Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for MARCH 1919 March 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, 10:07 pm The Cleburne News March 1919 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for MARCH 1919 NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, March 6, 1919 FLU KILLS 9 In TWO FAMILIES Since January 19th, the flu has almost wiped out the families of Hardy Horn and that of the Youngs near Chulafinnee. On January 19th, Hardy Horn, about 40 years old, succumbed to the dreaded disease. On January 27th, little Annie Mae Horn, aged three or four years, died and on February 25th, Leslie Horn, aged 15 months, were claimed by the great reaper. On January 22nd, Sherman Young, age 20, died of the same disease. Lula Young, about 25 years old, died January 25th. On January 26th, Mrs. Mollie Young and her husband W.S. Young, died at about the same hour and were buried in the same grave. Pat Young, aged about 27, died on the first day of February and on the 2nd day of Feburary, Thomas Young, 30 years old, died of the same disease. ________ LOCAL News Miss Lillian Lyles who is attending school at the Presbyterian College in Anniston, spent the weekend here with her father Mr. E.R. Lyles. __ Mr. N.J. (Dep) Albright, one of the oldest and widely known citizens in Cleburne county, 78 years old, died at his home near Muscadine, early Friday night of heart dropsy. The interment was at State Line on Saturday. Mr. Albright was a Condederate veteran, having lost his right arm somewhere in Virginia, and although he had but one arm, he as given up as being one of the best performers on violin in the state. ___ Greer Skinner visited homefolks in Douglasville, Georgia on Sunday. __ Last Friday morning the editor of The News received a telephone message telling of the death of a neice, Mrs. J.B. Hunt, at Rome, Georgia, earlier in the day. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. A.R. Dodson of Bremen, and a good christian woman. __ LETTER FROM JOHN W. FORDHAM FROM GERMANY Neider-zissen, Germany, Feb 5, 1919 Dear Editor and readers, As I am a member of the 42nd division, now the Rainbow division, I will write you a few lines. I received the Cleburne News of Jan. 2nd adn was sure glad to get it for it was like a letter from home. We are located in a little German village of about 1,500 people near the River Rhine, a beautiful place I must say. Well, I landed in Liverpool, England the 12th of July and from there to France and went over the top the 26th of July at about 5 in the morning and drove all day and far into the night and the big shells were falling all night and many of the boys were knocked off during the time. I did not sleep any as I was in a shell hole and it did not fit any too well. Got up the next morning and went over again and this is where all h__ broke loose, but we crossed up the river and took our objective and got orders to "dig in" at once. We were there for several days with shells raining all around us. Then to St. Mihile and over the top there; then the Argonne forest. From there I went to a hospital sick and was gone from the outfit three weeks and two days. Well, I am proud the war is a thing of the past. Well I hope to be back in the dear old U.S.A. soon and wishing The News and all its readers the best of good luck and that I will be with you all soon. Pvt. John W. Fordham, Col K 168th Inft., A.E.F. ___ PROBATE NOTICE This day came Mrs. H.A. Landers an filed in this court her petition together with a paper purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Louisa J. Howle, deceased, late of said county and state, for probate and recorded in this court, and it appearing from said petition that the following named person, legatee and devisee is a non-residents to wit: W.G. Wiggonton, who resides at or near Mt. Pleasant, Texas It is ordered by the court that the 29th day of March, 1919 is set for hearing of said petition and that notice thereof be given for three successive weeks in the Cleburne News, a paper published in said County, notifying all persons to appear before me and contest said applicaton, if they think proper. D.S. Baber, Judge of Probate _______ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, March 13, 1919 LITTLE CHILD IS BURNED TO DEATH News was received in Heflin on Wednesday of the horrible death of the little boy of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McEachern that died in great agony Tuesday night from burns received earlier in the day when the little fellow's clothing caught from an open grate. The boy was the only child and the untimely death is a sad blow to the fond parents. ____ CARD OF THANKS Please permit me to express through the columns of The Cleburne News our sincere thanks for the kindness shown us in our afflictions caused by the death of our dear husband and father. Mrs. Ella Evans and children ___ LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Pyron and little daughter Joyce have returned home after a weeks' visit to relatives at Acworth, Georgia. __ Mr. and Mrs. R.N. Brooks of Atlanta visited Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Steele the first of the week. __ Mrs. E.G. Holbrooks of Baltimore, Maryland spent Monday here with her nephew, Greer Skinner. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, March 20, 1919 Local News Corp. James Fields, who has been in France for several months with the 82nd division, returned to his home near Bell Mills last Friday. Jim was wounded by a machine gun bullet in the very first battle he went into and he was sent back to the states and given his discharge at Camp Gordon. It's real interesting to hear Jim talk of the soldiers experience in France. Jim was with the French Army for a month or so and declares he came near to starving for something to eat during the time. "One hard tack and a carrot was all we received for a meal, and the hard tacks were as hard as hickory nuts and must have been on hand since the days of Napoleon." ___ LETTER FROM HENRY DURHAM FROM FRANCE Mr. Joe Groover has received the following letter from Pvt. Henry Durham, Co. D 322nd Inft., now stationed at Laigues, France, dated Feb. 28, 1919 Dear Friend, Thinking that you might like to hear from one of the home boys over here in France, I will take some time and write to you. Have been in this town of Laigues three months or half of the time I have been in France. We pulled in Laigues shortly after coming off the front near Verdun. The hike was a long and strenuous one, as the most of us suffered from sore feet and our systems were pretty well run down after the hard time we experienced in battle. Now that the war is over and no more fighting in sight, I am anxous like many others to set foot on American soil again. I think I will always have a vivid picture in my mind of that great network of trenches that we occupied in front of Verdun. From the fire front of this great hill one could out across the level valley, Dead Man's Valley, of No Man's Land with not a human being, or for that matter no living thing seemed to live. Here and there in this once beautiful valley could be seen the ruins of the little towns. At a distance of two or three miles they somewhat resembled grave yards, the small pieces of white stone walls that were still standing resembled tomb stones. The morning of November 9th, about 4 o'clock, we were aroused out of our dugouts and ordered over the top. In our great hurry to get out we threw away almost everything but what clothes we needed to wear. Those that started with packs to the front soon got rid of them when they met with the Hun. About 9 o'clock that morning we got close enough to the enemy to draw machine gun fire. We kept on pushing forward in spite of the rain of machine gun bullets until we were checked by our own artillery which started putting down a barrage about 2 thousand yards ahead of us. It was not long then until things begin to happen. The jerries must have had that whole country blocked out, because it seemed as though they could plant a shell just where they wanted to. I had many narrow escapes and after the battle was over I could not figure out how a man could stay in a land of hell like that was and get out without getting hit. I don't believe I really care for any more of jerry's fireworks, but nevertheless I am glad that I have had a hand in that last fight of the great war. The battle of the Argonne I think will always stand out in the future history of the world as one of the greatest battles every fought. We fought over the same ground where the germans lost their best army in the beginning of the war. I don't know when I will be back to the dear old town again but I hope it won't be long. Yours sincerely, Henry G. Durham _____ HEPSABAH News Miss Mannie Ayres has been on a few days visit to her sister, Mrs. Artie Greggs in Randolph county. __ Jethro Barnwell spent last Saturday night in Randolph county. __ Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson spent Saturday night with Joe Turley and family. __ LOCAL News Mrs. H.G. Entrekin and son Robert from Bremen, were the guests of her sister, Mrs. W.T. Chappell last week. __ Dr. Thurston B. Price, one of the general Evangelist of the M.E. Church, South was introduced and preached a very inspiring sermon. __ Dr. L.C. Branschomb, editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate, addressed the North Alabama Methodist Conference in the interest of that paper. He stated that the circulation of the paper had reached 20,000. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, March 27, 1919 At a meeting held in Birmingham Tuesday at which many of the county chairmen of the Fifth Liberty loan and others present from various section of the state, Mrs. Lumpkin of Atlanta made a talk that should have been heard by every person in the state. Mrs. Lumpkin's work carries her to Ft. McPherson near that city where can been seen boys whose arms or legs are gone, boys who have been made totally blind by german awful gasses. These boys, said Mrs. Lumpkin, went from our home towns little more than a year ago in the bloom of young manhood. "When I saw these boys, I realized that our war work was not over, that we must pay the bills for these boys, and what they have done, no matter the cost. Let us do our whole duty on behalf of these stricken boys of our country." An effort will be made to have Mrs. Lumpkin come to Heflin and tell our people first hand of the awful tragedy that meets one eyes when they visit Ft. McPherson, and if she comes, by all means, come and hear the sad truth of it. ___ LOCAL News "Uncle" George Morris of Edwardsville was in town Monday. Mr. Morris is one of the county's oldest citizens. __ Mr. W.A. Sayre of Albertville is visiting relatives and friends in Cleburne. __ Mr. Pomp Shepard of Sheffield, is here visiting his sister, Mrs. A. Rowell. More than thirty years ago Pomp left Cleburne and went west and six or seven years later returned on a visit of a few days when he went to Mississippi during which time he has been in almost every western state since he left here twenty-six years ago. Glad to meet you again, Pomp, old boy. ___ Mrs. Thomas Boman left last Saturday morning for her home in Augusta, Georgia after an extended visit here with relatives and friends. ___ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape438gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.8 Kb