The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-10
JOHN F. BURNS DEAD
PTCTuREsaUE CHARACTER OF : BLACK BELT PASSES AWAY.
The End Game at His Home In selma !. from Heart DIsease--Preminent
 Citizen of Dallas County
 and Alabama.
Advertiser Brreau.

-~e%~"f@ ~ttt@~tt1 VAS A|&Atao SV0Ahy a'&
 known throughout the length and breadth of the State as Turns of Huntsville" died at his home on Lau- derbaie Street this morning shortly af- ter o'clock from heart disease. Cap tain Burns has been sick for sometime past, but 1t was not thought that his illness was so serious. though 1t was known that his physician had told him that he had heart trouble and that the end might come at any moment
 He had been feeble for the past year. but has never given up and has been either about the streets or on his farm near Burnsviile, and his death this morning came as a great blow to his
 many friends throughout the city when lit was learned. Yesterday he spent the majority of the day on the front porch of his home, and last night, although tcompiaintng. retired as usual and 1t was thought by his family that he would pass quiet night Shortly after o'clock this morning his sister. Mrs. M. l.. Clay, went into his room to see how he was resting and discovered him in dying condition.
 Medical aid was quickly summoned to his bedside, but he never rallied and
 just before o'clock his spirit took its flight. Several days ago he told a friend that he was not here for much
 longer but that when his time came he would be willing to go, as he had made his peace with God and that his af-
 fairs were all straight. Complaining never, he bore his Illness with forti- Itude, and tried not to let the loved ones around him know that he suffered.
 <. As was his habit he attended the services. at the. First Baptist Church Sunday and spoke of the sermon that he heard. Last Saturday night, as was his habit. he attended the Lodge of Sor- Hpw of Camp Jones. United Confeder-
 ate Veterans. He took an active part
 in the services and delivered an eulogy. on the memory of Comrade F. A. Pope.
 Members of Camp Jones who were present at the Lodge of Sorrow con- graduated him afterwards on his eu- logy. saying that 1t was the best that he had ever delivered. as he seemed to once more live over those days when
 he spoke of the deeds of bravery that
 had been performed by his departed
 comrade. Previous to the last election of the Camp. Captain Burns was its commander, and one Of the greatest pleasures of his life was to do an aet 1 of kindness for some old veteran and to attend all of the reunions of those veterans who, had worn the grey and
 by whose side he had fought under the
 same flag for four years.
 As prominent as he was in the af- fairs of the Confederate Veterans of the South, also was he as prominently
 known in the political affairs of the State of Alabama. Several times be
 has represented Dallas in the Legisla- ture, and always acquitted himself at these sessions with credit to his coun- | ty and to himself He had also been a member of the two Constitutional conventions of the State, those held in l 1875 and 1901. The provisions as to the eligibility of the negro to vote, as en- acted at the last Constitutional Con-
 vention. had his untiring efforts and his work in ha ring that measure pass ed will stand as a lasting monument
 to his memory in the interest of white
 supremacy in his party and State.
 4@- Captain Burns was born in this county about 65 years ago. During the most of that time he has been identi- | fled with the interests of Dallas Coun- | ty. He was known personally by near | ly every man, woman and child In the
 county and had a wide acquaintance | throughout ths State. He leaves wife, three sons and a daughter to mourn his death. The funeral services
 will take place from the family resi-
 dence on Lauderdale Street tomorrow
 morning at 9:30 o'clock, and the re-
 mains will be escorted to Live Oak Cemetery by a detachment from Camp IJones. United Confederate Veterans. John Fielding Burns, born at Burns | viIle, Dallas County, April 2S, 1888;
 was the son of James H. and Lucinda 1 Ann (Straughn) Burns. The senior Burns was born on Tar River, in Chatham County, N. C., while his moth CT was born In South Carolina. The grand parents were James and Miss | lBranlyt Burns and Fielding and La vina (Riddel) Straughn, the latter
 pioneers of Conecuh County, Alabama. | Fielding Straughn and wife-were rom South Carolina. Mrs. Straughn was a
 sister of MT. Riddle, who built the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad. MT.
 Burns was educated in the common schools iof Dallas County, at Howard 1 College. class of 1859, and the Univer-
 sity of Virginia. He read law under
 Messrs. Watts and Yancey at Mont gomery, Ala, and under Thomas K. K. Cobb at Athens, Ga. Enlisting in the 1 Red Eagles" as First lieutenant, he
 served short time, then joined the 4th Alabama regiment, c. $. A, in which he continuously served to the close of the lwar. For a short time heN practiced law in Selma after the close of the war He did not continue long, however, but | located at his home place, Burnsvilie, | as A farmer Here he resided continu- ously since, engaged in the humble life of planting. In 1875 he was chosen as
 a member-of the Alabama Constitution al Convention from Dallas County, and again in 1901 he was called to the same | important trust. He was in the Ala bama Legislature of 1896. He served
 several times in the Legislature. In | IS59 he was married at Clay's Station, | AutauEa County, to Eugenia, the Laughter of Jackson W. and Minerva | (sharp) Clay of Georgia and South Carolina families, respectively. MT. Burns has five children, Jpnes H.,
 John Morgan, Lucy and Jackson Clay.
 all single.
 Death of Mrs. I<ineey.
 This morning shortly before o'clock
 Mrs. E. R. Kineey died at her home on 3UfEVs Street after lengthy ill., | "a Gtsf.