From Days Gone By, November 18, 1915

November 18, 1915.

    This week's issue of the 1915 papers are missing so here are some other stories gleaned from the 1915 papers that I think might be interesting.

    Mrs. Sarah J. Gordon of near Sims Bridge, Banks County, celebrated her 91st birthday a few days ago when half a hundred of her descendants gathered at the old homestead where a great feast was spread and enjoyed by everyone. There were seven children, forty grandchildren, sixty-two great grandchildren and a number of great, greats. Last year Mrs. Gordon picked a bale of cotton, and even now, this early in the season, she has picked half a bale from the present crop. She works out in the open air all the time when the weather is favorable. She goes to town and does her own shopping. She has always bought her sugar and coffee with chickens, eggs and butter.

    In Michigan, six members of one family and a seventh was fatally injured when a Grand Trunk passenger train hit an automobile at Frazier, sixteen miles from Detroit. The dead were the wife, her four daughters and a sister. The husband and father was the only one of the family not instantly killed but physicians say he cannot live. There were no witnesses but apparently they drove the auto, not seeing or hearing the train, drove on the crossing in front of the locomotive. The train was stopped and the crew gathered up the bodies, scattered along the right of way a distance of a quarter mile.

    In Culloden, Georgia, sheriff J. N. Barnes was shot and killed by Henry Harris, a negro, whom he sought to arrest for shooting and wounding two other negros. Harris escaped but a short time later was shot to death by two white men who sought to arrest him. It was said Harris opened fire upon the white men, who were said to be J. T. Abercrombie and A. G. Weldon. One of the negros Harris shot is expected to die. The shooting of the two negros and of the sheriff took place at a negro church.

    Tuesday evening about 6 the auto belonging to Mayor J. S. Adams of Sandersville was destroyed by fire near George Daniel's garage on the road from Tennille to Sandersville. Mr. Adams and some family members had been to Wrightsville and while returning another auto met them with blinding headlights. The glare was so bad Adams left the roadway and hit a ditch and the auto was soon on fire. None were injured and the auto was a complete loss with no insurance.

    Young housewives in Kansas who practice a strict economy sympathize with a Washington woman's recent experience. When her husband returned home one evening he found her dissolved in tears, and careful questioning elicited the reason of her grief. "Dan," she said; "every day this week I have stopped to look at a perfect love of a hat in Louise's window. Such a hat, Dan, such a beautiful hat. But the price, well, I wanted it in the worst way but I just couldn't afford to buy it."

    "Well, dear," began the husband recklessly, "we might manage too." "Thank you, Dan," interrupted the wife, "but there isn't any might about it. I paid the cook this noon and what do you think? She marched right down herself and bought that hat!"