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| Joseph F. Johnston |
JULY 24, 1958
Hollinger In Farm Magazine: Leo Hollinger, his father and
two brothers are farming in Wilcox County with Leo in charge of hogs. How
successful he has been in his enterprise is brought out in an interview by a
traveling editor of The Progressive Farmer, which appears on Page 69 of the
August issue.
Leo is running about 60 sows and wants 1,000 hogs by next
year. He used a modified Auburn plan in building his farrowing stall. Still
believing in grazing as a valuable part of the feed program, Leo has five
pastures on which he rotates hogs.
His culling program toward meat-type Duroc hogs is paying
off. “When the Camden market was 22 cents on top hogs,” he says, “we sold
directly to the packers for $23.50.”
Baseball Friday, Softball Saturday: All Camden Peewee League
boys will play Friday night at 6:30 p.m., it was announced by Coach Connie
McKelvey, recreational director. At 7:30, two of the Camden Babe Ruth teams
will battle in a full seven-inning game. All players are urged to note the time
and the schedule and be at the field ready to play.
On Tuesday night, all of the men’s softball teams will see
action starting at 7:30 p.m. In the first game, it will be Bob Lane’s Gassers against
Burkett’s team, while the second game will see Frank Scott’s club against Charles
Person’s crew.
76 YEARS AGO
JULY 26, 1945
R.H. Kilpatrick Is Claimed By Death: Rufus Hall Kilpatrick,
general agent for the Illinois Central, Laurel, died at the Illinois Central
Hospital in New Orleans at 1:40 o’clock Wednesday morning.
The body will leave New Orleans on Thursday morning at 8:30
and will be taken to Camden, Alabama for burial on Friday morning from the Matthews
Funeral Home at 10 o’clock.
He was born in Camden, Alabama July 12, 1885 and began railroading
as agent operator on the L&N in September 1903 in the Southern Alabama Division
and remained with that company until March 1906. From 1906 to 1908, he was
dispatcher for the Santa Fe at San Marcial, New Mexico, and then went to Atlanta
as cashier for the L&N.
In 1910, he became associated with the G. and S.I. and in
1922 came to Laurel as agent and has made this his home since that time. Prior
to his coming to Laurel, he was dispatcher at Hattiesburg and agent at Mount
Olive.
Sgt. Bert Kennedy of the U.S. Air Corps has returned from the European sector.
Staff Sgt. Rex Partin has returned from overseas duty, European sector, and is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Partin of Neenah. Sgt. Partin will leave in the next few days for a new assignment.
Miss Laura Dale McNeill has returned from Montgomery, where she served as a clerk in the State Legislature.
Lt. Tom N. Nicholson, who has recently returned from Italy, is spending a 30-day furlough at his home in Centerville. He visited relatives in Camden Thursday afternoon.
89 YEARS AGO
JULY 28, 1932
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF PROMINENT CITIZENS OF HALF A CENTURY AND MORE AGO – Jeremiah L. Reddish – Jere Reddish was rather a small man of neat and dapper appearance and full of energy and go. He had a very florid complexion and dark auburn hair and no whiskers except a mustache. By profession, he was a lawyer and for years was the register in chancery here. He would fight whenever called upon and on one occasion during a session of the circuit court he threw a glass of water at one of the other lawyers who opposed him in a case but as we remember the glass missed its intended victim. As he married the only daughter of Mr. Jere Fail, we think he lived inside the Brick Wall. We think he left here in the early seventies and went to Texas or to Mississippi. – “Sixty”
MISS MARIE WALLER APPOINTED CIRCUIT CLERK: Miss Marie
Waller, who for the past 12 years has been a stenographer in the office of the Circuit
Clerk, has recently been appointed Clerk by Judge John Miller.
Miss Waller succeeds Harper Stacy, who resigned a few days
ago, to take up the duties of Principal of the Bibb County High School.
Capt. Emmett Kilpatrick returned Monday from a two weeks vacation at Beacon Beach, Fla.
Miss Alice Feticks died at her home in Camden on Fri., July 22. Miss Feticks spent the greater portion of her life in Camden, she was a devout Catholic and the funeral service was conducted by Father Kennedy of Selma.
102 YEARS AGO
JULY 24, 1919
Death of Private Sam’l C. Watford: On May 23, the sad news
reached the home of Mr. G.W. Watford at Caledonia, Ala. of the death of his
son, Private Samuel Clarence Watford. He was found dead in his tent at Camp
Shelby, Miss., the cause of his death is unknown. It is supposed some one
killed him, for he was ready to come home on May 24. A razor in someone’s hand
cut his throat; what money he had with him was stained with blood. Clarence was
drafted into the Army April 26, 1918, left Camden for Camp Jackson, Columbia,
S.C. There he was trained for overseas service; he got a furlough in July to
come home to bid his friends and loved ones goodbye. He left for France Aug. 8,
1918. Landed in England, went from there to Brest, there he stayed for seven
long months; was on the front five days and did not get wounded. After the
armistice when he got on his hike, he became disabled; he was taken to a
hospital where he had the mumps and stomach trouble. He came back with the
casualty list, landed in New York March 4, stayed there only a short time, left
there for Camp Shelby, Miss., where he stayed until death.
His remains were laid to rest in Pine Apple cemetery. He
leaves an aged father, two sisters, two brothers and a host of other relatives
and friends to mourn his loss.
Mr. T.M. Baggett has acquired an interest in the moving picture show, having purchased the interest of the Hawthorne Bros. The movie will be installed in a new and more commodious building.
115 YEARS AGO
JULY 26, 1906
Joe Johnston In Camden: On Sat., July 21, ex-Governor Jos. F. Johnson came to Camden on the afternoon train, accompanied by Mess. Lumpkin, Callen and Bamburger of Selma and after rest and refreshments, spoke in the courthouse to a good audience. His speech was well-received and a vote-getter.
Our Baptists have purchased a lot in front of Mr. R.E. McWilliams’ house and will erect a parsonage thereon.
The Carlowvillians came on Wednesday last and played a baseball game at Rock West with the Rock Westians, and the former won the victory. Quite a number of ladies were present from Carlowville.
J. Paul Jones, Esq., has begun the erection of a cottage on his lot between the Catholic church yard and Mr. E.O. Rentz’s residence.
Information reached here yesterday of a fire which occurred at Lamison Friday night, which destroyed the general mercantile business of Raines & Wilkerson. The building and contents were completely destroyed and the loss will be several thousand dollars. – Selma Times.
Miss Alice Feticks of Texas is a guest of the Boltz House.
The county court convened in Camden on Mon., July 23.
Our young Camdenites enjoyed a dance on Friday night at the City Hall.
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