Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-18
Condensed Meas items Gathered From 0u Parts of the State
DEATHS IN GEORGIA.


: DEATHS IN GEORGIA. >
At his home, sS7 East North avenue. Mr..
R. E. Harper, affectionately known as
DOC" or sometimes Doctor" Harper,
passed away Tuesday morning at $40
o'clock He was perhaps the most wide
~ beloved telegraph operator in Atlanta,
and the shadow which gathered across
the closing message OF his life served only
to deepen the love in which he was held.
DIR. Harper had been skilled operator
for nearly half a century. Up to the time
of his loss of sight he was in charge OF
the city loops of the Western Union,
position of trust and responsibility. He
was one of the best baseball wire men in
the whole country, and for years called
in the detail games for The Journal.
Men throughout the south and the ma
ton who had never seen him, knew him
as a correspondent over the cables, and
they all held him as friend.
Every operator has what is known as
wire sign. Mr.. Harper's was ID. R."
That is how he came to be known as
DR." Harper.
ATHENS, Ca, June 15.-Mr w. b.
Jackson committed suicide yesterday af-
ternoon by taking strychnine. He was an
official in the First Baptist church, was
vice president of the Athens Hardware
company and a member Of the board OF
education. He leaves large family and
his home life was all that could be de-
sired
For some months he had been worried
over business affairs, and left note for
his wife, in which he stated that the
deed was the result of business differences
with a member of his firm.
Mr.. Jackson went to church Sunday
night, and this morning was found un
conscious in his room. All that was pos
sible was done to revive him. but the
deadly drug had done its work.
Financially, he was in good condition.
but brooding over his troubles had I'M
balanced his mind. All Athens was shock
cd when it became known that he was
dead.
REIDSVILLE, Ca, June 14.-Mrs.
Russell Folsom, OF this place was
buried here today. She was i'll with
her marriage she was Miss Eta Way.
of Hinesville. Ga.
OXFORD. Ga, June 15.-Ex- Mayor Hon.
John Henderson, is dead at his home in
Oxford. 1t has been known for some time
that he was in feeble health. having suf-
fered for several years from stomach
troubles.
He was at one time justice of the peace
and for a number of years mayor of Ok
ford. At the time of hts death ne was a
rural letter carrier, and one of the most
prominent in this section. His estate, VAL
rtAd Of IaFf 20 tc rid
He is survived by his young widow,
who. before her marriage, was Miss Alma
Morgan. and one young son. two sisters
and three brother.
Mr.. William Henry Sharp one of the,
best known sewing machine men Of the'
south and pioneer in that field, is dead.
At his home, 263 Rawson street, Atlanta,
he passed away at 1880 o'clock Tuesday
night. Since December he had suffered
from q lingering illness, growing better
and worse by turns. I.
Rather Unexpectedly the end came On
the preceding Saturday Mr.. Sharp him
self had telegraphed to his son.. travelling
in the north, that he was better. His
wife and daughter were with Mr.. Sharp
when ne breathed his last.
During twenty-six years Mr. Sharp was
connected with the southern operations OF
the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
Co. With that service behind him. he was
secured as manager by the Standard Sew
ing Machine company, and for some time
before his death he had conducted their
business from Atlanta Headquarters.
Mr.. Sharp was born at Culloden, Ga.
January q 1853. His long business career
was honorable and efficient, and he form
ed many friendly connections throughout
the south. His friends we're legion. To
his bereaved widow and family there
goes out the sympathy Of many hearts.
Mr.. ]. o. McAlpIne, OF sos Marietta St..
was found dead in a room at the VIII
liams hotel Tuesday afternoon about $3.50
O'Clock Evidence indicated that he died
at the result of pistol wounds inflicted
by himself In a mood OF dependency.
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga, June Ia
Mrs Mary j. Braden, wife OF Minor L.
Braden, died at her home, four miles
north of this place in DeKalb county
Tuesday morning at 80 o'clock. She was
seventy-four and six months old. The in
terment will be at home at the family
cemetery. She was a member OF the
Methodist church. She is survived only
by her husband.
MACON, Ga. June 16.-Funeral SER
vices over the body of the late Samuel
R. Cumbus were conducted yesterday af-
ternoon at his late residence on Williams
streets, and the interment was in Cedar
Ridge cemetery. The deceased was IT
years Of age and son of Mr.. and Mrs.
o. c. Cumbus. ~
Mrs. Isabelle Covington. wife OF Mr.. NJ.
l. CoVington, is dead. after having suf-
fered through an illness that had lasted
year and a half.
To her husband, Mr.. NJ. L. Covington,
assistant in the office of the United
States district attorney, goes out the
heartfelt sympathy of a host of friends
in Atlanta and all parts of Georgia.
Mr.. Covington feels his bereavement
greatly. 10 the children, too-Varina
Adolph, the 16-year-old daughter, and
Henry Clay, the younger son-go the
compassion of all the friends Of the
deceased mother and Of her surviving
husband.
The friends and acquaintances of Mrs.
w. T. Feagin will be grieved to learn of
her death, which occurred at her resi-
dence, No. 239 Howell street, Wednesday
morning at o'clock, after an illness Of
Several days. Mrs. Feagin is survived by
her husband and a large family of chill
dren and one brother, Judge II. E. w.