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lo01.ipS.cr-PSlt;uMarsas.eatDUtad*re*Iv-uti-isofov-ini-ov-*-y-theinon*Caleb Lyonx Swayze.After an illness of only a week, Mr. Caleb Lyons Swayze, Associated Press operator lor The Item and B all-around newspaper worker, died i el last night shortly’ after 8 o’clock at the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Delphiae itabby. Many of his most intimate friends were not aware that he was ill of anything more serious than an ordinary case of lagrippe, so rapidly did the malady that carried him off make its inroads upon his delicate constitution, and the announcement that he was dead carried with it a shock that stunned and dazed them.No one better than the employes of this paper, where Mr. Swayze worked for years, can appreciate what the world lost iu his death, and the breaking of the bond of friendship and fellowship that existed between him and them is a source of infinite sorrow and regret.He was an exceptionally mild and gentle man, aid withal a man of scholarly attainments. He had the habits of an earnest student and went about his work so quietly and yet so determined that he compelled the esteem and respect of all with whom he came iu contact. When he came to die he declaredred | in the same quiet, earnest manner'hoar-toi d ve the :an of me ea. ar-(aider irs,rheoverid,cb,oib:liicrminintlPiinlawAit a at by-theon, of »pt-L’he iks hat an-ero ing ; it vas talf re-th at had been his iu health, that he had not an enemy in the world. But few men leave such a record behind them.Mr. Swayze was born in Opelousas, La., on February 4,1874. The study of telegraphy early attracted his fancy, and long before lie reached man’s estate he was a train dispatcher for the old Mobile and Birmingham road. Such was the character of his service that at nineteen yoarsof age the road made him trainmaster of a division, and he was probably the youngest man who ever held so important and responsible a position with a railway corporation. From the roadhe went into the Register office as Associated Press operator and from there he was transferred to The Item about throe years ago. He was an expert operator and his standing with the men of his profession is shown in the fact that the Southern division of the Asso-RbiolSEbisiccqtolaP‘atisretcreDI?ciaieiS:eiwh:biPcCId:ciated Press operators arranged to L send a handsome floral design as a mark of their e9teera.Mr. Swayze was married to Miss Anatatizo Itabby, of this city, and she and a four-year-old son, Caleb C. Jr., survive him. He leavesaho a mother, Mrs. S. Swayze; a sister, Mrs. W. H. Ray; three brothers, Messrs. Wilmer and Lionel R., all of this city, and Mr. 0. C. Swayze, of Alexandria, La.—Mobile (Ala.) Daily Item, April 9,1901.Cheap Ru(e» To C'ulUiirnla81]altlSlt;ditrii!dlt;
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Saint Landry Clarion
Opelousas, Louisiana, US
Sat, Apr 13, 1901
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