The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-20
A SAD DEATH.
pr. German of OpellIka Follows Closely

| After His Son.
 opelika. April 19.-(Special.) )-Dr. Thomas B. German, one of Opelika's
 oldest and most highly honored citi-
 zens died here today at 2:45 D. nn.,
 after an illness of several weeks dura-
 tion. The death of this gentleman is particularly sad, coming as it does almost simultaneous with that of his | youngest son Roscoe W. German whose
 tragic death took place a few days | since in Atlanta. Dr. German had
 been resident of opelika for thirty years, moving to this State In 1859, 1 portion of his life having been spent
 in other sections of Alabama He was born in Milledgeville. Ga, on
 February IA, 1924. Being the son of
 wealthy parents he was given a finish | ed college education, and possessing 1 desire to practice medicine he was sent to Jefferson College, Philadelphia and from there to Europe.
 Dr. German was married in 1857 to
 Anne Westmoreland.. and to them were l born seven children. Of this number | only four survice. John T. German, | State Examiner of Public Accounts; Miss Efie German, Mrs W. A Reed of
 Mobile and Mrs. c. c. Feeble of Texas.
 Dr. German was man of sterling | worth and noble character. He att | tained to eminence in his profession, possessing many of the fine qualities of his father, Dr. J. B. German, who
 was also eminent in his profession. | The deceased had not been in active | work for many years owing to feeble | health, but he always took much in- | terest in the political affairs of his | State. He was staunch Democrat
 and was a member of the Baptist | Church. A few days before his death he au7 all right. I am a Ram
 tlst and Democrat"
 In addition to his many talents he | had on various occasions wielded a facile pen and at one time edited a paper.
 The funeral of Dr. German takes place tomorrow afternoon from his late | residence, the services to be conducted by Dr. Purser of Atlanta, an old friend | of the deceased.
 MT. John T. German and sister Mrs
 Keeble were not present at the final dissolution having gone to Newman
 this morning to attend the funeral of
 their brother Roscoe W. German. Ac- | companying them were number of | the friends of the family In this city
 The funeral of R. W, German. wno
 met such an untimely death in the ter rible accident in Atlanta on April 18th, were held at his residence in Atlanta | today. Rev. CharIes O. Jones. pastor of the St. Mark Methodist Church, of which MT. German was a prominent member, conducting the services. Ills remains were carried to Newman, Ga, for intermenA
 MT. German was a prominent Knight of Pythias, Mason. Odd Fellow and Elk. The Knights of Pythias and Odd Eel large concourse of friends and relatives | from Atlanta, Opellka and Newman at tended the funeral The floral offer ga, ipgS were ls beautiful N aIn ana aEeistic' The which MT. German was an active mem Der. sent Hons. H. M. Wilson. Exalted Ruler, J. B. Lyons, Esteemed Lectur- ing Knight and Arthur G. Smith; Sec retary as representatives of the Lodge tn attend the funeral. number of prominent Opelika citizens. including F:,te. q; D: sanford G. samfo2G n 1Givep sPa w. B. Dean attended he funeral. Universal sorrow is manifested over the sad and pathetic ending of such valuable and
 pr. J. c. Palmer. Mayor of opelika. left for Montgomery last night to at tend the annual meeting of the State Medical Association. He will read a paper on "The Responsibilities of the Physician in obstetrlcal Work and How to Meet Them"
 Rey T. Beard of ,n lika will conduct services at his church on Good Friday.
 Yesterday the residence of Charles OuSIty on .ooutu olAlh SNISbt caught on fire. but the flames were extin- guished before much damega was done.
 w. B. Foster of Columbus, Ga. who formerly lived in Beulah in Lee County, died in that city yesterday. His re- mains were carried to Beulah yester- day for interment.
 A. E. Heard, a farmer living near opelika. lost his barn by fire yester- day. The barn was worth $400 and there were 200 bushels of corn. fodder and farming implements destroyed.
 This section was visited by another considerable frost Monday night, which about finished destroying the young vegetation and cotton not killed Sum day night.
 Hon. J. Thomas Heflin delivered a lecture in Opelika last night to large and appreciate audience for the benefit of the Confederate Monument fund.
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