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The Miller v (>unty Liberal
NO. ( J3G
Dr. Geo. A. Lofton
Passes Away.
Distinguished Minister mid Au
thor Had Relatives Here.
A distinguished personage pass
ed to his reward when Dr. George
A. Lofton died a few days ago in
Nashville,(Tenn.
Dr. Lofton'was a brother of Mrs
O. 13. Stephens and at one time
was prominently identified with
and well known throughout this
section, Os more recent years be
was identified with Nashville and
the state of Tennessee in Li - preach--
rugs, but he was also an.author of
note and his books have been sold
and read throughouttnesouth. He
was pastor of the Central Baptist
church at Nashville for many years
previous to his death. His Sunday
night sermons were delivered in t he
form of illustrated lectures He was
an impressive artist, and drew the
pictures with own hand t j illustrate
hie thoughts. .These Sunday night
illustrated lectures formed the basis
for his books, which have been read
by so many people in tbefouth. Dr
Lofton was preparing a sermon on
“Eternity” when a paralytic st ruk"
removed him from this world be
fore the sermoL was delivered. —
Dawson News.
And Dr. Lofton was a brother
of Dr. G. 0. Loftoa, who lives in
the eastern portion of thia county.
Next . ... 4 .
Monday, the 4th day of the New
Year, will mark the beginning of
the adjourned term of Superior
court, an official notice of winch
appears elsewhere in this issue.
A wave of crime has been sweep
ing over this section, and the grand
jurors as well as the petit jurors
are summonsed to court in the
notice.
Monday will be Ordinary W. C.
Dancer’s regular court day.
Tuesday Sheriff J. A. Phillips
will be forced to sell at public out
cry some property; and Tuesday
the County Commissioners are to
hold their' regular monthly
meeting.
The best people of the county
are protesting against so many peo
ple utterly disregarding the laws.
If the powerful arms of the law
are not upheld, the rising genera
tions and those yet to come, will
suffer agonies by these outbursts
of crimes.
College Students At
Home.
Miss Annie Lou Fudge from Bes
sie Tift in Forsyth, Miss Mattie
Cook from the Georgia Normal and
Industrial in Milledgeville, Mr
Willie Wilkin from Emory College
In Oxford and Mi ,s Annie Sue Mc-
Nair from Andrew in Cuthbert
cam° home to spepd the holidays.
Miss Gladys Stein of Blakely, a pu
pil of Wesleyan in Macon is here,
a fascinating guest at the borne of
her uncle and her aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry’ Stein.
The students from Colquitt, are
real favorites with old and young
and their presence at their respec
tive homes added much to the joys
of the holidays.
WATCH COLQUITT GROW
Residence Burned.
About 7 30 o’clock Monday
morning, Aliss*Nellie Cooper, who
with her father had apartments in
the building on the adjacent' lot,
noticed a dense smoke issuing from
the residence next door. The alarm
was given.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 13. Carpenter
were residing in the dwelling, but
ueit her of them were at home. Mre.
Carpenter was visiting relatives in
Bainbridge, and Mr. Carpenter had
left the house an houror more pre
vious to the alarm. He had left
town expressing an intention of
loin.: some worjt fur Mr. A. J.
Cowart,
The dope.was knocked open, but
so dense was the smoke, only a few
household articles could be saved
from one room.
The dwelling was a six room
structure, owned by Col. P. D.
Rich.
It was built on Cuthbert street
just north of tho residence occupi
ed about forty years ago by Judge
“Coup’ Bush, and later by Dr. E.
B. Bush, and this old residence
was in imiuent danger.
It was only by the strenuous ef
forts of the members of the volun
teer-fire brigade that the residence
around which cluster many sacred
memories was rescued from the
11 if rues.
When gusts of wind came from
the north the flames from the burn-1
ing building would almost reach ■
: the.vl-.n-reU',ug «iiw' wu&.jr >
. I«uu >.y iM.ri'3s. K. BiiaL. -the tele
graph opotrdor, and his family, anil
try Mr. J. M. Cooper and his
daughter.
The contents of this house were
removed to the street, with the ex
ception of the stove.
Inc chief of the tire depart men*,
Mr. B. I’. Coachman, insisted that
the contents be not taken from the
bouse; but the families owning
them very much desired their re
moval, and scoies of willing hands
assisted in taking the things out,
The origen of the fire can only
besnrmised. The loss of the build
ing is partially covered by a policy
amounting to A.tyO.OJ carried by
Col. Rich.
Mr. Carpenter also carried a
small insurance on bis household
goods.
A Mercantil
Emporium
Mr. F. E. Fudge is offering
thousands of dollars worth of mer
chandise at cost, and less than cost.
This mercantile establishment
has been a powerful factor in the
development of Miller county for
the last quarter of a century.
The proprietor’s extensive farms
claim most of bis attention.
The mercantile business is un
der the managment of two of his
sons, Messrs Ben Hill and Felix
Fudge Jr.
The latter attends to the book
keeping department, and that is a
Herculean task.
Mr. Hill Fudge is the buyer and
general manager. v
These young men are worthy of
the high places they hold in the
hearts of their fellow citzens. ;
PULL FOR COLQUIT-jr OR PULL OUT.
COI.QUITT, GEORGIA VW-mr, UECEMBIiII 3(Hh 1971
TWO PIONEfeciTIZENS
PASS / .WAY.
Mr. Amos Addisoni Bush
o Enters On
Answers Summons. ■.r
| Long Sleep.
Thursday the 17th iust., at r
o’clock, at hie homo near Babcock,
Mr. Amos Addison, morefamilial--
ly known as Mr. “Sum” Addison,!
crossed the mystical stream of I
-death. '
He had been in ceclfhing health j
for more than two years, tut fortb.el
last foui months he Lad been al |
most helpless and most of time he!
'j!
was unconscious. During those !
month-, time and again, the flick-J
erkng flame of life seemed about I
to be extinguished <1
Time and again the patient sufij
fcrer seemed to grow better under (
the careful nursing and the loving?
administrations of his patient wit .
and their children.
The deceased was.sixty-sis yetis!
of ago, and suffered from akidnevi
trouble- Bright’s disease.
Ho was a member of tiie Krt’i
Will Baptist church at Belleview.'
and was one ol the pioneer citizen '
o' th South'eastern section of tbi |
cu’ity. -
I He came to Miller county iron’
1 Ncwtcu in enr y manhood. La-L
H:p sister of Mesdamos W. R.
\\ at- and W. D. Cob!) of this
city. s' / 'i-ygs
Air. Addison was a prominent
citizen, and always took an active
interest in the important insiltu
tiouSof hie community and the
leading affairs of his county.
lie is survived by his faithful
wife, by one son, Mr. Isaac Addi
son, and by four daughters, viz Mrs.
J. G. Jordan of I his city, Mrs. Hen
ry Lunsford who lives near Doerun,
Mrs. Roy Brown, who lives near
to the old homestead where her
father died, and the youngest
daughter, Miss Gladys Addison.
One brottier living in Baker coun
ty, and two younger half brothers,
Messrs James and Link Addison,
also survive the deceased.
Friday at 3 o’clock p. in. the fu
neral service was preached by Rev.
W. A. McDonald in the family
lot in that sacred city of the dead
known as the Bellview cemetery.
Mr. McDonald baptized Mr. Ad
dison several years ago.
The friends and relatives who
turned out to pay this last ttibute
of respect was one or the largest
ever seen at the cemetery.
May that peace which pas Seth
understanding soothe the grief
stricken hearts of the family.
LOST.
LOST STRAYED OR STOLEN
Two male pointer dogs, 1 young,
liver and white, round collar, name;
Joe, and I older ana heavier set,
liver and white, with flat collar,
tail bobbed named Jack. $5.00
reward for return of above dogs to
G. G. Riley, Dawson, or to Billie
B. Bush, Colquitt, Ga.
1
THELEAI ING CITY OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
j A gloom was cast over the city
!uesday,. shortly-after the noon
i’bttr, when the inhabitants learned
|- ila'bDr. E. 13, Bush had passed
;?way al 12 10 o’clock.
■ 'fThe antuiuncemeut oamenotasa
Li-irprlse, Tdy Uie attending physi
! inns, Drs. iV. C. Hays and B.
j-J'usby Bird, together with Dr. Oli
i *Ur B. Bush.,.of Pi lham, who spent,
;• h.time by'tha bedside of his
iyffiiier, Lad made known that Dr.
'Rush was passing throught the
in which all of us would,
' _a.:ier dr later pass, but the knowl-
■ Tlgo could not reps rain the sadness
j’rotn the hearts of his fellow
is Doßusb had not been well for
; mouths. Hesuffer
:id with biubetes, coupled with
“F-nighl’s
He took Lis bed seven weeks ago.
Skilled „medi<&l attention and
loving administrations could not
tUu'ravages of the-diseases.
• ■ Dr. Bush buri livedcontinuously
ftu this city longer than any resi-
M>nt, here.
V He w.a- itidaed the t.>io»'''— *
Colquitt.
Dr. Bush was bom Nov. 20th
1850; For the lust quarter of u
century he was an active member
of the Primitive Baptist church.
In li is younger days he was popu
lar as a physician, and he was hon
ored with several positions of trust.
He represented hiscounty in the
General Assembly, and was senator
from this district,
He was appointed principal phy
sician of the penitentiary when
Gov. Atkineon was the chief exec
utive. Dr. Bush weilded a power
ful influence in politics.
Dr Bush was a delegate to the
national convention in Chicago,
and it was Dr. Bush, who in the
caucus rooms of the Georgii dele
gation nominated William Jen
nings Bryan for president of the
U. 8., and it was the chairman of
the Georgia delegation who nom ! -
nated W. J. Bryan in the conven
tion hall.
Dr. Bush is survived by his de
voted wife and by three sons, viz
Dr. 0. B. Bush, of Pelham, and
by Messrs Jno. R. and T. W. Bush
of this city. His daughters, Mes
dames A. G. McNair and Perry D.
Rich died several years ago, the
former leaving two, and the latter
leaving four children. There are
also several other grandchildren,
besides a large circle of other rela
tives.
The body was interred Wednes
day in the family lot at the Scar
borough cemetery and Elder J. -J.
Bird of Alabama preached an im
pressive funeral sermon.
Hundreds of friends joined the
relatives at the quiet spot like that
which a poet referred to as “God’e
acre/’ to pay this last tribute ol
respect and bleu! tears of sympathy
with those of the bereaved family.
Changing
Residences.
Mr. and .Mrs. A. J.Cowart mov
ed from their home here Monday,
a’nd returned to his splendid plant
ation thieemileseastoftown, The
family have not moved far; but
they will be greatly missed from
• social circles here.
Mr. J. E. Sholar has rented Mr.
A. J, Cowart’s residence, and he
and his family are now occupying
the dwelling.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Rawlings
are cosily ensconed in their resi
dence which was vacated this week
by’ Mr. and Mrs. Sholar.
Mr. W. D. Cobb and his family
are occupying the residence on
Main street owned by Mr. T. (’.
Nowell. . ' • •
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Vann moved
; several weeks ago to his farm near
Babcock.
Mr. Morris, the barber, and his
family expect to reside on Main St.
in Mr. W. J. Grimes' residence.
Air. and Mrs. R. S. 801 l Jiave
moved from Hie dwelling of Post
Muster 11. AL Miller to the resi
dence of Mr. Jno. R. Sharpe, the
one which was, until recently’, oc
ctYpied by Mr. Mann.
Air. and Airs. H. Al. Aliller are
now occupying tbeir cwn dwelling
on Cuthbert street.
Entertainment.
Complimentary tohissistars and
their visitor, Miss Allie Cook, Mr.
and Mi§. J. T. Jones entertained a
throng of-young people Monday
evening in a most charming
manner.
The guests greatly enjoyed the
occasicn; and left nt 11 o’clock un
many obligations to the host and
hostess.
Airs. E. 13. Baughr. and little
Francis Saunders left Sunday to
spend this week with relatives in
Coleman. Di. and Airs. R. 11.
Sanders expect to go over to Cole
man Thursday and return Sunday
with their little daughter.. The
party from our city will enjoy their
visits with relatives and friends,
and two of them will take pleasure
in being among the familiar scenes
of their childhood.
Misses Alamie and Millie Jones
spent a portion of the holidays in
Whigham. On thejr return they
were accompanie by their charming
cousin, Alias Allie Cook,
Airs. B. R. Collins of Blakely is
among the charming matrons here
this week.
Aliss Lofton, of Arlington, is the
attractive guest of Mies Chloe
Bush.
May the oil of consolation be
poured on the hearts of the widov
and her three devoted sons, and
may He who notes the sparrow’s
. fall, console the hearts of bis
‘ grandchildren.
Peace to his ashes.
VOL XI7II
Dr. and Aire. Reuben Chason,of
Ashford, Ala., wer holiday visitors
at the attractive home of Mr. J, G.
Chason. -
His many fflendsjhere’have been
extending to M r. Howard Hall, who
been making his home in Texas for
about two years, a most cordial
welcome.
a . . r
i Airs. Claranc«TOaileyenjoyed the
) holidays witl| her paie its in
Damascus.
Airs. Ben Hill Fudge returned
- Tuesday from o delightful visit at
the home of her mother in
Florilla.
Miss Johnson and Alias Pullen
two fascinating young ladies of
Arlington, are visitinjfMies Annie
Lou Fudge.
Air. and Aire. E. W. Graves of
i Dalton, tho latter a sister of Aire,
. B. H. are being royally
entertainer at the lovely home of
. Mr. mid Airs. B. H. Fudge.
Aliss Guy Brown, a member of
the senior class at tho G. N. & I.
, C., and a former resident of this
city, passed through here a few days
ago enroute to Eldorendo to spend
the holidays with her aunt, Airs,
W . J. Pridgen. .
Accidents.
Since our Het issue two Occidents
have been reported in which two
mon in diffiltent localities were in
jured whice assisting in pieparing
hog’ to he cut .into
M*f. Dffbary, a sTTh 1 r. ■ Brack
Debary, dropped a sharp butcher
knife in an overoll pocket.
' Forgetting the knife-was there he
stooped quickly and the knife
made an ugly gash.
Dr. W. C. Hays was called to
dress the wound and Mr. Debary
? is now aecovereng.
Mr. Thompson in Eloderendo
1 went to prop one of his feet on the
kettle to pull a large hog out of tho
hot water. Hie foot slipped into
the hot water, and when the sock
was removed the skin slipped from
i hii ankle with it.
Located In New
Store.
)
Stock Os Merchandise Os
H. Stein Moved To Place
I
Formerly Used By
A. Brown.
The immense stock of merchandise of
Mr. Harry Stein has been moved to the
store formerly used by Mr A. Brown,
’ next to “The Day Light Corner.”
Here, Mr Stein with bis excellent
sale force, Mr F. C. Bell and Miss Anise
. Chason will serve the mercantile public
. with a new and up-to-date line of mer
chandise.
, The year 1914 Las been filled
with sadness, with depressions and
1 with tragedies. Herewith we lift
s an earnest agnonized prayer that
h 1915 will bring peace and blessings
to humanity oil over the world.