January 21, 1910
Union Recorder
Death Mrs. Emma Grimes Occurred Last Tuesday
  In Hancock county, near the Baldwin line, Mrs. Emma Grimes died last Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock after a long illness. She was sister of Mrs. J. D. Pound, of Milledgeville. Mrs. Grimes was about 35 years of age and is survived by five children and her husband.
  The funeral occurred at Island Creek church in Hancock county Wednesday.

February 3, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
SPARTA CHURCH BUILT 1805 IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
Sparta, Ga. February 2 (Special) The Sparta Methodist church was totally destroyed by fire this afternoon, which originated in a defective stove flue. The Women's Missionary Society had just adjourned from the building. The church was built in 1805 and afterwards remodeled several times. There was $1,000 insurance. The building was very dear to the Methodist.

April 22, 1910
Atlanta Constitution
Hon. S. N. Chapman, Powellton
Sparta, Ga., April 21 (Special) Hon. S. N. Chapman died at his home in Powellton last night very suddenly of heart trouble. He was in the seventy-fifth year of his age He was chairman of the board of education of Hancock county. He had been principal of the Powellton school for forty-one years. He was clerk of the Baptist church there equally as long and represented this county in the legislature. He was held in high esteem by the entire county.

May 13, 1910
The Macon Daily Telegraph
MUCH DAMAGE REPORTED AT CULVERTON YESTERDAY.
 Augusta Ga, May 12 - A special to the Chronicle from Culverton, Ga., says a very heavy wind and hail storm there this afternoon was the worst that has ever visited that section.
  While there were no lives lost as far as can be ssertained there were several houses blown from their pillars and the steeple of the Methodist chuch was blown down, several houses were unroofed.
  One of the R. F. D. carriers, who has just come in reports that cotton and corn along his route are completely ruined and that there is not enough left to tell what was planted in the fields
  The peach crop in this section will be a complete failure as the main part of the storm passed directly through the peach center.

August 28, 1910
The Macon Daily Telegraph
William D. Ford died at his home in East Macon Friday night at 11:55 o'clock after a short illness.
   Mr. Ford was 85 years of age and is survived by a wife, four sons and two daughters. They are: J. W. Ford of Macon, W. G. Ford of Augusta, C. D. Ford of Jackson, S. P. Ford of South Carolina; Mrs. M. L. Johnson and Mrs. M. Hataway of Jackson.
   Mr. Ford was formerly of Augusta and came to Macon several months ago the make his home here.
   The funeral services occurred at the residence yesterday afternoon at five o'clock. The remains will be carried to Sparta, Ga., this morning for interment.

September 23, 1910
Macon Daily Telegraph
SID B. SIMMONS DROPS DEAD AT SPARTA HOME. Was a Confederate Soldier and Elder in Presbyterian Church, and Had Been Prominent in Business Circles.
Sparta, Ga., Sept. 22 - Sid B. Simmons dropped dead at his home here last night without any premonition of his end, having been up to that hour in good health. He was 66 years of age, an ex-Confederate soldier, an elder in the Presbyterain church and  a member of an old and honored Hancock county family. He had been a merchant most of his life. He leaves a widow and three children, Mrs. Thomas, of Valdosta; Miss Rosa and Rutherford, of this place.

October 9, 1910
Macon Daily Telegraph
Clancey-Moate
Judge and Mrs. Frank Lightfoot Little, of Sparta, Ga, announce the engagement of their granddaughter, Florence Richwood Clancy, to Mr. Luther Moss Moate of Devereaux, Ga., the wedding to take place on Wednesday evening of November 23, at the Sparta Methodist church.

October 20, 1910
The Enquirer Sun
CAPT. J. R. MERRITT IS DEAD IN SPARTA.
   Sparta, Ga., Oct. 19 - Capt. J. Robert Merritt died here last night from a stroke of paralysis. He was 71 years old.
  Hon. R. L. Merritt and Miss Nannie Merritt, the only two children survivee him here.
   His body was carried to Forsyth, his former home, for burial this morning.

November 10, 1910
Macon Daily Telegraph
MRS. GEORGE M. AMOSS IS CLAIMED BY REAPER.
Sparta, GA, Nov. 9 - Mrs. George M. Amoss, wife of a prominent planter, died here last night of pneumonia. She was 68 years old and leaves the following children: Mrs. B. A. Florence, Atlanta; Mrs. J__ County, Mrs. B. L. Binion, Mrs. Mattie Hudson, Mrs. L. B. Hudson and Miss Myrtle Amoss, of Sparta.

November 25, 1910
Milledgeville News
Mrs. Charles Kilgore, wife of a well known farmer living near Carr's Station died last Friday night after a illness of some time. She was sister of Mr. Rory Grimes and had several relatives in the country.  She is also survived by her husband, but no children.
  The interment was in the family burial grounds and occurred Saturday afternoon. To the family sympathy is extended by many friends.

January 18, 1911
The Macon Daily Telegraph
ARNOLD FUNERAL SERVICES.  The funeral services of A.M. Arnold were held at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. F. Binion, 619 Elm street, yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, Rev. W.M. Sentell officiating.
  The body was carried to Devereaux, the old home of the deceased, yesterday afternoon at 4:40 o'clock for interment.

February 8, 1911
Macon Daily Telegraph
G. P. BURDICK, SPARTA
  Sparta, Ga., Feb. 7 - George P. Burdick, Sr., died here Sunday. He was 77 years of age and had been in feeble health for some time. He was orginally from Providence, R. I., but spent most of his life in Macon, Ga. He leaves the following children: Mr. G. P. Burdick, Jr., of Sparta; Mr. Barnes Burdick, of Nashville, Ga.; Mrs. John McCoy, of Mableton, Ga.; Mrs. Charles Dickson, of Columbus, Ga. The body was carried to Macon for interment.

February 13, 1911
Macon Daily Telegraph
FORMER SHERIFF OF HANCOCK COUNTY DIES. J. T. Pinkston, of Sparta,
Who Had Military and Political Record, Passes Away.
Sparta, Ga. Feb. 12 -J. T. Pinkston died at his home today in the 64th year of his age. He had a military and political career.
    He entered the Confederate army at the age of 17 as a private in the Sixth Georgia Regiment and served gallantly for several years and until his regiment was disbanded at the close of the war.
    He had been prominent in local politics and for eight years made a distinquished record as sheriff of Hancock County.
    He leaves a widow and a large number of children, all of whom are grown. He will be buried with Confederate honors in the local cemetery.

March 23, 1911
The Macon Daily Telegraph
LAFAYETTE POWELL, SPARTA.
Sparta, Ga., Feb. 22 - Mr. LaFayette Powell died here today in the 77th year of his age after living a quiet but successful and higly honorable life. He leaves a wife and three grown children: James, Miss Susie Day Powell, and Mrs. Waldron Middlebrooks. The deceased was a faithful memberof the board of education, a devoted member of and steward in the Methodist Church. He was borhter of the late Drs. T. S. Powell, of Atlanta, and T. O. Powell, of Milledgeville.

March 23, 1911
Atlanta Constitution
Flames Destroy College At Sparta
Main Building of Tenth District School Burned to the Ground
Sparta, Ga., March 22 (special) The main academic building of the Tenth District Agricultural College burned to the ground this morning about 2 o'clock. The loss is estimated at around $25,000, but is partially covered by insurance.
  The origin of the fire is unknown, though it is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary.
  The building will be rebuilt as soon as practicable.

March 30, 1911
Macon Daily Telegraph
JOHN COLLINS DEAD AT RIPE OLD AGE.
John Collins, aged 82 years, died at his home in Hancock County, near Sparta, at an early hour yesterday morning. He was well known throughout Central Georgia and had been employed at the Central shops, in Macon, up until four years ago, when he was forced to retire from active work on account of old age and feeble health.
   He is survived by one son, George D. Collins, and one sister, Mrs. Dougherty, both of Sparta. The remains will arrive in Macon this morning at 11:20 o'clock over the Georgia Railroad and will be immediately carried to Riverside Cemetery for funeral and interment. The funeral will be conducted by Rev. R. E. Douglas, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.

April 4, 1911
Macon Daily Telegraph
HENRY H. THOMAS IS DEAD AT SPARTA HOME
  Sparta, Ga., April 3 - Henry H. Thomas, one of the most prominent citizens of Sparta,  died here last night in his 86th year, leaving a widow and four children, Mrs. W. O. Shivers, Mrs. T. M. Jones, Clarence and Winton Thomas. The deceased was a member of the Methodist Church, attending all of its services, and was a member of the board of stewards of that organization. He saw considerable service as a Confederate soldier, being a member of the Sixty-sixth Georgia regiment.

April 4, 1911
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Death Claims Man of Prominence In Sparta
Sparta, Ga., April 8. - Lewis L. Clinch passed away last night at his home on Clinch Terrace, one of the suburbs of thist own. He was in his fifty-sixth year and had never married. He is survivied by his mother, brother and sister. Duncan L. Clinch and Mrs. Sterrett Tate, both of New York.
   The deceased was the eldest son of the late Col. H. A. Clinch, of Confederate war fame, and the grandson of General Duncan Clinch. He was an honored citizen and was in prosperous financiala circumstances.

April 7, 1911
Atlanta Constitution
R.H. Thomas, Sparta
Sparta, Ga., April 6 (Special) R. H. Thomas, one of the most prominent and useful citizens of Sparta, died suddenly last Sunday night, and was buried Tuesday morning, the burial service being held at the home, and conducted by Rev. Mr. Eakes. The deceased leaves, besides his wife, two daughters, Mrs.T. M. Jones and Mrs. Oscar Shivers of Sparta; two sons Clarence Thomas, of Atlanta, and Milton Thomas of Sparta; four brothers, Louis W. Thomas, of Atlanta; F. G. Thomas, of Sparta; Dr. J. M. Thomas, of  Griffin, and Professor W. P. Thomas of West Point and one sister, Mrs. A. J. Perryman, of Talberton.

April 27, 1911
Atlanta Constitution
Lavoscie Lamar, Dixie Hero, Dies As "Taps" Sound For Dixie's Dead.
Macon, Ga., April 26 - "Taps" for the confederate dead had scarcely ceased in Macon this afternoon before Lavoscie Lamar breathed his last. As a boy of 16, in Cobb's brigade, stationed here, be broke through the federal lines thrown out by Stoneman and swarm the Ocmulgee river for six miles bearing dispatches, the delivery of which later accomplished the defeat of Stoneman. He was for years a prominent planter in Bibb county. He died at the age of 63.

October 2, 1911
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs. Virginia Lane Mullaly, mother of J. Lane Mullaly, sheriff of the city court of Macon, died at her home in Sparta yesterday morning at 3 o'clock, after an illness of several months. With marvelous bravery and fortitude she had stood the intense suffering and when the end came yesterday morning she was resigned.
  Mrs. Mullaly had been in a dying condition for several days and when death came her only son, J. Lane Mullaly, of Macon, and her two daughters, Mrs. H. Rountree and Miss Nina Mullaly, and other realtives were at her bedside. She also leaves a sister, Mrs. Harry Stillwell Edwards, of Macon.
  Mrs. Mullaly was the oldest daughter of the late Colonel A. J. Lane, who was at one time prominently connected with the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company. In a quiet, unassuming way she spent her life in the welfare of her family, dispensing charity among her neighbors. Perhaps no waman in Hancock county, where she had lived practically all her life, was better known or better loved and her death is considered a decided loss to that community.
  Hundreds of friends in Macon and throughout middle Georgia extend their sympany to the grief-stricken relatives.
  The funeral will be held in Sparta this morning at 10 o'clock, and the body will be laid to rest in the family burial grounds.

November 12, 1911
Macon Daily Telegraph
   Afetr after a short illness, Alfred P. Harper, a Confederate veteran, and a resident of Macon for five years, died at his late residence, 400 Forsyth street, early yesterday morning.
  Mr. Harper formerly lived in Hancock, and was one of its most prosperous farmers.
  Besides his wife he leaves eight daughters, Mrs. B. W. Butts, of Sparta; Mrs. J. H. Ennis, of Milledgeville; Mrs. J. A. Fort, of Bartow, Fla.;  Misses Blanch, Lillie and Kathleen Harper; and two sons,  Ralph and Clifford Harper.
  The body will be taken to Devereaux, Hancock county, over the Georgia road this mroning  8 o'clock, where the funeral and interment will be held.

November 27, 1911
Union Recorder
Mrs. Mary Sanford, widow of the late Mr. T. G. Sanford, died at her home in Hancock county Monday morning. The funeral services were held this morning.
  Mrs. Sanford was a native of this county and the larger portion of her life was spent in this city. She was a sister of Mrs. H. V.  Sanford. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. P. Moody, of Commanche. Tex.
  She was a christian woman, and has gone to her reward after a useful life.
  those who have ben bereaved by her death have the sympathy of their friends.

November 29, 1911
Macon Daily Telegraph
BURT HARPER, STURDY CITIZEN, PASSES AWAY.
Sparta, Nov. 28 - Mr. Burt Harper, living ten miles west of Sparta, near Devereaux, died Sunday and was buried yesterday. Mr. Harper was one of Hancock's sturdy citizens and one time made creditable race for county commissioner. He was about 60 years old, and had been in ill health for several years. Besides a wife, he leaves the following children: Mrs. Johnson King, Putnam county; Mr. Alvin Harper and Mrs. H. H. Arnold of Hancock county. He was a prominent Mason for a numberof years.

December 5, 1911
Union Recorder
  Dr. Hutchings was called to Hancock county today on account of the death of his uncle, Mr. Chas. Hutchings, at Linton. The burial will take place in the old family burial ground near Devereaux, Wednesday morning ten o'clock.

March 24, 1912
The Macon Daily Telegraph
BURNETT - ROZIER.
  Thursday night, at the residence of Rev. Marvin H. Britt, the Presbyterian pastor here, Edward Rozier and Miss Eileen Burnett were united in marriage. This marriage came as quite a surprise to the friends of the young couple. There was no objection on the part of either of the families to the marriage, but the young people wished to escape the trouble of a conventional marriage, and so they left home, having expressed their intention of going to an entertainment. Instead, they went to the residence of Mr. Britt, were married and left at 8:30 o'clock for Atlanta.
  There is no young woman more popular in Sparta than Miss Burnett. She is a petit (sic) brunette, a talented musician and numbers her friends by the score. She has for several years been the teach of piano a the Sparta high school. She is the eldest daughter of J. D. Burnett, cashier of the Bank of Sparta. Edward Rozier is one of the most popular young business men of Sparta and his many friends congrautlate him on his happy marriage.

March 26, 1912
Macon Daily Telegraph
75-YEAR OLD VETERAN CHARGED WITH MURDER
  Jasper Boyer Before Court in Sparta Charged With Killing a Man-Discharged at commitment Trial, but Indicted by Grand Jury.
  Sparta, March 26  - Hancock superior court convened here this morning in its regular biennal session, Judge James B. Park, of Greensboro, presidng. Solicitor Dave Brown of Elberton, was on hand to look after state matters. The docket  contains two murder cases, but it is not expected these will take up much timeof the court. One of these cases is that of Jasper Boyer, a 75-year-old Confederate, charged with shooting a young man. At the commitment trial Boyer was acquitted as being justified in the act, but later the grand jury indicted him.
  The other murder case is that of a negro woman shooting a negro man at a hot supper.

May 4, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
Hall-Hutchings
Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Hall of Deepstep, announce the engagement of their daughter, Clare Inez, to Dr. Ernest Hughes Hutchings, of Devereaux, the wedding to take place in June at the Methodist church, Deepstep, Ga.

August 14, 1912
Macon Daily Telegraph
Sparta, Aug. 13. - After a lingering illness of typhoid fever, Mrs. Frank Garrett died here this morning. Mrs. Garrett was before her marriage a Miss Boyer, resident of this, Hancock county, daughter of Mac Boyer.She was 30 years old, and besides two small children, her husband survives her.

November 19, 1912
Atlanta Constitution
Henry E. Moore, Culverton
Culverton, Ga. November 18 (Special)Henry E. Moore, a well known citizen, passed quietly away this morning at 2:30 o'clock. His death was expected, as he had been in ill-health for some time. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.

December 24, 1912
Macon Daily Telegraph
ARRESTED AFTER YEARS. Negro in Columbia Confesses Murder in 1904.
Killed L. D. Thornton, of Hancock County, Ga. - Te Be Brought There By Officers.
  Columbia, S. C., Dec. 23 - After living in Columbia for more than eight years under the alias of "Joe Lewis, " "Buck" Devereaux, a negro, was arrested here yesterday charged with the murder on July 2, 1904, of J. D. Thornton, a Hancock county, Ga., farmer. Devereaux today admitted the killing but said he did so in self-defense after a quarrel with Mr. Thornton, in the latters corn field. He expressed willingness to return to Georgia without requisition paprs, he is guaranteed protection.

December 27, 1912
Macon Telegraph
BODY FOUND IN WOODS That of John Epps With Skull Crushed In. Mystery Surrounds the Killing of the Sparta Boy-
Had no Sum With Him.
Sparta, Dec. 26. - Several days ago the body of John Epps, 15 years old, son of Holsey Epps, was found in the woods about two miles from Sparta, with his skull crushed.
  The night before he had left the store of R. A. Graves company, where he clerked, with 95 cents in his pocket. Some negroes left town with him, but coroner's jury failed to find them implicated. The tragedy is still a mystery.
See November 9, 1913
 

December 28, 1912
Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs. Alice Roberts and W. H. Britt Are Married.
Sparta, Dec. 27, - A social event of much local and general interest was the marriage here yesterday of Mrs. Alice Roberts to W. Hewett Britt. The marriage took place at the Drummers' Home, of which Mrs. Roberts is owner and proprietress. This hosterly is known throughout the state as one of the best in point of cuisine and cleanliness.
   Mr. Hewett Britt is a brother of Rev. Marion Britt, pastor of the Presbyterian church here. The ceremony was impressively performed by Rev. D. W. Brannen, of Milledgeville.
   After the ceremony an elaborate luncheon was served to a number of special guests.

February 16, 1913
Macon Telegraph
  A very pretty event of the week was the marriage of Miss Myra Pierce Epps and Henry Randolph Garrette, the marriage having taken place on the evening of Wednesdayy, February 12, at 8 o'clock, at the home of the brodies parents, Mr. and Mr. Henry Epps, in Sparta. The whole lower floor was thrown open to the guests and beautifully decorated with southern smilix, palms, ferms and quantities of jonquils and violets. Just before the ceremony Miss Lelia Berry sweetly sang "O, Promise Me." To the strains of Mendelssohn's "wedding March," played by Miss Elizabeth Coleman. of Devereaux, the bride entered with her maid of honor, Miss Fadye Grace Rowlett, and was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, John Greiner. C. A. Norten performed the ceremony. The popularity of the couple was manifiested by the handsome presents. The out-of-two guests were Mrs. C. P. Ezelle, of Augusta; Miss Elizabeth Epps, of Macon; Miss Ocie Pelot and Miss Dadye Grace Howiett, of Atlanta, Miss Frances Taylor, of Social Circle, and W. H. Epps, of Chattanooga.
  Immediately after the ceremony the bride and groom left for points of interest in Florida.

March 9, 1913
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Sparta, March 5. Mrs. Thomas R. Brantley, wife of Thos. R. Brantley, manager of the city market here, died last night at midnight.
 Mrs. Brantley was a sufferer from Bright's disease, but her condition was not thought quite so serious.  Besides her husband, she leaves one child, a girl, about 12 years old. Mrs. Brantley was a member of the Methodist church, and a woman who made her friends know her Christian character by her daily life. Her interment was this afternoon at the old family burial ground, Smyrna church, seven miles from Sparta.

March 12, 1913
The Macon Daily Telegraph
MRS. MYRA SMALLWOOD. Sparta, March 11. Mrs. Myra Smallwood, mother-in-law of J. T. Rhodes, a prominent merchant of this place, died here last night at the age of 73 years. She died after an illness lasting for some time.
  Besides Mrs. J. T. Rhodes, she is survived by the following children, four daughters: Mesdames F. Pouche, of Wrightsville; J. H. Adams, of Sparta; J. M. Langham, of Thomson, and J. H. Fallin, of Atlanta, and one son, W. H. Smallwood of Indianapolis.
  The funeral service will be held here tomorrow and the interment will occur at the city cemetery.

August 22, 1913
Atlanta Constitution
PROF. ALBERT A. BELL DIES AT SANITARIUM
Professor Albert A. Bell, of Sparta, Ga., died at a local sanitarium Thursday. Professor Bell was superintendent of schools at Sparta, and one of the state's well-known educators. he is survived by a wife, two children, his mother and several brothers and sisters. He was cousin of Congressman Tom Bell, of Gainesville.
     The body was taken to Barclay & Brandon's funeral parlors, from where it will be taken this morning to Sparta, where the funeral and interment will be held Sunday.

September 8, 1913
Macon Daily Telegraph
MISS MOLLIE COFIELD
   Following an illness of about two months, Miss Mollie Cofield, 69 years of age, died at an early hour yesterday morning at her home, 116 Gordon street. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. G. H. Brooks, of Macon, and Mrs. J. J. Bates, of Devereaux, besides a number of other relatives in Macon.
   The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at her late residence, Rev. T. F. Callaway, pastor of the Secon Street Methodist church officiating. The body will be taken at 8:30 o'clock this morning over the Georgia Railroad to Sparta, where interment will take place. The pall-bearers are requested to assemble at the home at 7:45 o'clock. They are Messrs. J. O. Huey, H. L. Keith, R. K. Stevens, Oscar Tidwell, Lee Stevens and E. H. Rousseau.

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
Macon Telegraph
SPARTA CASE MAY RIVAL THE FAMOUS KING MURDER CASE. Mrs. Ada Griffith and John England Held for Murder.
CLAIMED THEY KILLED BOY To Prevent Husband Learning Of Alleged Relations. EVIDENCE NOT POSITIVE But Strong Enough to Warrant Holding Them. LOCAL DETECTIVE FIGURES. Fifteen-Year-Old John Epps Was Killed Last December, But Detectives Moore and Foster Were Only Recently Employed to Solve Mystery.
  The mysterious murder of John Epps, a 15-year-old boy at Sparta, may be near a solution with the arrest and detention without bond of Mrs. Ada Griffith, wife of a farmer, Will Griffith, and John England, a convict guard at Sparta, both of whom are now in jail at Sparta, with a charge of murder lodged against them.
  Though the alleged murder of the boy was committed on December 4, last, the arrest of Mrs. Griffith and England did not take place until last week, after Detectives C. P. Moore and E. L. Foster of the South Detective Agency, of Macon, had spent several days in working up the evidence. Detective Agency, of Macon, had spent several days in working up the evidence. Detective Moore is the man who solved the mystery of the murder of James King in Jones county and the subsequent arrest of Nick Wilburn and Mrs. Kate King, wife of the dead man.
   The evidence against Mrs. Griffith and England is entirely circumstantial but the detectives claim it is so strong they will have little difficulty in bringing about a conviction. Their theory is that the boy had knowledge of alleged intimate relations existing between Mrs. Griffith and England and that he was killed to insure his silence and keep him from imparting his knowledge to Mrs. Griffith's husband.
  Both Committed to Jail.
  Yesterday Mrs. Griffith and England were arraigned before Justice of the Peace James H. Rogers, at Sparta, and were committed to jail without bond on the charge of murder. The two defendants were represented by Attorneys Hunt and Lewis, of Sparta, while W. H. Burwell of the firm of Burwell & Fleming of Sparta, represented the state.
  The strongest point in the circumstantial evidence against the two prisoners is a note which Mrs. Griffith admitted on the stand she wrote to England, inviting him to come and see her the night on which the Epps boy was killed, her husband being absent at the time filling England's place as convict guard.
  England did not admit receiving the not, but a witness was introduced at the hearing yesterday who stated that England, who could not read, had come to him to get him to read the note for him which he did.
  Mrs. Griffith, though she has a family of five children, had been accustomed to working in a store in Sparta on Saturdays. The Epps boy was also employed in a store there and on the night he was murdered is alleged to have rode with Mrs. Griffith in a buggy to her home.
Not Killed Where Found.
  It is the contention of the state that the boy was killed at the Griffith home and his body taken from there to a pine thicket, three-quarters of a mile distant where it was later found by his father, H. A. Epps, a farmer living two miles from Sparta, the skull having been crushed by a blow in the back of the head.
  What leads the state to the belief that the alleged murder was committed at the Griffith home, was the fact that wagon tracks led from there to the spot where the body was found and at the time a peculiar mark was found at each revolution of the wagon wheel. The is alleged to have been proven later to have been a wire which was wrapped around the tire of Will Griffith's wagon, which the state claims, bears out the theory that the body was carried to the thicket in Griffith's wagon.
  What actual knowledge young Epps had of any alleged relations between Mrs. Griffith and Emgland is not known, but as he is alleged to have gone with Mrs. Griffith from Sparta on the night he was killed and couple with the fact that Mrs. Griffith admits writing England the note to come to her house that night, leads the state to believe the boy saw something at the house that night, it was desired to keep from Mr. Griffith.
Still Another Theory
  Another theory that the state entertains is that the boy, after going home with Mrs. Griffith, was struck in the head by someone who did not intend to kill him, but that after the deed was committed the body was carried to the pine thicket to make it appear he had been killed there.
  Mrs. Griffith, at the hearing yesterday, according to Detective Moore, denied that the Epps boy rode home with her on the night he was killed, stating he left the store with some negro boys. Another witness, however, testified that the Epps boy had told him just a few minutes before he left for the night that he was going to ride home with Mrs. Griffith.
  H. A. Epps, father of the dead boy, testified at the hearing yesterday, says Dectective Moore, that after he had searched the neighborhood of his home for the boy when he did not come home, he went to the Griffith home where Mrs. Griffith said: "Mr. Epps, what do you want to search all over the county for" Why don't you go down there and look in that thicket." Mr. Epps allege she pointed to the thicket where the body was lady found. The state contends that this is a strong circumstance to show that MRs. Griffith knew the body was there.
Had About Given Up Hope
  At the time the body was found dead no clew could be found to the identity of the alleged murderers and his father had just about given up all hope of ever running the guilty party or parties down. Early in November Detective C. P. Moore was in Sparta on another case and Mr. Epps consulted with him about the murder of his boy.
  Dectective Moore went to work on the case on October 13, and worked on it until he caused the arrest of Mrs. Griffith. The following day England was placed under arrest. It was only through means of the note written by Mrs. Griffith to England that the latter was connected with the case. In addition to the testimony of the man who says he read the note to England, the warden of the convict camp where England was employed, testified that he saw this man reading the note to England.
 Detective Moore says Mrs. Griffith admits being intimate with other men, using a pine thicket opposite her home as a rendezvous.
  Mrs. Griffith is forty years of age and the mother of five children. She is said to be fairly good looking.
  England is unmarried and thirty years of age.
  Mortgages His Property
  H. A. Epps, father of the dead boy, is a tenant farmer, but so anxious was he to run down the murderer of his boy that he mortgaged what little property he had to raise the necessary money.
  Because of the time which has elapsed since the boy was killed, feeling is said to have died down and no trouble of any kind is feared. Will Griffith is said to be standing by his wife in her trouble an does not belief that she had anything to do with the murder.
  Both Mrs. Griffin and England will be tried at the term of court which convenes on the fourth Monday in February.

November 23, 1913
Macon Daily Telegraph
HANCOCK COUNTY LAND FOR SALE. The J. C. Sigman plantation, containing 760 acres, will be sold the first Tuesday in December at Sparta, Ga. It is an ideal farm; will produce a bale of cotton per acre; twelve-horse farm in cultivation; plenty of houses; convenient to schools and churches; public roads fork on premises and good roads on all sides; fine location for big country store; thickly settled community in prosperouse condition. For particulars see Dr. J. M. Sigman, Macon, Ga. or Mr. Grover Sigman on the premises.

November 28, 1913
Macon Weekly Telegraph
 Following a brief illness, Mrs. Mary E. Minor, widow of the J. D. Minor, Sr., whose death occurred three months ago, died yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of her son, J. D. Minor, Jr., 768 Oak street.
  Mrs. Minor is survived by two sons, J. D. Minor, Jr., of Macon; and Walter M. Minor, of Savannah; by two daughters, Mrs. George E. Hamilton, of Thomson, and Mrs. Inez M. Allen, of Brunswick. She is also survived by five brothers and two sisters.
  Born and reared in Hancock county, Mrs. Minor, who was before her marriage Miss Williams, later removed to Toomsboro, where she resided until the death of her husband a few months ago. She then came to Macon to make her home with her son here.
  The funeral will be held this morning at 11 o'clock from her son's home on Oak street. Dr. E. C. Dargan, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiating. Interment will follow at Riverside cemetery.

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."

May 16, 1914
The Macon Daily Telegraph
BUCKSHOT INSTEAD OF GREETING MEETS NEGRO
Hancock County Black Called to Door of His Cabin, is Killed by Revengeful Enemy.
  Sparta, May 15 - Sheriff T. B. Hightower placed a negro named Will Brown behind the bars of the Hancock county jail this morning under a warrant charging him with murder.
   During the early part of last night the incarcerated  negro fired upon and instatly killed another negro named Allan Cooper at the former's home about five miles west of Sparta. It is said that bad blood had existed between the two negroes for some time and that Cooper went to Brown's home for the purpose of settling the difficulty having previously armed himself with a shotgun. When he had arrived at his destination he called to Brown to come out, and the call was answered with a load of buckshot which took effect in the dead negro's heat, producing instantaneous death.
  Brown has employed attorneys and it is likely that a committment hearing will be had tomorrow morning before Justice of the Peace James H. Rogers.

August 28, 1914
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs. A. N. Anchors, aged 64, died at the Macon hospital last night at 11:40 o'clock after a short illness. Mrs. Anchors had lived here for some time and was well known.
  She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. J. D. Layfield, of Macon; Mrs. J. D. Shore, of Shore, Ga.; Mrs. C. Rosumsum and Miss Alice Miller, of Ft. Worth, Texas and one son, O.M. Anchors, of Milledgeville.
   The body lay at Burghard's until 6 o'clock this morning when it was taken over the Georgia railroad to Sparta, where the funeral and interment will occur.
W.M. Hitchcock, age 53, died yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock at the Macon hospital. Typhoid fever is given as the cause of his death. Besides his widow, Mr. Hitchcock is survived by one brother James Hitchcock, of Macon and three sisters.
  For several years Mr. Hitchcock had been employed by the Southern Express company here. He came to Macon from Hancock county, his native home. Hishome in Macon was on Main street, East macon. The body will be taken this morning at 6:30 o'clock to Devereaux, where the funeral and interment will take place this morning.

October 15, 1914
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Sparta, Oct. 4 - Thomas C. Moon, editor and proprietor of the Sparta Ishmaelite, died at his home here yesterday after a protracted decline. He leaves a wife and four children and many friends, for he occupied a large place in the hearts of the people. The publication of the Ishmaelite will continue under the management of William Barnett.

October 30, 1914
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Macon Mourns Death Frank Garrett Thomas. For Many Years He Was Traveling Salesman for Adams' Bros. Co. - Death Due to Grief Over Wife's Tragic End.
  Word has reached Macon thatFrank Garrett Thomas, aged 59, for many years a traveling salesman for the Adams Brothers' Grocery company, of Macon, and widely known in middle and south Georgia, died yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas H. Smoot, in Decatur.
  Up to three years ago Mr. Thomas had never known illness, but his health began to fall then, caused members of his family believe, by grieving over the tragic death of his wife, who was burned to death. For three years he has been gradually falling, until death released him yesterday morning. His remains were taken to his old home in Sparta yesterday afternoon, where the funeral will be held this morning at 10 o'clock.
  Mr. Thomas is survived by the following children: Mrs. T. H. Smoot, Decature; Mrs. L. C. Pope, Dublin; Wales W. Thomas, business managre of the Rome Tribune-Herald; Mrs. W. H. Underwood, Macon; J. Lewis Thomas and Josid Thomas, Jr., Decatur; Miss Georgia Thomas, Dublin; Miss Dorothy Thomas, Macon. He is also survived by three brothers and one sister, Lewis W. Thomas, Atlanta; W. P. Thomas, West Point; Dr. J. M. Thomas, Griffin, and Mrs. A. J. Perryman, Talbotton.
  Several of his children were at his bedside when the end came.

December 30, 1914
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Sidney Lewis Is  Dead; He Was Newspaper Man. Sparta, Dec. 29 - Sidney Lewis, founder and until recent years editor of the Sparta Ishmaelite, ssuccumbed to an attack of apoplexy thsi morning at his home in this city. The deceased has been recognized as one of the leading newspaper men in Georgia, having been connected with the editorial departments of the Macon Telegraph, Augusta Chronicle and other leading papers in the state.

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 vist 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.
See January 12, 1915

January 12, 1915
The Macon Daily Telegraph
YOUTH HELD JUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING FATHER.  Young George Carr Released by Sheriff at Sparta, Having Surrenedered Day Before, Following Tragic Event.
  Sparta, Jan 1 - His action is shooting his father to save his mother and sister from threatened violence wa held justifiable in the eyes of the coroner's jury investigation, and George Carr was released here today by the sheriff.
  Young Carr came here, and surrendered yesterday following the shooting of his father, J. J. Carr, a merchant at Carr's Station, being held overnight.

January 31, 1915
The Macon Daily Telegraph
ARCHER-RHODES
On Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Jan. 27, at the First Baptist church of Sparta, Mrs. Hattie Archer was married to Charles Rhodes, Rev. W. O. Young, pastor of the Baptist church, performing the ceremony. The large number of friends that gathered at the church to witness the wedding of this popular young couple were ushered to their respective places by Messrs. Harry Middlebrooks, Earl Wheeler, Welborn Moore, of Sparta, and Dr. Holmes Archer, of Wrightsville.
  The church had been most artistically decorated for the wedding. The altar was a mass of green palms and ferns, interspered with Easter lilies; the surrounding arch was garlanded with smilax and white carnations; the columns were entwined in green, and the whole formed a most enchanting background for the wedding scene.
   Miss Mary Johnston, a sister of the bride, played Schumann's Traumeret and Miss Mae Gheesling, of Greensboro, niece of the bride, sang "the Hour That Gave Me You" and "So Fair, So Sweet and Holy." To the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march, following the ushers, came Mrs. Archer with Mr. Rhodes to the altar, and Rev. Young performed the ceremony simply and solemnly.
  The bride wore a traveling suit of blue cloth with a touch of rose at the neck and her hat was a combination of blue and rose. She carried a bouquet of bride's roses, showered with lilies of the valley. Her costume was especially becoming to her Spanish type of beauty.
  Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes left for Florida and Cuba.

February 15, 1915
Macon Daily Telegraph
MRS. S. B. STEVENS
Sparta, Feb 14 - One of Sparta's best and most honored citizens passed away on Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock as Mrs. S. B. Stevens breathed her last. Mrs. Stevens was 83 years old, and had been in failing health for several years. She will be very much missed, especially in the Baptist church, where she had labored for many years.

July 16, 1915
Atlanta Constitution
Large New Flour Mill For Baldwin County
Milledgeville, Ga. July 15 (Special) An important new industry in this section is the flour and grist mill now finished and in operation at Culverton, Ga. a short distance from this city, known as the Culverton Milling company.
  This enterprise has been put through by John Moore and will provide for the increased crop of wheat being raised hereabouts. The mill is up-to-date and equipped with the most modern machinery. The flour department is the new roller process and has a capacity of sixty barrels a day.
  For the benefit of farmers living too far to make the trip back and forth in one day a camp house has been provided that they may stay all night and also a place to house their stock comfortably.

October 2, 1915
Macon Daily Telegraph
MRS. LUTHER MOATE
Sparta, Oct. 1. - Mrs. Luther Moate of Devereaux, was buried here today. She lived in Sparta as Miss Florence Clancy until her marriage, which occurred here a few years ago. She was much beloved here. She was the granddatught of Judge and Mrs. Frank L. Little. She is survived by her husband and two little daughters and two brothers, Messrs. R. D. and Donald Clancy. She was a niece of Dr. William Little of Macon.

June 17, 1916
The Macon Daily Telegraph
DR. JOSEPH B. DILLARD.
  Sparta, June 16. Funeral services were held here Wednesday for Dr. Joseph B. Dillard, 81 years old, who died Tuesday night after two weeks' illness from jaundice. Dr. Dillard practiced medicine in Union Point for years, but recently had been residing here with his daughter, Mrs. John R. Lewis. Others who survive him are five daughters, Mrs. A. W. Quillian, of Harlem; Mrs. W. F. Dunlap, of Chipley; Mrs. Walker House, of Cornelia; Mrs. James Aiken, of Union Point, and Mrs. W. J. Steward, of Carrollton; also three sons, Dr. Joseph Dillard, of Sparta, James Dillard, of Davisboro, and Dr. Samuel Dillard, of Atlanta. The deceased was interred at Union Point.

July 11, 1916
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Albert H. Birdsong. Sparks, July 10 - The funeral of Albert Birdsong, whose death occurred Saturday morning, was held here today. For many years he was treasurer of Hancock county. Besides his wife, he leaves a son, Dr. J. L. Birdsong, of New Haven, Conn; a daughter, Mrs. J.M. Middlebrooks, of near Sparta, and several sisters and brothers.

Walter Pierce. Sparks, July 10. - The funeral of Walter Pierce, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Pierce, of Richmond, Va., was held Sunday afternoon. Interment being at Sparta cemetery.

August 15, 1916
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Sparta, Aug. 14. - The funeral of Judge James A. Harley was held today at 11 o'clock. Although he had been in ill health for several years the end was sudden and a shock to his family and friends. Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Misses Paula and Ella Harley, of this place; two sons, Foster P. and J. A. Harley, Jr., of Columbus, and two brothers, W. I. and R. B. Harley, of Sparta.

October 10, 1916
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Augusta, Oct 9 -Edgeworth Bird Baxter, a former attorney of Augusta, but for the past several years and instructor in jurisprudence and philosophy at Princeton university, died Saturday at Trenton, N.J.
  The remains have been coveyed to Sparta, Ga., the home of his father, Col. Richard Baxter, where the funeral took place today. Edgewood Baxter was 48 years of age. He is survivied by his wife, Mrs. Ella Alexander Baxter, of this city, and two daughters, Misses Lucy and Vera Baxter, students at LaGrange Female college.

December 24, 1916
The Macon Daily Telegraph
ORGAIN-BLACKWELL
Mr.and Mrs H. L. Orgain, of Sparta, announce the marriage of their daughter, Agnes Rebecca, to Col. John Clyde Blackwell, of McKenney, Va., Dec. 20, at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. R. A. Graves.

ATCHINSON-EVANS
Miss Dena Atchison and Mr. John Evans, of Devereaux, were married the evening of Dec. 12, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hill Grace. Rev. F. Roberts, pastor of the Baptist church, performed the ceremony.

HUTCHINSON-RYCROFT
    A wedding of interest was that of Mr. Edgar Poe Rycroft, of Sparta, and Miss Robbie Lucile Hutchinson, of Adel, Wednesday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents, the Rev. Mr. Sims, of Valdosta, officiating. Only the immediate family and a few intimate friends witnessed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Rycroft are spending the honeymoon in Florida, and will be home in Sparta after Jan. 1.

July 15, 1917
The Macon Daily Telegraph
COLE - REESE
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Norton Cole announce the marriage of their daughter,Bessie Wallace, to Mr. Thomas A. Reese, of Sparta, Ga., on Sunday afternoon, July 1.

August 15, 1917
Atlanta Constitution
Rev. M. C. Britt Dead; Was Prominent Minister in Presbyterian Church
Sparta, Ga., August 14 -(Special) Rev. M. C. Britt, for twenty-nine years pastor of the Sparta Presbyterian church, died at the home of his niece, Mrs. Haden Blake, near Concord, in Pike county, during last night.
   Mr. Britt was spending the month of August at his boyhood home, and retired last night as usual, and was found dead this morning when he was called.
  The deceased was one of the strongest and ablest ministers in the southern Presbyterian church. He had severed churches in Atlanta, Cuthbert, Quitman, and other places. He was universally beloved throughout this section by all denominations for his Godliness and deep spirituality. He was a classmate of President Woodrow Wilson.
  He will be buried in Sparta Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. He was the oldest Presbyterian minister in Georgia in point of active service. He was in his sixty-fifth year.

September 7, 1917
Atlanta Constitution
DUGGAN - Remains of Dr. Ivey W. Duggan, who died Thusday monring at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Walter P. Callaway, 42 Virginia avenue, will be taken this morning to Linton, Ga., for funeral and interment. Funeral party will leave Terminal station, via Central railway, at 8 o'clock. Awtry & Lowndes company, funeral directors.

October 9, 1917
Union Recorder
Mr. M. Arnold, one of Hancock county's most respected citizens, died at his home near Devereux Sept. 28th, after having a stroke of paralysis several days previous.
  Mr. Arnold was well-known in Milledgeville, being a frequent visitor here, and was held in the highest respect by all who knew him. He was seventy-six years of age, having been born Dec. 10th, 1841. He taught school in Baldwin county in his young manhood. In 1867 he married Miss Sarah McCloud, and afterward settled near the old homestead in Hancock county, where hehas since lived.  He was justice of the peaces for a number of years in his district and was known as "Judge." He is survived by his wife, a sister and four children, Mrs. Mattie Butts, and Miss Eva Arnold, of Milledgeville, and Mrs. D. Henry, of Dayton, O., and W. H. Arnold, of Columbus, O.
  He met death with a Christian fortitude, and realized that it was well with him.
  His remains were buried in the old family cemetry.
   A good man has gone to his reward.

October 16, 1917
Union Recorder
  Sacred to the memory of Mr. Seaborn H. Gilmore who departed this life on the 3d day of Oct., 1917, at his home near Carrs Station. Bro. Gilmore was a long and patient sufferer. Bro. Gilmore had cancer and visited Dr. Rawlings Sanitarium frequently in the last two years. Everything was done that loving hands could do, bu the Lord knew best and said come up higher and rest. Bro. Gilmore was 64 years old and was married 30 years ago to Miss Mary Horton, of Hancock county, who still survives him.
  They lived happily together and indeed their home was always a pleasant home to visit for they were always anxious to make their friends happy and contented.
  He leaves a disconsolate and almost heart-broken wife and two sons, Messrs. Lonnie and Linsey Horton, and one daughter, Mrs. S. M. Moran, Jr. to whom he was very much devoed and these children almost worshiped the father and it is almost more that the mother and children could bear to give their deat father and beloved husband up. A. S. AVANT.

October 17, 1917
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun
LIEUT. FLEMING, SPARTA, KILLED WHEN HORSE FALLS.
Eagle Pass, Tex. Oct. 16. Second Lieutenant Harry R. Fleming, Fourteenth cavalry, died in the post hospital here Monday as the result of a fractured skull, caused by his horse falling on him last Monday. The body was sent to Sparta, Ga., Fleming's former home.

October 19, 1917
Macon Daily Telegraph
White Man Kills His Negro Tenant. Thomas Davis Shoots Tom Dunn on Farm Near Sparta and Surrenders.
  Sparta, Oct. 18 - Yesterday a white man named Thomas Davis killed Tom Dunn, a negro, in the Fort Creek neighborhood. The negro was his tenant. There wre no witnesses to the affair.
  Dunn had been giving Davis a good deal of trouble in making a settlement, and bad feeling had arisen between them. Davis shot him twice at close range, once in the back of the head and once in the forehead, the latter shot being fatal. The first one would not have been, for the bullet did not penetrate his skull, but flattened against it. Davis immediately surrendered.
  The coroner's jury today, after hearing much evidence, found a verdict that the deceased came to his death by a pistol shot wound at the hands of Thomas Davis, who shot not in his own defens.
 

November 19, 1917
The Macon DailyTelegraph
REV. J. S. L. SAPPINGTON
Maysville, Nov. 18 - Rev. J S. L. Sappington, member of the North Georgia Conference, died Saturday at his home here. He was 59 years old. His wife and eight children survive. The remains were taken to Sparta.

November 25, 1917
The Macon Daily Telegraph
NEWSPAPER 112 YEARS OLD
Sparta, Nov. 24 - The Ishmaelite, the local paper, is exhibiting a newspaper 112 years old. It was published here, and apparently was the official organ at the time. The paper was known as the Farmers Gazette. it was a four-page, four-column pulication. The name of the publisher has been obliterated.

June 2, 1918
The Macon Daily Telegraph
REYNOLDS - CLARK
  Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lester Reynolds of Mayfield, announce the engagement of their sister, Miss Ruth Reynolds, to Mr. Benjamin Harvey Clark of Columbus and New London, Conn., the wedding to take place in June, the date to be announced later.

August 4, 1918
Macon Weekly Telegraph
THOMAS DUNN.
  Sparta , Aug. 3 - From a stroke of paralysis suffered this week, Thomas Dunn, former marshal of Sparta, and well known in this section, died at his home here Wednesday night. Deceased was a member of the Baptist church. His wife and daughter survive, as well as other relatives in Hancock and adjoining counties. Mr. Dunn was a native of Hancock county, moving into the city several years ago.

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.

September 17, 1918
Macon Weekly Telegraph
H. L. Hancock, age 81 years, a native of Hanock county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. S. Peacock, 215 Belle street yesterday morming at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. Hancock formerly lived at Carrs Station, but came to Macon about three weeks ago, and was taken ill and rapidly grew worse until the end came. A few years ago Mr. Hancock was employed with the Georgia Railroad. He was a Confederate Veteran and a member of the Presbyterian church. He leaves three sons and two daughters, J. H., B. F., and Q. M. Hanock; Mrs. J. S. Peacock, and Mrs. Carrie Humphrey of Tennessee. The funeral will be hled this morning at 11 o'clock in the Evergreen Cemetery, Rev. J. G. Harrison will officiate.
 

December 29, 1918
The Macon Daily Telegraph
SIGMAN - PETERSON
Mrs. Frances A. Sigman, of Sparta, announces the marriage of her daughterFrances Leola, to Mr. William Hoy Peterson, of Vidalia, on Dec. 25.

February 9, 1919
Macon Daily Telegraph
  MRS. G. BURNETT MOORE
    One of the saddest deaths that has occurred for some time was that of Mrs. G. Burnett Moore, wife of G. Burnett Moore, editor of the Sparta Ishmelite, of Sparta. Her death came Monday evening, February the 3rd, after a brief illness of influenza. Mrs. Moore formerly resided in Macon, and is better known here as Mrs. Nanaline Genero, a daughter of Mrs. E. E. Baily, who has resided in Macon for several years. Mrs. Moore was one of Macon's beautiful and popular young ladies, she being an active member of Tatnall Square Baptist church previous to her marriage and going to Sparta to make her home: she being a bride of ten months, having married April 10th, 1918. All who knew her were charmed with her sweet and cheerful disposition. She leaves to mourn her departure, her husband, Burnett Moore, and little son, Edwin; her mother, Mrs. E. E. Baily; three brothers, N. Rupert Baily, of Macon, and Charles and A. W. Baily, of Florida, and three sisters, Mrs. Reese Johnson, of Macon, and Mrs. Flynn Vause, and Miss Azalee Baily, of Palatka, Fla.
  Funeral services were conducted by Dr. E. J. Forester, Tuesday afternoon, interment taking place at Sparta, where many sorrowing friends gathered. The many beautiful floral offersings were  a token of love and esteem in which she was held by both Macon and Sparta friends.

March 2, 1919
The Macon Daily Telegraph
BULL DOG IN SPARTA RIDES ON COW'S TAIL.
  Sparta, March 1. Every town has its favorite dog. Sparta's is "Mut," a bull dog, and he has the reputation of holding on once he clamps his jaws onto something, regardless of what the something may be. The other day a cow started cutting up and Mut decided that it was up to him to do something to preserve the peace and he did.
  The swishing tail of the cow caught Mut's eye and in a moment he grabbed the tail. The attack somewhat startled the cow, but only for a moment.
  Deciding that anywhere but that particular spot was where a cow ought to be this cow started, with an "I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way" air. Spring street was the avenue of escape sought.
  But Mut was not to be so easily thrown aside. He held on as long as the  cow's tail held together, leaving only when the part he had between his teeth parted company with the rest of the swishing apparatus.
  All of which is why one of Sparta's cows is minus four inches of tail.

August 17, 1919
Atlanta Constitution
Land At Devereaux Changes Hands Twice
Devereaux, Ga., August 16 (Sparta) The old home place of H. C. Keys was sold a short time ago for $15 per acre. This is a 200-acre tract and about six miles from Milledgeville. After the trade was made Mr Keys decided that the price was too low, and by paying a small cost got the place back.

September 7, 1919
Macon Daily Telegraph
  Mr. and Mrs. Charles Francis Etheridge of Sparta nnounce the engagment of their daughter, Ruth, to Mr. Richard Turner Moore, the wedding to take placein November.

September 26, 1919
Macon Daily Telegraph
HUMPHREY GIVEN FREEDOM BY JURY. Hancock County Man Found Not Guilty On Charge of Murder. Smith Trial Scheduled Today.   Sparta, Sept. 25 - John A. Humphrey, who went to trial here this morning in Hancock superior court on a charge of killing
Dan W. Wheeler at the Georgia Railroad station in Mayfield July 20, this year, was acquitted shortly after ten o'clock tonight. The case went to the jury about six o'clock after consuming the entire day. Little difficulty was experienced in securing a jury.
  The widow of Wheeler was a witness for the state. Owing to the prominence of the families involved a large crowd was attracted here for the trial. When given a commitment trial some time ago Humphrey was ordered held for trial on a charge of manslaughter and he was allowed to give bond. When the present grand jury met a bill charging Humphrey with murder was returned.
  The defendant was represented by Burwell and Fleming, while Solicitor General Doyle Campbell had associated with him in the prosecution Attorneys Jos. Pottle, of Milledgeville, Marion B. Felts, of Warrenton, R. L. Merritt, of Sparta.

October 17, 1919
Macon Daily Telegraph
  Sparta, Oct. 16 - After a hearing which occupied the entire day here Wednesday James Taylor, charged with the murder of Jack Meriweather on August 7, last, was found guilty of manslaughter shortly before midnight. The jury fixed the maximum penalty at five years and the minimum at two years. Burwell & Fleming represented the defendant.

December 7, 1919
Macon Daily Telegraph
SMITH-TUCKER. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Smith of White Plains, announce the engagement of their daughter, Austria Howell, to Mr. T. J. Tucker, of Sparta, the wedding to take place during this month. No cards.

February 13, 1920
Macon Daily Telegraph
MRS. FRANK WHITE.
  Sparta Feb. 12 - Mrs. Frank White, after an invalidism of about three years, died here yesterday at noon, and her funeral was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. R. C. Wilson, Jr., of the Presbyterian Church, conducting the services at home. The interment was in the Sparta Cemetery.
  Mrs. White was Miss Mary Little. of this county, before her marriage and grew up with Sparta. She was a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church and always actively interested in it, with her husband, who, was an elder and Sunday School superintendent, until his death about three years ago.
  In 1915 Mr. and Mrs. White celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, with a large number of friends. She was 77 years of age, and had been helpless nd unable to walk since last September, but her mental faculties were keen and unimpaired until her death. She leaves one daughter, Miss Clyde White, of Sparta; two sons, George White, of Atlanta, and H. K. White, of Sparta; and two brothers, John Little and Tom Little, both of Atlanta.

February 17, 1920
Union Recorder
  Mrs. Frank Hall died at her home in Devereaux Tuesday night after a short illness. Her remains will be brought to Milledgevlle Wednesday afternoon, after funeral services at Devereaux. Mrs. Hall before her marriage was Miss Mattie Bass, a sister of Mr. W. A. Bass, of Devereaux. She was a member of the Methodist church and a good woman. She is survived by Mr. Hall and one daughter, her brother and other relatives. The sympathy of our people go out to the bereaved.

March 19, 1920
Macon Daily Telegraph
Hancock County Men Make Heavy Investment in Vicinity of Ocala.
Sparta, March 18 -  A party of real estate men from Hancock county, including R. W. Brantley, L. C. Miller, Henry B. Harris, Mayor John H. Baker, and Attorney Thomas F. Fleming, have returned from Ocala, Fla., where they went to investigate an attractive offer for the sale of land. While away they purchased 85,000 acres of land around Ocala which they expect to hold as an investment. This is the largest deal ever made by this company, even eclipsling the purchase of several thousand acres of land in Mississippi by L. C. Miller a few months ago and which was later sold at a large profit by Mr. Miller.

June 1, 1920
Union Recorder
DEATH OF MR. J. C. BOYER.
  Mr. J. C. Boyer died at the home of his son, Frank Boyer, in Hancock county last Thursday morning. The funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Zebulon.
  Mr. Boyer was one of Hancock's oldest and best known citizens, having spent all of his life as a resident of that county. He was eighty-eight or nine years of age. He was the father of Mrs. E. E. Finney and Mrs. E. N. Ennis of this city.
  Six of his grandsons acted as pall bearers at his funeral.

July 4, 1920
Macon Daily Telegraph
TRAWICK-GILES
  A wedding of interest to a wide circle of friends was that of Miss Marie Trawick and Mr. J. K. Giles of Athens, which took place at the home of the bride at Linton on Wednesday.
  The front porch of the handsome old-fashion brick colonial home was used for the setting of this occasion. Graceful smilax, pot plants and pink hydrangeas formed the pretty decorations. Just preceding the ceremony, Mr. Charlie Coon of Milledgeville, sang "O Promise Me" and "The Sweetest Story Ever Told," and Miss Coina Walker of Barney, played the wedding march and "Hearts and Flowers" during the ceremony,
  Miss Estelle Trawick was maid of honor and Mr. Garnett Daniel of Atlanta, was best man. Miss Louise Trawick, Miss Lois King, Miss Madian Moran of Sparta, and Miss Jessie Trawick were bridesmaids and Miss Ellen Swint and Miss Dorothy Harrison were flower girls and Miss France Hutchings was ring bearer. The maid of honor and the ring bearer wore green organdie and the bridesmaids and flower girls wore pink organdie and carried sweet peas. The bride's dress was white taffeta with overdrapery of tulle and her veil was caught with orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of bride roses showered with valley lilies. The ring ceremony was performed by Rev. J. F. McCluney.
  Following the ceremony, a barbecue dinner was served on a table in the oak grove to the large number of guests present. The bride changed her wedding gown for a traveling suit of blue tileotine and Mr. and Mrs. Giles left for a trip to the mountains of North carolina after which they will be at home in Athens.

July 18, 1920
The Macon Daily Telegraph
CREECH - MOORE
  Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Creech of Quitman, announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Emily, to Mr. George Burnett Moore of Sparta, the marriage to be soleminized at an early day. No cards.

August 8, 1920
Macon Daily Telegraph
GUILL - HILL. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Abner Guill of Sparta announce the engagement of their daughter, Alma, to Mr. Summie Lee Hill, of Atlanta, the wedding to be solemnized August 24, at the Pierce Memorial Church.

September 2, 1920
Macon Daily Telegraph
PROMINENT SPARTA WOMAN DEAD. Sparta, Sept. 1 - Mrs. Robert Kirkland Harley, of Beaufort, S. C., formerly Miss Sara Clopton Pierce, a member of the distinquished Pierce and Harley families of this county, died at Hot Springs, Ark, Monday. Funeral services will beheld in Sparta Thursday morning. Mrs. Harley's death came after a slight throat operation.

October 20, 1920
Atlanta Constitution
AGED SPARTA WOMAN IS CALLED BY DEATH
Sparta, Ga. October 5 (Special) Funeral services of Mrs. John Rhodes, who died suddenly Sunday, was conducted by Rev. A. B. Sanders and Dr. E.J. Forrester at the home in Sparta this morning, and interment was at the Culverton cemetery. Mrs. Rhodes was a native of Hancock county, having been born here in 1839. She was 81 years old.
  She was married to the late John Rhodes when she was 18 years old, and they lived together for more than half a century until his death about ten years ago. She was the mother of ten children, five of whom are living.  They are: J. T. Rhodes, W.J. Rhodes, Mrs. F. J. Arche, Miss Josie Rhodes, of Sparta, and Mrs. A.D. Middleton, of Thallmann. She joined the Culverton Methodist church in early girlhood and has been a lifelong member.

December 24, 1920
Macon Daily Telegraph
Hancock Citizen Dies
Sparta - John Underwood, one of Hancock county's oldest and most highly respected citizens, died at the home of his son, Eugene Underwood, in this city last Tuesday. His death was caused by advanced age. The funeral took place here Wednesday.

December 31, 1920
The Macon Daily Telegraph
R. BAXTER MULLALLY DIES. Funeral of Macon Man Will Be Held Today in Sparta.
  News was received in Macon yesterday morning of the death ofR. Baxter Mullally, 25-year-old son of Deputy Sheriff J. L. Mullally, at Sparta.
  Mr. Mullally left on an early morning train but reached Sparta after the death of his son, which occurred at 5:30. Mrs. Bessie Mullally, mother of the young man, was at his bedside when death came.
  The funeral will be held in Sparta during the day, the exact time of which has not been announced. Interment will be in the family burying ground.
  The deceased left Macon about nine months ago for Sparta, where he had been connected with the Goode Cotton Company. He was taken sick several weeks ago, though his condition was not thought to be serious. It took a turn for the worse late Wednesday night.
  He is survived by his father, J. L. Mullally, his mother, Mrs. Bessie Mullally, his wife, formerly Miss Epps, and his grandfather,
R. B. Baxter, with whom he was living at the time of his death.

January 29, 1921
The Macon Daily Telegraph
   Mrs. Emma Russell, widow of Joseph Russell, died Friday morning at 1:30 o'clock at her home, 2017 Third street.
  Mrs Russell had been in ill health a number of years. She was 67 years of age and was born in Hancock county. Surviving are two sons, C. L. Russell, of Macon; J. B. Russell, of Augusta; and two daughters, Mrs. C. W. Jones, of Macon, and Mrs. J. H. Cooper, of Augusta.
  The deceased was a member of the Baptist church.
   The funeral services will be from the residence this (Saturday) afternoon at 5 o'clock, Rev. T. J. Tribble of Mercer University, officiating. The body will be taken to Milledgeville for interment.

February 20, 1921
The Macon Daily Telegraph
BERRY - POUND
  The culmination of a series of brilliant social affairs was the wedding of Miss Camille Berry and Mr. Marvin G. Pound, of Sparta, which took place at the Pierce Memorial church on Wednesday afternoon at 6 o'clock. The church was decorated with masses of palms and graveful festoons of Southern smilax and tall floor lamps and wax tapers cast a rosy radiance over the beautiful scene. Just preceding the entrace of the wedding part Mrs. Steward Brotherton, accompanied by Miss Susie Yarborugh, sang At Dawning and then as Mendelssohn's wedding march was played the ushers, Mr. John C. Lewis, Mr. Edward Walker, Mr. Durrelle Berry and Mr. Robert Wiley, of Chester. S. C., took their places. Then alternately came the bridesmaids, in their rainbow costumees, Miss Sadie Rhodes, wearing pink; Miss Julia Burnett, wearing orchid, and Miss Ethel Middlebrooks, wearing green, and each with hats to match their gowns. The two matrons, Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips and Mrs. Durelle Berry, wore yellow and turquoise blue dresses and matrons and maids all carried large bouquet of pink roses. Mrs. E. H. Berry, mother of the bride was the matron of honor and wore a gown of canton crepe, while she carried a bouquet of Russell roses. Little Betty Phillips, wearing a pink dress and hat, bore the ring in an Easter lily. The groom came in with his best man, Mr. Nisbet Holt, and was met at the altar by the bride on the arm of her fathr, Mr. E. H. Berry, who gave her in marriage. The beautiful ring ceremony was perfomed by Rev. A. B. Sanders, pastor of the Methodist church, and by Dr. E. J. Forrester, pastor of the Baptist church. Mrs. Stewart played Consolation softly during the marriage service. Mr. and Ms. Pound left the church for an exended motor trip through Florida. Upon their return they will be at home in Sparta.

March 27, 1921
Macon Telegraph
   Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Ward of Sparta announce the engagement of their daughter, Berta, to Mr. William A. Garner, the ceremony taking place on March 18.
  Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rhodes of Sparta announce the engagement of their daughter, Mattie Mae, to Mr. Frank Wesley Shields of Thomason, the wedding to be solemnized in April at home.

July 6, 1921
The Macon Daily Telegraph
TRAIN VICTIM EXPIRES
Body of Elrich Haygood is Sent To Sparta for Burial
   The body of Elrich Haygood, aged 30, Granite Hill, who died yesterday morning at the Clinic on Walnut street as the result of injuries sustained Sunday night when he was struck by a passenger train of the Georgia Railroad near Sparta, was shipped to Sparta yesterdy afternoon for funeral and interment.
   He was brought to the Clinic late Sunday night in a serious condition, his hip and left leg having been crushed by the train. Little hope was held out for his recovery by the physicians from the time he arrived.
  According to members of the train crew the deceased was sitting on the track with his face buried between his knees as if asleep when the train struck him.

August 18, 1921
Macon Daily Telegraph
Sparta, Ga., Aug. 17 - the body of Sergeant John Baugh, who went into the military service from this county and who was killed in the Argonne Forest, was buried in the Devereux cemetery this morning at 10 o'clock. The burial was attended by practically all of the members of the Clifford Darden Camp of the American Legion. Sergeant Baugh was the only soldier from Hancock county to be killed in battle. The dead soldier is survived by his mother and two brothers, all of whom reside at Devereux.

November 21, 1921
Atlanta Constitution
BALDWIN RESIDENT BURIED AT SPARTA.
Sparta, Ga., November 20 (Special) The body of Gordon McComb, formerly a leading citizen of Sparta, but of late years a resident of Baldwin county, who died at his home Saturday night, was buried in the Sparta cemetery Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clocl, in the presence of a large gathering of friends. Mr. McComb was in the seventy-first year of life at the time of his death, which is attributed to cancer of the stomach. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie Durham McComb.

November 24, 1921
Macon Daily Telegraph
MILTON LITTLE.
Sparta, Ga., Nov. 23 - After an illness of fifteen years which was superinduced by a wound received while a soldier in the Confederate army, Milton Little, who had been one of the most prosperous farmers in Hancock county, passed away at his home 12 miles north of Sparta early Tuesday night. Deceased was exactly 82 years of age at the time of his death, having passed away on his birthday. The burial took place Wednesday afternoon in the family burial ground in the presence of a large assemblage of friends, many of them having come from Sparta.

December 21, 1921
The Macon Daily Telegraph
MRS. B. P. SHARPE
  Sparta, GA, Dec. 20 - Mrs. B. P. Sharpe wife of Coroner B. P. Sharpe, of Hancock county, succumbed to a stroke of parslyis which has afflicted her for many months at her home in this place Tuesday morning. Her demise had been momentarily expected by the members of her family and the attending physician for several days. She was in the sixty-seventh year. Besides her husband, the deceased is survived by two sons, J. B.Sharpe and W. L. Sharpe, and two daughters, Miss Orlean Sharpe and Miss Elizabeth Sharpe. All of the survivors reside in Sparta. The interment will take place in the cemetery at Powellton, this county, Wednesday morning.

December 24, 1921
The Macon Daily Telegraph
MRS. J. L. CULVER
  Sparta, Ga., Dec. 3 - The funeral of Mrs. J. L. Culver, 81 years of age, who died at her home in Sparta Friday morning, took place in the Sparta cemetery today. The unusually large attendance at the burial and the profuse floral offerings bore fitting testimony of the esteem in which the aged lady was held. The burial ceremony was simple, but impressive.
 

April 19, 1922
Macon Daily Telegraph
RADIO BUG INFECTS SPARTA. Hancock Metropolis Will Erect Large Receiving Station.
Sparta, Ga, April 18 - Hte "radio bug" has hit Sparta by storm. A meeting was held in the courthouse at 6 o'clock this afternoon to formulate plans for the erection of a large receiving station in Sparta. A public subscription has already been taken up among the business men of the city and about $300 has already been given for the work. Superintendent Wilson, of the local light and water plant, has offered his serices in installing and operating the plant, which has been accepted.
  The outfit will be purchased in the next  few days and installed juas as soon as the material can be shipped here. Later on they expect to put in a broadcasting statin and add power amplifers to the present contemplated receiving station. The receiving set they will purchase will be the largest of any small city in the State.

June 20, 1922
Macon Daily Telegraph
BIRDS BUILD NEST IN SPARTA'S FIRE ALARM.
  Sparta, Ga., June 19 - Sparta's big fire alarm siren failed to work last night and upon investigation this morning by City Electrician Roy Wilson, it was fond that sparrows had built a nest in the mouth of the whistle which was so large that the two-horse meter could not turn it over.
  The nest was torn out and several young birds found in the debris. The city fathers are planning to erect the siren on a high steel tower in the near future and place a wire netting around it to keep the birds out.
 

July 1, 1922
Macon Daily Telegraph
James Johnson died at his home, 1310 Broadway, Friday morning at 8 o'clock after an illness of four weeks. Mr. Johnson was 48 years of age and was born in Hancock county. He was a resident of this city seventeen years. He was a painting contractor.
  Surviving are his wife, two sons and one sister, Johnnie A., and Albert Johnson, and Mrs. R. B. Griswold, of Macon. He was the son of the late Scott and Martha Johnson, of Hancock county.
  Funeral services will be held from the residence this (Saturday) afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. A. J. Johnson, pastor of the East Macon Baptist church, officiating. Interment will be in Fort Hill cemetery.

July 9, 1922
Atlanta Constitution
Southern Veteran Dies
Sparta, Ga, July 8 (Special)Benjamin Morrison, 76 years old, and a civil war veteran, died Saturday morning at the home of his son-in-law, six miles east of Sparta. His death was the result of a long illness caused by complications incident to his advanced age. He was well-known in this section. Funeral arrangements have not been made but the interment will take place in Sparta Sunday afternoon.

July 31, 1922
Macon Telegraph
KILLED BY LIGHTNING BOLT. Sparta Received Report of Death of James Hitchcock.
Sparta, Ga. July 30 - News was received in Sparta this morning of the death of James Hitchcock, who was killed by a bolt of lightning while sitting in a room of his home near Devereux, Saturday afternoon late. The lightning is said to have struck the top of the house and ran down one of the rafters and struck Mr. Hitchcock, death being almost instantaneous. The body was brought to Sparta and interred in the city cemetery this afternoon. He leaves a wife and family.
 
August 12, 1922
The Macon Daily Telegraph
BUYS BOTTLING PLANT.
Former Owner of Sparta Company Resumes Charge.
Sparta, Ga, Aug. 11 - Announcement was made in Sparta today that Mark Newman, former owner of the Sparta Chero Cola Bottling Company, had bought bck from the present owners, the Stephens Ice and Coal Co., of Sandersville. He will take charge of the local plant at once and will make Robert C. Wiley, Jr, manager, according to the report. Mr. Newman owns a Chero Cola plant at Chester, S.C., where he removed from Sparta and will run both plants. He is an experienced bottler and will no doubt make a success of the Sparta plant.

September 29, 1922
The Macon Daily Telegraph
MRS. SALLIE TREADWELL.
Sparta, Ga., Sept. 28 - The funeral of Mrs. Sallie Treadwell, one of Sparta's oldest inhabitants, was held this afternoon in the Sparta Cemetery at 4:30 o'clock. Mrs. Treadwell had been in declining health for some months and passed away at 7:30 o'clock last night. She is survived by one niece, Mrs. Harry Binion, all of her near relatives having preceded her to the grave years ago.

November 26, 1922
The Macon Daily Telegraph
MOORE - BARRETT
  Mrs. Thomas Cobb Moore, of Sparta, announces the engagement of her daughter, Gladys, to Mr. Loyd Barrett, the marriage to be solemized on December 21, at the Pierce Memorial Church at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

MORAN - STURGIS
  Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wesley Moran announce the engagement of their daughter, Olive Eldna, to Mr. Alfred B. Sturgis, the wedding to be solemized December 27, at Sparta Baptist Church.

December 2, 1922
The Macon Daily Telegraph
EDWARD A ROZIER. Sparta, Ga., Dec. 1 - The funeral ofEdward A. Rozier, Sr., pioneer merchant of this city, was held this morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. J. T. Robins, of Thomson, formerly pastor of the Sparta Methodist Church, performing the ceremony.
  Survivors include Mrs. Rozier, and three daughters, Zelle and Fionne Rozier, and Mrs. D. T. Turner; two sons, E. A. Rozier, Jr., and Harold F. Rozier, besides several grandchildren. Interment was in the Sparta Cemetery.
    O. L. BINION. Sparta, Ga., Dec. 1 - The funeral ofO. L. Binion, who died in a sanitarium in Macon Wednesday night, was held this morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. J. T. Robins, former pastor of the local Methodist Church, officiating.
  Survivors include Mrs. Binion, two daughters, Mrs. E. L. Fryer, of Blakely, and Mrs. George Berry, of Sparta; two sons Harry Binion, of Sparta, and Dr. Richard Binion, of Milledgeville, besides several grandchildren. Interment occurred in the Sparta Cemetery.

December 24, 1922
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Dies At Age of 93 Years. Mrs. Ella Clinch, One of Sparta's Oldest Residents, Is Buried.
Sparta, Ga., Dec. 23 - Funeral services were held this morning for Mrs. Ella Clinch, one of Sparta's oldest residents. If she had lived a few more days she would have reached the age of 93 years.
  Mrs. Clinch was the widow of H. A. Clinch, prominent and wealthy citizen of Sparta during the Civil War. The local camp of Confederate veterans bears his name. Mrs. Clinch is survived by one sister, Miss Lily Ford; a son, Col. Duncan Clinch, a prominent attorney of New York, and several grandchildren.
   The interment was in the Sparta cemetery beside other members of her family who have gone before.

December 20, 1922
The Macon Daily Telegraph
Mrs. Camilla Powell.
Sparta, Ga., Dec. 29 - Mrs. Camilla Powell, wife of the late Lafayette Powell, died at her home in this city this morning at 9 o'clock after an illness of several days. Mrs. Powell was 77 years of age, and a lifelong resident of Sparta. She is survived by three children - two daughters, Mrs. W. H. Middlebrooks, and Miss Susie Day Powell; one son, James I. Powell.
  The funeral and burial will take place tomorrow morning in the Sparta Cemetery.

Jan 20, 1923
Atlanta Constitution
DEATH IN SPARTA OF A. W. GRIFFITH THINS VETS' RANKS
Sparta, Ga. January 19 (Special) The ranks of the confederate veterans in this county were further thinned Thursday night when A.W. Griffith, aged 82 years, for many years one of the  most  prosperous farmers of this territory, died at the home of his son, Joseph Griffith, a few miles south of Sparta. His death is attibuted to senile troubles.
  A native of Oconee county, Mr. Griffith moved to this county 25 years ago and has resided here since. He was a member of H.A. Clinch Camp of United Confederate Veterans, a prominent Mason and a member of the Baptist church.
  The burial, with Masonic honors, took place in the Sparta cemetery Friday afternoon, civl ware veterans attending as honary pall bearers. Decased is survived by one son, Joseph Griffith, and a number of grandchildren in the county. Other relatives reside in Oconee county.

January 22, 1923
Atlanta Constitution
CONFEDERATE VETERAN DIES IN MILLEDGEVILLE
Milledgeville, Ga., January 21 - (Special) S. G. W. Gladdin (Gladin), 86, one of the oldrest confederate veterans in Baldwin county, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Eula Stanley, of this city, Wednesday. Mr. Gladden was a native of Hancock county. He served in Co. E., 15th Georgia regiment in the war between the states and was wounded in service.
     Funeral services were held at the Cooperville church of which he had been a member for years, and interment took place in the family burial ground.
    Mr. Gladdin is survived by his wife and ten children. They are E. J. Gladdin, of Manchester; M. A. Gladdin, of Baldwin county; Mrs. Eula Stanley, of Milledgeville; C. E. Gladdin, of McIntyre; Mrs. C. E. Goodwin, of Greenville, Ala.; J. H. Gladdin, of Gordon; Mrs. W. M. Harrell, of Pelham, Ga.; J. S. Gladdin, of Sandersville; I. D. Gladdin, of Barlow, Ga.; A. R. Gladdin, Lakeland, Fla. He also is survived by one brother Mr. L. A. Gladdin, of Sandersville.
(note: he is buried in the Cooperville Church cemetery)

January 22, 1923
Atlanta Constitution
HARRIS - The friends and relatives of Mrs. Henry Harris, Miss Martha Harris, Mrs. T. M. Park, Mr. Charles H. Harris, of Buerios Aires, S. A.; Mrs. W. M. Yarbrough, of Sparta, Ga.; Mr. Arthur Park and Mr. Harold H. Park, of Chicago, Ill., are invited to attend the funeral of Mrs. Henry Harris this (Tuesday) morning, January 23, 1923, at 10 o'clock, at the residence, No. 507 North Main street, College Park, Ga. The Rev. John Henderson and Rev. J. W. G. Watkins will officiate. The remains will be taken to Sparta, Ga., via the Georgia railway, this afternoon at 12:15 o'clock, for interment, by H. M. Patterson & Son.