The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-24
o,,n IRWIN, JR., SERIOUSLY
O r,,IIrpED AND NEGRO AND
1I1e WIFE BADLY HURT.
Fatal ACCIDENT AT MIDNIGHT
,,,,,a Men Returning From Albany
O nS John Massey Travelling in OPP
as;+e Direction Have Head-End
P roIi;sion on Florida Short Route.

FLORIDA Short Route Tuesday
,Ir about 100 yards from the curve
iIs tEa bigbway ten miles this side OF
ii n' u resulted in the death OF Carl
a. n,'T I-srner the serious injury of John
W. r,,,.;n IT, and the bruising of La
mar ZONES. all OF Dawson.
'"@ The accident occurred about mid
.-h+ while the three young men were
il,s"r from Albany, where they at
Ie sluI, show. They were riding in
leli Rodge roadster, with young IRWIN
~ 1%o Wheel driving at high rate OF
d. |llI on the left side OF the road. a
81 a".J or in which were a negro, john
I Foiu ~ and his wife, was travelling IN
N aS ooy1,osite direction on the right side
lli' t Ipp road, and before either ma.
Of Ill.,, n'C was discovered by the driver OF
tha other they were too close. tor a
Lhe ma I'D end collision to be averted.
l'' Tarner and Irwin were thrown
val, aa[jI the windshield of the Dodge
unto The engine of the Ford, which
o ins without a hood. The skull OF the
i H@9 was broken, and Irwin sustain
u '- b.d cut on the forehead and his
taoi 4 was severely burned as he lay
On the redhot exhaust OF the FORD en-
o;ne tones was also thrown from the
ear and when he realized what had
I a was standing in the wreck
o l'ge Of the Ford car, from which the
III was thrown by the impact. The
negro Tohn Massey, sustained d1slo,,
noted shoulder and severe cuts, and
his wife was painfully hurt by flying
aiaes and suffered from nervous shock:
Waiter Mcneil and Ernest King, OF
dawson. and Thornton Lee and Har-
~ Cook of Parrot, who were also
returninq from Albany, appeared on
The scene soon after the accident oc-
CURED Messrs. Thornton and Cook
went in search of help from some OF
tbe neople living in the vicinity, and
two gentlemen, Mr. Bill Lee and Mr.:
amb, responded. Messrs. King and
Mcneil left at once with Mr.. Warner,
who was in a precarious condition, for
the hospital at Albany, where he died
an hour later. Young Irwin and the
negroes were also soon on their way
to the hospital, being carried by
Messrs. Lee and Lamb. Mr.. Irwin
was in a conscious state tor
twenty-four hours. His condition is
now reported to be much improved.
Tohn Massey and his wife were able to
81 leave the hospital after their wounds
were dressed Mr. Jones, who was
only slightly hurt, went back to Al
banv to see what could be done for
his companions and then came to
Dawson. He says that the second car
which reached the scene after the fatal
accident was from Cuthbert and two
men by the name of Lanier and Ward,
81 who were occupants, refused to take
the injured men back to Albany tor
surgical attention, giving as a reason
that they could not leave the ladies
who were with them.
Mr.. Jones says the Negroes car had
no lights, but Massey contends that his
81 lights were working ali right. A lam
tern that is said to have been used
y by the negro as a headlight was found
at the scene of the collision. The po-
sition of the cars showed that both
were turning to the opposite side OF
81 the road from the one on which they
were travelling when the accident oc-
81 Cured.
For more than two years before his
f death Mr. Warner filled the response
Il Bile position of bookkeeper at the City
National Bank, being one OF the most
valued employees of that institu-
ton. He was modest and retiring,
81 but always courteous and obliging, and
4 was universally popular.
The deceased was 81 years old and
81 son OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Warner OF
Sasser. Besides his parents the surviv-
ing members OF the family are three
So brothers James and John Warner OF
SasSer, and William Crawford Warner
OF Albany, and one sister, Mrs. Wal
ter Clark of Albany. He was a veteran
OF the world war In 1916 he enlisted
with the old Second Georgia regiment
and was assigned to the hospital corps
leaving on June 10th OF that year for
lhe border, where he was in service
Tor nine months. Later he was trans
lerred to the l2lst infantry, Thirty
frSt division, and served with distinc-
'Ion IN France. His faithfulness to duty
was as we'll eXemplified in times Of
peace as in the stress and strain Of
military service.
A deeply impressive funeral ser
wee was held Thursday morning al
sne nome in Sasser, conducted by Rev
). r. Lowe. The Davis-Daniel Post
81 Vi Ihe American Legion was in charge
ana acted as an escort of honor. The
active pallbearers were from this or
sahzatlon and were his comrades If
arms and closest friends. They were
TIeSlo5ir.ge Mcneil, Charlie Mathis, E. S
WIhams. B. w. Hanson, w. T. Chris
yopher, W. A. Mitchell, c. D. Grimes
and Win Pace.
seldom has longer funeral process
s sl been seen in this county thar
Wa, Wa! which followed the remains tc
C riSr last resting place in the ole
oH nc sa3whatchee burial ground.
ne handsomest floral piece 1ait
Ibm ,,, inc grave by the legion was
vJ, one OF the many beautiful tributes
, ir-'n bespoke the loyalty and devo-
IN IN OF his comrades and friends
be ~g grave was mound of the most
s gCou'ligl flowers wrought in hand
of "s designs and in simple offerings
the -L5aSgrant blossoms gathered from
b io nome gardens OF those who knew
,,,ri pest and felt most deeply the sor.
10" OF his passing.
'KHESH SHRIMP, Fresh Apalachico.