Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for OCTOBER 1915 October 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 15, 2005, 12:14 am The Cleburne News October 1915 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for OCTOBER 1915 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, October 7, 1915 MRS. TEAGUE DIES SUDDENLY Mr. E.W. Teague, 63 years old, died at the home of her husband in Heflin, last Friday night after an illness of but a few hours of paralysis. Mrs. Teague was stricken early in the evening and lingered for about seven hours when death came to relieve her of her suffering. She was a consistent member of the Southern Methodist church and besides a husband, several children survive the mother. The remains of the deceased were carried to Carrollton, GA for interment. The News extends sympathy to the bereaved family. __ POPE MAKES HIS ESCAPE Erwin Pope, a Calhoun county negro, sentenced to death five times for the murder of James McClurkin, a white farmer of Oxford, and granted a commutation to life imprisonment by Governor O'Neal, escaped on the morning of the 4th from Aldrich, according the an annoucement made by the convict department. Pope was trailed all day long by blood-hounds but without success. The convict department has offered a $50. reward for his recapture. Pope was sentenced to death five times and four times his case was reversed by the supreme court. On the fifth appeal the higher court affirmed the trial tribunal and fixed the date of execution. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor O'Neal on the day before his execution was to have taken place. ____ EDWARDSVILLE News Pavl. Tolleson who was bitten on the heel by a rattlesnake last week is getting along nicely. __ Mrs. Bill Baber, who has been very low, is improving. __ CAMP GROUND News Dedrick McLendon and Everett Laminack spent Saturday night with G.D. Moore. __ HIGHTOWER News Hugh Hand has returned from Tennessee. __ Mrs. Mollie Abercrombie and Mrs. Ernest Skinner from Hill Crest were in Hightower last Monday. __ Mr. and Mrs. Hurst Walker from Georgia are visiting relatives at Hightower this week. ___ BELLTOWN News Mr. and Mrs. James Bell of this place visited the latter's parents, Mr. Durham on Sunday. __ Mrs. Hammons of Arbacoochee visited their son W.P. Hammons on Sunday. __ LOCAL News Mr. J.J. Wager was called to Whitesburg, Georgia to attend the funeral of Mr. Lawrence Wager, a nephew. ___ Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Norton on Tuesday morning, a son. __ Mr. E.G. Barker, an old time friend of the editor, living near Bell Mills, was in to see us one day last week. Mr. Barker, we are sorry to say, is in feeble health, although he is as jovial as of old. ___ Mr. P.W. Smith, who has been with the Southern Railway at this place in the capacity of telegraph operator for several months has moved to Muscadine where he has a similar position with the Southern. __ Mr. Henry Hayes' team at Bell Mills on Sunday, became frightened at an approaching automobile, running away. In the mixup two of Mr. Hayes' sons were thrown from the buggy and one of the boys was painfully hurt. __ There will be a memorial singing at Friendship Baptist church, three miles southeast of Muscadine, next Sunday, the 10th, in memory of Rev. W.E. Garner, former pastor of that church. Every lover of music is cordially invited to be present and take part in the services. __ Mr. J.H. Anderson of Ranburne was in Heflin Monday enroute to Williamson County, Texas, on business. Mr. Anderson moved from the west to this county about twelve months ago, making the long trip by wagon. He has some good property in Texas, both in Williamson and Dimmitt counties. ___ Marvin Gaston of the Corinth community in north Randolph county, was in Heflin Sunday to meet his father, Hon. S.B. Gaston, who arrived on the train from Birmingham where he had been visiting his two sons who reside in the Magic City and a daughter who is in school there. ___ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, October 14, 1915 LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. John W. Barnes of Heflin announce the engagement of their daughter Vera Ezma Barnes to Mr. Frank H. Steele of Bremen, Georgia, the wedding to take place the latter part of November. ___ Married at the residence of the bride on Wednesday afternoon, October 13th, Mr. Lee Evans to Miss Willie Ross, Rev. G.B. Boman performing the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Evans will leave the first of next week for Hugo, Oklahoma where they will make their future home, and the hundreds of friends here in Cleburne wish for them the best that life affords. ____ PARSONAGE FOR SALE The parsonage and about one half acre of land at Lecta, belongint to the Southern Methodist Conference, 4 room house and garden, house very well finished inside. Will sell privately, sale to be approved by the Trustees. For information see W.J. Bell, or W.S. Sherrell, Lecta. W.J. Bell ____ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, October 28, 1915 LOCAL News Mrs. G.P Hughey of Edwardsville, about 65 years old, was adjusted insane and carried to the asylum on Saturday. __ A son of Mr. Bob Garner, living on Tallapoosa River, was assaulted with a rock late Wednesday afternoon and seriously hurt. Mr. Garner, father of the boy, was in Heflin at a late hour Wednesday night seeking Sheriff Rowell. Mr. Garner, in speaking of the affair, says that he sent his son to Les Sayer to inform Sayer that his hogs were in Garner's field destroying his corn, and that without any provocation, so Garner says, Sayer assaulted the boy with a rock seriously hurting him. ___ MISTRIAL IN BARTON CASE A mistrial was declared in the case of W.H. Barton, in Anniston on Monday, charged with the murder of Jack Holland, a policeman. After being out for nearly 48 hours, the jury reported to Judge Coleman of the city court that it was unable to reach a verdict. ___ IN MEMORY OF MRS. T.J. ROBERTS The following is dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Nancy Adline Roberts, wife of T.J. Roberts who preceded her to the spirit land. After a long illness and patient suffering, she passed away on the first day of May 1915 and was laid to rest in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery on Sunday the 2nd by a host of friends, a large concourse attending with the children and near relatives, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. J.D. Johnson and J.W. Grubbs. The services were very impressive because of the noble character of this good mother. She had been a faithful and true christian for 48 years. She joined the Baptist church at Camp's Creek in the summer of 1867 and was baptized by Rev. V.A. Brewster, one of the pioneer ministers of this county. She moved to south Cleburne a few years ago with her husband and located in the Pleasant Hill community, transferring their church membership to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, their membership remaining there till death. The community also lost a good neighbor and friend in the death of Mr. T.J. Roberts, who was an ex-confederate soldier serving four years, and after the four year struggle, he returned home and took an active part in politics and was prominent among reconstructionists, and lent his aid in making this a solid south. In 1866 he was married to Miss Nancy Adeline Kyeth and to this union wa born six boys and three girls, all of whom are living and are upright citizens. Mr. Roberts was not sick but just a few days but his suffering was great until the end came. But as a wise man he had arranged his business affairs and provided for his beloved companion a home for the rest of her life. Mr. Roberts was born April 26, 1843 and died January 14, 1911, age 67 years, 9 months and twelve days. Mrs. Roberts was in her 70th year at the time of her death. The records are not accessible, therefore correct dates cannot be given. A Friend. _______ RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF MRS. TEAGUE We, the members of the Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, south, of Heflin, have met to adopt the following resolutions on the death of our faithful member, Mrs. E.W. Teague. Resolved first; we shall miss her kind and loving counsel, but we know god in his wisdom doeth all things well, and we humbly submit to his will; and while we are sad over her death, we feel that she is resting from the labors and is "asleep in jesus." Second, that we shall ever cherish the memory of her loving deeds, christian spirit and faithfulness to her church and god and above our sence of grief we are resolved to emulate her deeds of love and charity and to be true and steadfast in our love to god that we may meet her in the better land. Third; that we hereby tender our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and say to them, "she is not dead, but is awiating them where parting never comes." Fourth; that a copy of these resolutions be recorded in our minute book, a copy be sent to the Alabama Christian Advocate for publication and a copy sent to the grief stricken family. Mrs. W.A. Mays Mrs. E.S. Howell _______ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape394gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 9.6 Kb