100-year-old news highlights from The Evergreen Courant

What follows are 100-year-old news excerpts from the Nov. 20, 1918 edition of The Evergreen Courant newspaper in Conecuh County, Ala.

There were 5,619 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned in Conecuh County from the crop of 1918, prior to Nov. 1, 1918, as compared with 3,618 bales ginned to Nov. 1, 1917.

The war came to a close just one year lacking seven days from the date of the landing in England of the Alabama boys of the Rainbow Division. They landed on Nov. 18, 1917. It now looks as if these boys will take their Christmas dinner at home.

Many friends of Prof. Copeland, who was a member of the Agricultural School faculty last year, will be pained to learn of his death, which occurred at Camp Pike several days ago from pneumonia.

Geo. W. Mason of Brownville, Texas is the guest of his brother, A.H. Mason. Mr. Mason was born and raised in this county, but for the past 23 years, he has been a citizen of the Lone Star State. He is enjoying looking over his old haunts and meeting associates of his boyhood. He will be with his brother for several days.

Judge Dunn and members of the board of County Commissioners today went over the route of the proposed extension of the State aid road from the Travis bridge to McKenzie. We are pleased to learn that work on this gap will be commenced at an early date. When completed it will connect with the Butler County highway, thus insuring a graded road to Montgomery.

Ms. Lucy C. Newton Passes Away: On Thursday night of last week, the sweet, gentle spirit of Mrs. Lucy C. Newton passed to the heavenly reward after many weeks of patient suffering. Mrs. Newton was the widow of the late Prof. Chas. A. Newton and was 73 years of age.

Surviving her are one daughter, Mrs. W.M. Carter of Laurel, Miss., and four sons, W.M., E.E., C.C. and Dr. G.G. Newton, all of Evergreen, to whom the sympathy of a host of friends goes out in the loss of their best friend.

The funeral occurred on Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. D.W. Haskew. Interment was in the cemetery at Belleville.

Dr. R.A. Moody and Rev. D.W. Haskew will leave during the early part of the coming week to attend the annual session of Alabama Conference, which will convene on the 27^th in Mobile. They have had a successful year in their respective fields of labor and will carry up a good report to the conference. Their many friends hope they will be returned to labor among us for another year.

L.S. Tisdale reached home last week from an extended visit to the family of his son, Dr. M.L. Tisdale, in Tampa, Fla. Uncle Same appears to “feel his keepin” since he became grandpa. The pleased smile is entirely excusable.

Miss Maud Miller of Florala now has charge of the Western Office, having succeeded Miss Grace Luttrell. Miss Luttrell left for Florala to spend some time with her parents after which she will visit her sister in Virginia.

W.E. Chapman of Sanford, Fla. spent a few days the past week with relatives here. He was accompanied home on Monday by his mother, Mrs. M.F. Chapman, who will spend the winter with him.