The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-26

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sS Colonel Georg llss'i fdorne d Of.
\ Rad ford, Ya.,S bu & 16s recent removed
OH IA Sc il the bank n q
ing Business, died sterd $50 !, II
the en1nnorial n where for l'2ts
weeks he had bee Ter going treatment T
III the faint least
/ pr BRO long longfn his fes Deafli due to
cancer Of the lady whlci 9 de;3
sveloped Sabou & two mon tls s. go.s 81
The dan gerous dis illness Il was 'l
mot d first q a K cor 81
rect dla gnosis Had S1bssn made. was ! is3
determined remoy e hospital sI51Es
where he mi secure The. beneti ts Of
ithe best surgi and dicalS trea tlilent.i
sAlls liancesN of dern surgery
and medlca tment viere utl llized inl l1l
the effort to ameliorht e his condt Ion,
Sand IL possible to avert fatal termitaaa--
ation OF the digeas 81 weeks ago the. the.
pa tientS was ard cd sas hopele essly Rili,
and 3itS then SCENE tbs the end was ins'
feyitably near. AS q last \ resort the use!
ofS the ca thode rays aas 4 ttempte datns
the treatment OF Ger and the;
ala of this wond invent tlonkth sur "
geons n and Il 81 hysici ans@ were apled a9to
more iigently eli 1e medal Ia
agencies. Inost imrna diate Y atter tne
use of Eitte cat ode an improve
Emienta II the bat lent sGondl tlon was per-,
wed, and ag HIS relatives and and
friends felt more hopS of hls possible,
recovery t han Sat time since liz
ness. The N danger ousa disease had sc.
Sc,,red TOO B strong a 4, however, and
Colonel esh had been much \ !71h,
ssnpped bySt the long llnefs to ENABLE him
wlthstand msntssw1as
hut N:t
Il. e De eatl ljtfo out
Whe,,ni the el,d az ctuatiy q me the patient
\ was consc and calmly awai ted 1hea;
end with; un ering ia thS nd thoutS
"a mblance Of fear. &. atflered about I hnl1 M
were his family and his Bbr hers ndS SIS 81
sters most: ZOE swhom ahad been
Tor several week Th @ ne spoke
sconsolingly Ill owed ones tasS h1sS N
EebbedS toward its close. IN
Colonel Miles was just fort ty,tWo years;
sofS 10th LAS. So He aYas sa4 SOM
cf sof Methods minis ter, and bore: MS q
IA ther's name, ~ Colone1 NJ lies was mr.
$ried land wass att nded during his Illness
sand + devoted sinursed and mini stered MtoS
by4i his ~ ife With him also In h last
"a avs 81 ii life were his children, VinGent
and George olland Miles, studen ts q sat e the
washington and Lee u IL
Mary pupil a PULASKI 4lr1stitnte y
his fbrot Messrs.s Low lex Pierce Miles
and oscar u. M lies. attorneys#of Fort
sn1tth Arkansas : Ibis sisterss q Mrs. John
5Pelhan nj, wife 81 Judge P ham Of EAnnis-s mn
ton, AIab banias 4 and NJ rs. p N ,ssIV enable
of Boston. His brother-irl N r. II u.
Morgan; ;:S his n nephew, Mr. Cha rles q.
9Hearon, ditorfofsthe Bristol Herald, and
his old friend, Mr.. James A.i EBaird, We're
also at his bedside. 9is s9, I, /.
THE funeral .,of Colonel N lies Will ta ke3
place at his former hons, sRa adford !da ,sY a,s
The body was pr epared aieIS l,sl
burial and was con yed ne Spy
the train leaving this city
g 20 clock. ss
IA Useful Career /.
Colonel Miles was born at RheatoWn, 3 aIa
Tenn, on the 10Th day Of Janua ioo9, !A
his father, the lat Rev. George NY:I Mlies.
for many years cons uous$ n $inenlpeE -
the Holstonp Conference Of the Met thodist
F,niscopal Church. South, being sta toned
atFthat His father being Me no g,
dist ministershis youth was ssspent, at many
places SWit thinF the bounds 10 rev. !.
ence, includi ing Blountvile, Tenn Marion
Broad Ford and Emory, Ya,5f Duurlng 8 ms
father residence at Emo lionel Miles
entered Emory ana Henry College In the
session Of SS51S75-'76. and remaining there rs
five years received his degree Of ba che
lor Of arts III June, 1880 44A tter.S leaving n
Emory he sstaugh hit school In y Washingtol
ana smyth9 counties thus enabling him, hin
to Scnter5 the University Of virglnIa Y here
lie n snent two years graddua IN " the
schools Of ancient and modern languages res
and English 4 ~ 81 III
Leaving the University at the age Sof
nineteen, he was elected adjunct protes
sorS Of languages In, Emory ana q Henry
College and bet fore reac ching his %nal alorlty.
he was chosen \ pro fessor Of French and
German I'm this Institution, y his chair
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