The sudden Death of Dr. Charles
Brown- Arrangements For the Funeral.
Dr. Charles Brown, the venerable pioneer of the
bottled soda water business in Atlanta and the south,
died suddenly from a stroke of paralysis this morning at
the office of the Consolidated Bottling Works on Decatur
street. Dr. Brown took the 6 o'clock car for
the bottling works, the company of which he is a
stockholder and director. He walked into the
office bidding those there a good morning as usual.
He was talking to the bookkeeper and was standing in the
doorway leading from the office to the storeroom, when
without a word, a spasm of pain shot athwart his face
and he fell, his feet lying in the doorway. The
doctors were hurriedly sent for, but Dr. Brown expired
within seconds without speaking a word. The deceased was 73
years of age. Four years ago he suffered a similar
stroke, but recovered gradually. He has not been
active at work since that time, however. His
friends, on account of his feebleness and old age,
suspected that sooner or later he would suffer a second
stroke, but the suddenness of his death this morning
shocked them exceedingly. Dr. Brown lived
with his wife, who survives him, for an number of years
at the corner of Luckie and Bartow streets, where he
started a soda water business. Subsequently he
gave it up to join the new Consolidated Bottling Works.
This was four years ago. He came to Atlanta
in 1868 and opened a drug store on Alabama street in the
store now occupied by Harry Spillman. He conducted
this apothecary for several years and then began the
soda water business. He was skilled in his
vocation and understood its details perhaps better than
any one in the city. Dr. Brown was a charter
member of the Atlanta Turn Verein, and was at one time
of his death an ex-president of the society. He
was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The
deceased held the love and esteem of all who knew him.
He was a straightforward and honorable gentleman and
leaves an enviable record behind him. The funeral will
will take place Sunday morning at 10 o'clock under Odd
Fellows ceremonies, and the interment will take place at
Oakland cemetery. The funeral arrangements are in
the hands of Undertaker Patterson.
