Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for JANUARY 1915 January 1915 ************************************************ 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 April 6, 2005, 1:05 pm The Cleburne News January 1915 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for JANUARY 1915 NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, January 7, 1915 CELEBRATES FORTY-EIGHTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Most delightfully planned and successfully carried out, was the celebration of the 48th wedding anniversary of Dr. and Mrs. S.L.B Blacke of Fruithurst. The rooms of their pretty home were thrown together and beautifully decorated, red and green the color scheme. Wedding bells were used in the dining room and an elegant four course luncheon was served. ___ FRUITHURST News Born to Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Carlson a hearty girl. Mother and daughter are doing well. __ On Jan. 3rd, born to Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Parker, a bouncing boy, all doing well. __ LOCAL News Messrs. R.L. and J.M. Crumpton have opened a fancy grocery store and soda fountain in the store formerly occupied by th Evans Drug Co. These young men will carry a complete line of groceries, both staple and fancy. ___ The Heflin Garage Co. has been formed by Messrs. J.G. Coleman of Heflin and S.J. Barron, late of Palatka, Fla and is located in the Dunston building on Ross Street. They are ready to do all work in their line. ___ Messrs. L.T. Beason and Alf M. Turner have formed a partnership under the firm name of Beason & Turner. They will occupy the store formerly occupied by Mr. Beason and will carry a line of general merchandise and farmer's supplies. ___ PROBATE TERM CASES A special term of Probate court Monday was held with the following cases heard: Sylvester Dyer, et., al., minors; guardian had sold real estate for them and sale was confirmed. Houston Wheeler, deceased, application by Anderson Mercer, administrator to probate Will. Widow objected on grounds that Wheeler was not of sound mind when the Will was made. Will was probated. ___ LOCAL News Hart Farlow of Helfin spent christmas with his brother Henry Farlow of Tallapoosa, GA. __ Richmond Awtrey is at home after a visit to relatives at Lineville. __ Mrs. M.E. Kilgore and J.W. Kilgore family have moved to Muscadine from Fort Payne, Ala, where they moved about two years ago. The will take up residence at the Kilgore farm near here. ___ H.T. Dingler, a well known farmer near here and bailiff for Beat 3, is moving this week to Polk County. Lee Dingler will also move to Polk County with his father. ___ V.R. Scott is circulating among his many friends after a seige at home with typhoid fever. __ Mrs. E.W. Carter of Anniston has returned home after a short visit to her sister Mrs. Carl Brown of Muscadine. __ M.M. Albright was called to Rome, Georgia on account of the serious illness of his sister at that place. He was accompanied by Miss Bert Albright. ___ Mrs. Grace Norton attended the marriage of her mother here last Sunday. __ Mr. and Mrs. Luther Harris have returned from a visit to relatives at Tuscaloosa. __ NOTICE Application will be made at the next session of the Legislature of Alabama for a bill to be passed granting J.K.P. Boman the right to draw a Condederate pension from the State of Alabama. This 7th day of January 1915. J.K.P. Boman ____ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, January 14, 1915 LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs of Waco, GA visited the family of V.A. Cook on Sunday. __ Mrs. F.O. Staples is again at Sylacauga where her father still remains very ill. ___ NOTICE Application will be made at the next session of the legislature of Alabama for a bill to be passed granting James M. Vancuron a pension, having lost sight of all his old comrades by whom he can make proof. This January 9, 1915. James M. Vancuron ____ Mr. A.J. Henry of Heflin was here Tuesday to visit his daughter Mrs. W.S. Jones who is quite sick. Bremen, GA Gateway, Jan. 8th. ____ Mrs. K.C. Davis is quite ill. __ Frank Steele of Breman, GA spent several days here last week. __ Mrs. L.P. Cooper of Birmingham is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.U. Almon. __ Mrs. Lucile Brown Smith came back from Muscadine after an extended visit to her mother Mrs. Brown. __ Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lee, who were married last Sunday afternoon, passed through Heflin on Thursday, returning from Atlanta to their home in north Randolph. ___ MRS. MCMAHAN DEAD Mrs. McMahan, stepmother of our townsman, Col. W.C. McMahan, died at the home of Mr. Ed McMahan near Abernathy last Sunday morning. She was one of the oldest residents of the county. ____ At a preliminary hearing at Anniston last Thursday, W.H. Barton, charged with being implicated in the killing of policeman Holland, was remanded to jail without bond. ___ Last Sunday, Mr. E.E. Lee and Miss Annie Morris were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Morris, with Rev. G.B. Boman officiating. The News wishes for them joy all along life's journey. ___ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, January 21, 1915 DEATH OF A GOOD MAN The editor received the sad news of the death of Mr. T.A. Weathers, an uncle, Saturday morning at his home in Alabama. Hee was 70 years old, a Confederate Veteran, a loyal member of the Missionary Baptist Church, a devoted husband and an affectionate father. No community had ever had a truer citizen than was Mr. Weathers. One of his aims in life was that of attending strictly to his own affairs, never meddling with others. To his devoted wife and children we would say, the fact that he has gone on before only makes it more interesting to live well and bravely in the hope that we who survive the perils of living may meet him later on in the place where he has gone. C.F. Dodson, Bremen, GA. ____ MUSCADINE News M.M. Albright and MIss Bertie Albright have returned from Rome, GA where they attended the funeral of Mr. Albright's sister who died on the 6th. ___ OAK LEVEL News Jack Buttram returned home Sunday. He has served in the U.S. Navy for the past two years. ___ LOCAL News Dr. S.R. Brown who lives 6 miles east of Heflin is preparing to move to Mississippi where he has purchased a large farm and will make that state his home in the future. ___ MRS. E.M. PERRYMAN PASSES AWAY Mrs. E.M. Perryman died Tuesday night at the home of her son, R.A. Perryman, with whom she lived, after an illness of several days. Mrs. Perryman would have been 82 years of age had she lived to see her next birthday in June. Mrs. Perryman, whose maiden name was Kitchens, came with her parents to Alabama 76 years ago or about 1839. The family lived in Randolph County and there she married Mr. D.A. Perryman, who during his residence of many years in Randolph, was one of the leading and influential citizens of that county, and there most of their lage and interesting family grew to maturity. In 1896, Mr. and Mrs. Perryman moved to Heflin where Mr. Perryman died in June 1906. The funeral services were conducted from the residence on Ross street by Rev. W.A. Mays and the interment was made at the Heflin Cemetery, beside her husband. ________ WANDERS FROM HOME Mr. Jack Norton, who lives about three miles south of town, disappeared last Tuesday morning and his wife soon had a search made for him. About dark he was found in the woods not more than a half a mile from home, weak and partially demented. It seems that in September he had a fall from a barn and since that time he has been suffering at times from mental aberation. His many friends hope he will soon recover his health. _____ TRIBUTE TO MRS. WILLIAM MCMAHAN, from a son Mrs. McMahan was born October 13, 1830. She joined the church when quite a girl. Married Jackson Barker in 1869 with whom she lived seven years until his death. When she and Mr. Barker married she became the stepmother of nine children, five boys and four girls, all of whom were about grown and all married except three. Ten years after the death of Mr. Barker she married William McMahan, the writer's father, on the 12th day of January 1890, when she became the stepmother of nine boys, all of whom were grown and married except one. She lived with our father until his death, December 25, 1910. Aunt Liz, as we called her , lived on at the old home with brother Ed, in accordance with father's request, until she died last Sunday morning at one o'clock and was called to the graet beyond where we feel that she will rest through endless ages with loved ones gone before. Her kind and affectionate attention to our father has ever endeared her to us. We must say that she ever played the part of a mother. Had our own dear mother lived to accompany our father ot the end of life's journey she could not have been more to us than was aunt Liz, who never lost an opportunity to do anything that she thought would be pleasing, comfortable or profitable to any of us. And in return for her kindness to our father and to us it has been the pleasure of each of us, and especially Ed, with whom she lived, to be all to her that we could be. If we can only emulate the life of this good woman, and the life of our dear own mother, we will feel sure of them both with our father and the other loved ones in the realms of glory. Lovingly, Wiley C. McMahan ________ LOCAL News Mrs. Sadie Freeman will leave in a few days for her home in Laurel, Mississippi. __ Mrs. Joe Evans has returned from Anniston where she spent several days with a daughter who is ill. __ Mr. Grover Rowell left Tuesday morning for his home at Bowdon, GA after spending several months in Heflin. __ MUSCADINE News Miss Lois Chieves of Tallapoosa returned home Sunday after a short visit to her grandmother Mrs. Mary Clayton. __ Dr. J.M. Strickland of Austell, GA was called to Muscadine on Saturday to see Mrs. Della Mosley, wife of telegraph operator Mosley, who has been quite sick the past week. She was taken to Austell on Tuesday morning for treatment. ___ GOOSE NECK News Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hammond spent Sunday with their father and mother. __ Mr. Sam Thompson who made a flying trip to Colorado has returned home. __ Mrs. Mary Hammond and family who have been spending a few nonths with her mother, left yesterday for her new home in Columbus, GA. ___ Miss Mae Hammond spent last week with her sister Mrs. Bryant. ____ LOCAL News HENRY BELL DEAD Last Sunday morning at 3 o'clock, Mr. Henry Bell died at his home 4 miles south of town. He had been in declining health fo rsome time and a recent attack of la grippe brought the grim reaper. Mr. Bell leaves a wife and several married children. He was a member of the Baptist church and was a highly respected citizen. The burial was made at Cedar Creek cemetery on Monday. ____ NOTICE A bill will be introduced at the present session of the legislature of Alabama for the relief of Catherine Pruitt, the widow of Jonathan Pruitt, an ex- Confederate soldier, in accordance with the law of Alabama. Catherine Pruitt. ____ Mrs. Ellie Ayres Burns of Talladega came to attend the funeral of Mrs. E.M. Perryman. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, January 28, 1915 A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF MRS. E.M. PERRYMAN Mrs. E.M. Perryman, the subject of this sketch, who passed away at her home on the 19th inst., came to Randolph county when quite a child, about 1840. The country was then wild and sparsely settled. Panthers and wolves were still roaming the forests. Educational advantages were poor throughout the country, schools were far away. She, being an orphan, had but few advantages compared to present day conditions, yet she possessed an unusual tendency toward the higher plane of life and broad sympathy for the unfortunate and homeless; something like seventeen orphan chldren having found a home under her roof, ten of whom were her husband's nephews and nieces. Her motto was to live each day as though it were the last, ever ready to meet her god. Mrs. Perryman was not a member of any church but was a Primitive Baptist in belief. She was a constant bible reader. Up to within a few days of her death she would sit under the evening light and read a number of chapters in her bible before retiring. She loved the beatitudes and dwelt more on "blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall inherit the kingdom of heaven", doing little kindnesses for the needy and not letting the world know, following the injunction "let not they left hand know what they right hand doeth". Calm and serene throughout a long and useful life, always a great home loving person, living within her home circle all the eight-one years of her life. Mrs. Perryman, though she seldom spoke of this but to her chldren and grandchildren, was related to Gen. McDonald of Revolutionary fame. Her brother, the late J.M. Kitchens of Randolph county was named for this distinguished kinsman. SHe was also related to General Washington through her grandmother Smith who was Miss Mary Powell of Virginia. Gen. Washington was often entertained in the Powell home on his cross country rides through Virginia. Mrs. Perryman's mother was Miss Louisa Smith and married Ransome Kitchens of middle Georgia. Mrs. Perryman was a first cousin of Gov. W.H. Smith. In her Randolph home where her family was reared she always entertained people who came that way. Preachers of all denominations felt at home at her house. She was always a staunch supporter of the cause of education, often taking charge of the teachers who came to that section to teach. When her children were placed in school for a given time they had to go regularly for the time, there were no skipping days, this was a business that they could not shirk. The daughters were sent away to school after attending the home schools as long as they were beneficial. " A rose is a rose" said one who had received many favors at her hand and "why should her good traits be dwelt upon? " Mrs. Perryman had been married sixty-four years. Her husband, David A. Perryman, died June 7, 1906. She was the mother of eight children, all of whom she reared to maturity. The long illness of her son, R.J. Perryman and his final death April 24, 1914 was a great sorrow to her, yet she bore it almost with superhuman strength considering her age, going about her household duties and identifying herself with every interest in her home as always had been her custom. Mrs. Perryman has a sister in Gidding, Texas, Mrs. Ellie Teague, who spent the past summer with her and together these two sisters visited the home of their childhood at Rockdale, Randolph County. The children who survive her are Mr. Frank M. Perryman, Miss Hattie Perryman and Mrs. J.R. Little of Atlanta, Mrs. J.F. Morgan, Messrs. D.D. Perryman, R.A. Perryman adn Miss Ella Perryman of Heflin. There are eleven grandchildren, and nine in the Morgan and two in the Little home. ________ TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO ALONZO WEATHERS Alonzo Weathers was born Sept. 23, 1847 and was 68 years old at death. He was married to Miss Polly Gains in 1868, 47 years ago. Joined the Missionary Baptist church at Ai in 1882 and remained a member there until his death, January 16, 1915. He was an ordained deacon. To know Bro. Weathers was to love him. He was a loving companion and father and a good citizen and neighbor. He was devoted to his church and a strong brace to his pastor and had no equal in his sunday school. He was punctual and very instructive to his class. He was a man that spoke his sentiments and contended for that right. The family, church and sunday school and the entire community has sustained a great loss, but our loss is his eternal gain. His class was seated together during the funeral and then marched by the remains to look upon their teacher with broken hearts and tearful eyes as if it were their own father. We thank god for his useful life in the home, in the church, in the sunday school. He is dead, yet speaketh and will continue to live in the hearts of those who knew him until the perfect day. He has gone to yonder city where there is no more suffering, no sighing nor shedding of tears. He is basking in the sunlight of god's love. Dear sister, mother, sons and daughters, let us bow in submission to the will of god who doeth all things right. We cannot call him back but we can go to him. "Asleep in jesus, blessed sleep. From which none ever wake to weep". His pastor, Rev. B.R. Layton _________ LOCAL News Mr. J.M. Vise and family who have been living in Anniston, have moved back to his father's and is preparing to build him a new house. ____ Mr. Arthur Smith of Opelika, Ala., spent Wednesday and Thursday with relatives at Heflin. ___ Mr. Frank Morgan of Montgomery, Mr. Gus Morgan of Lincoln and Miss Bert Morgan of Blocton are spending a few days at home having been called to attend the funeral of their grandmother. ___ Mr. James Perryman of Chattanooga, Tennessee was in Heflin on Thursday to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Perryman and spent several days with relatives here. ___ Mr. H.M. Patterson of Patterson and Sons Undertakers, came out from Atlanta on Thursday to attend the funeral of Mrs. E.M. Perryman. ____ Mr. L.R. Little and Mr. Frank Perryman returned to Atlanta Thursday night. __ Mrs. Mae Olive of Birmingham was the guest of Mrs. D.D. Perryman for several days last week. __ E.A. Howe spent Friday and Saturday with his sister in Birmingham. __ Homer Mimms came near having a very serious accident Thursday afternoon when his horse became frightened and ran away, throwing him out and turning the wagon bed over on him. ___ Mrs. A.F. Adams is quite ill at her home in east Heflin. __ Mr. O.H. Perryman of near Delta was here last Thursday to attend the funeral of his aunt. __ Mr. W. Mc. Tolleson called to see us yesterday and has us continue to send The News to his two sons in Mississippi. __ Mrs. Lee Vaughan of Atlanta is visiting relatives here. __ We had a pleasant call on Tuesday from Mr. Sam Wallace of Pinetucky who is spending a few days here. Mr. Wallace recently returned from a trip of several months in the northwest. ___ Mr. Sparkes of Boaz was a visitor here last week and this week. __ Mrs. S.O. Smith and little daughter Annie Laurie of Anniston is visiting her sister Mrs. Mays this week. __ Mr. Jep Kitchens of Randolph County was here last Thursday and Friday. __ Mr. Bernard Kitchens who has been at home for a short visit since returning from Vera Cruz, Mexico, spent Tuesday in Heflin on the way to Annapolis, Maryland where he goes back to the U.S. Navy. ___ Rev. G.B. Boman was at Esom Hill, Georgia near Cedartown, last Sunday, where he attended the funeral of Mr. Tom Garner, one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens of that section. ___ Uncle Sweet Snow who has been quite sick is improving. __ FORMER CLEBURNE BOY DIES IN COLORADO Sam Adams, a former Cleburne county boy who has been living in Colorado the past five years, died at Elbert, Colorado last Monday. Mrs. Adams, who as Miss Nellie Leahey of Anniston, was with her husband when the end came. She notified relatives in Anniston and Heflin on Monday, of her husband's death. The deceased is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Adams of Anniston. Besides his parents he is survived by four brothers, L.E. Adams of Heflin, B.L. Adams of Chulafinnee, C.D. Adams of Iuka, Miss., and Jack Adams of Anniston, and by three sisters, Mrs. Charles Dill and Miss Ione Adams of Anniston and Mrs. M.R. Striplin of Chulafinnee. The funeral service will be conducted by Rev. W.A. Mays at the M.E. Church, South, on Friday morning. The pallbearers will be: Raleigh Gibbs, T.O. Black, Pierce Owens, W.B. Foster, D.W. Vaughan, W.A. Haley, Fred Osborn and Alf M. Turner. The interment will be at the Heflin cemetery. ____ LOCAL News Dr. S.R. Brown and family who have resided near this place for a number of years, left Wednesday night for Boonville, Mississippi, where they will make their future home. Their many friends wish for them health and prosperity in their new home. ___ MUSCADINE News Mr. C.W. Hill moved Monday into his new home, the Hicks place. __ The little son of Mrs. Sallie Lahr is quite ill. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape384gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 20.9 Kb