The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-01
WAYcRoSS NEWS NOTES.
Charles Bowen, the Veteran Hotel
Man, Dead.

Waresboro, where he had been for sew
eraI months. Everything that could
be done to help the old man TO alleviate
his sufferings in his last moments was
done. Mr.. Bowen was a native of Con-
necticut, but with his mother and Sis
ter removed to Beaufort, 5. Z. When
the old Brunswick and Albany Rail-
road was being built in the fifties Mr..
Bowen came out from South Carolina
bringing number of hands to work
on the road. After completing that
work he fell in with Rev. Mr.. Austin,
who was then a resident of Alapaha-
He remained with him there for sew
eral years and when he moved to Way
cross and took charge of the old Grand
Central Hotel Mr.. Bowen occupied the
position of clerk. He was with Mr..
Austin off and on for about fifteen or
sixteen years. Later on he accepted
the position of night clerk in the
Phoenix Hotel under Capt j. W.
Strickland where he worked for eight
years. About six months ago his health
failed completely and he went, upon
invitation of Mr.. Austin, to his home
In Waresboro, where he remained up
to the time of his death. His body
will be buried tomorrow morning in
the cemetery at Waresboro. Mr. Bow
en- was quite popular with the trav-
cling men, having a very wide ac-
quaintance with the knights of the
grip.
Ware Superior Court.
The fall term of Ware Superior
Court will convene next Monday
morning at 10 o'clock, with Judge
Joseph w. Bennett on the bench. Hon.
John W. Bennett, solicitor general, is
improving very satisfactorily and
hnT,ae he oh 20 A.,
of the state. There are on the docket
seventeen criminal cases. and sixty
one civil cases. Two murder cases will
be taken up during the second week.
One is that of Jack Williams, the
plumber, who is in Jail charged with
the murder Of Hugh Ashcraft, the de-
tails Of which were given In these dis
patches last week at the time that the
killing occurred. The other is of !. T.
Spence who is charged with killing a
little negro girl at Waresboro, a little
over year ago.
Mr. e. M. Pafford and wife of Pea
COCK, Ga, are here having brought
their little daughter to Waycross for
medical treatment. This is the child
that drank a quantity of potash some
weeks ago. The physicians assure the
anxious parents that the little girl will
soon be all right.
smith-Lockhart.
A most beautiful home wedding &C.
CURED yesterday morning at the home
of Mr.. John NJ. Cox, on Gilmore street,
Inc contracting parties were Miss Jes-
sic Lockhart, a sister of Mrs. Cox, and
Hon. w. L. D. Smith of Brewton, Ala.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
1. M. Christian. Only a few special
friends of the family were present. The
residence was handsomely decorated for
the occasion. and taken altogether it
was most beautiful and impressive
service. Prior to the marriage the
young people had said good-by to their
and friends and Immediately
after the ceremony was performed they
a carriage and were driven to
the Union depot, where they took the
train for their future home in Brew
ton.
Uses Lime as Preventive.
Hon. B. M. Thomas of Pierce county
is in the city to-day. His farm is
eighteen miles southeast of Waycross,
and he is one of the most progressive
farmers in that section. He makes a
speciality of raising all the hog and
hominy required on his place for home
consumption, and brings some of the
finest pork to the Waycross market
that is sold here by any one Mr..
Thomas was asked if he had any trou-
BILE from cholera among his hogs, and
his reply was that he had lost only
eight or ten head of hogs from that
disease in the past twenty years. He
says he uses lime quite freely as dis
infectant about his premises and par
ticularly around his hog pens and
where his hogs sleep. Occasionally he
Nalx Ice - t.
given to his hogs. In this way he ac-
counts for the healthfulness of the an
imals.
Military Marriage Dissolved.
An unusually interesting story comes
from Charlton county where court has
been in session this week. Mr.. H. Reed
Morrison, a prominent citizen of Mon
lea, was granted a divorce by the
court, there being no opposition to his
suit. Mr.. Morrison stated to the jury
that he lived in South Carolina prior
to his removal to this state three years
ago. When he came to Monica he &C
eepted a position as sawyer for the
Dyal- Upchurch Lumber Company He
said that one night, while he lived in
South Carolina, he was met by a trio
Of men, heavily armed with Winchester
rifles; he was told that he must either
marry a certain young lady of the
community or prepare to pass in his
checks. The woman in question was
sister of one of the men in the party.
He was held in custody at the point OF
the dangerous looking rifles until the
lady, the license and an officer of the
law could be secured and thereupon,
without further ceremony, they were
made man and wife.
According to Mr.. Morrison's version
of the affair, as soon as the ceremony
had been performed he was set at lib
erty, and as quickly as possible left
the state of South Carolina, and had
not returned there since, never having
from that day until the present time
looked upon the face of the woman he
married at night in the road. After
hearing his story, and there being no
opposition to the proceedings the jury
granted the divorce asked for.
Mr.. N j. Jones, who died recently
at Starke, Fla, was brother OF Mr..
]. B. Jones of this city, and an uncle
OF Mr.. J. A. Jones, treasurer of Ware
county. He IS native of Wayne
county, and went to Florida about
thirty years ago.
Information has been received here
of the death of Mr. N. J. Newsome
one of the most highly respected citi-
gems of Wayne county. His remains
were buried at the Methodist Church
near Screven.
Chased Thieves Away.
Mr.. B. +. Quinly. night Waterman
discovered three suspicious looking ne
groes near the wholesale establishment
of John NJ. Cox & Co. AS soon as the
negroes discovered that they were OBJ
served by the Waterman, they began
to get away as fast as possible, and he