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| Martha Lamkin and John Allen Lamkin |
OCT. 9, 1947
Mr. J.A. (Dock) Lamkin, highly esteemed East Wilcox citizen,
died at his home near McWilliams on Sept. 29, 1947 at the age of 81 years.
Mr. Lamkin was a consistent member of the Shiloh Methodist
Church and served as an officer for a number of years, his pastor, the Rev.
Roland Culver, conducted the impressive funeral service with interment in the
McWilliams Cemetery.
Mr. Lamkin was a successful businessman and farmer and
cattle grower, he served for a number of years on the Democratic Executive
Committee of Wilcox County, and was interested in all community activities.
The pall bearers were J.T. Hines, B.F. Hardy, Douglas
Pettie, Freeman Smith, H.H. Youngblood, Will Garrett, Willie Ed Hall and Dave
Winters.
TIGERS WIN 12-0: The Camden Tigers won their first football
game of the season and their first game since 1945 Friday afternoon at Fort
Deposit.
The team has shown great improvement since it opened at
Sweet Water two weeks ago and should not be push-overs for any team the rest of
the season.
Hawthorne was the outstanding player on the field all
afternoon as he repeatedly stopped plays. He also was alert in going down under
punts.
Little P.C. Jenkins, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lummie Jenkins, underwent a tonsillectomy at Vaughn Memorial Hospital in Selma Tuesday.
86 YEARS AGO
OCT. 10, 1935
Mr. James Bonner attended the meeting of the Equitable Life Insurance Co. at Daphne.
Miss Charlotte Ervin Tait has a position with the state Child Welfare Department and is located at Centre, Cherokee County.
The Alabama Charter Chapter will meet with Miss Mae Kyser at her home at Richmond, near Carlowville, next Thursday, Oct. 17, at 2 o’clock.
John L. Godbold, who is a student at the University of Alabama Law School, is listed among the fraternity pledges as having pledged Pi Kappa Alpha.
Anyone wishing to increase the Camden School Book Loan Library please hand your contribution to Prof. Mellown. He purchases the needed books, stamps them and lends them to children who have no other way to secure books. – D.Y. Albritton, Chairman.
PINE HILL: Several cars made the trip to Grove Hill Friday afternoon to the football game, where our boys were defeated 14 to 0. The boys put up a good fight, but the Grove Hill boys outplayed them.
Hixon Named Monroe County Circuit Clerk: Announcement was made Monday by Judge F.W. Hare of the 21st Alabama Judicial Circuit, of the appointment of L.A. Hixon of Monroeville as clerk of the Circuit Court of Monroe County to succeed the late James Monroe Agee, whose death occurred last week. Mr. Hixon married Miss Juliette Hardy, formerly of Camden, daughter of Judge Claude and the late Juliette (Palmer) Hardy and he is brother to Mr. Steve Hixon, who married the popular Miss Amelia Ervin.
99 YEARS AGO
OCT. 12, 1922
ALBERT BLOCH DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS: Albert Daniel Bloch,
native of Alabama and prominent in fraternal circles, died Tuesday afternoon at
the family residence, 725 Government St. in Mobile, following a short illness.
Mr. Bloch was a native of Camden, Wilcox County, and was
educated in the public schools of Camden. He moved to Selma in 1884 and engaged
in the furniture business and in 1895 he moved his business to Mobile. He was
in active management of his business until his illness about one week before
his death.
A number of Pine Hill ladies were in Camden Saturday selling tickets for the ball game and dinner at that place to take place Thursday.
Mr. C.A. Skinner, Camden agent for the L&N Railroad, says there has been shipped from this depot in September over 1,000 bales of cotton. There is now ready for shipment from this location, 1,000 cars of lumber. Incoming freights are very good and passenger traffic is improving. This section will be in much better financial shape than for two years when the cotton and lumber is sold. A considerable number of carloads of cattle and several carloads of hogs have been shipped.
Hon. Sol D. Bloch was called to Mobile last week on account of the illness and death of his brother, Albert D. Bloch.
112 YEARS AGO
OCT. 14, 1909
Bellview: Our school opened on Oct. 1 with Miss Allie May Sessions as teacher. We predict a prosperous year for the school.
The cotton crop is short, probably the smallest crop that has been harvested in 25 years. The prospects were never good this year, but brightened after the rainy spell. Then came the last three weeks drought and hot winds. It will push them to make 60 percent of an average production this year.
A tressel over Lottie Creek near Camden and on the L&N Railroad burned last Tuesday, necessitating the train to remain over in Camden all of that day.
Rev. J.M. Dannelly, Grand Keeper of Records and Seals of the Knights of Pythias of Alabama, was in Camden last Tuesday, en route to Furman Convention.
A steer belonging to Mr. J.C. McIntosh near Nellie fell in a well on his place, 18 feet deep and with six to eight feet of water, but was lifted out with 18 or 20 men; and strange to say, was unhurt, except the loss of one horn.
Last Saturday evening, two women living on the plantation of Mr. Farr Bryant came to town, one to see the doctor. On their return about dusk, just outside of town, their mule became sick and while giving attention to the mule, the one who had come to see the doctor fell dead, presumably with heart disease. This is the second death that has occurred on Mr. Bryant’s plantation in the past week.
126 YEARS AGO
OCT. 9, 1895
ATTENTION WILCOX MOUNTED RIFLES: There will be a drill at the Masonic Hall Thurs., Oct. 17, at 8 p.m. Every member is ordered to come. – W.P. Burford, Captain; D.R. Fairly, Sergeant.
SCHOOL NOTICE: The term of the public school at the Wilcox Female Institute will begin on Monday next, Oct. 14, 1895. – W.A. George, Principal.
The Alabama River is very low now. The Steamer Nettie Quill was forced to turn back just above Cochran’s Landing. She could not get over the bars. There has been no rain either at the head waters or along the course of our river since July, consequently the present low stage of the river. The river only likes a few inches of being as low as it was last fall.
Dr. T.W. Jones showed us a peculiar surgical case not long since. A man had been cut on the side of the ankle and all the bones were cut through. One of the blood vessels had been severed. The man was brought some distance in a wagon to the office and when he reached there dirt and dust had settled on the wound, making a successful operation for healing by immediate union impossible. The wound was healed however and the wonderful part of the operation is the ankle has good motion – a thing that very rarely happens in such cases.
WANTED – To buy hides, tallow, wood and bees wax at the Tan Yard. The highest cash price paid for these articles. Mr. Summerhafder will be there ever Wednesday and Saturday to purchase these articles. – THE CAMDEN TANNERY.
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