Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for AUGUST 1919 August 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 28, 2005, 1:22 am The Cleburne News August 1919 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for AUGUST 1919 NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, August 7, 1919 70 YEAR OLD MAN ENDS HIS LIFE Mr. Taylor Peterson, about 70 years old, the father of Mrs. Terrell Daugherty of Edwardsville, ended his life at the home of one of his sons, near Hanceville, where he was visiting, Tuesday morning of last week. Mr. Peterson ended his life with a single barrel shot gun. Mr. Peterson moved to west Alabama about 12 years ago, and having lost his wife in 1916, he disposed of his property there, came to make his home with his daughter in Cleburne. Brooding over the death of his wife is thought to have unbalanced the old man. ___ Mrs. J.W. Thompson left today for Atlanta, Texas where she will visit her son, Mr. C.C. Thompson. __ Mr. and Mrs. Terrell Daugherty left today for a few days visit in Cullman County. __ HAPPY MEETING AT OLD HOME Those of the Vaughan family who met at the Rev. Fred Vaughan old home last Saturday lived over again the days when father and mother were there with the children around the fireside. It's been a long, long time since the children of this family had met and may never all meet again on this earth, but their coming together Saturday, and the good talks of gone-by days, will linger with each son and daughter present to their dying day. Those of the children present were: W.J. Vaughan and wife of Heflin Mrs. Mary Brannon of Texas Mrs. Lou Duncan of Oklahoma Rev. G.W. Reid and wife of Texas Mr. and Mrs. J.M. McDowell of Texas Mr. adn Mrs. J.D. Vaughan of Heflin Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Vaughan of Heflin Mrs. W.J. Fowler of Hightower. Although blind, this good woman enjoyed the visit to old home as much if not more than any one present and the unfortunate woman manifested her happiness and joy. Unfortunately Mrs. J.P. Houston was kept away on acount of sickness in the family. Interesting talks were made by Revs. George Vaughan, George Reid and Thomas Freeman of Cullman. Others also made interesting talks. A splendid basket dinner was spread and the large crowd was dismissed. Rev. George Vaughan presented each brother and sister present with a white new handkerchief as a token of love. It was a great day! ____ LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. W. Mc. Tolleson returned Monday from Clay county where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Tolleson's brother, Mr. Jack Barefield, who met death while hauling saw timber, a large log having fell on him. __ Tom Irvin, colored, met with a serious accident Sunday afternoon in the railroad yard, near Adams planing mill, when in attempting to swing a moving freight train, he was thrown under the car, the wheels crushing off his left foot just above the ankle. He also received serious wounds in the side and about the head. Irvin was removed to a hospital in Anniston. ___ Grover Little of Tallapoosa, who was put on trial at Buchanan for the murder of Policeman Tolbert a few months ago, was found guilty of murder in the first degree and given a life sentence. Joe Little, father of Grover, who is implicated in the killng of the officer has been liberated from jail, having furnished bond in the sum of $10,000. ___ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, August 14, 1919 LOCAL News Mrs. John Lowry of Adamsville and daughter Mrs. Inda Ferris of Jasper have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Matt J. Evans. __ Mr. Housan Jackson of Carrollton spent the latter part of the week here with his sister, Mrs. Jack Wager. __ Mrs. Will Ward of Hanceville spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wager. __ Mr.and Mrs. Jim Denman of Lineville are visiting their daughter Mrs. J.R. Tolleson. __ Mr. Neal Owens of Chicago, Ilinois is here for a months visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Owens. __ The following article is taken from the Wood County, Texas Democrat newspaper and tells of Mrs. Art Horton's 72nd birthday celebration. Mrs. Horton, who formerly lived in this county and who has many relatives and hundred of friends and old acquaintances in Cleburne county, is now making her home with her children in Texas. The editor of the Texas paper attended the celebration of Mrs. Horton's 72nd birthday anniversary and her is what he has to say of the happy occasion: " Wednesday evening of last week our friend Asa Horton came into our office and said "tomorrow is mother's birthday and we are going to celebrate the day at Alewyne Lake, come down." Did we accept? Of course we did and when we arrived at Lake Alewyne about 1:30 Thursday the banks of the lake were covered with people. Old men, young men, boys, women older than others, young women, girls, children and just lots of folks of all ages. Asa and Mr. Cox were busy with a pot of stew; others of the men were pitching dollars while the women were getting everything ready for the splendid dinner and just such a dinner, my, it was great. Barbecued beef, a whole one, forty gallons of pot stew, pies, cakes, chicken, pie, oh, shucks, we cannot begin to tell of all the good things there were spread bfore that hungry crowd, and after all had satisfied the inner man, there ws enough left to have fed that crowd again. Grandmother Horton was 72 years of age on that day and the day has become one of as important events for many of us any day we celebrate for the reason that her boys always prepare dinner on the banks of some of our nearby lakes and invite their friends to attend. It is a great occasion. There are four of the boys and this year for the first time one of the daughters was present. All the daughters have been in Alabama, the old home county, until this year. One boy is in Canada and as we talked with grandma on Thursday she said "If Leonard and his folks and my other girls were here it would be such a great day." Well, of course it would, but we hardly see how this good mother could be any happier than she appeared last Thursday. There were four of her boys and their familes, one daughter, Mrs. Claude Brown and her husband and children, thirty-seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren, yet there ws one grandson that was not there and grandmother said she wished so much for him to be there; that is Spencer, the first Wood County boy to volunteer for the war and the first Wood county boy as far as we know, to go across the waters to help fight the battles of our country, he being the only grandchild of Texas that was not present. The Horton family is an exceptional family. They are indeed a large family. During our long acquaintance with them we have never heard of a jar in the entire family, sons, daughters, grandchildren, all seem as much attached to each other as any family we ever knew. They all seem to vie with each other in showing the grandmother honors due her. They are certainly good people and it is always a pleasure to be with them. Judge Bozeman made an appropriate talk after the dinner hour was over and at about 3:20 we left the happy throng and wended our way home, feeling that it was good to be numbered a friend of the Horton family. That the grand and noble woman may be spared, and that many happy returns of this her natal day will be hers to enjoy with her children, grandchildren and their children and friends, is the sincere wish of the friend known as the Wood County Democrat." _______ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, August 21, 1919 LOCAL News Mrs. Frank Reid spent the latter part of the week in Atlanta with her sister Miss Annie Griffin. __ Mr. W.C. Gentry was called to the bedside of his sister in Birmingham Tuesday morning. __ Mrs. Riggs and little daughter of Bowdon are here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tom Reaves. __ Mrs. Bertha Carr of Chattanooga, Tennessee spent the week here with Mrs. Dave Reaves. __ Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Lipham of Atlanta are spending the week here with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Reaves. __ Rev. and Mrs. Alvin Atkins of Cleveland, Tennessee are here visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Atkins. __ Mr. M.D. Norton of DeLeon, Texas who is here visiting his mother Mrs. J.J. Norton and a brother Mr. Jim Norton, says he has been over quite alot of Cleburne and met a large number of former acquaintances. Martin has been in Venus, Texas and this is his second visit back to Cleburne. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, August 28, 1919 LOCAL News Mr. John Nunnally of Lecta passed through Heflin after an extended visit to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape443gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 9.1 Kb