A Sad Death
A Young Man Kicked By A Mule And Dies In Great Agony

On Friday night about 7 o'clock Mr. Henry Thaxton, Jr. son of Mr. Wesley Thaxton, was going home from this place with a load of fertilizers. He was driving two young mules and after going within a fourth of a mile of home the mules became frighten and ran away.

The young man struck on the side of his head by something supposed to be a kick from a mule and left insensible.  He lay for a long while and during the night he wandered away and finally, at daylight he reached the dwelling of Mr. C. R. Carter.  Dr. Ellis was called and it was found that his skull had been crushed in.  On Sunday, Drs. Bryans and Ellis removed the broke bones of the brain but he never rallied to consciousness and died at 12 o'clock Monday night.  His remains will be buried on Wednesday at Fellowship Cemetery at 11 o'clock

He was a young man of many good qualities, a member of Towaliga Baptist Church and was loved by all who knew him.  He had just entered his 24th year with bright prospects before him.  Peace to his ashes.

Middle Ga. Argus,  Week of February 17, 1891

Submitted by Don Bankston