Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for JUNE 1915 June 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 10, 2005, 11:33 pm The Cleburne News June 1915 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for JUNE 1915 NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, June 3, 1915 IN MEMORY OF MRS. LIVADA VAUGHAN In memory of Mrs. Livada Vaughan who died at Dr. Lewis's Sanitarium in Carrollton on the 22nd day of March. She lived near Heflin, Ala and her remains were carried back to that city and laid to rest in the city cemetery. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Edwards who live in Alabama. Mrs. Vaughan was born February 16, 1884 and died March 22, 1915. She had suffered from rheumatism for the past thirteen years and hadn't walked in five years. She was married to Mr. George Vaughan 14 years ago. Mrs. Vaughan leaves a husband and two little girls, a father, mother, four brothers, five sisters and a host of friends and relatives to mourn her loss. We know that she is resting with jesus after so many years of intense suffering. I don't think god would have her suffer longer. She was willing and ready to die. Her sister, Ida Fletcher in Carrollton, GA. ____ LOCAL News Deputy Sheriff McWhorter attended the funeral of Rev. John M. Buttram at Mars Hill last Monday. __ EDWARDSVILLE News J.D. Laminack who has been really sick is some better. __ Mr. J.A. Burgess attended the funeral of Rev. John Buttram at Mars Hill on Monday. __ MEMORIAL SINGING AT LIBERTY HILL ATTENDED BY LARGE CROWD A large crowd, estimated at about 1,000 people was present and some splendid music greeted the ears of the lovers of the Sacred Harp. At noon dinner was spread under the shady oaks and the large crowd fared sumptuously and there was plenty to spare. In the afternoon special memorial lessons were conducted by Messrs. James Webb of the Liberty Hill commuty, Hamp Reynolds of Anniston and Billie McWhorter of Heflin. A memorial address was delivered by Judge A.H Glasgow. A motion that Judge Glasgow's address be printed in The Cleburne News was carried. Judge Glasgow said: " My friends, Our meeting together here today is mingled with sorrow and pleasure; sorrow because one of our brighest and most promising young men has been compelled to obey the call which we term death; pleasure because like a swift flowing meteor across the vaulted heavens, leaving in its parthway a bright shining trail which seems to beckon to the hosts of heaven to follow in its flight, he left a life which stands out prominently upon the path of time worth of emulation. We have met today to sing in memory of him who so well loved to sing, George Haywood, our friend and brother. George Haywood lived only 26 years. He was a kind and loving son, he was the idol of the home. While he was a school boy it was my happy lot to be his teacher. He was a studious and obedient pupil. He joined the church at the age of 20 and lived a faithful and consecrated life until death claimed him as its victim. He had been a faithful sunday school worker from childhood. He possessed a natural talent for music and had cultivated that talent until he had but few equals as a singer. In his death, the church, the sunday school, the singings and in fact society itself have lost an ardent supporter whose place will be hard to fill. He was of an affectionate, open hearted temperament, and when he had determined upon his course no allurements of any nature, no pressure of any kind could swerve him from his sense of duty. He was never so happy as when making others happy. He was trusted by his friends. They knew him to be true to them. No man could accuse him of forgetting past kindnesses. No one entertained for a moment, a doubt of his faithfulness. His loyalty was not monetary, was but enduring. He bade fair to reach a large measure of his usefulness but at the threshold of an active life he was cut down, with not a moment's warning. He left us like a flash of lightning from the serene sky. The ways of providence are not our ways and the wisdom of events often remain hidden from mortal view. We cannot fathom the purpose of the infinite one. We can only surrender our feeble comprehension to the fulness of faith in the declaration that "he doeth all things well", and in the faith of these memories of our love for our fallen brother and our esteem for his many virtues upon the indelible records of our hands shall be written...." ---------- LOCAL News Miss Vera Barnes is spending this week in Atlanta with her mother who is at Wesley Memorial hospital having undergone an operation there last Friday. ___ FRIENDSHIP News Let everybody remember our annual singing at Friendship the 3rd Sunday in June and bring well filled baskets. There will be a lesson sung on the above date in memory of sister Corda Williams who departed this life February 21, 1915. Sister Williams was a good, kind hearted christian lady. She left a husband and two little ones to mourn her death. ____ HEFLIN ROUTE 1 News Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Howle visited the latter's mother, Mrs. Harlan, on Saturday and Sunday. ____ LOCAL News Miss Ella Perryman will leave for a visit soon to relatives in Texas. __ Mr. L.E. Adams leaves this week for a visit to relatives in Oklahoma. __ Col. W.C. McMahan has just received the news that Mr. Tidwell, a son-in-law of his brother C.B. McMahan, was killed by lightning last Thursday on Sand Mountain. ___ Mrs. W.C. McMahan is visiting her daughter Mrs. Wimpee at Mentone. __ Mr. W.P. Harris has been on crutches for several days on account of having stuck a nail in his foot. ___ REV. JOHN BUTTRAM DEAD Rev. John Buttram, a Primitive Baptist minister and a splendid citizen of near Oak Level died last Sunday morning after an illness of only a few minutes. Rev. Buttram was getting ready to go to church when the attack came. The deceased was 69 years old last Saturday and had a birthday celebration on that occasion. He leaves a wife, son and a daughter, both married. The deceased had lived in this county for more than 60 years and was highly esteemed by a large number of friends and acquaintances. The remains were laid to rest at Mars Hill on Monday in the presence of a large congregation of friends. _____ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, June 10, 1915 BELL MILLS News Mrs. Nancy Walker of near this place, who has been quite ill for several weeks is some improved. __ "Grandmother" Bell has returned from Tennessee where she spent the winter and will be at home with her son Mr. W. J. Bell for awhile. ___ LOCAL News Mrs. M.J. McWhorter visited her daughter near DeArmanville last week, returning home this week. __ Mr. J.M. VanCuran left first of this week for a visit to relatives at Tallassee. Before his return, Mr. VanCuran may also visit in Texas and Oklahoma. ___ Mrs. Giesman and children are with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.F. Cunningham and will spend the summer here. __ Mrs. Will Burgess returned from Oklahoma where she had been visiting relatives the past two weeks. __ Mr. Lee Evans, who was reared here but who has been in Oklahoma for several years, has returned to Heflin and accepted a position with R.B. Fincher's barber shop and invites his friends to call on him. __ Mrs. L.T. Beason and children spent Tuesday at Beason's Mill wherer Mrs. Beason's father, Mr. John Boman, is seriously ill. ___ Mr. R.A. Lott and family, Mr. J.C. Coleman and family, Mrs. Coleman's mother Mrs. Polly Story, and Messrs. J.L. Adams and Wesley Blanton spent last Friday on the river and report a pleasant day and a nice catch of fish. ___ Thomas H. Shackleford of Hogansville, Georgia, a namesake and nephew of our townsman Col. Thomas H. Shackleford, and who recently visited his uncle here, appears among the list of graduates of Emory College who won prizes. ____ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, June 24, 1915 IN MEMORY OF MR. J.K. BIRD I am before the Cleburne family again with sad tidings, because our much esteemed brother, J.K. Bird, has transferred to the home beyond the skies. Brother Bird was born August 20, 1877 and departed this life June 2, 1915. He was married to Miss Emma Williams in early manhood. He was a consistent member of the Baptist church for about 19 years. Brother Bird is gone but his going, like the setting sun, has colored the sky with a flame of golden glory. Brother Bird was a genuine man, true to the core. Some men are greater in what they are than in what they do. So was Brother Bird and the moral majesty of his manhood towers forth like a mountain of light. In the death of Brother Bird, the state has lost a stalwart citizen, the church a valuable member, the community a helpful neighbor and his wife and children a faithful husband and kind father and his mother a splendid son. We extend our most sincere sympathy to the bereaved relatives and friends. Our sorrowing is very much mitigated by the fact that our loss is his gain. For the death of the righteous is present, real and eternal gain. G.L. Hicks ____ BELL MILLS News Born to Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Bell of this place, a boy. __ Mrs. Ethel Vance, accompanied by her brother Mr. Cliff Griffin of Bowdon, is visiting relatives here this week. __ NOTICE TO APPLICANTS FOR PENSIONS The County Board of Pension Examiners of Cleburne County will meet at the court house in Heflin July 5, 1915 and will hold daily sessions until the 15th of July for the purpose of taking the applications of Confederate soldiers or widows who may wish to apply for pensions under the several acts of the General Assembly of Alabama. Also to take proofs of those who have been dropped from the pension rolls and wish to apply for re-instatement under the acts of the Legislature of 1915. L.R. Wright, M.D., W.A. Porter, County Board of Pension Examiners. ____ FRUITHURST News Dr. and Mrs. Gilmore have mobved to Tallapoosa to open a Sanitarium. Mrs. Gilmore's father, Mr. Sleeper, was taken seriously ill while there and is still unable to come home. __ Miss Sims of Tallapoosa is visiting her sister, Mrs. Whit Robertson. __ MEMORIAL SINGING AT RANBURNE 4th SUNDAY There will be an all day singing at Ranburne on the fourth Sunday in June in memory of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. White and their son Mr. Henry T. White. Everybody and especially all singers are invited. The Woodman will also be on the same day at 2 p.m. to unveil a monument in Lost Creek cemetery at Ranburne recently placed over the grave of Mr. Henry T. White. All Woodmen are invited to be present at the unveiling exercises. There will be dinner on the grounds. ___ LOCAL News Mr. John Campbell fell from his motorcycle on Sunday and dislocated an ankle. __ The many friends of Prof. J.E. Middlebrooks will be pleased to learn that he has been elected to a $1200. year position in the City High School at Tuscaloosa. During the summer he will assist the county superintendant of Tuscaloosa County in the rural districts in the interest of local taxation. ____ Col. C.H. Vann is visiting his brother Mr. Eugene Vann in New York City. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape390gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.7 Kb