What follows are 100-year-old
news excerpts from the Jan. 24, 1918 edition of The Wilcox Progressive Era
newspaper in Camden, Ala.
W.W. McConnico:
News was received in Montgomery last night of the death of Mr. W.W. McConnico
of Oak Hill, Wilcox County, at his home on Saturday following an illness of
several weeks’ duration. Mr. McConnico was the father of Dr. F.H. McConnico of Montgomery,
who although now in the reserve medical service of the army stationed at Camp
Dix, New Jersey, was able to reach the bedside of his father before the end
came. Mrs. McConnico, the widow, is at the same time seriously ill. Mr.
McConnico had been a lifelong resident of Wilcox County, dying in his 76th
year. He was a well known planter. He is survived by his widow, two sons and
two daughters. The sons are Dr. McConnico of Montgomery and Mr. Stonewall
McConnico of Oak Hill, Miss Etta McConnico of Oak Hill and Mrs. Kate Jones of
Oak Hill. – Montgomery Advertiser.
Mr. McConnico was
known throughout Wilcox and had numbers of friends, who regret to learn of his
death. Quite a number of our citizens attended the funeral services at Oak Hill
Sunday.
There were 7,591 bales of cotton,
counting round bales as half bales, ginned in Wilcox county from the crop of
1917, prior to Jan. 1, 1918, as compared with 4,113 bales ginned to Jan. 1,
1917. – C.S. Dale, Special Agent.
Mr. George Hawthorne, who is
stationed at Fort Monroe, Va. with the Coast Artillery, is now at home. George
stopped by at Auburn and stood his term examination. He is looking well and
seems pleased with his army work.
LOST: Lost, from the depot in
Camden, one dehorned Devon steer, branded “WH” on left hip. Last seen going in
the direction of Possum Bend. Reward of $5 if returned to Wm. Henderson.
Labor Agent Arrested in Wilcox: The
revenue of the county was swelled to the tune of $750 when a man by the name of
Wallace was caught attempting to entice labor to Florida without a license. He
was arrested at Nadawah before he had time to make any serious raid on Wilcox
labor. He plead guilty and was fined $750 and costs of $11. This is the first
case so far to come into our court of this nature and we trust should any more
similar proceedings be necessary that the full limit will be imposed. We
believe this warning however will convince others that such business in Wilcox
is unprofitable.
Town License Notice: Privilege
Licenses were due Town of Camden on Jan. 1 and will be delinquent Feb. 1.
Fifteen percent is added after Feb. 1. Call on the Town Clerk S.C. Godbold at
his office upstairs over the post office, and save the penalty.
JOHN PAUL JONES – Wilcox Boy Selected for Special Service in
France: Lt. John Paul Jones of the Medical Reserve Corps, located at Camp Greenlief, is one of the 15 officers selected from the training camp for
extended field service in France.
The nature of the work, of course, is not given out, but the
importance of the same is attested to by the fact that a competitive
examination was held to determine the qualifications of applicants and of the
15 selected all the others were from Princeton, Harvard and Yale, and who had
two or more years of hospital training.
Lt. Jones had spent only a short while in hospital work and
his selection is an unusual compliment to his ability and strict attention to
duty.
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