.1900
January 23, 1900
The Union-Recorder
Mr. Will Mansfield, who is employed at the sawmill near Ivey's Station happened to a painful accident this week, getting his foot caught badly cut by the machinery. We hope to see him out soon.

1900
The Union-Recorder
  Mr. Charles H. Babb died at his home in this county last Saturday  morning, after a long illness. His funeral services were
held at Black Spring Sunday morning, conducted by Rev. Mr. Robinson. He was one of Baldwin's prominent farmers, and his
death is regretted by a large circle of friends. He leaves a wife and several children, who have the sympathy of our community.

March 6, 1900
The Union-Recorder
Married: Mr. John B.(E.) Babb and Miss Adah Layfield were united in marriage last Tuesday afternoon at half-past five o'clock at the Baptist parsonage. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. A. Wray in the presence of a few relatives. After the ceremony the happy couple repaired to the home of the groom at Midway where a bounteous feast was enjoyed. Mr. & Mrs. Babb are quite popular with a large circle of friends.

March 30, 1901
The Constitution
John H. Martin was cut to death in his sawmill, near Stevens Pottery, Baldwin County, Saturday morning. He was engaged in sawing lumber, when the piece of timber caught and he was thrown against the saw. His right arm and side were terribly cut, and he suffered great pain for an hour, before death relieved him.

May 20, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
Milledgeville
Miss Snowdrop Gobert and Miss Mabel Kemp, of this city, spent  several days last week in Sparta, Ga.
Miss Corinne Hendrix returned Friday from a visit of some days to relatives and friends in Augusta, Ga., and Columbia S.C.
Miss Ida Richter left this week for a visit to Atlanta, after a visit of some weeks to friends in this city.
Miss Mary Humber is visiting the family of Dr. Joseph B. White, in Washington, D.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lamar and daughter have returned to their home in New York after a visit of some days in this city.
Miss Ethel Chisholm, of Savannah is visiting Miss Martha Robson, in this city
Miss Maud Greene of West Point, is visiting friends in this city.
The Hill Club was entertained by Mrs. Beeson this week in  "a baby party for grown up people." a very unique mode indeed, and one thoroughly enjoyed by every one. The programme was decorated on one side by pen and ink sketches of babies in almost every conceivable position..

June 9, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
YOUNG ROBERTS IS DROWNED.
Son of a Prominent Milledgeville Man Loses His Life.
Milledgeville, Ga., May 17 (Special) Edward R. Roberts was drowned this afternoon at Robinson's natatorium. Roberts could not swim, but had been diving from a springboard into the water at a point where the shallow water shelved quickly into a seven-foot depth. A slip of the foot on the board threw him a few feet further to the right that he expected to go and into water beyond his depth. Mr. W. H. Reynolds, who was in the pond, rushed to his assistance, but was unable to rescue him. Roberts was the eldest son of W. H. Roberts, of this city. Mr. E. R. Roberts was about a month ago secretly married to a Miss Griffin, of Eatonton, Ga., and the marriage has as yet never been made public. The young wife at the time of the accident was with her relatives in Atlanta, Ga.
(note: natarorium is a swimming pool)

June 15, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
CAPT. W. A. WILLIAMS DEAD
He Died Yesterday Morning in Knoxville
WAS ON VISIT TO HIS SON
Interment at Milledgeville Today.
Was Captain in First Georgia Regiment, Confederate Army.
   Captain W. A. Williams, an ex-officer in the confederate army and a well known citizen of Atlanta, died yesterday morning in Knoxville, Tenn. at the home of his son, P. J. Williams. Captain Williams's residence in Atlanta is at 406 Spring street.
    Captain Williams left Atlanta a few days ago to visit his son in Knoxville. While there he was taken ill, and yesterday morning, a telegram was received announcing his death.
  Two or three days ago, when the doctors gave up all hope of his recovery, his sons and daughters were summoned and reached his bedside before he died.
  Captain Williams's body was shipped to Milledgeville last night and will pass through Atlanta at 5:30 o'clock this morning. The body will be interred in the family burying grounds at Milledgeville this afternoon.
   Captain Williams was a captain in the First Georgia regiment, confederate army. He was prominent in Georgia and Alabama and had hundreds of friends in both states to whom his death will be a personal loss.

July 25, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
Macon, Ga., July 24 (Special) The remains of Mr. Asa Favors reached Macon tonight from Palatka, Fla., and will be sent to Milledgeville tomorrow for interment. He was an engineer on the Georgia Southern and  Florida railway. Mrs. T. J. Bishop, of Macon, was his sister in law.

Sept. 23, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
Popular Young Lady Died at her Home in West End Yesterday Afternoon
 Miss Juvernia White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver T. White, died yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the residence of her parents, 302 Lee Street, after a protracted illness of several weeks with typhoid fever.  Beloved by all who knew her, possessing a rare grace of manner, intellectual, beautiful, a devoted Christian, she passed away just as she had entered womanhood. Her sweet and cheery disposition shed sunshine into every company into which she was thrown, and many an eye will be dimmed this morning with tears of sincere grief ant the announcement of her death. She was a devout member of the Episcopal church and her works of charity and love will be most gratefully remembered.  Miss White leaves, besides her parents, three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. George Stallings and Miss Rose White, of Detroit, Mich.: Miss Alice White, Dr. Mark J. White, a surgeon in the United States Marine hospital service, now stationed at San Francisco, and Oliver T. White, Jr. She was the niece of Colonel Malcolm Johnston, of Atlanta; Dr. Mark Johnston, of Milledgeville, and Mrs. Howard Crumley, of Atlanta.  The funeral arrangements will be announced later.
(submitted by Paula Girouard )

 Sept. 25, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
Funeral Notices
 WHITE-The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver T. White,Mr. Malcolm Johnston, Dr. Mark Johnston  and Mrs. Howard Crumley are invited to attend the funeral of Miss Luvenia White, from the  Church of the Incarnation, Lee Street, this Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. Pallbearers;   Vestry men of the church. Interment Laurel Hill, Westview Cemetery.
(submitted by Paula Girouard )

February 15, 1902
August Chronicle
REWARD OFFERED
Of $150 for Baldwin County Barn Burners
(By Special Service to The Chronicle)
Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 14. Gov. Candler today offered a reward of $150 for the capture, with proof to convict, of the unknown part or parties who burned the barn and stables of C. L Moran in Baldwin county on the 28th of January last.

August 5, 1902
The Constitution
CAME TOO LATE
        Macon, Ga., Aug. 4 - A United States marshal went to Milledgeville today to serve on Dr. H. D. Allen writ of habeas corpus requiring him to produce in court Saturday at Mount Airy, Mrs. S. P. Shorter, a member of a prominent family in Savannah and explain why he has restrained her liberty at his sanitarium for the past five years. Mrs. Shorter is now in Savannah.

October 30, 1902
The Constitution
HE TOOK LIFE OF HIS BROTHER
Peter Lingold Kills J.P. Lingold in Fight Near Scottsboro.
Milledgeville, Ga., October 29 (Special) "I killed my brother last night and want to surrender." said Peter Lingold, a farmer residing near Scottsboro, this county, today as he walked into the sheriff's office.
   The two brothers were here yesterday and witnessed the circus performance,  after which they drank a great deal and started home, and it was on the way that J.P. Lingold was shot to death by his brother.
  Peter Lingold refused to make any statement; further than that they had quarreled and began shooting at each other, when his shot took effect, killing his brother instantly.

November 2, 1902
The Constitution
"JUST FROM GEORGIA"
One of the Faithful
    The Press has already mentioned the fact that Hon. F. G. duBignon is having a small memorial stone prepared for the grave of his old nurse, who died on the duBignon homestead two years ago. The  stone, a plain granite block, contains the name of the old woman, Hester Ann Buffington, the dates of her birth and death, and the words. "Our Mammy." and "Faithful to the End."
    Mr duBignon, in speaking of the old negro this morning, said that she died two years ago in the 92nd year of her age, and that she had not only nursed his mother in infancy, but has also nursed him and his oldest child. She was, he said, one of the most faithful characters he ever knew, and the fact  that a suitable granite block was to mark the last resting place of the devoted salve and servant met with the approval of not only the entire members of his family; but also all those who had known the faithful old "Mammy,". The stone will be forwarded to Milledgeville in the course of the next day or two. Savannah Press.
(See cemetery.)

December 7, 1902
The Constitution
Milledgeville, Ga. December 6 - (Special Correspondence) The home of Mr. A.N. Bass, on East Hancock street, was the scene of a very pretty wedding last Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, when Mr. L. C. Wall and Miss Emmie Bass were united in marriage. The home was a scene of beauty, decorated with handsome ferns, palms, smilax, and cut flowers. The bride never looked lovelier than on this occasion. She is one of the most popular young ladies in Milledgeville, and has a host of friends. The groom is also very popular, and has been connected with the Milledgeville Telephone Company for several years. The ceremony was performed most impressively by Rev. J. A. Wray, of the First Baptist church.

December 18, 1902
The Atlanta Constitution

Milledgeville, Ga. December 17. (Special) Judge Rufus W. Roberts died today at his home here after a six weeks' illness with typhoid fever. He was one of Milledgeville's most useful citizens.
  Colonel Roberts was judge of the city court of Milledgeville and a practicing attorney in the various cities of Georgia. He was appointed city judge by Governor Atkinson and reappointed by Governor
Candler. He was senator from the twentieth district in 1894 and at the time of death was chairman of the democratic executive committee of the sixth congressional district.
  He was only in his early forties, just beginning to reap bountifully the successes of a well ordered life. Coming to Milledgeville from North Carolina when quite a young lawyer, he here married Miss Marwood Herty, daughter of Captain Charles Herty, of the famous Baldwin Blues. He leaves her and five children.
  He was not only a gentle and devoted husband and father, but also a citizen beloved by every man, woman and child in the whole community. Quiet, unostentatious, yet possessed of wonderful common sense and great reserve force, he made and held friends; was always on the side of right, strictly virtuous and amiable in conduct, with piety to God and fidelity to every trust.
   Judge Roberts was a leading member of the Episcopal church and of nearly every order of Masons in the United States. His funeral was conducted by Rector Lanier, and the Masons, and was attended by nearly the whole of Milledgeville. He goes to the bar of divine and unbiased justice with no suspicion of his blemish on his robe.

September 28, 1903
Augusta Chronicle
NEGRO DOCTOR SIGNS FEE BILL
The Fact That White Doctors Asked Him in Milledgeville to Do So is Creating Mild Sensation.
Milledgeville, Ga. Sept. 27 (Special) The new schedule of prices promulgated by the physicians of Milledgeville shows the name of B. J. Simmons, the local colored physician, who has practiced here since 1897.
  The action of the milledgeville physicians in asking Simmons to sign the new schedule with them has occasioned no little talk here. It is regarded as an admission of his ability and a high tribute to him.
The new schedule means a practice of doubling of all prices, but this has almost been lost sight of in the sensation that was sprung when Simmons' name was seen on the schedule. Simmons was born in Laurens county in 1870. He educated himself attending various schools in Georgia and being graduated from Mehany Medical college in Nashville.
  When asked concerning the matter Dr. Simmons said"
   "The card as published in the paper was prepared during my absence in Macon. It was presented to me on my return and the ethics of the profession made it necessary that I should sign it. There is no other negro physician in this community and I often have to call on the white physicians to help me in attending cases, particularly when operations are necessary. It would not be to my interest to go contrary to the wishes of the white physicians, and besides, I an in favor of higher fees."
 While this explains Dr. Simmons' position, it does not make clear why he was asked to sign the fee bill, as he practices entirely among his own people. he is not regarded as a "quack", but as being well up in his profession and could doubtless make a good living with his present knowledge if he was a white man and had to compete with white physicians. As it is, be, of course, has a strong claim on his own people and is doing well.

September 29, 1903
Atlanta Constitution
FINISHED BRIDGE DESPITE COURTS
    Gang of Men Complete Work Over Injunction
Putnam and Baldwin Counties Now Joined by Bridge Over Little River
- Building of Bridge Was Fought by Ferry Owners
Milledgeville, Ga, September 26 (Special) The bridge over Little river between Baldwin and Putnam counties has been built and a party crossed on it late this evening despite opposition and the orders of the courts.
  For weeks the interest of this city has  been centered on the building of this bridge across the river at a point know as Gage's Ford.
  Two grand juries recommended the building of this bridge, Milledgeville merchants have been anxious for it and a large number of people in that section of Putnam have desired it for years, as Milledgeville is their natural market.
  But the condition of the river often makes it impossible to cross and Milledgeville can only then be reached by going many miles out of the way.
  The county commissioners tired to build the bridge some weeks ago, but the Humber heirs, who own a ferry some 2 miles above this point, filed a bill of injunction  and the commissioners were prevented from completing the work of order of Judge Lewis, who sustained the point that as the bridge was not being erected on one of the public roads of the county, the commissioners could not build it until the road was first made a public road.
  The citizens of Milledgeville were not to be disappointed, so the board of trade took the matter up and put the building of the bridge, or its completion, in the hands of two private citizens.
  Men Who Did Work Unknown
  A squad of hands was again put to work and when the bridge was in a day of completion the parties in charge were again enjoined by the Humber heirs. Judge Lewis setting the hearing at Monticello next Thursday.
  The last bill of injunction was against P. J. Cline, chairman of the board of trade; J. C. Whitaker, Ed Barnes and the county commissioners.
  These gentlemen had agreed to purchase the timber that had been cut by the county commissioners and proceed with the bridge, but when they were enjoined they abandoned the work.
  Now news reaches this city tonight that forty men have been at work on that bridge since daylight and that it was completed this evening.
  No one seems to know who was in charge, but all are delighted that it was completed.

October 1, 1903
Atlanta Constitution
Young Ladies Destroy County River Bridge
Milledgeville, Ga. September 30 (Special) The joy of the business men of Milledgeville over the completion of the bridge across Little River by a mysterious gang of bridge builders was today turned into consternation by the report that Messrs. Hines and Vinson, attorneys of this place (Mr. Hines also being ordinary of the county), had with their own hands and with the assistance of the Misses Humber, two young ladies of this city, and, after they had commenced the work, by the help of a hired man, cut the bridge into, letting one of the middle spans fall into the river.
  The rumor was verified by your correspondent who immediately drove to the ford, about 8 miles north of Milledgeville. He met Messrs. Hines and Vinson and tried to get their pictures, but was prevented by the gentlemen putting their hat in front of their faces and whipping up the team.
  They were asked if they were under arrest, but said no, but they would be as soon as they returned to the city.
    It was supposed the sheriff had already served them with a warrant, but he met them at the city limits. They were immediately released on a $50 bond.
  The warrant is against E. R. Hines, Carl Vinson, Miss Lula (Leila) Humber and Miss Mary Humber, and they are charged with a felony in breaking down and destroying a bridge. The warrant is signed by R. L. Watt.
  An Injunction Was Ignored
  An injunction had been taken out by the Humber heirs against the county commissioners to prevent their building the bridge.
  The injunction was granted on the 25th and was ignored and it is claimed that the bridge was built by force and that the same had to be taken down by force.
  It is stated that tomorrow over twenty five of the leading business men of Milledgeville, members of the board of trade and also the county commissioners, men who, it is claimed, directly or indirectly were instrumental in the construction of the bridge, will be served with papers to show cause why they are not in contempt.
  No one tried to protect the bridge, because this is a bridge without an owner.  As fast as one set of men were enjoined an entirely different act took the work up. The bridge will no doubt be rebuilt tonight.
  The Misses Humber are the daughters of Colonel Robert Humber, who for many years was steward at the state sanitarium and who represented his county (at that time Putnam) in the house and senate. They are people of determination and it is thought the young attorneys were spurred on by gallantry to cut the bridge when they saw the young ladies attempting the work as the hired help refused.
  The Humbers base their claim of a deed for water rights given in 1860 by William Sanford, which at that time owned the land on both sides of the river and for which $300 (?) was paid.
  It is claimed that they will fight the case to the bitter end. One of their attorneys. mr. Vinson, expects to leave for Mr. Airy tomorrow with a bill of injunction to be presented to the chancellor in the court of equity for this district, praying that an injunction be granted, as Dr. Joe White, on the of parties interested, lives in the state of New York.

October 2, 1903
Atlanta Constitution
The bridge over Little river, near Milledgeville, that was cut by the Misses Humber, has been repaired and all warrants against the parties withdrawn.

October 3, 1903
Atlanta Constitution
COURT DECIDES BRIDGE STANDS
AT LEAST UNTIL FINAL HEARING AT MILLEDGEVILLE NEXT JANUARY
Action of Judge Lewis, at Monticello, Highly Commended by Citizens of Baldwin County - As to the Charge of Contempt in the Case
Milledgeville, Ga., October 2 - (Special) The action of Judge Lewis last night in chambers at Monticello in allowing that the bridge could be restored as it was prior to the cutting, and in setting the final hearing for January and at Milledgeville, rather than in some adjoining county, came as balm on an irritated sore, and is heartily commended by our citizens.
  It would have been a great hardship to have caused a large number of our leading business men to attend court in some adjoining county in a feeble claim that they were in contempt. It is not believed here that any one is in contempt, as the county commissioners stopped work when they were enjoined and disposed of the timber.
  The gentlemen who were next enjoined had disposed of their interest prior to the time that any injunction had been served.
  It is stated that Judge Lewis said that he had already expressed the opinion that the Humbers had no claims that had been infringed upon. The very best solution of the question at this time was to let the bridge be used (it was already rebuilt) and give all parties time to cool down.
  The dispatches in this morning's papers made me say the warrants had been withdrawn. That is a mistake. The sentence was written as follows"
  "Yet it is safe to say the vast majority of our people would be delighted to have the bridge stand, the warrants against all parties withdrawn, and the matter settle."
    The defendants were anxious for the hearing, but the case was postponed on presentation of physician's certificates as to the health of Attorneys Hines and Allen. who were to represent the plaintiffs.
 Discussed in Putnam County
Eatonton, Ga. October 2 - (Special) Putnam county is watching with considerable interest the legal fight that is now on in her sister county, Baldwin, touching the bridge that certain parties are making such strenuous efforts to project across Little river, thus joining this county with Baldwin, and which the Misses Humber, with their attorneys, are determined, if possible, to prevent as evidenced by their forcibly cutting the bridge in twain after it had been clandestinely completed in the face of an injunction sworn out by them.
  On this subject hangs a tale that somewhat concerns Putnam. The bridge is the result of a scheme on the part of Baldwin county to induce trade from the lower part of this county to go to Milledgeville. For some time Milledgeville has been bidding for cotton from this and adjoining counties by offering cash premiums for every bale carried there from other counties. No one, of course, has censured her for this; on the contrary, her enterprising spirit has been admired.
  So determined has she been to build up her business interest in this direction that through its attorney some time since the board of commissioners of that county petitioned the commissioners of this county to join with them in the building of this bridge. The proposition on its face meant nothing more nor nothing less than a a request to Putnam to help open up a way for Putnam people living in that part of the county to carry their cotton to market. This petition the commissioners of this county turned down, because they deemed it of no general public utility.
  Another trouble then confronted this county. There seems to be a law by which one county in constructing a bridge across a dividing stream to a second county without help from the second can force the second to pay half the expense. To avoid this dilemma, the commissioners of this county secured in writing a statement from the commissioners of Baldwin, in which that county's right under this law is waived; and that waiver stands today recorded on the minutes of our commissioners.
  The suits, arrests, and other entanglements that have grown out of this bridge business are the result of legal steps taken by the Humber heirs to protect their purchased right of several years standing, and not of any action taken by this county, officially or otherwise, to prevent the construction of said bridge.

Oct 4, 1903
The Augusta Chronicle
Mrs. Fannie (Babb) Sibert has returned from an extended visit to relatives in Macon and Milledgeville.

January 30, 1904
Atlanta Constitution
LEG CUT OFF BY CAR WHEELS
Pink Bloodworth Falls Beneath Central Train at Steven's Pottery
Milledgeville, Ga. January 29 (Special) The northbound passenger train on the Central of Georgia railway from Machine to Eaton ton ran over Pink Blood worth, of this county, last night, cutting off one of his legs.
  The train left Gorton without a conductor and ran by Ivies Station, the place where Mr. Blood worth was to get off.
  On reaching Steven's Pottery the train crew discovered there was no conductor on board and started back to Gorton.
Mr. Blood worth states he got off the train to find out the reason they ran by Ivies and as the train started back he went to get on and slipped under the train, the wheels passing over him.

February 14, 1904
Augusta Chronicle
Mrs. F. L. Sibert of Milledgeville, Ga.  is visiting friends in the city.

March 8, 1904
Atlanta Constitution
MOTHER OFFERS LIFE FOR SON
Mrs. E. B. Collier died Yesterday at Her Home, 247 Oakland Avenue
   Two weeks ago her son Thomas Collier, 17 years old was taken ill with pneumonia. Knowing the serious nature of the disease which afflicted her son, the mother prayed that if any or the family must die, that she should be the one chosen instead of her son.
  Monday morning Mrs. Collier was taken ill, and she stated that her death would occur in six days. Saturday afternoon, the sixth day of her illness, she died at 3:40 o'clock.
  The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Woodwind Avenue Baptist church, the Rev. Mr. Advise, the pastor of the church, officiating. The body was taken to Milledgeville yesterday for interment.
  Mrs. Collier leaves a husband and six children. Thomas Collier, the young boy, for whose recovery the mother had offered her life, is still in a serious condition, and only the most careful nursing will save his life.

March 19, 1904
The Macon Telegraph
Dr. W. R. Robinson. (Robison)
Milledgeville, Ga. March 18 - Dr. W. R. Robinson died suddenly this evening at 7 o'clock from apoplexy. He was one of the most prominent and popular physicians in this section and his death has cast a gloom over the whole community. He is survived by a widow, who has the sympathy of hosts of relatives and friends.

April 28, 1904
Atlanta Constitution
John Wesley Price, Jr., of Milledgeville died this morning in the city hospital after a short illness, aged 53 years. He had been ill at his home in Milledgeville and a few days ago it was decided to bring him to the hospital. There the surgeons decided an operation was necessary, and it was performed. He never regained consciousness. Mr. Price was an engineer on the Central road and was well known in railroad circles. He is survived by his wife and one son and his mother and father. The remains were shipped to Milledgeville this afternoon where the funeral and interment will take place.

May 10, 1904
Atlanta Constitution
Governor Offers Reward
A reward of $100 for the unknown person who set fire to and burned the barn and contents belonging to Peter Williamson, in Baldwin county. Several horses and other animals were destroyed in this fire.

June 12, 1904
Atlanta Constitution
  Mrs. L. C. Manley spent last week at here old home at Stevens Pottery, where she was called by the sad news of the death of her young sister, Miss Pearl Stevens, last Monday.

June 26, 1904
Atlanta Constitution
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN DIES IN MILLEDGEVILLE
Milledgeville, June 25 (Special)Dr. R. T. Dozier, a very prominent physician and Mason, died last night after a short illness. Dr. Dozier came here some years ago to accept the position of physician at the state prison farm. He resigned later and entered the practice of medicine in Milledgeville. He leaves a wife and several children. He was greatly esteemed and loved by all our people.
  The funeral will be held Sunday morning at nine o'clock. He was a Mason of high standing and will buried with Masonic honors.

August 11, 1904
Augusta Chronicle
PLEASANT ENTERTAINMENT LAST THURSDAY EVENING
Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Stinebeck entertained last Thursday evening in honor of Mrs. F. L. Sibert of Milledgeville. During the evening delicious refreshments were served and the guests passed a delightful evening which will long be remembered. Mr. F. L. Sibert, Miss Ida Jones, Miss Kate Jones, Miss Carrie Belle Taliaferro; Mr. George Babb, Mr. Paul Pritchard, Mr. Edward Bryson and Mr. Ernest Walker.

September 20, 1904
Atlanta Constitution
NEGRO PREACHERS SCORE LAWLESSNESS
They Investigate the Rumors Afloat in Regard to Day Clubs
PLEDGE THEMSELVES TO SUPPORT THE LAW
Milledgeville, Ga., September 19 [Special] The negro preachers of this community have investigated as far as possible the rumors that there was a Before Day Club in this county. The Milledgeville News in an article last week stated that a negro said he knew of the existence of such a club, but that he was afraid to tell anything about it; also that a farmer stated that he had noticed suspicious Negroes going to a certain church in this county and a merchant reported an unusual sale of firearms to the country people.
  The negro preachers held a meeting today and the following card, signed by two of the leading preachers, is the result:
"Our attention has been called to a piece published in The Milledgeville News, dated September 17, relating to an organization known as the Before Day Club in Baldwin county. After reading the piece we at once called the ministers of the city and county together and made a thorough investigation. We found no such order existing, but did find that one of the pastors near Stevens pottery had had some trouble with one of his members and no doubt the report published in The news started from that point. It is our intention to give the white people our cooperation in running all such lawlessness down and uphold the law at all times. Yours very truly,
C. J. JONES
P.E. Milledgeville District;
F. L. FLEMING
P.C. of A.M.E. Church"

October 28, 1904
Atlanta Constitution
Carr-Tigner
   The marriage of Miss Edith Carr and Dr. Ed Tigner, which took place Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock in Milledgeville, was an occasion of interest to a large circle of friends throughout the state.
   The ceremony took place at the Baptist church and was witnessed by a large assemblage of friends of the young couple.
  Miss Elizabeth Jones was maid of honor and Mr. J. H. Tigner, of Atlanta, best man, while the ushers were Mr. Sidney Jones, Mr. Steve Thornton, Mr. Conn Carr and Mr. Cuyler Alfriend.
   The evening before the ceremony the bridal party and a number of guests were entertained at an elegant reception.
   After the ceremony Dr. Tigner and his bride left for an extended trip east.

November 12, 1904
The Macon Telegraph
Death of Mr. J. H. Bateman
Gordon, Ga. Nov. 11 - Mr. J. H. Bateman, a prominent farmer and for four years tax collector for this county, died at Ivey, Ga. yesterday. Mr. Bateman leaves a wife and son and daughter with five brothers. He was a member of Gordon lodge of Masons, and will be buried at Camp Creek, in Baldwin county.

March 8, 1905
Atlanta Constitution
Funeral of Powell West
Milledgeville, Ga., March 7 (Special) The body of Powell West, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. West, and grandson of Dr.
J. O. (T.O.) Powell, reached this city yesterday and was interred here today at 11 o'clock. The funeral exercises were conducted by J. H. Mashburn, of Atlanta, at the state sanitarium, the home of Dr. Powell. Mr. West died quiet suddenly at El Paso, Tex., Tuesday.

July 9, 1905
Atlanta Constitution
Milledgeville, GA
Mr. J. C. Sheffield, of Fitzgerald is visiting his daughter, Mrs. John Day.
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Beeson are at Powder Springs, the guests of Mrs. Beeson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Selman.
Misses Mary Clara and Roberta Hunter are visiting Scarboro and Statesboro.
Miss Jennie Reynolds is in Athens.
Mrs. Edward R. Hines and little sons, Emmett, Womack and Madison, are the guests of Mrs. L. C. Wright on Capitol avenue, Atlanta
Miss Mary Brooks is the guest of a houseparty in Gainesville.
Misses Roberta Jarrett and Clara Lamar are visiting Devereaux.
Mrs. J. D. Howard is at Indian Spring.
Misses O'Nora Ennis and Maybelle Moore are at Columbia college, New York
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Turk have returned from Wilkinson county.
Mrs. J. A Ansley and little daughter, of Americus, are visiting Mrs. Ansley's father, Dr. J. M. Whitaker.
Mrs. Carl Deadwyler and Miss Willie Armstrong are in Atlanta, and will visit Indian Spring
Miss Pauline McKinley is attending the summer school in Athens.
Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Herty and children were here several days last week. From here they went to Atlanta.
Mrs. Dr. Crawford and daughter, of Atlanta, are visiting Mrs. Jacob Caraker.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Hall, Mr. W. H. Hunter and Mrs. L.C. Hall, of Darnelle, Ark, have returned from a trip to New York, Saratoga and other places of interest north.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Whitaker have returned to Atlanta after a visit to Dr. J.M. Whitaker at the sanitarium.
Mr. Frank Miller, visited his parents, Captain and Mrs. A. T. Miller last week.
Miss Mae Myrick is in Macon.
Miss Fletcher Stinson , of Birmingham, Ala., is the guest of Miss Claire Green.
Miss Maggie O'Quinn  has returned from Sandersville accompanied by Miss Carrie Bell Watkins.
Misses Elizabeth and Mary Robson have returned from Sandersville and Tennille.
Dr. and Mrs. T. E. Kidd have returned from their trip north.
Mrs. L.C. Rogers has returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs Will Ray, at Dayton, Ky.
Miss Nana May and Master Woodruff Richter are at Madison.
Mrs. Laura B. Outler of Bartow, Fla., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ennis, in East Baldwin.
Misses Vena Hopkins and Snowdrop Gobert have been visiting Miss Florina Morris at Haddock.
Mrs. S. S. Sweet, of Macon, is here.
Miss Anne Myrick, of Atlanta, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Myrick.
Mrs.  E. A. Cook and Miss Annie Cook have returned from Twiggs county.
Mrs. J. T. Burnley is visiting her daughter in Mayfield, Mrs. L. G. Aldred
Mrs. L. E. Hudson, of LaGrange, has returned  to her home after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Green
Mr. John Wagnon, of Fort Screven, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Lucy P. Wagnon.
Mr. Sam Caraker is visiting his sister, Mrs. A. D. Echols at Lincolnton.
Miss Clyde Buck is in Athens attending the summer school.
Mrs.  W. H. Barron has returned to Round Oak after a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Myrick.
Rev. and Mrs. Leroy A. Brown, of Lanett, Ala., are visiting Mr. and Mrs Warren Edwards, Mrs Brown's parents.
Mrs. George Edwards has returned from a visit north.

July 15, 1905
Atlanta Constitution
Miss Mattie Brooks, Macon, Ga.
Macon, Ga., July 14 (Special)  The death of Miss Mattie Brooks occurred at the family home at the Log Cabin there this afternoon.
  She was 15 years old. The remains will be taken to Milledgeville for interment tomorrow. There will be no funeral at the home on account of the serious illness of a younger sister, who is at death's door suffering from typhoid fever contracted almost at the same time.

July 26, 1905
Atlanta Constitution
Miss Effie Sauls, Macon
Macon, Ga. July 25 (Special) Miss Effie Sauls, the 17 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. D. Sauls, died at home on Hawthorne street this morning  after a short illness. Besides her parents, three sisters, one brother and a large circle of young friends mourn her death. The remains will be taken to Milledgeville and the funeral and interment will occur at that place tomorrow morning.

September 10, 1905
Atlanta Constitution
Milledgeville
Mr. J. E. Stembridge, of our city, and Miss Sarah Walker, of Bonaire, Ga. were united in marriage Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of the bride.
  Wednesday last Mr. Eben N. Reynolds of our city, was united in marriage to Miss Janette Burney , of Irwinton.
  The marriage of Miss Rosalie Atwood of our city, to Mr. Schmidt, of Darien, which occurred on Tuesday evening at 6:30 o'clock, was one of the prettiest home weddings in this town.

September 17, 1905
Atlanta Constitution
    Mrs. Mary Chandler has returned to her home in east Baldwin, after visiting her son in Dublin.
    Miss Mae Ennis was united in marriage to Mr. Oscar O'Quinn last Sunday at the home of the bride's parents, in east Baldwin, Rev. A. S. Avant officiating.
   Mrs. W. H. Beck has returned to her home near Covington. She has been the guest of the family of Mr. H. T Beck.
   Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bloodworth, of Ivey, are the guests of Mrs. H. T. Beck.

November 19, 1905
The Augusta Chronicle
Engineer Turner at Home
Special to The Chronicle
Covington Ga, Nov. 18 - Engineer W. Gurley Turner, the Covington young man who was one of the victims of the Central of Georgia Railroad wreck in Stephens Pottery on the 5th inst. returned last night to his home in this city from the Macon city hospital where he was operated on for his injuries, the most serious of which was the amputation of his left foot.

(Note: O. W. Meadows, Ollie Walker Meadows was the son of Peter and Martha Meadows per census records. Ras Sanders went on trial  and was found not guilty.)

January 11, 1906
Atlanta  Constitution
MAJOR A. B. SCOTT BREATHES LAST
Death Was Result of Wound Received at the Battle of San Juan
    Milledgeville, Ga. January 10 (Special) Major A. B. Scott, retired, captain of Thirteenth infantry, United States army, died at his residence, in Milledgeville, Ga., this morning at 9 o'clock. The funeral took place from the episcopal church; interment in the Milledgeville cemetery.,
    Major Scott leaves a wife, one child by his first wife - A.N. Scott of Pittsburgh Pa. and two daughters, Agnes and Katherine, by his present wife. Major Scott was born at the arsenal at San Antonio, Texas, October 19, 1858., His grandfather, R.H.K. Whity, was a brigadier general in the United States army, and Major Scott lived with and was brought up in the army.
    In 1876, President U.S. Grant appointed him to West Point Military Academy and he graduated in 1880. He was signed to the Thirteenth infantry, U.S.A., and he served with distinction through several Indian wars and was wounded in the final chase after Geronimo, in Arizona. His service led him through all the southwestern states. He was commandant of cadets at the Maryland Agricultural College for a number of years. He was commandant of cadets of the Georgia Military College when the Spanish-American war broke out He joined his regiment and accompanied them to Cuba.
    At the San Juan fight, Major Scott was desperately wounded and was left upon the field an entire day for dead. For weeks his family did not know whether he was dead or alive. For an entire year he lay in his home in Buffalo, N.Y., unable to speak and barely able to move. The wound had entirely paralyzed his right side, and his death today was the direct result of this wound, as the result of this fight the 13th, left on the filed, or have died since, one colonel, one major, three captains, one lieutenant.
    Major Scott was brevetted major for his gallantry in this fight.
    No man ever made a more gallant effort to be useful than did Major Scott. Though terribly maimed to the extent of not using one arm at all and walking with such uncertain step as to often require the presence of a body servant, at arms' length to prevent his falling, still, as long as it was possible, tried to fulfill his position as commandant of Georgia's Military College in this city. Ever since the late war with Spain, he has lived bravely a life, if anything, worse than death. He gave his all to his county and deserved all that it could do for  him and his.

January 6, 1906
Atlanta  Constitution
Coombs Accidentally Shot.
Milledgeville, Ga. January 10 (Special) James Coombs, son of A. B. Coombs, superintendent of the state prison farm, accidentally shot himself through the foot while out hunting this morning. He was a mile and a half from home, but his cries soon brought assistance. It is reported that he is doing well.

January 24, 1906
Atlanta  Constitution
Mrs. K. R. Foster, Milledgeville, Ga.  April 23 - Mrs. K. R. Foster, wife of Captain K. R. Foster, of this city, died this morning and will be buried tomorrow at 10:45 o'clock a.m. Mrs. Foster was formerly Miss Sallie West, of this city.

July 31, 1906
Atlanta  Constitution
THEY WERE SHOT WHILE AT SUPPER
Attempt of Negro to Kill George Bloodworth
The Negro Made His Escape From Prison, and Going to the Home of His Prosecutor, Fired, Wounding Bloodworth and His Wife.
Constitution Bureau, 467 Second Street, Macon, Ga., July 30 - (Special) Bent upon getting even with George E. Bloodworth for the part this citizen took in sending George Morris, a negro, about twenty years of age, to the Baldwin county chain gang, the later secured a shotgun last night, after he had escaped from prison, and after slipping up to the house where Mr. and Mrs. Bloodworth were seated at their supper table, near Stevens' Pottery, he took deliberate aim through an opening and fired, the   shot taking effect in the faces of both Mr. and Mrs. Bloodworth. A small son sitting between them at the table was uninjured.
   The lives of the two people were saved only through the fact that the shot were small and scattered. Only a few shots took effect, but both were dangerously wounded.
   In the midst of the excitement the negro threw down his gun and fled. Mr. Bloodworth soon regained himself and gave the alarm. Mrs. Bloodworth and here son were left to the care of neighbors and a searching party started out.
  The woods in the vicinity of Brown's crossing, and all the way to Macon, were scoured with diligence and every effort was made to locate the negro, but thus farm he is out of reach. Fifteen or twenty armed citizens have visited Macon during the day hoping to trace the fugitive here. Officers have been notified and all precautionary steps taken.
  Early this morning, Deputy Tom Jones was said to have seem a negro skulking in the shadows who filled the description, and as all searching parties believe he came here, a thorough search is being made in Macon.
  George Bloodworth, bother of the injured man, was among the searchers, his brother having been too badly injured to make the hunt.
  The wounds of the injured Bloodworths have been attended and are thought to be not necessarily fatal. Mr. Bloodworth may lose an eye, but he and his wife will recover. They realize that they had a very close call and neighbors who learned of the negro's deed, have become greatly wrought up. He would have been lynched without ceremony if he had been captured last night.

August 1, 1906
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Little Boy Dies At Anthony Place
James Abner Braswell, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Braswell, died at the residence of his parents at Anthony Place, yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. His body will be taken to Steven's Pottery, Ga., this morning at 11:35 o'clock. The funeral and burial will be held at Union Hill Church there.

August 3, 1906
Atlanta  Constitution
POSSE IS HOT AFTER NEGRO
Lynching of Negro Who Tried to Kill Milledgeville Family Expected
Milledgeville, Ga., August 2. - Joe Morris, the negro youth who recently attempted to assassinate the family of George Bloodworth, a farmer, living a few miles from Macon, is hiding in a swamp near Milledgeville. A posse of men in buggies, on horses and afoot, all armed, surround the swamp. A report of a lynching has reached Milledgeville but is unconfirmed. Bloodworth is in a critical condition from his wounds.

August 10, 1906
MORRIS LODGED IN MACON JAIL
Negro Accused of Shooting Bloodworths Captured After Long Chase.
Constitution Bureau, 467 Second Street, Macon, Ga., August 9 - (Special) After more than a week of wild pursuit of what seemed to more than a dozen officers as direct clues regarding the negro, Joe Morris, who shot George E. Bloodworth and his wife at the supper table at their home at Brown's crossing nearly a month ago, Sheriff Wimberly and Deputy William Everett, of Twiggs county, landed him late last night and came to Macon with him the morning, after both officers and negro had been pursed for several miles by angry people bent on vengeance. Morris is now in a cell in Bibb county awaiting a hearing before the courts of Twiggs.
  Morris denies the heinous crime with which he is charged. He stood, dazed in his dark cell when faced by a newspaper man this morning and was seized with wonder at the specimen of white civilization. He was wild and half-crazed.
  As soon as the report reached the ears of the people that Morris had been captured, large crowds started toward Jeffersonville to get a chance at him. Sheriff Wimberly, fearing the angered people, placed his prisoner on a train and brought him to Macon. Here no trouble is feared.

September 7, 1906
Macon Daily Telegraph
PHILIP CORMANI DIES FROM INJURIES RECEIVED.
Milledgeville, Ga., Sept. 6 - Phillip Cormani, one of the most popular young farmers of Baldwin County, died this morning. He was manager of a large ginnery at Brown's Crossing. His right arm was cut to pieces in one of the gins yesterday.

September 19, 1906
Atlanta  Constitution
Turk-Thornton
A marriage of interest in Atlanta was that of Miss Florence Turk and Mr. Stephen Thornton, both of Milledgeville, which took place Monday night.
   The news of the marriage was received here with surprise by the large acquaintance of the bride and bridegroom, who had not announced their plans beforehand.
  The bride is a notably handsome young woman, who has always been the recipient of marked admiration and attention during her visits here, when she has usually been the guest of Miss Katherine Wooten, and she is a belle in Milledgeville. Mr Thornton, who is originally from LaGrange, is a brother of Mrs. Ernest Knox and a relative to Mr. Albert Thornton, of Atlanta. He is a man of pronounced personal attraction, and is well known in business as manager of the Milledgeville oil mill.

November 21, 1906
Atlanta  Constitution
BALDWIN CITIZEN DIED HERE.
John M. Edwards, Prominent Resident of Milledgeville, Died in a Private Sanitarium
John M. Edwards, who was for years county treasurer of Baldwin county, with his residence in Milledgeville, died at 5 o'clock yesterday morning in a local private sanitarium, and the body was removed to his old home at 12:15 o'clock for the funeral and interment.
  The deceased was one of the best known citizens of his county, a confederate veteran, member of the Masonic order of Milledgeville and of the Yaarab temple of Shriners in Atlanta. Mr. Edwards was in his sixty-eight year, and is survived by his widow, his daughter and two sons. His death occurred while he was in Atlanta for treatment.

January 13, 1907
Atlanta Constitution
Milledgeville, Ga.
   One of the prettiest of home weddings was that of Miss Alma Echols to Mr. Cleveland Cooper, which occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs F. A. Echols, of Steven's Pottery, on Tuesday morning, of last week. The bride wore a traveling suit of blue cloth, and the couple left for Atlanta immediately after the ceremony, for a stay of a few days. After a week they will be at home at Coopers, Ga.

January 13, 1907
Macon Daily Telegraph
DEATH OF MRS. BRIDGES OF MILLEDGEVILLE.
Milledgeville Ga. Jan. 12 - Mrs.Maggie O'Quinn Bridges, wife of Mr. M. C. Bridges, died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. O'Quinn in this city yesterday afternoon after an illness of several weeks. The funeral services will be held at the Baptist Church this morning at 11:30 o'clock by Rev. Lamar Smith, her pastor.
  Mrs. Bridges was a lovely Christian character, and a young woman with a host of friends, who will miss her from their midst.

March 15, 1907
Macon Daily Telegraph
J. M. Huff Died At City Hospital.
J. M. Huff, aged 43 years, died at 7 o'clock last night at the hospital where he underwent an operation for appendicitis several days ago.
  He was a prosperous farmer of Baldwin County and leaves a wife and several children who reside at Brown's Crossing.
  The remains will be taken to his home this morning at 8:40 o'clock over the Georgia Railroad, for funeral and interment.
 

April 14, 1907
Macon Daily Telegraph
DEATH OF ROBERT IVEY
Milledgeville, Ga, April 13 - Robert Ivey, one of Baldwin's most popular young men, died last night after a long illness of typhoid fever. He was a member of the firm of Chandler & Ivey, of Brown's Crossing, Ga. and a son of Hon. Cleopus Ivey, who is one of the most substantial citizens of our county. Every one who knew Bob loved him. All our people regret his death.

June 2, 1907
Atlanta Constitution
   Invitations have been received to a reception to be given by Mr. and Mrs. Lu Manley on next Tuesday evening to meet Mrs. B. B. Brown. Miss Webb's marriage to Mr. Brown occurs Tuesday morning at Stevens Pottery and Mr. and Mrs. Brown will reach Griffin that afternoon.

August 20, 1907
Atlanta Constitution
DEATH TAKES DR. T. O. POWELL
Well Known Georgia Dies at Tate Springs From Pneumonia
Tate Spring, Tenn., August 19 - (Special) - Dr. T. O. Powell, superintendent of the Georgia sanitarium, died here last night from pneumonia. His wife, his daughter, Mrs. Julia Webb; his brother-in-law, John Conn, and Dr. H. M. Lamar were at his bedside when the end came.
     The remains were removed to Milledgeville today, where the funeral will occur.
     Dr. Powell had been in poor health for about a year, and when attacked with pneumonia shortly after his arrival at Tate Spring-had not the strength to combat the disease.
  Story of His Live.
    Dr. Theophilus O. Powell was born in Brunswick county, Virginia, in 1837. He was not more than 6 or 7 years of age when his parents removed to Georgia, settling in Hancock county. In this historic county young Powell received his education under that capable and distinguished educator, Richard Malcom Johnson. After studying medicine privately, young Powell attended lectures at the Georgia Medical college, Augusta, from which he was graduated in 1859.
    Soon after graduation, he located in Sparta, where he at once won recognition by his skill and ability. At the commencement of the civil war Dr. Powell at once enlisted as a private in the Forty-ninth Georgia regiment, in which he rendered faithful and devoted service until August, 1862, when he accepted an appointment as first assistant physician of what was then known as the Georgia State Insane asylum, now known as the state sanitarium.
  Record in Civil War.
    While in the Confederate army Dr. Powell was in all the battles around Richmond, besides many skirmishes.
    Having rendered most successful served as assistant physician, after the death of Dr. Thomas F. Green, superintendent, in 1879, Dr. Powell was elected as his successor, a position he has held ever since with increasing efficiency and honor to himself and for the best interest of the treat number of the state's unfortunates. His singular fidelity, his executive ability, his love for the patients under his charge, his innate nobility and piety are beyond all praise.
   In 1886, in compliance with a joint resolution of the house and senate, Dr. Powell rendered an exhaustive report on his investigations into the increase in insanity in this state and the most important factors in its causations. The report reflected distinct credit on his erudition, his profound study and his wide and patient research. This report at once added to his wide reputation as an allenist of note, and he was quoted the authority in all the great councils of physicians on diseases of the mind.
  President of Medical Society
   Dr. Powell has been a member of the State Medical Society for many years, and served as its president in 1887. He was also a member of the American Medico-Psychological Association and the National Medico-Legal Society, the former of which he had served as president. He was also a Free and Accepted Mason, being a member of Benevolent lodge No. 3, Milledgeville, Ga. He was a Knight Templar, a sir knight of Plantagenet commandery, Milledgeville. For years he had been a most faithful member and steward  of the Methodist church of Milledgeville. In the Methodist circles thought out the state he is known and honored as a humble Christian and a sagacious counselor. he has ever held the esteem and love of the officers and physicians of the  state sanitarium, who realized that he was not only a superintendent in name, but in fact. Dr. Powell was married in 1850 to Miss Frances, daughter of Edward Birdsong, of Hancock county, a union blessed with two children-wife of P.A. West, of  Hancock county, a union blessed with two children-wife of P.A. West, of Baldwin county, and Harriet, deceased wife of John Conn, of Milledgeville.

November 3, 1907
Atlanta Constitution
CAPT. JACOB CARAKER DEAD
Head of the Oldest Business House in Milledgeville
Milledgeville, Ga, November 2 (Special) Captain Jacob Caraker died this evening of acute indigestion. Captain Caraker, with his brother, William, under the firm name of W. and J. Caraker, constituted the oldest business house in this city for about fifty years.
  Captain Caraker was captain of the Baldwin Blues when that company entered the confederate army.

November 30, 1907
Atlanta Constitution
ESCAPED FROM SANITARIUM
He Left Milledgeville Three Days Ago and Walked to Macon - Indications Point to Belief That He Died From Exposure. Brown House, Macon, Ga., November 29 (Special) George C. Evans, member of a prominent Milledgeville family, was found dead this morning in the rear of the Atlantic Compress buildings. His body was lying in a pool of water, and it is not known whether the young man drowned while he was groping around in the darkness or whether he died several hours before the water settled around him from the recent rains. The indications were that death had ensued 24 hours before the body was discovered.
    The body was some distance from a coat and vest which Evans had apparently pulled off and laid aside. There were signs of his having clambered about the sides of an embankment as if he had made efforts to reach the top. Considerable signs around the place seemed to reveal that he groped around until he finally became exhausted and expired where he lay, when he was no longer able to move. While the weather was not severe, the appearances would led one to believe the man died from exposure.
   Three days ago he escaped from a private sanitarium in Milledgeville and had walked to Macon. He was well dressed and there were no masks of violence. The remains were taken up and an inquest held. He was a son of the late Samuel Evans, a prominent banker, and is survived by one brother ran his mother. The remains will be sent back home for the funeral and interment.

December 1, 1907
The Augusta Chronicle
MR. GEO. C. EVANS
VERY SAD DEATH
Funeral Will Occur This Morning - One of the Finest and Best Young Men In Georgia
Special To The Chronicle
Milledgeville, Ga. Nov. 30
Mr. Geo. C. Evans, youngest son of the late Sam Evans, who was one of the wealthiest and most prominent bankers in Middle Georgia, was found dead in Macon yesterday morning in a small lagoon near the Atlantic compress. Employees of the compress found his body about 8 o'clock in the morning and notified Coroner Young. The verdict of the jury was that he died of exposure.
   He had gone to Macon to witness the Thanksgiving football game. The last seen of him by his friends was at the Hotel Lanier about nine o'clock the night before. How he came to be where he was is a mystery to his people and friends.
   Mr. Evans was about 20 years old and was probably the best known and popular young man in our city.
   His remains were brought to the city yesterday afternoon and the funeral will be from the residence Sunday morning. The following gentleman will act as pall-bearers: Hon. Jno Conn, R. C. Robson, G.C. McKinley, Lieut. Milliard Little, L.C. Hall and John T. Day.
   This is an unusually sad death and cast a gloom over our whole city.
   Mr. Evans leaves considerable property, estimated at about one hundred thousand dollars. His immediate relatives are his mother Mrs. Sam Evans, Sr., his three sisters Mrs. Alice McGraw, Mrs. Ada Austin, Mrs. Bessie Hirsch and one brother Sam Evans, Jr.
   One of the saddest features of his death is his engagement to one of the most beautiful girls in Georgia. They were waiting till he reached his majority to be married.
   Young, handsome, kind, and generous, his loss will long be felt by this community.

January 12, 1908
Macon Daily Telegraph
Milledgeville, Ga. Jan. 18 - Mrs. Annie Chambers Farmer, wife of Mr. J. I. Farmer, died Tuesday morning at her home in this city at 2 o'clock after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Farmer is survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. William Chambers, of this city, four sisters, Misses Frances, Mattie, Emma and Bertha Chambers, and her borhters, Messrs. Jim, William, Thomas and Rembeaut. Her remains will be interred today at 11 o'clock in the Hopewell cemetery.
   Mr. W. H. Mathis died at his home here at three o'clock Monday afternoon after an illness of several months. Mr. Mathis was quiete an elderly man and served his country well in the Confederate army. Mr. Mathis left a wife and five chilldren to mourn his death. His remains were interred in the city cemetery.

February 2, 1908
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Milledgeville, Ga. Feb. 22  - Ford, the nineteen-months-old son of Rev. and Mrs. Ford McRee, who died Monday night after and illness of three weeks, was buried this morning in the city cemetery at 10 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Walton, of Augusta, performed the services in a very sweet and beautiful way. The pallbearers were the stewards of the church, and the choir sang several beautiful songs. Mrs. McRee's father and sister, Mr. Latimer, and Miss Latimer of Woodstock, and Mr. McRee's mother, Mrs. Hutchings, were called here by the death of Ford.
   Mr. William R. Ennis, one of Baldwin's oldest and most highly respected citizens, was buried here yesterday. Mr. Ennis' wife and only daughter preceded him to the grave a number of years ago and he leaves one grandson, Mr. Charlie Tyler, of Texas.
    Mr. J. S. Laramore and Miss Rosebud Armstrong were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Armstrong. Rev. Lamar Sims performed the ceremony. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Laramore left for Thomson, where they will visit relatives before returning to the city.

February 16, 1908
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Death of Miss Alta King
Milledgeville, Feb. 16. Miss Alta King, daughter of Mr. J. B. King, of the Black Springs district, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Willie Moore. Miss King was talking to several persons and she coughed, and immediately she had a hemorrhage from a broken blood vessel, from which she died before a doctor could be gotten. Miss King lived in Milledgeville with her sister, Mrs. Culpepper, who was prostrated with grief when she found her sister dead. Miss King leaves two brothers and four sisters, her mother died about nine years ago. One of her brothers is very ill in Milledgeville with pleurisy and the family is apprehensive of his condition.
(Note. Alta and Lonnie Babb had applied for a marriage license; she died before they married.)

February 28, 1908
Macon Daily Telegraph
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 27 - Mr. Theodore M. Conn died at five o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home of his parents Capt. and Mrs. W. S. Conn, after a lingering illness. He was a prominent young man and his untimely death has cast a gloom over the entire community. He was a member of the Methodist Church and the Knights of Pythias. He was buried this afternoon at four o'clock in the city cemetery. The large concourse of friens attending showed his popularity.
 

March 11, 1908
The Augusta Chronicle
Extensive mines of pure kaolin. The Stevens Pottery, up the Georgia, near Milledgeville is the finest deposit of clay in the world.

March 13, 1908
Macon Daily Telegraph
Milledgeville, Ga., March 12 - Mrs. Wallace Butts died at her home in this city yesterday afternoon after an illness of a year. Recently she was operated on at Dr. Rawlins' sanitarium at Sandersville, but her condition grew worse until her death. Mrs. Butts was a Miss Annie Lou Hutchin(g)s of this county, she leaves a devoted husband, one son of three years, her parents and two brothers. Her remains will be interred at the Black Springs cemetery, six miles from the city. (Note - she is buried at Butts-Thomas Cemetery.)
  Miss Mary E. Hopkins died this morning after an illness of several weeks with la grippe, which developed into pneumonia. Miss Hopkins came to Milledgeville years ago from the North, and was one of the eldest women in the city. Miss Hopkins had many friends who regret her death and will hold her in loving memory for her many kind and Christian acts.

May 17, 1908
Atlanta Constitution
FATHER AND SON IN BLOODY DUEL
Williard Brewer, Near Milledgeville, Killed by Father
Father Was Also Wounded
Dan Brewer and His Son Had Quarrel Over Family Matters, Which Resulted in a Tragic Encounter-
Son Was Shot From Horseback.
Milledgeville, Ga., May 16 (Special) Williard Brewer, a young man about 21, was shot and killed this morning about six miles below this city, in Baldwin county, by his father, Dan Brewer, a man of about 68. The shooting was the result of a quarrel between father and son over some family matters.
   The son, it seems, protested against his father's treatment of the family and used some harsh language to his father last night. The quarrel was renewed this morning, the father, it is said, waiting for his son in a lane near the house, armed with a double-barreled shotgun. Young Brewer came that way going to the field to plow, riding his horse. The father renewed the quarrel, threatening the young man, it is alleged, for the language he had used to him the night before, finally leveling his gun and firing striking young Brewer from his waist to chin.
    About the same time the young man commenced firing with his pistol as he fell, shooting four times, one shot making a flesh wound in his father's ? which was not serious enough to prevent his being lodged in jail.  The young man did not speak after the shot, and died in a few moments after falling from his horse. The father was prevented from again firing by the only eye-witness, his son-in-law. The verdict of the coroner's jury was murder.

Note: Williard Brewer is buried in Matilda Chapel Cemetery in Stevens Pottery.  Dan Brewer, who was in prison in Milledgeville in 1910 died before 1920. Dan Brewer, a native of Wilkinson County, was in the 3rd Georgia Infantry. His  pension is filed in Baldwin County.

March 15, 1908
Macon Daily Telegraph
Milledgeville, Ga., March 14. Mr. William Vaughn died at his home near the sanitarium after a few days illness of pneumonia.
He leaves a wife and two children, Miss Alice Vaughn, of Atlanta, and Mr. Fred Vaughn, of this city. Mr. Vaughn was an
honest man, a good friend and much respected by a large number of people. His remains were interred in the cemetery at
Gordon, Ga., Thursday afternoon.
 

October 25, 1908
The Augusta Chronicle
MISSES HUMBER AND THE BRIDGE
Statement made to Public by Sister As To Their Position In  Widely Discussed Matter
Eatonton, Ga. Oct. 9 (Special)
The Eatonton Messenger tomorrow will print the following:
     My Dear Sir: Believing you to be an advocate of fairness, truth and justice, I wish you to know exactly the position of Misses Humber (my sisters) in this Baldwin County bridge affair. We are not asking sympathy but our rights. The deeds to all of the Little River water rights on the Sanford place were purchased by our grandfather about 1860, and we still hold them, and have held the property in undisputed possession these forty years and more. What other and better claims to property? And yet we are said to have no rights on this river. The erectors of this bridge at Gage's Ford, (a part of the aforesaid water rights) knew of our ownership, as the deeds are recorded here, and moreover my husband, when here in the summer had a talk with the chairman of the county commissioners of Baldwin, telling them of the illegality of their proposed  step, and saying if they persisted, we would be forced to resort to the law. To this they have paid no attention, nor have they made any proposition to purchase our right. Hence our only step was to sue for injunction. After the first injunction these bridge builders waited until they knew we had not a male protector in the state, then proceeded to overrun two women by erecting this structure. A monument to covetedness and lawlessness.   These men or others hired by them, continued to work after the second injunction. There was not enough time to comply with the technicalities of the law and so urgent was the need of this bridge that, it is stated work went on even through the Sabbath; Thus ignoring the laws of God and man. Verily their zeal will consume us.
      We expected the law to protect us; when it failed what else was left but to defend our rights? It is a boast that the  bridge was built in defiance of the law; no one dared claim it; had we not a right to thrust it from our territory? Our work was not done in a corner. The negroes had been so intimidated that no one could be induced to lend a hand to the wrecking. Who can tell what moral effect this lawless conduct, on the part of the president of the board of trade and a few so-called leading citizens like him, will have upon the less intelligent in the surrounding country? What an example! There are plenty of good men here not party to this mob act, but few dare sound a voice in defense of the whole truth. Perhaps they are ashamed for the outside world to hear of the cowardly and disgraceful conduct of some of their fellow-citizens.
    This the place where a terrible howl arose recently over the whipping of a woman, a convicted thief, and now is it not strange that in this same place two good gentlewomen struggling to make themselves an honest living are arrested for attempting to protect their property. Some thought that the arrest a smart act, one or two men going so far as to wish them thrust in jail, and even threatening the young lawyers who are defending their cause. Has the voice of condemnation been strong enough to be heard of of town? Let every nook and corner of this state sound the death knell to these deeds; and lovers of justice help us get our rights! There is no coloring to this. It is all true, and as you, our father's friend state these facts, as I give them, in your paper and to any other papers whose columns you have access?
Very Respectfully
MRS. J. H. WHITE
Milledgeville, Ga. Oct. 7, 1908

(Note: 1908 Baldwin County map shows the bridge at Gage's Ford. It is called Cline's Bridge.)

November 19, 1908
Atlanta Constitution
CATER-MYRICK
Forsyth, Ga., November 28 - (Special) The wedding of MissFlorence Cater and Mr. William Lanford Myrick, of Milledgeville, was a brilliant event which took place at the Baptist church at 5:30 Thursday afternoon.
   The wedding chorus from Lohengrin was sung by fourteen young ladies from Bessie Tift college, under the direction of Miss Mary Duggan, as the bridal party entered. Miss Ruby Askew presided at the organ.
  Misses Juliet Rutherford and Cornelia Ensign and Masters Hugh Jackson and Charlie Collier were the ribbon bearers. The ushers, preceding the bridal party, were Dr. W. T. Jones, of Atlanta; Mr. Lewis Flemister, of Milledgeville, Mr. Cleveland Campbell, of Milledgeville, and Mr. John Cater, of Forsyth. They were followed by Miss Ruth Whatley of Newnan and Miss Wilhemina Drummond, of Atlanta, coming down opposite aisles; Mr. Andrew Edwards of Milledgeville, and Mr. Frank Bone, of Stevens' Pottery; Miss Annie Kate Fletcher and Miss Lucile Cater and Mr. Oliver Echols, of Stevens' Pottery, and Mr. E. Brittain Edwards, of Macon.
  Next came Miss Hattie Bloodworth, first bridesmaid, and Mr. J. M. Walker, of North Carolina.
  Little Louise Bloodworth followed, bearing an immense yellow rose, among the petals of which was the wedding ring, and Mary Birdsey preceded the bridge, scattering rose petals from a golden basket. The bride entered with her sister, Miss Daisy Cater, and Mr. Myrick with his best man, Rev. Lamar Sims, of Milledgeville, and the ceremony was performed by Rev. E. W. Brannen, of Milledgeville.
  Mr. and Mrs. Myrick, accompanied by the entire bridal party left at once for Macon in a special car, where a box party at the Grand, with supper at the Lanier, were planned.
  At midnight the wedding journey was continued to interesting points in Florida.
  Among the out-of-town guests were Mrs. Myrick, Mrs. Yancy, Dr. and Mrs. John P. Atkinson, of Milledgeville; Mrs. Barron, of Round Oak; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cater and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cater, of Macon, and Mrs. Sam Rogers, of Perry.

February 9, 1909
The Atlanta Constitution
CAPTAIN CARAKER DIES.
Widely Known Confederate Officer Dead at Milledgeville.
Milledgeville, Ga., February 8 - (Special) Captain Will Caraker, one of the best know citizens of Milledgeville, died Sunday after an illness covering a period of many months. He was an officer in the confederate army and a well-known business man here. He is survived by a large number of relatives.

July 17, 1909
The Atlanta Constitution
Henry Kidd, Milledgeville, Ga.
Milledgeville, Ga., July 16 (Special) Henry Kidd, 13 years old, son of Dr. J. E. Kidd, died here today from blood poisoning. A few days ago while playing he struck a nail in his foot. His right leg was amputated in hopes of preventing death.

July 18, 1909
The Atlanta Constitution
Miss Gladys Napier is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Napier in their attractive county place, Black Lake, near Milledgeville.

August 1 1909
The Atlanta Constitution
RICHARD N. LAMAR DIES AT MILLEDGEVILLE
School Commissioner of Baldwin County---Well -Known Throughout State.
Milledgeville, Ga, July 31 (Special) Richard N. Lamar, aged 62 years, one of the most prominent citizens of Georgia, county school commissioner of Baldwin county, died here this morning at 4 o'clock, after an illness covering a period of several months.
   Mr. Lamar is survived by a wife, three children , a daughter and son living in New York, and one son in California. All are married. he is also survived by a brother, L.J. Lamar, steward of the Georgia state sanitarium.
  The funeral will be held here today.

August 2, 1909
The Atlanta Constitution
CHAS. M. PROSSER DIES.
He Was Formerly Sheriff, of Baldwin County.
Sparta, Ga., August 21 (Special- Charles M. Prosser, of Milledgeville, died here this morning at the home of his son-in-law, T. H. Little. He was 65 years old, and left a wife and one daughter.
  He was for a long while sheriff of Baldwin county, and was well known throughout middle Georgia. The funeral will be held at Milledgeville tomorrow.

August 13, 1909
Augusta Chronicle
Mr. Val Moseley Died In Milledgeville
News has been received in Augusta of the death of Mr. Val Moseley, who died Wednesday afternoon in Milledgeville, Ga.
 The funeral services will be held this afternoon in Milledgeville.
Mr. Moseley was well known in thi section, having been a former resident of Richmond county. His death will be learned with much regret.

“The Herald & Advertiser”
Newnan, Coweta Co., Georgia
NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, August 27, 1909
LOCAL News
Mr. T.A. Brown received a telegram yesterday from the superintendent of the State Sanitarium announcing the death of Mr. John Bird, an inmate of that institution, on Wednesday last. The deceased formerly resided in the Fourth district and was committed to the State Sanitarium about four years ago. He was 68 years of age and is survived by several children.
(Transcribed by Candace [Teal] Gravelle –  August 17, 2006)
 

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