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From The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger, Thursday, June 16, 1910

J. B. Newton Dead
Rockdale was shocked to hear of the death last Friday, of Mr. J. B. Newton of Milano, which occurred in an infirmary at Austin, whither he had gone for treatment. Some time ago Mr. Newton was bitten by a spider on the face, and septic poison set up which resulted in his death. The remains were shipped from Austin where they were burried in the Sandy Creek cemetery last Saturday, between here and Milano.
Mr. Newton was one of the substantial citizens of the county. Most highly respected by everyone who knew him. For the past twenty years he has conducted a mercantile establishment at Milano, and by his strict business integrity had built up a splendid business in that place. No man in Milam county was closer to his friends than Jim Newton, whose honesty and integrity was not questioned by anyone. His funeral was one of the largest ever held in the county, and but for the same having occurred on Saturday, the number of mourners would have been twice as many. Fully three hundred friends and relatives paid the last debt due their friend. Every vehicle in Milano was used for the occasion, and six carriages were sent from Rockdale, besides the numerous private conveyances.
In the death of Jim Newton Milam county loses one of her most honorable citizens; Milano loses her principal merchant and the people lose a friend whose place will be hard to fill. He was at the time of his death, just a little past the meridian of life, and had reason, by his temperate life, too look forward to many years of usefulness.
Deceased was the father of Mr. Gus Newton, of the Thorndale Mercantile Co., and Adjutant-General J. O. Newton, of Austin, and three others, whose names we know not. These children and his devoted wife survive him. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World and the Odd Fellows, under whose auspices the funeral was conducted.