Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Notices JULY, AUG 1895 July 4 1895 ************************************************ 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 29, 2004, 3:02 pm The Cleburne New Era NEWSPAPER NOTICES FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEW ERA" for JULY 1895 and AUGUST 1895 Part I (NOTE: Several missing newspaper issues from the microfilm for July 1895) NEWSPAPER Issue of July 4, 1895 LOCAL and PERSONAL News Mr. Jabe Harris has moved into his handsome residence just completed on Bedwell street. __ DIED - - At her home at McAdings, Ala., of that dreaded disease, consumption, Mrs. E.A. Adaholt, sister of Mrs. J.H. Calahan of his city. Mrs. Adaholt at her death was about 34 years of age and from girlhood up, to her departure to that fair and happy land, had always lived a life that none but pure christians enjoy. Her remains were interred in the cemetery at Oxford on last Wednesday amid a large concourse of sorrowing friends and relatives. She leaves behind a loving husband and one child, together with a host of friends and relatives to mourn her departure. May her rest be sweet. __ Mrs. Jno. F. Taylor of Guntersville is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. E. Carruth in this city. _ Mr. Carter White of Bell Mills, was in to see us the 4th and reports the crops in that section as being in a promising condition. __ Samuel White, a popular employee of the Southern railroad, spent Sunday in the city. Sam is a clever and genteel young man and has many friends in Heflin. __ Messrs. E.T. Hartsfield and J.M. Gilley of Muscadine were in the city today and paid our office a pleasant call. Mr. Hartsfield is Mayor of his city. __ Rev. C.F. McGaha of Wisconsin, formerly pastor of the Methodist church in this city, together with his family, are visting the family of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Hunnicutt on Ross street. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, July 18, 1895 In Memoriam of Miss Maud DeArman, who departed this life in Feburary 1895, with a memoriam written by her pastor in July 1895: Miss Maud DeArman, daughter of Taylor and Katie DeArman, born in Calhoun Co. Ala., April 26th 1871, was called to her reward above, February 20th, 1895. On the night of February 11th she went into her room, fastened her door adn prepared to retire. The weather was extremely cold, she was standing with her back to the fire when her clothing caught and was in a blaze ere she discovered it. She was very much frightened and could not open her door. Her father heard her scream and ran to the door and broke it down but before the fire could be extinguished her clothing was almost entirely burned off and she was so severely burned that recovery was impossible. She suffered untold pain for nine days when the end came. Maud possessed a sweet, cheerful disposition and everyone who knew her loved her. She professed religion and joined the M.E. church south at ten years of age. During her suffering she manifested that patience which is charactestic of a christian. Her suffering was very violent and as the end drew near she expressed a desire to be released from bondage and pain and "soar to worlds on high". She met death as a christian, conquered him and went to her beautiful home above to join the throngs in singing praise to him who loved us and gave himself for us. She leaves an aged father, several sisters and brothers and friends to mourn her departure... _____ LOCAL and PERSONAL News Mr. T.F. Barnhill of Lineville visited relatives in the city this week. __ Born, to Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Hubbard this morning, a 14 pound boy. __ J.C. Williams has accepted a position with the Gold Standard Mining Co. , the new discovery that was made last week. __ W.H. Holliday and family of Edwardsville have moved into their new home in East Heflin. We welcome them to our community. __ Mr. J.J. Mims left Tuesday night for Ashburn, GA where he has accepted a position with J.S. Betts and Co., a large saw mill and lumber dealer. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, August 1, 1895 JOE BURTON GRANTED A NEW TRIAL BY THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT In the supreme court yesterday an opinion was handed down that has been awaited with more anxiety by more people in the State of Alabama than probably any other opinion handed down by that learned body. The case referred to is that of the State vs. Joe Burton, appeal from Calhoun circuit court. Burton, is the young 14 years old boy who was recently tried for the murder of his playmate, Jethro Evans, near his home in Edwardsville, Cleburne County, and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary. The accused is the son of Judge Joseph BUrton, who has for fifty years been one of the foremost lawyers not only of his county but of his state. Jethro Evans, the murdered boy, was the son of the Sheriff of the county. A change of venue from Cleburne to Calhoun was secured and a large part of the population of Cleburne attended the trial. The evidence against the young Burton was circumstantial, coupled with a partial confession. The briefs placed before the court by the attorneys (fourteen were employed in the defense) ran up into thousands of pages, and the opinion of the judge has been awaited with breathless interest. Judge Coleman rendered his opinion yesterday reversing and remanding the case on the grounds the the charge of the judge of the lower court was defective in some parts and on several other points. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, August 8, 1895 WILDWOOD Community News The writer, in the company of Mr. Humphrey Landers, attended justice court in Delta last Saturday. While in Delta we heard that our good friend W.J. Cofield was in a critical state of mind. In fact it was reported that his friends had been forced to chain him to a tree to prevent his doing himself bodily harm. So we decided to drive back tothe house and ascertain the facts. We were surprized on our arrival at Mr. Cofield's home to find Bud in a normal state of mind. The report was all a huge joke circulated by his friends just because Bud had recently got to be a grandpa adn it's a boy, too. Mr. Isreal Foster, the little one's father, was also all smiles. __ The friends of Mr. S.B. Gaston will regret to learn that he has to walk with a stick, all because Mrs. M.F. Morrison, who is Mr. Gaston's eldest daughter, has a fine baby girl. It is now Old Grandpa Gaston. __ Thos. Blake says that he is just determined to yell, for his wife has got a brand new baby boy, and he doesn't care one cent who knows it. __ JURORS DRAWN TO SERVE AT NEXT TERM OF CIRCUIT COURT THe following is a list of grand and petit jurors drawn to serve at the next term of circuit court of Cleburne County to convene at Edwardsville on the 4th Monday of August 1895: Grand Jurors T.A. Weathers A.C. Wallace W.J. Haywood I.T. Henderson John F. Fordham Wm. Kight Moses Nelson Wm. Mc. Tolleson A.A. Mercer Henry Hendon Lewis Coffee W.B. Ferguson Gaston S. Bell N.E. Holly J.R. Minick PETIT JURORS - First Week S.A. Wheeler J.F. Johnson W.H. Hight F.M. White G.D. Hanson W.R. Young I.T. Dunn J.R. Banister W.L. Miller J.W. Brown J.D. Stephens J.M. Fletcher S.J. Rollins C.F. McGriff R.L. White Wm. Edwards J.P. Clark T.J. Shockley M.J. Martin C.H. Venable J.M. Doster A.L. Thrasher R.A. Rodgers James Thrasher H.C. Thomason A.R. Dodson E.A. Farlow C. Lambert J.T. Kemp Petit Jurors - Second Week J.S. Howell N.J. McMahan J.E. Napper N.R. Williamson A.D. Harper James Chandler C.R. Lawler W.E. Holley C.E. Laminack Thomas Carruth E.B. Hollis G.W. Gay James Alewine M. Barker M.D. Thrasher J.T. Beason W.J. Thrash S.G. Cox G.W. Lee J.O. Owen John H. Bell J.W. Tumlin G.P. Hughey A.M. Roberts T.N. Hand W.J. Perkins John Buttram B.H. Brown S.H. Groover T.P. Miller ___________ LOCAL and PERSONAL News Mrs. A.J. Simmons is visiting in Villa Rica, GA this week. __ J.F. Halpin and J.G. Craft of Wildwood are in the city. __ Mrs. S.E. Bell who has been visiting relatives in Texas for several months, has returned home. __ Misses Simmie and Fannie Montgomery of Oxford, visited their sister Mrs. J.H. Calahan on Evans street this week. __ Mr. J.T. Glasgow of Bell Town was in town Tuesday and paid our office a pleasant call. __ Mrs. W.U. Almon of this city, received the sad intelligence on last Friday of the death of her mother, Mrs. M.L. Longmire of Jacksonville, Texas. Mrs. Longmire at the time of her death was about 65 years of age and was a devout christian. The New Era extends its heart felt sympathies to the bereaved ones who she left behind in this their hour of bereavment. ___ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, August 15, 1895 LOCAL and PERSONAL News Mr. B.H. Word and son Hugh of Bowdon, GA visited in the city last week. __ Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Singleton of Chullafinnee were in Heflin Saturday night. __ Mr. Daniel Eubanks of Boaz is visiting the family of Mr. J.J. Boman on Bell street. __ Mr. Z.P. Caldwell and G.S. Teague of Beason's Mills were in our burg Monday last. __ Mrs. John R. Caldwell and children of Anniston visited friends in this city this week. __ Messrs. Frank and James Merrell of Roopville, GA visited relatives in Heflin last week. __ Mrs. W.U. Almon left yesterday morning on a visit to relatives in Mississippi. We wish her a pleasant journey. __ We learn that on last Saturday, a horse threw Mr. W.H. Armstrong out near Arbacoochee and dislocated his shoulder. __ F.M. Dobson of Jasper, Ala., spent Sunday in Heflin. __ The New Era learned that Mr. T.H. Aldrich who is working a number of hands on the east half of section 6, struck a large and very rich gold vein on last Monday morning. It is thought the ore will assay something like $1800. per ton. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/gnw142newspape.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 10.2 Kb