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Date: 3 Jun 2003 19:37:49 -0000


Houston-Dale County AlArchives News.....W. F. Newton, Killed When Auto Turned Over Near Ochlocknee River Early Today February 16 1922
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DAILY TIMES ENTERPRISE

THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FEBRUARY 16, 1922

W. F. NEWTON,KILLED WHEN AUTO
TURNED OVER NEAR OCHLOCKNEE
RIVER EARLY TODAY

Prominent Citizen of Dothan, Ala.,
Retired Wholesale Grocer, With
Wife Driving Home From Florida, Met
Sudden Death When Car Hit Rut and
Pinned Him and His Wife Underneath,
Mrs. Newton Having Miraculous Escape
From Death - Passersby Removed Them
From Wreckage. -Body Sent to Dothan.

Mr. W. F. Newton, a prominent whole-
sale grover of Dothan, Ala.,was instantly
killed when his car over turned this morning
at about ten o'clock on the Lone Star Trail,
near the Ochlocknee river. His wife riding
with him, was pinioned underneath the car,
but miraculous escaped with only slight
injuries.

Evidences Indicate Car Was Running Rapidly

All evidences indicate that Mr. Newton
was driving his large chandler car very rap-
idly toward Cairo, when he turned to the
right of the road to avoid a washed out place,
immediately east of the river. He swerved the
car too close to the ditch and as he attempted
to bring it back into the center of the road,
the front wheel buckled and crumpled and the
car was completely overturned. It lay perpend-
icularly across the road when cars coming
toward town and going from Thomasville go to
the scene.

Cairo Men First On The Scene

Mr. R. S. Burch, Mr. George Singletary
and Messrs. R. L. Nickelson and O. G. Russell,
of Cairo, all go there at about the same time,
and immediately made plans to right the car.
With the assistance of parties driving by in
a wagon, the managed to get Mrs. Newton from
under the wreckage, and to remove the body of
Mr. Newton, who had been instantly killed.

Mrs. Newton Only Slightly Injured

Mr. Newton was struck on the side of the
head with a heavy section of the car and his
head was crushed sufficiently to cause immediate
death. Mrs. Newton appeared to be injured and
was brought to town and taken to the City
Hospital, where her wounds were examined and it
was ascertained that she was injured but
slightly, but was suffering from shock and grief.
The body of Mr. Newton was brought to Herring
undertaking establishment and prepared for
burial.

On Way To His Home

Wires were sent to Mr. Charles Newton Grocery
Company, to the effect that his father had been
killed and Mr. Newton caught the train at once and
came to Thomasville this afternoon. Mr. Newton
had retired from the business for several years
and had been visiting a nephew, Dr. J. Powell, at
West Palm Beach. He was said to have started his
jouney this morning from Live Oak and was headed
for Dothan intending to make the trip home in four
hours, if possible.

Car Damaged But Little

The car was brought to the city under its own
power this morning, and is at the Ford garage.
It was not damaged as much as might have been expec-
ted, the top windshield, and steering wheel being
demolished and other breaks of a trivial character
being noted. It was one of the largest Chandler cars
made and was compartively new.

Local Mason Meet Sons on Arrival

Messrs. C. L. and W. F. Newton , Jr. with Mr.
Farmer came to Thomasville on the afternoon train
and went immediately to the Hospital where their
mother was taken. They have made arrangements to take
the body home early tomorrow morning. These gentl-
emen were met by a committee of the local Knights
Templar and the Shrine Club and offered every courtesy
possible.
Mr. Newton was one of the most prominent business
men in Southeast Alabama. He was the head of the Newton
Grocery company, a wholesale concern, for some years,
and later gave up the business to his three sons, who are
now in charge. He was a very able and earnest worker for
the upbuilding of Dothan, possessed rare business acumen
and was generaly beloved in the entire community.
Affiliated with the Knights Templars and Shriners of
that section, he was prominent in these orders and other
fraternal activities. He was sixty-five years of age. The
funeral services will occur tomorrow morning from the
residence in Dothan.








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