Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Notices for APRIL 1907 April 1907 ************************************************ 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 December 6, 2004, 9:00 pm The Cleburne New Era NEWSPAPER NOTICES FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEW ERA" for APRIL 1907 NEWSPAPER issue of Saturday, April 6, 1907 LOCAL & PERSONAL News Letter to Editor Dear Sir, I am looking for the heirs of Thos. A.S. Pratt who lived in Harris county, Texas in 1838. Any information will be received with thanks. Yours truly, Henry Malmgren 347 Douglas Bldg. Los Angeles, Cal. March 13, 1907 _________ Clellan Wager is quite sick this week. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, April 13, 1907 IN MEMORIAM of REV. R.H. HICKS The subject of this sketch, Rev. R.H. Hicks, was born in Randolph, now Cleburne county, Alabama on the 1st day of August 1853. He fell to sleep March the 20, 1907, aged 53 years, seven months and twenty days. Bro. Hicks was the son of Geo. W. and C.A. Hicks of blessed memory. On November 15, 1877, Bro. Hicks was happily married to Miss Mattie E. Teague, daughter of Rev. J. J. Teague. This union continued until his death. The Lord blessed them with four children all of whom survive him to mourn their loss. The children are as follows: married daughter, Mrs. Docia Shaddix, Oxford, Ala; Otis, Idus and Josie Hicks, all of whom are with their mother at their home near Bell Mills, Ala. Bro. Hicks joined the Missionary Baptist church at Pinetucky, Cleburne county in the year 1881. Rev. James Jordan, pastor of the church at that time baptized him. He was ordained to the ministry July 19, 1890 by Pinetucky church with the following elders acting as presbytery: Rev. D.J. Dodd, Rev. W.H. Wright, Rev. J. Miller and Rev. J.J. Teague. As a man, Bro. Hicks was upright with his fellow man. As a husband and father he was kind, indulgent, affectionate and faithful. As a minister, he stood above reproach, he was faithful to his charge, above average in preaching ability. He served as pastor of churches for a number of years, neglecting his business affairs oftentimes to go and discharge his duties to his churches and that too oftentimes when there was "no hope of fee or reward" attached to it. Bro. Hicks had been in failing health for two years, his last sickness embracing a period of three weeks, and is sufferings were great at times. He bore his affliction with a great deal of patience and resignation. During his sickness he expressed himself as being ready to go. His funeral was largely attended, the services being conducted by the writer at Pine Grove church, after which he was tenderly laid away by his Masonic brethren, into his lone and narrow grave to await the resurrection. Faithfully did he bear the cross while living, and now since his spirit has gone to the realms eternal I feel sure that he now wears the crown. His country, his former churches, his friends, his dear ones, will miss him but we feel that he has left a legacy behind, of character, of piety, of influence which will live on "till time's last thunder shakes the world", and even on through the cycles of unending years. May the grace of god abound to his dear ones left behind and may they mourn not as those who have no hope. "Twill not be long till the reunion will come. When they meet him again it will be in the land where sickness, sorrow, bereavement and separation never come. " G.B. Boman _________ LOCAL & PERSONAL News Mrs. Fannie W. Vincent of Long Key, Fla., is in Heflin visiting her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. W.U. Almon. ___ NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR Probate Court, Cleburne County Estate of Wilson M. Ligon, deceased, estate of Letters testamentary, under the Last Will and Testament of Wilson M. Ligon, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 23rd day of March 1907, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, will be required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred. Arthur W. Ligon, David Wilson Ligon, James H. Ligon. _________ EDWARDSVILLE News Mr. Birdo Garrett and Miss Lola Pollard were married here Sunday, Rev. J.H. Dunn officiating. ___ Wilson Fowler of Hightower was here Thursday. __ NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Notice is hereby given that an application for the pardon of John Summerlin, convicted and sentenced by the Circuit Court of Cleburne county, Alabama on the 19th day of March 1904, for manslaughter in the first degree for five years in the penitentiary of said state, from Cleburne county, will be made to the Governor of Alabama. John Summerlin, by his attorney, W.T. Roberts. ______ NEWSPAPER issue of Saturday, April 20, 1907 FRUITHURST News Mrs. J.M. Walker and daughter Lottie returned from Cullman last week. They say there is no place like Cleburne. ___ P.C. Jones is living in the Hammett house. __ Jas. Donahue has returned from Horse Creek where he has been for the past years. He expects his family next week. __ Mrs. H. Harr and Miss Nettie Taylor were Atlanta visitors last week; they visited Mrs. H. Harrison one of Fruithurst's former young people. __ J.M. Baber has moved his family to the Baber plantation near Ai where he will make a crop this year. __ RANBURNE News Our little town is composed of four stores, one harness shop, saw mill, gin, blacksmith shop, planer and grist mill, Lost Creek church, and our Ranburne school, besides the number of pretty dwelling houses. Our school, under the management of J.M. Jones, N.J. McLeod and Bro. Coley, trustees; H.A. Barker and Miss Natye Reid teachers, has about completed a six months term with an enrollment of 145 pupils and a full attendance. __ BEASON MILL News The school at Green's chapel is holding up fine, Mr. White is the teacher. __ The fourth Sunday in this month at Cedar Creek, brother Melvin Johnson and two deacons will be ordained and two sermons preached, dinner on the ground; everybody invited; bring well filled baskets. __ EDWARDSVILLE, ROUTE 1 News Mrs. N.P. Pesnell who has been quite sick for the past few weeks is improving. __ Jim Weathers called to see his lady friend across the river Sunday evening. __ Bart Champion of near Bell Mills is quite sick but we hope to see him out soon. __ Homer Lambert called to see his lady friend Sunday. __ Mr. C.C. Gaines and wife were visiting their daughter, Mrs. J.J. Lambert on Sunday. ___ TAX NOTICE State of Alabama, Cleburne County Take notice, that the tax collector has filed in my office a list of delinquent taxpayers and of real estate upon which taxes are due; and therein reported, to wit: Beat No. 1 Martha Gibson Davie Jones estate T. Prater Mrs. M.O. Taylor Farrell and Randolph Beat No. 2 R.M. Kilgore Beat No. 3 Knute Gunderson H. Seaquist Oscar Tisall N.N. Waddle John McCarty Beat No. 5 Julia Copeland Beat No. 6 A.A. Burrow Clarissa Burrow C.H. Lowrey E.M. Jones Beat No. 9 C.H. Lipham W.W. Brown W.L. Earnest Beat No. 10 T.W. Armstrong Clear Creek Mining Co. C.W. Wheelock Beat No. 12 W.A. Scarbrough Mrs. M. Ligon Beat No. 13 J.W. Chitwood Beat No. 15 D.A. Dalhberg John Johnson Mrs. M. Norbert A. Oberg Wm. R. Reese D.P. Westaad J.T. Alexanderson Marth Anderson J.P.O Connell M.L. Cramer H.M. Downer T.M. Erickson A. Foultz J.A. Kruger R.J. Lind A.F. Lindquist Aaron Peterson J.L. Peterson H.K. White White and Gibson H.K. White and Bertram Jacobs This is to notify you to appear before the Probate Court of said county at the next term thereof, commencing on Monday the 13th day of May 1907 and then and there to show cause if any you have why a decree for the sale of said real estate should not be made for the payment of the taxes assessed upon the same, fees and costs. A.E. Carruth, Judge of Probate ___________ NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR Probate Court of Cleburne County, Alabama Abraham Neff, Deceased; Estate of Letters testamentary, under the Last Will and Testament of Abraham Neff, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 23 day of February 1907, by the Hon. A.E. Carruth, Judge of Probate of Cleburne county, ALa., notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate, will be required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or that the same will be barred. Louie Neff _________ LOCAL & PERSONAL News Grady Jones was called to Georgia last Thursday on the sad mission of attending the funeral of his sister. ___ Mr. J.T. Owen and Miss Tennessee Stein were united in marriage at the latter's home yesterday, Rev. J.D. Walker officiating. ____ R. Ashley of near Lecta, one of Cleburne's prominent citizens, was in the city on business Wednesday. He paid the New Era a pleasant visit while in the city and renewed his subscription. ____ Col. J.R. Barker and family have come back from Double Springs, Winston county, to Heflin, where they will reside in the future. It did not suit Mr. Barker's temperament to be alienated from his people, people whom he has known and people who have known him all of his life. We welcome Mr. Barker back to his native county, and assure him that our welcome is not more cordial than that accorded him by his many friends and above all, this estimable family is thrice welcome to our midst. ___ A BILL TO BE ENTITLED An act to fix the boundary line between the counties of Randolph and Cleburne and to define the same: Section 1. Be in enacted by the legislature of Alabama that the boundary line between the counties of Randolph and Cleburne be and the same is hereby changed and located as follows: Beginning where the little Tallapoosa River crosses the present boundary line between section 35 Township 17, Range 12 in Cleburne county and section 2, Township 19, Range 12 in Randolph county; thence up said reiver to where it crosses the state line between Alabama and Georgia in section 5 Township 18, range 13. Section 2. Be it further enacted that all that part of Cleburne county lying south of said little Tallapoosa River and within the boundary described in section one of this act shall be and become a part of Randolph; and all that of Randolph county lying north of the said little Tallapoosa River and within the boundary described in section one of this act shall be and become a part of Cleburne County. Section 3. Be it further enacted that the boundary line between the counties of Randolph and Cleburne shall be and remain the same as now established except as provided for in sections one and two of this act. Section 4. Be it further enacted that all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed. _____________ NEWSPAPER issue of Saturday, April 27, 1907 LETTER FROM DUBLIN, TEXAS, from Wm. Denman To Editor of the New Era, After an absence of a little more than six months, and thinking that probably my friends in Cleburne county would like to know where I have landed and what I am doing, I have decided to address this communication to you, knowing that this is the best medium through which to reach them. I landed in Dublin, Texas on the evening of September 28, 1906 and in a little more than three weeks, I had visited portions of Erath, Comanche, Hamilton, Basque and Johnson counties and landed back in Dublin and began work on the 24th day of October for the Dublin Floor & Nursery Co. and for which company I am still at work. I like the fruit tree business very well and there is some money in it if a fellow will hustle. However I have not hustled much since I made my spring delivery of trees, owing to the fact that we have not had a good rain here since last December, and the farmers, especially those on the black land, are becoming somewhat distressed over the situation, fearing that we will have no rain here in time to save the crops, what is already a complete failure and in ten days longer oats will be ruined also. Corn planted on sandy land is up to a good stand and looking well with most of it plowed the first time, while corn that was planted in black land is not up and will not come up until it rains; also cotton seed planted in the sand two or three weeks ago is up to a good stand, but I have not seen nor heard of a black land farmer planting any cotton seed for they will not germinate until it rains. If a good rain comes here by the 20th of May there will be plenty of time in which to grow a good crop of cotton. At least two thirds of the land in Erath, Comanche, Hamilton, Bosque and Eastland counties is sandy and therefore will stand a drought very much better than the black lands. Land here is very high, and in fact is is too high if we have a failure in crops occasionally but if we could always make good crops and get as good price as we did last year, a farmer could buy a farm here almost entirely on time and with close management pay for it in a few years. There are scores and scores of Alabamians here and quite a number of them are from Cleburne county. In fact, I have visited thirty or more families that came from Cleburne county and I have hardly began to see them all. I am proud to say, too, that without exception they are doing better here than they were doing in Alabama. I know quite a number of families here that have good homes and own good farms and are out of debt and have money ahead, that never owned a foot of land while they lived in Cleburne county, and in fact, hardly made a living while there, and those that owned land there also own land here and in almost every instance, own very much bigger and better farms than they did before. Therefore it occurs to me that this is evidence enough to convince any reasonable man that this country as a whole, is a better country in which to live than in Cleburne county. I believe this is one of the most healthful countries that I have ever lived in, however, on the river, people are affected moer or less with chills, but one can find plenty of good land here without going to the river bottoms. People here are also beginning to realize the advantage of having good houses in which to live, where a few years ago only stood a mere hut in which the families lived and an open pen for stock, now stands a good modern home, painted, a wind mill and water tank and good barn for stock. For fear of making this letter too lengthy, I will close, promising to write later in the spring. Wm. Denman. __________ SHOAL CREEK News Much corn planted during the latter part of March and the first of April is making slow progress in coming up. The recent cold spell has nearly if not totally destroyed the fruit crop. It also did much damage to garden vegetables and corn which was up. __ Mr. Bill Edward is a hunter from way back but he respects the game laws and won't even shoot red birds that are pulling up his corn. So far we have heard of but few violations of the game law. Most people here think it is too rigid but all aim to respect it. __ Timber men are not so plentiful at present as they were a few months ago. There are some timber lands in this community not yet sold to big timber concerns. ___ FRUITHURST News Fruithurst was visited by a violent rain and thunderstorm Thursday night. __ Mrs. J.H. Donahue and daughters, Miss Belle and Mrs. Nell Brown arrived from Horse Creek, Ala. Friday night to make this their home. We are glad to have them with us once more. They will live in the Luther Walker house. ___ Mr. H.C. Rice has sold his place to B.E. Parkins of Colorado. Mr. Parkins is looking for a mild climate and we are sure he will be pleased with Fruithurst. Mr. Rice has bought a place near Oak Level. He is from Tennessee and is well pleased with Alabama and intends to make it his permanent home. ___ Mr. and Mrs. Jones returned from Rockmart, GA where they have been visiting sick relatives. __ Wiley Walker who has been sick for some time is very low and is not expected to live long. __ LOCAL & PERSONAL News Archie McEachern spent last Sunday and Monday in Bremen, GA. __ W.J. Prichard was here last Saturday. __ Sam Wallace and daughter were in Heflin last Saturday. __ G.W. Thrower was among the visitors to the city this week. __ T.H. Shaw of Mt. Zion, GA spent Tuesday night in the city the guest of his sister, Mrs. S.J. Monkus. He left Wednesday for a visit to Oklahoma. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/gnw247newspape.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 16.9 Kb