January 18, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
Mrs. Mary Ethridge, Macon.
Macon, Ga., January 17 (Special) Mrs. Mary Ethridge, wife of W. H. Ethridge, died this morning at the family home on Main street. She was 36 years of age. She leaves a husband and nine children. The death of her father occurred just a day and night prior at Stevens Pottery.

January 18, 1910
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs Emma May Ethridge, wife of W. H. Ethridge, of East Macon, died at her home on Fort Hill street yesterday morning at 5 o'clock. She is survived by a husband and seven children. The remains will be conveyed to Stephens Pottery today, where the funeral and interment will take place this afternoon at 5 o'clock.

January 18, 1910
The Union-Recorder
Two Deaths in Family
  Mr. Isaac Mansfield died in this city Sunday, and his remains were buried at Stevens Pottery Monday, Rev. B.P. Searcy officiating. His daughter, Mrs. Emma Etheridge, died in Macon Monday and was buried at Stevens Pottery this morning. Mr. Mansfield was an old soldier, and was an honest hard working man."

January 29, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
FAUNTLEROY LEWIS DIES
Served Through Civil War in the Fourth Georgia
Fauntleroy Lewis, an old confederate veteran, died at his home, 64 Granger street, at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. At the beginning of the war Mr. Lewis enlisted in Milledgeville in Baldwin Blues, a militia company, which was incorporated in the confederate army under the Fourth Georgia, Dole's brigade. He fought throughout the war, serving in the Shenandoah Valley campaign going through many engagements. One daughter, Mrs. J. W. Hodo, survives him.
  The funeral services will be held at the residence at 10 o'clock this morning. The interment will be in Hollywood cemetery.

June 6, 1910
The Augusta Chronicle
   At Warm Springs Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Stevens, of Stevens Pottery, Georgia are entertaining for a week, at least a large house- party at the hotel in honor of their young attractive daughter Miss Ruby Stevens. Among the house-party guests of the Stephenses are Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Mauly, Griffin, Misses - Marjorie Woolcott, Louise Durkee, Louise Drewry, Sarah Garland, Mary Blanton, Mussadon Brown, of Griffin; Miss Mary Davis of Decatur, Ga.; and Mr. W.B. Webb of Jackson. In addition to entertaining these guests, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens expect a number of visitors here to the house-party during the length of it.

July 19, 1910
The Union-Recorder
Babb Shoe Co. was purchased by Grover Bloodworth and J.E.Stembridge.

July 24, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
DEATH OF  A "REAL DAUGHTER"
Mrs. Redding, who was the nineteenth child of William Anderson and Eliza Hunnicutt, was born in Baldwin county, Georgia, May 18, 1825. In 1855 she was married to Thomas Redding, of Sumter county, who died in 1862, leaving her with one child, who died in 1870. She died May 26, 1910, at the home of her great nephews, Iverson and William Horne.
 For many years she had been a faithful Methodist. At her death she was a member of "Old Bethel" church in Baldwin county. She was probably the last real daughter of the revolution to die in the state. Her father served under the famous General Nathaniel Greene.

August 9, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
Mrs. Arthur Wall, Jackson
   Jackson, Ga., August 8 (Special) The death of Mrs. Arthur Wall occurred at her home in Iron Springs district, a few miles from Jackson. She had been ill for some time, and death was not unexpected. Surviving Mrs. Wall are her husband, one son and a daughter, and one sister, Mrs. C. A. Pittman, of this county. She was a native of Baldwin county, and the remains were shipped to Milledgeville this morning for funeral and interment.

September 10, 1910
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Little Richard Etheridge, the 10-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Etheridge (Ethridge), died yesterday at the residence, 759 Hawthorne street, after an illness of two days. The burial will take place at Stephens Pottery.

October 28, 1910
The Augusta Chronicle
PRISON IS BURNED AT MILLEDGEVILLE
Seven Convicts Escape From the Guards During the Excitement, Following the Explosion of a Lamp - Loss Will Be $10,000
Special to The Chronicle. Milledgeville, Ga. Oct. 27 - The main building of the state prison farm burned tonight about 9 o'clock. Two hundred and six male prisoners were confined in the structure but none were hurt in the flames.
   The fire was caused by the explosion of a lamp. Only seven prisoners escaped in the excitement and all is quiet now with prisoners confined in the new tuberculosis hospital surrounded by guards.
   The building was exceptionally large built of wood and the total loss will be about $15,000.

November 27, 1910
The Augusta Chronicle
Milledgeville, Ga,
   Special to The Chronicle, Nov. 26 - An event of most social interest Thanksgiving Day was the marriage ofMiss Fannie Bayne Buck, of this city,  to Prof. R. L. Burch, of Pinehurst, occurring at the suburban home of the bride's parents Mr. and    Mrs. J.A. Buck, Rev. Culpepper of Macon, officiating.
    A delightful Thanksgiving outing to Macon  was enjoyed by a local party composed of  Mr. and Mrs R. N. Wooten,       Mrs. W.D. Stembridge, Misses Abner Strozier, Florence Barnett and Estelle Bozeman and Mr. J.C. Cooper.
    Mrs. Julius A. Horne, regent of the local chapter D.A.R. and Mrs.Geo. W. Perkins, secretary attended the unveiling of the Oglethorpe monument in Savannah the past week.
    Miss Mary Reynolds of Atlanta, is visiting her parents President and Mrs. Wm. E. Reynolds of the G.M.C. this week.
    Miss Ruth Marks of Augusta, Miss Briggs of Athens, and Miss Brandon of Thomasville are guests of Miss Hattie Pottle this week.
    Mrs. A. A. Bivins, one of the best known of elderly ladies of this city, leaves Thursday for a visit to her son. Mr. W. L. Bivins  in Litchfield, Ill.
   Mr. and Mrs. Miller S. Bell attended the annual conference of the Methodist Church in Athens last week, returning home Monday night.
   Miss Addie Caraker who is attending school at Gainesville is home for Thanksgiving, visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Caraker.
   Friends throughout the state will regret to learn that Miss Bessie Ennis, secretary to the president of the G.M college, is ill with pneumonia.
  Prof. and Mrs. Eben N. Reynolds, of Monticello, are visiting parents President and Mrs. Wm. E. Reynolds of the Georgia Military College.
  Mr. Thos. H. Wright, of Portsmouth Va., has returned home after a visit to his daughter Mrs. R. W. Hatcher here.
  Miss Lizzie Sanford is back home after a visit to relatives in Greene County.

NEW BUILDING FOR GEORGIA NORMAL
Building, When Completed ,Will Cost $35,000
NEW CHURCH ALSO

November 28, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
Well-Known Young Man Shot and Killed Near Milledgeville
Milledgeville, Ga. November 27 - (Special) Elijah Simmons, a young white man, about 21 years of age, living four miles east of this city, was shot four times this morning about 1 o'clock by a negro named Buckner and almost instantly killed.
  Young Simmons had gone to the negro's house for the purpose of protecting his brother in some way and the negro turned fire on him.
  Buckner is at large, but it is though the sheriff has a clue to his whereabouts.
    Simmons is a native of  Baldwin county and has two brothers in Milledgeville.

January 29, 1911
The Macon Daily Telegraph
ETHRIDGE
  The body of Gilmer Ethridge, the 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ethridge, who died at the hospital Friday night at 9:30 o'clock, after a short illness, was carried to Stevens' Pottery yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock for funeral and interment.

March 20, 1911
The Macon Daily Telegraph
ETHRIDGE
Thomas W. Ethridge, aged 9 years, and son of W. H. Ethridge, died at 5:40 o'clock Sunday afternoon, at the residence, 505 Fort Hill street, East Macon. Death was caused by malarial fever.
  The body will be taken to Steven's Pottery Cemetery, this morning at 11:30 o'clock, for funeral and interment.

April 29, 1911
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Capt. H. K. Byington, formerly of this city, died yesterday at 1 o'clock at his home at Whiteside, Ga., after a few days illness. Captain Byington was 78 years of age, and is survived by four sons and one daughter, namely: W. C. Byington, of Mississippi; C. G. and H. A. Byington, of Macon, and Gus Byington, of Florida; Mrs. Tim Bloodworth, of Milledgeville
   In the death of Captain Byington a large circle of relatives and friends has sustained a severe loss as he was regarded by all who knew him as one of Georgia's noblest and best citizens. A devoted husband, kind father and unselfish friend, is the eulogy paid to him by those who knew him best.
  The remains will be carried to Coopersville, Ga., this morning at 11:40, by the way of the Central of Georgia, where the furneral will take place at Camp Creek Church, Mr. J. T. Heard officiating..

May 7, 1911
Macon Daily Telegraph
Milledgeville, Ga. May 6 - Three veterans have died since Memorial Day, April 26. They were Capt. H. K. Byington, William C. Patterson and James Saunders.

May 14, 1911
The Columbus Ledger
Death of a Beloved Lady. Mrs. M. M. Minter Breathes Her Last Friday Night After An Illness of About Six Weeks -Remains Carried To Baldwin County.
  Mrs. M. M. Minter, beloved wife of Mr. M. M. Minter, superintendent of the Southern Brick and Terra Cotta Company, breathed her last Friday night, at 10 o'clock, at the family residence, near Muscogee Junction, after an illness of about six weeks from complications brought on by an attack of measles, with which she had previously suffered.
   Mrs. Minter was 39 years of age and moved to Columbus about the first of January. She was a devout member of Camp Clark (Creek) Primitive Baptist church and a Christian lady in every sense. She was greatly esteemed and beloved by a very large coterie of friends, among whom her death will cause genuine sorrow.
  Besides her husband, Mrs. Minter is survived by nine children, as follows: Misses Vivian, Mildred, Martha, Anna and Dorothy Minter. Mesers.  Millard, James, Gibson and Thomas Minter; three sisters, Mrs. Smith of Dublin, Ga.,  Mrs. Hatfield of McIntyre, Ga.,  and Mrs. Council, of Dodge County; also one brother Mr. W. E. Gibson, of this city.
   The remains were taken yesterday to Baldwin county, where the funeral and interment will be held today at Camp Creek church, near Stevens' Pottery, Ga.

October 15, 1911
The Augusta Chronicle
NEW ICE PLANT
Modern Equipment of Fifty Ton Capacity for Milledgeville
Milledgeville, Ga., Oct 14, Special
A long needed laundry and a modern ice plant of 50 tons capacity is now a certainty for Milledgeville. Application has been filed for a charter for the new concern which is capitalized at $30,000 and construction of the new building will begin within the next few weeks. The present ice plant in Milledgeville has been wholly inadequate to supply the local demands to say nothing of the outside trade and the new company proposes to meet all demands The city has heretofore been without a laundry.
  The incorportors of the new company are: T. L. McComb, Julius A. Horne, W. L. Ritchie, Adolph Joseph,  W. T. Hines, Mrs. H. T. Baisden, Mrs. Edward R. Lawrence, J. W. Daniels, W.S. Myrick, A. L. Ellison, M.A. McCraw, J. C. Cooper, H. D. Allen, Joseph E. Pottle, J. C. McAuliffe, A. M. McKinley, Jr., J. M. Burke, Manle (?) B. Jones, F. W. Hendrickson and John T. Allen

October 18, 1911
Macon Daily Telegraph
Sandy Parks, One of Macon's Oldest Negro Citizens, Dies at Age of 106.
 There was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery yesterday one of Macon's oldest negro citizens, who died Sunday night at his home on Cotton avenue, at the ripe old age of 106 years.
   This wasSandy Parks, who had served in the Mexican war as a drummer, and in the same capacity for the Baldwin Blues when that company went to the front to do battle for the Confederacy, and served later as a duly enlisted soldier in the Federal army.
  It was when Sandy was captured near Petersburg that he took the oath of allegiance to the United States government and became one of the enemy. He remained in the arm until the close of the war, and has been receiving a pension for his services ever since. He was well known in Milledgeville and in Macon.
   When Sandy was wearing the blue uniform of the Federal soldier, his on, William, went to Virginia, with his young master, Wm. A. Williams, now living in Cartersville, as a body servant, and it is said never was there a more loyal servant. For all he knows, William may have confronted his father in battle, for the son never left his master's side, in camp or in battle. Master and servant were about the same age, and the devotion of one to the other is as strong now as in the old days. William lives in Muscogee, Okla., and his old master has long been a resident of Cartersvillle, and they often hear from one another.
  William Parks, the son heard of the approaching death of his father and reached Macon a few days ago. He has all the necessary documents to prove the great age of his father, the date of his departure from Milledgeville for the Mexican war, the date of leaving with the Baldwin Blues, the date of his capture and enlistment in the Federal army and his age at the time, much of the data being necessary before the pension was allowed.
   There have been instances of father and son fighting in opposing armies, but it was among white people. This is probably the only case among negroes.

November 02, 1911
The Washington Post
TWO VETERANS PASS AWAY
Both Were Members of Famous Band of Mosby's Rangers.
John Thomas Bivins and Andrew J. Hobson Dead - Former was Chief Clerk of Internal Revenue Bureau
 Two former members of the famous band of Mosby Rangers, which terrorized the outposts of the Union  army during the civil war, died in their homes in Washington in the last two days. John Thomas Bivins, 65 years old, chief clerk of the internal revenue bureau, and Andrew J. Bobson, 67 years old, are the latest members of this band of Confederate soldiers to pass away.
   Mr. Bivins died Tuesday afternoon at his home, 912 Kenyon street northwest. He was born in Milledgeville, Ga., and enlisted as a telegrapher at the beginning of the civil war. In the last years of the war he was transferred to Mosby's Rangers, and participated in many of the attacks of the guerrillas. At the close of the war he came to Washington and was a reporter for  the National Republican. He was later manager of Albaugh's Theater, now Chase's. He was appointed clerk in the Treasury Department in May, 1877.
  He is survived by his wife, one son, Robert Bivins, of Albany, N.Y., an inspector in the internal revenue service' one daughter, Mrs. LeRoy Taylor, of New York; his mother, who lives in Milledgeville, Ga., and a brother, William Bivins, of Savannah, Ga.
Note: John Thomas Bivins was the son of Ann A. Prestwood Bivins and William R. Bivins.

November 25, 1911
Macon Daily Telegraph
  Mrs. Mary E. Hunnicutt, aged 64 years and for many years a resident of Macon, died at her home, 217 Clinton street, East Macon, yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock, after an illness of several weeks.
   Mrs. Hunnicutt was the widow of the late Seth Hunnicutt, of Baldwin county, and was a devoted member of the Christian church. She leaves four sons, W. T. Hunnicutt, of Columbus; J. W., L. H. and E. R. Hunnicutt, of Macon, and two daughters, Mrs. H. E. Davis and Mrs. Z. A. Brookins, of Macon.
  The funeral will be held at the residence this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Rev. J. D. Reynolds, pastor of the First Christian church, officiating, and the body will be laid to rest in Fort Hill cemetery.

March 17, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
3 SAILORS IN DISTRESS ON THE OCONEE RIVER
Milledgeville, Ga, March 16 (Special) The Oconee river here has risen thirty-three feet and is still rising, though slowly. Two trestles on the Milledgeville railroad, leading to the Oconee River Mills have been washed out and the 200 yards of embankment placed by the city through the lowlands on the city side of the iron bridge over the river has been washed away. Great alarm is felt in this locality, but many think the water has reached its crest.
    News has just reached here that three men - Ed Folds, Seward Edwards and S. C. Harris-who were aboard a boat, loaded with lumber headed for Milledgeville, are in distress about two miles below the city. Men in bateaus have been sent by the city to their rescue. Their signals of distress were heard by C. B. Sullivan, who lives near the river where the boat is supposed to be stranded, and telephoned into the city.
  It is known that this boat was due here yesterday and it was seen by parties to pass a point three miles below. The river is narrow and dangerous at this point, and owing to the rapid rise of water the boat was unable to make the trip and much anxiety is felt for its safety.
 

April 17, 1912
The Augusta Chronicle
Cotton Company Formed
Buyers and Exporters Firm
Will Begin Business Next Season
Special to the Chronicle
Milledgeville, Ga., April 6
     The Baldwin County Cotton Company has been formally launched here as cotton merchants and exporters. The organization was perfected last week by electing J. C. Bloodworth president, J. C. McAuliffe secretary and treasurer; and the following directors: E. P. Collins, Jno. G. Thomas, J. M. Patterson, most of whom are leading farmers of the county, though a few are businessmen of Milledgeville.
   The company is capitalized at $10,000 and will begin business with the opening of the new cotton season. A new manager will be named later to direct the handling of cotton. Milledgeville is one of the largest cotton markets in the state and the company expects to do a good business here.

April 17, 1912
The Augusta Chronicle
JUDGE SANFORD CRITICALLY ILL
Special to the Chronicle
Milledgeville, Ga, April 6
   Judge D. B. Sanford, president of  Milledgeville Banking Company, one of the best known capitalist in middle Georgia, a captain in the Civil War and 'well known' throughout the state, is critically ill at his home here. He has been confined to his room for several weeks and his condition is gradually growing worse.
   But little hopes are entertained for his recovery. He came to Milledgeville just after the war, being a native of Greene county, and he has exceeded in making a  record, having served in the state Legislature, ordinary of the county, judge of the county court, and prominent in judicial circles.

April 20, 1912
The Augusta Chronicle
Mr. William G. McAdoo, the constructor of the Hudson river tunnel, is a Georgia boy. He was born at Milledgeville, but his family moved to Marietta when he was a lad. Mr. McAdoo was at one time stationed in this city, having had charge of the construction of the Aiken and Augusta trolley line, representing the contracting firm of Blair & Co. He comes from a
race of people of big action, one of his ancestors having built the big suspension bridge over the Niagara river, below the falls. He is 47 years of age and just now in the heyday of his usefulness. There are some big enterprises in Georgia awaiting development, which we would like to see rise under his guidance.

April 22, 1912
The Augusta Chronicle
Timber Lands Sold
Milledgeville, Ga, April 21 (Special) A large land and timber deal has been consummated here, the property being located in the southern part of the county on the Oconee river. The property was owned by Messrs. Ennis and Joseph E. Pottle and was sold to W. B. Richardson, who, as part of the deal, sold the land to G. W. Hollinshead and the timber to A. H. Hostetter, of Mitchell, Ind. and B. F. Fuquay, of LaGrange, Ky. Messres Hostetter and Fuquay have been in the hardwood business for years and they will put in a large plant to handle and manufacture the timber.

May 30, 1912
Atlanta Consititution
Coca-Cola at Milledgeville
Milledgeville, Ga., May 29. (Special) The Macon Coca-Cola Company will establish a manufacturing plant in this city, the name of  the enterprise to be the Milledgeville Coca-Cola Company.
   G.M. Israel, of Macon, will be in charge of the plant here and expects to have it in operation by the 1st of June. Hubert F. Haley will be general manager. Bottled coca-cola will be manufactured and sold in this and surrounding territory.

July 9, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
Julia Lee Dies - Julia Lee, 50 years old, one of the highest respected negroes of the city, died Sunday night at 11 o'clock in Milledgeville, after an extended illness. She was the wife of Lucius L. Lee, the negro undertaker, who is a leader among the members of his race in this city. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the residence, 224 Fraser street.

July 12, 1912
The Augusta Chronicle
LITTLE MAGNET Is In Jail
Special To The Chronicle
   Macon, Ga, July 11 - Mrs. Dixie Jarrett, world famous as "The Little Dixie Magnet" , a woman with a strange magnetic power, is in the Bibb County jail, charged with lunacy, as a result of a warrant issued by a man named Fred Haygood, who says he is her son. Mrs. Jarrett was in vaudeville for years and traveled the world over.  One of her prized possessions is an engraved gold bracelet given her by the late King Edward.
   Mrs. Jarrett talks rationally, and claims that Haygood, whom is only an adopted son, is persecuting her because she omitted him from her will when she drew up that instrument recently. She is quite wealthy. Her husband is dead.
   Under the law, she must remain in jail ten days before given a hearing to determine her sanity.

July 23, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
MILLEDGEVILLE BOY FALLS FROM TRAIN AND IS KILLED
Milledgeville, Ga, July 22 (Special) Campbell Swann, aged 16 years, son of S. O. Swann, employed at the state farm, who was on a Sunday excursion to Tybee, fell off near Tennille. His neck was broken. No one knew him and he was identified by a ticket bought at Milledgeville, when the authorities telephoned here. He was a bright boy, and worked on The Milledgeville News. His father left for Tennille tonight.

August 9, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
FUNERAL TODAY OF CAPT. NEWELL
Long and Active Career of Prominent Citizen-Held Many Offices
The funeral of Captain T. F. Newell one of the state's most highly honored citizens, will be held this afternoon at his old home in Milledgeville. The interment will be in the family lot at that place.
  Captain T. F. Newell was born in 1838 and lived for nearly seventy years in the same residence in Milledgeville, erected by the same contractors who came out from Connecticut to construct the governor's hall when that town was made capital of the state. He graduated at Oglethorpe university. Here he was roommate and intimate companion of Sidney Lanier, the poet. Afterwards he graduated in law from the State University at Athens, taking his degree under Judge Howell Cobb, immediately before the outbreak of the civil war.
  He was among the first to enlist, and went out as a lieutenant in Captain Charles Conn's company, Forty-fifth Georgia regiment of infantry. When Captain Conn was killed in battle he succeeded to command. His regiment was attached to General Thomas' brigade. A.P. Hill's division, and Stonewall Jackson's corps. He was in all the famous fights with this famous fighting body. At Chancellorsville he was wounded in the knee.
  During the second day's fight at the battle of Gettysburg he received a wound which necessitated the amputation of his left foot. In this condition he was left on the field of battle and was taken prisoner by the federals. For seventeen months he was a prisoner of war and Fort McHenry and Fort Delaware. He was released by exchange of prisoners, arriving at Milledgeville just prior to the entrance to that town of Sherman on his march to the sea. Out of a family of eight before the war, one years after its close only himself and his eldest sister survived. This sister is now Mrs. Mary McCorkie, known throughout Georgia as "Big Auntie".
  Captain Newell became the reconstruction mayor of the old state capital. For a time he continued the practice of law, but later gave this up to look after large plantations in central and south Georgia. In 1868 he married Ann Lane Colquitt, daughter of General Alfred H. Colquitt, for many years governor and United States senator. She died in 1898.
  Captain Newell was member of the state constitutional convention of 1877. He was for a number of years president of the board of trustees of the state sanitarium. He also served as one of the first trustees of the Girl's Normal and Industrial college. he was for thirty years a steward of the Milledgeville Methodist church.
  Surviving Captain Newell are the following children: Alfred C. Newell, of Atlanta; Captain Isaac Newell, United States army, now stationed at West Point, N.Y.; Tomlinson F. Newell, Jr., of Atlanta; Fred T. Newell, Albany, Ga.; Miss Mary Newell, Columbus, Ga; Mrs. William Schultz, of Washington, D.C.; and Miss Colquitt Newell, now taking post-graduate work at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Md.

September 11, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
MILLEDGEVILLE GIRL DIES WHILE IN JAPAN.
Milledgeville, Ga. September 10 (Special) A cablegram received in this city this morning from Kioto, Japan, announcing the serious illness of Miss Corinne Crawford was followed immediately by another message telling of her death. The news comes as a sad shock to her many friends here in her hometown and  the deepest sympathy of everyone goes out to the bereaved family.
  Miss Crawford is the daughter of the late C.P. Crawford, of Milledgeville. Sometime over a year ago she went to Japan in company with the Rev. and Mrs. Callahan, Methodist missionaries to that country, who were then returning to their field of work  after a vacation spent in the United States.
   She was devoting her time while in Japan to the study of art, in which she was particularly gifted. A more attractive, popular and brilliant young woman than Miss Crawford has not lived in this city, nor, indeed, in the entire state.
     She is survived by her mother, Mrs. C.P. Crawford, of Milledgeville, and three sisters, Mrs. H.C. Hinton, of Macon; Mrs. George Milton, of Knoxville, Tenn., and Miss Mabel Crawford, of Columbia university, New York; also relatives in Atlanta.
   The funeral will take place in Kioto, Japan, and the body will be laid to rest there.

September 31, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
George Edwards, Milledgeville.
Milledgeville, Sept. 29 - (Special) The death occurred here last night of George Edwards, one of Milledgeville's prominent citizens. His death was due to heart failure. Mr. Edwards belonged to an old family of this section. He is survived by a wife and one daughter.

January 7, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
John H. McComb, Milledgeville
Milledgeville, Ga., January 6 - (Special) John Hunter McComb, who died Sunday night at 10 o'clock, was buried this afternoon, the Elks conducting the last rites over the body of their deceased brother. Mr. McComb was one of the prominent citizens of Baldwin county, having held the office of tax collector. Surviving are his widow who was Miss Sykes, of Hancock county, and two brothers, A.M. McComb and Gordon McComb, both of Milledgeville.

Jan 19, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
Important Timber Deal
Milledgeville, Ga., January 18 - (Special) An important timber deal was made this week when John Matthews, of Mitchell, Ind., purchased the half interest of B.F. Fuqua in the sawmill firm of Fuqua & Hostetler, this firm having made extensive preparations for the sawing of all kinds of hardwood timber at their mill, located near Trilby, on the Oconee river swamp. After closing the deal Mr. Matthews left for Indiana, where he will make arrangements for brining large quantities of supplies south for use in connection with the work.

February 28, 1913
Macon Daily Telegraph
Milledgeville, Feb. 27 - At least thirteen persons were injured here today when the worst storm in years swept over this section of the state. The downpour of rain was blinding, the wind had the violence of a tornado.
   Wire service is paralyzed but from persons coming into this place from various parts of the country the extent of the damage grows with every new arrival.
  At Hopewell school, five miles west of here, the tornado crumbled the little frame school building into kindling wood in a fraction of a second.
  There were thirty-five children in the school building at the time. How any of them escaped alive savors of the unbelievable. It has not been explained yet, and cannot be explained tonight because of the inability to get into communication with that district.
  One little girl, whose name is given as Daly, was the only one to be seriously injured in this crash. But others were bruised it is stated. The collapse of the building came so suddenly that there wasn't time for a panic at the time. Children with their teacher, the latter's name not obtainable tonight, found themselves without shelter in a downpour of rain that resembled a cloudburst. Tonight those who had narrow escapes are feeling the effects of the shock.
  Farmers nearby heard the screams of the children, and rushed to their aid, getting them into shelter until the storm had passed.

February 28, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
(tornado damage)
     Twelve female prisoners were injured at Milledgeville when the female building at the prison collapsed. In Baldwin county also a schoolhouse was completely destroyed. The Hopewell school, 4 miles from Milledgeville, was blown over the heads of the twenty five scholars, but only a few were bruised. Among the other buildings destroyed near Milledgeville were the sanitarium of Dr. H.D. Allen, the home of G. W. Hollingshead, and four negroe houses.

March 4, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
DIES PRAISING GOD FOR CENTURY OF LIFE
Athens, Ga. March 3 (Special) Willis A. Jones, a colored preacher, who passed his ninety-ninth birthday on Friday, died this evening here thanking God "he had seen his hundredth year."
  He was born in Milledgeville and remembered the falling of the stars in 1833, the three "cold days" in 1835, the taking of the Indians out of Georgia by General Anderson and Lafayette's visit to Milledgeville in 1824. He was a minister and one of the most thoroughly beloved negroes of this part of the state.

March 7, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
MILLEDGEVILLE BRIDE FOOLS UNCLE SAMUEL
Milledgeville, Ga. March 6 (Special) Miss May Belle McMullen, an attractive young woman of Milledgeville got ahead of Uncle Sam by continuing in his civil service employ, although she had been married eighteen months. Miss McMullen was married to F. H. Shelladay, of Springfield, Mo., in August of 1911, while she was in the civil service work in Washington. The young man was in college at the time, and it was thought best to keep the marriage a secret until he had concluded his course.
  Having remained at her work in the census department in Washington for a year, Mrs. Shelladay returned to Milledgeville and resumed her work in the post office, being the ranking member of the civil service outside the old regular employees. On March 1 she gave up her position, in the post office, announced her marriage of months ago and went to Springfield to join her husband. The announcement caused quiet a sensation here among the many friends of the bride.
(Note: Frederick Shelledy died in Arizona in 1976, May Shellady died in California in 1981)

March 8, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
Many Trees Blown Down and Stores Flooded
Milledgeville, Ga., March 7 (Special) A hard hailstorm with strong, damaging wind and a torrential downpour of rain occurred  in Milledgeville this afternoon. Dr. W. A. Ellison's residence in the city was damaged by a falling tree. Many other trees were blown down in the city. The storm was so violent that water beat through roofs and windows and damaged goods in many of the stores. There was an overflow of the surface sewers and cellars, and business houses were flooded.
  At the state sanitarium the storm was fierce, blowing out several windows in the center building. No loss of life has been reported. The storm came from the northwest. All telephone connections with the county are cut off. The Oconee river is rising very fast.

March 15, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
Oconee River Rising Twelve Inches Hourly
Milledgeville, Ga, March 14 (Special) Almost three inches of rain fell here today, causing a rapid rise in the river, which will produce a freshet on lowlands of the Oconee river, rising more than one foot per hour. There is a bad washout on the Georgia railroad at Brown's crossing, which delays all trains out or into Macon on that line..

July 3, 1913
Macon Daily Telegraph
IVEY BATEMAN.
  The funeral of Ivey Bateman, of Macon, who was drowned while trying to swim the Oconee river at Milledgeville yesterday at Milledgeville Tuesday morning, was held yesterday at Milledgeville. The interment took place in the family burying ground near Milledgeville.
  Gilbert C. Bateman, of Macon, a brother of the young man, went to Milledgeville Tuesday in response to a long distance telephone message telling of the drowning, and attended the funeral yesterday.

July 17, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
Bridge Completed Over Little River
Milledgeville, Ga., July 26 (Special) The new bridge being between Baldwin and Putnam counties is now completed. This will cause satisfaction to a large number of people, as there is a great deal of transportation on this road. The bridge was constructed by the two counties of Baldwin and Putnam, and it is claimed to be securely built as to stand against all high water.

July 21, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
John S. Roberts
John S. Roberts, aged 75 years, died at the Confederate Soldiers' home at 7 o'clock Sunday morning. He was a member of the famous Baldwin Blues, company H, Fourth Georgia volunteers. He enlisted in Cook's brigade in April,. 1861, and served with distinction until the close of the civil war. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nancy C. Roberts. The body was taken to Poole's funeral chapel. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

September 9, 1913
The Augusta Chronicle
Funeral of Bill Miner In Milledgeville Sunday
Special to The Chronicle
Milledgeville, Ga. Sept. 8 - Failing to hear from any relatives the citizens of Milledgeville yesterday afternoon buried old man Bill Miner, America's most famous train robber in the city cemetery here. Prominent citizens acted as pallbearers and after his seventy years of adventure he lies sleeping quietly in one of the most picturesque cities of the dead in the state, surrounded by the graves of men who have played as important as advancing humanity's cause as he did to bring terror to scores in the days when he ranged in the west.
   It seems that Bill Miner cherished the thought that his relatives were still living though it develops that he has not heard from them in probably a quarter of a century. But so far as can be ascertained the last chapter in his life has been written and his record is one solely in the past.

September 28, 1913
The Augusta Chronicle
PROTRACTED SERVICES
Special to The Chronicle. Milledgeville, Ga. Sept. 27 - Protracted services will begin at Stevens Pottery Methodist Church, near here, Sunday and Rev. S.H. Dimon, pastor, expects a great meeting. Rev. Elam F. Dempsey, pastor of the First Methodist Church here, and Rev. B.H. Clark, of Columbus, will assist in conducting the services.
(See Rev. Stephen H. Dimon biography up to 1911 here)

October 26, 1913
The Augusta Chronicle
Park Burke Sustains Slight Flesh Wound
His Assailant Fled
Special to the Chronicle
   Milledgeville, Oct. 25 - Just as the shades of night deepened over Milledgeville Friday night, Park Burke, a well-known young white man, formerly of Screven County, but now employed with a local grocery firm., was met in a secluded spot on Greene Street near the Central depot, and held up by a supposed highwayman. The young man was shot in the arm, only a slight flesh wound resulting.
    No other cause than robbery is surmised, and the assaulting party hastily fled when he fired. Timely medical attention prevented loss of blood and consequent complications.

November 2, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
Mrs. Benj. Gause, Milledgeville
Milledgeville, Ga. November 1 - (Special) The funeral of Mrs. Benjamin Gause was held this afternoon from the Baptist church. The death of Mrs. Gause, which occurred Thursday morning after an illness of less than an hour, came as a great shock to everyone here. Acute indigestion is ascribed as the cause. Mrs. Gause was the wife of one of the best known business men of this city. Surviving her, also, is her daughter, Miss Mabel Gause; three sisters, Mrs. James Long of Jewell, Mrs. William Coleman of Devereaux and Mrs. W.A. Bass of Devereaux, also one brother, John Amoss, of this city.

November 9, 1913
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Miss Cora Bateman Dies At Milledgeville. Death of Former Instructor at Georgia Industrial Home Brings Sorrow To Many Children Who Know Her There.
    Friends in Macon and the children at the Georgia Industrial Home were grieved yesterday to learn of the death early yesterday morning of Miss Cora Bateman, 31 years of age, at the home of her father, W. T. Bateman, near Milledgeville. She is survived by her father, three sisters and three brothers. Her sisters are Mrs. L. L. Parker and Mrs. Hattie Herring, of Columbus, and Miss Anna Bateman, of Milledgeville. Her brothers are G. C. Bateman, of Macon; J. H. Bateman of Stilmore, and P. A. Bateman, of Alabama.
  Miss Bateman was formerly an instructor at the Georgia Industrial Home, of Macon, and was beloved by the children and the officers of the home, besides having many friends throughout Macon.
    The funeral will be held this morning at 9 o'clock from the family residence, near Milledgeville, Rev. Harold Major, pastor of the First Baptist church, of Milledgeville, officiating. Interment will follow at the family burying ground, near Ivy station.

November 27, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
McKinley-Bone
Milledgeville, Ga., November 26 (Special)
The marriage of MissAnne Ansley McKinley to Mr. Russell Glenn Bone took place last evening at the suburban home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy C. McKinley. Miss Pauline McKinley, sister of the bride, acted as maid of honor, and Mr. Jesse Bone, the groom's father, as best man.
  The bride is the youngest daughter of her parents, and is pretty and attractive and popular. The groom is a well-liked young business man of Stevens Pottery, where the young couple will make their home.

December 25, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
Son of Professor In Oglethorpe Aids
The Father of Superintendent Thomas, of West Point, Was Teacher in Old College.
   One of the latest subscriptions to the Oglethorpe fund comes from W.P. Thomas, superintendent of the public schools of West Point, Ga., and a son of one of the professors in the old Oglethorpe university.
    Mr. Thomas subscribes not only to help build the new university, but also because of the intimate relation of his life to those who have always been close to the Oglethorpe plan.
   "I send you herewith  my subscription of $25 to the Oglethorpe university fund.
   "I am inspired to do this for two reasons: First, to give my little mite to the aid of the university, and, second, on account of the sentiment connected with said school and my family.
     "Before Dr. Nathan Beman established his celebrated school at Mount Zion, Hancock county, Georgia, my grandfather was a farmer living on Shoulderbone creek, three miles from this little village.
     "When Dr. Beman, who was a celebrated Presbyterian minister, about 6 feet tall, and big all the way up, established his school at Mount Zion my grandfather Thomas moved into Mount Zion to educate his children under Dr. Beman.
     "My father, Dr. Francis Anderson Thomas, and his brother, Dr. James E. Thomas, who was for fourteen years president of Emory college, and their sisters were prepared for college by Dr. Beman.
     "After my father graduated in Virginia, Dr. Carlyle P. Beman, brother of Dr. Nathan Beman, came to Georgia also to teach school, his brother Nathan having returned to the north.
     "Just about this time, Oglethrope university was established and located at Midway, near Milledgeville. Dr. Carlyle P. Beman was elected its first president, and my father was elected on of its first professors.
     "After my father had taught several years in the school, he attended the medical colleges of Augusta and charleston, where he graduated in the same class with Dr. Willis Westmoreland, Sr. He afterwards located in Culloden, where he practiced his profession.
     "I mention these matters because my father often talked to me about them. The fact that his earliest young manhood was connected with the infant Oglethorpe university, inspires me to want to do a little something for the rehabilitation of this grand school."

January 22, 1914
Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs E. P. Byington
  Relatives in Bibb county were yesterday notified of the death early yesterday morning in Baldwin county of Mrs. Elizabeth P. Byington, formerly of this county. She was residing with her daughter, Mrs. J. T. Bloodworth, in Baldwin county, near Milledgeville.
   Mrs. Byington is survived by one daughter, Mrs. J. T. Bloodworth, of Baldwin county, and four sons, C. G. and H. A. Byington, of Bibb county; W. A. Byington of Arkansas, and J. A. Byington, of Florida. She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. A. H. Rice of Macon, and one brother, J. L. Ivey, of Milledgeville. The funeral will be held this morning at 11 oclock from Camp Creek church, in Baldwin county, Elder Walter Heard, officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.
 

April 14, 1914
Atlanta Constitution
Miss Hattie Keil, Milledgeville
Milledgeville, Ga., April 29 (Special) The death of Miss Hattie Keil occurred here this morning. Miss Keil had been ill for some days, and her death was not unexpected. Miss Keil is well known in this section, having lived in Milledgeville all her life. The funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon. She is survived by four sisters, Mrs. J. L. Ivey and Misses Mary and Mattie Keil, of this city, and Mrs. H. H. Green, of West Point.

April 19, 1914
Atlanta Constitution
Milledgeville, Ga
    Miss Mattie Buck was married to Dr. O. F. Moran on Tuesday of this week at the home of her parents in Midway. A number of friends were present.
   On Thursday afternoon of last week, Miss Bessie Moran and Mr. Charles N. Chandler were married at the home of the bride in East Baldwin. The happy couple left immediately for a trip to Florida.

May 5, 1914
Macon Daily Telegraph
MRS MATTIE BATSON
    After a brief illness, Mrs.Mattie Batson 54 years of age, died at midnight Sunday night a the home of her daughter on Pio Nono avenue. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Endie O. Johnson, Mrs. Georgia Peters, and Miss Arrie Batson, and three sons, John W., Jodie W. and Charles I. Batson, of Macon.
  The body was taken yesterday afternoon to Stevens Pottery, where the funeral and interment took place upon arrival.

August 1, 1914
Atlanta Constitution
STEVENS VICTIM OF A PAINFUL ACCIDENT
Macon, Ga., July 31. (Special) W. C. Stevens, one of middle Georgia's wealthiest citizens and head of the Stevens pottery in Baldwin county, sustained a broken collar bone at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. M. Stapler, today when the chain of a swing in which he was seated broke.
  Mr. Stevens has been in poor health for some time, and because of his advanced age some concern is felt as to the outcome of his injury.

August 14, 1914
The Macon Daily Telegraph
J. W. ETHERIDGE
    Following an illness of several months, J. W. Etheridge, 80 years of age, died yesterday at the Macon hospital. He is survived by two sons, J. E. Etheridge, of Macon, and I. W. Etheridge, of St. Louis, Mo., besides his two daughters, Mrs. L. Pierce and Miss Fannie Etheridge. The family came to Macon about four years ago from Milledgeville.
  The body was taken yesterday afternoon to Coopersville, where the funeral and interment will take place today.

October 25, 1914
Atlanta Constitution
  Milledgeville, Ga.
  A number of people attended the wedding of Miss Clifford Williamson of Brown's Crossing, to Mr. J. W. Fullwright, of Atlanta, which took place on Thursday. Miss Ethel Brown from this city, played the wedding march.
   The many friends of Miss Lucile Bass, who was a popular visitor during the summer to Mrs. E. E. Bass, are interested to know of her marriage to Mr. Frank Phillips, at the home of her parents in Watertown, Tenn.

December 31, 1914
The Augusta Chronicle
KILLED BY HIS SON
J. J. Carr, Aged Fifty, Attacked Wife and Sister, and Was Shot to Death by His Son, George Carr.
Special to The Chronicle. Milledgeville, Ga., Dec. 30. - J. J. Carr, about fifty years of age, and merchant at Carrs Station, twelve miles from Milledgeville, was shot and instantly killed, about 3 o'clock this afternoon by his son, George Carr, in defense of his mother and widowed sister, Mr. Goodloe Beck, according to information received here tonight.
   Mrs. Beck, who lives in Milledgeville, left here this afternoon at 2 o'clock to visit her parents and a little twelve year old son of Mrs. Beck returned on train reaching here at 5:40 to report killing to relatives, stating that the grandfather of child attacked his and grandmother immediately upon their arrival and that his son, George Carr, came to the defense of them both by killing his own father.
  J. J. Carr, the dead man, is well known in this section. He was a man of considerable means. According to information received here, Carr was drinking heavily at the time he was killed.

May 9, 1915
Atlanta Constitution
MINTER-CRAWFORD
Mr. and Mrs. John Easter Minter, of Columbus, Ga., announce the engagement of their only daughter, Winnifred Bradley, to Dr. Robert Lee Crawford, U.S.N., of Washington, D.C., the wedding to take place in the early fall. Dr. Crawford is a son of the late E.A. Crawford, of Tallahassee, Fla., and a descendant of a long line of physicians and surgeons, among them being Dr. Crawford Long, who discovered anaesthesia. After a brilliant record of three years at Vanderbilt university, and later at the Army and Navy Medical college, at Washington, Dr. Crawford received his first commission from the navy department at the age of 24. Miss Minter's attractive personality and her musical and literary accomplishments have won for her a large circle of friends who will be interested in the announcement of her engagement.
Note: John Easter Minter, born in Baldwin County, was the son of Charles Floyd and Martha Jane (Chambers) Minter.

June 26, 1915
Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs F. P. Ivey, aged 47 years died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at her residence 264 Washington avenue, following an illness of two or three months.
  Besides her husband, Mrs. Ivey is survived by one son and two daughters.
  The body will be taken to D(P)ancras at 6:45 o'clock this morning over the Central of Georgia railway and the funeral and interment will be held there.

July 2, 1915
Atlanta Constitution
MRS. LUCY HURT DIED THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Funeral Services of Mother of Joel Hurt Will Be Held This Afternoon
  Mrs. Lucy Apperson Hurt, aged 94, and one of Atlanta's best loved women, died at the residence of her son, Joel Hurt, 85 Elizabeth street, Inman Park, Thursday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. She is survived by her son, one brother, N. E. W. Long, of Hurtsboro, Ala., and one sister, Mrs. M.A. Jackson, of Montgomery,Ala.
  Mrs. Hurt was the daughter of Colonel N.W. Long of Baldwin county, Georgia. She was born May 11, 1822, six miles from Milledgeville, Ga.
  She married the late Joel Hurt when but sixteen years old. at the time of her marriage she was living with her parents on Uchee creek. Mr. Hurt was attending a Baptist revival near the Long plantation and after a courtship which lasted a little over two months the marriage took place.
Mother of Eleven Children
 Mrs Hurt was the mother of eleven children, all of whom are dead but her son in Atlanta. They were Nimrod, Charles, Emma, Elisha, Sarah, Joel, Louise, George, James, Frances and an infant who was never named.
  Her eldest son, Nimrod, served in the civil war under General Bragg and was killed in a battle at Tupelo, Miss.
  Elisha, the second son, was in the Forty-fifth Alabama regiment and was wounded July 22, 1864, at Atlanta.
  Following her marriage Mrs. Hurt lived at her father's plantation on Uchee creek for ten years. After that they moved to Olivet, where they lived eight years and later Hurt established Hurtsboro.
  At the time the war broke out Mr. Hurt was strongly opposed to secession. He held that the differences between the north and the south should be settled in legislative halls and not by the sword.
  Sends Sons to War
When Alabama seceded be sent his two sons to enlist, stating that he would in all probability follow them.
  He was seriously injured in a buggy accident after that and within a short time died.
 Mrs. Hurt, living to the age of 94, lives up to a characteristic of her family. She had two aunts who equaled her in longevity and one aunt who lived to be 96 years old.
  Both the Hurt and the Long families were prominently connected in the states of Alabama and Georgia. Mrs. Hurt was one of the best known women of Atlanta and enjoyed a host of friends throughout the south. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the residence of Joe Hurt on Elizabeth street, Dr. W. F. Glenn officiating.
  Interment will take place in Oakland cemetery.

August 11, 1915
Columbus Ledger
Mrs. Emma Smith, aged 27 years, died at her residence, seven miles east of the city, at one o'clock Tuesday after an illness of nine weeks. Her health had been declining for about two years. Besides her husband, Mr. E. Smith, she is survived by two sons and one daughter, Curtis and Heyward Smith and Rena Smith; her father, Mr. Marshall Youngblood, of Baldwin county, Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. June Chambers, of Milledgeville; Mrs. Sallie Watson, of Dublin, Ga.; three brothers, William, Charles and Cornelius Youngblood, of Baldwin County, Ga. The interment took place at New Prospect church this afternoon at one o'clock. The funeral services will take place later, according to the old custom of holding funerals.
 

August 12, 1915
Atlanta Constitution
Mrs. Myrick, Milledgeville
Milledgeville, Ga. August 11 - (Special) The death of Mrs. J. E. Myrick occurred at her home in this city on Monday evening and was a great shock to her family and friends. She was a native of Alabama and was closely connected with some of the old and prominent families of that state. She leaves a husband, J. E. Myrick; three daughters, Miss Annie Myrick, of this city; Mrs. W. H. Barron, of Round Oak; Mrs. J. E. Connell, of Albany, and Messrs. D.P., W. S., and T. A. Myrick, of this city. The funeral services were held here yesterday.
 

August 15, 1915
Macon Daily Telegraph
Joseph A. Moore, president of the Funeral Directors' Association of Georgia, is one of the most progressive and well-like citizens of Milledgeville. Born at Sharon, December 18, 1888, he attended the public schools in that little city, later attending the Southern College of Embalming at Augusta, from which institution he graduated in 1905. He commenced his active business career at Sharon, but moved to Milledgeville in 1909.
  Mr. Moore is a member of the Baptist church, Knight Templar, head of the Masonic lodge, and in addition, is an officer in other Masonic lodges.

1916
January 7, 1916
Atlanta Constitution
Mrs. Wheeler, Scottsboro
Milledgeville, Ga., January 6 - (Special) Mrs. Simon Wheeler died at her home in Scottsboro, near this city, Thursday night.
    She was the grandmother of F. W. Hendrickson, a well known peach grower of that section, and had lived here several years, coming here from Indiana with her husband, who died several years ago.
    She was 91 years of age. She was buried in the cemetery here.

January 24, 1916
Washington Post
WHITE- On Saturday, January 22, 1916 at her daughter's residence, Louisa K. Locke, 5322 Blair road, HENRIETTA A.WHITE, in her eighty-fifth year.
Funeral at Milledgeville Ga., on Wednesday, January 26.

February 24, 1916
Atlanta Constitution
DR. MARK JOHNSTON
DIED LAST EVENING; LIVED HERE 14 YEARS
Dr. Mark Johnston, age 67 years, died last night at 10 o'clock at the residence, 65 Ontario avenue.
    Dr. Johnston is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kate Johnston; one sister, Mrs. Oliver White, of Atlanta; a brother, Malcolm Johnston, of Marietta, and a brother-in-law, W.S. Myrick, of Atlanta.
     Dr. Johnston was born in Alabama and had lived in Atlanta since about 1902. For the past fifteen years he had not been actively engaged in the practice of his profession.
     When Dr. Johnston was quite young the family moved to Georgia and settled in Milledgeville, where Dr. Johnston grew up and practiced medicine for a number of years. He entered politics in the early eighties and during 1884 and 1886 was representative to the legislature. For several years he was field superintendent of the Empire Life Insurance Company of Atlanta. He had many friends throughout the state.

February 25, 1916
The Atlanta Constitution
Johnston-The friends of Dr. and Mrs. Mark Johnston, Mrs. O. T. White, Mr. Malcolm Johnston, of Marietta, GA and Mr. W. S. Myrick are invited to attend the funeral of Dr. Mark Johnston this (Friday) morning at 10:30 o'clock from the residence, 85 E. Ontario avenue, West End Park. The interment will take place in Milledgeville, Ga. the funeral party leaving the Terminal station at 12:30 PM via the Central of Georgia railway.  Barclay and Brandon Co., funeral directors in charge.
(submitted by Paula Girouard )
 

February 29, 1916
The Atlanta Constitution
FORMER MILLEDGEVILLE MAYOR PASSES AWAY
Milledgeville, Ga. February 28 (Special) Peter J. Cline, age 70, ex-mayor of Milledgeville, died early Monday morning at his residence after a short illness of pneumonia.
   His funeral will be held from the Catholic church tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
    Mr. Cline for a number of years was the leading dry goods merchant of this city and was one of the city's most public-spirited citizens. No man in this community had a wider acquaintance or more friends.
  He is survived by twelve children: Hugh, Theodore, John, Lewis, Herbert, Misses Mary, Kate, Regina, Agnes, of Milledgeville;Peter J. Kline, of Atlanta; Frank Cline, of Elberton, and Dr. Bernard Cline, of the medical staff of the Georgia State sanitarium.

March 8, 1916
Atlanta Constitution
Many Trees Blown Down and Stores Flooded
Milledgeville, Ga., March 7 (Special) A hard hailstorm with strong, damaging wind and a torrential downpour of rain occurred  in Milledgeville this afternoon. Dr. W. A. Ellison's residence in the city was damaged by a falling tree. Many other trees were blown down in the city. The storm was so violent that water beat through roofs and windows and damaged goods in many of the stores. There was an overflow of the surface sewers and cellars, and business houses were flooded.
  At the state sanitarium the storm was fierce, blowing out several windows in the center building. No loss of life has been reported. The storm came from the northwest. All telephone connections with the county are cut off. The Oconee river is rising very fast.

September 9, 1916
The Macon Daily Telegraph
DEATH COMES TO C. A. IVEY AS HE IS BUSY HAULING HAY.
Prominent Farmer Suddenly Expires Near Butler While He Is at Work in the Field. Sixty-five Years old.
Butler, Sept. 8 - C. A. Ivey, a citizen of Butler, 65 years old, was stricken while in the field hauling hay this morning and died this afternoon. He came from Baldwin county several years ago and was an upright, honest citizen. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made A wife and several children survive him.
(Note: 66 years old and buried Salem Baptist Churchyard, Baldwin County)

September 5, 1916
Macon Daily Telegraph
~excerpt
Mrs W. J. Hysler expired suddenly yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at her home, 209 Reid street.
 She was 66 years of age and besides her husband leaves two sons C. E. and W. F. Hysler; two daughters, Mrs. G. L. Hay and Mrs. J. O. McKinney, also one brother and one sister. Member of Second Baptist church. Lived Macon eight years, coming from Milledgeville, where body taken for funeral and interment.
(Note - son Edgar, age 19, died Jan. 1914, buried Fort Hill cemetery, Macon)
 

November 8, 1916
The Augusta Chronicle
Mr. S. D. MAXWELL DEAD AT MILLEDGEVILLE HOME.
Gentleman Who Was Well Known Throughout Middle Georgia
Special to The Chronicle
Milledgeville, Ga. Nov. 7. S. D. Maxwell, age sixty, well known throughout middle Georgia, died at his home here Saturday night. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon with Masonic rites. The interment was in the City Cemetery.

December 16,1916
Atlanta Constitution
PIONEER MANUFACTURER
Macon, Ga., December 15 - (Special) Walter Crawford Stevens, of Stevens Pottery, Ga., died at the home of Dr. Stapler, on High street, yesterday morning, following an extended illness, his death brining to an end the career of one of Georgia's most substantial business men.
  Mr. Stevens was a pioneer manufacturer of clay products and was one of the organizers of Stevens Bros. & Co;, of Stevens Pottery, Ga.; of H. Stevens Sons Co., and of the Citizens National Bank of Macon, and served as president of these organizations. Desiring to devote all of his time to Stevens Pottery, he resigned the other presidencies.
  Death came on the forty-sixth anniversary of his wedding. He was 71 years of age. His wife, who survives him, was Miss Emmie Davis, of Covington. He also leaves two daughters, Mrs. M. M. Stapler and Mrs. B. Sanders Walker, of Macon; two brothers, J. H. Stevens, of Stevens Pottery, and W. P. Stevens, of Macon, and three sisters.
    The interment was at Riverside cemetery this morning at 10 o'clock. The funeral was private.

April 12, 1917
The Augusta Chronicle
PROMINENT CITIZEN
OF MILLEDGEVILLE DEAD
Special to the Chronicle. Milledgeville, Ga. April 11. Mr. W. H. Hunter, storekeeper for the Georgia State Sanitarium, one of the leading citizens of this city, and one of the most favorable known families in Georgia, died suddenly late this afternoon of apoplexy. He was 56 years old, and one of the leading masons of the state.

April 22, 1917
The Augusta Chronicle
JOHN THOMAS WALL PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY
Funeral Services Tuesday Morning at 10 O'clock
  Mr. John Thomas Wall, a machinist at the United States Arsenal here for the past sixteen years and one  of Augusta's staunchest citizens, died yesterday morning at 1 o'clock, at his residence, 1855 Starnes Street. He was 62 years of age, and had been ill about two weeks.
  Mr. Wall was born in Milledgeville, but has spent the last sixteen years in Augusta. He was a member of Woodlawn Lodge No. 81, I.O.O.F., and the Masonic Star Lodge No. 99 of Graniteville, S.C. He was also a member of the Woodmen of the World.
  Funeral services will be held from the Crawford Avenue Baptist Church, Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. Thomas Walker officiating. Interment will be made at Graniteville.
  The following gentlemen have been requested to act as pallbearers: messrs J. R. Goldman, J. F. Holmes, W. L. Rearden, J. L. Quincy, Jr, W. O. Scott and J. M. Tyce.
  Besides his wife, Mrs Mary Catherine Wall, the deceased is survived by five sons, W. W., and W. A. Wall of Augusta; W. E. Wall, of Baths, S.C.; T. A. Wall, of Langley, and J. B. Wall, of Aurora, Ill; one daughter, Mrs. C. A. Smith, of Columbia, S.C.; one brother, Mr. Lafayette Wall, of Hephzipah, and one sister, Mr. Lucy Ergle, of this city. He also leaves eleven grandchildren.
  The automobile funeral procession will leave for Graniteville for interment immediately after the funeral service.

April 24, 1917
Macon Telegraph
- excerpt
Twenty-two soldiers of the Second Georgia infantry who were left at the base hospital at Fort Bliss when the troops returned home, arrived in Macon last night. The were in charge of Sergeant LeRoy F. Smith, of Company D. Every man in the party was glad to be back home again. They arrived in a special car attached to a regular train.
  The men had supper at the Metropolitan restaurant, where they were met a short time after their arrival by Col. Thomas, Capt. Wall, Lieutenant Butler and Sergeant Sheehan. Transportation furnished to each man to his home and each will be given time to recuperate.
Those in the party were:
Clifton Babb, Thomas W. Bachelter, Doss Wood, Thomas S. Mills, Frank Harrison, Company E, Milledgeville.

May 6, 1917
The Augusta Chronicle
Baldwin County To Raise Food
Meetings Will Be Held in Every Section of the Country This Afternoon to Arouse Interest of Farmers
Special to The Chronicle
Milledgeville, Ga, May 5. In order to bring about a combined effort to combat the prospective food shortage, a movement has been launched in Milledgeville and Baldwin County to arouse the interest of every farmer and business man to the extent of directly awakening them to the exact state of affairs confronting the people at this time.
   Meetings will be held in every section of Baldwin County Sunday afternoon to secure concerted action on the part of the farmers to raise more food crops, the meetings will begin at 3:30 p.m and will be held at the following places, with the list of speakers:
Bethel - G. C. McKinley,  M.M. Parks, E. A. Tigner, A. A. Tilley
Brown's - M. S. Bell; W. S. Myrick, K.T. Alfriend
Trilby - J. D. Howard, J. H. Ennis, Rev. J. C. Wilkinson, T. S. Jeanes
Scottsboro - J. A. Sibley, O. M. Conn, J. A Horne, Rev. T. E. Kendall
Black Springs - J. E. Pottle, L. C. Hall, Rev. D. W. Brannen, J. B. O'Quinn
Cooperville - J. T. Allen,  J. F. Bell, L. H. Andrews
   It is further expected that these men and others interested will see to it that every farmer, white and colored, shall be present at the meeting in his district Sunday afternoon.
It is known that the progressive farmers of the county, without exception, are enthusiastically for the movement of raising more food crops. Among these are Messrs. George W. Underwood, W. W. Moran, Dr. T. F. Brown, C. W. Ennis, G. A. Collins, A. N. Torrance, C. R. Torrance, W. B. Richardson, J. L. Bloodworth, W. A. Huff, G. D. Myrick and many others.

December 26, 1917
The Augusta Chronicle
HON. JULES R. HORN DEAD IN MILLEDGEVILLE.
Special to The Chronicle. Milledgeville, Ga., Dec. 25. Julius A. Horne, age 57, mayor of this city from 1900 to 1907, president of the First National Bank financier and philantropist died here at 2 o'clock today. The deceased was an alderman of this city four years prior to his election to the mayoralty. He is survived by his widow and the following children: Mrs. John W. Hutchinson, Mr. Capt. Y.A. Little, Miss Mary Horne, Adrian and Lewis, all of this city.

June 13, 1918
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs. J. A. Gunn, aged 54 years, died yesterday at 12 o'clock after a lingering illness of three years. Mrs. Gunn was born in South Carolina, and lived in Macon. Surviving, besides her husband, are two daughters, Mrs. Mattie Ryals, of Scottsboro; Mrs. Stella O'Pry, of Macon. The remains will be carried to Cooperville, where the funeral and interment will take place.

August 22, 1918
Augusta Chronicle
The Death of S. W. Roberts
  The other day - last Thursday to be exact - Sterling W.  Roberts died in Milledgeville after having rounded out 74 years of life, most of which was active and all of it certainly useful to his fellowman. During the last few years of his life he had been in failing health and the end came peacefully and quietly at the home of his nephew, with whom he has resided most of the time since the death of his wife several years ago.
    The history of service which surrounds the life of Mr. Roberts was one of singular worth and ability. He was the first president of the Georgia Press Association, organized thirty-odd years ago, and his guiding hand had much to do with shaping the course of the organization which has made it such an important factor in the affairs of the state through all the years and during the entire career of the association he has watched its progress with increasing solicitude and interest down to the present time.
     In politics he sought no distinction and yet he had honors bestowed upon him, being the delegated authority to cast the electoral vote of Georgia when Grover Cleveland was first named president. He also held an important appointive office under the president at that time. Most of his newspaper career was in Sparta, during a part of the time associated with the lamented Sidney Lewis in the publication of the Sparta Ishmaelite, which was one of the best known of Georgia weeklies.
   The passing away of Mr. Roberts is greatly regretted by hundreds of friends throughout Georgia and those who knew him best realize the state has lost a valued citizen.

October 24, 1918
Macon Daily Telegraph
Bernard H. Breedlove, well known young Macon man died yesterday afternoon after an  illness of one week of pneumonia. Young Breedlove was born in Baldwin county, but lived in Macon practically all of his life. For several years he was with the Southern Express Company. . At the time of his death he was connected with the Odom Ice Cream Company. Besides his wife and little boy, he leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Breedlove and one sister, Miss Josie Breedlove. The funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon from Jesse B. Hart & Bro's chapel at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. H. M. Fugate officiating. Interment at Riverside cemetery.

December 12, 1918
Macon Daily Telegraph
MissMary Batson, aged 57 years, died at her home, 960 Hazel street, early Thursday morning. She was ill for some time and the news of her death was not unexpected. She was born and reared in Baldwin county and has lived in Macon Several years. She is survived by two sisters and one brother, Misses Alice and Nancy Batson, of Macon and W. O. Batson, of East St. Louis, Ill. The body was carried to Stevens Pottery early this morning for funeral and interment.

December 27, 1918
Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs. Reba May Breedlove
  After a short illness at her residence, 327 Hyrdrolia avenue, Mrs. Reba May Breedlove, 27 years of age, died yesterday afternoon at 4:53 o'clock. She is survived by one son, Bernard Breedlove, Jr.; mother, Mrs. W. H. Walden; two sisters, Mrs. C. L. Yeomans and Mrs. T. E. Green; and five brothers, R. L., C. G., R. S., C. L. and D. D. Walden. Her husband died last October.
  Mrs. Breedlove was a member of the East Macon Baptist church, and leaves many friends.
  The furneral arrangements will be announced later.

Janauary 21 1919 
Union Recorder
Mr. R. E. Callaway  (Richard Eugene) died at his home on South Jefferson street Monday night, a few minutes after seven o'clock, after an illness of a few days with pneumonia. Mr. Callaway is survived by Mrs. Callaway and six children. At the time of his death Mr. Callaway was employed as night watchman at the plant of the Oconee Brick and Tile Co. He rendered faithful service and was known as a quiet and peaceful citizen. For a number of years he was an employee of the State Sanitarium. He has a number of friends who regret his death. Arrangements for the funeral services have not been completed, but will take place Thursday.
Obit provided by Scott O. Fraser

January 23, 1919
Macon Daily Telegraph
   Miss Annie Jeanes died at the Macon Hospital Wednesday morning at 5:45 o'clock. Miss Jeanes was a well known and popular young lady and the news of her death is sadly learned by her many friends. She was born in Baldwin county and was 24 years of age. She was stricken with pneumonia several days ago which caused her death. She leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Jeanes, two brothers, L. B., and George; two sisters, Mrs. Fountain, of Twiggs county, and Mrs. J. Snipes of Milledgeville, to mourn her death. The remains will be carried to Ivey Station, Ga., for  funeral and interment.

January 23, 1919
Macon Daily Telegraph
G. E. Bloodworth, aged 39 years, died at his home, 724 Anderson street, Wednesday morning at one-fifty o'clock. He was employed by the Central of Georgia Railroad Company, and was well known here. He was a native of Milledgeville, Ga., and had been a resident of Macon thirteen years. Mr. Bloodworth died of pneumonia and was ill only five days. Besides his wife he leaves three children, Albert, Logan and G. E., Jr. The remains will be carried to Milledgeville this (Thursday) morning at seven o'clock. The funeral and interment will take place from Salem church, near there, this (Thursday) afternoon at four o'clock. Rev. T. W. Callaway, of the Baptist Tabernacle, will officiate. The interment will be in the church graveyard.

February 19, 1919
Macon Daily Telegraph
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J. W. LAYFIELD
STEVENS POTTERY, Feb. 9 - Mr. J. W. Layfield, aged 75, died at his home Wednesday morning about 8 o'clock, after a lingering illness of five years.
   He bore his suffering with all patience and was ready to meet every one with a smiling face.
   The funeral took place at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Methodist church, of which he has been a consistent member for a number of years.
    Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. J. W. Layfield, and twelve children, Mr. O. D. Layfield, of Macon, Mrs. McMillian, Milledgeville; Mrs. A. F. Sanford, of G. S.S.; Mr. R. G. Layfield, of G. S.S.; Mr. J. C. Layfield, of Great Lakes, Ill., and seven smaller, who are dependent on their mother.
 

March 10 1919
Atlanta Constitution
CALLOWAY - The remains of Miss Aquilla Calloway will be taken this (Monday) morning at 6 o'clock to Milledgeville, Ga. for funeral services and interment. Barclay & Branden Co. funeral directors.

March 31, 1919
Augusta Chronicle
BURIAL SATURDAY OF CAPT. T. F. JOHNSON
Special to The Chronicle.
Savannah, Ga. March 30 - The body of Capt. Tomlinson Fort Johnson arrived here Saturday afternoon from Pineora, where his death occurred Friday morning, and the funeral services were conducted from the Central of Georgia station, the interment being in Bonaventure cemetery.
  He is the son of the late former Governor Herschel V. Johnson. He was born near Milledgeville, and his mother, was Mrs. Mary Polk Johnson, a niece of President Polk.
 For years, when a resident of Savannah, he was owner and manager of the Savannah theater and was widely known to theatrical people of the nation for many years. He was 74 years of age. Mrs. Tallulah Horn, of Augusta, was a sister of Capt. Johnson.

May 24, 1919
The Macon Daily Telegraph
William Louis McCullough, 8 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McCullough, died last night at the family residence, 279 Elm street. Besides the parents, two sisters survive. The body will be shipped to Coopers, Ga., this morning at 5:45 o'clock.

May 27 1919
Atlanta Constitution
Stewart M. Barnett
Stewart M. Barnett, aged 62 years, of 146 South Pryor street, died Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock at a private hospital. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. E. N. Anderson, of Orange, Texas. Mr. Barnett was born at Milledgeville, Ga., but had lived many years in Atlanta, having connected with the firm of J. Regenstien Co. for thirty years. The body has been taken to the chapel of Greenberg & Bond.

May 28, 1919
Atlanta Constitution
BARNETT - The friends and relatives of Mr. Stewart M. Barnett are invited to attend the funeral of Mr. Stewart M. Barnett at the home of Mr. Meyer Regenstein, no. 14 Walker Terrace, this (Wednesday) afternoon at 3 o'clock. Burial Thursday morning at Milledgeville, Ga. Greeberry & Bond in charge of funeral. Milledgeville papers please copy. The following gentlemen will act as pallbearers: Z. Webb, Meyer Regenstein, L. P. Rosser, Sr., Louis Regenstein, T. J. Bryan, J. T. Busbee, Pinkie Brown and C. W. Heery.
(note: son of Nathan C. Barnett, buried in unmarked grave, Memory Hill Cemetery)

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