The De Funiak Times
Saturday, May 3, 1890
Local Ads:
West Florida Land Company; AG Stewart, Pres., TF McGovrin, Sec., GW Banfill, Treas.; Real Estate bought and sold.
Real Estate and Loan Office; Judge SP Darby, RP Gill, SE Cummings
De Funiak Springs Real Estate Office; WH McDaniel, WC Eddy, Charles Everett.
May and Bovis; Architect, etc., Paints and building materials
JM Landrum; Attorney at Law
CA Landrum; Dentist
Notice for Publication:
Local News:
Mrs. McElwain has sold her residence to Mr. Wolf and will return to her friends in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The New York House will close its doors to the traveling public on May 2oth. What the people will do then is the question and a very serious one.
Dr. EB Armes, a Universalist Divine, will preach in the court house at DeFuniak Springs on Sunday and Sunday night the 11th inst. Let all go and hear.
At the ME Church, Monday evening, May 5th, at 7 o’clock, there will be an Ice Cream and Strawberry festival, for the benefit of the church. Admission free.
Mrs. Brooks will leave us on Monday next for her home in Benton Harbor, Michigan. She has endeared herself to all, and will return to her loved ones greatly imp[roved in health, we shall hope to have her with us next winter.
Dr. Antrium and wife were among the first to arrive in our city, and will be among the last to say farewell. We have almost become to regard them as citizens of DeFuniak and their departure will create a void in our hearts that will be difficult to fill.
Hon. Edward Horton, wife and grandson left this week for their home in Milwaukee, Wis. and their delightful home on the opposite shore of the lake looks deserted; they left in excellent health and spirit having enjoyed the winter in Florida and contributed greatly to the enjoyment of others.
Benjamin Cas??? and George W. Black, Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff of Geneva county, Ala. Came into our town on Thursday evening, the 1st. inst., and gave up to the proper authorities to answer an indictment for crime found against them by the Grand Jury for Walton county Fla., at the fall term of 1889, for the killing of CC Russell and Yancey Pye. Sheriff John A. McLeod left town on west bound train at 7:40 yesterday morning for Camptown, near where the killing was done to subpoena such witnesses as are needed in the prosecution of this case. It is said that quite a number of very prominent citizens of Alabama will be in attendance at our court next week to witness this investigation or trial. Much interest and sympathy seems to be manifested in behalf of the accused. It will doubtless be remembered by the people of Walton county that these parties were brought before Judge SP Darby on a preliminary trial about the middle of July 1889, by authority of a verdict found by a jury of coroner’s inquest over the dead bodies of Russell and Pye. This trial was very largely attended and a great deal of testimony taken in writing. The decision of this court was that the defendants were guilty of justifiable homicide only, and acquitted, but as to what will be the result of trial by jury is yet to be made known, but we feel we are perfectly correct, and have no fears about our language meeting the approbation of all good people we assert that the defendants in the case are worthy of high esteem as law abiding citizens for a voluntary surrender to our executive authorities, and to the courts of our State.
A Very Sudden and Unexpected Death
On the morning of the 30th ult. Mr. DW McCallum, an elderly and highly respectable citizen, and only merchant of Euchee Anna came into DeFuniak looking and in the usual and ordinary greetings with the many friends he met, expressed himself as being quite well: in fact such was his last words as he met and shook hands with a friend in the Post Office at this place and at the going of the same breath fell to the floor a victim of death, at a single stroke of Apoplexy. We are not in possession of his family record, and therefore, do not know what his exact age was: but, from the best information we can gather he was 62 or 63 years of age – was born in Walton C., Fla. Near the place he lived at the time of his departure – was a son of one of the early pioneers to Euchee Valley, and was very properly considered one of the first settlers of this country. In both, public and private life, he had gained the confidence and esteem of all who knew him, had been for a number of years quite a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, and for the last 25 years of his life an elder of that Christian organization. The only surviving member of his family is a son, and we think, a partner in the mercantile business with his father. It was our fortune to be intimately acquainted with the deceased, and feel to know ??? that a true and good ?? faithful and tried citizen and Christian has fallen asleep to await the resurrection of the just. Peace to his slumbers. (signed) JP Darby