The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-09
LIES LABoRS ARE ENDED.
ONE OF CEORGIA'S PRILLIANT
JOURNALISTIC STARS HAS SET.

Death in Atlanta Yesterday of ]. w.
Avery. n Well Known Newspaper
Man nnd soIdier-God Father in
the Literary World TO Aspiring
Young Men. Among whom Was
Henry Grady-His Later Years he
voted to building III Southern
Commemorative Death Caused by
Fall.
Atlanta. Ga. Sept. S.-CoI. Isaac Wheeler
Avery. well known throughout the state
as a journalist and man of affairs, died
at his home in Edgewood shortly past y
o'clock to-day. from the effect Of injuries
received in a fall last night.
col. Avery retired about o'clock last
night apparently in excellent health.
Shortly after midnight he was disturbed
by the barking Of dog and leaving his bed
walked out on the back porch TO see what
was the matter. The porch is about five
feet above the ground, and in the dark
ness, he missed his footing and fell strik-
ing on his back and shoulders. Mrs. Az
cry missed him and becoming alarmed left
the room and went in search of him. She
saw his body lying on the ground and
aroused the other members of the family
They found that he was suffering from
paralysis ana was unable 10 speak.
He was nfted from the ground. carried
70 his room and physicians summoned
They dc all they could. but the patient
never recovered sufficiently to utter
word. He was paralyzod from the neck
fl,1
hour of his death
Col. Avery leaves widow and two chill
dren. a son and daughter. thH latter being
the wife of W. NJ. wilkins Of Greenvile
S. C.
Col. Avery was born at 81. Augustine
Fla, MAY .. 1887. His father traced his
lineage to the English kings and one pro-
fenitor married granddaughter of John
Winthrop. the great colonial governor of
ssachusetts. His mother, Mary NJ
King. belonged to a noted New York fam
lily She moved to Savannah in 1915. He
was admitted to the Savannah bar in 1860
and began the practice of
law in 1861 He aided in the capture of
Fort Pulaski and volunteered as a private
in the irst of the war in the Eighth Geor-
gia Regiment and served to the end of the
struggle. He was in the Bull Run" battle
and was successfully promoted to the rank
of captain, major, lieutenant colonel, and
colonel of cavalry in the west, command
ing a brigade the last gear. Just before
the surrender he was made brevet major
general, but in the excitement and turmoil
of the closing days failed to receive his
commission. In the opinion of military
men, however, he was entitled to that rank
and during the last years of his life. he
was known as Gen. Avery, though with
characteristic modesty he never claimed
the tide.
AS a journalist Col. Avery's most notable
work was during the reconstruction pc
riod. At that time society was lawless and
a man could not WELD a fearless pen with
out being at all times ready to defend HIM
self. Editor Avery never sought a quar-
rel he one of the most courteous of
men, but when his opponents became un-
reasonable in their utterances and their
demands, he knew how to check them. He
was engaged in four affairs of honor, in
each of which the party on the other side
made a satisfactory retracuon, eXplana-
ton, or an apology. During his Journalistic
career he always took a warm interest in
young writer's, and was never happier
than when he found an opportunity of
bringing them to the front. He was large
~ instrumental in inducing the late Henry
w. Grady to enter Journalism, and many
other successful writer's owe their first be-
ginnings to the kindly aid of their disinter-
ested and sympathetic friend who has
now laid aside his pen forever.
In 1892 he became actively engaged in
movement for the establishment of direct
trade between southern ports and foreign
countries. He was so successful in this en-
terprise that the first year saw several
lines in operation between Brunswick and
Liverpool Charleston and Savannah, and
the Mediterranean ports, Savannah and
South America, and between Fernandina
and London, England. Lines were also es-
tablished from southern ports to Cuba,
Liverpool and the Mediterranean ports.
MACON THOROUGHLY AROUSED.