Cleburne County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for OCT 1925 October 1925 ************************************************ 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 May 10, 2005, 1:15 pm The Cleburne News October 1925 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for OCTOBER 1925 NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, October 1, 1925 JUDGE BABER TELLS OF HIS TWO WEEKS TRIP TO TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA To Editor of the Cleburne News, As I am just back home from a two weeks trip to Texas and Oklahoma, with pencil down a few lines for your readers. Myself and wife, my son Fletcher Baber's wife and J.M. Harris of Abernathy, boarded train No. 11 at this place Saturday morning, Sept. 12th for Witchita Falls, Texas. At 5 p.m. Saturday we arrived at Vicksburg where we were ran on to a boat and landed on the opposite side of the great Mississippi river, our train carrying us on through Louisiana to Shreveport, arriving at 11:45 p.m. Boarded train for Ft. Worth at 7 a.m. where we boarded a Denver train, reaching our destination at 1:30 p.m. where our sons Fletcher and Henry were waiting with cars to carry us out to E.D. Owen, a distance of 12 miles, most all the way over paved roads. Enoch lives on the south side of Red River. After a short rest, we crossed back over the river on a wooden bridge half mile or longer on Oklahoma side to where the Baber boys live. I will say here that enough rain fell on Sunday night to carry off a good portion of the bridge we had crossed and there was no more crossing while we were there. That part of the country got a genuine soaking. All our people are well and are making good half crops; oats very good, will make plenty of hay with the wheat pastures for the stock; some corn has been housed; about 4,250 bushes of oats harvested by the three boys; they have 650 in cotton and if weather had remained favorable and frost says off a reasonable time, a half bale or more will be gathered to the acre. They have 44 head of plow mules and horses. This time I did not climb up a peach tree, but you bet I visited the melon patches as they were handy and plenty of them, green ones and more on the way. Henry had an acre near his hog lot and they were fed while I was there. My farm, 18 miles further up in Oklahoma, where our niece Excar Owen was before her marriage to the little Oklahomian who is a real farmer, had more than 1,300 bushels of oats thrashed and has 90 acres in cotton, and about as nice as any I saw in that part. The drouth cut cotton considerably especially out from the river. Mr. Hale and family were well; he is some better than when I was there in June. The other former Cleburne people, Mrs. Lula Owen (now Mrs. Powell) and family were well as were John Carroll's folks who went from this county several years ago. Henry Carroll is a rural letter carrier. I met and talked with Obediah Hooper who once ground corn and ginned cotton on Muscadine Creek 40 to 50 years ago; he gets about like a 30 year old chap. We paid Charley Smith, Hale's son-in-law a visit on Sunday, the 20th, about 60 miles northwest, up a prong of the Red River and the prettiest country I ever visited. I have traveled over parts of eleven states but Charley has the pick of that part in my estimation. He has fine sweet potatoes, I know, for I pulled out half a bushel and carried them away. Cotton, corn, and alfalfa do well there. If a man would sell at all, it would require $25,000. to interest him on a quarter section. As all may become worried, will speak of our return trip, returning by Dallas, Texas and Texarkana, Texas, Little Rock, Memphis, Birmingham, arriving home Friday night around 7 o'clock, making the trip in 36 hours, with about $33. each way railroad fares. On Wednesday the 24th it began to rain and continued until we started Thursday morning. I told Enoch Owen to write me when the rain let up and I guess it is still raining as I have had no letter since our return home. These rains will give the wheat a good start and lot of it is being sowed. Wheat that was sowed Friday was coming up Wednesday. Farmers "pick" their cotton mostly by stripping off the bolls especially when help is scarce. I visited a new ginnery at Grandfield, Oklahoma operating five 80- saw gins and a bale of the bolls could be handled at one time and would turn out a bale in 10 minutes. Men were on hand to buy the cotton and cotton seed. Cotton was selling at 23 to 24 cents last Monday. No more now, respectfully, D.S. Baber _____ MRS. CANTRELL, AGE 78, ENJOYS COUNTY PAPER Mrs. M.E. Cantrell, aged and beloved woman living on route 5 from Bowdon, in renewing her subscription to The News last week writes, "you will find enclosed $1. for renewal to The Cleburne News. I am 78 years old and I don't want my paper to stop." Thank you, Mrs. Cantrell. ____ MARRIAGES THIS WEEK Hobert Fields of Tallahasse, Ala. and Miss Ollie Lee Boyd of Rockmart, Georgia Jas. Adair and Miss Estell Oden of Rockmart, Georgia R.T. Vaughan and Miss Ruby Lee Shaw, Cleburne County, Alabama ___ LOCAL News Mitch Morris who suffered a stroke of paralysis recently is on the road to recovery. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, October 8, 1925 LOCAL News A young son of Lum Whitman who lives in the Red Lands, was painfully but not seriously hurt last Friday when working at a gin. His clothing was caught in a shafting and the boy suffered several injuries before he could be freed from the machinery. ___ Mrs. L.G. Pettyjohn sustained a severe fall at her home in Heflin on Sunday night and was carried to an Anniston hospital Tuesday afternoon for an x-ray. Her many friends hope her injuries are not serious. ___ A cutting scrape in which Emory Allen is said to have been painfully stabbed in the left side by Roy Allen, a cousin, during an affray Sunday at or near Micaville. No particulars as to what brought on the trouble. It required nine stitches to close the wound, Dr. Jerry Lindsey of Hightower having been called to render medical aid. ___ J.F. SNOW PASSED AWAY LAST SATURDAY J.F. Snow (Uncle Sweet) age 72 years, died at his home here Saturday afternoon at two o'clock, following an illness of about two years. He is survived by his wife, six children and four sisters. Mr. Snow was born and reared in Cleburne county and had been a resident of Heflin for about 20 years and was known to the older residents and to every little boy and girl in the community, for whom he always had a kind word. The funeral occurred Sunday afternoon, Rev. W.J. Campbell officiating, the burial following in the local cemetery. ____ SUNDAY NIGHT SHOOTING In a difficulty Sunday night, Theron Thrower shot Dewey Rhodes of Choccolocco in front of the home of Thrower's father, in Heflin. Rhodes is said to have made a motion as if to secure a pistol when he was shot. W.C. Hudson of Choccolocco was with Rhodes it is said, on an auto ride, when they stopped at the Thrower home. __ LOCAL News Mrs. H.M. Howle of Beason Mills went to Birmingham Saturday to see her new grandson, infant child of Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Waldrep. ___ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, October 15, 1925 COUNTY COURT CASES The following cases were up for trial in court court on Monday, October 5th: Marvin Hart, distilling, waived to grand jury Chess. Laminack, distilling, waived to grand jury Moses Godwon, distilling, waived to grand jury Owen Stricklen, distilling, waived to grand jury Bill Cox, distilling, waived to grand jury Barney Hyatt, distilling, waived to grand jury Coon Cheatwood, assault, nol prossed Jess Perkins, violating prohibition law, fined $50. Paul Merrill, violating prohibition law, not guilty Leo Wilkinson, violating prohibition law, fined $50. and hard labor sentence Adjer Wheeler, distilling, waived to grand jury A.H. Hindman, distilling, waived to grand jury Sherman Bell, violating prohibition law, continued Willie Henderson, violating prohibition law, continued Frank Laminack, violating prohibition law, fined $50. Walker Griffin, violating prohibition law, continued Calvin Brown, violating prohibition law, fined $50. ____ Ai News William Warren and Miss Lena Anderson were happily married on Sunday, Rev. Charlie Garner officiating. __ Mr. and Mrs. Ralston Phillips visited Mr. and Mrs. Willie Phillips on Sunday. __ CARD OF THANKS To my friends and neighbors, I take this method of thanking one and all who in any way contributed to the wants and comfort of my husband during his long illness. May god bless each one. Respectfully, Mrs. J.F. Snow. ___ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, October 29, 1925 LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Meacham and baby boy who visited in Goodwater for a few days spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Meacham before returning to their home in Castleberry. __ Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Warren of Dutton spent last week with relatives on Cane Creek. Johnny says he lives near a fine school and that on opening day more than 150 were enrolled. Crops are good in Jackson County, he informed the news. ___ M.B. Norrell and Miss Pearl Turner, both from east Cleburne, were married Wednesday at the court house, Judge Glasgow officiating. __ Mrs. Mitchell Blake and baby returned Monday from a pleasant visit of two weeks with relatives and friends at Cleveland, Tennessee. __ Mr. and Mrs. Clellon Wheeler spent the weekend here. Mrs. Wheeler was before her marriage Miss Lola Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Welcome Brown. ___ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cleburne/newspapers/newspape477gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 9.9 Kb