January 1, 1900
Atlanta Constitution
Rev. J. S. Lewis, of Gordon, Ga., was married to Miss Kate McCord, of this place at 12:30 Wednesday afternoon, December 20th, by Rev.S. B. Ledbetter at the residence of Dr. W. C. Bryant, on College avenue. Rev. Lewis is pastor at Gordon, Ga., and a prominent divine of the South Georgia conference. Miss McCord is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCord, who reside at Indian Spring Street, and is a young lady much admired for her many lovable traits of character. Quite a number of friends witnessed the marriage, and after receiving the congratulations from those assembled, left on the 1:17 train for their future home at Gordon, Ga.

January 14, 1900
The Macon Telegraph
Gordon, Ga., Jan. 13- Professor H. C. Frasuer has a flourishing school here now, the largest for several years. The people are united on the subject and everybody is doing their best to make amends for the past indifference on this important subject. Professor Frasuer was raised here and will no doubt give a great deal of thought and labor to the cause.
   On last Wednesday, at 2 o'clock, Mr. Homer Lindsay and Miss Lizzie Brooks were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents, by Rev. W. D. Dewell. Mr. Lindsay is the son of Mr. J. F. Lindsay, and is a young man of sterling worth, full of vim and energy, and Miss Brooks is the daughter of Mr. J. W. Brooks, a wealthy planter and merchant of this county. She is a favorite of all of her acquaintances, and a lady of many charming traits of character. The best wishes of all accompany them.

January 23, 1900
Macon Telegraph
ASA, Twiggs County, Ga. Jan. 23
 -excerpt
 Quite a romantic marriage occurred in the village last sunday evening at the residence of Mr. Shade Crosby. The contracting parties were Mrs. Hattie Johnson and Mr. John W. Lyes (sic Dykes), both of Wilkinson County. They were married by the Rev. G. B. Ward of our village in a most beautiful and impressive manner.

January 28, 1900
Macon Telegraph
Jeffersonville, Ga. Jan. 27
  Messrs. S. E. Jones and D S. Faulkner of this place took in the Butler-Mullis wedding on last Wednesday about ten miles over in Wilkinson county, at the home of Mrs. J. E. Butler. Miss Hattie was one of Wilkinson county's belles, cultured and of high and noble Christian graces. Mr. Mullis (John W.)  is a son of Hon. William Mullis of Cochran. We heartily congratulate him on winning such a bride as Miss Hattie. The ceremony was performed by Rev. R. C. Sanders of Cochran in that usual  graceful and impressive style which is characteristic of Mr. Sanders.

February 15, 1900
Atlanta Constitution
Benj. Fordham, Stephensville, Ga.
Toomsboro, Ga., February 14 (Special) Ben Fordham, an old and highly esteemed citizen, who resided near Stephensville, Ga., died this morning while sitting at the breakfast table. Mr. Fordham was in his eighty-eight year and in good health and well preserved for one of his age. he represented Wilkinson county in the legislature one or two terms and held other offices of honor and trust during his life to the satisfaction of the people.

March 4, 1900
The Macon Telegraph
MR. ADES (AIDES) DEAD. Was a Highly Esteemed Citizen of South Macon.
Daniel Ades (Aides) died at his home on Reid Street, South Macon, yesterday after an illness of several weeks. He leaves a wife and eight children.
  Mr. Ades (Aides) was a Confederate veteran, and the South had no braver of more valiant defender that he. He belonged to Company I of the Fifty-ninth Georgia. He was a man of high character, and was greatly esteemed by all who knew him. Before coming to Macon, he was a prominent planter in Wilkinson county.
   The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The service will be conducted by Rev. T. J. Nease. The interment will be at Cedar Ridge cemetery.

March 8, 1900
The Macon Telegraph
WILL HAVE A NEW JAIL
Prisoner's Burnt a Hole in Wilkinson's Calaboose - Irwinton Notes.
Irwinton, Ga. March 7 - A few days ago six of the prisoners escaped from the jail here by burning a hole in the back end of the jail. So the county commissioners at their regular meeting yesterday decided to build a new jail. The present building has been in an unsafe and unhealthy condition for years, and he people are glad to know that a new jail is to be erected.
  The large saw mill of Budger & Parker is doing a fine business. One party sold them one body of timber for $11,000. There is also a large kaolin mine being worked and several more are in contemplation.
  A good many of the politicans were in town yesterday. Your correspondent did not learn their plans, but it is thought that several announcements in the near future will be the result.
  Mr. John W. Greer, representing The Telegraph is in town today. Mr Greer, like The Telegraph, is a welcome visitor to our town.
  Miss Rosa Lee Murat of Apalachicola, Fla., is visiting Mrs. D. B. Baum. Miss Murat is an accomplished young lady and has many admirers.
  Wilkinson superior court convenes on the first Monday in April. There is a large number of cases to be tried, among which are some sensational criminal cases.

May 11, 1900
The Macon Telegraph
SAD DEATH OF MRS. LAVENDER
Mother of Several Children Passed Away at Her Home in Macon
    The remains of Mrs. Fannie Lavender, wife of Mr. J. M. Lavender, were shipped by Mr. Lamar Clay to Gordon, Ga, yesterday for interment, her sad death having occurred at the residence, corner of Oglethorpe and Ross streets.
    Deceased leaves five children - Messrs. W. H., C. C. and C. D. Lavender, Mrs. O. C. Johnson of Americus and Mrs. J. J. Hall of Gordon.
    All were at the bedside in the last hours except the youngest daughter, Mrs. Johnson who arrived too late.

June 18, 1900
The Macon Telegraph
Irwinton, Ga., June 17. - This morning at 8 o'clock, at the residence of the bride's parents, in this place, Dr. Walter Burkett of Twiggs county was married to Miss Lillie Hatfiled. Dr. Burkett is a promising young physician and his bride is one of our sweetest young ladies. It  was a quiet home wedding and only a few friends were present.

June 26, 1900
The Macon Telegraph
COLLINS' UNTIMELY DEATH.
Thrown From His Buggy and Killed While on His Way to Church
McIntyre, Ga., June 25. - Yesterday while on his way to meeting at Nunn and Wheeler church, about seven miles from this place, Bartley Collins, a highly esteemed young man, just 21 years of age, eldest son of Mr. Dock Collins, met an untimely death.
  He was driving from his father's house to the church in a road cart by himself, when his horse taking fright, near the church, became unmanageable and dashed against a stump, upsetting the cart and throwing young Collins against another stump with such force that his breast bone was crushed in.
  He was taken up by those who witnessed the accident and carried into the church, where he expired in twenty or thirty minutes. He was conscious to within a few minutes of his death and asked his father to send for a doctor, which was done, but it availed nothing, as he was dead when the physician arrived.
  His body was taken to his home and to his mother and sisters. The scene was harrowing beyond expression. His parents have the deepest sympathy of our entire community.

July 17, 1900
Union Recorder
Mount Pleasant Dots .  Mrs. Solomon (Missouri M. Salmon) died at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Charles Combes, Saturday, the 7th inst., and was buried at Snow's Hill the following Sunday. We were very sorry to hear of her death.

July 31, 1900
Union Recorder
~excerpt~ Mr. Walter J. Vaughan, of Irwinton, and Miss Anabel Brown, of this city, were united in marriage, last Wednesday morning, at eleven o'clock, at the home of the bride's father, Mr. D. W. Brown.....performed by Rev. A. D. Echols, of Shady Dale....Mr. Vaughan is a rising young attorney, of Irwinton, where he recently went from this city....graduate of the Law Department of the Georgetown University.

August 11 1900
Savannah Tribune
CHARGED WITH PATRICIDE
 Young Boy Accused of Shooting Sister and Poisoning His Father,
  On he afternoon of July 28th last while John I Tindall, who was a highly respected and industrious farmer, living two miles south of Gordon, Ga., with his wife, were visiting neighbors, his daughter Ruby, aged ten years, was shot and instantly killed by her oldest brother, aged seventeen years, with a shotgun, which shooting at the time was supposed to have been accidental, but in the light of subsequent events is now thought by many to have been intentional. The motive for the shooting is supposed to have been revenge for his sister having previously told his father of the brother's misconduct, causing his father to whip him,
  On Friday morning, August 3d, John I Tindall, who had been slightly indisposed for several days, woke up complaining of a headache, and as he had been taking medicine for some time, took a dose for this ailment, and was seized within fifteen or twenty minutes afterwards with violent convulsions, one convulsion succeeding another in rapid succession, ending in death within fifteen minutes from the first seizure.
  The coroner's jury, after a thorough investigation and autopsy by physicians rendered a verdict in effect that Tindall came to his death by strychnine poisoning, the drug have been mixed in the medicine he was taken by his eldest son, James (Gilbert) Tindall, with intent to kill.
  The motive for this deed is supposed to have been furnished by a whipping given the boy by his father a week or two previous to his death.

August 12, 1900
The Atlanta Constitution
EVIDENCE IS STRONG AGAINST HIM. The Letter Is Touching and Has Led Many To Believe in His Innocence.
Savannah, August 11 (Special) A touching story comes from Irwinton, in Wilkinson county, in connection with the  arrest and incarceration of young James Tindall, the sixteen-year-old boy charged with the murder of his sister and father. It is of young Tindall's letter to his sweetheart, in which he emphatically denies his guilt of the offense and implores her to come to aim and give him on word of comfort.
  Since the lad's arrest the sentiment of the community has gradually been turning against him, as the evidence made it appear that he was possessed of a murderous and malicious heart. When he shot and killed his sister the killing was first thought to have been an accident, but later it developed he had been helping himself to peach brandy and the little girl threatened to tell his parents. He is then supposed to have shot and killed her maliciously.
  His claim it was an accident, was accepted as true until a few days after the death of the little girl the father took a dose of medicine an died in convulsions. The father's stomach was analyzed and it was shown to contain poison, the same as that bought by young Tindall for the alleged purpose of killing rats. It was shown, too, at the inquest, that the lad had told his sweetheart, the night before that his father had whipped him for going to see her, and if she would keep quite she would hear of some serious trouble at his home before many days.
  It is said Tindall showed the utmost indifference at his father's death; that he does now appear to care about his confinement in jail and that he speaks of the death of his father and sister as would an utter stranger. The boy is quite intelligent, denies his guilt and asserts he will be cleared before the court.
  The one thing that touches his heart is the little girl he claims as his sweetheart, and in his touching and pathetic letter to her that has attracted so much attention and led some to doubt the boy's guilt, in spite of the strong evidence that has accumulated against him. To her he wrote:
  "My Dear Sweetheart - A few days ago I was a free lad, at home with my loved ones, enjoying the sweet pleasure of your confidence and love, but today I am a prisoner, the inmate of a murderer's cell, charged with the death of my poor little sister and my kind-hearted father. There are no loving hands to tend me in my sorrow; no eyes look upon me save those of the curious and unsympathetic, who stand and gaze upon me as upon some wicked demon. There are no words of comfort or consolation spoken, and I only hear the words of condemnation as I am denounced as a vile and guilty wretch. And in this dark and dreary dungeon, where the sunlight never comes, no music greets me save the grating of the iron bars when the jailer comes to admit some one to look upon my wretchedness.
  "A short while ago, when I was with the, when I had a little sister and a loving father, little did I think that it would soon be thus! Sister dead, father buried and I locked behind the prison bars! O, God, have mercy on an innocent child! Thou knowest that I am guiltless of this horrible crime. How could I have killed my little sister and poisoned my father, who raised me?
   "Oh, my sweetheart, come and give me one word of comfort. Do not desert me now when all others have turned their backs on me, but come, oh come, and bring a ray of sunshine and one spark of hope to this dark and lonesome cell! They tell me that you, too, have forsaken me! But I cannot - will not believe that you will ever forsake the boy who loves you so, and who is being persecuted as I.
  " I may be tried and convicted, I  may hear the awful sentence of death pronounced upon me, and die upon the gallows, but God will know, and I want you to know that an innocent lad paid an unjust debt."
  Then, in that child-like simplicity, he closed with that little prayer, "Now I lay me down to sleep."

September 1, 1900
Macon Telegraph
MRS. BEN RAMMAGE DIED. She Was the Mother of a Number of Children, Who Survive Her,
  Mrs. Lavinia Rammage, wife of Mr. Ben Rammage, died at her residence, 2163 Second street, yesterday. She will be buried this afternoon, the funeral and interment occurring at Jones Chapel.
  Mrs. Rammage had resided in Macon forty years, coming here when she was only 8 years old. She leaves five children, three boys and two girls as follows: Mrs. J. H. Council, of Wilkinson county; Mrs. W. H. Chapman of Whistler,Ala.; Mrs. J. H. Thomas of Rutland District, and Messrs. J. W. and George Rammage. She was the daughter of Mr. John P. Davis.
  The pall-bearers at her funeral will be Messrs. C. R. Avant, Charles Crawley, O. R. Roland, W. Hunnincutt. John du Bord and J. B. Peyton.

September 7, 1900
Augusta Chronicle
GEORGIANS CHAMPION A NEGRO'S CAUSE
Prominent Wilkinson County Citizens Demand Justice Be Done If It Takes Their Last Dollar
Macon, Ga., Sept. 5 - Twenty-one of the representative business and professional men of Wilkinson county came into Macon today to see that a negro, Napoleon Anderson, did not lack friends if the United States commissioner should bind him over on a charge of interfering with United States officers. Anderson had taken a warrant out for larceny against two revenue officers passing through the county, charging them with stealing his sugar cane. The officers gave bond, and then arrested the negro, saying he had sought to interfere with the discharge of their duties. The white men of the county rose up in arms and refused to allow due process of law. The officers gave up the negro and came to Macon, taking warrants for many of the white citizens. These came in today and brought the negro with them, and announced that as the negro had lived an exemplary life in their midst, every dollar in the county would be used to see that he was not imposed on.
     The cases will all be heard next week.

September 26, 1900
Macon Telegraph
KILLED BY FREIGHT TRAIN. Inmate of the State Sanitarium Escapes and Is Killed.
Milledgeville, Ga., Sept. 25. Mr. J. S. Morel of Savannah was killed near Gordon today by freight train No. 36. He escaped from the State Sanitarium Sunday afternoon, where he has been for about a month. He was much improved in health and was permitted to walk the grounds. He went out Sunday after dinner for a walk, and it was not until supper that he was missed. Search was made, but nothing could be learned of his whereabouts, and the first information received by the authorities was a telegram today from Gordon, stating that he had been killed in trying to ride the trucks under a freight car.

October 30, 1900
Union Recorder
A SAD ACCIDENT. Mr. James W. Price was the victim of an accident last Tuesday morning which cost him his life.
  He was caught in a countershaft, which runs the gin of Miss Margaret Crawford, on Big Black creek in Wilkinson county, and beaten and torn to death, before anything could be done to stop the motion of the shaft.
  His father, Mr. I. W. Price, says that he supposes his son attempted to pass under the shaft, which is about three feet from the ground, and the sleeve of his garment was caught by a protruding peg, and he was unable to extricate himself.
  The young man was in his seventeenth year and was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Price, who reside on Miss Margaret Crawford's Black Lake Plantation in Wilkinson county. The parents have the sympathy of all who know them.

December 2, 1900
Macon Telegraph
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McArthur Fittingly Celebrate Their Fiftieth Anniversary of Their Wedding
      McIntyre, Ga., Dec. 1 - The beautiful country home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McArthur was the scene of gayety and happiness on Wednesday night, the occasion being the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. The house was beautifully decorated in ferns and vines of delicate texture, the color scheme being carried out in yellow chrysanthemums. The dining room was particularly lovely, the walls being  a bank of green and yellow, and the table was exquisite in its artistic arrangement of similax and ferns and was loaded to its utmost capacity with everything the heart could wish or appetite crave, from the mere substantial barbecue to the tempting pastry and most delicate fruits of the tropics.
     An immense pyramid of these fruits was arranged in the centre of the table, bering an arch of fern and similax, from which suspended a card with the dates 1850-1900 embroidered in threads of gold.
     This charming couple and their sons and daughters were the guests of honor on this occasion.
     Mr. John T. McArthur married Miss Minnie Rivers, and they are the parents of eleven children, eight sons and three daughters, their youngest child, Laura died at the age of 16. The others are all living in prosperity. Charles McArthur, unmarried lives with his parents. Joel has five children and one grandchild and farms in Wilkinson county. Mary Robinson has nine children and one grandchild. William D. has eight children and one grandchild and farms in Dooly county. Lizzie Robinson has seven children and two grandchildren. R. S. McArthur is a dentist and farmer of Wilkinson county. James F. has four children, and is a merchant and farmer at Unadilla, Ga. Thomas J. is a physician of Unadilla, Ga. He has three children. Arthur Lee has one child and is a dentist of Cordele, Ga. Lewis R. McArthur is a druggist of Unadilla, Ga. Dr. R. S. McArthur and his charming wife, who was Miss Lucy Stanley, acted as host and hostess on this occasion.
    The grandchildren and great-grandchildren spent the day romping over the spacious grounds and collecting on the broad verandahs with youth, beauty and old age, to enjoy the music so ably furnished by Professor Hodnett and others among the guests. The day was an ideal one and as one left the scene of happiness the heavens were shining golden in the day's declining splendor, and wishing the pleasant family many happy reunions, we thought that Mr. and Mrs. McArthur, after 50 years of wedded bliss, must have heard
Their wedding bells still tinkling,
Filled with the joy that is yet lingering.

December 4, 1900
Union Recorder
BLACK LAKE
  The announcement of the engagement of Miss Margarette Howard Crawford and Mr. Edward Dankey Napier, of Macon, which was made in the Atlanta Daily News Monday was of unusual interest, inasmuch as that the bride-elect not only owns one of the most valuable farms in the state, but, strange to say, manages it entirely herself, not even an overseer being employed.
  This interesting young lady is an attractive brunette and has charming, cordial manners, and when in her company, one immediately recognizes  that subtle power called magnetism
   Miss Crawford when asked if she were not the possessor of the famous "Black Lake" plantation, known possibly to every true lover of sport in the state replied:
   Yes, "Black Lake" belongs to my brother and myself. It has been in the possession of our family for over ninety years. You want me to tell you something about it? Well, since my father's death two years ago, I have had the entire management of it thought during his lifetime I looked after it, after a fashion. My brother, who is several years my senior, is in Mr. Caregie's employ, having been for the last six years superintendent of the Edgar Thompson furnace plant at Braddock, Pa., the largest furnace plant in the world, you know. Immediately after my father's death, my brother gave me full power of attorney, declaring that he was perfectly willing to leave his interests here in the south in my hands.
  "Black Lake" is ten miles from Milledgeville, and contains about 7,000 acres. There are three  miles of frontage on the Oconee river and a pond covering 125 acres. "Black Lake," from which the place takes its name, is about a mile and a half long. It is from 100 to 250 yards wife, and from 80 to 100 feet in depth. The water is very black, and cold, and in places the trees almost lap over it, forming a dense shade. The lake is full of fine fish all the year round, as is also the case with the pond.
   In the former are found trout weighing eight, ten and twelve pounds; bream, red breast perch, and jack. Parties from Milledgeville, Jones county, Macon, Atlanta, in fact from all over Georgia, come and spend weeks at a time hunting and fishing.
   The plantation has a fine body of hardwood timber on it - oak, ash, hickory, birch, cottonwood and sweetgum.
   Black Lake is a great cattle range, and is a fine place for raising hogs and cattle, but we have to keep a pack of hounds on account of the wild cats. They are destructive and catch and eat the lambs and young pigs.
   There are all kinds of game abounding and splendid hunting, opossum, coon, otter and quantities of doves, quails, and wild turkeys. In fact the place is naturally adapted for a game preserve.
   Cotton, corn, sugar cane and small grains of all sorts flourish and the soil is especially adapted to the cultivation of rye.
  Two mills - grist and saw- and a gin house which adjoins the grist mill, are on the pond; the ginnery, too, being run by water power from the pond. There is also a syrup mill on the plantation.

December 18, 1900
Macon Telegraph
A Wedding Near Gordon United Two Popular People.
  Mr. Thomas S. Lewis and Miss Dessie Liles were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents near Gordon yesterday, the father of the groom, Rev. J. S. Lewis, officiating.
  Quiet a number of Macon friends were in attendance. The day was lovely in every particular and the wedding breakfast was magnificent. It was a pleasant occasion for the many people present.

January 21, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
BEALL - referring to query No. 85, Constitution of June 30th, it is much to be regretted that more complete family records have not been kept. I am a grandson of General Frederick Beall. I have been keeping a record of his branch of the family, and for thirty years or longer, have made notes of such information relating to other branches as fell in my way, but have nothing relating to the descendants of Josiah Beall, or of any Beall who married a Miss Cotton. My information is that a sister of Josiah, who was my grandfather's brother, married a Mr. Cotton, but my information may be at fault. I think, however, that the fact is in the knowledge of a sister of mine, and I will at once write to ascertain. I have other correspondents who may be able to give light on the subject of the query. I presume the person desiring information has already traced the line back. If he (or she) has, I would be glad to know whether he has followed it farther than I have been able to do-that is, to Thaddeus Beall, my great grandfather.
From him the line runs thus:
Frederick (my grandfather, late of Campbell county, Ga.)
Thaddeus (late of Chambers county, Ala.)
Jerry (late of Milledgeville)
Elias
Samuel (late of Irwinton, Ga.)
Josiah
Walter
Amelia (Mrs. William Reese, of Putnam county, Ga.)
Lucy (Mrs. Cotton)
Maezah (Mrs. Thomas Dent)
Ama (Mrs. Watty Dent)
Frederick Beall married, Martha Peyton Beall, his cousin, daughter of Daniel and Martha Peyton Beall. My father was General William Beall, of Carroll county. He had a cousin Josiah who lived at Griffin, Ga., in antebellum days, and probably emigrated to Texas. He had also a brother of that name who emigrated to Denton county, Texas. If I can do anything in the way of assisting to obtain the information desired for those in whose behalf the query (No. 85) is published, you may command me. Very respectfully,
JOHN B. BEALL
Birmingham, Ala

February 12, 1901
Union-Recorder
  Mr. Joseph  Youngblood, an old citizen and planter of Wilkinson county, died Sunday the 3rd inst. His remains were buried the following Tuesday. He was well known in this city and county.

February 20, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
J. E. Denard (Dennard), Gordon, Ga.
Gordon, Ga, February 19 (Special) J. E. Denard, a prominent and well-known farmer living two miles southwest of here, died early this morning of Bright's disease. Mr. Denard was a member of the Methodist church and of the Masonic order. The burial will take place at the family cemetery at Ramah, near here, tomorrow. Mr. Denard's family is prominently connected throughout this portion of the state. Mrs. J. W. Saunders, of Unadilla; Mrs. T.H. Bridges, of Hawkinsville; Mrs. J. F. Lindsey and Mrs. L. W. Lee, of this county are his daughters. His sons are Messrs. Cicero and J. L. Denard, both substantial farmers of this county. His aged wife also survives him.

February 26, 1901
Union Recorder
  Mr. I. J. Fountain, of Irwinton died Saturday morning, 17th. He had been in feeble health for over two years. Mr. Fountain was one of the best known men in Wilkinson county. He was sheriff of the county for twelve years. He leaves a wife and two daughters. His younger daughter, Miss Ida, is postmistress at Irwinton, and his other daughter, Mrs. T. H. Bragg, resides in Hawkinsville.

March 3, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
GRIP PREVAILS AT TOOMSBORO
Nearly Every Family Has a Member Now Down
Toomsboro, Ga., March 2 (Special) The grip is prevailing to an alarming extent in this section. Every family has some member stricken. Mrs. James Walters was buried yesterday, being the second of that family to die in the past ten days, her husband preceding her.
(buried Walters Family Cemetery)

March 6, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
I. L. Davis, Toombsboro, Ga
Toombsboro, Ga, March 5 (Special)I. L. Davis, and old and widely known resident of this county, died at his home last night a few miles from this place.

March 20, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
Killed by Falling Tree
Irwinton Bulletin: Mr. Walter Sapp, a good citizen and neighbor living near Pleasant Plains church, was instantly killed by a falling tree last Thursday morning. he left his home early that morning, going to the woods to split some rails. He cut a tree and it lodged in another standing nearby. He then proceeded to cut the second tree, when the first one broke loose and fell, crushing him underneath the earth. He was about seventy-five years of age, a prosperous farmer and good husband.

April 7, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
SMITH.- Wanted  information as to Real name of one Smith whose sobriquet was "Old Ready Money," and also the name of his wife in Wilkerson county in the early '80s'. He was an extensive money lender, hence his nickname. He had a brother named George, who was likewise a money lender. "Old Ready Money" had several children: (1) Allen Smith; mrd, Miss Hightower; (2) John, was twice mrd; last wife's name was Miss Turrin; first wife's name unknown. John Smith, or Colonel John Smith, as he was better known by, was a high Mason and Odd Fellow. (3 ch.) James, mrd; died, this widow mrd. Joel Butler. (4) Ada Smith, mrd. James Hall (of Houston county) (5) Lucy, mrd. Mr. Ashby; widowed, mrd. McWilliams (5) Lincye Laninia, mrd. John Lambton Davidson. Children of J.L.D. and L.L.S.D.: (1) Mary Jeane, mr. Lionle Lee (from S.C.), (2) Agnes, mrd, Chas. Trippe (3) Betty Blanch, mrd., Bryant Roberts (4) Jehu H. D. mrd. Leathea Waters (5) Joseph Franklin D., mrd Mary Williams (6) Benj. Radcliffe D., mrd, Susan Glover (7) James Allen, mrd. his cousin, Margaret Smith (8) Ely Lafayette, mrd. Celia Anne Phillips, daughter of Harriet H__ Phillips and Williams Phillips, from North Carolina (9) John Moses D., mrd. Martha Leverette. Perhaps this list, which is authentic, will assist "M.A. Smith" in Sunday's Constitutiton, March 24th, in article No. 258. All of the above information was contributed by an old relative more than three score years.  Dates of births, marriages and Deaths could not be remembered. This is a great work and every one should send in what little information they can, as it is more than apt to help some one. I anxiously watch and red the Genealogial department and keep that particular page every week. Please correct and insert in your columns.
AGNES AND JOHN S.

May 20 1901
Atlanta Constitution
DR. B. F. STANLEY IS DEAD.
Well Known Physician Dies Near His Home at Dublin
Dublin, Ga, May 19. (Special) Dr. Benjamin F. Stanley, who died Friday night of Bright's disease, at his home in this county, was buried today at the Stanley burial ground, twelve miles from Dublin. Dr. Stanley was sixty-seven years of age and was one of the most prominent men in the county. He attended college at Thedford, Vt., and after graduating took a course in medicine at the Augusta Medical college. During the past fifteen years he has not practiced medicine, but was engaged in farming. He has a large family connection in this county. He leaves a wife and three children - Mrs. Dr. R. S. McCarthy, of Gordon; Mrs. Dr. J. H. Duggan, of Wilkinson county, and Mr. Rollin M. Stanley, of Laurens county. Dr. Stanley was a surgeon in the confederate army. A large number of Dublin people attended his funeral.

May 31, 1901
Union Recorder
  Married, at the home of the bride's parents in Wilkinson county, Wednesday, May 15th, at 6 o'clock, p.m., Miss Bertha M. Jackson and Mr. D. C. Kingry. The ceremony was beautifully and impressively performed by Rev. J S. Lewis of Gordon. The prominence of the couple made it one of the greatest social events of the season.
  The bride's sweet disposition and pleasing manner won, for herself many friends in this and other counties.
  Having been a kind and affectionate teacher for a number of years, she has quite a circle of little friends, who wish for her much happiness.
  The groom is one of Wilkinson's most prosperous young men, and his many friends wish for him and his charming bride a long life of happiness.
 

June 19, 1901
Macon Daily Telegraph
OCKINGTON WILL SHALL STAND. Ordinary Receives a Letter Saying That the relatives Will Make no Fight on the Disposition of the Property
  The will of the late Col. James G. Okington was probated in the ordinary's court yesterday morning, and Dr. N. T. Carswell of Macon was appointed administrator. His sister is the sole beneficiary under the terms of the will. The estate is valued at about $35,000.
  It had been thought the relatives in the North and East would contest the will, but a letter from the relatives who had been investigating the matter was received yesterday stating that no objections would be filed.

July 25, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
News Notes from Macon.
   Mrs. Eliza Bateman, who died in Macon yesterday, was buried today at Ivey, Ga. The deceased was forty-eight years old. She leaves a husband and eleven children.

August 3, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE. Tent Meeting Near Toombsboro, Ga. Lasts Ten Days.
Toombsboro, Ga., August 2. (Special) The Rev. G. W. Matthews and wife, of Americus, Ga., and P. H. Crumpler, of Irwinton, Ga., closed this afternoon at Poplar Head academy, four miles from this place, an interesting tent meeting of ten days' duration. Ten thousand people were in attendance.

September 24, 1901
Union Recorder
  Rev. Wyly Rodgers died at his home in Wilkinson county on the 16th instant. He was 85 years of age, and was one of the best beloved and most respected citizens of this county. He was a minister of the Primitive Baptist Association for more than a half century.

October 1, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
In The District Court of The United States For The Western Division Of The Southern District of Georgia,
  In the Matter of Oconee Milling Company, Bankrupt. - In Bankruptcy.
  Under and by virtue of an order passed by Honorable Emory Speer, judge of said court in the above stated case, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, at public outcry, before the courthouse door in Wilkinson county, Georgia, on the first Tuesday in May, 1901, the following property, to-wit:
  All the timber, whether standing or fallen, except the hickory timber less than eight inches in diameter across the stump, and except all other classes of timber less that fourteen inches across the stump, on the premises hereinafter fully described, to-wit; All that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the county of Wilkinson, state of Georgia, and known as the Black Lake plantation, formerly owned by the late Dr. George G. Crawford, as trustee and guardian for Miss Margarette H. Crawford and George C. Crawford, consisting of the following whole lots of land in the 4th land district of Wilkinson county, Georgia, to-wit: Lots 299, 298, 297, 296, 300, 280, 301, 302, 303, 305, 314, 318, 312; and fractional lots 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23 and 22, and one hundred and fifty acres of lot No. 316 and lot No. 279 in the 5th land district of Wilkinson county, Georgia. The purchaser likewise to have the right to cut down the small timber on said lands for the purpose of make roads over said land for the purpose of hauling and moving the timber; and said timber to be moved with eleven years from the 11th day of Octoter, 1899. The property hereby conveyed being the same property conveyed by Miss Margarette H. Crawford and George C. Crawford to George J. Bridgers, on the 11th day of October, 1899. The same to be sold freed from all liens and encumbrances thereon, and subject to confirmation by the court.
  This March 29, 1901.
E. A. ROSS, Trustee of the Estate of Oconee Milling Co., Bankrupt.

October 15, 1901
Union Recorder
  Mr. J. Anderson McMullen died in Macon last Monday night at the home of Mr. T. A. Miller. The news of his death reached this city early Tuesday morning, by a telephone message, and was conveyed to his family at Scottsboro, to whom it was quite a shock and surprise.
  Mr. McMullen went to Macon several days before his death, to engage in the contractor's and carpenter's trade, and was stopping at the home of his friend Mr. Miller. He retired in his usual health Monday night, and died during the night. Mr. Charles Miller, who occupied the bed with him, knew nothing of his death, until he arose for breakfast Tuesday morning.
  Mr. McMullen's remains were brought to his home in Scottsboro Tuesday night, by members of his family, who went to Macon as soon as they learned of the sad occurrence. His funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, and he was buried at Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
  For the past three or four years he has been engaged in the mercantile business, at Scottsboro, which he sold to his son. He is well-known in this city and county, and has many friends to regret his death.
  Mr. McMullen was born in Echols county, Oct. 21st, 1858, and was in his forty-third year. He came to Wilkinson county, when three years of age and has spent his life in that and Baldwin county. In 1877 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jane Golden, who with four children survive him..

October 23, 1901
Macon Telegraph
DEATH OF MRS. MARY POPE.  Mrs. Mary Pope died yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at her home in Toomsboro, after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. Pope ws 54 years of age, and leaves two daughters and one son-Mr. C. W. Hubbard of Macon, Mrs. T. J. Doles and Mrs. Ira Paine.  Mr. Thomas Pope, her husband, survives her. Mrs. Pope was married twice. Her remains will be laid to rest in the family burying grounds near Toomsboro.

October 25, 1901
Daily Times-Enterprise
   Mrs. Minerva Shepherd was called away last week to see her brother, Mr. Joe Nesbitt who, we are informed suddenly died from heart trouble. His relatives have our sympathy.

November 1, 1901
Atlanta Constitution
SHE SCREAMED AND HER ASSAILANT RAN
Negro attempts to Assault Wife of a Legislator
SHE FOUGHT DESPERATELY
The Fellow Ran and Posses, with Hounds, Are on Track of Him. Men of Three Counties Searching Woods for the Negro
Dublin, Ga. October 31 (Special) Yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock the wife of George Daughtry, a member of the legislature from Wilkinson county, was attacked by a young negro, named Theo Boothe, and two desperate attempts were made to assault her.
   The attempted assault was made at Mr. Daughtry's home at Allentown, in Wilkinson county, 20 miles north of Dublin, on the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad. Mr. Daughtry was in Atlanta attending the session of the legislature.
   Mrs. Daughtry, shortly after dinner, went out to the barn to look for some eggs. The negro was concealed in the barn and sprang at the woman as soon as she entered the door. Mrs. Daughtry fought him off and started to run. The negro caught her and she screamed. The negro evidently became frightened and decided that he had better get away as soon as possible.
  In the short time that it requires for such occurrences to become know the neighbors were soon aware of the outrage and hundreds of people were in arms. Crowds of determined men were sent in every direction and this morning every part of Wilkinson, Twiggs, and Pulaski counties is being searched, it being thought that Boothe is in one of those three counties. Bloodhounds were secured and it is thought the scoundrel will be caught.
  Boothe is about 25 years of age, dark ginger-cake colored, 5 feet, 8 inches high and weighs about 150 pounds. He is lame in his left foot and the big toe on the same foot is deformed on account of having been burned.

November 2, 1901
Augusta Chronicle
Lynching in Georgia
Theo. Boothe Falls Into The Hands Of An Infuriated Mob
Jeffersonville, Ga. Nov.1st - Theo Boothe, the Negro who attempted to assault Mrs. Daughtry, wife of Representative Daughtry, was found hanging to a telegraph pole near Allentown this morning. He was last seen and surrounded in a swamp last night and a conductor of Macon, Dublin, and Savannah road was telephoned to bring dogs from Dublin, and permission was given by Superintendent Wright, the dogs were brought, the negro captured and hanged at 1 o'clock
   The attempted assault was made at Mrs. Daughtry's home in Allentown in Allentown, 20 miles North of Dublin. Mr. Daughtry was in Atlanta attending the session of the legislature.
   Mrs. Daughtery, shortly after dinner, went out to the barn to look for eggs. The negro was concealed in the barn and sprang at the woman as soon as she entered the door. Mrs. Daughtry fought him off and started to run. The negro again caught her and she screamed. The negro then became frightened and decided that he had better get away as soon as possible.
   In the short time that it requires for such occurrences to become known, the neighbors were soon aware of the outrage and hundreds of people were in arms. Crowds of determined men were sent in every direction and every part of Wilkinson, Twiggs and Pulaski counties were being searched when it was learned that he had been in the swamp which was quickly surrounded and the criminal located by the dogs and his capture and execution followed quickly.

January 22, 1902
The Macon Telegraph
Dublin, Ga., Jan. 19- Capt. George W. Bishop, who died yesterday at his home in Bailey district, this county, was buried today at the Dupree cemetery in Wilkinson county. Capt. Bishop was one of the most prominent farmers in Laurens county. He was a gallant ex-Confederate soldier, commanding a company during the war between the states.
  Capt. Bishop was about 80 years of age, and during the past few months had been in very feeble health.

January 31, 1902
The Macon Telegraph
Irwinton, Ga., Jan. 30 - Rev. James T. Hughes, the oldest Baptist minister in Wilkinson county, died this morning. He was 75 years old and had been actively engaged in the ministry for over forty-five years, during which time he had baptized over 1,800 persons. He had a stroke of paralysis about five months ago, from which he never recovered. He was the oldest Mason in this section of the state, and will be interred in the Masonic cemetery at this place tomorrow with Masonic honors.

February 8, 1902
The Macon Telegraph.
Gordon, Ga., Feb. 7 Oliver Moore, an old negro formerly here, who had recently been in the almshouse, ran away from there on the 4th and wandered in the cold all night, freezing to death about sunup yesterday morning.

March 4, 1902
Union Recorder
GLENELLA DOTS
  Mr. Henry Price was married to Miss Georgia Helton last Sunday. Both of McIntyre, Ga.
  Little Joe Batchellor died last Saturday morning, after a brief illness of la grippe. His parents have our deepest sympathy.

March 4, 1902
Atlanta Constitution
TOWN HAS TAKEN ON NEW LIFE
Prospect Ahead of Toomsboro Is Brighter Than Ever Before.
Toomsboro, Ga., March 3 (Special) A building boom has struck this town again. George T. Fassett, a prominent merchant here, is now erecting a ginnery and a corn and flouring mills that will be equipped with latest improved machinery. He intends to have it ready for the next crop of wheat and cotton.
  Mrs. Clay will soon finish a very pretty and commodious hotel that adds greatly to the business interests of the place. Dr. J. D. Thompson will soon complete a nice building that will be used for a drug and grocery business.
  Real estate is now in demand. Recently E. M. Boone & Co., Hall & Dickinson, Dr. J. D. Thompson, J. M. Shepherd and George F. Fassett have made purchases of real estate.
   Owing to bad sanitary surroundings several years ago nearly all the business men moved away to other localities and  the town practically died. Of late the cause of that trouble has been removed and the town is taking on new life.

March 21, 1902
Thomasville Times Enterprise
  ~excerpt~ John M. Lowry died at his residence in Palmetto, Fla, Thursday morning, February 27th.
  He was born in Irwinton, Wilkinson county, Georgia, on May 21st, 1844. His parents moved from Twiggs county to Thomas county  several years previous to the cvil war and, later on to Thomasville.
   John M. Lowry, when quiet young, enlisted in Company F, 29th Georgia Regiment, from Thomasville, and served in the Confederate army during the whole period of the civil war. He was wounded in each of the battles of Chickamauga, Kennesaw Mountain and Franklin; captured at Nashville and taken to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he was held as a prisoner until June 1865.
  In October 1869 he, with his family, oved to Manatee county, Florida. For twenty two years he has lived in Palmetto, Florida. He was a man of sterling excellence-being an honest, upright citizen, and won the esteem and respect of all.
  He leaves a sorrowing mother, brothers and sisters, and many friends who mourn his loss. ..........

April 1, 1902
The Macon Telegraph
McIntyre, Ga. March 31. Mrs. Jane Price, wife of Mr. H. W. Price, died yesterday. She had for months been a sufferer from a lingering and painful disease, which from the beginning gave her friends little hope of her recovery. They were, therefore, prepared for the worst, and at the end she was surrounded by loving relatives, who had come from distant homes to minister to and comfort her in her last moments.

April 15, 1902
The Macon Telegraph
MRS. JANE RANES DIES. While on a Visit to Her Daughter Here, a Wilkinson County Lady Passes Away.
   Mrs Jane Ranes of Gordon, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Newby, in East Macon, for the past week, died at the residence of her daughter after an illness of only a few days.
  Mrs. Ranes was 73 years of age and was known throughout Wilkinson county, where she had spent the greater portion of her life.
  The remains will be shipped to Gordon this morning at 11:30 o'clock, where the interment will occur in the family burying grounds.

May 11, 1902
The Macon Telegraph
Brother of Mrs. E. T. Napier Passes Away at Missionary Ridge
  Mr. Rufus H. Carswell, a brother of Mrs. E. T. Napier, died at his home on Mission Ridge, Chattanooga, Tenn. on May 5, after an illness of several weeks.
   Mr. Carswell was for many years a prominent citizen of Wilkinson county, but removed some years ago, with his family, to Chattanooga, Tenn.
  A devoted wife, three sons and two daughters survive him.
  He has many relatives and warm friends throughout middle Georgia who will deeply mourn his death.

May 27, 1902
Macon Telegraph
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY OWN PISTOL. Mr. J. H. Rickerson of Allentown Killed-Remains Pass Through Macon to Jackson for Interment.
  The remains of Mr. J. H. Rickerson, who accidentally shot himself in the side Sunday afternoon at his home at Allentown, passed through the city yesterday afternoon en route to Jackson, where they were interred in the family burying ground yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
  The remains were accompanied by his father, Mr. B. A. Rickerson, and brother, Mr. W. J. Rickerson. His mother and two brother are seriously ill and were unable to accompany the remains.
   Saturday night a negro employed by Mr. Rickerson stole some tools from his farm, and Sunday morning he went out to search for him. He returned home about 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon and laid his pistol on the foot of the bed. Accidentally the pistol fell to the floor and a cartridge exploded. The bullet entered  just above the left hip and penetrated the right lung and came out of his side. He died twenty minutes later.

May 28, 1902
Macon Telegraph
DEATH OF AN INFANT
Marie Estelle, the 11-months-olds daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. McDaniel died yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the family residence, 218 Jenkins street, after an illness of two weeks.
   The remains will be carried to Gordon this morning at 11:40 o'clock for interment in the family burying ground.

June 10, 1902
Macon Telegraph
  MRS. ELIZABETH ANN WALDEN.
McIntyre, Ga. June 9. The pall of sorrow has again been spread over out community, this time by the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Walden.
  She was the mother of our esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr. Walker W. Walden, and widow of Mr. William Lawson Walden, who in years past was connected with the Central railroad in many important positions.
  She was 75 years of age, and for half a century had been a consistent member of the Methodist church, and her remains were interred at this place on the 8th instant by her pastor, Rev. J. R. Rustin.
  Besides Mr. W. W. Walden she leaves another son, Mr. A. A. Walden of Fairfax, S.C., and one daughter Mrs. W. M. Crumbley of Savannah together with a host of friends to mourn her death.

July 29, 1902
Union Recorder
A SUDDEN DEATH.
Mrs. John H. Beck died at her home in this county last Thursday evening, after an illness of only a few hours.
  During the day Mrs. Beck, with a large number of her neighbors, was engaged in fixing up the cemetery near her home. About noon she suddenly became ill, and was moved to a nearby house. Later she was carried to her home, where she died a few moments after her arrival.
   Mrs. Beck was about fifty years of age, and is survived by her husband and ten children. Her remains were laid to rest Friday afternoon in Snow Hill Cemetery.
   The family have the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement.

August 5, 1902
Augusta Chronicle
SAD DEATH. Mrs. Tee Dupree Passes Away in Irwinton.
  Friday evening last, at her home in Irwinton, Mrs. Tee Dupree succumbed to an illness of several months. While her death was not unexpected, yet it caused a great shock to her many friends in Dublin where she lived for many years. Mrs. Dupree was a Miss Beall of Wilkinscon county before her marriage. She leaves a husband and several children to mourn her death. Mr. Otha Dupree, of this city, a son of the deceased was called to her bedside a few days ago, and wwas with her when the end came. Mrs. Dupree was a lovable Christian character and her death has cast a gloom over several counties. The interment was in the cemetery at Irwinton.

August 12, 1902
Union Recorder
~excerpt~ Departed this life in Baldwin county, Ga., July 24th, 1902, Mrs. J, A. (Jane) Beck, aged fifty years. She was a member of the Methodist church at Long (Laurel Branch, Wilkinson county, for a number of years. She was the mother of eleven children. She leaves one sister and two brothers yet living....

August 23 1902
Atlanta Constitution
L. A. Roach Asks Assistance of Police Department in Hunt for His Child, Whom He Fears Has Been Murdered by Demented Youth
Macon, Ga., August 22 (Special) With a drawn pistol in his hand. James I. Tindall, said to be an escaped lunatic from the sanitarium in Milledgeville, entered the home of L. A. Roach, in Wilkinson county, yesterday afternoon, and carried off Agnes Roach, a 15-year-old girl. The kidnaping was accomplished while Roach was absent from home. The only person in the house at the time were the younger brothers and sisters of Agnes.
  Holding his pistol in the young girl's face, Tindall ordered her to don a clean dress and come with him.
  The distracted father of Agnes Roach came to Macon today to notify the police and to secure the aid of detectives.
  Tindall is described as a young man of 19 years of age, low of statue, stout an fair of complexion and at the time last seen wore a white hat. He was sent to the asylum some time ago and recently escaped.
  Roach, in telling of the affair, says he was absent from home yesterday afternoon and no one was there but his daughter Agnes and two of his younger children. Suddenly Tindall appeared on the scene, with a drawn pistol in his hand, so the younger children tell him, and by threats of killing her made her put on a clean dress and leave with him.
Tindall Hired a Buggy
   The couple walked about 2 miles, when Tindall stopped at the house of a negro man whom he knew and hired a mule and buggy from him, saying he would take a little drive, and when he returned he would pay him for the use of the vehicle.
  At last accounts Tindal had not returned. He drove off with the girl, going in the direction of Macon.
    When Roach arrived at his home last evening about dusk his children informed him of what Tindal had done. Roach, with a number of his neighbors, searched on the highways and in the woods for Tindal and the girl last night but without success. This morning a telegram was sent to the Macon police to be on the lookout for the couple, and Roach also came here today seeking them, but no trace of the parties could be found in the city.
   Roach says that inasmuch as Tindal is a lunatic and had a pistol, he is apprehensive that Tindal may have murdered Agnes.
  Agnes Roach is 15 years old, fair, slender and tall.

August 24, 1902
Columbus Daily Enquirer
KIDNAPPED HIS BRIDE. Reported Kidnapping Proves to be An Elopement
Macon, Ga., Aug. 23 - The reported kidnapping of 13 year old Agnes Roach of Gordon, Ga., by a lunatic, is now known to have been simply a love affair and elopement. The girl's father reported to the police that James I. Tindol, who was recently in the asylum, but who had escaped, had gone to his house on the afternoon before and at the point of a pistol forced the girl to run away from him. He said it was a clear case of kidnapping and he fearing that his daughter would be murdered by the insane man.
  He learned this afternoon, however, that the couple had driven across the country to Jeffersonville, where they procured a license and were married.

August 24, 1902
Augusta Chronicle
LOVERS LAUGH AT THE OLD FOLKS
(Chronicle's Special Service)
Macon Ga., Aug 23 - L. A. Roach, of Gordon, Ga., father of 15-year old Agnes Roach, came to Macon and spent last night trying to find some trace of his daughter. He reported to the police that James I. Tindol, who was recently in an asylum, but who escaped, had gone to his house on the afternoon before, and at the point of a pistol, forced the girl to run away with him. He said it was a clear case of kidnapping, and he feared that his daughter would be murdered by the insane man It developed this afternoon, however, that it was simply a love affair, in which the old folks had been blonde. The couple drove through the country to Jeffersonville, in an adjoining county, and reaching there at daylight, waited until the ordinary appeared. They got a license and were married. They have returned to the home of the groom's mother, and the irate father of the girl is irreconcilable.

Note: Gilbert Tindall married Ella Etheridge in Wilkinson County in 1904. He and Agnes marriage must have been annulled or they got a divorce. He and Ella moved to Worth County, Ga.   Agnes Roach was living in Macon in 1920 with her parents.

September 9, 1902
Union Recorder
  Mrs. J. T. Martin died at her home in this county last Sunday, after an illness of several days with typhoid fever. Before her death she was Miss Naomi Carr, of Wilkinson county. The family have the sympathy of many friends in their bereavement.

September 12, 1902
The Atlanta Constitution
  Engagement Announced. Dublin, Ga., September 11 (Special) Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Brantley have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Bertha Brantley, to Mr. Stephen J. Lord. The marriage is to take place November 12 at the Methodist church, and is a brilliant event.
  Miss Brantley is one of the most popular young ladies in the city. She is the daughter of Charles W. Brantley, one of the wealthiest citizens in the county. She is a very modest and refined young lady, possessing many admirable traits of character.
  Mr. Lord is assistant cashier of the Laurens Banking Company. He is an active figure of Wilkinson county. He has lived in Dublin but about four years. His rise in the business world has been rapid.

September 17, 1902
Augusta Chronicle
Dublin (Chronicle's  Special Service) Dublin, Ga., Sept. 15.
   Mrs.Mollie Stanley, daughter of Rev. Thos. Dupree and widow of the late Hardy M. Stanley, of Wilkinson county, died at her home near Stephensville a few days ago, after a very short illness.
  Mrs. Stanley was the mother-in-law of Mr. E.M. Stanley of this county. She has numbers of relatives and friends in this county who will be grieved to learn of her death.

October 27, 1902
Macon Daily Telegraph
ADAMS - SHEFFIELD
Dublin, Ga., 26. This afternoon, at the home of the bride's uncle, Mr. Frank A. Cannon, near Nickelsville, Wilkinson county,
Mr. C. Homer Adams of this county and Miss Minnie Sheffield of Wilkinson county were united in marriage, Rev. G. M. Kendrick officiating.
  The ceremony was performed in the presence of only the near relatives and immediate friends of the young couple.
  Mr. Adams is one of the most popular young men in this county. In the Democratic primary he was nominated tax collector over ten candidates and in the recent election received the fourth largest vote of any of the nominees.
  The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Winnie Sheffield of Wilkinson county and is a popular and very attractive young lady.
  The young couple will reside with the groom's father, Mr. A. H. Adams.

November 4, 1902
Union Recorder
GLENELLA ITEMS
  We are having a nice season for picking cotton.
  We have had a great deal of sickness throughout the community for the past month.
  Mrs. Collins has been ill for the past month, but is improving very rapidly.
  Miss Amanda Young has been ill for the past month. We wish her a speedy recovery.
  It seems that some of the Baldwin boys are delighted in visiting Wilkinson county.
  Mr. Winn, of Dublin, was visiting the Misses Branan Sunday p.m.
  School opened here the 27th.
  Mr. Hogue and Mr. Collins caught a large coon last week,  and from the number of coon hides he has hanging up, he hasn't lost his old love for coon hunting.
  Mr. Weld of Macon showed at Glennella school house Tuesday night. The crowd was small on account of the weather.
  The communnity is grieved over the death of Dr. Sam McArthur. We have lost a valuable dentist and neighbor.
  Miss Ella Hooks has been spending a while with Mrs. Collins for the last two weeks,
  The wedding bells are still ringing,  and the prospects of more.
  There will be preaching at Glenella Sunday p.m.
    A great many of our girls and boys attended the protracted meeting at Laurel branch. They report a nice meeting.
  Miss Daisy Branan will commence her school at Bethel the 27th. We wish her much success.
  Miss Lillie Price of McIntyre was married to Mr. Davis of Davisboro, the second Sunday p.m. We wish them a happy life.
  Miss Mamie Cone Roberts, of Sparta, Ga., commenced her school at Mt. Carmel the 27th. We hope she will have a large school.
  Mr. Clarence Massingill will soon sail for Pensencola, Fla. where he will join the navy.
  Mr. T. J. Finney and mother spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Hogue.
  The boys attended a corn shucking at Mr. William Batchelor's Saturday night.
"Chrysanthemum."

November 5, 1902
Macon Telegraph
DEATH OF MRS. HESTER. Mrs. R. G. Hester, 30 years of age, died at her home in Gordon, Ga., yesterday. Mrs. Hester leaves a husband and two children to mourn her death. the funeral will be held at 10 o'clock this morning from the residence. She has many friends in Macon who will regret to learn of her death.

November 8, 1902
Macon Telegraph
  MARRIED AT GORDON. Col. Welden of Cordele and Mrs. Pearl Parkerson of Gordon were married at the Gordon hotel at Gordon yesterday.

December 15, 1902
The Atlanta Constitution
Stephen M. Lord, Toombsboro. Toombsboro, Ga., December 4 (Special)Stephen M. Lord, a prominent young man and a member of the firm of E.M. Boone & Co. of this place, died today. He was stricken three weeks ago with continued malarial fever. He came from Dallas, Ga., about four months ago, where he had been in the mercantile business for the past four years.
(buried Lord Family Cemetery)

December 16, 1902
The Atlanta Constitution
BURGLARIES AT IRWINTON
Safes of Baum and Dupree Blown Open and Robbed.
Dublin, Ga. December 15. (Special) The safes of D. B. Baum and W. T. Dupree, at Irwinton were blown open and robbed this morning by burglars. Baum lost but little money. Dupree lost about $100 in silver. He had $1,200 in currency, which he carried home with him last night and therefore saved. There are no clews to the safe blowers.

December 23, 1902
Union Recorder
GLENELLA ITEMS
   The invitations are out for the marriage of Miss Mabel Branan to Mr. C. E. Gladin, of Baldwin county on the 24th of Dec. 1902.
   The invitations are out for the marriage of Miss Mildred Dupree to Mr. Hunnicutt, of Macon, on the 24th of Dec. 1902. We wish them much success and happiness through life.

January 13, 1903
Union Recorder
Glenella Items. Miss Ella Hooks was married to Mr. Sandy Butler of Laurens Co;, Dec. 21, 1902, at the Baptist Church in Gordon. We wish them much success and happiness through life.

January 13, 1903
Union Recorder
   Mr. W. E. Batchelor was married to Miss E. A. Hoge (Hogue) Dec. 24, 1902. We wish them much joy and happiness.

January 27, 1903
The Union-Recorder
Messrs. C.H. Bonner and Miles Bloodworth have opened a general merchandise store near Bloodworth in Wilkinson county. They will no doubt meet with success, and have a good trade. A telephone line will be run from this city to the store.

January 27, 1903
Union Recorder
  Mr. J. E. Boothe died at Midway last Thursday, after a long illness. Mr. Boothe moved to Midway a year or two ago, adn purchased a home. He is survived by a wife and several children. His remains were carried to AllenTown for burial.

January 27, 1903
Union Recorder
IVEY DOTS.
  We are having some pleasant weather after the blizzard last week,
  Mr. J. Youngblood made a business trip to Milledgeville last Thursday.
  The girls and boys who attended the party at Mr. Tom Allen's Thursday night reported a good time.
  Miss Bessie Snow, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Iverson Janes, has returned to her home in Macon, much to the regret of her many friends here.
   Dr. Gilmore, who has been quite ill for the past few days, is convalescent.
  Mr. E. E. Collins of Boxwood, made his best girl a dashing call last Sunday.
  The wedding bells are ringing again. Mr. Tom Hardy and Miss Victoria McCook were married last Wednesday evening. They have the best wishes of a host of friends.
  Miss Willie Ethridge, one of Ivey's most beautiful young ladies, is visiting Milledgeville, this week.
  Mr. J. H. Bloodworth spent Saturday and Sunday with his sister, Mrs. H. T. Beck, of Milledgeville.
"CRACKER JACK."

February 3, 1903
Union Recorder
GLENELLA DOTS.
  We are having some rainy weather at this period.
  Our school is now progressing nicely.
  Mr. Johnnie Lewis was married to Miss Ruby Lindsey, the 21st of Jan. 1903. We wish them much happiness,
  Misses Mary and Mitchael Bathchelor spent Saturday and Sunday with their uncle, Mr. John Batchelor.
  The passenger train No. 2, killed a white woman on Little Commissioner bridge on the Central R. R.
  Mrs. Fannie Tindall, and her brother, Mr. R. E. Batchelor have moved to Mrs. F. S. Barclay's place. We wish them a happy new year in their new home.
  Mr. W. E. Batchelor and bride are happily situated on the high-hill between Gordon and McIntyre.
  We wish all the people good luck, and a happy new year. EVER GREEN.

February 3, 1903
Union Recorder
MARRIED - Mr. Right Byington and Miss Cora Hobby were united in marriage on Sunday, Jan. 18. Their marriage was quite a surprise to their friends. Mr. Byington's home is in Wilkinson County, but he has been for the past year in Alabama. Mr. Byington is a young man of sterling dispostion, and is held in high esteem by all who know him. Miss Hobby is the yongest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duke Hobby. She is one of those young ladies who is loved by all who know here.
   They left on the following Tuesday for Alabama. The many friends of this happy young couple all join in wishing them much happiness and success through life.

February 17, 1903
Union Recorder
  Mr.J. G. Johns died at his home in Wilkinson county, last Sunday morning, after an illness of twenty-three days with typhoid fever. The funeral services were held yesterday. He is a son of Mr. W. L. Johns, and leaves a young wife to mourn his death.

February 26, 1903
The Augusta Chronicle
FOUND FLOATING IN A MILL POND
Body of Unknown White Woman Comes to Surface. Her Hat Discovered on the Water Three Weeks Ago Indicates
That She Was Well-Dressed-No One of Neighborhood Missing.By E. C. Bruffey
Macon, Ga. February 25 (Special) Floating upon the surface of Byington's mill pond, near Ivy, a postoffice in Wilkinson county, the swollen discolored body on anunknown woman was discovered early this morning by one of Planter Byington's farm hands.
  The corpse was evidently that of a white woman, judging from the few locks of hair left upon the scalp and the character of her dress, cloak and lingerie. The state of decomposition and the swollen flesh indicated that the  woman had been dead some time, but according to the information received in Macon this morning  it is impossible to conjecture the length of time the cadaver had been under water. Neither is there any clew to the identity of the woman.
  The discovery is a complete mystery and has set that section of Wilkinson county agog. Everything points to foul play and the consensus of opinion is that some unfortunate daughter of Eve was cruelly put to death and an attempt was made to hide the crime by sinking the body in the pond.
  Byington's plantation is 4 miles from Gordon and about 30 miles from Macon, on the Central railroad.

March 3, 1903
Union Recorder
  Miss Mamie T. Freeman died at the home of her uncle in Wilkinson county, Monday, the 16th of February. Her remains were carried to East Baldwin for burial.
  Miss Freeman was nineteen years of age, and was a young lady of a sweet disposition. She was an attendant at the State Sanitarium about a year, and had many friends at that institution. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist church. Her relatives are grief stricken at her untimely death.

March 24, 1903
Union Recorder
  Mrs. Arthur Farell died at her home at the State Sanitarium Monday afternoon,  the 16th inst. Her remains were carried to Gordon Tuesday morning for burial. Before her marriage she was Miss Susie Ryals, of Wilkinson county. She was loved by a large circle of friends who sincerely regret her death. The young husband has the sympathy of many friends in his hour of sorrow.

March 24, 1903
Union Recorder
     On last third Sunday Mr. J. B. Weaver died very suddenly at his home in this county. He was laid to rest in Snow Hill cemetery on Monday p.m

April 5, 1903
Macon Telegraph.
Gordon, Ga., April 4. Mrs B. F. Ryle , wife of the mayor, and eldest daughter of the late King Saunders, died at her residence here March 30th at 9:30 o'clock p.m. Mrs. Ryle was a member of the Primitive Baptist church. She was highly esteemed by her many friends, and will be sadly missed. Besides her husband she leaves two daughters and three sons, Mrs. James Dennard, Mrs. James Brannen, Charles, William and Edwin Ryle, also one brother and four sisters, Dr. J. W. Saunders, Mrs. C. M. Hooks, Mrs. J. W. Powell, Mrs. W. A. Jones and Mrs. J. W. Hooks. She was buried at Ramah church. A large concourse of friends followed her remains to the grave.

April 14, 1903
The Union-Recorder
Little Creek Items. The priest of Milledgeville came down to Mr. Thomas Donnelly's to have services at the Catholic church the 29th, but on account of the rain he did not have any services..

April 14, 1903
The Union-Recorder
Little Creek Items. We regret to say that Mrs. Donie Clements, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hollomon, died the 26th of March.

May 6, 1903
The Atlanta Constitution
DEATH OF MISS LINDSEY. Two Daughters of State Pension Commissioner Have Died Recently.
Irwinton, Ga., May 5 (Special) Colonel J. W. Lindsey, pension commissioner of Georgia, has lost another daughter by death today, his eldest, Mrs. Holt, having preceded the youngest, MissJohnnie by but a few months.
   The entire town of Irwinton are in deep gloom over the bereavement of the family.
(buried in Irwinton City Cemetery)

June 14, 1903
Macon Telegraph
GORMLEY-MILLER. Mr. and Mrs J. R. F. Miller of Gordon have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Aurora Alberta Miller to Mr.  James Craig Gormley. The marriage will take place at Fern Farm, Wednesday, June 24th.

July 14, 1903
Union Recorder
  ~excerpt~ Died at Gordon, May 1, 1903, Mrs. Mary Perkins, widow of Nicholas Perkins. Born May 8, 1831, she lived a long and useful life. Most of her life was spent in Hancock county, but after the death of her husband, she lived around her children. She was the mother of a large family, but one by one her children died, until only three survive her, William, Edward and Miss Sallie.
(Buried Black Springs Cemetery, Baldwin County)

July 31, 1903
The Macon Telegraph
DEATH OF N. J. MYRICK. Information was received yesterday in Macon of the death ofN. J. Myrick, at his home in Gordon. He had been ill three weeks from typhoid fever. He leaves a wife and eleven children.
  The funeral occurred yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. H. D. Dewell officiating. Interment was at Clear Creek church.

August 30, 1903
Macon Telegraph
J. T. Ryals died at the age of 84 years in Gordon yesterday morning. He was ill about three weeks and succumbed to an attack of dropsy. He was a Mason and  a devoted member of the Rainey (Ramah) Methodist church. He leaves five children.

September 1 1903
The Augusta Chronicle
MR. W. F. CANNON, SR., DEAD IN IRWINTON. Prominent Citizen of That Place Passed Away at Early Hour Yesterday
Irwington, Ga. Aug. 31 (Special) Mr. W. F. Cannon, Sr., died at his home in Irwinton this morning at 4 o'clock. He had been in bad health for several months, but news of his death will be a surprise to a large circle of his friends, as no one expected his death so soon.
  Mr. Cannon was ordinary in this county at one time, and was a prominent man in the business affairs and all that related to public matters for a number of years.
  He served four years in the Confederate army, being a member of company I, Third Georgia regiment. He lost his left arm, at the battle of Gettysburg. He was about sixty-two years old. He leaves a wife and five children. He was generous and kind-hearted in the extreme and will be greatly missed in the community.

September 12, 1903
Macon Weekly Telegraph
Irwinton, Ga, Sept. 11 - Miss Williams entertained at her home last Tuesday evening on McIntyre street. The hostess was assisted in receiving by the Misses Hughes. The parlors were decorated in ferns, palms and cut flowers. The guests were favored with a musical contest. Miss Ida Fountain winning the prize; and a geographical game in which Mr. Riley and Miss Octavia DuPree were the successful contestants, after which refreshments were served in the dining hall, the color scheme being pink and white.
  The invited guests were: Misses Alberta and Georgia Hughes, Anna Beall and Octavia DuPree, Anna Hatfield, Lizzie Lindsey, Gussie Simpson, Ida Fountain, Carrie Baum, Fleta Nesbitt, Agnes King, Bessie Taylor, Willie Brown, Nell Spears, Bessie Brundage; Messrs. George Riley and Jack Taylor of Macon, Will Moody of Tallapoosa, Walter Spears of Danville, Rob Butler of Macon, Gus and Tom Brundage, Frank Chambers, Roy Cannon, Willie T. DuPree, Jim Hatfield, Joe Butler, Arthur Burney, Joe Adkins, Callie Todd, Andrew Hatfield and Dr. Parker.
  Miss Anna Hatfield will entertain next Thursday evening, the honoree being Miss Mattye Branan of Macon. The party will be al fresco.

September 13 1903
The Augusta Chronicle
Atlanta Sept. 12 (Special) Ed Murray who was convicted of assault to murder in Wilkinson County last October was pardoned.

September 15, 1903
Macon Weekly Telegraph
MISTRIAL DECLARED IN FIRST CIVIL CASE
 The Suit of Howard Stinson Against Frank Coates Consumed the Entire Day in City Court-Jury Discussed Till Late Hour.
  When city court opened yesterday morning the work of handling the consumed the entire day.
  Striking a jury and hearing the testimony of the witnesses in the case consumed a great deal of time.
  Two sides of the incident, which caused the suit to be entered were introduced by the witnesses.
  The evidence for the plaintiff showed thatHoward Stinson, a youngster of about 14 years, was riding the road in Wilkinson county last October, when suddenly Frank Coates rose up among the bushes on the road-side and purposely made the horse shy and throw the rider to the ground. It was claimed that the boy's leg was broken, but that he worked, probably a week before inflammation set in and pieces of the bone were extracted by a surgeon.
  The defendant showed that he had been to his farm in Wilkinson county to collect rents due at the time, and that while there proposed a bunt. The boy had no ammunition and mounting a horse started to purchase some. The boy was a son of one of Coates' renters. While he was on the mission Coates went out by the road side and shot into some partridges. While in search of the bird he had shot, the boy came along and the horse became frightened and threw him off. It was shown that the boy went on with his duties for a week until he jumped from the roof of a barn. Inflammation set in and then the surgeon extracted pieces of bone from the leg.
  Evidence was all in and the argument closed by 5 o'clock. After the judge's charge to the jury, they retired to make up a verdict at 7:30 no verdict had been reached. The court remained open a short while and the jury returned to be recharged. They went to the room again and at 10:30 they still wrangled. At 11 o'clock they came down and informed Judge Hodges that no agreement could be reached and a mistrial was declared.
  During the taking of evidence Judge Hodges fined a part interested in the case for taking a hand in the answers of a boy witness.
  While the court can't award the decision of the jury, the damage suit of R. G. Christian against the Street Railway Company was taken up. Witnesses were sworn and a jury selected for the beginning of the trial this morning..

September 27, 1903
The Macon Telegraph
Irwinton, Ga., Sept. 25 - Mr.L. A. Simpson died at his home in this city this morning at 4 o'clock, after a lingering illness with typhoid fever. He was a brother of Mr. M. D. Simpson, deputy sheriff of this county. He leaves a wife and mother, six brothers and one sister, besides numerous relatives to mourn his death.

September 27, 1903
The Macon Telegraph
Death of Mrs. Cordle.
Mrs Martha Cordle, widow of H. C. Cordle, died at Ivey station yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, at the age of 54 years. She leaves four children, who are: Messrs, J. A., S. H., L. M. and Miss Gussie Cordle of Macon. The remains will arrive here on the 3:45 o'clock Central train this afternoon and the funeral will occur at the East Macon Methodist church at 4:30 o'clock, Rev. J. M. Glenn officiating. Interment will be in Fort Hill cemetery.

October 8, 1903
The Atlanta Constitution
SMALL RIOT AT TOOMBSORO
Caused by Negroes Who Fired on the Town Marshal
Dublin, Ga. October 7 - (Special) Several gentlemen from Wilkinson county were in the city yesterday afternoon and told of a street fight which took place at Toombsboro Sunday night last, which was bloodless, at the same time exciting. Recently the town council of Toombsboro passed an ordinance prohibiting crowds from congregating on the streets after 9 o'clock at night. Sunday night Marshal Rickerson found a number of negroes standing on the corner of one of the streets and ordered them to disperse. Instead of doing so the negroes pulled their pistols and began shooting at the marshal. He returned the fire, but retreated at the same time. later he secured help and endeavored to arrest the negroes. During the latter part of Sunday night and the early hours Monday morning many shots were fired, estimated at one hundred, at the negroes, and by the negroes at the marshal and his posse. Strange to say, however, none of the shots took effect.
     Monday night three of the negroes engaged in the shooting were arrested and Tuesday morning two more were caught. These were carried to Irwinton and place in jail. They will be tried for assault with intent to murder.

Macon, Ga. December 12 (Special) Thomas Smallwood, an ex-confederate, died this morning at his residence on Clinton street. The deceased was 72 years old at the time of his death. The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, the body to be shipped for interment to Gordon, Ga.

December 18, 1904
Macon Telegraph
       Dr. James L. Lee of Pinehurst and Miss Perdita Owen of Gordon, Ga., were solemnly united in marriage yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Henry on Walnut street.
   The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. L. White in the presence of a few relatives and friends. Dr. and Mrs. Lee will make their future home in Pinehurst and have the best sishes of their numerous friends. .

January 6, 1906