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Some Interesting Family Sketches.
(C. M. Thompson.)
On the waters of the Mulberry
river and about two miles west of
Thompson’s Mill was born on May
13, 1835, one Jane E. Stephens. The
father was Joseph Stephens, a Mis
sissippian. He died about 1880, at
the age of 86 years. The mother,
Ann Morgan, a South Carolinian, diec
in 1870, at the age of 80 years. Tliest
two last named people were buried
at Mt. Moriah. The children to
bless this union were eight girls
and three boys.
At the age of 16 Jane Stephens
wed Wash McDaniel, and there was
born to them six children. This
man enlisted in the civil war in 16th
Ga. under Capt. N. A. Moss in 1862.
He served only one year and was
killed in a battle in Maryland.
The widow, Jane McDaniel, wed
again in 1864, to John Pirkle, a na
tive of Virginia, who came to Hail
county in 1815. To this union there
were born three children, one dead
and two yet lives, viz: S. T. Pirkle,
,J, A. McDaniel and Mrs. H. D. Mil
ler.
This good woman is 80 years old
and divides her time with her chil
dren each of whom are glad to have
her for she is lively, stout and hearty
and is of untold help around the
house.
She joined the Baptist church at
Mt. Moriah at about 18 years old
has always lived a good and con
sistent church member. May she
live many more years to warn the
erring youth of the ways of sin.
A criminal generally hangs around
the place of crime until he is caught.
The minds of men are continually
running back to scenes of childhood,
and likewise do I.
On the waters of Tallapahoo or
Parker creek in the eastern part of
Barrow' county now, but at the
time of which I wish to speak it
:\n£s very likely Franklin or Jack-
Son, there lived on the north side of
this creek a family by the name of
Shaw. The oldest father of which
we know or can learn was Elijah.
aNow on the south side was a family
fdf whom I have said something in
the Hinton sketch. There was one
Isaac Burson (not Dred Btirson as
I was made to say). This Isaac
Burson very likely wed a sister to
Elijah Shaw. These two buildings
were about a quarter of a mile apart.
The Shaw home was nearly due
•friorth from the Burson home. The
space between the home was down
hill to the creek and up hill to the
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Ais examples of neutrality the Es
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opposite home. The hill ascending
to the Burson home was quite a
little mountain but the rise to the
Shaw home was not so great on a
line between the home, but to fol
low the roadway the slope precise
ly reversed.
I will now proceed to take up one
line of the people. Isaac Burson
wed a Shaw, a Primative Baptist
preacher. We know of only three
children, Sarah, who wed Wood Hin
ton; Brookfield, and David, who wed
Elizabeth Ross. ‘This man was Tax
Collector of Walton county when he
died. The children born to David
and Elizabeth Burson are:
Geo. W., who wed Louisa Meadows
They made Carroll county their
home.
Louisa twice wed, once to Robert
Adair, then Robert McCord.
who wed William Bridges, of
Randolph county.
Amanda, who wed Eli Mayfield, of
Walton county'.
Seaborn C., wed May A. Maddox.
He was judge of the Inferior court,
at one time.
Isaac W., wed Lidia Richardson.
She was a daughter of John Richard
son, one of the first settlers of Wal
ton county.
Almedia, who wed Francis M. Ar
nold, who was blessed with these
children:
John H., never wed. He enlisted
in Cos. H. 11th Ga. and was killed
at Gettysburg July 3, 1863.
William 11., who wed Sarah Born
ajid Mary Winburn.
Anna H., who wed Robert Wilker
son and Samuel Mobley.
Louisa, who wed R. B. Turk.
Francis M., Jr., who wed Pinkey
Gamp, daughter of William Camp.
They made Texas their home.
Nancy A., who wed J. B. Upshaw.
John H., who wed Lena Shaw% o
distant cousin.
Seaborn W., born Oct. 16, 1846, and
w r ed Georgia A. Hammond, who was
born Febb. 10, 1849.
The children to bless this union
of S. W. and Georgia A. Arnold are
John R., who wed Valley Watkins.
He died a few years back in Win
der.
Olevia A., who wed Harry Hodges.
Jessie L., who wed Prof. W. M.
Holsenbeek, county' superintendent
of schools.
Earnest, yet at home with his
parents.
At the first opportunity to get in
formation I shall follow' the Shaw
line.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
At the Ninth District A. & M. School,
Clarksville, Georgia.
Saturday, May 22.
8:30 P. M. Senior Class Exercises.
Sunday, May 23.
11:00 A. M. Commencement Ser
mon by Dr. W. L. Cutts, Pastor of
First Baptist church, Canton, Ga.
5:00 P. M. Vesper Service. Ad
dress by Dr. W. L Cutts.
Monday, May 24.
10:00 A. M. Debate between the
Henry Grady and Robert Toombs
Literary Societies.
3:30 P. M. Baseball game. A. &•
M. vs. Cornelia
8:30 P. M. Annual Play, “The Var
sity Coach.”
Tuesday, May 25.
10:00 A. M. Address by Dr John
E. White, Pastor Second Baptist
Church, Atlanta, Ga.
Delivery of Diplomas.
How Mrs. Harrod Got Rid of Her
Stomacch Trouble
"I suffered with stomach trouble
for years and tried everything I
heard of, but the only relief I got
was temporary until last spring I
saw Chamberlain’s Tablets advertis
ed and procured a bottle of them at
our drug store I got immediate re
lief from that dreadful heaviness af
ter eating and from pain in the stom
ach," writes Mrs. Linda Harrod, Fort
Wayne, Ind. Obtainable everywhere.
The fate of the Lusitania alone has
distinguished the war as one mark
ed by unparalleled atrocity.
The Winder News, Thursday Afternoon, May 20th, 1915.
HOUSTON, TEXAS. WHERE
SEVENTEEN RAILROADS MEET.
(W. H. Faust.)
There were many reasons why I
wanted to visit Texas, but mainly
because of its bigness. The Georgian
who has never been west does not
know what the word big means until
he gets ovit on the plains and trav
els for miles without seeing a tree
and finds that the land is as level
as the floor in his house.
In another article I hope to tell
of New Orleans and the great sugar
and rice plantations in Louisiana,
and in another of Galveston and
some side information concerning the
trip that my loyal church so nobly
gave me.
Dr. Geo. W. McDaniel, the schol
arly- and able pastor from Virginia,
said the following about Texas:
The sun is shining always
Down in Texas.
Nothing done in small ways
Down in Texas.
The airships fly the highest.
The autos skim the Highest,
{And the drinker’s thirst the driest,
Downy in Texas.
Roses bloom the longest,
Down in Texas.
Staty> pride is the strongest,
Down in Texas.
The people are the kindest,
To one’s faults the very blindest,
A perfect heaven thou findest,
Down in Texas.
We visitors have found Houston to
be wonderful. It was our privilege
to stop at the Rice Hotel. A new
building and the finest hotel in the
South. The population is over 135,-
000. The Rice Institute located
here, has endowment of over $lO,-
000,000, and is one of the leading in
stitutions of the world.
When it comes to roads they have
them in around the city. 340 miles
of shelled roads lead into the city.
Recently the government canal was
opened up and thus the port is
brought five hundred miles nearer
the great and cattle center.
Small oaks from little acorns grow.
In 1836 Houston consisted of 2211
acres of land purchased from Mrs.
Parrott by J. K. and A. C. Allen for
$5,000. To see the city today with
its long row s of banks and sky scrap
ers seems almost miraculous in com
parison. But Houston is fast grow
ing to be the wealthiest city in
America.
The school facilities of the city
are splendid. 41 public schools with
450 teachers help the young idea to
shoot with greater accuracy and ef
fectiveness.
Tlie first capital of the state stood
where the Rice Hotel now stands
and is one of the historic sites of
the city.
It is romantic to ride through
the land of Evangeline; among the
magnolias and great forests that in
spired Longfellow to write his
world-famed story of the loves who
passed so near each other at night
and yet failed to see each other.
The great state of Texas has been
under six flags. Lasalle, the French
man, built Fort Saint on Ala
logada hay 1685. Thus it was under
the French. DeLeon took possession
of the country in the name of the
King of Spain in 1690. Mexico was
freed from Spain in 1821 and thus
Texas was under the Mexican flag.
In 1836 Texas gained her Independ
ence at San Jaointo. In 1845 Texas
was in the union. 1861 the Confeder
ate Stars and Bars floated over the
state. 1870 Texas was readmitted to
the union.
The mayor of the city, in addition
to Dr. J. L. Gross, of the First Bap
tist church, welcomed the convention
to the city and opened the gates
wide to the visitors. The magnifi
cent auditorium seated comfortably
the large gathering and thousands
of delegates and visitors were royal
ly entertained.
Some expert at figures said that
every family in the world could come
to Texas, have one-half acre of land
and then there would be thirty-five
millions left. When the empire comes
to herself and gets to be as thickly
populated as Georgia and the rich,
black lands are cultivated, the world
is going to sit up and take notice.
Do they use guano. Well I should
say not, because without its use they
can easily make more than they can
gather. ;!i , }}.;.•? j ,’LL
Peace must be near in Europe when
Mr. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt actually
shook hands with each other a day'
or two ago.
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