Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for DEC. 1st thru DEC. 8th, 1932 December 1932 ************************************************ 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: C Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net January 18, 2007, 4:06 pm The Cleburne News December 1932 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for DECEMBER 1, 1932 thru DECEMBER 8th, 1932 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, DECEMBER 1, 1932 MRS. THROWER FOILS ESCAPE What almost proved the get-a-way from the County jajil here Monday evening about six o'clock was foiled by Mrs. Thrower, wife of the jailor, when she appeared on the scene with an ugly looking pistol and defied the would-be escapees, who were preparing to let themselves to the ground by ropes made of bed blankets. The attempted escape was staged at about six o'clock, those in the plot being Oscar Johnson, Warren Hitchcock and Monroe Chappel, all of Cedartown, Ga., recently captured operating a still near Esom Hill. Had it not been for prompt work of Mrs. Thrower the men would have surely made a clear get-away. Euell Bartlett, on trial at the time for the killing of Mills Garrett, was also an inmate of the jail, but it is not known what part, if any, he played in the attempt to escape. ----- LOCAL News Euell Bartlett was given life in the penitentiary by the jury in Circuit Court this week, for the killing of Mills Garrett ----- News has been received here of the serious illness of Walter J. Bell at his home in Atlanta. Mr. Bell, a former citizen of Cleburne, has many friends who will regret to learn of his illness, and hope for his recovery. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, DECEMBER 8, 1932 DOUBLE KILLING IN BUCHANAN, GEORGIA Buchanan, Ga., Dec. 5 Authorities here today sought Acey Yancey for questioning in the slaying of two men in the business district here yesterday. Henry Yancey, 23, former convict and brother of Acey, shot and killed Leo Adams, 22, farmer, and was in turn shot and killed by Dr. E.P. Sanford, 40, World War Major and Buchanan physician. ----- MARRIED FOR 14 MONTHS The old saying that a woman could not, or would not, keep a secret was exploded when it was learned last week that Miss Nan Ayers had been married to Dewey Morrison for 14 months and never a word was hinted to relatives or friends. Miss Ayers, a former resident of Chulafinnee, but living near Oxford for the past several years and Mr. Dewey Morrison of Oxford were in town last week and told relatives that they were married. They are now receiving congratulations from friends in Cleburne and Calhoun counties. ----- MACHINERY BEING INSTALLED AT CHULAFINNEE Anniston, Ala. Legends of a "lost" vein of fabulously rich gold ore in Cleburne county may be exploded or verified within a few weeks. The discovery of what were reported to be rich gold deposits at King's Mine occurred several weeks ago, simultaneously within announcement that the miners, Calhoun and Cleburne county citizens, had discovered the "Smoke House" legendary treasure vault of Old Tillery, an eccentric prospector in the days before the War Between the States. What is believed to be the "Smoke House" was uncovered by the gold miners, who were making deliberate search for the legendary diggings. The discovery consists of two rooms hollowed out 40 feet beneath the earth's surface. Originally these rooms were connected with the surface by a narrow perpendicular shaft which was found to be choked with timbers, rock and dirt. Old Tillery, according to the oft-told tale, made his bonanza "strike" shortly after the California Gold Rush began, but guarded his secret closely and would not even buy the mineral rights to the property for fear of guiding the world to his mine. Shortly before the War Between the States, he awoke to find that a Dr. King had purchased the property, and to hide the mine he had dug, Old Tillery is reported to have filled up the entrance to his mine and departed for California where he died within a few months. According to old residents in the Chulafinnee district who told the Birmingham Age Herald the story, Dr. King dug 18 quart fruit jars full of gold dust and nuggets from a mine in another part of the property in the next two years and then left for Texas. In Texas he founded the town of Kingville and later became owner of what then was the largest ranch in the world, comprising about 1,000,000 acres. Chulafinnee, one of the first towns to be charted in Alabama, was a flourishing village of several hundred population during Old Tillery's life. Gold mining was its principal source of revenue. At the present, there are hardly more than 100 families in the while district, most of whom are farmers. ------ MISS CLERCY VAUGHAN LAID TO REST MONDAY Miss Clercy Vaughan, 57 years old, died Sunday morning at the home of her brother, Luther Vaughan in Anniston, and was buried in the Heflin cemetery on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Revs. H.F. Keeble and L.S. Wessinger officiating, with Owens in charge. Miss Vaughan is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Vaughan, five brothers, J.C., E.W., F.A., L.M. and W.M. Vaughan; one sister, Mrs. Austin Jones. The Cleburne News extends sympathy to the bereaved family. ----- NOTES: DECEMBER 1st and DECEMBER 8th were the only newspaper issues filmed for the microfilm for DECEMBER 1932. It appears that not all of the December 8th newspaper issue was filmed. ------- NOTES: NONE OF THE YEAR 1933 WAS FILMED FOR THE MICROFILM for the Cleburne News. ------------------ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape1277gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 6.0 Kb