The Newark journal., 1903-08-21
COMMITTED SUICIDE
Jas. Crabtree. an Aged Citizen of
ParOquet, Ends His Life
With a Shotgun.

of Paroquet, committed suicide
Tuesday morning shortly after Z
o'clock by shooting himself in the
head with shotgun.
He had not been in good health
for some time, and at times grew
respondent and hysterical. 1t is
supposed that ut the time of taking
his life he was partially under the
influence of one of his semi-occa-
sional spells of dependency and
temporary mental ALTERATION. To
his family, however, he gave no
intimation of his intentions, and
only few minutes before commit
ting the rash act, went into the
house and asked for clean shirt,
which was given him, and told his
wife that he was going over to the
river. The wife, VINO was making
preparations to wash, went on
with her work in the back yard
and the old gentleman put on his
shirt, got down his gun and was
seeming getting ready to go over
to the river, rs he had announced
his intention of doing.
However, instead of going to
the river, he walked out on the
front porch, placed the muzzle of
the gun against his right temple
and blew his brains out. The dis
charge literally tore the top of
his skull off and scattered his
brains over the floor.
He was "A years old and leaves
a wife and four children, the
youngest of which is IL years old.
Eleven packages of coffee for 81
at Writings.
Ask DIR. Logan if he can tell
the difference between a plane and
u krout-cutter. y
Don't pay the exhorbitant credit
prices, but go to Writings and
buy cheap for cash.
Hon. John Hindman spent Sun
day at Moorefeld, the guest of his
friend, +. NJ. Ham.
Ask Sunny Duff how the copper
head snakes are at Paroquet. Aw-
| full bad on snake.
Big stock of single and double
barrel breech-loading shotguns and
rifles very cheap at Writings.
j. ii. Clark returned to his
home at Tuckerman Monday, after
a pleasant visit here with friends
and relatives.
Mrs. w. II. Mayhan and CHI lid
rem returned to Lockhart Sunday,
after a pleasant visit here with rel
atives and friends.
Little Homer CLANCY, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Russ CLANCY, who
has been sick for some time with
typhoid fever, is not improving
much.
Cephas Mayhan and .Jeese and
Jake Hoag have returned from
Lockhart, where they have been
at work during the spring and
summer.
Fred d. Whiting is having a lot
of new shelving put up in his store
and other improvements made, to
enable him to take care of his new
line of goods for the fall trade.
Mrs. j. r. Mayhan and little
daughters, Oracle and VERNE, re-
turned to their home at Newport
Monday, after pleasant visit
here with relatives and friends.
J. p. Burrow, one of the coun-
tvs best citizens, died at his home
81 miles south of Oil Trough Tues
day from consumption, and was
buried Wednesday at the Maple
Springs cemetery by the Masonic
fraternity, of which he was an
honored member.
The picnic given by the old ex-
Confederates and the MALTA boys
last Friday was largely attended
and every one present seemed to
enjoy themselves 10 the utmost.
There was plenty to eat and a
more orderly and well-behaved
crowd never assembled in Newark.
Doc Maxey presented The Jour
nal with an agricultural curiosity
in the shape of a we'll formed stalk
of corn about seven feet high with
an ear growing in the tassel. There
was no ear, or indication of one,
anywhere except the one in the