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the aM'ericuS Weekly 1 times-recorder. Thursday, march 211910
LMES TAYLOR IS DEAD;
END CAME ON MONDAY
Valued Citizen of Americus
Passes Away.
As Citizen and Lawyer
He Was Held in the
Highest Esteem.
MAI WALK rut GIBBff
ON BATE IN APRIL.
Slayer of Captain McRea
Will Hang Then.
The death of Mr. James Taylor at
3 o'clock Monday afternoon, while
not unexpected, caused profound sor
row throughout the city where he had
eo long resided, honored and esteemed
ar..„..g all. The end came peacefully,
following an illness of ten days) al
though Mr. Taylor had been In de
clining health for a much longer
period.
Since his return to Americus from
a Florida health resort two weeks ago,
he began declining rapidly, and even
then it was feared he could not re
cover.
Besides his wife and little daughter,
Mr. Taylor is survived by two sisters
Mrs. S. T. Fort and Miss Susie Tay
lor, and one brother, Mr. Jeff Taylor.
The funeral service was conduct
ed on Tuesday afternoon from
Calvary Episcopal Church. The
Americus Bar Asspciation and other
organizations with which the deceased
was connected -attended the ob
sequies.
The pallbearers were Messrs.
David C. Barrow, James A. Fort, H.
B. Simmons, Hollis Fort. Howell Hoi
11s, Mark Hollis, John A. Fort, Allen
Fort and H. T. Bivins.
Henry Patterson, the negro who
ruthlessly murdered Captain TV. F.
McRae, superintendent at the Bagley-
Ray orchard here, In Juno last, will
probably swing In April for his crime,
unless other delays are Injected in the
way of appeals, new motions and other
stock hindrances, as Is usual In such
cases. As announced In the Times-
Recorder on Sunday, the Supreme
court has sustained the verdict of the
court here, which had previously con
signed the black murderer to the scaf
fold. It will be ten days yet ere the
remittitur of the Supremo court is
sent to Clerk Allen here, and soon
thereafter Judge Littlejohn will again
Impose upon Patterson the death sen- 1
tence, probably naming some date In !
April therefor.
STALLINGS IS STILL
WAITING.fOR REASONS
lie Will Probably Be Fired
Without One. ■
Incident Has Created
Great Comment All
Over the City.
MRS. WILLIAM R SPEER
DIES AT RIPE AGE
Funeral f$!d Thursday at
[akdrove.
WORK PLANNED ON THE
WARE-PROGRESS PLACE.
New Crops Will Be Raised
This Year.
James Taylor.
James Taylor was bom In Americus
on, May 8, 1873. He was the son of
Eleazar and Clara (Hollis) Taylor,
his father having a large plantation
near Smithvllle. Mr. Taylor passed
through the public schools and th\m
entered the State Agricultural College
at Ci/!hbert, going from that lnstltu*
tlon to the University of Georgia,
where he graduated with the degree
of A. B. In the class of 1893.
Returning to his father's plantation.
Mr. Taylor there studied law at home
under the Instruction of Judge G. W
Warwick, of Smithvllle. He was acL
milled fo the bar at Leesburg In
March, 1894, and at once removed
to Americus and began practice.
In 1896 Mr. Taylor waa elected city
attorney of Americus, serving seven
years In that Important position. Ho
was elected to the legislature In 190E
to All the.unexpired term of J. Henry
Lumpkm and was overwhelmingly re
elected In the ensuing party primary
serving efficiently at Atlanta and to
the entire satisfaction of his con
stituents. Fearing that legislative d'i
ties Interfered too much with his pro
fessional work, he declined to stand
for another term.
Mr. Taylor was married to Miss Lucy
Middleton Cobb, daughter of Capt
John A. Cobh, on November 10. 1857.
His wife and one daughter, Lucy Bar
row Taylor, survive him.
Mr. Taylor was a member of the
Knights of Pythias, the Elks and of
the S. A. E. Society of the University
of Georgia. He was an attendant of
the Episcopal church. A man
charmingly genial qualities, he easily
won and permanently held the friend
ship of those with whom he came It
contact. His death la deplored as a
distinct personal loss by all who
Anew him.
Faneral Services.
Amid assembled friends who throng
ed Calvary church the beautiful Epis
copal funeral service was held Tues
day afternoon over the remains of
the late James Taylor, Esq.
Long before 4 o'clock the church ac
commodations wero taxed to accom
modate the many who sought to show
by their presence their affection and
esteem for the departed. The judges
of the local courts, the members of
M. E. Hicks Clark, of Chicago, repre
senting the Progress Company, own
ers of the Ware Progress Orchard
plantation, was in the city yesterday.
Mr. Clark has been visiting the plan
tation, Inspecting it and looking Into
the plans for thfj coming season's
operations.
-Mr. Clark states that considerable
of the new stock of the company has
been disposed of and that the funds
thus secured will be largely devoted
to the Improvement of the place.
The trees are In fine shape at this
time, and there is hope that the crop
will be an excellent one. Cans have
been ordered fpr the cannery and all
of the other preliminaries for the
handling of the output made.
This year It Is proposed to plant
sorghum and cow peas between the
rows of trees. It Is believed a con
siderable crop will be secured and
found profitable.
Alfalfa fa also to be tried on a fair
ly extensive scale. This Is a fine food
for stock and Is readily disposed
at remunerative prices,
Mr. Clark states that the owners of
tl>e plantation are well satisfied with
the outlook and regard the coming
season as highly promising.
City Engineer Stallings Is still al
work, carrying on the duties of his
office. He has not resigned, appar- ■
ently has no intention of doing so, and
the city has not yet served notice on
him that he has been dismissed or
set any date for his departure from its
service. Under any conditions, it Is
claimeJ, he must, as a regular month
ly employe of thw city, be given a
full month's notice, which would carry
him on the pay roll until May 1.
. At the special meeting at which the
j city engineer was requested to resign
no official resolution was adopted de
claring him suspended from duty, or
declaring the office vacant on a cer- 1
talu date, so another meeting of the
board will have to tackle the problem
as to how to dispose of tho question.
Mr. Stallings insists that he will not
resign the office. When the commit
tee that was sent to request his res
ignation, Aldermen Bolton and Poole,*
asked him for It, he promptly asked
them on what grounds. The commit
tee seems to have stated that they bad
no grounds, but simply wanted the rls-
Ignation. They were simply acting gs
representatives of the board which
had decided on a change.
The city engineer Insisted that some
specific grounds must be given before
he would consider such a matter. "If-
there are any charges of incompetency
against me, or any other reasons why,
The funeral services of Mrs, Wfl
Ham R. Speer, who passed away at
a late hour Tuesday uight, will be
conducted at 10 o'clock this morning
from the First Baptist church.
Thie announcement Thursday morn-
COUPON
ing of the death of this venerable
lady' was not unexpected, In view of
her long Illness.
For many weeks she had been grow
ing steadily worse, and It was known
that the end could not be stayed de
spite the tender care and attention
bestowed by bar family and loving
friends.
■Mrs. Speer had almost reached the
allotted “three score years and ten,’
and was fully prepared and ready to
respond to the call from on high.
She was a consistent member of the
Baptist church, and greatly beloved for
her many Christian virtues.
Had she survived until May. she and
her devoted husband would have cel
ebrated their golden wedding, an oc
casion that both had anticipated.
Nearly all of the seventy years of
their lives had been spent together.
As orphan children they grew up to-
! gether in the same household, that of
a relative, and at the age of maturity
took upon themselves vows that bound
them together a half century.
Besides her devoted husband, Mrs.
Speer Is survived by four sons, Messrs.
Edward, Charles, Emory and James
Speer, and three daughters, Mrs. Al
len Perry. Mrs. Malloy and Mrs. Car
tie Herrington, of Macon.
j TWO WEEKS TRIP TO NEW YORK
a ThlC VidIIaI IaV* CllA liar/v ' « .
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to New York, offered by the Americus
Times-Recorder, is cast in favor of
Contest Closes May 31. Each Ballot Counts One
u* m ..ic.tr a* mamum
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TWO WEDDINGS OF INTEREST
HEBE ON SUNDAY
AMERICUS MADE GOODS ABE
SHIPPED TO NORTH CAROLINA
Shipment of Cigars Is Made to flint
State.
A shipment of 6,000 cigars, made by
the Americus Cigar Co., has just been
sent to -dealers In North Carolina,
where the product of the Americus
company la being sold through Mr. L.
A. Dorr In both Carolinas. The fame
of the “Muckalee” and the "La Dorr"
cigars haa extended Into other states
long since, and vast quantities are be
ing sold through the agency of Mr.
Dorr. Tbis local enterprise Is one
that should be fostered, as It gives
employment to more than thnty oper
atives at excellent wages, and la a
splendid advertisement of Industrial
Americus.
I should resign, let me know them,’
said he to the committee. “I have Laney-Yonis
never heard of a city official, electee t
by council, being asked to resign with
out some reason being given for it It 0n Sunday evening, at the residence
and Poelstra.Faulk
Marriages.
* caouu U01U5 given ior iu li «»emus, tuc icaiuouue
Is a reflectidh on me, and I decline ot Dr - Lansing Burrows, Miss Lillie
to do as you ask. 1 " May Poelstra and Mr. James G, Faulk,
Inasmuch as the engineer adheres to Jr -> were united In marriage, several
this attitude, It Is up to the council Intends witnessing the impressive cere-
to decide whether It will simply de- niony.
clare his position vacant on a certain Mlss Poelstra was a fair visitor here,
date and proceed to elect a successor tbe Buest of Miss Susie Belle Payne,
or not There is a Georgia law, It Is an d the marriage was one of pleas-
slated, which requires employers to urable surprise to their friends,
give a reason. If demanded, when an . The Broom, Mr. Faulk, formerly ro-
emplcye is discharged, but whether sided In Ameiticus, and came here re-
thin applies to a municipal government cently to visit relatives. Both are
Is problematical. residents of Jacksonville, whither Mr.
The incident has aroused more com- Faulk went with bis pretty bride on
ment among the public generally than Sunday erlnlng.
anything that has happened In local ■ *
politics recently. Mr. Stallings’ friends Laney-Voms Wedding,
point out that his salary was recently Another marriage Sunday evening
For every new cash) subscription to the weekly for one year, coup
for 7b votes.
These special coupons will all be signed by the manager of the Tlntt
Recorder and will be given In person when subscriptions are received, 1
mailed if subscriptions come by mall.
Your Easter Ouffi
A Fechheimer-Fishel
* oaioi; waD tCUVUll/ wuuuay v ? bUUI(
Increased and the statement was then, was that of Miss Ada Laney and Mr.
made In council that bis services had Edward Vorus, both of Americus. Sev-
heen very satisfactory. eral friends witnessed the nuptials,
It Is probable that no further move Impressively j performed by Dr. Lan-
wlll he made by council until the »Iog Burrows.
next regular meeting on Wednesday The yoang couple are now . “at
night of next week. Inasmuch as the homo" here and receiving many sin-
engineer would claim a month’s salary cere congratulations.
If removed Immediately fiom office. It
It seems as If among married
couples when one of them doesn't hap
pen to be a tyrant the other always Is.
is likely no stepe will be taken until FUNERAL OF MRS. E. A. BROWN
the meetng of March 30, when the va- ATTENDED BY MANY FRIENDS
cancy could be declared, to take ef-
f cct April 30. Former Resident ef Americus Laid lu
Since the recent Incident It Is un- Rest Here,
derstood Mr. Stallings fras gone
several of the aldermen and requested In tbe pre8ence of a lar « e concourse
an explanation for the action of the of frlends - the remains of Mrs. Elolse
an explanation for the action of the of fr *ends, the remains of Mrs. Elolse
board, but without meeting with any A. Brown were laid to rest In Oak
success. Up to date, It Is stated by
his friends, he has been unable to g;t
a statement as to why he should re
sign or why he should get fired.
A political boom frequently assumes 1
the shapo of a boomerang.
Grove cemetery at 3 o’clock Tues
day afternoon, beside those of her
lamented husband, Peter F. Brown,
an esteemed citizen and educator ot
Americus many years ago.
A man Inherits his religion and pol- This well known family resided hero
Itlcs: he Invents his theories , about- durlng a Iong I M -' rlo(1 and occupied
raising children. _ | a Prominent position in the social and
Jbusiness life of the city two decade:
ago.
The remains of Mrs. Brown were
where she
An undertaker by any other name
Swell and Up-
to-Date Suit
$15.00 to $35.1
Hawes'
Derby
Soft Hatsl
All the Popuij
Shapes and
Styles $3.
tiful 130 Psalm, with Its, tender jpes
sage of comfort and trust? The casket
was buried In a wealth of exquisite
roses and lilies, and inside the chan
cel wore many designs that spoke lm
presslvely of the affection in which
the memory of Mr. Taylor will long
be cherisbed.
The reading of the lesson was fol
lowed by the singing of the hymn
'‘Golden Harps Are Sounding,
lected by the little daughter of Mr
Taylor. After 'he prayer that fol
lowed tbe hymn the body waa borne
from the church while the choir sang
"Guide Me, O, Thou Great Jehovah."
Many followed to Oak Grove ceme
tery, where tbe Interment took place,
after the recital of the commitment
prayer. The mound was lost sight of
In the profusion of flowers that mark
ed the last resting place of one of
the most genial and lovable citizens
Americus has known.
Among those attending the funeral
--.from outside of the city were former
the bar and the leading business men Governor Hoke Smith, Chancellor D.
of the city were all present. J C. Barrow, of the State University!
As the body was borne up the aisle* David Barrow, Esq., of Savannah
to the chance!, tbs rector. Rev. J. B.j Howell Hollis, of Columbus, and
Lawrence, preceding it read the beau- • others.
C ANDY perfec
tion for 25
years has been ex
pressed by the
name “Nunnally’s”
on boxes of bon
bons and choco
lates. It is gilt-edged
security for su
preme quality and
perfect assortment
comes to you fresh
and delicious be
cause vve receive
express shipments
almost daily.
W. A. REMBERT
brought from Snsrta. Ga.
hud recently resided. A large con
course of friends were at the Central
depot and formed the cortege to tbe
Cemetery where the funeral services
were conducted by Rev. O. B. Chester,
of the Methodist church.
Mrs. Brown was 74 years of age, aod
4s survived by three sons. Messrs.
Hugh and Harrold Brown, of Bir
mingham, and Professor P. F. Brown,
of Athens, and two daughters, Mrs.
R. M. Harley and Miss Ethel Brown,
besides numerous relatives In A'merl-
cus.
The pallbearers were Messrs. James
A. Davenport, Crawford Wheatley, J.
B. Felder, John Sheffield, Arthur Ry-
lander and L. M. Hawkins.
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ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN.
"How much arc eggs now!”
"Two dollars down ar.d two dollars
a month until the dozen Is paid fore
judge.
, Wo have some special bargains la City Property, Vacant —.
slrablo localities, and homes in differ ent parts of the city. If 7°° 1
buy or rent a borne, or a lot to build on nee.
Holler loud If you want to be great
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