The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-08-10
An APPEAL FOR WARDLAWS
THEIR FAMILY WE'RE SPLENDID
SOUTHERN PEOPLE.
Their Father For Many Years South
Georgia Preacher. Have Rela-
tiyes in This Section.

The case of the three Wardlaw sis
ters. Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Snead and
Miss Virginia o. Wardlaw, now I'M
der Indictment at Newark, N j., for
the murder of their niece, Mrs. Ocie
Snead, is exciting unusual attention
in the south, and especially in the
states of Tennessee and Georgia, in
both of which states these sisters
have usefully wrought as teachers in
prominent institutions of learning.
There are also a number of relatives
Of the family now living in Georgia
who believe that these sisters are be-
ing maligned, and that time will es-
-ablish their innocence of the charge.
Interesting facts about the family
we're recently given by Rev. W. c..
I,ovett, editor of the Wesleyan Chris
tan Advocate in Atlanta, who is in
terested in a movement to secure
financial assistance for the three Sis
tiers.
Speaking to a representative of the
Gilreath Press Syndicate Rev. Lovett
said:
REV. j. B. Wardlaw, who died
some years ago, was for fifty years
q faithful, successful itinerant
preacher in Georgia. His wife, now
eighty-three years of age, is spend
inc these days of her sore distress in
Christianburg, Va. Mrs. Snead is a
first honor graduate of Wesleyan col
lege at Macon, Ca, and Mrs. Martin
was student for while at Andrew
college, Cuthbert, Ga. For a num-
Der of years Miss Virginia Wardlaw,
with her sisters, Mrs. Snead and Mrs.
Martin, taught at Soule college, Muir
freesboro, Tenn, Miss Virginia being
principal taught in Prices college,
Nashville, while Mrs. Martin taught
for years at Christianburg, Va. No
better people ever lived in our state,
and few women of the south have
done more for christian education
than these Wardlaw sisters.
Rev A. G. Wardlaw, the only sur
viving SON of the family, was at one
time pastor of Walker street church,
Atlanta He is a graduate of Emory
college and also of Princeton, and
lister. Judge Franklin w. Fort, son
of the present governor of New Jer-
sey, is counsel for the indicted sis
tiers, and it is stated that he is so
thoroughly convinced of their limo
cence that out of his own private
purse he has advanced money to de-
fray their expenses.
I'm view of the fact that these
Wardlaw sisters are now ina strange
land, far removed from their friends
and former associates a letter to
Judge Fort stating what manner of
people they are would be of service
in the case. They have also, out
of their meager financial resources,
been brought to financial need.
Surely the people in Georgia, and
of the south, who knew their father
will not withhold such financial aid
as they are now able to give. If
ever the hand of help was needed to
be outstretched for those in need or
sore distress now is the time of OPP
portunity for the friends of the
Wardlaw family.
Any amount of money sent to
Rev ]. P. Wardlaw, the Methodist
pastor of Fort Valley, Ga, and who
IS a cousin of the family, will be
forwarded to the proper parties.
AS is generally known, Judge
Fort has issued to the press of the
country a statement of the case.
There is of course some mystery con-
nected with the death of Mrs. Ocie
Snead. There is to all cases of sui
eide or death 1Inder tho circumstances
oy which she was surrounded, but
mat she was murdered by the hands
OF those who nurtured her in her girl
mood, directed her in right paths in
her womanhood, and who now sor-
row over her departure cannot be.
The friends of the family should
spare no effort to secure for them a
falr and impartial trial. Their in