The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-06-20

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Paul Brown left the home of his father
to take his cow to pasture. There was
no note of sorrow in the family, but
on noon of that day the house was in
mourning for it was known that the
lad lay cold in death at the bottom of
a pond three miles from town and at
o'clock that night the body in
casket of white, lay in state in the par
lor of the saddened home.
Tie whole of Newport was shocked
at the untimely end of bright boy.
He was the youngest son of Rev. and
Mrs. Charles Brown and was the life
of the household, and hundreds of
Rev. and Mrs. Browns friends gather
ed at the Brown home Sunday to COM
fort and console the grief stricken.
The mother was terribly shocked by
the news of her boys death, and ply
sicians had to be summoned to attend
her. Rev. Mr.. Brown, too, suffered
from the shock and was inconsolable
throughout the long wait pending the
finding and preparing of the body.
Charles Rutherford, son of Joe Ruth
erford and PAU met, while each other
was taking his COW to the pasture on
the r. II. Jones farm. AT the farm
the suggestion came from one of the
boys that the pond on the Kyker farm
known as the old Swagerty place, a
short distance from Wilsonville afford
ed fine swimming place, so instead
of returning to town as their wont, the
two boys continued for the mile and a
half to the pond. There they undress-
ed and prepared for the plunge. The
pond is created by several cold springs
which rise in a low place, and it is
more of lake than pond, as it over
flows at certain height. The boys
were hot and the water cold and the
Rutherford boy made one plunge and
decided that it was too cold for him,
and he made for the bank. Young
Brown, though, refused to come out
and the Rutherford boy stated, said he
was going to swim across the pond.
The Rutherford boy says that Brown
struck out for the opposite while he
was getting out of the water, and that
as his feet were muddy he turned his
head from the water to wash his feet
and that when he looked back again
Paul was not in sight. He says that
his first impression was that Paul was
hiding on the opposite side, but he
called and failing to secure response
became frightened and ran to the
nearest house, a good three-quarter of
mile away. There passing automo-
bile was tagged on the pike and word
sent to town for help, while the news
was broken to Rev. Mr.. Brown by one
of the party.
A large crowd quickly gathered. the
automobiles carrying out several hur-
dred. A half hundred plunged into
the water and sought for the boy. a
rough raft was constructed and after
an hours search the body was lifted
to the surface, but it eluded the grasp
of those near and slipped back into
the water. 1t was three hours later
before Charley Robinson located il
with his hook, and Joe Godfrey went
to the bottom and brought il up.
The body was placed in an automo
bile and brought TO undertaken He'd
ricks establishment where it was pre-
pared for burial. Besides his parents
the deceased is survived by five sisters
and brother. The sisters are the
Misses Grace, Ruth, Winnie, Kate
and Desire and the brother, Charles.
The first two were in New YORK
City, enroute home from Cornell
University when they were reached
late Sunday. Miss Winnie was in
Knoxville and was informed of the
tragic death of her brother lat,