Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Notices for NOVEMBER 1908 November 1908 ************************************************ 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 20, 2004, 10:54 pm The Cleburne New Era NEWSPAPER NOTICES FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEW ERA", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for NOVEMBER 1908 NEWSPAPER issue of Saturday, November 7, 1908 IN MEMORY OF MRS. JANE WALKER BEAN A tribute of respect to the memory of Sister Jane Walker Bean, who departed this life at Albertville, Alabama on October 1, 1908, age 87 years, 10 months, 18 days. Miss Jane Walker was born near Augusta, Georgia, Nov. 13th, 1820. While she was young her parents moved to Talladega county, Ala. She was married April 20, 1845 to Wm. Bean. Both were members of Bethlehem church, Cleburne County, Ala. On June 19, 1847, Bro. Bean was ordained to the office of deacon, which he filled very acceptably until his death Feb. 14th, 1860. His obituary by Elijah Martin, is recorded in the minutes of 1860 at Bowling Springs Association. Seven children were born to Bro. and Sister Bean, six of whom are living; Mrs. Henry Smith of Lineville, Ala.; Wm. Bean of Dallas, Texas; Mrs. Nancy Hubbard of Grand Prairie, Texas; Mrs. Susanna Hood of Oxford, Ala.; J.C. Bean of Heflin, Ala.; Mrs. I.E. Hubbard of Albertville, Ala. Sister Bean had for several years made her home with her youngest daughter, Mrs. I.E. Hubbard, of Albertville, Ala., but kept her membership at Old Bethlehem church where she first joined and where her remains were laid to rest to await the coming of her lord. Sister Bean was an earnest, consistent christian and commanded the respect and love of all who knew her. For a long time she had been waiting for the lord to call her home and lingered just a few hours after she was stricken. Well could she say, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith, henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the lord, the righteous judge shall give me at that day and not to me only but unto all them also that love his appearing." I have been pastor in the family of this sister and mother for eleven years. Her children and grandchildren are a blessing to the world. Loyalty, faithfulness, truthfulness and honesty characterize the descendants of this child of the king. May the lord who doeth all things well comfort and bless the bereaved ones. J.R. Stodghill, in the Alabama Baptist. __________ LOCAL & PERSONAL News W.H. George of Shoal Creek was in town Monday. __ E. Pesnell of Bell Mills was in town on Monday attending to business. __ J. Kellum of Bells Mills was in Anniston Saturday and Sunday. __ W.C. Pate of DeArmanville was in town Wednesday on business. __ M.F. Morrison of Corinth was here last week on business. __ Mrs. S.F. Harris, after an extended illness of several months, died Wednesday morning and was buried here Thursday. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. O'Neal. The New Era joins the many friends of the family in heartfelt sympathy for the loss of their loved one. ______ FRUITHURST News H. Dahl had a serious runaway Sunday evening. Mrs. Dahl, Mrs. M.J.Johnson and daughter Ethel were also in the buggy. Mr. Dahl and Mrs. Johnson were severely injured. ___ The friends of Mrs. M.J. Johnson gave her a pleasant surprise Thursday night. She was presented with a purse of $21.00. She has been very unfortunate the past year, having all her household goods burned in August and was severely injured last week in a runaway. _____ NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, November 14, 1908 SHOOTING AT EDWARDSVILLE; JACK BARKER IS KILLED AND ELBERT JONES AND BART MCCORMICK WOUNDED In a fight at Edwardsville Saturday night, James Vaughan, a college student in the school there, shot and instantly killed Jackson Barker and wounded Elbert Owens and Bart McCormick. Owens' wound may make amputation of the right arm necessary. McCormick suffered only a slight flesh wound. Barker was shot through the heart. Immediately after the shooting, Vaughan was placed on a train and sent to Anniston where hew as placed in jail for safekeeping. The fight grew out of a difficult on election day which resulted in the destruction of the calaboose by friends of Barker, who was arrested by Vaughan, a special deputy. Bad feelings had existed between certain factions since the day of the national election. On the night of the election a man was arrested and placed in the calaboose. During the night the calaboose was wrecked and burned after the prisoner had been liberated. It seems that Vaughan who was attending school there, was deputized by the town marshall to help carry the man to jail. Saturday, friends of the man who was incarcerated gathered and drank freely. About six o'clock, Caughan with a number of his schoolmates, came out of his boarding house. When he was seen it is said that Barker remarked that now was the time to work on him. They advanced, Barker heading the crowd. Vaughan was ready for the assault and drawing his pistol, sent a bullet through the heart of Barker. He then shot some of the other parties. When the marshall appeared he surrendered and accompanied by the marshall and Mr. Burgess, went one mile west of Edwardsville, flagged the westbound Southern passenger train and started to Heflin. They were met here by Deputy Adams who advised that he be carried to Anniston. Barker's remains were interred at Cane Creek cemetery Sunday afternoon. Vaughan will be given a preliminary trial on the 19th inst., before Judge Carruth. ___________ LOCAL & PERSONAL news W.F. Higginbotham was in town recently. __ T.J. Kaylor was over from Lecta on Monday. __ J.R. Hilley of Lecta was in town this week. __ Wm. Blake of Route 6 was in town the first of the week. __ J. Hugh Dunston of Beason's Mill was in town Saturday. __ Ben Hollis was in town attending to business here last Saturday. __ David McComb of Beat 2 was in town on business Monday. __ A.M. Turner Jr. spent several days at Hopewell recently. __ J.J. Cato of near Newell was in town this week. __ J.B. Robison who has been traveling in south Alabama and Mississippi for several months returned home Sunday. __ Mrs. D.D. Perryman has as her guests this week her sister, Mrs. E.G. Sutton of Atlanta and Mrs. Howard Thomas of Sutton, Ala. ___ H.M. Evans has moved his saw mill and entire outfit to Plantersville, Ala., where he has purchased a large tract of timber. Murroe is a good saw mill man and we predict for him much success. ___ If you want some good syrup see Mr. H.M. Howle at Beason's Mill. He has over 500 gallons and it's as clear as honey. _____ MOORETOWN News Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Whiten were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Berry Edwards on Sunday. Wes Cochran and wife were visiting near Heflin on Sunday. J.V. Hale and Miss Lona Weathers were married Sunday. ________ MICAVILLE News Mrs. J.F. Camp visited her father and mother on Sunday. Mrs. Wilson Ayres died last Sunday night and was buried at the Blake Cemetery on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Lambert visited their daughter Mrs. Perkins last Saturday and Sunday. John Tarver called to see his best girl Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Waits of Beason's Mills visited their son Jim last Sunday. Jesse Breedwell and wife went to see his mother last Thursday who is very sick. The school at Harmony Grove will begin in a short while. _________ BORDEN SPRINGS News The young people attended an old Sacred Harp singing at the home of J.T. Moncrief on Sunday evening and reported a nice time. Married, Mr. Randolph B. Green and Miss Emma Cooly, at the home of the bride. S.F. Wheeler and family are visiting relatives near Center, Ala., this week. ________ NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, November 21, 1908 OUT ON BOND Jim Vaughn, who killed Jack Barker at Edwardsville a few days ago has been released from the Heflin Jail where he has been for safe keeping. He waived preliminary hearing for action of the grand jury and his bond was fixed at $5000. Vaughn made bond and was released Saturday night. ______ A FIDDLER'S CONVENTION Down in Alabama the Confederate Veterans are gong to have a reunion soon and the good folks of that commonwealth have decided to make it a record breaker for fun and entertainment. The old boys who wore the gray are getting mighty scarce throughout Dixie nowdays and everybody seems determined to give them a good time whenver an excuse can be scratched up. This forthcoming gathering is to be held in Mobile, and the biggest feature incident to the same will be an old time fiddlers's convention, the exact and precise kind they used to have before the war. Fiddler's Conventions were common in the past; it was a mere day's work to arrange one. Now the old fashioned who know all the old tunes are few and far between and the mountains and valleys have to be scoured to find enough of them to make a big meeting. There will be prized for solo playing, prizes for duets, prizes for quartetts and prizes for ensembles. One handsome award in particular will be provided for the fiddler and rice straw beater who make the most fetching music of that persuasion. All airs rendered must be selected from the following list of tunes: Mississippi Sawyer Cottoneyed Joe Sugar in the Gourd Old Mollie Hare Billy in the Low Grounds Nathez Under the Hill Jennie Get Your Hoe Cake Done Milk and Peaches Devil Among the Sailors Speed the Plow Bill Cheathem Leather Breeches Arkansas Traveler The Lass of Goein Hell in Georgia Sewanee River Irish Washerwoman Dixie Alabama Gals Devils Dream Red Apples Cinda Old Hen Cackled Sweet Gals in the Piney Woods John T. Moore Sal Put the Saddle on the Old Gray Mule Home Sweet Home ___________ BEASON'S MILL News Mrs. Edith Johnson will begin her school at Green Chapel on Monday. Miss Maude Beason left Sunday afternoon for Bell Town where she is teaching school. L.T. Beason and family visited his brother, B.T. Beason on Sunday afternoon. Abijah J. Overton and family visited W.W. Davis on Sunday. Jeff Riddle of Belltown was over to see his girl Sunday afternoon. ______ LOCAL & PERSONAL News The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Scott who live 3 miles south of Chulafinnee was burned at her home last Tuesday and died Wednesday morning, and was buried here Thursday. The New Era joins the many friends of the family in heart felt sympathy in the loss of their darling little girl. ____ Mrs. Elvira Morhon, formerly of this place, who has been in the Insane Asylum at Tuscaloosa for some time died there Monday and was brought to Heflin and interred Wednesday at New Harmony church yard, two miles south of town. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Pritchett. A large concourse of sympathizing friends were present at the funeral. Mrs. Morhon lived in Heflin many years and her life was characterized by many loving deeds of kindness and a typical christian character. The floral offering surpassed in profusion and beauty anything seen in years. A floral wreath composed of a beautiful assortment of cut flowers was placed upon the casket by friends in this town. _____ Notice - - I have sold my blacksmith shop to Cole & Moore and I hereby request all who owe me to come forward and settle by Dec. 1st, as I must collect by that time. J.W. Norton ______ BELL MILLS News Mrs. York, an old and highly respected christian woman, passed away last Friday at the age of eight-five years. She was the mother of Mrs. V.A. Cook and Prof. J.L. York and was long a resident of this county. ___ HEFLIN ROUTE 6 News Miss Dovie Hollis' school began last Monday. The children all report they love their teacher already. Mrs. W.W. Little visited her sister, Mrs. Martha Teague, a few days ago. Miss Dollie Teague and Mr. Bradberry were united in marriage last third Sunday. J.B. Roberson of Heflin has returned from a visit to Mississippi. He has been traveling over three mo nths and his health seems to be improved. _____ NEWSPAPER issue of Saturday, November 28, 1908 LETTER TO THE EDITOR FROM THE FATHER OF JACKSON BARKER Editor of the New Era, Please allow me some space in your paper for a communication, as I desire to set myself right before the public concerning the death of my son, Jackson Barker, who met his death at Edwardsville, Ala., Nov. 7th 1908 at the hands of James Vaughan. There have been statements published in some papers, eminating from some irresponsible person having no regard for the truth, that do great injustice to my dead boy, which I wish to correct and refute. It has been stated that my son was put in the calaboose and liberated by his friends and the building burned. This statement is utterly false as he was never incarcerated in a calaboose then or at any other time and the calaboose is still standing. Again it has been said and published that he was a lawless desperado, constantly being involved in difficulties of more or less criminality. This too, is untrue. He had his faults as other boys do. As a son he was dutiful and obedient, as a youth among his companions he was genial, kind and true. He never was engaged in a fight, riot or affray. He did have a wordy difficult with the town marshall but without any bad results. The many friends that he has left behind, who mourn for him, attest the value of his friendship and the esteem in which he was held in the community where he lived. I earnestly hope that all persons whether friend or foe will remember that I have the interest of a father of my dead son and they will not be too ready to condemn one who is incapable of speaking for himself. Respectfully, T.J. Barker _________ LOCAL & PERSONAL News J.P .Hughey was on our streets the first of the week. __ Joel Doughery made his weekly visit to Heflin on Tuesday. __ In an affray in south Cleburne last Saturday night, Farmer Thrash was shot and seriously wounded. The party who did the shooting is unknown to us. __ UNCLE REUBEN NOT DEAD Howdy, hello, ladies and gentleman and other animals. I'm coming after you John P. Houston, right now. You wrote to the New Era and talked about me and my old woman. You shouldn't, hadn't ought to done it. I'm mad, mad as thunder about what you said of me. There is enough mad in me right now to uproot trees, pond up rivers and cause the worst sort of cyclone. "Uncle Reuben and his old woman dead, haven't heard from him in a long time." Dead the mischief, not even sick or haven't been. Just because a man is not shooting off his bazzoo every minute in the papers, somebody's got to "cuse" him of being dead. I never was dead in my life; if I wanted to die the worst kind I wouldn't do it now, nor I wouldn't say another cussed word about flies neither of they wust to eat John P. H. up. Flies are bothersome sometimes but hereafter they can just have their way; when it gets to the point that a man can't write an editorial without being talked about. Some people will talk and you can't keep them from it. It has got to be old Reuben this and Old Reuben that and Old Reuben is getting mighty zoundin tired of all the time being under discussion. Uncle Reuben has enough troubles of his own, cotton to pick, corn to gather, potatoes to dig, and the old woman's whims and foolishness to contend with. Elections people and everything else has to to whar they is no dependence to be put in them. I reckon people are trying to be good, but they just get their goodness backward. Some people are just about as resolute in doing their meanness as an old billy goat I once had was in butting. One hot night in July, I stuffed a pair of pants and hung in the stable and turned billy in and old bill began to butt. The next morning when your Uncle Reuben went out to see about his billy goat he had butted the hanging pants until he was all but gone but his tail and he shook that sarcastically at your Uncle Reuben. I wish that John P. Houston had been in that stable that night, he would not have felt like talking about folks anymore. Well, your Uncle kinder feels better now, I've said everything bad I could think of and now I am going to work and try to get myself composed. Your Uncle Reuben, Tallapoosa, GA., Route 1 ___________ HEFLIN ROUTE 5 News Our people are very busy gathering corn and picking cotton. Mr. and Mrs. S.O. Dean of Beasons Mill visited their father and mother last Sunday. Miss Lizzie Johnson spent Saturday night with her sister, Mrs. M.A. Coff. _________ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/gnw269newspape.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 17.1 Kb