Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for JANUARY 1919 January 1919 ************************************************ 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 26, 2005, 3:13 pm The Cleburne News January 1919 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for JANUARY 1919 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, January 2, 1919 LOCAL News Mr. A.D. McLarty of Muscadine has sold his farm there and will move to Crossville, Tennessee leaving today, Thursday, for his new home. Mr. McLarty says he has lived near where he sold out for 51 years and he regrets to part with his life-long neighbors. His son, T.D., who is such a fine singer and leader, will also move to Crossville. Their friends wish them well in their new home. __ Colonel W.C. McMahan with his children, has moved to his farm out on the Tallapoosa river and with his boys will show his neighbor farmers how well a lawyer can farm once he gets it into his head to do so. He has purchased the Edmondson farm and will devote much of his time there. He will not entirely give up the practice of his profession. He is near the scenes of his boyhood days and this with the chatter of the river birds, will bring back to memory the happenings of bye-gone days. ___ The sad news of the death of Joseph I. Ayers, son of Mr. P.J. Ayers, on the battlefield in France was announced by the War Department a few days ago. Joseph was attached to Co. B, 326th Infantry that did such heroic work in the fighting at St. Mihiel then to the Argonne fronts where the lives of more than 7,000 of our boys were snuffed out in less than two days. ___ OBITUARY OF MYRTLE GREEN TEAGUE Myrtle Green Teague, daughter of E.F. and B.A. Green, was born Feb. 2, 1892; joined the Methodist Episcopal church at Greens Chapel at the age of 12 years, to which she remained a loyal member, always ready to do all she could for the upbuilding of church and sunday school. During the years of 1911 to 1913 she was actively engaged in school work, in which she took great delight and met with good success. At this time she was planning to finish school, take special training and make school teaching a profession but after finishing her last school she returned home all broken in health, continued to grow worse and for almost a year it seemed that her life almost hung on a thread, but with best medical aid and tenderest nursing she was restored and was once more the same, sweet, happy girl. Although her parents would never again consent for her to go to school to teach, she contented herself with home life, doing all she could to make home more pleasant and attractive. In this home are found many dainty articles she made with her own precious hands that will be cherished by the family as long as life exists. On December 27, 1916 she was married to O.S. Teague, and while permitted only two brief years of married life, this marked the sweetest part of her life, always so gentle, so kind, trying in every way to make her little home an ideal one. It can be truthfully said, she ewas one of the sweetest girls of her community; she was never heard to speak evil or anyone but always had a smile and kind word and some for everyone. On November 29th, a precious baby boy came into the home to draw the tender chords of love more closely, but only two days later, on December 1st, just as the day had passed into night, the darling mother closed her eyes and with a heavenly smile, peacefully fell asleep in the arms of jesus. We cannot understand why god saw fit to remove this precious one from our midst just in the bloom of young womanhood with so many bright prospects for the future; but we feel that these few years she was spared to us will make our pathway more bright and help us to be more determined to live the life god intended us to live. Myrtle, darling why did you leave us! Without you, all is so dark and sad, but the veil of sorrow is lifted and through our tears we fancy the beautiful gates ajar and there at the great white throne we see you, a bright shining angel, beckoning us to come to that beautiful home above where all is joy, peace and love. On December 2nd, funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.F. Starns, her pastor, in the presence of sorrowing relatives and friends and the body was laid beneath the sod in Greens Chapel church yard, a place of her own selection, to await the resurrection. One Who Loved Her. ____ NOTICE There will be a bill introducted in the next session of the Legislature of the State of Alabama to pay H.T. Deese the sum of eighty dollars due him a Confederate pensioner. December 28, 1918 H.T. Deese _____ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, January 9, 1919 PVT. E.P. DODSON TELLS OF SGT. BROWN'S DEATH Prauthoy, France November 15, 1918 Sgt. Feador M. Brown of the 325th Machine Gun Co., 82nd Division, son-in-law of Editor C.F. Dodson, has fallen for the cause of democracy, being killed in action, October 11th, near Fleaville in the Argonne Forests, northwest of Verdun, during a counter attack. From all the facts the writer is able to gather from the 325th boys, Sgt. Brown and his gun crew had advanced with the infantry, reaching their objective, had captured a Boche machine gun and had turned it on the enemy, when they were counter-attacked, throwing over high explosive and gas shells, a shell killing Brown at his gun. "He would not retreat, he had too much nerve", one of his men remarked. "If a man must die, it is better that he should die fighting than running away." He made the sacrifice as nobly as many brave boys have done and from what his crew says, I know he was unafraid. He knew he had received his death wound as he said, a few minutes before his eyes were closed in death, "Tell my wife I will meet her in heaven." This knowledge to some extent, should serve as a balm to the aching and bleeding hearts of his loved ones, far removed from the battlefields of Europe. General Pershing says, "I pay supreme tribute to our officers and men of the line. When I think of their hardships, their heroism, their unflinching spirit of offensive action, I am filled with emotion that I unable to express. Their deeds are immortal and they have won the eternal gratitude of our country." Sgt. Brown had been in the service of his country about fourteen months and had been in France about six months when he met his fate; had been on three battle fronts, Toul, Nancy and the Argonne Forests. On the 25th of October the writer learned the sad tidings of his death but knew the censor would forbid writing his family until the War Dept. had done so. I saw him October 2nd, a day or so before we went into action and he said to me, "Brother Ed, if I happen to take my departure into the vast unknown, into that dreamless sleep, from which there is no awakening until resurrected from the dead, and you are lucky enough to escape jerry's shells, machine gun bullets and awful gasses, tell my loved ones not to grieve for me, as I'm not afraid to meet god my savior." Sgt. Brown was a true, christian young man, a fearless soldier, well liked by the officers and men of his outfit, and they send sympathy to his loved ones. His brother-in-law, E.P. Dodson, Outpost Co. 307th Fld. Sig. Bn. Am.E.F. ___ UNCLE JOE EVANS CALLED BY DEATH "Uncle" Joe Evans, beloved and esteemed by hundreds throughout the county and elsewhere, died at his home in Heflin Wednesday morning after an illness of only three or four days of paralysis. He was one of the best men the county ever produced, and a devoted and sympathizing friend of little children, and everyone is mourning the death of Uncle Joe. Mr. Evans was about 71 years old and had spent a large portion of his younger days in the school room as teacher. He was a true Mason and devoted member of the M.E. Church and with Masonic honors his body was laid to rest in the cemetery here today, Thursday. The News with hundred of others extends sympathy to the bereaved family and relatives. Peace to his memory. ___ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, January 23, 1919 CALDWELL HOLLIS IS LAID TO REST No death has caused more sorrow in this community than that of Caldwell Harris, devoted son of Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Hollis, which occurred in Virginia a few days ago from pneumonia. Young Hollis was attached to the United States Navy and was a model and obedient boy. Only a few short weeks ago he was at home with his parents and loved ones, in the vigor of health and young manhood, his friends little thinking that so soon he would return cold in death. His brother Chester went to his bedside arriving a few hours before Caldwell's death, returning Tuesday afternoon with his body and on Wednesday, all that was mortal of this once vigorous young man was laid to rest at Chulafinnee. The News with hundreds of friends extend sympathy to the bereaved parents, brothers and sisters, in their hour of great sorrow. ___ LOCAL News Charlie Rooks who returned home from France Monday of last week, after having been mustered out of service at Camp Taylor in Kentucky, tells os the transport on which he sailed to France a few months ago being attacked by a german submarine when three or more days from land. A great hole was ripped in the transport and it required heroic work to keep the water pumped out until a landing was made. The submarine was sent to the bottom. __ Friends of Wilmer Atkins will be glad to know that he has been honorably discharged from the Army and has returned to Heflin. Cranston, his brother, who was with the Navy, has also been honorably discharged from the service, and is back with his parents and friends. ___ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, January 30, 1919 LOCAL News Mr. Jones Evans died at his home in Lewisberg, near Birmingham, Tuesday after an illness of long duration. The interment was in the cemetery here. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt J. Evans of near town. Many of our people were intimately acquainted with Mr. Evans and will be made to feel sad to learn of his death. ___ The hand of misfortune has fallen heavily on the family of Mr. Bob Young, near Chulafinnee. Last week, so it is reported, a son and daughter died of the flu followed by pneumonia. Monday, Mr. Young succumbed to the terrible malady and that afternoon, Mrs. Young passed away. Tuesday the husband and wife were buried in the same grave. ___ Mr. Pierce Owens who has been dangerously ill for several days was reported somewhat improved Thursday morning to the delight of his hundreds of friends. ___ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape436gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.1 Kb