S.R. Spencer. MISS JESSIE A. HARPER The body of Miss Jessie A. Harper, aged 20 years, who died yesterday afternoon at the home of her mother, Mrs. J.B. Harper, 1905 South Twelfth street, was taken this morning to Mart. Funeral services will be held in Mart Cemetery this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The body is in charge of Undertaker L.C. Puckett. TUESDAY JUNE 2, 1914 WOMEN SHOT TO DEATH TODAY IN MEXIA Mrs. S.P. Gammons was shot and killed about 1 o'clock this afternoon at her home in the southern part of town. Her husband came out of the house a few minutes later with a shotgun and was arrested. He admits the shooting, but claims he was attempting to shoot his uncle, a blind man that lived with them, and that his wife got in the way and recieved the charge. The man has just been discharged from an insane asylum. MURDERED PASTOR WELL KNOWN HERE Rev. C.J. Tatum, pastor of Riverside church, Beaumont, who was shot and killed yesterday, an account of which was given by the Times-Herald yesterday afternoon, was a brother of Mrs. W. B. Brown, whose home is 1425 Summer street, Waco. Mrs. Brown recieved the sad news by telegram and left for Beaumont last night to attend the funeral, which will take place today. Rev. Tatum formerly lived near Waco and was well known to many of the citizens of the city, as well as county, who will be sorry to learn of the sudden ending of his life, and also extend sincere sympathy to Mrs. Brown, his sister. CHILD OF A. B. BROADWAY The home of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Broadway, near Hewitt, was made sad at an early hour yesterday morning when death entered and claimed for its victim their fourteen-months old child. Funeral took place yesterday afternoon at White Hall, conducted by Rev. A.M. Turner, pastor of Hewitt Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Broadway, the devoted parents of the dear child, have the sincere sympathy of hundreds of friends in this sad hour. WEDNESDAY JUNE 3, 1914 TYPHOID FATAL FOR HUDMAN TAYLOR JR. Typhoid fever, which first manifested itself three weeks ago, resulted in the death yesterday afternoon at 5:45 of Albert Hudman Taylor, Jr. He died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hudman Taylor, 809 North Fifth Street. The funeral will take place at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the family residence, Revs. F.C. McConnell and F.S. Groner officiating, and interment will be made at Oakwood. The active pall bearers have been selected from among his companions in the high school, as follows: C. W. Rhea, Curtis McClain, John Mayfield, Ben Lee Boynton, Oliver Winchell and George Lane. Honorary: Asher Sanger, J. C. Daniel, T. F. Bryan, R. V. McLain, A.J. Flowers, S. R. Hankins and Judge J. N. Gallagher. Hudman Taylor, Jr., was one of the most popular boys in the high school. Of studious disposition, yet taking keen interest in all those activities that enter into the life of a healthy, care-free boy, he was, in every sense of the term, a manly boy, one in whom the most implicit confidence could be placed. Young in years, Hudman Taylor, Jr., had already made a record of which many an older boy might have well felt proud. His progress in his studies had been most satisfactory and he gave promise of developing into man's estate under the most favorable conditions. He was one of the type of boy that intuitively won the commendation of his elders. Some years ago the boy had an attack of meningitis, from which he recovered, as a result of the most careful nursing. Everything was done to save his life, when he was siezed recently by an attack of fever but the attention of the most skillful medical practitioners, the love and patient watchfulness of devoted parents and friends proved unvailing to stay the approach of the grim reaper. In the contest inaugerated by the Y.M.C.A. some time ago, Hudman won the prize, a free trip to the annual camp this month, offered by the local association, and he was anticipating this event with boyish eagerness. Besides his parents, the boy is survived by one brother. These have the most sincere sympathy of a host of friends in their great bereavement. FUNERAL AT MART Remains of Miss Jessie Harper were given interment Monday The death of Miss Jessie Harper occured at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 31, at the home of her mother, Mrs. J. R. Harper of Waco. They had only recently moved from Mart to Waco, Miss Jessie being in a low state of health while here. Deceased was beloved of all her associates, having a sweet and winsome disposition, pure in life and character, it was indeed a case of the good dying young. She was a patient sufferer and leaves a beautiful example of her sorrowing loved ones and friends, who grieve because of her loss. The body was brought from Waco to Mart on the noon train today, and funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock by her pastor, Rev. W.H. Howard, at the Methodist Church, where her membership remained. Interment was made in Mart cemetery following the services at the church. The following were pall bearers: W. O. Sheely, J. C. Stauts, J. L. Spencer, Harley Huddleston, G. M. Barnes, and Charles Russell. Besides the bereaved mother, Mrs. J. B. Harper, there were present at the funeral Mr. and Mrs. Charles Abbott of Fort Worth; George Harper, brother of Waco; Mrs. J. M. Bryant of Kosse; Mrs. Alice Kitchens of Dallas, Mrs. Griffin and daughters of Waco. BOY CRAWFORD'S BOY KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE Telegrams were recieved here yesterday afternoon by Waco friends of R. T. Crawford, a former prominent resident of this city, now living in Houston, telling of the death of his son there, the boy having been struck and killed by an automobile. From the Houston Post of today the following story is taken relative to the accident, the H.N. McAshan mentioned as having witnessed it being a brother of S. M. McAshan of Waco. "Murphy Crawford, 10-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Crawford, St. James apartments, died in Westheimer's ambulance Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from injuries recieved when he was run over by an automobile driven by Frank M. Van Brunt, chauffer of Allen Paul. A charge of negligent homicide was placed against Van Brunt in Judge McDonald's court, and he was allowed bond in the sum of $2500, which he furnished. Several eye witnesses to the accident declared it was unavoidable. "According to the stories told by those who saw the accident, the boy who had been playing ball on a vacant lot at Main and Lamar, had run out into the street to pick up the ball. His view of the approaching automobile being obstructed by an express wagon, the child ran out almost into the car. Catching hold of the back of the express wagon, he attempted to check his speed, but slipped and fell, his body rolling under the passing car. "According to one man who saw it, the right rear wheel of the automobile passed over the child's head, while another eye witness said that the wheel passed over his entire body. The base of his skull was fractured, his face was badly bruised and his left leg broken near the ankle. There were other bruises on his body, particularly on his chest, but no bones broken other than the left leg. " H. N. McAshan, who witnessed the accident, said that the boy tried to get out of the way of the car after he had fallen under it, and that the accident probably would not have been as bad as it was had not the child in his efforts to get out, thrown himself directly under the wheel of the car, which was a big seven-passenger automobile, with several passengers." The most sincere sympathy is expressed for the bereaved parents and the surviving brother and sister, the latter being well known in local social circles. THURSDAY JUNE 4, 1914 DEATH COMES IN OPERATING ROOM Harvey C. Brazelton, aged 33, died in a local sanitarium this morning at 9:20, just as physicians were preparing to operate on him. His heart was weak, and he passed away before he had entirely succumbed to the anesthetic that was administered. He went to the sanitarium Tuesday, though he had been in ill health for several months. He was suffering from an abscess on the liver and complications. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made, pending the arrival here of his brother, Oscar Brazelton, who is now at Paris. The funeral will probably take place tomorrow afternoon from the residence of his mother, 613 North Ninth street. Harvey Brazelton was born and reared in this city, and he was well known in plumbing circles throughout the state. For a number of years he was in the plumbing business here, and after he retired, he was on the road for several years. He served in the Spanish-American war, and had visited the Phillippine islands twice. The death of Harvey Brazelton comes as a very painful shock to a host of friends here and in other Texas cities. It was not thought that his illness had assumed a critical stage, and there was little reason for believing it would result fatally at the time he entered the sanitarium. Loyal and faithful to every task assigned him, Harvey Brazelton was always willing to make every sacrifice to accommodate his friends. He was greatly attached to his mother, the bond of affection between them being a striking manifestation of the love of mother and child. Harvey Brazelton could be relied on in any emergency as one who would do his duty as it was given him to see it. Besides his mother here, Mrs. L. P. Brazelton, and the brother in Paris, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. O. B. Wiggins of Waco. These have the sincere sympathy of many in their great bereavement. FRIDAY JUNE 5, 1914 DEATH THIS MORNING PROMINENT MERCHANT Nathan Freeman, aged 43, died this morning at 2:15, at his home, 1404 North Sixth street. The funeral took place this afternoon at 3 o'clock, services being conducted at the family residence by Rev. S. Levy. Interment was made at Hebrew Rest. The active pall bearers were: Dave Hawtof, F. Adelman, H. B. Cohen, I. Rosenberg, I. Goodman and N. Suravitz. Honorary: Ike Levy, A. H. Gans, J. Goldberg, L. Ginsberg, O. R. Senberg and Z. Hoppenstein. Mr. Freeman had been ill since December 24 of last year, when a clot of blood formed on his brain. He had been critically ill since last Tuesday evening, a decided change for the worse becoming apparent at that time. For nearly a quarter of a century Mr. Freeman had been a resident of this city, being one of the prominent Jewish merchants here. He gave careful attention to his business, attended strictly to his own affairs, never interfering with the concerns of his neighbors. Firm in his belief, his life was lived in accordance with his religious principles, and no member of the orthodox congregation here were more faithful or devout in his religious duties. Besides his widow, he is survived by two children, Bessie and Ben. They have the sympathy of many in their great affliction.. FUNERAL OF H. C. BRAZELTON With Revs. J. J. Grier and E. E. Ingram officiating, the funeral of Harvey C. Brazelton, who died yesterday morning, just as he was about to be operated on for an affection of the liver, took place this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the residence of his sister, Mrs. O. B. Wiggins, 1002 North Seventeenth Street. Interment was made at Oakwood. The active pall bearers were O. R. Douglas, W. H. Wiggins, Walter Weaver, Ed Vance and Chester Wilkes. Honorary: J. A. Mason, Mike Adam, J. J. Powers, H. M. Baine, Ed Bauerie and Albert Cowan. MONDAY JUNE 8, 1914 MEETS DEATH AT BROTHER'S HAND Charlie Girrard, aged about 21, was shot and instantly killed by his brother, Joe Girrard late last Saturday night. A charge from the shotgun entered the man's head, near the left temple, part of the head being torn away. The man who did the shooting was arrested soon after the killing, by Constable A. W. Russell of this place. Joe Girrard claims self-defense, alleging that his brother had threatened his life and also that of his father. Charlie Girrard was killed on the place owned by his father, John Girrard, a mile and a half southeast of West. Some time ago a suit was filed in the district court at Waco by Charlie Girrard, asking for a division of the estate left by his mother, at the time of her death. The inquest was conducted by Justice J. M. Moore. The date for the examining trial of Joe Girrard has not yet been set. TUESDAY JUNE 9, 1914 GHOLSON WOMAN DEAD Mrs. S. E. Killion, aged 51, died last night at Gholson. The funeral took place this afternoon at 3 o'clock, interment being made in the Gholson cemetery. She is survived by ten children. WEDNESDAY JUNE 10, 1914 BOTH LITTLE GIRLS DIE OF BURNS Ollie Black and Cleo Castleberry, the two little girls burned yesterday by a kerosene explosion at 1313 Mary street, died yesterday afternoon a few hours after the accident. Cleo, who was most badly burned, died at 4 o'clock. Ollie died at 5. Mrs. Castleberry, who was prostrated by the accident and taken to Providence Sanitarium in a serious condition is slightly improved today. She was kept under the influence of opiates yesterday afternoon and last night. Mrs. Black stood the shock better, and sat up last night by the body of her child. The little Black girl, previous to her death, talked of the accident, and explained how it occured. They had been left at home alone she said, and decided to cook something. They gathered some mullberries from a tree in a neighbors yard, and placed them on the stove. There was still a little fire in the stove. They placed wood on it, and decided to hasten the blaze by pouring on kerosene from a 5-gallon can standing near. While one held the stove-door open, the other poured the oil. The explosion which followed enveloped them both in flames. They ran into the yard blazing. Ollie was reached by Mrs. A. T. Chandler, who tore her clothes off her. Cleo was reached by her mother, but only after her clothing had been burnt entirely off. It was thought at first that Ollie's burns might not prove fatal, but she was unable to stand the shock, dying an hour after her younger playmate. Their ages were given by their mothers as six and eight years. The funeral of Cleo Castleberry was held this morning at the residence, 1313 Mary street. Services began at 10 o'clock under the direction of Rev. A. D. Porter, pastor of the Morrow Street Methodist Church. Burial was made at Oakwood. The funeral of Ollie Black will be held tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock from the residence, No. 1309 Mary Street. Rev. F. S. Groner will have charge of the services, assisted by Rev. O. E. Bryan. Burial will be at Park Lawn Cemetery. DUEL TO DEATH WITH SHOT-GUNS AND PISTOL In a duel before the home of T. H. Lankford, one mile this side of Levi, Ferdie L. Oakes was killed yesterday afternoon about five o'clock. T. H. Lankford, his brother-in-law was arrested an hour later by Sheriff Fleming and Deputy Constable E. H. Smith. He is now in county jail charged with murder. His examining trial will be held Saturday, in Judge Richey's court. There was one eye witness to the duel, a neighbor named McMurtrey. He said he was 300 steps away when Oakes drove up in a buggy in front of Lankford's house. He heard a report and saw smoke coming from the buggy and from the porch of the house. It was stated by neighbors who reached the scene shortly afterwards that Oakes fired five shots from an automatic shotgun. Lankford is said to have used two shots from a double-barreled shotgun and then discarded it for a pistol. A pistol shot through the head was the cause of Oakes death. He is believed to have died immediately. He also recieved shotgun wounds in various parts of his body. Lankford was uninjured, except for a slight scratch from a shotgun pellet that struck his right hand. Oakes was 34 years of age, Lankford a few years his senior. Neighbors state that Oakes went to Lankford's house yesterday morning and took his sister, Mrs. Lankford away with him. Oakes home is four miles east of Lorena. Oakes is survived by his wife and three children. His father, Newton B. Oakes lives in Waco at 2800 North Twenty-third Street. Lankford has two brothers in McLennan County, J.A. and J. M. Lankford. J. A. Lankford lives at Spring Valley, J. M. Lankford in Waco. They were in conference with their brother at the jail this morning. They declined to make any statement whatever in regard to the shooting. The funeral of Mr. Oakes will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Methodist church in Rosenthal. FRIDAY JUNE 12, 1914 FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AT DALLAS Leslie Duncan is dead and Pendleton G. Midgett seriously injured as a result of a heavy automobile crashing thirty-five feet from a bridge on the Maple Avenue Rd. to the bottom of a creek. The dead man is said to have come from Waco, where he had been employed. The injured man is a real estate broker residing at 1605 Grand Avenue. He has a wife, who hurried to his beside at the city hospital. Duncan is said to have a brother, Henry Duncan, employed by an ice company at Waco, and a mother, Mrs. Nat Duncan, living at Fort Worth. A sister, Miss Pauline Duncan, lives in Dallas, it is said. The accident occured about 9:15 o'clock last night. The two men were in the car alone when it took its fatal fall to the narrow bottom of the creek's bed. According to the story told by some people who were the first to reach the wrecked car and its dead and injured passengers, the car had been moving at a great rate of speed, the witnesses claiming to have passed them just a very short time prior to the accident. Moving on after they had passed the ill-fated car, they heard a crash and the cries of the men, and hastening to the scene, found the car a mass of wreckage and one of the men pinioned underneath it. That Duncan was killed almost instantly was the belief of all who saw the wreckage. When his body was found it was lying a scant foot from the heavy body of the automobile. Apparently death had come from a broken neck and internal injuries. The injured man was underneath the car and had to be dragged from the heavy wreckage. He was hurried to the city hospital near by and given medical attention. Following investigation of his injuries, the doctors at the hospital said that he had suffered three broken ribs, internal injuries and a deep cut over the left eye. His injuries are not thought serious enough to necessarily prove fatal, but are serious enough to cause some fear to be expressed. The first intimation that an accident had occured at the same spot where Dr. Tipton was killed and others of his party injuried some two months ago came to police headquarters. Answering the frenzied callof those who hastened to the scene just after the car fell from the bridge, Night Desk Sergeant Vaughan hastily dispatched the police ambulance, Henniger & Brewer's ambulance, and Cheif Ryan and Tanner to the scene. A record run was made to the accident's scene, but the injured man had already been taken to the city hospital before they arrived. The dead man was still lying where he met his death. They lifted him out of the creek bottom and took the body to Henninger-Brewer's undertaking parlors. The car left the bridge at the left side, tearing its way through about twenty feet of railing and dropping over the edge to hurl itself against some iron girders, ending the fall at the bottom of the creek, estimated to be fully thirty-five feet from the bridge. The accident last night was at the opposite side of the bridge from where the fatal accident to Dr. Tipton occured. Maple road in that vicinity has a dangerous figure-eight bend, which is difficult of negotiation. Last night from the city hospital Mrs. Midgett made a statement deeply deploring the accident and the death of Leslie Duncan. She said her husband had bought the automobile scarcely twenty-four hours before the time of the accident, and that he was not accustomed to driving a car before its purchase. She said: " The car was a sixty-horse-power machine. Wednesday evening Mr. Midgett and myself went for a drive in it, Mr. Midgett driving it alone for the first time." She said that her husband had not regained consciousness and consequently had not been able to make a statement. No arrangements as to the disposal of Duncan's body had been made at a late hour last night. Resident of Waco Leslie Duncan was a resident of Waco, for about three years, living at 209 North Eighth street. He left here the early part of 1914. While in this city, he was employed by the Big Four Ice Company. His home was originally in Fort Worth, where he is survived by a sister. He leaves a brother in Waco, Henry Duncan, who left for Dallas this morning at 8 o'clock to take charge of his brothers body.