Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for MARCH 1923 March 1923 ************************************************ 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 February 8, 2005, 10:00 pm The Cleburne News NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for MARCH 1923 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, March 1, 1923 TRIBUTE TO MRS. WINHAM Mrs. Nancy Winham was born April 13, 1844 and died December 20, 1922. She was a daughter of old "Uncle" William Watson Hilton who was one of the pioneer citizens of Arbacoochee community and for many years one of Cleburne's foremost citizens. Sister Winham joined the Missionary Baptist Church at Cedar Creek when a young woman and lived a devoted christian life for more than 50 years. Cedar Creek church was organized in her house. Early in life she married a Mr. Miller to which union, a girl, now Mrs. James Dale of Irene, Texas, was born, shortly after which birth, Mr. Miller died, leaving his widow to mourn his loss and to work her way through an unfriendly world. Later she married Mr. M.A. Winham. To this union four children were born: Mrs. C.H. Hall of Anniston; W.M. Winham of Warrier, Ala., and C.A. Winham and Miss Annie Winham of Heflin. Being twice a widow, with small children to rear and being a woman with limited means, she went to god for guidance. She being a consecrated woman, gave each of her children to the maker, she put them on the altar in early life. With her upright christian life and admonition she showed them the way. She made her home an earthly heaven and her fireside her paradise and her children the angels thereof. Grand, splendid, brave woman, with some faults; with many, many virtues; surely the world is better because she lived. She was a woman of lofty ideals, a perfect model of integrity whose mind was like a placid lake and reflected truths like stars. She was cheerful; her heart was always like sea foam on ocean waves. She drew to herself the colors of the rainbow and the sunset and wrapped them around her soul. She treasured truth, but cast error in the wastebasket of forgetfulness. With her, reason and purity always blended in perfect truth, like red and white within the bosom of a flower. In rearing her children she saw the highway of eternal right thru all the wandering paths, the fading flowers. I know and feel that in the court where her conscience sits as judge she stands acquitted, pure as light and stainless as a star....Being left a widow, she went down the hill of life alone, and on the 20th day of last December she entered the shadow and died in the arms of the children whom she had nursed in infancy and guided and directed through youth into manhood and womanhood. To the bereaved children I can say nothing better than to emulate her life as she lived; die as she died; go home to heaven as she has gone. W.C. McMahan. ____ NEW HOPE News Miss Ora Bell Turner spent the first of last week in Heflin with her aunt, Mrs. Lois Evans. __ CANE CREEK News Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Hogan of Barfield visited R.M. Hogan and family last week. __ William Edwards and family and Sanford Edwards and family visited their father, J.S. Edwards here recently. __ The singing at J.S. Edwards on Saturday night was enjoyed. __ LOCAL News The trial of Thomas Evens for the alleged murder of Andrew Nunice which occurred last fall near Esom Hill has been set for trial, Tuesday, March 6th. __ "Uncle" Harrison Butler was in town on Saturday. __ NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO PROBATE WILL State of Alabama, Cleburne County Probate Court To: Fred York, Thomas York and Jessie York, all of whom reside at 4751 Terrace Drive, San Diego, California and Wallace York who resides at 731 Stork Street, San Diego, California: You are hereby notified that on the 26th day of February 1923, application was filed by Elizabeth W. York in the Probate Court of Cleburne County, State of Alabama for the probate and record of an instrument purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Fred York, and that the Court has appointed the 26th day of March 1923 as the time for hearing on said application when and where you may appear and contest the same if you see proper. Witness my hand this 26th day of February 1923. D.S. Baber, Judge of Probate ___ TRICKEM News The entertainment at Wise's Chapel school house on February 22nd was enjoyed by a large crowd. The entire community gave the entertainment their support. Mrs. Mary Wise, 90 years old, was present and enjoyed the program. ___ LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Hogan and children of near Lineville passed through Heflin Saturday enroute to visit relatives at Edwardsville. __ W.M. Evans of Heflin was in town Saturday. He reports that his son Leander who has been dangerously ill at his home in Hugo, Oklahoma is slowly recovering. __ Mrs. Jim Bennett of Edwardsville who is in an Anniston hospital is reported as not doing well. __ T.L. GREEN DIES News was received in Heflin last week of the death of Mr. T.L. Green which occurred last Friday at his home in DeKalb County. He had been sick only a few days and his death came as a shock to relatives and friends in Cleburne County. He was about 61 years of age at the time of his death. He was at one time a resident of this county residing near Beason Mills but moved to DeKalb county about seven years ago. Mr. Green is survived by his widow and seven children, five boys, S.H., Largus, Howard, Owen and Irvin and two daughters, Mrs. Mary Davis and Mrs. Estelle Davis. The funeral and burial occurred last Sunday. The services were conducted by Rev. M.L. Johnson, a former resident of Cleburne county. The News extends sympathy to the bereaved relatives. ____ Mr. George W. Clayton and Miss Letha Powell of near Lebanon, were happily married last Sunday. Justice of Peace V.E. Scott performed the ceremony. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, March 8, 1923 NEWELL News Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moncus were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Cofield the weekend. __ The singing at W.E. Cofield's on Saturday night was enjoyed. __ Miss Carrie Cofield who is teaching at Goldridge spent the weekend with home folks. __ Cyrus Kitchens who has been away some time preparing as an evangelist singer has returned home. __ Mrs.Dora Camp visited Mrs. D.M. Williams on Thursday. __ Humphrey Braden from Corinth was a visitor here recently. __ There will be a singing at Macedonia Church Sunday afternoon March 11th at 2 o'clock. The 7-Shape books will be used. __ FRIENDSHIP News Mrs. Oscar Clark of Riverside spent the weekend with her father, Virgil E. Scott. __ MUSCADINE News Mr. Wm. Albright and Miss Vera Chandler were happily married on Thursday evening. __ Mrs. Sallie Woods of Tallapoosa visited her father, Mr. W.H. Barnes, on Sunday. __ GOOSENECK News Mrs. Ethel Jones and Mrs. E.T. Hammond visited Mrs. Ben Hammond on Sunday. __ LOCAL News MR. SYL CALDWELL DROPPED DEAD ON SUNDAY Mr. Syl Caldwell, about 68 years old, an uncle of Mrs. Tom Black of this place, died suddenly Sunday night while attending church at Gadsden, his home. Mr. Caldwell was a native of this county and was born and raised near Chulafinnee. He was manager of the Caldwell-Spence Wholesale Company of Gadsden, at the time of his death. ____ The singing at Spillman Harris's on Sunday afternoon was attended by a large crowd. __ The most important cases before the circuit court at the term were as follows: J.A. McCoy, charged with murder in the first degree; sentenced to a year and a day; sentence suspended pending appeal. Jim Roebuck, given 7 years in the penitentiary. Mrs. Minnie Beason, was given a judgment of $2,895. against the Woodman of the World. The murder case of Tom Evans, charged with murder was postponed. ____ MASADONIA News J.L. Williams and family spent Sunday with L.B. Langley and family. __ W.R. Bennefield and family of New Hope visited J.W. Couch and family on Sunday. __ Mrs. Lena Jackson and Mrs. Fannie Anderson visited Mrs. Emma Byrd on Sunday. __ Walter Richardson and wife spent Sunday with J.A. Langley and wife. __ Miss Ina Langley visited her sister, Mrs. J.L. Williams on Saturday. __ J.W. Miller and family are very sick with the flu. __ Miss Eunice Lovvorn is visiting her sister Mrs. Otis Ballenger. __ LOCAL News Mrs. Ross Moore and little daughter Miriam, have returned to their home in Montgomery after a two months visit with her mother Mrs. W.A. Stephens. __ Mr. Ellis Williams and Miss Hattie Easterwood, a popular young couple of near Edwardsville were happily married lat week, Rev. W.T. Price performing the ceremony. __ Col. A.L. Crumpton and daughter of Ashland spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John H. Crumpton. __ NEW HOPEWELL News Rev. R.L. Skinner filled his regular appointment at Rock Springs on Sunday. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, March 15, 1923 NEWELL News Mrs. Joe McCord is on the sick list at this time. __ "Aunt" Nettie Traylor is very low at this writing. __ Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Daniel and sons John and Taft were the guests of Mr. Howle and family near Beason Mill on Sunday. __ Miss Ethel Cofield was the guest of her cousin Miss Dona Williams on Monday night. ___ HIGHTOWER News "Uncle" John Nolen visited his daughter Mrs. Fannie Maddox on Sunday. __ Monroe Stewart who has been quite sick for some time, died Sunday morning. __ LOCAL News This place was visited by a heavy wind storm on Tuesday doing considerable damage. It blew down a lot of timber, almost ruined the Hightower school building, tearing down one room and blew the others off the pillars. A young daughter of J.E. Bradberry was badly bruised about the face but not seriously. A barn on the farm of John Hand near Hightower was blown down. The barn of O.V. Allen was wrecked and the Hightower telephone exchange lines and poles were considerably damaged. The home of Y.S. Allen was blown off it's pillars. The Methodist Episcopal Church at Ranburne was blown off it's foundation. The top of John Knowles barn was wrecked and also that of John Truitt's blown off and badly damaged. George Fordham's home, a few miles southeast of Bell Mills was torn up and MIss Minnie Fordham painfully hurt. The outbuildings of W.V. McElroy were blown down. The grist mill belonging to Rufus Martin of Muscadine was literally blown to pieces. ___ AI News W.T. Pesnell and family were the guests of R.A. York and family Sunday afternoon. __ LETTER FROM OLD CLEBURNEITE It will be remembered by The News readers that a few weeks ago mention was made of the serious condition of Mr. Leander Evans of Hugo, Oklahoma. It will be good news to Leander's friends to learn that his health is returning and that he will so be himself again. Below is a letter to his father, Will Evans, dated the 5th of March 1923: Dear Papa and Mama, It is good and fine to be able to be in my office again and write you and let you know really that I am able to write you. Dwight left for Anniston yesterday, Sunday and of course I hated to see him leave just at this time but his business was needing him at Anniston and he had pulled me away from death's door and I am feeling fine, but of course still very weak, and I would not say for him to stay longer. I feel like it was almost marvelous that he handled me so fast and perfectly. And it makes me mighty glad to know that I have a son who can take charge of me when our very best medical doctor says my case is a case for medicine and Dwight did not use one drop of medicine after he came. My medical doctor used medicine until Dwight came and while Dr. Moore thought I ought to take more medicine, yet he did not insist on it, and of course Dwight took charge of me the same as if there were no other doctors in the world. When Dwight came in home I was just about near dead as I could be and be alive. I know what it is just to lack one step of being in the world beyond. Of course I trusted the good lord and was ready at his call, and one of the night that I was so near gone was the prettiest night I ever seen. It seemed to me that I was in the midst of the prettiest lights, golden colors, that I had ever seen, and of course I was in my right mind and now this was true. I wondered after the first night if all my nights would be so grand and so glorious. No painter could ever picture this light, and it was so far more beautiful than anything I had ever seen, that nothing compared with it. I did not see any of my sainted kindred, like my grandmothers and grandfathers and other close kindred who have gone over the beautiful river, but I know some of their angelic spirits must have been there with me, because it was just glorious to me and nothing like it had ever been seen by me. Write me a long letter soon, Your loving son, R.L. Evans. ____ MRS. WILLINGHAM IS DEAD The remains of Mrs. E.S. Willingham, who died at her home near Beason Mills, were laid to rest at Hurricane cemetery last Friday, Rev. R.L. Skinner conducting the funeral service. Mrs. Willingham had been in declining health for several months until death came to end her sufferings. She is survived by her husband, several children, parents and other relatives who have the sympathy of their many friends. The News extends condolence to the bereaved ones. ___ LOCAL News Mr. W.L. George and Miss Ola Laminack of near Bethel were happily married recently, Justice of the Peace H.W. Long performing the ceremony. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.T. Laminack. The groom was a teacher at Bethel, at which place he met his bride. His home is in Chulafinnee. __ John T. and F.R. Thrower of Chulafinnee were among the visitors in town the latter part of last week. __ J.T. Black is visiting his daughter, Mrs. L. Roy Galloway in Montgomery. __ Mrs. Gordon Comer is visiting her mother Mrs. Martha Cook. __ Mr. and Mrs. Dedrick McLendon and sister of Hopewell were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Groover on Sunday. __ NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Notice is hereby given that an application for the pardon or parole of Homer Hurt, convicted and sentenced by the circuit court of Cleburne County, Alabama on the 10th day of March 1921 for assault with intent to murder, to hard labor for a minumim of eight years and maximum of twelve years in the state penitentiary, will be made to the Governor of Alabama. J.P. Hurt ____ NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Notice is hereby given that an application for the parole of Jim Boozer, convicted and sentenced by the circuit court of Cleburne County, Alabama in March 1904 for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary will be made to the Governor of Alabama. Jim Boozer ___ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, March 22, 1923 HANSON SCHOOL Community News Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Rooker are all smiles, it is a boy. __ Mrs. Minnie Pritcherd is still very sick at this writing. __ Mrs. Estes from Dot., GA was the guest of her father and mother F.Hanson the latter part of lastweek. __ HEPSABAH News Miss Bill Currie left Monday for Anniston where she will enter training for nurses at Sellar Hospital. __ Ligon Morrison, wife and daughters were guests of P.F. Currie and wife the weekend. __ MT. BETHEL News Mrs. Vandora Taylor and daughter spent Saturday with her sister Mrs. J.P. Henson. __ Melvin Morrow spent the weekend with his brother W.A. Morrow. __ LECTA News Will Cain spent Saturday night with his sister Mrs. Julia Hilley. __ RANBURNE News Mr. John Kaylor and Miss Lizzie Beck were happily married last Thursday. __ ROCK SPRINGS News Mrs. Loye Prichard is very sick this week. __ LOCAL News Mrs. Albert Jones is spending the weekend in Birmingham. __ Mrs. S.E. Strickland of Tallapoosa spent Wednesday in Heflin. __ Freeman Groover who was on the sick list last week is now back in his office and as mean as ever. __ Miss Eva Belle McDonald, daughter of H.O.McDonald, and Mr. Jack Faulkner of Iron City were married at the court house Saturday morning, Judge A.H. Glasgow officiating. __ TRICKEM News Mrs. Ballard is suffering from severe burns that she received Saturday morning when her clothing caught fire. However she is getting along nicely from reports. __ PLEASANT Hill News Luther Willingham is home again from an extended visit to Crystal River, Fla. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, March 29, 1923 CARD OF THANKS I thank my friends and neighbors for their kindness and help through the sickness and death of my daughter Dansie. I can't use any partiality for they were all so good and kind to us, and we will never forget you. Written by her aged mother, Fannie Price. ____ LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Beggs and children of Edwardsville spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Prestridge. __ Mrs. Lizzie Teague returned to her home Monday afternoon from a visit to her mother Mrs. J.S. Scott who is seriously sick at the home of her son in Carroll County. __ Mrs. C.M. Coggin is quite sick at the home of her daughter Mrs. Duke Haley in Birmingham where she has been visiting for a few weeks. __ Wilmer Atkins of Birmingham spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Atkins. __ Mrs. Sylvian Walker who has been confined in an Anniston hospital several weeks has so far recovered so as to be removed to the home of her sister Mrs. W.A. Myers in Heflin. ___ Grady W. Cook of Bell Mills left Sunday for McIntosh county, Georgia where he will engage in the saw mill business on a large scale, having purchased something over a million feet of timber near Savannah. __ Rev. R.L. Skinner of Hopewell was among the visitors here the latter part of last week. __ Pace Adams of Birmingham spent the first part of the week with his parents Mr. and Mrs. B.L. Adams. __ O.J. Dewberry, with the Heflin Motor Company, will move his family to Heflin from Tallapoosa within a couple of months. __ The many friends of Mrs. Ellen Bennett, daughter of Mr. A.D. Harper, who has been dangerously ill at an Anniston hospoital for several weeks has so far recovered as to be removed to the home of her parents near town. ___ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/gnw299newspape.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 18.7 Kb