Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Notices April 2nd to April 9th 1925 April 1925 ************************************************ 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 October 20, 2004, 12:56 am The Cleburne News NEWSPAPER NOTICES FROM " THE CLEBURNE NEWS" for APRIL 2nd 1925 to APRIL 9th 1925 NEWSPAPER Issue of April 2, 1925 DEATH CLAIMS A HEFLIN GIRL One of the saddest deaths that has occurred in Heflin in many years was that of Miss Lois Harlan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Harlan, who passed away at the home of her parents Monday morning about 5 o'clock after an illness of about four weeks. The funeral and interment were held at New Harmony on Tuesday afternoon, being conducted by Rev. H.P. Amos, pastor of the Heflin Baptist church of which Miss Lois was a member, assisted by Rev. Henry Rogers, state organizer of the Baptist Young People's Union and Rev. J.W. Grubbs, pastor of the New Harmony Baptist church. Pall bearers were Ivan Chandler, John Owens, Rolf Levens, Walter Merrill Jr., Lucian Lyles, Tucker Jones, Henry Chappel and Howard Houston, members of Miss Lois's class at the Cleburne high school. Miss Lois was nearing her 18th birthday. Three years ago she joined the Baptist church in Heflin and from the very first she put her whole soul into B.Y.P.U. and Sunday school work and the great good she accomplished stands as a monument to her untiring efforts. The eulogies paid to her church work by the three ministers were eloquent and must have been consoling to the loved ones, revealing the fact that the precious child, although not permitted to remain long on earth, had not lived in vain. Lois must have realized that the end was approaching and had given directions as regarded her burial, selecting "He will not forget me" as one of the songs to be sung on that occasion. The grave was banked high with beautiful flowers furnished by the members of the senior and junior B.Y.P.U. and high school associate as slight token of their love and esteem for their departed friend. To the bereaved parents and relatives the Cleburne News extends sincere sympathy. ______ LEVENS HOME BURNED ON MONDAY AFTERNOON Fire destroyed the home and practically all the household furniture of Mrs. Della Levens at about one o'clock Monday afternoon. It was only a few minutes after the alarm was given until the dwelling, fanned by a high wind, was a mass of flames. Only a few articles of clothing and household goods were saved by the townsmen who responded to the alarm. It is thought that the fire caught from burning soot from the stove flue. It is understood that no insurance was carried on either the home nor furnishings. _____ LOCAL NEWS Tom Dewberry of Tallapoosa spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. O.J. Dewberry. ___ E.H. Hammond, J.W. Thompson and P.H. Dennis of Gooseneck were in to see us Saturday. ___ C.F. Dodson spent the week with relatives in Atlanta. ___ W.T. Pesnell and young son of Ai were here on Saturday. ___ E.N. Otwell of Ruston, LA, passed through Heflin Tuesday enroute to Birmingham. __ Prof. Milton Crumpton left on Tuesday for Macon, GA where he will spend some time with his brother. ___ Miss Margaret Crawford of Jacksonville spent Sunday and Monday with her sister, Mrs. Arrel Reaves. ___ FRUITHURST Community News MARRIED - - Fruithurst was recently taken by surprize at the news of the marriage of Mrs. Emma Burchfield and Mr. Lemuel Edwards of near Edwardsville. ____ Mr. and Mrs. John GIlmer are the happy parents of a fine baby boy, recently arrived. ___ Mrs. M.L. Walker is very ill and is attended by a nurse from Atlanta. __ Mr. Virgil Roberts of Piedmont, Ala., visited his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Roberts, last week. __ Jesse Fendley and his mother Mrs. Bryan and her son Robert, visited relatives at Jake on Sunday. __ Miss Dorothy Fowler is spending a few days with her grandmother and aunt at Tallapoosa. __ MARRIED - - On March 21st, Mr. Arrel B. Reaves and Miss Lillian Arleen Crawford were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. M.C. Crawford in Bessemer, Ala., by Rev. Mr. Hourst in the presence of many friends and relatives. ____ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, April 9, 1925 BEN CRUMPTON TELLS ABOUT THE "FUNERAL CAR" and FIRING OF THE WOODS IN BEAT 2 Dear Editor of the Cleburne News: In regard to the article "Officers Fire the Woods, etc.", I will say in reply that if people do not want the woods to get on fire, that when they put up a still they should burn off a place large enough so that the fire will not catch the woods when a still is located and destroyed as we did in the above case, and will continue to do, for all stills are going to be put out of commission wherever found, as the law directs, unless the outfits are not worth more than $500. in which case they are taken over and reported to my major officer Judge A.W. Hargett. I will ask if the officers fired the woods about 12 months ago when Sheriff Jackson's car was left alone for a short time and but for our timely arrival would have been destroyed, the fire having been set near the car. And again: Did the officers set fire to the dwellings in that community, and did the officers set fire to the school houses in that community? And if the officers "shot up" Donaldsons home while his family were in it, one shot barely missed the baby that lay in bed, the bullet striking near its head. And further, while asking questions: did the officers place dynamite under Mr. McCains house and blow it up while his wife and baby lay asleep? As to the funeral cars being searched I wish to say that Sheriff Jackson and myself with others up in beat 2 were on our way to some stills that had been previously located and met a car at the top of the hill, the occupants saying the gas was out. We stopped and offered assistance if we could. Darkness was coming on and after inquiring "what they had" and upon being told that they were going to a funeral, we politely begged their pardon and drove on our way and after driving 2 or 3 miles and turning into the mountain where the still was, met a car coming out of the hills and noticed that it was from Etowah county. They too, were asked if they "had anything". Their reply being that they had been to a funeral too, and we begged their pardon and drove off. This was about 8 o'clock p.m. Now in conclusion, as to search warrants, I have the authority to search any car that looks suspicious without such a paper. I desire it thoroughly understood that I hold no personal feeling against the people of beat 2 but I do not like to be placed before the public wrongfully as has been done in this case. In the past I have signed for the people to secure paroles and they have got what they asked for. I did this out of sympathy for the wives and little children who are made the sufferers. I have also asked the people to quit making whiskey before they get caught and sent to the pen, for if they continue to violate the law in this respect, I am going to do my utmost to catch them and I will not sign for any more paroles. B.H. Crumpton. April 6, 1925. ___________ BARN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING During an electric storm late last Saturday afternoon, a barn on the farm of Benton Adams near Chulafinnee was struck by a bolt of lightning. The building caught on fire with considerable corn, fodder and hay going up in smoke. The stock was taken from the barn. _____ THREE NABBED IN PROHIBITION VIOLATIONS; THREE STILLS and 2000 GALLONSOF BEER DESTROYED BY OFFICERS LAST WEEK J.H. Draper, A.J. Roberts and W.J. Lynch, state revenue officers, returned to Anniston yesterday after a two day raid of two large stills in Cleburne County. Three eight gallon copper stills were taken, 2000 gallons of beer destroyed and 18 gallons of whiskey poured out. Three men were arrested and lodged in the county jail in Heflin. Paul Ferguson, who is reported to have just finished a jail sentence; Henry McWhorter who is out on parole from Governor Brandon, and Jim Easterwood who claims to be from South Carolina, are the three men arrested. The local men, accompanied by Sheriff Jackson of Cleburne county, learned of the location of the still Friday and hastily made ready for their raid. The men were discovered in the act of operating the three stills, the officers declared, and all three were captured. One man, unidentified, was acting as a lookout for the alleged lawbreakers and the officers were unable to find him after they made the attack on the still. _____ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/gnw205newspape.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 9.0 Kb