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| Alabama novelist Oxford Stroud |
DEC. 31, 1959
Funeral Services For O.C. Newsome: Graveside funeral
services for O.C. Newsome, veteran timberman injuring in a logging mishap, were
held in the Canton Bend cemetery at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Seventy-three-year-old Newsome died of complications
resulting from a skull fracture suffered when he was struck by a falling tree.
Newsome reportedly misjudged the time it would require a man
to fell a tree and was caught by the boughs when it crashed to the ground.
Cong. Boykin Speaks At Dedication Here: Congressman Frank W.
Boykin will be the main speaker for the new Federal Building and Post Office
here Saturday morning, Jan. 2.
Hugh C. Davis, master of ceremonies for the ceremonies, said
that a number of other dignitaries and officials will be present.
Ceremonies will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The Wilcox
County High School Band will play and the Color Guard of the local National
Guard unit will conduct the flag-raising ceremony. Following the conclusion of
ceremonies and speaking at approximately 12 noon, the building will be toured
and inspected by guests and the public.
Tiger Cagers To Resume At Home: The basketball squads of Wilcox County High School will resume their schedule, interrupted by the holidays, in the school gym here. The Tigers’ first game since Dec. 17 will be against the Pine Hill cagers on the local hardwood on Fri., Jan. 8.
75 YEARS AGO
DEC. 26, 1946
COTTON GINNERS REPORT: Census report shows that 5,217 bales of cotton were ginned in Wilcox County from the crop of 1946 prior to Dec. 1, as compared with 8,621 bales for the crop of 1945. – M.C. Jones, Special Agent.
Oxford Stroud and Arthur Capell were Selma visitors Saturday.
Henry Harris of the University of Texas is spending the Christmas season at his home in Camden. Henry was a star player on the Texas football team.
HARRIS-HINES: The wedding of Mr. McArthur Hines and Miss
Elise Harris was solemnized on Dec. 20, 1946 at 5:30 p.m. at the A.R.P. manse
in Camden, Rev. R.C. Kennedy, officiating.
Mrs. Hines was the former Miss Elise Harris of Pine Apple,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Harris. She is a teacher of mathematics in the
Camden High School. She is popular and widely known in Wilcox County.
Mr. Hines is the son of Mrs. W.R. Hines of Darlington. He is
a war veteran, having served in the Army several years in the Pacific Theatre.
Before entering the Army, he taught vocational agriculture in South Carolina.
He is at present connected with the Veterans Administration as a supervisor of
the veteran’s farm program in Wilcox County. After a wedding trip the young couple
will make their home at Darlington.
LOST – or Strayed – One snuff color mare mule, age about six years, weight about 700 to 800 pounds. Reward for recovery or information. Notify F.G. Hollinger, Camden, Ala.
87 YEARS AGO
DEC. 27, 1934
GINNERS REPORT FOR WILCOX COUNTY: Census report shows that there were 8,002 bales of cotton ginned in Wilcox County from the crop of 1934 prior to Dec. 13, 1934, as compared with 5,702 bales ginned to Dec. 13, 1933 crop of 1933. – Anniel Laurie Purefoy, Special Agent.
Capt. Emmett Kilpatrick is ill with flu at Uniontown.
Mr. Hugh C. Dale Jr., the fine young son of Postmaster and Mrs. Dale, is home from Columbia University, N.Y., where he is taking a course in Chemistry.
Dr. and Mrs. E.L. McIntosh have moved into their new home on Canton avenue. This lovely old place was the home of General and Mrs. R.C. Jones. General Jones was a prominent lawyer here for years and was President of the State University from 1890 to 1897.
Mr. Sam Lee Jones: Mr. Sam Lee Jones died suddenly in his
office at Camden about noon Dec. 22. Mr. Jones was a well known citizen of
Wilcox County and Central Alabama. He was 50 years of age and had spent his
entire life in the Camden community.
Mr. Jones was a member of the Camden Bar and had practiced
law for many years. Besides his legal interests, he operated an extensive
plantation. He was widely known and widely loved by a host of friends. Genial
and attractive in personality, he was always a pleasant companion, a fine
friend and a generous, kind-hearted man.
100 YEARS AGO
DEC. 29, 1921
NEW BUILDING FOR CAMDEN: The Matthews Hardware Co. has broken ground for the erection of a magnificent building on their lot across from the National Bank. This building, when completed, will be the most convenient as well as the most extensive business building in Camden. Planned on modern basis, it will afford ample room for this progressive firm, and will be an added asset to the town.
The usual Christmas camp hunt is being held this week in the river swamps near Camden, by a congenial party of men from Mobile and Camden.
Camilla, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.A. Capell, was bitten last week by her pet shepherd dog. The head of the dog was sent to Montgomery where they pronounced it hydrophobia. The child is taking the serum at her home in Camden and is doing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. L.P. Andrews are receiving congratulations on the arrival of a fine baby boy.
Dr. and Mrs. Ed McIntosh of Catherine are the proud parents of a fine boy named Ed McIntosh Jr.
The friends of Mr. L.P. Stuart sympathize with him in the loss of his son, L.P. Jr., who died after an operation in Selma, for appendicitis. He was a bright and interesting child. He was buried at the family burial ground Tuesday at Ackerville.
113 YEARS AGO
DEC. 31, 1908
Knights of Pythias No. 35 had a called meeting Monday morning for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year.
Mr. J.T. Lyles Killed: The people of this community were
greatly shocked on Wednesday afternoon of last week when it was learned that
Mr. J.T. Lyles, a well known young man, had been shot and almost instantly
killed in a person encounter with Dr. I.B. Foster at the drug store of Foster
& Jones.
The cause of the difficulty appears to have been the result
of a misunderstanding over a business transaction. Some hot words had passed
and Mr. Lyles, it is said, had gone to the drug store to demand an apology of
Dr. Foster and the encounter followed in which there were three shots fired
that culminated in the deplorable tragedy.
Dr. Foster gave bond for his appearance before Justice
Cochran, who will hold an examining trial next Monday. The plea will be self
defense.
Judge B.M. Miller, accompanied by his brother, Hon. Jno. H. Miller of Birmingham, left Monday to join a party on a deer hunt at Sand Island on the Alabama River. If his Honor, the Judge, don’t bring down a fine buck, it will not be a feast of venison when he comes home and divides up with his neighbors as he usually does.
The annual Christmas dance given by the young men of Camden on the 29th inst. at the Masonic Hall was largely attended and was most enjoyable to the participants.
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