Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Misc. Newspaper Notices for November 3-24, 1900 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net September 22, 2004, 4:21 pm The Cleburne New Era newspaper NEWSPAPER NOTICES FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEW ERA", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for NOVEMBER 1900 NEWSPAPER issue of November 3, 1900 Rev. Harvey Howle of Delta, Clay County has moved to Heflin and is occupying the Morris house. __ H.D. Landers of Randolph County has moved to Heflin and is occupying the Moore house. __ Mrs. Homer Furr of Villa Rica, GA is visting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Simmons in this city. __ Mrs. M.C. Davidson and daughter, Mrs. T.B. Mallard of Atlanta, are visiting Dr. E.W. Davidson in the city. __ Hubbard Bros. have purchased of C.L. Burgess his livery stable building on Ross Street. Mr. Burgess will dispose of his stock and quit the livery business. __ Mr. H.W. Mohon of this city and Miss Lena Stanford were marrried at the home of the brides parents near Hightower in this county last Sunday. May their cup of connubial happiness ever be full. __ W. McTolleson, living one mile above Heflin is the champion sweet potato raiser so far reported. He brought to our office one day this week two potatoes, one weighing 7 pounds and the other 4. He informed us he would make 100 bushels from one half acre. This beats cotton raising. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, November 10, 1900 LEGAL NOTICE - ADMINISTRATOR's Notice Notice is hereby given that on the 5th day of November 1900, letters of administration upon the estate of Charles Norman, deceeased, were granted to the undersigned by the honorable probate court of Cleburne County, Alabama. All parties having claims against said estate will present the same in the time allowed by law or the same will be barred. E.J. Kaylor, Administrator ______ Mrs. Upchurch, daughter of Mrs. W.J. Lake of this city, and wife of Mr. W.K. Upchurch, died at the home of her husband in Oxanna last Monday and was buried in the cemetery here Tuesday. She was about 32 years old. She leaves a husband and one child, a mother, several brothers and sisters and a large circle of friends and acquaintances to mourn her death. __ Mrs. J.R. Moore sent the editor several large turnips this week which were greatly appreciated. One of them weighed four and a half pounds and the others were almost that large. __ Mrs. E.S. Howell and children of Oxanna are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Porter in the city. __ J.M. Atkins visited his mother in Randolph county this week. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, November 17, 1900 RICH GOLD DISCOVERY Another rich gold discovery has been made in the Cleburne County gold field, this time by J.S. Thrasher, an old miner, who has been prospecting there for some time. The new find pans out 25 cents to the shovel full of dirt and is considered the richest strike yet made. Near where Mr. Thrasher made his discovery, another miner is said to be picking up nuggets worth from $10. to $15. each. The Cleburne fields around Arbacoochee and the Pinetucky field in Randolph County, not far away, both promise to be the scenes of unusual mining activity in the near future. The Cleburne field is being worked more extensively now than at any time since the war and is paying well. There is no question but that gold in paying quantities exists in Cleburne, Randolph and Calhoun counties, but the fields have never been worked fully for lack of capital. __ W.H. Owen, Babe Abercrombie, Bud Glass and Ed Eidson of Edwardsville and J.F. Sorrell of Brookside were tried in United States Commissioners Court at Anniston this week, for conspiracy. The affidavits charged that they had tried to intimidate J.J. Bryant, a United States witness, by firing into his house on the night of Sept. 29. They were acquitted. __ Grady, the nine year old son of Mayor E.W. Landers, died at the home of his father in this city Monday evening about 8 o'clock after an illness of only a few hours. Dr. Simpson the attending physician, states that a blood vessel bursting in his head was the cause of his death. Grady complained at noon that he had fallen and hurt himself but it was thought only slightly and he went to school in the afternoon. Returning home from school he played around the yard for some time and then went into the lot behind the house where he was found soon after in an unconscious condition. Dr. Simpson was hurriedly called but all efforts to restore his consciousness proved futile and in a few hours death ensued. His remains were carried to Corinth Church in Randolph County, and laid to rest beside his mother and sister who preceded him to the grave only a few years before. A large number of people attended the burial, attesting their love for the little boy and to speak words of comfort to the bereaved ones. __ R.T. Chambers, for many years a citizen of this county, died at the home of his son John, in Anniston Thursday night after a brief illness. He was about 65 years old. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his death. His remains were laid to rest in the Heflin cemetery yesterday afternoon. __ G.L. Underwood, brother of Mrs. C.L. Earnest, of this city, who has been in the Philipine Islands, a soldier in Co. K 23rd Infantry, U.S. Regulars, returned home a few days ago having received an honorable discharge. He spent two years as a soldier in the Philippines and talks interestingly of army life, the conditions of the country and the peculiarities of the natives. He doesn't want to see service in the Philippines again. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, November 24, 1900 Mr. William H. Boyd, an old and highly esteemed citizen of this county, died at his home near Chulafinnee Tuesday morning and was buried Wednesday. Mr. Boyd was one of the oldest settlers of this county and well known and universally esteemed. He was about 78 years old. His wife and nine children survive him. The many friends of the family deeply sympathize with them in their loss. __ Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Stephenson visited the parents of the latter in St. Clair County last week. Roscoe rode his bicycle there, 60 miles, in one day. They had quite a pleasant visit. __ Born, to Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Robison, yesterday morning, a girl. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/gnw108miscnews.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 6.8 Kb