Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for MARCH 1913 March 1913 ************************************************ 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 March 17, 2005, 11:32 pm The Cleburne News March 1913 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for MARCH 1913 NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, March 6, 1913 HOPEWELL News Mr. Richard Johnson and Miss Nancy Chandler were married Sunday morning at the residence of Esq. Welborn. ___ EDWARDSVILLE News Miss Mollie Wallace and Mr. Laminack were married on Sunday March 2nd. ___ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, March 13, 1913 FRIENDSHIP News Mrs. Emma Boman visited her mother Mrs. Scott last Saturday. __ We are sorry to state that Mr. Edgar Hill is not improving, having fever and chills. __ FRUITHURST News Mrs. John Forsyth left this town Sunday morning for Tomasuba, Ala where she will stay with her daughter Mrs. J.B. Butler. __ Mrs. B.J. Moore of Bessemer, Ala. is visiting her mother Mrs. M.L. Robinson. She arrived Monday night. Her brother Lowell Robinson also spent the day with his mother on Tuesday. ___ Mr. Ped Owens was called to court on Wednesday. __ REDLANDS News Old Bro. Collum left his world last Thursday evening about 3 o'clock. The lord called him to reap his reward in the world beyond. Cleburne has lost one of her best citizens. __ Mr. W.H. Cox was the guest of two old ministers, Rev. H.M. Nixon and J.W. Cox on Sunday. After eating a nice dinner they all went to Sunday school at Howles Grove. ___ RANBURNE News The little eleven months old Marie Hanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.A.P. Carnes, while rocking in her cradle, turned over into the fire last Friday p.m. and was seriously if not fatally burned. ___ Mr. Hood Rooks and Miss B. Farmer, were happily married Wednesday p.m. We wish them a long, happy life. __ CHULAFINNEE News We understand that under the management of Mr. Wain Wright of Birmingham that they are taking out some fine specimens of gold on the Higginbotham property. __ Miss Bell McClintock is very sick. We hope her speedy recovery. __ LOCAL News Mrs. Lizzie McKinzy who has been visiting her niece Mrs. Minnie Howle returned to Randolph county Saturday. __ Mr. Toliver Thrower called to see Miss Zelia Morrison on Sunday. __ Mr. W.J. Beverly is sick at this writing. Hope he will soon recover. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, March 20, 1913 LEM HYATT ACQUITTED Lem Hyatt went on trial Thursday for the alleged murder in the first degree of Charlie Woodard near Hightower. The courtroom was jammed from start to finish with spectators and witnesses. The case went to the jury late Friday night. The verdict was rendered acquitting the defendant Saturday at noon. ____ EDWARDSVILLE News Sorry to learn that Bro. J.M. Johnson and Mrs. Burgess are not doing so well at this writing. So many hope they may soon be better. ___ Rev. T.N. Crumpton is assisting in a meeting at Haleyville, ALa., and also visiting his brother. ___ LOCAL News J.W. Fowler of Hightower says he is in favor of good roads no difference the cost. Others he says are willing to furnish free teams to haul rock in the road. Fowler says Beat 9 has a good overseer and he says it is his understanding that the overseer expects to beat up the rock in the roads which will be a good plan. We regret to give up our mail carrier W.W. Fowler who has resigned and will remove to Blackwell, GA. ____ CHULAFINNEE News There will be a Sacred Harp singing at the Pleasant Grove school house the 5th Sunday evening. Everybody come and sing. ___ Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Higginbotham who have been on the sick list for some time are better. __ Mrs. Daisy Davies of Miss., is visiting her father S.D. Johnson this week. __ Mrs. Lone Henry of Miss., is visiting Mr. Thrower. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, March 27, 1913 MRS. KEMP DEAD Mrs. Martha Kemp died at the home of A.L. Simpson last Thursday evening, after an illness of a short time from measles. She was 93 years old and had resided in this county for a long time. She raised a good family among them being some of the county's best citizens. The body was laid to rest at Lebanon on Friday, Rev. J.A. Partridge conducting the funeral. A good woman has gone to her reward. Tallapoosa Journal ____ Mr. Charles Kelly died here last Wednesday morning, March 19th. The bereaved widow and children have the deepest sympathy of the writer and friends. Mr. Kelly was a native of Ireland having come to this county in early life and married quite young in Franklin Co., Tenn. To this union were born five children, all of whom and the wife survive to mourn the loss of a devoted father and loving husband. The remains were carried to Pratt City on Wednesday and buried on Thursday. The son desired to express his appreciation for kindnesses shown. ___ IN MEMORY OF THOMAS H. EVANS The subject of this sketch, Rev. Thomas H. Evans, was born on the 16th day of February 1843 and departed this left on the 19th day of February 1913. He was 70 years and 3 days old at the time of his death. Bro. Evans was thrice married. He was twice married in Georgia before coming to Alabama. He was married in this county about the year 1872 to Miss Mary Susan Otwell. Eleven children blessed this union, five of whom are dead many years ago and six remain to mourn his loss. Of this number there are five girls and one boy. He was one of the best known men in Cleburne County. All knew him to love him. He had no enemies or at least, very few. He was a man among men. I am glad that I can say that he was a christian nobleman. Many still be there on that day that will line up and call him blessed. He was a minister of the gospel for about 30 years or perhaps longer. He was a local preacher of the M.E. church; like Goldsmith's "village preacher". He aspired to better worlds and led the way. He was not a perfect man in the sense of absolute perfection but was about as near this condition as mortal man may hope to get in this world. His influence for good is incalculated, he being dead, yet speaketh. He was a man of great patience and fortitude. He was such much more than falls to the common lot of man, het during all afflictions he never complained but bore his sufferings with much resignation. Let us console ourselves with the thought that his sufferings are over. He is now beyond the reach of earthly sufferings. Children, try to meet him in glory. A friend. ______ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape357gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 7.0 Kb