What follows are 100-year-old news excerpts from the Feb. 26, 1919 edition of The Evergreen Courant newspaper in Conecuh County, Ala.
The schools opened Monday morning and the children were
eager to apply themselves in order to compete their grades.
Two Airplanes Passed Evergreen Monday: Two airplanes passed
over Evergreen on Monday morning from Taylor Field, Montgomery, en route to Brewton,
and after they had gone some distance they were seen to return and went too the
ground, one of them in the Oliver plantation and the other in a field between
there and Belleville. Motor trouble of one of the machines was given as the
reason for coming down. The one farthest away was put in commission and went on
its journey during the afternoon. The other remained overnight and yesterday
morning proceeded to Brewton. All during Monday there was a stream of children
and grownups going to and from the place to see the aircraft. When they passed
over the machines were not flying high and a good view could be had of them.
R. Leon Riley has recently been appointed game warden of
this county.
The ban having been lifted last Sunday and the weatherman
giving us a fine day, the people of Evergreen enjoyed going to church.
Dr. C.C. Daniel, President of the Birmingham Southern
College, spent Thursday night with Dr. Moore. Dr. Daniel is pleasantly
remembered in Evergreen, he having preached the commencement sermon for the
Agricultural School in 1916.
The Kindig community has been specially favored during flu
epidemic. Not a case has been among them. During all the winter months their
school has been in session and during all this time they have had 90 percent
attendance in their Sunday School every Sunday. A record without an equal in
this county.
Sheriff Kendall went cat hunting last Friday and a few miles
above Owassa he succeeded in capturing two, bringing the operators to jail.
Young men of Evergreen, listen! Why can’t we have a good,
live, up-to-date ball team in Evergreen this season? The boys are coming back
from the army, and the war is over, and it is time for use to have some
innocent amusements. The flu and a hundred other things have made us mope, and
we want to see some real enthusiasm. Let’s play ball.
Luman Sinquefield Dead: Luman Sinquefield is dead.
This brief announcement will carry sadness to the hearts of
the hundreds of people who knew and admired the man. Nearly four weeks ago, he
was taken ill with influenza and soon thereafter serious complications
developed, against which he battled heroically for many days, finally
succumbing this morning about 8:30.
Luman was known personally to more people than any other
businessman in the community. For many years, he had been a popular salesman in
one of our leading mercantile houses, and here and elsewhere he was always the
same, having a cordial greeting and friendly word for all with whom he came in
contact, whether friend or stranger.
He will be missed. Deceased was about 43 years of age and is
survived by his devoted wife and little son, besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C.A. Sinquefield. To each of them, the sympathy of many friends goes out in
their irreparable affliction. The funeral will occur tomorrow.
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