The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1912-02-06
THE BOURBON NEWS. PARIS KENTUCKY FEB. s, 1912
DEATH.

Mr.. Ben F. Wilson. of this city.
aged about so years. died at the Good
Samaritan Hospital in Lexington Fri
dey night about IL o'clock of organic
heart trouble. Mr.. Wilson mad heen at
the institution about ten days. He had
! been ill for some time but was not
thought to be in a serious condition.
when about ten Gays ago his illness
assumed critical stage and he was
taken to the Lexington hospital.
Mr.. Wilson was a widOwer, his wife,
who was formerly Miss Cray. of this
county, preceding him to the grave
about one year ago. The wife of Mr..
r. P Hopkins, of Little Rock, also de-
ceased, was his daughter. He is sur
vived by two sons, Edward, of New
port, and John Wilson. of Baltimore,
Md. and one daughter, Mrs. Edgar
Sharon, of Newport.
At one time Mr.. Wilson was a
prosperous merchant and land owner
of Little Rock. Meeting with reverses
he lost the greater portion of his
accumuIations and following the death
of his wife e..moved to this city where
he has since resided. He was a men,
Der of the Masonic order.
The funeral services were held at
the grave in the Little Rock cemetery
Sunday afternoon, with services con-
Quoted by the Paris and Little Rock
Lodges of Masons.
king Welsh, a young sporting
writer. formerly connected with the
Lexington Leader, died in that city
Saturday night after an illness of mOre
than year of tuberculosis of the
spine. He was very popular with
Kentucky turfmen and ball players.
Mr.. James M. Strother. a member
Of the Lexington bar. formerly editor
of the Carlisle Democrat, and broth
er of Rev. j. p. Strother, formerly
pastor of the Paris Methodist church,
died at his apartments in Lexington
last Thursday afternoon, from Bright
disease. He was son Of the late
Rev. Jeremiah Strother. a well known
minister of the Methodist church.
Mrs. Lillian Clayton Meter
aged 80 years, died at the st. JOSEPH
Hospital in Lexington Friday morning
at six o'clock following an operation
which had been performed in the hope
of relieving her of serious attack OF
stomach trouble.
Mrs. Meter had been a sufferer fol
several months and it was upon thu
advice of her attending physician tina
she undergo the operation. WednesCa!
she was taken to the hospital and OF
the day following the operation wa!
performed. Apparently the operation
was successful and she rallied for the
ordeal and it was thought she was re-
covering, when Thursday evening there
came decided change for the worse
with the result that she passed away
at the hour named above.
Mrs Meter is survived by her hus
band, Mr.. William Meter. a promi
nent farmer of Hutchinson, this county
also her mother, Mrs. Amanda Clayton
residing on South Main street in thi:
city, and three brothers. Mr.. George
Clayton. of Versailles, Mr.. Henry
Clayton, of Lexington, and Mr.. Archie
G. Clay ton, of Jacksonville, Fla.
The body was brought to the hom,
of her prother-in-law, Mr., Rober
Meter, on the Lexington pike Frida!
afternoon, by Mr.. George w. Davis
and the funeral services were hel,
from that place Sunday afternoon a
!. two O'Clock. conducted by Prof. S. M
Jefferson. The burial took place in tine
Paris cemetery.
The pall-bearers were Messrs. E. P.
Claybrook, VIM. Lynch, A. Fl. Smed
ley, GUSTS Talbot, L. 3. Nichols ant
? Logan Gregg.