The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-11-25
Meath CLAIMS DR.. RAINES
COMMENT DAWSON MAN WAS
STRICKEN IN OGLETHORPE.
Law Unconscious Three Days Before
Passing Away Saturday Afternoon.
Remains Brought to Dawson
Sunday Morning.


Sunday Morning.
The news which came from Ogle-
horne last Wednesday afternoon that
\ nr A. NJ. Raines had been stricken
vitb paraylsis in that town and was
m critical condition was a shock
H. his many friends and the people
generaIly in Dawson.
DR.. Raiues, who was at the head
hi company which has just COM
SpLeted a large brick mandatory in
aOgethorpe, left Dawson for that
lace Wednesday, and had been there
SCnly a short while when the shadow
b Death passed over him and marked
Dim for a victim.
u He was at the town we'll in the
BIT of taking a drink of water when
Stricken about three O'Clock in the
u afternoon and was hurriedly taken
10 the home of Mr.. A. P. Hatcher,
where he lay unconscious until Sat
strday afternoon, when life passed
#way His wife and two sons and
d number Of friends from Dawson
Buried to Oglethorpe as soon as the
teWs of his illness was received here,
Rnd were constantly at his bedside.
The remains were brought to Daw-
#n on the early train Sunday morn
81, and the interment was in Cedar
1ill cemetery at o'clock in the af-
#ernoon after impressive services at
me- home conducted by Rev. N. B.
~ Kelley and Rev. O. b. Chester.
n he attendance at the funeral was
a8ne Of the largest ever seen here.
III Wenty or more friends came up from
Ruitman and Clay counties, in both
~ which he had once lived, on the
ESQ Central train to attend the
Burial
Had Led an Active Life.
81 Anthony Mason Raines was born
IA Qultman county fOrty-seven years
80 and lived there with the eXcep-
Alon OF three years in Clay county.
luI 1895, when he moved to Daw-
son' All of his life after reaching
Ranhood until his removal here he
as engaged in farming and the
.Rracuce Of medicine, and prospered
II Doth' Upon coming to Dawson he
I've up the medical profession, but
Pnunued his agricultural pursuits.
lu was one of the most successful
kauOefS IN a county noted for it's
Rood farmers.
III I69 he was admitted to the
~ IN Dawson, and at once took a
ouIAeht place in the legal profess
ol' IN 1902 he was appointed
ruse OF the City Court of Dawson
~ served with much credit for
~ years, when he retired for the
u poSe OF becoming a candidate for
superior court judgeship of the
,"u,d circuit, for which he made a
l'oI NdoIy strong race and lost by
'Idh nifty votes after one of the
"olly contested elections this
yIon mas ever known.
p'O not alone to his farming and
1gS''oAaI interests did he give his
| attention. He was a public
,I,'eu citizen, and was identified
j" d number of enterprises in Daw-
ro, ana contributed much to the
~" ; material growth and prosper
NE was a large stakeholder in
p1al Bank. ~ ' -'
o'S hearted and sympathetic, he
EVER W., ready to relieve distress and
~ vie needy, and perhaps no one
co, nT9IlF needed assistance that
ve grio give ever appealed to him
kIno5 r' mere is many a person ne
ma yu over a rough place who will
,eN 4er him gratefully.
nal 'g9l' active life-one of I'M
an5 termination and energy
""ea' and will be missed.