1910
January 3, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
Death of Mrs. Avarilla Solomon
Macon, Ga., January 2 (Special) Mrs. Avarilla Solomon, widow of the late Judge W.L. Solomon, of Twiggs county, died last night at the home of her son, W.W. Solomon, on Mulberry street, after a lingering illness. She was widely known and beloved. She was mother of J.F., J.C. and W.W. Solomon, and reached a mature age. The remains will be taken back to the old home in Twiggs county, where the funeral and interment will take place tomorrow.

January 17, 1910
Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs. Mary Griffin passed away at her home in Twiggs county last Tuesday at a ripe old age. She was the widow of the late Rev. William Griffin, and is survived by one brother and one sister, Mrs. Eliza Lingo, of Irwinton (sic), three sons and six daughters, Mr. Robert Shorter, Luther Griffin, Mrs. Jno. Floyd, Mrs. Joe Vincent, Mrs. Ella Edmerson, Mrs. Newt Hudson, Mrs. Ben Reddick, Mrs. Fannie Griffin. Besides these she leaves a large number of grandchildren who will mourn the death of their grandmother.
  The burial took place in the Jeffersonville cemetery, and the following six grandsons acted as pallbearers: Messrs. Myrick, Lawrence, Minter, Arthur, Henry and Floyd Griffin.

January 23 1910
Macon Daily Telegraph
  Mrs. Mary Chappell, seventy-five years old died yesterday morning at the family residence at Jeffersonville. She was well known in Macon and the news of her death will be learned with great sorrow.
   She is survived by two sons, Messrs. W. T. and McCallum Chappell, living at Jeffersonville.
  The funeral services will take place this morning at eleven o'clock from the residence. Rev. George W. Tharpe officiating. The interment will be made in the family burying ground.

January 27, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
VETERAN FOUND DEAD IN BED
Malachi Sanders, Who Lived Alone on Farm in Twiggs County
Brown House, Macon, Ga. January 26. (Special)
   Malachi Sanders, called Captain Sanders out of respect of his age and war record, was found dead by his bed at his little farmhouse in Twiggs county near Bond yesterday by friends, who called to ascertain why he had not been seen about his place for several days. Some illness, the character of which was not ascertained, brought him to a feeble state, and evidences about his room seemed to indicate that in a half attired form he had made an effort to build a fire when death came.
      He was a veteran with a splendid war record, lived all alone on a snug little place, and had $55 in cash savings with him at death. For two days Ordinary C.M. Wiley had wondered why Captain Sanders had not appeared for his pension money,, $60 in cash, that waited for him. During the anxious inquiries, friends found him dead at home. Coroner Young held an inquest, and the jury decided that death was due to exposure to the cold.
     He had several children, who live far away. They have been notified by telegraph, and will come to take charge of the remains. The funeral arrangements were made for this afternoon.

February 13, 1910
The Macon Daily Telegraph
JOHN ALLEN DIES ON HIS WAY HOME.  Well Known Farmer of Twiggs County - An Inquest Was Held.
  The spectacle of a man cold in death seated upon a wagon with his clammy hands grasping the reins considerably excited people on the Milledgeville road, about a half miles beyond East Macon, late yesterday afternoon. The horse was slowly plodding its way along, but only the diligence of the drivers of other vehicles prevented several collisions.
  Several shouted to the huddled figure on the seat, but receiving no response they stopped, the horse and endeavored to wake the man. The found him in  a sleep that ha not waking.
  Coroner Young was notified, and at the inquest held by him it developed that the dead man was John Allen a well known farmer of Twiggs county, who died while returning to his home, after selling cotton and making purchases in the city.
  Allen leaves a wife and one child. The funeral will be held Monday, the interment being made in Kitchen's burying ground near  Griswoldville.

March 24, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
Miss Lula Wimberly, Macon
Macon, Ga., March 23 (Special) Miss Lula Wimberly, a member of the well-known Wimberly family of Twiggs county, died at the Macon hospital here this morning at the age of 51 years. The body was carried to Jeffersonville this afternoon for the funeral and interment.

April 15, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
NEGRO DIES AT AGE OF 110
An Ex-Slave and Son of Slave of George Washington.
Macon, Ga., April 15 (Special) Green Hughes, said to be 110 years of age, an ex-slave, and the son of a negro, who was the slave of George Washington died here today. He was at the home of his youngest son,  who is himself 75 years of age. Hughes belonged to the well-known Hughes family at Danville, Ga. he came to Georgia after the war from near Mount Vernon, Va. He was in Macon on a visit.

June 22, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
Dr. A. F. Beckham Dies.
Macon, Ga. June 21 (Special) Dr. A. F. Beckham, prominent planter, veteran of the civil war and retired physician, died at his home in Jeffersonville this morning at the age of 72 years. He was many years a citizen of Twiggs county and was one of the best known and one of the wealthiest planters is his section. He is survived by a wife and one daughter. The funeral will occur at the Methodist church, where he was a member, tomorrow morning.

June 27, 1910
Macon Daily Telegraph
R. A. Asbell, one of the best know residents of East Macon, died yesterday at 11:30 o'clock at the family residence on Clinton street after a short illness, aged 55 years. He was a member of the Baptist Church, besides several social organizations. Two sons, two daughters and one brother survive him.
  The funeral services will take place this afternoon from the East Macon Baptist Church at 2 o'clock and the interment will be made in Andrews cemetery.

June 28, 1910
Macon Daily Telegraph
Mr. Asbell Buried
   The funeral of G. R. Asbell, who died Sunday night at his home in East Macon, took place yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the East Macon Baptist Church. The funeral was largely attended and the floral offerings were profusive. Rev. J. P. Lee and Rev. Mr. Whittington officiated and the interment was in the family burying ground in Twiggs county.

August 3, 1910
The Macon Daily Telegraph
IN MEMORIAM.
Jeffersonville, Ga., Aug. 2 - The angel of death visited our midst July 29 at 7:30 and saw fit to take Ben S. Newby in the prime of life, with a bright future before him. He was  born and reared in Twiggs county. When 17 years old, united himself with Richland Baptist church.
  Dr. Jim Solomon, now of Atlanta, was then pastor, and is survived by his mother, Mrs. S. M. Newby, two brothers, Mr. J. I. Newby, Jeffersonville, Ga.; J. E. Newby, Danville, Ga.; three sisters, Mrs. S. M. Glover, Skipperton, Ga.; Mrs. Geo. C. Skipper, Skipperton, Ga.; Mrs. Will C. Sanders, Jeffersonville, Ga.
  He was laid to rest at Richland church on Saturday afternoon. Rev. Adams, of Jeffersonville Baptist church, officiated. He was buried with Masonic honors, the floral offerings being profuse and beautiful. We extend the bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy. After teaching school for several years, afterwards going west. During the five years he was away he made one trip home. He was an electrician by trade, had occasion to travel through seventeen states installing electrical plants in different mines, and was at Cripple Creek during the strike. His company installed the plant for lighting the exposition grounds at Portland, Org. He was doing a progressive business at the time of his death in the telephone line. The people around Jeffersonville and vicinity for miles have phones installed by him. With his switchboard at Jeffersonville connecting with long distance lines.
  We can gaze over the highways of his life and as we linger at the mile post or that we see the many times the helping hand was extended, and the kind words that fed from his lips exercising justice and moderation in all intercourse with his fellow beings. When days, months and years have flown, and his body is yet sleeping upon the bosom of mother earth while his soul has flown into the infinite; then the coming traveler with gaze upon the footprints he has left with love and reverence.
God knows the way,
He holds the key,
He guides us with unerring hand,
Sometime with tearless eyes we'll see;
Yes, there, up there, we'll understand.
A FRIEND AND SCHOOLMATE

August 30, 1910
Macon Daily Telegraph
MRS. CORNELIA LOWE, OF TWIGGS COUNTY, IS DEAD. Was Eighty-Two Years Old
And Had Lived in Neighboring County for Full Sixty Years.
Mrs. Cornelia Lowe, widow of Thomas Lowe, died yesterday at the residence of W. W. Johnston, Bullards, Ga., at 1 o'clock.
  Mrs. Lowe has been a resident of Twiggs county for the past sixty years. She is survived by three children, Thomas Lowe, of Gresston, Ga.; John M. Lowe, of Bainbridge, and Mrs. W. W. Johnston, of Bullards, Ga.
  Mrs, Lowe was eighty-two years of age at the time of her death, and was universally beloved by the community where she has so long been identified.
   The funeral  services will be held at Beach Spring, at 12 noon Tuesday. Rev. A. S. Adams, of Jeffersonville, will conduct the service. Interment at Beach Spring cemetery.

September 22, 1910
Macon Daily Telegraph
   Mrs. L. S. Kennington, died yesterday morning at an early hour at her home in Fitzpatrick, Twiggs county. Mrs. Kennington was 67 years old and leaves four sons and six daughters. She was a widow of the late W. G. Kennington, and had a large number of friends who will be grieved to learn of her death. The funeral will occur this morning at 9 o'clock. Interment will be made in the family lot in the cemetery at Fitzpatrick.

October 17, 1910
Macon Telegraph
  The funeral of W. V. Tharpe, who died at Fitzpatrick, Ga., was held Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the Burghard chapel, the services being under the direction of Fort Hill Lodge, A. F. & A.M. Interment was made in Rose Hill cemetery.

November 11, 1910
The Macon Daily Telegraph
   Miss Annie Lou Lyles, daughter of Mrs. A. D. Lyles, died yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at her home in Twiggs county. She was only 15 years of age, and besides her mother leaves two brothers and two sisters. Dead followed after several weeks of illness of typhoid fever.
   The funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. Geo. W. Tharpe officiating. The interment will be made in the family burying ground in Twiggs county.

December 5, 1910
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Irvin Fitzpatrick, the sister of X. Y. McCann, who was formerly prominently identified with the livery business in this city, died at the family home in Tarversville, Ga., yesterday morning. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was formerly a resident of West Virginia, and moved to the home of her brother several years ago.
  The funeral services will be held at the residence of her brother this afternoon at 1 o'clock. The interment will be made at Jeffersonville, Ga.

November 26, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
Death of Mrs. Fleeta Tittman.
Macon, ga., November 25 (Special) Mrs. Fleeta Tittman, wife of J.F. Tittman, died this morning at the family home in south Macon at the age of 18 years. Her husband and three sisters survive her. The remains will be sent to Danville, Ga., for the funeral and interment.

April 1, 1911
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Mrs. H. T. Smith, aged 52 years, died at her residence, 740 Oglethorpe street, early yesterday morning, after an illness of several months. She had lived in Macon only a short time, being formerly of Twiggs County. She is survived by her husband and several children.
  The body will be taken to her old home in Twiggs County, this morning for funeral and interment.

May 11, 1911
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Twiggs County Woman Lives to Be 101 Years.
Shreveport, La., May 10 - Mrs. Jane Jacobs, 101 years old, died here this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Bayes. She was a native of Twiggs County, Georgia, and has resided in Shreveport many years. A few days ago she sustained a fall and this had something to do with bringing on the fatal illness.

May 13, 1911
Atlanta Constitution
W. Z. Marcy, Jeffersonville.
Macon, Ga., May 12 (Special) The funeral of W. Z. Marcy was held this afternoon from the residence of his brother, J.C. Marcy, in Twiggs county, near Jeffersonville. He died last night, after a long illness.

May 16, 1911
Macon Telegraph
~excerpt~ JEFFERSONVILLE, Ga. May 15, At the beautiful county home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shire Vaughn, Twiggsville, on Wednesday, May 10, at high noon, a quiet but beautiful wedding was solemnized when Miss Sarah Elizabeth was united in marriage to Mr. Comer Jack Taylor, of Sandersville........

May 25, 1911
Atlanta Constitution
Mrs. Sallie Bobbitt, Macon
Macon, Ga., May 24 (Special) Mrs. Sallie Bobbitt, aged 60 years, died at the family residence, 954 Hazel street, this morning after several months' illness. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. G.. W. Rainey, of Macon, and a son Dr. Sam Bobbitt, of Vienna. The funeral was held this afternoon in Twiggs county.

June 20, 1911
Union Recorder
   Miss Mamie Cormanni of the county and Col. A. P. Wood, of Fitzpatrick, were united in marriage Wednesday afternoon at the East Macon Baptist church.
  The marriage was witnessed by only a few relatives and friends among whom were Mr. G. B. Cormanni, Miss Frances Bigham and Miss Sarah Gilman, of the county.
  The bride is an attractive young woman, and posses many traits of character which have won for her the love and esteem of all who know her.
  Col. Wood is a rising attorney, and stands well in the community in which he resides.

August 10, 1911
Macon Weekly Telegraph
G. W. Faulk, aged 46 years, and a prominent farmer of Twiggs County, died at his home, near Jeffersonville, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock, after an illness of about one week.
  He had lived in Middle Georgia practically all his life and was well known throughout Central Georgia. He was a devoted member of the Baptist Church and the Knights of Pythias. Besides his wife, he is survived by three daughters, one son, four brothers and two sisters.
    The funeral will be held at Jeffesonville this afternoon and the interment will be made in the family burial grounds.

September 11, 1911
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Jeffersonville, Nov. 26 - This community was shocked at noon today when it became known that W. R Carswell, one of the best known residents of the place had shot himself through the head with a pistol with the evident intention of taking his life. He died at 6 o'clock, living just six hours after firing the fatal shot.
  Mr. Carswell was a member of the Jeffersonville Mill Supply Company firm and was also a rural route mail carrier.
  No cause has been assigned for his suicide. So far as is known his family relations were pleasant and his financial condition, it is understood, should have given him no cause for worry. He was related to some of the best families of this section.
 Mr. Carswell was at this home when he shot himself. The pistol ball entered the right temple and went clear through his head.

December 2, 1911
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Elizabeth O'Daniel, widow of the late Dr. William O'Daniel, a former prominent practicing physician of Macon, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the residence of her son, Dr. Mark O'Daniel, at Hollywood, near Jeffersonville.
  Two children, Dr. Mark O'Daniel and Mrs. C. C. Smith, survive. Mrs. O'Daniel was widely known throughout middle Georgia, and was loved by all who knew her for many fine traits of character.
  The funeral will probably be held this afternoon at the home of Dr. Mark O'Daniel.

December 5, 1911
Atlanta Constitution
LAWYER DEFENDS COMRADE'S SON TO PAY A WAR-TIME DEBT
   Macon, Ga., December 5. (Special) At the first battle of Manassas, Frank Chambers, a soldier in the Third Georgia regiment, in making a charge, fell seriously wounded. At the risk of his life, Hiram Hartley, a comrade, whose home was also in Twiggs (Wilkinson) county, defied a rain of bullets and rescued his fallen friend carrying him off the field on his back. When he recovered, Mr. Chambers vowed that if the time ever came he would repay this heroic savior. Today he is defending the son of Hiram Hartley, who is on trial for his life in the superior court on a charge of murder. Judge Chambers and the aged father, both gray-haired, occupy adjoining seats, and are making  determined effort to save young John Hartley from the gallows.
    John H. Hartley, a blacksmith, formerly of Twiggs county, is being tried in the superior court for the murder of John V. Russell, a mechanic, a man with whom he was unacquainted.
  He shot Russell six times. Hartley claims self-defense, and says that the  trouble between him and the deceased was primarily due to the fact that Russell had alienated Mrs. Hartley's affections.
      The latter, who is now keeping a boarding house in Atlanta, is suing for divorce in the Bibb superior court, and has already obtained one verdict. There are more than fifty witnesses, and the trail will not be concluded before tomorrow afternoon. The plaintiff has seven lawyers, one of them being Pension Commissioner J. W. Lindsey.

December 7, 1911
Atlanta Constitution
STEVEN JONES DIES IN MACON
Prominent Citizen of Twiggs Was One of County's Pioneer Settlers.
Macon, Ga., December 6 (Special) Steven Jones, of Jeffersonville aged 70 years, one of the pioneer settlers of Twiggs county and a wealthy and prominent citizen, died today at the Macon hospital after a long illness.
     He leaves four sons and two daughters; two sisters, Mrs. C.M. Nutting and Mrs. L.B. Toole, of Macon, and a brother Elias Jones, of Twiggs county. The funeral will take place tomorrow from Jeffersonville.

December 10, 1911
Atlanta Constitution
JEFFERSONVILLE, GA
 A most brilliant event of the year in Jeffersonville was the wedding of Miss Ethel Belmont Shannon and Dr. Robert Idus Butler, which was solemnized last Wednesday at high noon a "The Pines", the home of the bride's parents. In the front parlor the ceremony was performed at an improvised altar by the Rev. Taliaferro of Dublin. The bride was beautiful in her wedding gown of heavy duchess satin made in train and trimmed with real lace and seed pearls, and her bridal veil caught with orange blossoms. Miss Laurie Shannon was maid of honor and Dr. Frank Butler, of Sylvaniai, was best man. The bridesmaids were Miss Sarah Faulk, of Jeffersonville; Miss Winnie Wall, of Macon; Miss Jimmie Bass and Miss Kit Willis, of LaGrange, and the groomsmen Messrs. J. G. Rockmore and James Shannon, of Jeffersonville; Rowe Hicks, of Dublin, and Professor N. G. Bartlett.
  The bride was extensively entertained prior to her wedding, among the most beautiful affairs being the miscellaneous shower at which Mesdames James Jackson Wall and Lenoir Douglas Shannon were the joint hostesses, the novelty shower given by Mrs. Henry Solomon at her beautiful suburban home and the linen shower, given by Mrs. William F. Shannon.

January 6, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
NEGRO SAVES WIMBERLY FROM DEATH ON TRESTLE.
     Macon, Ga., January 5 (Special) But for the presence of mid and heroic courage of an ante-bellum darkey, Hon. Minter Wimberly, representative from Bibb county, would not be alive today.
 Yesterday he was inspecting his farm near Adams park, Ga, in company with the negro and had occasion to walk across a long trestle. When half-way across they heard the whistle of a Southern railroad train close behind them. In trying to run over the cross ties Mr. Wimberly slipped and fell so violently that his shoulder was dislocated. Suffering so that he could not move, he had about prepared to die, when the negro lifted him up and plunged with him in his arms into the creek, a  drop of about 15 feet, just in time to avoid the train, which did not stop until after passing over the trestle.
   Mr. Wimberly came to Macon this morning and had his shoulder reset. He gave the negro a deed to the house in which he lived as a grateful evidence of his appreciation.

March 22, 1912
Macon Daily Telegraph
J. W. West died at his home in Twiggs county, eight miles from Jeffersonville, yesterday at one o'clock. Mr. West is a Confederate Veteran, 73 years old, and leaves a wife, a sister, and five children, three girls and two boys. His sister, Mrs. Rupert Herndon, lives in East Macon. His children are G. W. West, J. H. West, Mrs. Jane Martin, Mrs. A. V. Shaw and Miss Maria West, all of Twiggs county, except Mrs. Shaw. Mr. West will be buried at the family burial grounds at one o'clock today.

March 25, 1912
Macon Daily Telegraph
Jeffersonville, March 24 - J. T. McCoy, a pioneer citizen of this place, died this morning at 6 o'clock, after a painful illness of two weeks duration. He had been a sufferer for several years of chronic kidney trouble, but was able to be abut his business up to two weeks ago. His death was a shock to the family, although they knew that he could not get well.
  Mr. McCoy was born in Washington county about seventy-three years ago; he went from there to Baldwin county where he remained until he enlisted in Company G, Forty-fifty Georgia regiment at the outbreak of the war between the states. He served throughout the entire struggle and after the war was over came to this place and engaged in business and for forty-seven years he has been one of the county's and city's most useful citizens. For a quarter of a century he has been chairman of the board of education of Twiggs county and his place on this board will be hard to fill. He has also been a deacon in the Jeffersonville Baptist church for thirty odd years. Soon after coming to this place and while a young man he was happily married to Miss Mary Ann Harrell, who, together with four children, survive. The children are Andrew J. McCoy, of East Point; Mrs. Thomas Green and Mrs. T. A. Curry, of Dublin, and Miss Gertrude McCoy, of this place.
  He will be buried tomorrow at 10 o'clock with Masonic honors. The interment will be in the Jeffersonville cemetery.

April 11, 1912
Macon Telegraph
  While on a visit to his daughter. Mrs. J. D. Johnson, at Bullards, Elbert Millirons, a well-known citizen of Macon, died suddenly yesterday afternoon. He had been in ill health for some time, but his death, which was due to heart trouble, was entirely unexpected.
  The remains were brought to Macon yesterday and carried to the home of Mrs. W. C. Spillars, 2127 Second street, another daughter, with whom Mr. Millirons resided before his death. He is survived by still another daughter, Mrs. C. Schafer, also of Macon.
  Mr. Millirons was a gallant Confederate soldier. He was a member of the Second Methodist church.
  The funeral will occur this morning at 10 o'clock from the   Second street residence. Services will be conducted by Rev. B. E. Whittington. Interment in Fort Hill cemetery.

April 13, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
Mrs. E. J. Coates, Macon
Macon, Ga., April 12 (Special) Mrs. E. J. Coates, widow of the late Rev. E. J. Coates, one of the best known ministers in Georgia at the time of he death, died last night at 9:30 o'clock at the home of her son, John T. Coates, 360 Orange street, following an illness of four weeks.
   Mrs. Coates was born in Twiggs county October 23, 1843, but had been a resident of Macon many years. She was a life-long member of the Baptist church and an active religious worker.
   She leaves six sons, three sisters, a brother and four grandchildren, the latter being the children of her only daughter, the late Mrs. E. N. Jelks, who died here several years ago.
    The sons are: E.H. Coates, of New York;  J.T., C. B., F. B. and J. R. Coates of Macon, and H.E. Coates, of Hawkinsville. One son, George W. Coates, was killed in an automobile accident in Atlanta about a year ago.
  The sisters are Mrs. Frank Chambers, Macon; Mrs. T.E. McCrea, Cochran; Mrs. Hennie Rise, Texas, and Mrs. Ellen Balkcom, Jeffersonville. Hayward Hughes, the surviving brother, resides in Toombsboro.
     The funeral arrangements await the arrival of E.H. Coates, a son, who is now in California.

May 17, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
T. A. Bollinger, Macon
Macon Ga. May 16 (Special) At the advanced age of 76 years, T. A. Bollinger, one of the best known contractors in the city, died this morning. Mr. Bollinger was born in Twiggs county, but spent the greater part of his life in Pulaski and Bibb counties. He had been building dwelling houses in Macon for fifty years. he leaves his widow, three sons, T. H. Bennett of Hawkinsville; R. A. and John W. Bollinger, of Macon, and five daughters, Mrs. Jud Cherry of Macon; Mrs. C. E. House, of Atlanta; Mrs. T.A.Porter of Pulaski county; Miss Addie Bollinger, of Macon, and Mrs. Annie Anderson, of Cochran.

May 18, 1912
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Performs Two Marriages,
  Rev. J. E. Wray was the officiating clergyman at two marriages yesterday. The couples  were Miss Cornelia Methvin and William L. Burkett, of Macon, and Robert F. Jones and Miss Lucy Ryle, of Twiggs county.

May 29, 1912
Macon Daily Telegraph
  After a lingering illness of many months, A.H. Rozar, 60 years of age, died Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at the public sanatorium at Milledgeville. His body was brought to Macon Tuesday and prepared for burial by the Hart Undertaking Establishment. It will be shipped Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock to Jeffersonville, where interment will be at the old family burying ground.
  Mr. Rozar is survived by one son, A. W. Rozar, of Jeffersonville, and three daughters, Mrs. W. M. Emerson, Miss Josephine Rozar, of Texas, and Miss Ethel Rozar of Macon. Mr. Rozar was well known in Macon, having visited here quite often in his lifetime.

June 4, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
W.L. Burkett Thrown in Runaway and Skull Is Fractured
Macon, Ga. June 3 - (Special) Two weeks ago W.L. Burkett, a prosperous young business man of Dry Branch, led Miss Methvin, of Fitzgerald, to the altar and made her his wife. Tuesday morning the young bride will see the body of her husband lowered into the grave in the old family burying ground at Dry Branch.
  Friday Mr. Burkett came to Macon on business and while driving through East Macon on his way home in the evening his horse became frightened while on an elevated piece of roadway and overturned the buggy, throwing Mr. Burkett into the ditch. When he was picked up it was found he was badly injured and he was taken to the Macon hospital. There it was found his skull was fractured and there was no hope of his recovery. Death came shortly after midnight Monday.
   Mr. Burkett was 37 years of age and had resided at Dry Branch all his life. Besides his wife and mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Burkett, he leaves three brothers, L.W., J.B. and I.E. Burkett, and two sisters, Mrs. George Andrews of Swift Creek, and Mrs. Oscar Chambers, of Macon.

June 16, 1912
Macon Telegraph
RUSSELL FELDER VAUGHN. Russell Felder, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Herschel J. Vaughn, died Saturday morning at the home of his parents, 127 Lawton avenue. The body was sent Saturday afternoon to Jeffersonville, where the funeral was held and interment occurred at the family burying ground. Dr. B. B. Bailey, pastor of Tattnall Square Baptist church, conducted the funeral services.

June 18, 1912
Macon Telegraph
Tenth Escape Finds Death on Outside. In Five Years Twiggs Negro Had Gained Liberty Nine Times-Next Time is Shot Down
   Jeffesonville, June 17 - For the tenth time during the five years he has served on a six years sentence, Noah Wright, a negro convict at the Twiggs county camp, escaped at midnight Sunday and was shot down and killed by Night Guard P H Sapp when suddenly emerging from the cell the negro rushed at him with a huge club.
   Wright was a negro bearing a wide and unsavory reputation with the prison authorities, In some unknown way he managed to smuggle into his cell a file and with this he cut the heavy bars and made a hole sufficient for his egress. On finding himself free of the cell Wright picked up somewhere in the corridor a heavy bludgeon and with this he made a vicious rush at the guard, who only had time to pull his gun and fire. The bullet entered the abdomen and the negro died in a short time.
  The would-be escape was sent up from Twiggs county for burglary and larceny to the camp that is near Fitzpatrick, and there, only a year ago he was shot by a guard in one of his numerous attempts at escape.

August 6, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
STRUCK BY AUTO, BOY IS KILLED
Parents See Tom Ward, Jr., Run Down by Touring Car.
Macon, Ga. October 5 (Special) Tom Ward, Jr., aged 10 years, was fatally injured this evening near Cross Keys while returning to his home in Twiggs county with his parents.
  The boy alighted from the wagon at Cross Keys to get a drink of water, and as he did so a big touring car, owned and driven by Mose Wood, a Twiggs county planter, struck him and known him down, fracturing his skull in two places Both the mother and father of the boy witnessed the accident.
  The boy was brought to the Macon hospital, where he died about 9 o'clock.

September 11, 1912
Macon  Telegraph
  After an illness of only a few days Mrs. Fannie Jones, widow of the late Ben Jones, died yesterday morning at 2 o'clock at the residence of her stepson, J. W. Jones, near Bullards, Twiggs county. She was well known in Macon and is survived by one daughter and several stepsons. The funeral will be held this morning at 11 o'clock from  Friendship Baptist church, Rev. R. C. Sanders officiating. Interment will follow in the churchyard cemetery.

October 13, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
JOHNSON -FLYNT
Special to The Chronicle
Dublin, Ga, Oct. 12 - Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock occurred the marriage of Miss Nelle Louise Johnson and Mr. Roger Dyer Flynt of this city at the home of the bride's uncle, Mr. J. S. Vaughn, at Twiggsville in Twiggs County, Rev. J. W. Reese performing the ceremony.
   The wedding was a quiet home affair, but was a very prettily carried out one. The house and parlor were decorated with a profusion of golden rod and smilax. The wedding march was rendered by Lilly Johnston, who also played "Melody of Love" during the ceremony. Miss Robbie Williams of Dublin, was the maid of honor, while Mrs.Jackson Taylor was matron of honor. The bridesmaids were Misses Ethel Vaughn and Louise Solomon of Jeffersonville, Claudia Lamb, of Danville, and Julia Porter of Dublin. Mr. Roy A. Flynt, brother of the groom, acted as best man, the groomsmen being Messrs. C. C. Kitchens and Alex Burch of Dublin, and Mr. Norman Vaughn of Twiggs County. The little flower girls were little Misses Virginia Johnston and Louisa Vaughn.
  Immediately after the ceremony a sumptuous dinner was spread for the guests. The bride and groom left shortly afterward for a trip of several days to Birmingham, Ala
   Mrs. Flynt is well known and very popular in Dublin, where she has ben connected with the Dublin public schools as a teacher for several years. She is a young woman of charming disposition, high character, attractive personality and admired by a large host of friends. Mr. Flynt is a prominent young attorney of the city, a man of high character, splendid ability, who numbers his friends all over the city and county, who admire him for his affable spirit, and many excellent qualities. Both have a large number of friends in this section of the state who extend to them sincere congratulations over the celebration of their nuptials.

December 27, 1912
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Youth Weds Woman Many Years Senior Though Judge McKervey Asks No Fee, Young Groom Offers Kiss From His Blushing Bride.
  The marriage of a youth of 19 years to a woman of middle age was performed yesterday by Justice of the Peace Hugh Mckervey.
  The parties are from Twiggs County. Charley Bowden, aged 19 years, and Mrs. Gertrude Langston, aged 41 years, were united in marriage at noon  by Hugh McKervey in East Macon.
  As usual, Judge McKervey charged the groom no fee for his services. Mr. Bowden is an appreciative lad withal, and for the unexpected generosity of the justice he offered to allow Judge McKervey one kiss from the lips of his bride.
  Instead, Judge McKervey commanded the groom to salute his bride according to the time-honored regulation. And it so happened - Mr. Bowden kissed Mrs. Bowden, thanked the officer of the law for services rendered and departed for a new life of married felicity.

February 2,1913
Macon Telegraph
  Mrs. H. F. Griffin, of Jeffersonville, announce the engagement of her daughter, Eleanor, to Joseph W. Walters, the marriage to take place early in March. No cards.

March 3, 1913
Macon Telegraph
R. L. Lowe, on the the best known farmers and business men of Twiggs county and well known in business circles of Macon, died yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock at his home at Jeffersonville, following an illness of several weeks. He was 71 years of age, a prominent Mason, and saw four years' active service in the war between the states when he was wounded.
  Besides his widow, Mr. Lowe is survived by one son, John T. Lowe, of Jeffersonville, and six daughters, who are Mrs. S. W. Newby, Mrs. J. R. Vaughn, Misses Beulah, Evie, Nellie and Juliette Lowe, all of whom reside at Jeffersonville.
  The funeral will be held Sunday morning from the residence, following which interment will take place in the family burying ground near Jeffersonville.

March 17, 1913
Macon Daily Telegraph
  After an illness of ten days, Mrs. S. Methvin, 73 years of age, died yesterday morning at 3:30 o'clock at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. S. Hutchins, 812 Second street. Mrs. Methvin had been a resident of Macon about two years. The body will be taken Tuesday morning at 10:50 o'clock over the Southern Railway to Bullards, where the funeral and interment will take place at the home.

March 18, 1913
Macon Daily Telegraph
 MRS. W. S. METHVIN. A change has been made in the plans for the funeral of Mrs. W. S. Methvin, and instead of burying the body at Bullards it will be laid to rest at Evergreen cemetery, in this city, this morning.
  The funeral will he held from the residence of Mrs. Methvin's daughter, 812 Second street, this morning at 9:20 o'clock, Rev. H. C. Jones, pastor of the First Street Methodist church, officiating.
  It had at first been planned to take the body to Bullards, but because of the high waters this course was abandoned.

April 7, 1913
Macon Daily Telegraph
Wedding Bells Ring Sooner Than Planned. Bartow Ward Takes Twiggs County Young Woman for Bride Without Waiting Until Time Arranged.
  There will be no wedding at the home of Miss Bertha Balkcom, in Twiggs county, later in the spring, as had been planned, simply for the reason that the wedding has already taken place.
  For some weeks Miss Balkcom and Bartow Ward, the latter of Macon, had been sweethearts. Their friends knew they intended to be married within a few weeks but they had not anticipated the even so soon.
  Yesterday Mr. Ward secured an automobile and hastened into Twiggs county. When he returned to Macon yesterday afternoon he brought Miss Balkcom with him. They went at once to the home of Rev. J. G. Christian, pastor of the East Macon Methodist church, and a short time later the words that made them man and wife were said.
  Mr. Ward is an employee of the Southern Express company. The couple will reside at 820 Main street.

April 16, 1913
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. J. C. WEEMS. Following an illness of five weeks, Mrs. Emma Tharpe Weems, wife of J. C. Weems, died last night at 7:15 o'clock, at the family residence, 106 Emerald street, East Macon. Pellagra is given as the cause of her death. She is survived by her husband, her father, J. H. Bond, two daughters, three brothers, J. B., A. B., and W. J. Bond, and four sisters, Mrs. B. D. Tharpe,Mrs. J. A. Etheridge, and Misses Thelma and Edna Bond.
  Mrs. Weems had lived in Macon about two years, removing here from her old home near Dry Branch. She made many friends in Macon, who will be grieved to learn of her death.
  The funeral will be held Thusday morning at 11 o'clock at Andrews burial ground, in Twiggs county, following which interment will be made in the family burying ground. The funeral services will be conducted by Rev. T. M. Hubert, pastor of the East Macon Baptist church, of which Mrs. Weems was  a devoted member.

June 2, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
THREE KILLED BY LIGHTNING BOLTS
Mrs. J. C. Thomas and Son, of Macon (Jeffersonville), and Sam Griffin, of Cordele, Victims of Saturday's  Storm.
Macon, Ga., June 1 - Mrs. J. C. Thomas and her son, Jesse C. Thomas, Jr., were instantly killed and four other members of the family and a neighbor's child injured by a stroke of lightning which struck the Thomas home, 2 miles north of Jeffersonville, 20 miles from Macon, Saturday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, during a severe electrical storm. The injured are J.C. Thomas, Sr., Elliott Thomas, aged 9 years; Louise Thomas, aged 12, and Merrill Kethvin, (Methvin) aged 14 years.
     Because of the fact that telephone and telegraph wires were put out of commission by the storm, news of the tragedy did not reach her until today, when a relative came to secure the services of an undertaker.
     The members of the family were gathered on the front porch of their home watching the antics of the storm. The bolt struck the rear of the house, coming out through the front. The father was the first to fall, but retained consciousness. He saw his wife and his son stricken dead, and for a time thought the other children had suffered a like fate.
    In a few minutes he was able to rise, and went to their assistance.
    The body of Mrs. Thomas was badly burned, as was that of her son. Louise, the daughter, was paralyzed for several hours, but has suffered no serious results.
     The hair was singed from the head of Elliott, the 9-year-old boy, and his neck and chest were burned.
     Mrs. Thomas was in a delicate condition at the time of her death, and a visit of the stork had been expected at any hour.
     The Thomas family has resided near Jeffersonville for about a year, coming there from South Carolina.

June 22, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
Milledgeville, Ga. June 21- (Special) Twiggs county chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy are making plans to mark with suitable marble pieces containing the name, company and regiment of all soldiers buried throughout Twiggs county. They ask any one who knows where graves are located in isolated burying places to communicate with any of the ladies to whom the various district have been assigned. The list is as follows:
Jeffersonville district, Mrs. Laura C. Powell
Higgsville district, Mrs. J. Hunter Johnson
Marion district, Mrs. Ruth Carswell
Bluff district, Miss Marie Hendry
Smith district, Mrs. S.E. Jones
Person district, Mrs. Will Burkett
Hammocks district, Mrs. H. M. Kitchens
Ware district, Mrs O.T. Chapman
Shady Grove district, Mrs. J. S. Vaughn
Tarversville district, Miss Carrie McCallum

July 14, 1913
The Macon Daily Telegraph
SHOOTS FATHER AS HE ABUSES HER MOTHER. Ethel Griffin, 17, Uses Gun At Jeffersonville. She Is Now Unconscious. Girl Was Operated Upon in Macon Hospital a Year Ago - Her Father Has No Chance to Recover, According to The Doctors.
Jeffersonville, July 13 - Ethel Griffin, 17 years old, who a year ago underwent, an operation at the Macon hospital, last night shot her father, A. S. Griffin, while he was heaping abuse upon her mother and herself. Doctors say tonight that Griffin has little chance to recover.
  The tragedy occurred in front of Miss Ethel's grandmother's store here, where Mrs. Griffin and her children have been residing for some time.
  As a result of the shooting, the young lady is in a critical condition tonight, unconscious and suffering from a high fever. She has the sympathy of the people of the town who know the circumstances of the case.
Wife Left Him a Year Ago.
  According to members of the family, Griffin has been drinking for some time. A year ago his wife left him because of his drinking and his alleged abuse of her and their seven children. Since then Griffin has attempted to effect a reconciliation, but it is said that when he made these advances he usually was under the influence of liquor and his wife tried to ignore him.
  Last night he called at the home of his wife's mother here and engaged in words with his wife. Members of the family say that he was abusive in his language and threatened violence. Then his daughter Ethel, still in feeble health as a result of her operation, tip-toed out of the room and from a dresser drawer took a .32 caliber Colt's pistol.
Can't Located Bullet.
  When she appeared on the scene Griffin and his wife were on the sidewalk in front of the store, and according to witnesses, he was still trying to beat her. The witnesses state that as Miss Ethel appeared at her mother's side her father struck at his daughter. Then, in self-defense, the daughter drew the pistol, pulled the trigger while at close range and a bullet entered Griffin's body under the left shoulder,  piercing the lungs. Doctor's have been unable to locate the bullet.
  Since their separation, Mrs. Griffin has been supporting her children with what work she could obtain. Her oldest daughter is a school teacher in Bulloch county.
(note: A. S. Griffin didn't die but he was shot and killed in 1918)

August 18, 1913
The Macon Daily Telegraph
J. H. Bond. Well-Known Twiggs Planter, Dies
J. H. Bond, 76 years of age, and one of the best known planters of Twiggs county, died yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at his home near Nelson's Mill, near the Bibb county line. His death was due to the natural infirmities of old age. Besides his widow he is survived by three sons, J. B., W. J. and Arthur Bond, of Twiggs county; by four daughters, Misses Thelma and Edna Bond, and Mrs J. A. Ethridge and Mrs. B. D. Tharpe, all of Twiggs county.
   Mr. Bond was well known in Macon, having done his trading here for many years. His many friends in social and business circles will regret to learn of his death. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock and interment will follow at the family burying ground, near Nelson's Mill.

October 12, 1913
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Miss Bessie O'Neal, of Dry Branch and J. G. Morrison were married a week ago last Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Ainsworth in the presence of a few friends.

November 12, 1913
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Mattie Bellie Leslie, wife of R. D. Leslie, a well known farmer of Twiggs county, died yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the family home in that county. She is survived by her husband, one sister and three brothers, besides her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Barlow, all of Twiggs county.
  The family is well known in Macon and many friends here will regret to learn of Mrs. Leslie's death. The funeral will be held this afternoon from the residence, following which interment will be made in the family burying ground.

November 28, 1913
Macon Telegraph
   Mrs.. Elizabeth W. Hughes, 84 years of age and the last member of one of the most distinguished families central Georgia has had, died yesterday afternoon at 3 o 'clock at the home of her nephew, W. H. Rice, at Marshalville. Her death was due to the natural infirmities of old age. She was the widow of the late G. W. Hughes and is a near relative of Congressman Hughes, of Danville, Twiggs county.
  Among the members of the family of Mrs. Hughes, all of whom are now dead, were Rev. William H. Rice, Dr. G. L. D. Rice and Dr. G. M. C. Rice, all of Marlin, Texas.
  She is survived by many relatives in Macon and was well known here, having spent many months in Macon visiting with friends and relatives. The funeral will be held this afternoon from her late home at Marshallville, following which interment will be made at the family burying ground.

December 4, 1913
The Macon Daily Telegraph
GUNSHOT VICTIM DIES IN MACON HOSPITAL.
Luther Johnson, of Fitzpatrick, Succumbs to Wounds  - Man Named Massey Under Arrest.
  As a result of a gunshot wound sustained last Friday near his home in Twiggs county, Luther Fitzpatrick (Johnson) died at the Macon hospital at an early hour yesterday morning. He was brought to Macon Saturday following the shooting and every effort was made by the physicians to save him.
  It seems that he had an argument with man named Massey over a drink of whisky. Massey is said to have shot in the back and fataly (sic) hurt him. Massey was arrested.
  Coroner T. E. Young was summoned yesterday to hold and inquest, but declined to do so as the inquest must be held in the county in which the shooting took place. The body was taken to Fitzpatrick yesterday afternoon and it is probable that an inquest will be held today.

April 16, 1914
Macon Telegraph
DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLED BY NEGRO. "Ollie" Johnson Slain by Wanted Black, NEGRO MAKES A GETAWAY, Believed to be Making Tracks For North Carolina, DOGS ARE ON HIS TRAIL. Johnson Had Gone to Cabin to Arrest Negro, Who, Asking to Get His Coat, Went Back in Room and Came Back With Shotgun and Fired.
W. O. Johnson, a bailiff at Bullards, was shot and killed about 5 o'clock yesterday morning by a negro, Dave Williams, alias "Babe" Williams, whom Johnson had gone to arrest on a warrant charging disorderly conduct and drunk on the public highway.
  The shooting occurred at the home of the negro, near Bullards, and was witnessed by the dead man's brother, Jack Johnson, coroner of Twiggs county, who stood nearby, having in custody  another negro. The negro Williams, after firing the charge from a single barrel shotgun, which killed the deputy, dashed past Corner Johnson and his prisoner and made his escape, dodging bullets from the coroner's pistol as he ran.
   Shortly after the shooting a posse with track dogs was organized and took up the pursuit of the negro, but up to last night he had not been captured and the Twiggs county authorities feared he had gotten outside of the county and was well on his way toward some distant state, probably North Carolina, where he used to live. It is believed that after the shooting the negro made for the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad tracks, and came to Macon.
On Watch in Bibb
  Sheriff Hicks and Chief Riley, of Macon, were notified of the killing yesterday and instructed their men to be on the lookout for the murderer.
     It was 5 o'clock yesterday morning when the two Johnson brothers reached the cabin occupied by the negro, Williams. While Mack Johnson stood back some distance from the house with a prisoner he had with him, W> O. Johnson went up to the door and knocked. When Williams appeared at the door the deputy told him he wanted him.
  "Wait until I get my coat," said the negro, as he turned and walked back in the house, at the same time asking his wife to hand him the coat. In a moment the negro was back at the door again and before Deputy Johnson realized what he was doing fired at him with a single barrel shotgun, the barrel of which protruded through one of the coat sleeves.
 Johnson Died Quickly. Deputy Johnson was struck in the back of the head by the charge and fell to the ground mortally wounded. His death followed a few minutes later. As soon as he fired the shot the negro jumped from the door and make a break for the open, running within a few feet of Mack Johnson. The latter quickly pulled his pistol and fired three shots at the fleeing negro, but none of the shots took effect. The deputy quickly freed his prisoner and told him to pursue Williams. The negro did as directed, but had not one far when he was halted by Williams, who by this time succeeded in reloading his shotgun. Williams made the negro beat a retreat.
  Mack Johnson went to his brother's side, but saw that he was dying. The he hastened to a nearby farm house and gave the alarm, after which the posse formed and took up the pursuit. There were more than one hundred men in the posse and they declared no court and jury would be necessary to try the negro if they got their hands on him.
  How the Negro Looks. Deputy Sheriff T. M. Smith, of Twiggs county, came to Macon yesterday to look for the negro here. He declared Williams a being a black negro, 25 year of age; five feet seven inches tall, weighing between 150 and 160 pounds, and having a thin mustache. The negro at the time of the murder wore blue overall pants, a black coat and a black cap. He also wears an eight or nine shoe.
  W. O. Johnson, the dead man, who was widely known in Twiggs county as "Ollie" Johnson, was born and reared in that county. He was 40 years of age, and leaves a widow and nine children. His oldest child is a boy 20 years of age. One of his children is an afflicted child.

July 5, 1914
The Macon Daily Telegraph
ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF KIDNAPING HIS WIFE. Father-in-Law Gets Warrant For Ike Estes, MOTHER-IN-LAW DENIES
  F. M. Smith, a farmer of Twiggs county swore out a warrant in the municipal court yesterday charging Ike Estes, a Macon young man residing on Peachtree street, East Macon with kidnaping the former's daughter, now Estes' wife. The warrant was served and Estes was released under bond to await a commitment hearing.
  Smith claims that Estes kidnapped his daughter while she was being sent from her home to the home of her sister. It was apparent to those about the sheriff's office during yesterday afternoon, however, that Mrs. Smith does not sympathize with her husband in the prosecution of her son-in-law. Mrs. Smith called on the sheriff to learn if a warrant had been issued and when told that it had she simply wanted to put the sheriff in possession of the facts before he served the paper.
  "Mr. Estes did not kidnap my daughter," said Mrs. Smith, "She came to Macon with me and they were married here. She had my consent to marry and I believe she has bettered herself for she will at least have enough to eat and will not have to stand for blows.
  "I just want to say that there is probably not a family in Twiggs county that has as much meat in the smokehouse as we have an has as little to eat. I have had eleven children and my husband has run everyone of them away from home."
  When Mr. Smith brought the warrant to the sheriff he was told of the statement his wife had made and that he would have little chance of convicting his son-in-law. However he insisted that the warrant be served, declaring that he wanted it done before he let the city for his home in Twiggs county.

September 5, 1914
The Constitution
CONVENTION BLAMED FOR DELEGATE'S DEATH
After Convention Twiggs County Man Took Morphine With Fatal Effect
Macon, Ga., September 4 (Special) The state democratic convention held in Macon is blamed indirectly for the death of E. F. Hammock, a prominent farmer of Twiggs county, who died from an overdose of morphine after his return home yesterday.
  Mr. Hammock accompanied the Twiggs county delegation to Macon and was present during the twenty hour session of the convention, his enthusiasm being such that be neither drank nor slept during that time. When he returned home  his nerves were so unstrung that he could not sleep. In order to quiet himself he took a small dose of morphine. This had no effect, so he took another. He then sank into a sleep from which he never recovered.
  Stories in circulation that Mr. Hammock deliberately committed suicide are denied by members of his family.
  The dead man was 63 years of age, and had lived in Twiggs county most of his life. He leaves a widow, three daughters and two sons. The interment was at Griswoldville.

September 9, 1914
Macon Telegraph
  N. B. Stokes, 38 years of age, died yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at the Macon hospital, following an illness of three weeks. He is survived by his widow, three sons and four daughters.
  Mr. Stokes came to Macon about three years ago from Twiggs county and had made his home at 118 Arlington street, East Macon. At the time of his death he was a car inspector for the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad.
  The body will be taken this morning over the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad  to Fitzpatrick, where the funeral and interment will take place, at the family burying ground.

October 4, 1914
The Macon Daily Telegraph
FITZPATRICK - HARWELL
  One of the prettiest weddings of the season was that of Miss Rosebud Fitzpatrick and J. Wilbur Harwell, of Macon, which was solemnized Thursday evening at 9 o'clock at the beautiful suburban home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Fitzpatrick, at Fitzpatrick. The apartments were artistically decorated for the occasion with palms, ferns and pink and white carnations.
  The music room, which was the scene of the ceremony, was arranged in pink and white, the mantel being banked with pink and white carnations. An aisle was formed with white satin ribbon attached to palms in white jardinieres.
  To the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march rendered by Mrs. Archibald Ross and accompanied on the violin by Prof. Peacock, the flower girls, little Misses Grace Reese and Clara Harwell, entered, daintily dressed in white lace frocks with pink ribbons and carrying white baskets with pink bows filled with white and pink roses. Then came the maid of honor, Miss Fleta Fitzatrick, wearing a lace gown over pink satin, fashioned with a wide basque girdle. The groom entered with his best man, Harris Thorpe, of Macon. Then came the bride on the arm of her father, as Lohengrin's march was sounded. She was lovelier than ever in her wedding gown of white crepe meteor, elaborately trimmed in rhinestones and finished with a deep tunic of duchess lace. She wore the conventional bridal veil with the little cap, wreathed with lilies of the valley. Her bouquet was bride's roses showered with valley lilies. Traumerie was softly played during the impressive ceremony, which, was performed by Rev. J. W. Reese before and improvised altar of palms and ferns. An informal reception followed. Punch was serve in a cozy alcove, of the porch, decorated with Japanese lanterns and palms. Assisting in serving were Misses Louise and Margaret Solomon, Desdie Bradley and Mrs. J. H. Solomon.
  Mr. Hartwell and his bride left in an automobile for Macon, where they were to board a late train for Florida. The bride's traveling suit was of veal brown with hat, gloves and shots to match. They will be at home to their friends at the Arcadia hotel after their return to Macon.

October 11, 1914
Macon Telegraph
  The funeral of Walter A. Collins, whose death occurred Friday night near Cross Keys, will be held this morning at 11 o'clock from New Haven church, in Twiggs county, the Rev. J. N. Ward officiating. Interment will follow in the family burying ground.
  Mr. Collins was 20 years of age and had resided in this county, about eight years. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Collins; two brothers, James and Goodman Collins, and one sister Miss Sallie Collins.

November 22, 1914
Macon Telegraph
MARTIN-ROCKMORE - Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Martin, Sr., of Jeffersonville, Ga, announce the engagement of their daughter, Irene, to Mr. J. G. Rockmore, the marriage to take place at their home December 22. No cards.

December 2, 1914
Macon Telegraph
  The body of Mrs. C. L. Burkett, whose death occurred in Atlanta Monday, was brought to Macon yesterday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock over the Southern Railway and was taken through the country to Dry Branch, her former home, where the funeral and interment took place. Mrs. Burkett was the widow of the late W. J. Burkett, a well known Twiggs county farmer.

December 18, 1914
The Constitution
Slappey Daughters Win Verdict
  After a trial, lasting two days, the two daughters of the late R. R. Slappey were today awarded a verdict giving them each a one-fifth interest in 800 acres of land located in Twiggs county, tract of land being valued at $10,000. Two of Mr. Slappey's sons failed to recover, it being shown that they had knowledge of the sale of the land by their father to John Ross and others of Chicago. The daughters claimed that the land belonged to their mother, and that they had no knowledge that it had been sold by their father. The sale was made 13 years ago, but no effort was made to recover the land until after the death of R. R. Slappey. The case was tried in the Bibb superior court, through consent of the parties interested.

December 21, 1914
Macon Telegraph
W. B. Silas Brought  Here for Safe Keeping
WITH GIRL AT DUBLIN.
Though He Has Wife and Family, Silas is Alleged to Have Run Away With Daughter of Twiggs Farmer - Located In Dublin Safe
  Sheriff Wimberly, of Twiggs county, arrived in Macon yesterday afternoon with W. B. Silas, a middle aged white man whom he arrested Saturday in Laurens county on a warrant charging abduction of the 14-year-old daughter of W. S. Balkcom, of Twiggs county. Silas was brought here for safe keeping. Sheriff Wimberly stating that he did not think it advisable to take him to Jeffersonville where feeling was high against him.
  The warrant against Silas was taken out on December 1 an since that time a search had been conducted for him by the officer and the young woman's father. Silas is said to have brought the girl to Macon, later taking her to Dublin, where they are said to have been found Saturday, living in a boarding house. Silas was arrested and the girl was sent home to her parents.
  It is said that Silas has a wife and family in Jones county. He is 42 years of age and is said to have been a close friend of Mr. Balkcom for several years.

February 19, 1915
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Jeffersonville, Feb. 19. Mrs. Mary S. Faulk died here this morning at her residence on Main street. She was 79 years of age, and her death followed an illness of three weeks. Because of her age she failed to rally.
  She was the widow of the late George W. Faulk, Sr., who preceded her to the grave by twenty years. Mrs. Faulk was an estimable Christian Woman, and will be greatly missed by many relatives and friends. She is survived by the following children: Henry G., D. S., M. S. and C. R. Faulk, sons; and two daughters, Misses Gena and Sarah Faulk, with many grandchildren.
  The funeral will be tomorrow at noon, with the Rev. George M. Thorpe conducting the services. The burial will be a the Faulk family burial ground, about ten miles from Jeffersonville.

March 21, 1915
Atlanta Constitution
In Church Steeple Slayer Takes Refuge And Defies Arrest
Macon, Ga, March 20. (Special) That Tuss Mixson, the young Wilkinson county farmer who several weeks ago shot and killed his rival Ira Bloodworth, near Gorton, after making Bloodworth alight from his wagon, get down on his knees in the middle of the road and say his prayers, is barricaded in the steeple of the Methodist church at Jeffersonville and defying arrest, was the information brought to Macon late tonight by a party from Jeffersonville.
  Mixon, it is said, is armed with a rifle and two pistols and so far no one has gotten up courage enough to try to arrest him.
  To get at him it is necessary to climb up a twenty-foot ladder.
  The discovery was made by some women who went to ring the bell to call members of the congregation to a meeting.
  The door of the belfry was barricaded. Being unable to ring the bell themselves, the women asked Mixson, if it really is he, to do it for them. He readily complied and now the bell rings regularly whenever services are to be  held, the request being transmitted to Mixson by Rev. W. H. Ketchum, who calls up the ladder to Mixson.
  It is said that when Mixson gets hungry he comes out at night and secures food from the homes of negroes. There is a $300 reward for his arrest.

March 21, 1915
The Macon Telegraph
Jeffersonville, March 20 - Mrs Henrietta Hodges Methvin, wife of W. R. Methvin, of this place, died at her home this morning about 2:30 o'clock
  Mrs. Methvin has been practically an invalid for a number of years, but her death was unexpected by her relatives and friends.
   She was born in Sumter county, near Americus, about seventy-two years ago, but after the war she was married to W.R. Methvin. Since that time she has made this place her home.
  She was an estimable Christian lady, a consistent member of the Methodist church, and was highly esteemed by all her friends and neighbors.
  She is survived by her husband, W. R. Methvin, one son, Dr. Robert Methvin, of Lindale, two daughters, Mrs. E. E. Hicks, Sr., of Sylvester, and Miss Marie Methvin, of this place.
  Funeral services will be held at the residence Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock, Rev. W. H. Ketchum, her pastor, officiating. Interment will take place in the Jeffersonville cemetery.

March 22, 1915
Atlanta Constitution
Big Crowd Attacks Belfry Stronghold To Find Bird Flown
Macon, Ga. March 21. (Special) When a crowd of a hundred or more men went to the Methodist church at Jeffersonville this morning to "smoke out" Tuss Mixon, the young Wilkinson county murderer, said to be hiding in the belfry of the church, they found that the bird had flown.
  Some of the bolder members of the party climbed up the 30-foot ladder to the entrance above and found the door open. Whether or not it was really Mixon who had been making himself at home in the church belfry, some one had certainly been there, for there were  evidences of some one having spent several days there.
  Negroes say that for several nights past they had been startled when a white man heavily armed had appeared at their homes and demanded food. For several days the occupant of the belfry had refused to permit anyone to ring the church bell, but did so himself when requested. Mixon has been missing since he slew Ira Bloodworth, near Gordon, several weeks ago.

March 28, 1915
The Macon Telegraph
F. M. SMITH
The funeral of F. M. Smith, the Twiggs county planter, who died Friday at the home of his son B. F. Smith, in East Macon, will be held at the latter's home this morning, following which the body will be taken to Twiggs county, where it will be interred in Person's graveyard.
MRS. J. G. BRIDGES.
Mrs. J. G. Bridges, of Jeffersonville, died Saturday morning at 12:45. She had been ill for some time. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. G. T. Ward, of Jeffersonville, and Mrs. Charles Bowden, of New York, and two sons, J. G., Jr., of San Francisco, and W. T. Bridges, of Parkersburg, W. Va. She is also survived by four sisters and two brothers.
  The body will be carried to Atlanta today where interment will take place Monday.

April 27, 1915
Macon Weekly Telegraph
James Leslie, aged 70, died yesterday at 12 o'clock, noon, after an illness of two or three years, at his residence in Twiggs county. He was one of the oldest residents and best known farmers in that section. He is survived by six sons: G. F., J. A., H. H., J. J., H. P. and R. D. and one daughter, Mrs. W. H. Myrick. The funeral will be held this morning at 11 o'clock and interment will be in the family burying ground.

May 11, 1915
Macon Telegraph
John Henry Barnes, 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Barnes, died yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at the home of relatives on Flanders street, East Macon. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, with their son, were here on a visit at the time of his death. The funeral occurred last night at 7 o'clock from the residence on Flanders street. Interment will be at Dry Branch.

May 14, 1915
Macon Daily Telegraph
  The funeral ofMrs. L. F. Newby, widow of the late R. R. Newby, was held this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. T. C. Fountain, 904 Second street.
  Mrs. Newby had been a resident of Macon only a few years, moving her from Jeffersonville, Twiggs county. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. T. C. Fountain, of Macon, and five sons, I. J. and S. W. Newby, of Athens; W. F. Newby, of Vienna; J. H. Newby, of Dallas, Tex., and H. J. Newby, of Sofkee. She was a devoted member of the Jeffersonville Methodist church.
  The funeral was conducted by Rev. Herman C. Jones, pastor of the First Methodist church.

May 14, 1915
Macon Daily Telegraph
Charles Happoult, aged 70 years, died at his home in Twiggs county Wednesday night, after a short illness. Two sons, F.  and E. Happoult, survive him, in addition to two daughters, Misses Dillie and Besie Happoult. He had many friends in his home county, where he was one of the best known farmers, who will mourn his death. The funeral will be conducted from the Mountain Spring church this morning and interment will follow in the church yard.

May 23, 1915
Macon Daily Telegraph
  Mrs. M. F. Rice, widow of the late Dr. T. M. C. Rice, formerly of Twiggs county, died at her residence, 413 Duncan avenue, at 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Funeral services at residence, Monday morning at 9:10 o'clock. Interment at Judge John A. Nelson cemetery, Twiggs county, Monday, 1:30 p.m. Rev. R. C. Granberry, her beloved pastor of Tattnall Square Baptist church, will conduct funeral services at residence.

June 30, 1915
Macon Daily Telegraph
Auto Brings Editor Here For A Bride.
A. K. Smith, of Twiggs County Citizen, Weds One of Most Popular Teachers of the County.
   An automobile, an editor, a young school mistress, all came in late yesterday afternoon from the neighboring county of Twiggs, hastened to the First Baptist church where the editor, A. K. Smith, of the Twiggs County Citizen, and Miss Lucile Methvin, one of the most popular teachers of that county, were quietly married by Dr. E. C. Dargan.
  A friend was found who took the "Ford" back to Jeffersonville to be used later in the season, while the bride and groom took a midnight train for Camp Hill and Dadeville, Ala.
  Mr. Smith had known Miss Methvin only about three months and because of this short acquaintance the father of the bride seriously objected to the couple being married. Hence their trip to Macon.

August 21, 1915
Atlanta Constitution
G.C. Glover, Newspaper Dealer, Dies in Macon
Macon Ga., August 20 (Special)George C. Glover, for many years engaged in the cotton warehouse business in this city and considered an expert authority on cotton and conditions, died at a local sanitarium tonight following an illness of several months. before coming to Macon to engage in the cotton business with Sam Mayer, Mr. Glover was a planter in Twiggs county.
  Recently he has been engaged in the newspaper agency business with his son, W. N. Glover, who handles the circulation here for all the Georgia dailies.

September 12 1915
Atlanta Constitution
NEGRO KILLED BY TRUCK
Two Others Probably Fatally Injured by Collision
Macon, Ga. September 11 - One negro was instantly killed and two others were probably fatally injured tonight when an automobile truck en route from Jeffersonville to Macon collided with a farm wagon on the Jeffersonville road, nine miles from Macon.
   The truck was operated by William Harrell, an employee of a man named Cribb, a merchant at Jeffersonville, and was bringing a half dozen negroes to Macon. It had just passed one wagon and the driver failed to see another wagon just ahead. The truck struck the wagon in the rear, demolishing it, after which the truck turned a double somersault, pining several of the negroes underneath.
Sol Wimberly, who was employed by H. F. Griffin, at Jeffersonville, was killed; Hill Hughes, employed at W. C. Faulk's was badly injured, and a negro woman who was in the wagon, was also badly hurt.

October 8, 1915
The Macon Daily Telegraph
  Ivey Whitehurst, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Whitehurst, of Jeffersonville, Twiggs county, died at the home of his parents yesterday morning at 1:20 o'clock. In addition to his parents, one sister, Elizabeth, survive. Funeral services will be held this morning at Tennille.

October 20 1915
Atlanta Constitution
LATE DR. O'DANIEL WELL KNOWN HERE
  Physicians of the state have learned with regret of the death of Dr. Mark H. O'Daniel at a private sanitarium in Macon last Friday following an illness of a week. he was widely known in his profession throughout Georgia.
      Dr. O'Daniel was a physician at the state sanitarium, Milledgeville, for a number of years. He practiced in Macon for a number of years and then moved to his former home in Twiggs county. He married Miss Pearl Napier in 1887.
     Dr. O'Daniel was the son of the late Dr. William O'Daniel, of Twiggs county. He is survived by his widow, one sister, Mrs. C. C. Smith; one niece, Mrs. Eli Shorter, Eufaula, Ala., and one nephew, Cap Smith.

November 17, 1915
Macon Telegraph
Fitzpatrick, Nov.16 - Calder Lanier, aged 13, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lanier, died at this place last week. The burial took place at the family cemetery, Rev. Mr. Holley of the Jeffersonville Baptist church officiating.
  Besides the parents the deceased left five sisters and a host of friends to mourn his death.

November 20 1915
Atlanta Constitution
H. F. Stokes, Tennille
Tennille, Ga., November 19 - (Special) H. F. Stokes, of Tennille, Ga., merchant, traveling salesman, teacher, died in Augusta at Margaret Wright hospital November 13. Mr. Stokes was a native Georgian, born in Twiggs county on October 16, 1865. He is survived by his wife and two children, besides three brothers, Rev. F. L. Stokes, Springdale; J. A. Stokes, Gordon, Ga.; F. D. Stokes, Dudley, Ga., and one sister, Mrs. C. T. Bickley, Bellville, Ga. Mr. Stokes was a member of the Methodist church and was a Knight of Pythias. The body was interred in the old family cemetery near Gordon, Ga..

December 8, 1915
Atlanta Constitution
Norman Reeves Shoots Dan Meredith to Death in Quarrel at Danville.
Danville, Ga. December 7. Dan Meredith, 40, a merchant, was shot five times tonight by Norman Reeves, station agent at the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad. Meredith was picked up dead. Reeves surrendered. The men had quarreled.

December 11, 1915
The Macon Daily Telegraph
SPARKS MELTON
  The funeral of Sparks Melton, the Twiggs county man who died early yesterday morning at the Macon hospital, will be held Sunday morning at Phillips, Twiggs county. Interment will follow in the family burying ground. W. L. S. Barrett will officiate.

February 7, 1916
The Constitution
Husband-Slayer Dies Much-Changed Woman At Ga. Prison Farm
20 Years in the Penitentiary Changed Mrs. Elizabeth Nobles Into Woman With Agreeable Qualities.
Milledgeville, Ga., February 5 -(Special)
    Mrs. Elizabeth Nobles, the most notorious woman prisoner in the Georgia penitentiary, died early today at the state farm at the age of 71. Mrs. Nobles for the past twenty-odd years had been serving a life sentence for the murder of her husband, William Nobles, in Twiggs county, in 1895. Her trial and conviction made her one of the most conspicuous of Georgia's women prisoners.
     Of Mrs. Nobles it can be truthfully said that prison life proved a blessing, because in these years of prison life a great change was wrought in her character. From an ignorant and uncouth woman she rounded out the last years of her life becoming an old woman with many admirable qualities. At her request she will be buried at the prison farm. At her death Mrs. Nobles was supervisor of the prison sewing room.
  It was reported that Mrs. Nobles, at her trial in Jeffersonville, where a large crowd had gathered, said that if she had known that they were going to raise that much fuss about it, she "wouldn't have killed the old man." Mrs. Nobles, before her death, however, declared she had never said this.
  Mrs. Nobles was convicted of having conspired with Gus Fambles, a negro, to kill her husband for his insurance. Both Mrs. Nobles and the negro, were sentenced to hang, but their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. The negro is still serving time here.

May 8, 1916
Macon Weekly Telegraph
TWO NEGROES SLAIN IN TWIGGS COUNTY FIGHT. Fued Breaks Out at Church and Battle Follows
Jeffersonville, May 7 - As the result of a negro battle that took place place at a church and school on the plantation of H. G. Faulk, ten miles from here, in Twiggs county, two gun-fighters are dead and three are in jail here, charged with their murder.  The shooting grew out of an old grudge that was revived during the closing exercises of the negro school.
  More than a score participated in the fighting, while women and children ran screaming from the battleground.
"Shines" Orr and Gus Williams were instantly killed by the hail of bullets that followed the outbreak of hostilities. Horace Williams, Frank Rouse and Gena Orr were later arrested by the sheriff.
  A coroner's inquest was held this morning and the three prisoners were held for the Twiggs grand jury on murder charges. All that could be learned from the numerous witnesses summoned was that the shooting grew out of an old feud, probably between the Orr and Williams clans.

June 11, 1916
Macon Telegraph
PARROTT-GARNER. Mr. and Mrs. J. Casey Shannon, Jr., of Jeffersonville,, announce the engagement of their sister, Ida Loelie Parrott, to Mr. Oscar Lee Garner, of Sparta, the wedding to take place in July.

July 13, 1916
The Macon Daily Telegraph
BRIDGE COLLAPSES; CAR INTO SWOLLEN STREAM
Party En Route to Jeffersonville Has Exciting Time.
  A five-mile walk through rain and mud following an accident in which their automobile was wrecked in a swollen creek near Dry Branch, was the experience Monday night of a party of Jeffersonville people composed of Misses Sarah and Clem Califf and Will Wall, who were going from Macon to Jeffersonville in their car.
  Miss Sarah Califf had spent the week in this city as the guest of Mrs. F. F. Scarborough, 530 Washington avenue, and her sister, Miss Clem Califf, and Will Wall came up for her Monday night.
  All went well until Dry Branch was reached, when the bridge over a swollen creek gave way under the weight of the car, causing it to plunge into the middle of the stream.
  Then came the five-mile tramp over a road that was fit only for ducks to travel on. The party stopped for the night at the home of Mr. Ben Fitzpatrick.
   The occupants of the car escaped unhurt, excepting Miss Clem Califf, who was bruised about the body, not seriously, however.
  The windshield and one wheel on the car was broken and the machine otherwise damaged.
 

July 26, 1916
The Macon Daily Telegraph
MRS. EUGENIA CARSWELL METHVIN
Jeffersonville, July 25 - Mrs. Eugenia Carswell Methvin, 62 years old, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. S. Baker, at Dry Branch, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. She was the eldest daughter of the late Capt. W. E. Carswell, of Jeffersonville. Her husband, T. B. Methvin, died last January.
  Mrs. Methvin is survived by four sisters, Mrs. J. E. Powell, Mrs. F. E. Jones, and Mrs. O. T. Chapman, of Jeffersonville, and Mrs. W. A. O'Daniel, of Eufaula, Ala; one brother, Iverson Carswell, of Alabama; one daughter, Mrs. J. S. Baker, of Dry Branch, and six sons, T. E., Charlie, George W. Earnest, Leland and Merrill Methvin.
  The funeral is to take place here Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock and the six sons will act as the pall-bearers. Rev. J. G. Harrison will officiate at the funeral service, Mrs. Methvin having been a member of the Methodist church.

September 15, 1916
Atlanta Constitution
POLITICAL ARGUMENT BRINGS ON SHOOTING
M. J. Carswell, Twiggs County Lawyer, Probably Fatally Wounded- W. F. Shannon, Brother of County's Representative in Legislature, Charged With Shooting.
Macon, Ga. , Sept. 14 - M. J. Carswell, lawyer of Twiggs County, is at the point of death in a hospital here from bullet wounds received during a political argument at Jeffersonville this afternoon. W. F. Shannon, a brother of James D. Shannon, member of the legislature from Twiggs County, has been placed in jail here accused of the shooting. The men are alleged to have engaged in a political argument over the congressional race in the Twelfth District, in which Congressman Hughes was defeated by W. W. Larsen. Doctors at the hospital say that Carswell has little chance to live. Carswell and Shannon are members of prominent families.

October 1, 1916
The Macon Daily Telegraph
BRYAN - NOBLES
  Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Bryan, of Danville, Ga., announces the engagement of their daughter, Mabel, to Dr. Velpean Robert Nobles, of Pensacola, Fla., the marriage to be solemnized the last of October at the home of the bride in Danville.

October 4, 1916
Macon Daily Telegraph
  Mrs.Mary Barrentine, aged 75, died after an illness of several months at her home, Dry Branch, Monday night at ?:20 o'clock. She had resided there all her life and was a member of the Baptist church.
  Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the New Haven church, Rev. Mr. Dewell officiating. Interment took place in New Haven church graveyard.
  The deceased is survived by three sons, G. W., C. B. and J. B. Barrentine.

October 16, 1916
Atlanta Constitution
TWO MEET DEATH AT R.R. CROSSING ON WAY TO WEDDING.
Jeffersonville, Ga. October 15. Two men wre killed when a Macon, Dublin and Savannah passenger train crashed into an automobile this morning. The victims were T. H. Mercer, a well-known farmer of Twiggs county, andC. G. Farr, of Bostic N.C. The latter operated a saw mill on Mercer's plantation.
  The men were on their way to a wedding of Farr's brother. Mercer leaves a wife and nine children. Farr leaves a wife and seven children.

December 23, 1916
Atlanta Constitution
MACON ALDERMAN DIES OF ACUTE INDIGESTON
Macon, Ga., December 22 (Special) Frank M. Jones, alderman from the first ward, died suddenly here this evening of acute indigestion. He was out collection coal bills and when taken ill went into the home of a negro woman and lay down on a bed. While the woman was gone to get some coal with which to build a fire Mr. Jones died.
   A coroner's inquest was held later and it was decided that the alderman came to his death from natural causes.
   Mr. Jones was born in Twiggs county and was serving his second term  as alderman here. He was chairman of the sidewalk committee and one of the hardest worked city fathers. Besides his widow, he leaves five brothers, Dr. L. M. Jones, of Milledgeville, and Messrs. B. C., J. C., J. T. and R.T. Jones, all of Macon.

March 7, 1917
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Miss Lena Davidson, aged 63 years, died at 7:15 o'clock Tuesday morning at her home, 620 Pebble street.
  Miss Davidson for many years made her home here with her sister, Mrs. S. Sawyers. She was born in Twiggs county, and moved here thirty years ago. Beside her sister, Mrs. Sawyers, she is survived by two brothers, E. E. Davidson, of Macon, and J. W. Davidson of Chester, Ga.; also another sister, Mrs. Cynthia Walls of Laurens county.
  Miss Davidson was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral services will be held at the residence this Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. H. M. Morrison officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.

April 14, 1917
The Macon Daily Telegraph
C. G. Andrews, aged 66, died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his residence, 1515 Second street, after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and one son, Mrs. J. S. Fitts, Mrs. E. R. Schell, of Macon; H. G. Andrews, of Jacksonville, Fla.; also one sister, Mrs. Steve Aswell, of Macon.
   Mr. Andrews was born in Twiggs county, but had been a resident of Macon for many years. The funeral will be held at 2:30 this afternoon from his late residence. Rev. L. S. Barrett officiating. Interment will be in the Andrews cemetery.

April 16, 1917
The Macon Daily Telegraph
S. F. Asbell died yesterday morning at 5 o'clock at his home in East Macon, after an illness lasting several months. Mr. Asbell was in his 74th year. He was born and raised in Twiggs county and has been a resident here for the past ten years. He was engaged in farming all of his life. Besides his wife, he is survived by three daughters and four sons: Mrs. C. L. Asbell, Mrs. J. M. Means and Mrs. H. E. Smith; I. G., T. E. and J. R. Asbell, of Macon and S. H. Asbell, of Eastman. He was a member of the Baptist church, a deacon at Stone Creek church for many
years.
  The funeral services will be held this Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock at his residence, 655 Clinton street. Rev. L. S. Barrett, assisted by Rev. G. W. Tharpe, will conduct the services. The interment will be in the Andrews graveyard about ten miles from this city.

April 26, 1917
Macon Telegraph
  Montezuma, April 27 - Mrs. Lou Massey, one of the oldest and best beloved residents of Montezuma, passed away at her home here Thursday night. Mrs. Massey was born and reared in Twiggs county.
  She is survived by five children, Mrs. Nettie Wilson, Mrs. C.L. DeVaughn and Miss Maud Massey, of Montezuma; N. M. Massey, of Columbus, Ohio, and Mrs. Homer Adams, of Sycamore, besides a number of grandchildren.

Samuel J. Gee, Confederate soldier and well-known Twiggs county planter, died Thursday morning, after a short illness. He was 78 years old and had lived in Twiggs county practically all his life.
   He is survived by his wife and an aged brother. Mr. Gee enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861 and served for four years. He was taken as prisoner on Johnson's island and was confined for ten months. He was captured seven days before Lee's surrender. On Aug. 21, 1864, he married Miss Mary Ryle, daughter of the late William B. Ryle.
  The funeral will be held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, from the home, the Rev. J. G. Reynolds officiating. Interment will be in the family cemetery in Wilkinson county.

May 6, 1917
The Macon Daily Telegraph
COOMBS - ARMSTRONG
  The marriage of Miss Mary Dennard Coombs and Mr. Clair Hibbs Armstrong, lieutenant U. S. A., was a lovely event of Tuesday at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Coombs, near Jeffersonville.
  The young couple left immediately after the ceremony for a visit to relatives of the groom in Minnesota, where they will await orders for the young officer, who has just graduated from West Point.

May 11, 1917
Macon Daily Telegraph
  Mrs. Martha Douglas Johnson, widow of Rev. Charles Johnson, of Twiggs county, died at the residence of her son, C. C. Johnson, of Gordon, on Saturday last. She leaves four sons, J. Hunter Johnson, of Jeffersonville; H. G. Johnson, L. E. Johnson, C. C. Johnson, and two daughters, all of Twiggs county. She was 75 years old.

May 17, 1917
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. James H. Ward, age 68, died at 5 p.m. yesterday at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. G.  H. Powell, 252 Maple street, after an illness of ten weeks,
  Mrs. Ward is survived by five daughters, Mrs. J. C. Floyd and Mrs. C. B. Lamb, of Danville, Ga.; Mrs. Charlton Jones, of Cochran, Ga., and Mrs. G. H. Powell and Miss Fannie Belle Ward, of Macon; two sons, Ronnie and John Ward; one brother, Mack Long, of Cochran, and one sister, Mrs. Sallie Ward, of Danville, Ga.
  The remains  will be carried to Danville this morning,  leaving at 7 o'clock, and the funeral services will take place at the home place in  Danville at 11 o'clock. Interment will be in the family cemetery.

May 20, 1917
Macon Telegraph
  Mrs. Elizabeth Bullard, widow of Daniel Bullard, and one of the oldest and most prominent women of Twiggs county, died Saturday at her home near Bullard's station, Twiggs county, after a brief illness. She was 86 years old and probably the oldest woman in the county.
  She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Dora Harrell, Mrs. Victoria Billingslea and Mrs. Walter T. Holmes, and one son, Daniel Bullard. Twenty-one grandchildren also survive.
  The body will be brought to Macon Sunday  morning and carried to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Billingslea, 820 New street, where the funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. T. F. Callaway, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist church, assisted by the Rev. J. P. Wardlaw, will conduct the service and the interment will be in Rose Hill cemetery.
  Daniel Bullard was one of the leading planters and one of the largest land owners in Twiggs county. The family is well known throughout this section of the state.

June 10, 1917
Macon Telegraph
FAULK-WALL. Characterized by a quiet simplicity was the marriage service which united in holy wedlock Miss Ellen Hughes Faulk and Mr. Jasper McArthur Wall on Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Balcom, Rev. J. T. B. Anderson, of the Jeffersonville Baptist Church, officiating.
  Lovely was this attractive bride, who wore a tailored suit of blue, a large white Milan sailor and ivory shoes and gloves, and carrying an exquistie bouquet of Easter lilies. Immediately after the ceremony the popular couple left for a short bridal trip.

June 16, 1917
Macon Telegraph
A. J. Ard, Confederate veteran , died yesterday evening at 7 o'clock, at his home, 807 Main street, East Macon. Mr. Ard had reached the age of four score years. He was born in Twiggs county in 1837 and most of his life was engaged in farming. Only recently he retired on account of his health.
 Besides his wife, he leaves one son, J. N. Ard, and two daughters, Miss Tillie Ard and Mrs. John Parker.
  Mr. Ard was a Confederate veteran and fought throughout the four years of the Civil War. He was among the first members of Stone Creek Baptist Church.
  The funeral services will be held this Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at the residence, Rev. G. W. Tharpe officiating. The interment will be made in the family burial ground in Twiggs county.

July 15, 1917
Macon Weekly Telegraph
   Jeffersonville, July 4 - Mrs. Ida Faulk, 41 years of age, died at her home this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Four children survive: Mrs. J. M. Wall and Misses Jeanette and Wilhelmina and William T. Faulk. The funeral service will be conducted by Rev. J. T. R. Anderson, of Jeffersonville. Mrs. Faulk is a widow. She was prominent in the work of the Baptist church.

August 5, 1917
Macon Telegraph
  Mr. and Mrs. Joel Whitehurst, of Jeffersonville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Florence, to Mr. George W. Methvin, of Jeffersonville. The marriage will take place the latter part of August. No cards.

August 24, 1917
The Macon Daily Telegraph
FIRE AT JEFFERSONVILLE.
M D. & S. Depot and Store of O. T. Chapman are Completely Destroyed
Jeffersonville, Aug 23. The store of O. T. Chapman and the M. D. & S. depot were completely destroyed by fire Wednesday morning at 3:30. Origin of the fire is unknown. It started in Chapman's store and everything in the store is a complete loss, partially covered by insurance.
  Everything in the depot was saved. Plate glass windows in stores and banks across the street were broken by the heat. The buildings were of wooden structure.

November 22, 1917
Macon Weekly Telegraph
  Mr. Aaron Davidson, a Confederate Veteran, died yesterday morning at 8:30 o'clock at his home in the Rutland District, after an illness lasting several months. Mr. Davidson was born in Twiggs County in 1831. Most of his life was devoted to farming. He was 81 years of age, and had been a resident here for more than thirty years. Surviving him are three brothers and two sisters. They are Lewis, Henry and Hiram Davidson and Misses Nancy and Winnie Davidson. The deceased was a gallant Confederate veteran, and fought throughout the Civil War. He was a member of R. A. Smith Camp, H.C.V.
  Funeral services will be held at noon today at the home of his nephew, W. W. Davidson, 317 Cleveland avenue. Interment will be in Rose Hill cemetery.

November 23, 1917
The Macon Daily Telegraph
TWO MEN KILLED IN TWIGGS COUNTY. Bodies Found in Road Ten Miles From Jeffersonville - Officers Searching for N. Carolina Man. Quarrel During Games in Wood Near Will Long's Home Believed to Have Caused Tragedy.
   Jeffersonville, Nov. 23 - Early this morning in a road leading from the farm of J. H. Whitehurst to the Jeffersonville-Cochran road, the bodies of two men, Will Long and a man named Mathews, who came here several months ago from Franklin County, was found by A. C. Washburn. Near Long's body was a pistol, with two empty chambers. Both men, however, came to their death from gunshot wounds, Long's head being nearly blown from his body and Mathews' face so badly mutilated by shot it was at first hard to identify him.
  North Carolina Man Sought.
  Officers are seeking a man who is known to have been gambling with Long and Mathews for several nights, and who, since last night, has been missing. The man believed responsible for the deaths of the two men whose bodies were found today came here from North Carolina to work at a sawmill near Long's home, which is on the Whitehurst farm. Mathews had been employed at the mill ever since he came to this county.
  There is a reason to suspect that the pistol placed by Long's body to create the impression that he had killed Mathews and then ended his own life. No one knows whose pistol it is and if it belonged to either one of the dead men their friends were not aware of it.
Coroner Holds Inquest
  A coroner's inquest was conducted this morning, the jury returning a verdict of death from gunshot wounds inflicted by a party or parties unknown.
  Long and Mathews went out last night, presumably to gamble with the man who is now missing. It is known that they were out with him the previous night. How much money they took with them last night has not been learned. The supposition is that the men were in a game last night and had a quarrel, the shooting following. No shots were heard by anyone in that neighborhood and nothing was known of the tragedy until this morning, when Mr. Washburn drove by in his automobile. The bodies were close together, one being across the feet of the other.
  Long is a married man and besides his wife is survived by several children. Mathews, it is reported, was unmarried. Nothing is known of any of his relatives, but an effort is being made to get in communication with the place he was last in.

December 7, 1917
The Atlanta Constitution
ARTILLERY RANGE IN TWIGGS COUNTY
District Attorney Donalson Begins Condemnation Proceedings in Macon Today
Macon, Ga. 6 - Announcement was made here today by District Attorney E. M. Donalson that 14,000 acres of land in Twiggs County is to be condemned for an artillery range.
  The petitions are to be filed Friday morning in the district court, Mr. Denison stated, which permits the government to take possession at ease. The land is eight miles long and nearly two miles in width.

December 15, 1917
Macon Telegraph
  Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Wood, of Griswold, announce the engagement of their daughter Mildred, to Mr. Benjamin S. Fitzpatrick, Jr., of Fitzpatrick, the  marriage to take place the latter part of December.

December 29, 1917
Macon Telegraph
Frances Evelyn, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Amason, died yesterday morning at their home on the Thomaston road a few miles from the city. The little child had been sick only two weeks. Death resulted from blood poison. Besides its parents, two sisters survive. The body will be taken to Twiggs County today at noon for funeral and interment.

January 15, 1918
Union Recorder
PAYNE-SHY
  Miss Osie B. Payne and Mr. Newton Shy, of Twiggs county were united in marriage Monday evening, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bell,Dr. T. R. Kendall officiating.
  The ceremony was witnessed by only a few invited guests.
  The bride has been a resident of Milledgeville several months, making her home with Mr. and Mrs. Bell.  During this time she has won the esteem of all who have come to know here, on account of her pleasant manners, and womanly graces.
  Mr. Shy is a successful young farmer of Twiggs county.
  Immediately after the ceremony they left for their future home in Bibb county.

January 18, 1918
The Macon Daily Telegraph
 The funeral services of Mr. Isham G. Asbell, who died Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock, will be held this Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock from the family residence, 655 Clinton street. The services will be conducted by Rev. L. S. Barrett and Mr. George W. Tharp, and the interment will be in the family burial ground on the Marion road.

February 8, 1918
The Macon Daily Telegraph
  J. H. Benford, aged 56 years, died last night at the Macon hospital following an illness of four weeks. Mr. Benford was a native of Twiggs County and moved to Macon only a short time ago. He is survived by one daughter and five sons. Funeral arrangements will be made later.

February 9, 1918
The Macon Daily Telegraph
The body of J. M. Benford will be taken to Dexter, Ga., this Saturday morning for funeral and interment. Mr. Benford was in his sixtieth year and was ill one month prior to his death. He is survived on one daughter and four sons.

April 25, 1918
Macon Weekly Telegraph
  R. C. Keen, aged 64, formerly of this city, died last night at 6:25 o'clock at his residence at Danville, GA. He is survived by his wife, six daughters, Mrs. R. S. Davies, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Mrs. N. O. Garner, Sanford, Fla.; Mrs. W. M. Lester, Macon; Miss Corrine Keen, Sanford, Fla.; and Eugenia Keen, of Danville, Ga.; three sons , J. C. Keen, of Delray, Fla.; W. A. Keen, of Macon and R. C. Keen, Jr., of Danville, Ga.; one brother, J. M. Keen, Brunswick, Ga.; three sisters, Mrs. Pauline H. Wylly, Brunswick, Ga., Mrs. J. M. Brown, Danville, Ga., Mrs. Mary Wright, of Texas.
The remains will arrive in Macon this morning at 11 o'clock, from Danville, Ga., and will be taken to Burghards where the funeral services will be held some time tomorrow morning.

May 1, 1918
Union Recorder
Mrs. Sarah King Storey, wife of Col. R. L. Storey who at one time was a member of the Presbyterian church of this city, passed away April 17th.
  Her patience, truthfulness, and charity toward others endeared her to her neighbors, and made friends of her acquaintances.  Her self sacrifice toward her children and all others under her roof brought the honor commanded to be given by children to parents.
  Her work in the church helped many souls to be better and stronger. She was the step mother of J. J. Methvin, (Missionary to wild tribes in the Indian Territory) assisted in organizing the first Sunday School in the church of which she had been a member since twelve years of age.
  She was almost eighty-five when she passed to her Heavenly home from that of her youngest daughter, Mrs. J. A. McCallum, of Jeffersonville, Ga. Three of daughters and one son survive her; Mrs. W. T. Chappell, of Jeffesonville, Ga.; Mrs. Ada Kendrick, of Mayfield, Ga.; Mrs. W. H. Blanks, of this city and Mr. R. Lawson Storey, of Lumber City, Ga. These with twenty-two grand children will miss her love and prayer, and always cherished the memory of a true Christ like mother and grandmother. Mrs. W. H. Blanks.

June 12, 1918
Macon Telegraph
   Mrs. Sarah Glover Andrews, age 55 years, was stricken with apoplexy at 8 o'clock last night at her home, No. 1432 Second Street, and died two hours later.
  Mrs. Andrews had been a life-long resident of Twiggs County, but came to Macon with her husband to reside about a year and a half ago. She was a member of the Stone Creek Baptist Church. Before her marriage she was Miss Sarah Burkett, of Dry Branch.
  Besides her husband she is survived by four daughters and three sons; Mrs. Cleveland Paul, Miss Courtland Glover, Miss Louise Andrews and Miss Grace Andrews; A. G. Glover, A. G. Andrews, and Joseph Andrews.
  She is also survived by three brothers, L. W., A. G., and Joseph Burkett, and one sister, Mrs. Oscar Chambers.
   The funeral will be held Thursday, but the arrangements have not been completed.
June 13, 1918
Macon Telegraph
~excerpt...The funeral services will be held from the residence this morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. John G. Harrison officiating. The interment will be in Andrews' cemetery in Bibb County.

June 23, 1918
The Macon Daily Telegraph
MRS. D. G. HUGHES DEAD.
  Information was received in Macon yesterday of the sudden death of Mrs. Daniel G. Hughes at Mineral Wells, Texas, last Sunday. The interment of the remains was made in the burial grounds of her late father, Mr. Deisell, in Indianapolis, Ind.

August 1, 1918
Macon Weekly Telegraph
DIED - Miss Ella Melton died at 6 o'clock yesterday morning near Dry Branch in Twiggs County. She was about 60 years old, and leaves three brothers and one sister, B. D. Melton, of Twiggs County; J. B. Melton, of Macon; Henry Melton, of Dublin, and Mrs. Sallie Sims of Douglas. The funeral will be on  Thursday evening at 3 o'clock at her home and her body will be laid to rest in the Melton cemetery.

August 28, 1918
The Macon Daily Telegraph
CHICKEN SUPPER NEAR JEFFERSONVILLE
  A most delightful chicken supper was given Monday night to a party of friends by Mr. Frank Balkcom on his place near Jeffersonville. The supper was prepared and served at Open Meadow Branch, picnic style, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all his guests.
  Those present at Mr. Balkcom's feast were Mrs. W. R. Carswell, Mrs. J. L. Gallemore, Miss Cornell Varner, Miss Emily McNair, Miss Ella G. Beckom, Miss Alice Wimberly, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hunter Johnson, Judge L. D. Shannon, S. J. Faulk, F. G. Varner, B. F. West, all of Jeffersonville, and Miss Sadie Yarbrough and Miss Doris Horne, of Macon, who are visiting Miss Varner, of Jeffersonville, and Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Anderson, of Macon, and their guest, Miss Louise Brown, of Atlanta, and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Jones, of Macon.

October 13, 1918
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs. Maud Whitlock, aged 40 years, died yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Bond, on the Riggins Mill road, after an illness of some duration from tuberculosis. Her home is at Newton, but she has been in the sanatorium at Alto for treatment for some time. She recently returned to Macon. She is survived by two sons, Joe and L. T. Whitlock; and two daughters, Catherine and Evelyn, all of Newton; also by one sister, Mrs. A. B. Bond, at whose home she died; two brothers, Edge Andrews of Newton and Edd Andrews of Macon. The funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Andrews cemetery. The services will be conducted by Reg. George Tharpe.

The Twiggs County Citizen 11-14-1918 page 4
Death of Aged Negro
On last Saturday, November 9th, 1918, at his home near Dry Branch there occurred the death of Uncle Richard Stephens, at the age of one hundred and eleven years. He was one of the most respected old darkies of Twiggs County, well liked by everyone. He and his mother were brought from the shores of Maryland when he was but three weeks old. Later he was purchased by the original Mr. Dave Solomon for a body-servant and belonged to the Solomon family from then until freedom, living about one mile from Jeffersonville. During the war he was sent to Florida by ox-carts to mine salt. Before that, he was a foreman in the cotton fields. He
was the father of thirty children and often said that he "reckoned he had about three hundred grandchildren and great grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. He was a good and faithful servant, one of the old class, which is so rapidly dying out, and which has the respect and affection of all "white folks".
Submitted by  Avery S. Robertson, Jr.

November 15, 1918
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Elizabeth Jessup, aged 65 years, passed away at her home at Dry Branch Thursday morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Jessup was well known and the news of her death is deplored by all who knew her. She was a faithful member of the Baptist church. Besides her husband J. E. Jessup, one daughter and one son survives. The funeral services will be held today and the interment will be in the family graveyard.

December 4, 1918
Macon Weekly Telegraph
BROTHER OF TWIGGS SHERIFF IS KILLED.
A. S. Griffin, Who Has Son Working in Macon, Reported Shot by Man Named Johnson.
Jeffersonville Dec. 13 (3)  Sheriff E. J. Griffin, of Twiggs county, was notified tonight that his brother, A. S. Griffin, of Westlake, a small place on the Southern Railroad, twenty miles below Macon, had been killed by a man named John Johnson. No particulars of the killing were obtainable here. The sheriff said he knew of no trouble between his brother and Johnson, but recalled that the men had a quarrel several weeks ago, the nature of which he did not know.
  Besides the sheriff, the deceased is survived by another brother, J. L. Griffin, of this town, two sisters, Mrs. W. J. Methvin and Mrs. W. H. Caliss, both of Jeffersonville. His widow and seven children also survive. The children are Thomas J. Griffin, an employe of the Western Union, at Macon, Hanson, and A. S. Griffin, Jr., Mrs. A. S. Simmons, of 955 Walnut street, Macon; Mrs. R. G. Gannon, of Middleberry, Ind., and Misses Mary Annie and Louise Griffin. Mr. Griffin was a Mason and a member of the Baptist church. He was 49 years old.
(see jury verdict below)

January 7, 1919
Macon Daily Telegraph
  Mrs. S. F. Asbell, aged 70 years, died at her home, 655 Clinton street, Monday morning at 2:45 o'clock. Mrs. Asbell was ill only a short time and the news of her death is learned with much regret. She was born in Twiggs county and had lived here twelve years. She was a member of the East Macon Baptist church. She is survived by three sons and three daughters, S. H,
F. E., and J. B. Asbell,Mrs. C. L. Asbell, Mrs. J. M. Means, and Mrs. H. F. Smith of Cincinnati.  The funeral services will be held from the residence this morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. A. J. Johnson, officiating. The interment will be in the Andrews graveyard.

January 13, 1919
The Macon Telegraph
Gordon, Jan. 12 - Mrs. Nannie A. Branan, of Wilkinson County, widow of the late Iverson Branan, died Thursday after an illness of several days. She was stricken with influenza and sank rapidly. Mrs. Branan was born Feb. 5, 1843, in Twiggs
County, being the daughter of James Balkcom, deceased, of Macon. Eight children survive, three sons and five daughters.
The are: W. I. Branan, of Muscogee, Okla; Jas. C. Branan, of Lufkin, Texas; C. T. Branan, of Sanford; Mrs. J. F. Lingo,
of Milledgeville; Mrs. W. D. Pace, of Macon; Mrs. C. E. Gladin, of Gordon; Mrs. W. H. Freeman, of Toomsboro, and
Mrs. C. J. Hicks, of Plano, Texas. Four brothers also survive, as follows: Lafayette Balkcom, of Macon; J. F. Balkcom,
of Jeffersonville; M.C. Balkcom, Sr., of Macon, and H. V. Balkcom, of Jeffersonville, formerly a resident of Macon. The
deceased joined the Methodist church when a young girl and was a devout Christian, having many friends throughout this
section. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. Mr. Boland, of Irwinton.

January 15, 1919
The Macon Daily Telegraph
L. V. Dennard, aged 63 years, died at the home of his son, C.B. Dennard, on Houston avenue, Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. Mr. Dennard had been in declining health for some time, and the news of his death was not unexpected. He was a native of Wilkerson County and had lived here for sixteen years. The last eleven years he was employed with the city as water inspector. He was a member of the Baptist Church. He is survived by two sons and two daughters - F. E. Dennard, of Shreveport, La.; C. B. Dennard, of Macon; Mrs. J. S. Gornto, of Macon, and Mrs. O. C. Attaway, of Dublin. Also two sisters and four brothers survive. The funeral services will be conducted from Hart's chapel this Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev.  J. G. Harrison will officiate. The interment will be in the family lot near Jeffersonville, Ga.

January 16, 1919
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Johnny Crosby, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Crosby, died at their home in Twiggs county Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock. He was 17 years old, and was one of the most promising young men of his community. Young Crosby was struck by an automobile, driven by a negro, Tuesday, and was seriously injured, which caused his death. The accident occurred near Cross Keys. Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters and one brother. The funeral services will take place this (Thursday) morning at 10 o'clock from New Haven Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Lawrence, pastor, officiating. The interment was in the church cemetery.

April 12, 1919
The Macon Daily Telegraph
   Funeral services for Frank Harrell, who died at his home at Bullards Thursday, were held on the arrival of the Southern train yesterday morning at 11 o'clock in Rose Hill cemetery. Rev. T. W. Callaway conducted the services.

May 10, 1919
Macon Telgraph
JOHNSON FOUND NOT GUILTY. Twiggs County Case Transferred to Laurens Comes to End.
Dublin, May 9 - Late Thursday night the jury which heard the case of J. D. Johnson of Twiggs county brought in a verdict of not guilty. A large crowd was in the court room when the verdict was read and the jury was loudly cheered. Johnson's wife and children with him wept for pure joy, and Johnson himself was much affected. It was several minutes before order could be restored, so intense was the demonstration.
  Superior Court adjourned this afternoon when the grand jury finished its work for the term. Johnson's case was the last tried by them at this term. He was accused of murder, having shot A. S. Griffin in Twiggs county in the early part of this year. A change of venue was granted and the case went to Laurens for trial.

May 15, 1919
Macon Telegraph
F. H. Adkins, prominent Twiggs county farmer, died at his residence at Jeffersonville yesterday afternoon at 3:30, o'clock after a short illness.
  Mr. Adkins has many friends in Macon, where he has visited his son quite often. Besides his widow he is survived by one son, H. Giles Adkins, of the Hatcher-Turpin Company of this city. He was 76 years of age, and a member of Antioch Baptist church. Mr. Adkins was well known in Twiggs county, where he was born and reared.
  The funeral service will be held at 5 o'clock this (Thursday ) afternoon from the residence at Jeffersonville. The interment will take place there.

June 4, 1919
Macon Daily Telegraph
Harrison Pratt, aged 78 years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nettie Pratt Carver, wife of Professor Carver, of West Lake, Twiggs county, Tuesday evening. Mr. Pratt's home was in Minneapolis, Minn. He had been spending the winters with his daughter, Mrs. Nettie Pratt Carver, for the past five years, when Prof. Carver was a member of the faculty of Mercer University and after their removal to West Lake, Ga. Mr. Pratt was a Mason, his membership being at Minneapolis, Minn., and was a member of Alsiah Temple, Macon. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Nettie Pratt Carver, and one sister, Mrs. Ellen Norman, of Idaho. The body was taken to his former home, Minneapolis, Minn. at 7 o'clock this morning, accompanied by his daughter, for funeral and interment.

June 29, 1919
Macon Telegraph
~excerpts~ The marriage of Miss Agnes Goss and Mr. H. L. Dennard Hughes, of Danville, which took place at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of the bride in Athens, was one of the most beautiful and interesting events of the season.
  ...family.. in mourning for the late Mrs. I. H. Goss.
  ..Dr. A. G. Richards officiating...Miss Agnes Hood...maid of  honor...given away by her father, Dr. I. H. Goss, flower girl, Flossie Hill...groom's best man, Major James Fort....
 

July 28, 1919
Macon Weekly Telegraph
DENIED ADMITTANCE HE BEHEADS WOMAN. Joe James, Negro, Admits Gruesome Murder of Susie Cobb at Jeffersonville Sunday. Coaxed Her to Door, Grabbed and Pulled Her Through, Then Used Pocket Knife on Her.
Jeffersonville, July 27.Susie Cobb, a negro woman, was beheaded here this morning by Joe James, another negro, when she refused to let James enter her house. Her head was severed from the body, only a thin strip of skin holding them together when James finished his knife work.
  James, who had been drinking, went to the negro woman's house early this morning and demanded that she open the door. She refused. James finally coaxed her to the door. When she opened it slightly he grabbed her and pulled her out and cut her to death. She had one wound in the stomach that might also have caused her death.
  James was caught at Gallimore, four miles from Jeffersonville, at 11 o'clock this morning. There were no eye witnesses to the tragedy, but he admitted to the coroner's jury that he committed the crime. He is held in the county jail.
(Found guilty, sentenced to be hung which was  appealed seven times on reason of insanity)

August 6, 1919
Macon Weekly Telegraph
  Mrs. Mary Taylor Newby, widow of George H. Newby, died at 7:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at her residence, 76 New street. She had lived in Macon for more than twenty-five years, and was a devout member of the Mulberry Street Methodist church.
  Mrs. Newby was sixty-eight years of age, and was born and reared in Twiggs county. Surviving her are six daughters, Mrs. Charles Owen, Mr. F. M. Brown, Mrs. Julian P. Mercer, Mrs. Magruda Andrews, Mrs. George A. Wimberly and Miss Fessie Newby, all of Macon; four brothers; two sisters and several grandchildren.
  The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the residence. Rev. J. P. Wardlaw officiating. Interment at Riverside cemetery.

August 7, 1919
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Miss Zack Solomon, 60 years of age, died at her home at Milledgeville yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock. She is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Solomon Coombs, of Jeffersonville; Mrs. Marion Burns, of Barnesville, and Mrs. Annie Adams, of Jeffersonville.
  Miss Solomon had been ill only a few days. She was born and reared in Twiggs county. The funeral services will be held at Jeffersonville this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Rev. J. T. B. Anderson will have charge of the funeral services.

August 10, 1919
Macon Telegraph
  Mr. and Mrs. Jasper McArthur Wall, of Jeffersonville, announce the engagement of their sister, Janet Vickers Faulk, to Mr. William Heywood Harrell, the wedding to take place September 16 at the First Baptist church, Jeffersonville.

August 11, 1919
Macon Daily Telegraph
WALL REUNION BIG EVENT IN TWIGGS
Relatives and Friends from Three States Gather at Country Home Near Jeffersonville.
Barbecue Is Feature of Day, Being One of Most Elaborate Ever Served in County
Jeffersonville, Aug. 10. - Todd Hall, the lovely country home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Wall, four miles from Jeffersonville, was recently the scene of one of the largest family reunions ever held in this section. Relatives of the Wall family gathered from all parts of Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina.
The guests' register contains this bit of family history:
   James Jackson married Elizabeth Pittman June, 1833. Their children were Louisa Jane, who married Lawrence Clay. Lydia Caroline married Jasper M. Wall. Mary Frances married Jack Moore. Sallie Ann married John D. Rawlings. Nancy Elizabeth married first James McCallum, second Linton Hatcher. Maxa Benita married Andrew James Harrison, Ben Hill married first Mattie Gibson, second a Criswell.
   Lydia Caroline Jackson was the second wife of Jasper McArthur Wall,  married Oct. 2, 1861. Their children, William Todd Wall married Elizabeth Lingo King, March 16, 1913; James Jackson Wall married Lucy Graves Wimberly, Feb. 20, 1890; Jasper McArthur Wall married first Tussie Dolyne Bennett, Feb. 20, 1895, second Mrs. Tommie B. Melton, Sept. 6, 1913.
    A delightful barbecue had been prepared by the host and there was everything good to eat at this feast. In fact, a more elaborate barbecue has never been known in Twiggs county.
Vistors from Three States
 Among the relatives and friends present were the following: Mrs. W. M. Whitehurst and children, of Jeffersonville; R. Lee Moore, of Statesboro; Emma Bell Hatfield, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hatfield, of Dublin; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Wall, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wall, Charlie Wall, Miss Lillie Wall,  Mrs. Tommie Wall, Courtney and Ellen Carswell, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Faulk, Mr. and Mrs. Walker Wood, Linton Hatcher, Mr. and Mrs. John Will Hatcher, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCallum, F. C. Balcom, Mrs. W. R. Carswell, Miss Bertha Dunevent, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Chappell, Misses Ruth and Elle Chappell, Willie and Archie Chappell, S.C. Jones, S.C. Jr., and Miss Leila Mae Jones, Mrs. J. Hunter Johnson, Frank Johnson, Rosalind Johnson, Hazel Hatcher, Mrs. W. A. Johnson, H. A. McCallum, Katherine McCallum, Mrs. Sam Hatfield, I. S. King, Sr., I. S. King, Jr., John Hatfield, Mrs. Annie Adams, S. W. Hatfield, of Jeffersonville.
    Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Duncan, Leila Cason, Richard Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Will Wall, P.M. Jackson, Martha Jackson, B. H. Jackson, Mollie Colson, of Toomsboro; Mrs. Mollie Lindsey, M. A. Oates, Lena Haynes, Mrs. W. B. Oates, of Headland, Ala; Mrs. Sue Martin, Mrs. Rebecca Hoover of Fitzpatrick; Mr. and Mrs. George W. Duncan, of Macon.
     Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Pennington, C. H. Parker, Beulah Pennington, Alice Parker, Mrs. E. C. Normand, Mrs. Lee Hatfield, Mrs. Emmie P. Bell, Jack Bell, Jack Bell Jr., Mrs. W. L. Pennington, Lee Hatfield, of Irwinton;  Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Holland and children, Manassas; W. F. Jackson, of Greenville, S.C.; Mrs. Mae Birch, of New Smyrna, Fla;  Miss Clara D. Hunter, of Statesboro; Adeline Ivey of Tennille; Mrs. Alice Smith, of Tennille; Mrs. M.V. Coleman, of Cobbtown; James J. Moore, of Scarboro; Mrs. Lizzie Shepard and Elizabeth Shepard, of McIntyre, and R. C. Shepard, of McIntyre.

October 31, 1919
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Mattie Land, aged 73 years, and one of Twiggs county's oldest residents, died at her home at Dry Branch Wednesday evening at 8:30 o'clock after a long illness.
  Mrs. Land was the wife of Jesse Land, a well-known farmer of his community. She was an active member of the Stone Creek church, and had many friends who deeply regret to learn of her death. Surviving her besides her husband are three sons, J.W., S. T., and J. D. Land.
  The funeral services were held at the family burying ground yesterday at noon, Rev. G. W. Tharpe officiating.

November 30, 1919
Macon Telegraph
LANIER-SHANNON. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Lanier of Bartow announce the engagement of their daughter, Annie, to Mr. Dudley H. Shannon of Jeffersonville, the marriage to be solemnized in January.

December 7, 1919
Macon Telegraph
  The remains of Mrs. Dona Lamb Everett, who died at her home, 708 Oak street, Friday evening at  6:45 o'clock, will be taken to Bullards for funeral and interment this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The funeral services will be conducted from the grave in the family burying grounds near Bullards. Elder Walter Heard officiating. The funeral will leave Hart's chapel at 12 o'clock. Mrs Everett has been in ill health several months, and the news of her death has been expected. She was born and reared in Twiggs county and has lived in Macon three years. Besides her husband, W. E. Everett, she is survived by one son, William E. Everett, Jr, mother, Mrs. D. T. Lamb; 3 brothers, C. B. and Frank Lamb, of Danville, and I. F. Lamb, of Florida; three sisters, Mrs T. F. Everett, of Cochran, Mrs. R. T. Momand, of Macon, and Miss Claude Lamb, of Bullards.

December 16, 1919
Macon Telegraph
John Henderson Treadwell, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Treadwell, died at their home at Dry Branch, Sunday evening at 9 o'clock after an illness of one week. Besides the parents, two brothers survive, Hardy and William Treadwell.
  The funeral services were held from the residence yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, Rev. G. W. Tharpe officiating, and the interment was in the Dry Branch cemetery.
 

December 24, 1919
Macon Telegraph
  Mrs. Emma B. Robertson, widow of Capt. T. J. Robertson, died yesterday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock at her home in East Macon for the past fourteen years. She was 70 years of age and was born in Twiggs county. Before her marriage to Captain Robertson, she was Miss Emma B. Solomon, member of a prominent Twiggs county family.
   Surviving her are five daughters, Mrs. O. R. Tharpe, Mrs. H. D. Paul, Mrs. W. W. Shepard and Misses Jone and  Delzell Robertson; also two brothers, I. V. and H. L. Solomon.
    Mrs. Robertson was a member of the Eastside Baptist church and of the W. M. B. U. Society.
    The funeral services will be held from the Eastside Baptist church this Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, Rev. A. J. Johnson, pastor, assisted by Rev. G. W. Tharpe, officiating. The interment will be in the family lot at Riverside cemetery.
   The pallbearers will be: H. D, Paul, W. W. Shephard, O. R. Tharpe, Jr., Hanset S. Robertson, R. H. Paul and A. T. Small, Jr.
 

December 28, 1919
Macon Telegraph
HOLD FUNERAL FOR WIMBERLY
Body Carried From Macon to Jeffersonville for Burial Yesterday.
  Macon, Ga., Dec. 27. - The funeral of Minter Wimberly was held Saturday morning at 11 o'clock at the residence on College street, the services being conducted by Rev. Dr. Robert F. Gibson of Christ Church, and Rev. Charles H. Lee, of St. Paul's church. Immediately after the service the body was carried on a special train on the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad to Jeffersonville, from which place it was taken to the family burying ground at Richland cemetery in Twiggs county.
  Besides members of the family, scores of Macon friends of Mr. Wimberly, including the entire membership of the Macon Bar, accompanied the body to its last resting place.
  William Minter Wimberly died on Christmas day, at the age of 60 years. He was born in Twiggs county, at Inglehurst, which was built by his great-great-grandfater, Rev. Henry Bunn.
  Mr. Wimberly was named for his maternal grandfather William T. Minter, who was president of the Selma and Gulf Railroad, and who was killed at the battle of Selma by Wilson's raiders. He was the son of Rachael Isolene Minter and Frederick Davis Wimberly, captain of the Twiggs Guards.
  He attended the preparatory school of Charles M. Neal at Kirkwood. Governor Northern was one of his teachers. At this school, he and Alexander Pope, the brother of his wife, were devoted friends and in visiting the home of his friend he met his future wife.
  His friends recall his gift of story telling and he has amused throngs of people all over Georgia with this gift.
  He has family connections all over the sate, the Wimberlys, Brown Wimberly, and the family of the late Olin J. Wimberly, Mrs. Edward Peters, who was Miss Helen Wimberly, Mrs. C. Helen Plane, Mrs. Leverett H. Walker, the Warrens, the Weavers, the Tarvers, the Colquitts and Rutherfords.
  Mr. Wimberly was city attorney for twelve years.
   He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Effie Pope, of Washington, Ga., the granddaughter of Mark A. Cooper, of Bartow, and a daughter of William A. Pope and Susan Cooper.
  Mr. Wimberly is also survived by his sisters, Mrs Richard Orme Campbell, of Atlanta, Miss Clara Minter Wimberly, of New York City and Mrs. Eugene Robbins, Jr., of Selma, Ala.
  He is survived by his niece, Miss Isoline Campbell, of Atlanta, and his nephews, Richard Orme Campbell, Jr., of Atlanta, Eugene Robbins III, Minter Wimberly Robbins, Fred Smith Robbins and Orme Campbell Robbins.
   His plantations, including Emerald Place, named for his mother's old home in Alabama, have been original grants in the family for about 100 years.

December 28, 1919
Macon Telegraph
Funeral Procession From Jeffersonville to Cemetery Is Mile Long.
SERVICE HELD AT HOME HERE.
Honorary Escort from Macon Bar Attends Body on Special Train
  All of Twiggs county turned out yesterday to pay first tribute to Minter Wimberly, Macon lawyer and former legislator, who was laid to rest in the family burying ground at Richland cemetery in that county yesterday afternoon. The procession from the station at Jeffersonvlle to the cemetery was a mile long.
   The scene at the grave was one of the most pathetic ever witnessed at a Georgia funeral. Old time servants of the family for generations back, assembled with the negro servants of later years, and were permitted to view the body of their best friend. Terms streamed down the faces of these old negroes as they filed past the casket.
   The body of Mr. Wimberly was carried to Jeffersonville on a special train on the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad yesterday afternoon at 12:20 o'clock. The baggage car was filled with flowers, the casket being completely hidden. On board the train, besides members of the family, were a large number of the friends of the family from  Bibb and Twiggs county, the honorary escort appointed by the Macon bar and the pall bearers.
  The funeral service at the home on College street was in charge of Rev. Dr.  Robert F. Gibson, rector of Christ church, and Rev. Dr. Charles H. Lee, rector of St. Paul's church. Rev. Dr. Gibson also officiated at the last rites at the grave.
  The pall bearers were James T. Wright, R. J. Taylor, Roland Ellis, John A. Streyer, Charles A. Akerman, Brown Wimberly, Harry Stillwell Edwards and Jesse Harris.
  The special train that carried the funeral to Twiggs county returned to the city at 5:20 o'clock last night.

January 1, 1920
Macon Weekly Telegraph
  Mrs. Ruth Washburn, wife of C. B. Washburn, died at the Macon Hospital yesterday morning at 3 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Washburn lived near Jeffersonville, and she was brought to Macon for treatment a few days ago, but steadily grew worse until the end.
  Mrs. Washburn was twenty-three years of age, and a member of the Baptist church. Mrs. Washburn was ill two weeks.
  The body was taken to Jeffersonville yesterday afternoon for funeral and interment.

January 10, 1920
The Macon Daily Telegraph
  Mrs. Mary M. Ard, 82, died yesterday morning at an early hour at the home 807 Main street. She was ill only two weeks,
  Mrs. Ard was a member of Stone Creek Baptist church of Twiggs county. Surviving her are one son and two daughters, J. N. Ard, Mrs. Anna Parker and Miss Tillie Ard.
  The funeral services will be held from the residence this (Saturday) morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. G. W. Tharpe officiating, and the interment will be in the family graveyard near the old home.

January 25, 1920
The Macon Daily Telegraph
M'CALLUM-WHITEHURST. Mr. and Mr. J A. McCallum announce the marriage of their daughter, Nannie Elizabeth, to Mr. James Howell Whitehurst on the evening of January 1, at the home of the bride's parents, near Jeffersonville.

February 4, 1920
Atlanta Constitution
Marriage of Miss Wimberly and Mr. Mark Cooper Pope
 Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Robbins, Jr. of Selma, Ala. announce the marriage of their sister, Miss Clara Wimberly, to Mr. Mark Cooper Pope, formerly of Washington, Ga., which took place in Selma Tuesday afternoon.
   Bother parties are well known in Atlanta, where the bride has frequently visited her sister, Mrs. Richard Orme Campbell. Mrs. Pope is the second of the three daughters of the late Captain Wimberly, of Georgia, whose plantations in Twiggs county were among the most beautiful and prosperous.
    She is the sister of the late Minter Wimberly, of Macon, Ga., and she is charming and talented. She has marked histrionic ability and she is well known as a dramatic interpreter.
   Mr. Pope is a well-known Georgia, and is the brother of Mrs. Minter Wimberly, of Macon.
   Mr. and Mrs. Pope have gone to Florida on their wedding journey.

April 8, 1920
The Macon Telegraph
    Mrs. Ella McCook Spears died yesterday afternoon at 5:45 o'clock at Williams Sanatorium after an illness of two months. Mrs. Spears was the wife of Walter G. Spears, of Jeffersonville. She was 33 years of age and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McCook, of Irwinton, Ga., where she was born and reared.
    Besides her husband she is survived by two daughters and two sons, Misses Elsie and Annie Margaret, Melton and Daniel; also two brothers, J. W. and Oscar McCook, of Macon; two sisters, Mrs. Jesse Peavy, of Unadilla, Ga., and Mrs. T. A. Bell, of Irwinton, Ga.
  She was the niece of W. O. Kinney, of this city. The deceased was a member of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church at Jeffersonville, and has many friends who will be grieved to learn of her death.

April 11, 1920
Macon Telegraph
  Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Malone, of Jeffersonville, announce the engagement of their sister, Sidney Bertha Dunevent, to Mr. Thomas Eugene Methvin, the marriage to take place May the 5th, at Jeffersonville.

March 20, 1920
Macon Weekly Telegraph
   The funeral services of Mrs. Fannie Smallwood, wife of Henry Smallwood, were held from the grave at Andrews Cemetery yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Rev. A. J. Johnson, of the East Side Baptist Church, conducted the services.
  Mrs. Smallwood died at 1 o'clock Monday morning after an illness of eight days with pneumonia. She was 45 years of age and had been a resident here twenty-eight years. Mrs. Smallwood with her family lived at 217 Clinton street.

May 3, 1920
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. B. B. Wimberly, age 68 years, died last night at her home near Jeffersonville. Besides her husband, she is survived by two sons, B. F. and R. J.  Wimberly.
  Mrs. Wimberley had been in poor health for five years. She was a member of the Baptist Church at Jeffersonville.
  The funeral will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the family home in Jeffersonville, the service to be in charge of Rev. Mr. Anderson, pastor of the church of which she was a member.

June 12, 1920
Macon Telegraph
Hawkinsville, June 11 - Mrs. A. B. Coombs, wife of the late A. B. Coombs, who was a planter near Jeffersonville up to the time of his death last November, passed away here this evening at 7:30 o'clock. The funeral will be held from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Paul Shehee on Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. Burial will be at Cochran about 10 a.m.

August 4, 1920
Macon Telegraph
  Funeral services for Eli Cranford occurred yesterday afternoon at his home at Paynes Mill at 4 o'clock.
 Mr. Cranford was 74 years of age and had lived here almost twelve years, coming to Macon from Twiggs county, where he was engaged in farming. He is survived by five sons and five daughters.

September 12, 1920
Macon Telegraph
NEWBY - Died in Twiggs County, Sept. 11, 1920, Mrs. H. H. Newby, age 67 years. The funeral services will be from the residence, 720 Broad street, this city, (Sunday) afternoon at 4 o'clock,  Rev. O. G. Ernest officiating, assisted by Rev. A. J. Johnson. Interment Riverside Cemetery. Friends are invited.

September 20, 1920
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
4-YEAR OLD BOY KILLS BROTHER. Foster Alley Accidentally Shot and Killed Georgia Sunday Afternoon. USED REVOLVER TO AMUSE THE BABY. The Alley Family Are Well Known Throughout Twiggs County and Resides Some 10 Miles from Cochran
Macon, Ga., Sept 20 - Foster Alley, four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roff Alley, of Twiggs county, accidentally shot and killed his eight-months-old brother, Georgia, Sunday afternoon shortly after 5 o'clock.
  According to the details of the affair just reaching Macon, Mr. and Mrs. Alley left the house for a few minutes, leaving the four-year-old boy to amuse his younger brother. The latter began to cry shortly and the elder boy climbed upon a bed, secured his father's revolver and with this as a plaything, attempted to amuse the baby. The revolver was discharged, the bullet entering Georgia Fosters' left chest, piercing the lung and causing almost instant death.
  The Alley family, who live some 10 miles from Cochran, are well known throughout Twiggs county.

September 20, 1920
Atlanta Constitution
PARTING OF CABLE RESULTS IN DEATH OF ISHAM ANDREWS
Macon, Ga., September 23 (Special) Isham Andrews, aged 36 years, a nephew of Judge J. B. Andrews, of Macon, was instantly killed today when stuck by a cable at the plant of the John Sant Sons Mining company, at Dry Branch.
  Andrews was supervising the pulling of a post when the cable parted and struck him with great force. His arm was broken and his head was crushed.
   Besides his wife, he leaves three children and one sister Mrs. Isham Smith, of Slocum. The body was brought to Macon.

November 4, 1920
Macon Telegraph
    ~excerpts~ The most important social function of the season in Danville was the wedding on Thursday evening of Miss Anne Curleton Chapman, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. G. E. Chapman, and Mr. Ramsey Emmett Snell of Murfreesboro, Tenn....
  The wedding was solemnized in the Danville Baptist Church on Thursday evening, November 4, Rev. B. D. Ragsdale of Macon, officiating....
  Ruth Chapman, ...sister of the bride...Katherine Reynolds of Macon, on the violin...Miss Dixie Faust of Macon..played..wedding march,
  ....bridesmaids, Miss Laurie Shannon of Jeffersonville; Miss Cleo Carreker of Molena and Miss Mary Snell sister of the grom...matron of honor, Mrs. B. M. Van Buren of Griswoldville....maid of honor, Miss Lillian Chapman, sister of the bride..flower girls, Hennie Lou Maxwell and Marjorie Dykes....ring bearer Will Faulk...
  groomsmen..George Osborne..best man; Harry Wade..R.C. Connally...Allen Daughtry..Elliot Chapman..
   Dr. and Mrs Chapman and the Misses Chapman were assisted in entertaining by..Mrs. O. T. Chapman..Misses Helen Hill, Dixie Faust..Pearl and Marie Dykes..Helen Daughtry.
  ..out-of-town guests..Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Shealey, Mrs. O. W. Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. White, Mrs J. E. Yates..Mrs J. J. Yates, Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Chapman, Mr and Mrs S. E. Jones, Mrs. Robert Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. James Shannon, Mr. and Mrs Will Shannon, Mr. and Mrs. W, H. McCrary..., Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Thompson...Mr. and Mrs. J. P., Dykes...Mr. B. M. van Buren...

October 20, 1920
Macon Daily Telegraph
  News reached Macon yesterday afternoon announcing the death of Mrs. Cornelia Gertrude Balkcom, whose death occurred at Alto yesterday morning at 6:30 o'clock. Mrs. Balkcom has been ill one year and her death came not unexpectedly. She was 51 years of age and was born in Twiggs county. Surviving are her husband, W. S. Balkcom, two sons and three daughters, Leonard C., Harry, Mrs.
B. W. Ward and Miss Beulah Balkcom, all of Macon, and Mrs. Essie Rayle of Greesboro, N.C. The body will reach Macon sometime Saturday night and the funeral arrangements will be announced later.
 

December 13, 1920
Macon Daily Telegraph
G. J. Lindsey
Jeffersonville, Ga., Dec. 12- G. J. Lindsey, one of the oldest citizens of this city, died Sunday morning, December 12, at 7 o'clock, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. F. Slappey, after an illness of several weeks. Mr. Lindsey was a native of Irwinton. Wilkinson county, and had moved here only about two years ago. He had been in declining health for several years. Mr. Lindsey for many years had been a member and a deacon in the Baptist church at Irwinton.
   Besides his widow, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. D. Taylor, of Vienna, Ga., and Mrs. W. F. Slappey, of this place.
   Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist church here Monday morning and will be conducted by Dr. C. L. Nease, pastor of the Methodist church at this place.

December 30, 1920
Macon Weekly Telegraph
BURNS PROVE FATAL TO MAN
W. B. Campbell, of Near Jeffersonville, Passes Away.
W. B. Campbell, 29 years old, of near Jeffersonville, who was burned on Christmas night when he fell asleep beside a fire he had built near the public road, died at the Macon Hospital yesterday morning. When brought to the hospital early yesterday morning, the attending physician held out no hope for his recovery as the burns covered the entire body, the face hardly being recognizable.
  The body is at Hart's Undertaking Parlors pending instructions from relatives of the dead man, none of whom had been located late last night.

February 21, 1921
Macon Telegraph
Monroe Bullard, aged 63, died at 9 o'clock last night after a short illness at the residence of his son, No. 813 Courtland avenue.
  Mr. Bullard came here from Twiggs county about six months ago to make his home with his son. He is survived by one son, C. M. Bullard.
  The body will be taken to Cochran today at 12:10 o'clock where the funeral and interment will take place at the family lot.

April 7, 1921
Macon Telegraph
  News was received in Macon last night of the death yesterday afternoon of Mrs. Allie Tharpe Durkee at St. Joseph's hospital in New York. The body will arrive in the city Friday afternoon when funeral arrangements will be announced.
  The deceased had been ill for only two weeks. She was carried to the New York hospital last Tuesday. Her condition took a change for the worse Monday and Mrs. James Yates, a sister, left Tuesday to be at her beside but arrived an hour after her death.
  Besides her husband Mrs. Durkee is survived by her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. G. W.Tharpe of Dry Branch; four brothers, W. T., O. R., A. E. and G. H., all of Macon; and two sisters, Mrs. James Yates and Miss Bessie Tharpe of Macon.

April 14, 1921
Macon Telegraph
VETERAN OF DIXIE DEAD
Henry Durden, a Confederate Veteran, who would have celebrated his ninetieth birthday Friday, died at the home of his son, R. C. Durden, at Franklinton yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. He was born in Twiggs county, but was one of the oldest residents of this county, having resided here for more than sixty years.
   Mr. Durden had been a member of the R. A. Smith Camp of Confederate veterans in this city for many years. He had been in ill health for some time. He was a member of the Swift Creek Methodist church.
  The funeral will be at Hart's chapel at 4:30 o'clock (Macon time) this afternoon and the R. A. Smith Camp of Confederate  Veterans requests that its members attend the service.
   Five sons and four daughters survive Mr. Durden, H. T., J. J., R. C., H. D., and F. J., Durden and Mrs. J. P. Day, Mrs. J. M. Day, Mrs. B. F. McKinney and Mrs. G. W. Oxley.
   Rev. G. W. Tharpe will conduct the funeral service this afternoon. Interment will be in Riverside cemetery.

May 13, 1921
Macon Telegraph
MRS. H. L. GRIFFIN
  Mrs. Fannie Griffin, widow of H. L. Griffin, died at her residence, 325 Clinton street, Wednesday at midnight after an illness of only a few minutes. Mrs. Griffin was 64 years of age and was born in Twiggs county. She moved to this city with her family thirty years ago. She was the mother of four daughters and five sons, who are: Mrs. W. L. Allen, Mrs. I. A. Pruett, Mrs. J. L. Burns, Mrs. Pearl Bowies, and W. L., R. M., H. M., J. A. and H. L. Griffin; also three brothers survive, R. T., J. R. and W. H. Myrick.
  Mrs. Griffin was the daughter of the late Richard T. Myrick, who was a veteran of the Civil War, and a native of Virginia. The deceased was a devoted member of the Baptist church. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from Antioch church, Rev. G. W. Tharpe, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the Antioch cemetery. A brief service will be conducted at the residence at 2:30 before leaving for the funeral at Antioch, by Rev. C. G. Earnest.

July 23, 1921
Macon Telegraph
  The funeral of J. B. Andrews, who died Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, was held from the residene, 163 Second street, Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. G. W. Tharpe, of Dry Branch, and Rev. J. B. Phillips officiated. Interment was in Riverside cemetery. The following served as pallbearers: W. S. Simmons, T, H. Williams, W. E. Hamlin, M. F. Leverett and A. H. Stephens.

July 31, 1921
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Ida J. Barnes, aged 63 years died at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her residence, Dry Branch. Besides her husband, John  Barnes, she is survived by one son, W. J. Barnes, and two daughters, Mrs. Mattie May Sapp and Mrs. Cleaone Lyles, all of Dry Branch. The funeral will take place at 4 o'clock this afternoon at Hinson Cemetery, the service to be conducted by Rev. G. W. Tharpe. Interment will be in Hinson Cemetery.

August 12, 1921
The Macon Daily Telegraph
DUEL IS FATAL. W. T. Webb Killed By His Father Near Danville, Ga.
  Danville, GA, Aug. 11 -W. T. Webb, 35, is dead as a result of a family row at the home of A. G. Webb, three miles from Danville, last night. Webb, the deceased, enraged over a watch, rushed to a neighbor's house and borrowed a shot gun and returning to his father's house fired at members of the family. It is alleged, inflicting a slight flesh wound in a brother. The father, A. G. Webb, grabbed a gun and fired at W. T. Webb and killed him instantly.

August 20, 1921
The Macon Daily Telegraph
EMMETT J. SANDERS.
  Notification from the War Department has received by the relatives of the late Corporal Emmett J. Sanders that the body will arrive in New York about August 25 and will be shipped to Jeffersonville, his old home. The funeral and interment will take place there.
  Corporal Sanders was a member of Company A., 307th Ammunition Train, of the 82nd Division, and died while in France from illness October 2, 1918. He was well known in Macon and Twiggs county, and before entering the service he was employed in Macon as an automobile mechanic. Corporal Sanders is survived by his mother and the following sisters: A. H. Sanders and Miss Isoline Sanders, of Macon, W. G. and G. T. Bridges and Mrs. E. P. Rapp, of Jeffersonville, and Miss Nellie Sanders, of Baltimore.

August 25, 1921
Macon Telegraph
 NEGRO'S MAIMED BODY IS FOUND. Dawson and Renfore Are Lodged In Twiggs County Jail. HEAD IS ALMOST CUT OFF. Two Blood-Stained Axes Discovered at Murder Scene. The body of John Floyd, negro, missing since Sunday morning from the Fowler-McCann Lumber Company near Adams Park in Twiggs county, was found at noon yesterday with the head practically cut off by two axes and a coroner's jury, which investigated the killing, ordered Will Dawson and William Renfore held for murder. The blood-stained axes were found at the scene of the killing.
  A warrant was immediately sworn out by Coroner C. W. Libbey, who investigated the killing, and Sheriff Griffin lodged the two prisoners in the Twiggs county jail at Jeffersonville.
   The body of the negro was found in a swamp back of the house where the employes of the lumber company were fed. He is said to have been run away from the house by the two negroes who are now in jail charged with the crime.
  It was a brutal crime, according to those who saw the body before it was prepared for burial. The head was cut into pieces and practically severed from the body.
  Dawson is said to have confessed, but gave no reason for the crime.

August 25, 1921
The Atlanta Constitution
JOHNSTON - The remains of Mr. Thomas F. Johnston, who died suddenly from an accidental pistol wound, will be taken Thursday morning, August 25, 1921, at  5 o'clock, to Bullards, Ga., for funeral services and interment. Barclay & Brandon Co., morticians.

October 24, 1921
Macon Telegraph
Fitzpatrick, Ga., Oct. 23 - Eva Rosalyn McGee, two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. McGeee, died at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the family home near here. The child had been ill only one day, death being caused by membranous croup. One brother,
D. S., Jr., and one sister, Elnora, survive, also a grandfather, L. W. Wood of Fitzpatrick.
  The funeral will be held at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at the residence, the service to be conducted by Rev. Yancey Hicks, of Roberta. Interment will be at Fitzpatrick.

October 29, 1921
The Macon Daily Telegraph
TRADE BODY IS ORGANIZED. Jeffersonville Now Has a Chamber of Commerce Officers Named.
Jeffersonville, Ga. Oct 28 - At a meeting of representative business men, farmers and professional men of this place and county, the Jeffersonville Chamber of Commerce was organized here tonight. James H. Shannon, of this city, was elected president.
  Other officers named are: Baker R. Jones, vice-president and W. E. Hoyle, secretary.
 It was announced that Secretary N. G. Bartlett of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, would appear before the new organization here on November 7, to deliver an address on the functioning of a Chamber of Commerce. The local body will meet every Monday night, it is announced.

December 9, 1921
Macon Weekly Telegraph
JEFFERSONVILLE JUDGE IS SUMMONED BY DEATH
L. D. Shannon, Who Presided Over City Court for Years and Served in State Senate, Passes Away.
Judge L. D. Shannon, of Jeffersonville, who for years presided over the City Court of his home city, and who served in the  Georgia Senate, died yesterday morning at 7:30 o'clock. He was 63 years old.
  Judge Shannon was a native of Missouri, where for years his father James Shannon, was president of the State University. Judge Shannon was one of the best known residents of Twiggs county. His brothre, J. C. Shannon, also is widely known.
  Judge Shannon's wife was Miss Maud Kimball Wood before her marriage.
   The funeral will be held this morning at 11 o'clock at Faulk cemetery. Rev. Mr. Niece and Rev. Mr. Nicholson officiating.

December 16, 1921
Macon Telegraph
  Mrs. Mattie E. Pickle died at the home of her brother, Dr. A. J. Wood, at Fitzpatrick, Ga., at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
  Mrs. Pickle was ill three days. She was in her seventy-ninth year and had lived in Twiggs county all her life. She was the widow of Joel Pickle. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist church, and was well known.
  Surviving are three brothers and two sisters, Dr. A. J., J. T., and I. W. Wood, and Mrs. Mary Mercer and Mrs. Ella Floyd, all of Fitzpatrick. Funeral services will be from the grave in the Wood cemetery this (Friday) afternoon at 3 o'clock, Dr. J. C. Solomon, and Rev. Harry Northington, of Macon, officiating.

December 18, 1921
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Maudie Andrews died Saturday at 4:20 o'clock after an illness of one week. General debility was the cause of her death. She was born in Sumter county, December 17, 1834, and died on her birthday at the age of  86 years.
  Mrs. Andrews lived near this city on the Marion Road and had lived in Bibb county practically all of her life. Surviving are one son, George L. Andrews, of Macon; two daughters, Mrs. W. H. Andrews and Mrs. J. H. Bond, of Dry Branch; also forty-nine grandchildren and one great grandchild. She was an active member of the Stone Creek church and leaves many friends to deplore her death, besides a large family. She was the widow of W. A. Andrews. Funeral services will be from the grave in the Andrews cemetery this (Sunday) afternoon at 8 o'clock, Rev. G. W. Tharpe officiating.

March 29, 1922
The Macon Daily Telegraph
  Miss Clifford Valentine died Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock at her home 21 Holt avenue, after an illness of several months. Miss Valentine was born in Wilkinson county and moved to Macon 23 years ago. Surviving are four sisters and a brother, Miss Maggie Valentine, Mrs. P. M. Addleton, Mrs. J. H. Wise, Mrs. W. T. Hendley and C. R. Valentine, all of Macon; also several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be from the residence, 21 Holt avenue, today (Wednesday) at 12:30 o'clock, Rev. J. T. Collins officiating. Interment will be in the family lot in Liberty Hill church in Twiggs county.

April 16, 1922
The Macon Daily Telegraph
SCOUT CANCEL IS FORMED.  Jeffersonville Has First Troop In Twelfth District
  A Twelfth District county of Boy Scouts was organized Friday with its first troop in Jeffersonville. The council will have headquarters in Dublin, with W. W. Rivers executive for the fourteen counties comprising the district.
  J. H. Hardy is Scoutmaster for the troop at Jeffersonville and C. L. Neese was organizer.
  Mr. Rivers, was formerly assistant Scout executive in Macon under H. O. Hunter and served as executive during March.

May 8, 1922
Macon Telegraph
Mrs. Lizzie Smith, aged 36 years, of Dry Branch, died at the Macon Hospital at 1:15 o'clock this morning. She was the wife
of J. T. Smith, of Dry Branch, and was admitted as a patient several days ago.

June 30, 1922
Milledgeville News
SMITH-LAMB. A quiet but beautiful wedding of last week was that of Miss Lillian Smith of this city, and Mr. Frank Lamb of Danville, which took place at the home of the bride's uncle, Mr. R. G. Smith on Wednesday evening.
  The impressive ring ceremony was performed by Rev. L. W. Browder.
  The home was beautifully decorated with ferns and quantities of summer flowers. In the living room where the ceremony was performed, and improvised altar was formed of ferns and baskets of Shasta daises tied with tulle.
  The bride worn a becoming suit of midnight blue Poiret twill with hat and other accessories to match and carried a bouquet of brides roses.
  Immediately after the ceremony the bride and groom left for a short wedding trip after which they will make their home in Danville.

July 30, 1922
Macon Telegraph
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Porter, of Danville, Ga., announce the engagement of their daughter, Dora, to Mr. James, Fletcher Hanson, of Macon, the marriage to be solemnized in the early Fall.

November 3, 1922
The Macon Daily Telegraph
   Mrs. O. R. Tharpe, wife of O. R. Tharpe, prominent merchant of East Macon for many years, died at her home, 703 Main Street, at 9:45 o'clock last night, after an illness of several months.
  Mrs. Tharpe was born in Twiggs County of May 6, 1873. She was before her marriage, MissLeVert Robertson, daughter of Captain and Mrs. T. J. Robertson, of that county. She was a member of the East Macon Baptist Church and was well known in the community in which she lived.
  Besides her husband she is survived by one son, O. R. Tharpe, Jr.; and four sisters, Mrs. H. D. Paul, Mrs. W. W. Shepherd and Misses Ione and Hellzel Robertson.
   The funeral will take place at the residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon, Rev. A. J. Johnson officiating. Interment will be in the mausoleum at Riverside Cemetery. The pallbearers will be J. E. Yates, Wilbur W. Shepherd, W. T. Tharpe, C. H. Tharpe, Hansel W. Robertson and Robert Hugh Paul.

November 22, 1922
Macon Weekly Telegraph
  Mrs. Angeline Birdsong, of Twiggs County, died at her home at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mrs. Birdsong was 88 years of age and had lived in Twiggs County all of her life. She was a member of Stone Creek Church. Surviving are one son and one daughter, H. V. and Beckie Birdsong.
  Funeral services will be held from New Haven Church at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Rev. W. D. Dewell officiating. Interment will be in the New Haven Cemetery.

December 9, 1922
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs. Elizabeth Robert Kitchens, 78, wife of J. J. Kitchens, died at their home in Twiggs County at 3 o'clock Friday morning. Mrs. Kitchens was born in Jones County. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Kitchens was ill only a short time. She was active in church work.
  Surviving are her husband, J. J. Kitchens; two daughters and six sons, Mrs. Emma Stewart, of Macon; Mrs. Alice Crosby, of Griswoldville; J. M. of Macon; J. C., T. E., and Claud, of Griswoldville; R. L., of Dry Branch, and H. M., of Bullards.
  The funeral services will be held from Griswoldville today at 12 o'clock, Rev. Harry Northington officiating. Interment will be in the family cemetery.

December 10, 1922
Macon Weekly Telegraph
J. A. Barclay, aged 75 years, died at his home near Bullards yesterday morning at 12:30 o'clock. Mr. Barclay was well known throughout this section having been born and reared near Bullards. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. L. S. Melton, of Bullards. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the residence. Internment was in the family lot.

December 17, 1922
Macon Telegraph
J. W. Hatcher, 35, died at his home at Jeffersonville, at 3 o'clock yesterday morning after an illness of three months. Mr. Hatcher was a farmer. Surviving are his wife, three daughters and one son, also one brother, J. A. McCallum, and two sisters, Mrs. W. W. Wood and Miss Carrie McCallum. Funeral services will be from the residence at 9:30 o'clock this morning, Rev. D. R. Nichelson officiating, and the interment will be in the family cemetery.

August 24, 1923
The Atlanta Constitution
H. B. HUDGINS DIES IN JEFFERSONVILLE
Jefferson, Ga., August 23 (Special) Stricken suddenly with apoplexy, H. B. Hudgins died here late Wednesday night. Mr. Hudgins was sitting on the porch of his home when the fatal stroke came, and died almost instantaneously.
  Mr. Hudgins has been a citizen of Twiggs county for 17 years, coming here from Calhoun, Ga. He was 57 years old, is survived by a daughter, Miss Bessie Hudgins, of Jeffersonville; three half-sisters, Mrs. Tom Skelly, Calhoun; Mrs John Crawford, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mrs. William Redfern, Charlotte, N.C., and one step-daughter, Miss Myrtle Lomax, of Jeffersonville.
  Funeral services were held today with Masonic ceremonies. Rev. C. J. Broome, pastor of the Baptist church here, conducted the services.

November 28, 1924
Atlanta Constitution
YOUNG MAN KILLED WHILE HUNTING AT JEFFERSONVILLE
Jeffersonville, Ga., November 27 (Special) Eugene Sauls was instantly killed while hunting near here this afternoon. The gun discharged when the young man was trying to push a shell out that was hung in the barrel.
      The funeral will be held at Prospect church Friday and the body interred in the cemetery there.