Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-23
DEATHS IN GEORGIA.

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CARTERSVILLE, Ga, March 19-Mrs.
Eliza Kate Dawes died this morning at
the residence of her son, Mr.. w. w.
Dawes, in this city.
Mrs Dawes was i'm the SEVENTEEN year
of her age. She was born in BastrOp. La,
i'm 1870. Her husband was we'll known
minister OF the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South, the Rev. Joel T. Dawes,
ST. At different times he served the
church in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and
the Republic of Mexico.
His last pastorate charge was Payne
Memorial church of Atlanta. He died in
Atlanta in February. 1897, having been
in the ministry a period of forty years.
She leaves three sons, Mr.. w. w.
Dawes has for twenty years been we'll
known resident of Gainesville, for four
teen years having been superintendent Of
the public school system here. He is now
connected with the Cumberland Fertilizer
company. Her second son is DR.. Joel I.
Dawes, who is presiding elder of the At
Ianta district, NJ. f. Church. South. The
youngest son, Mr.. James P. Dawes, is with
the Monarch Typewriter company in New
York city.
The interment will take place in Car
rersvii1e, but the arrangements Ior It have
not yet been entirely made.
MACON, March 19.-Joseph Bennon,
aged 65, died at his home on Orange
street this morning, after an illness Of
but a few hours. He came to Macon
from Philadelphia and was connected
with the Bibb Mfg. company here. He
was the inventor nf several appliances
used in knitting mills.
MACON, March 19-Mrs. Chas. Cannon,
aged II years, died this morning at her
residence on Mulberry street after an ill
ness of but few days. She was one of
the best known women of Macon. She
leaves several relatives. For fifteen
years she was superintendent of the pri-
mary department of the Mulberry Street
Methodist church Sunday school.
Mr.. ]. E. Steiner, for fourteen years
connected with Nunnallys candy factory.
more latterly as foreman, died Saturday
at 1925 o'clock, in private sanitarium in
Atlanta.
After an hours illness with peritonitis.
Mr.. Loring Lane, a travelling salesman
from Brooklyn, n. Y, died at private
sanitarium Friday night at $50 o'clock.
He was taken seriously i'll in his room
at a local hotel Friday evening at 8
o'clock and was Immediately taken to a
private sanitarium where he died half an
hour later.
Mr. Lane is a we'll known travelling
salesman and was here with wife when
taken suddenly i'll. He had been in bad
health for some time and was travelling
for his health. His death, however, was
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tives. He was so years of age and is sur
vived by his wife and a son.
ATHENS. Ca, March 2O.-Fred s. Nor
ton was found dead in his bed early this
morning, his death being caused by heart
disease. He was feeling i'll yesterday, but
last evening expressed himself as being
much better and expected to have gone
to his work at Athens Foundry and Ma
chine works, of which he was secretary
and treasurer, this morning.
He was a son of Colonel w. J. Morton
and a member of one of Athens most
prominent families. He was about forty
years old and is survived by his wife
and four children.
w. G.. Fraser, manager OF Governor
Smiths fruit farm near Decatur, died
on the farm at o'clock Friday evening,
Just a little more than thirty-six hours
after he had been stricken with pneumo-
MIA. He leaves a widow and three little
children of whom the eldest Is not yet
u years old.
Such sudden death from pneumonia is
looked on as remarkable, and is regard
ed as explainable only by the fact that
Mr. Fraser had been fighting an attack
of grip since the preceding Monday and
may have been somewhat weakened when
the fatal disease laid hold on him.
Mr.. Fraser came from Buena Vista
last December to look after Governor
Smiths fruit farm, known as the Pied
mont, just short distance beyond Deca-
tur. His relatives live in and near Buena
Vista, in Marion county.
Mr.. w. ]. Hightower, clerk of the SUI
perior court of Laurens county and
prominent farmer of that section, died in
Atlanta at a few minutes after midnight
Saturday after a weeks stay in this
city. His death was the elimination of
a prolonged illness of some nine months
duration.
MIR. Hightower died at the residence of
Mrs. Mary Catchings, 357 Capitol ave-
nue., where he and Mrs. Hightower had
secured rooms on their arrival in this
city a week ago. Mrs. Hightower was
with him at the time of his death, as
was also one of his daughters. Mrs. w.
s. Prescott, of Atlanta.
In addition to his wife and seven chill
dren, Mr.. Hightower's mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Hightower, of Dublin, also sur
wives him. His children are Mrs. Pres
colt, of Atlanta, and Misses Willie,
Louise, Mordle and Ruth, Master Darte,
and Mr.. f. Hightower, all of Dublin.
Mr.. Hightower was 81 years old.
Leeher is Held for the Grand Jury