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MAY 21, 1942
DOG VACCINATION FOR NEXT WEEK: On Thurs., May 28, 1942, the rabies inspector will be at Bursons Store at 1 p.m.; Vick’s Store at 2; Sessions at 3; and Pebble Hill at 4. The cooperation by dog owners is appreciated. – Dr. Monroe Thompson, Wilcox County Rabies Inspector.
Judge Stonewall McConnico is in Montgomery where he is receiving treatment at an Infirmary there. His Wilcox friends are wishing for him a speedy recovery.
NOTICE: The Rationing Board is now located on the first floor of telephone exchange building. – Rationing Board 66, R.L. Hawthorne Jr., Chairman.
Miss Myrtle Mae Peek, popular member of the High School crowd, underwent an appendix operation in Selma on Tuesday.
Messrs. B.H. Matthews and W.R. Dodd have returned from Mobile where they attended the State Hardware Convention.
Rev. and Mrs. Wm. Halliday with their daughters Jane Patsy and Flora have arrived from Mexico and will spend some time in Oak Hill with Mrs. Halliday’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Harper.
MISS FURERSON AND MR. SWEAT ARE TO BE MARRIED: Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Fugerson of Pine Apple announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Mollie Ion Furgerson, to Mr. Hilton Sweat, the son of Mrs. K.A. Sweat of Greenville, Ala. The wedding will take place at the Baptist Church on May 24. This will be of interest to the many friends of this young couple.
92 YEARS AGO
MAY 15, 1930
Double Funeral Rites For Brothers: Funeral services were
held in Camden Wednesday morning for W.K. McCracken, 56, of New York and his
brother, R.C. McCracken, 69, planter, of Camden, whose deaths resulted from
pneumonia. Both brothers were unmarried and neither knew of the illness of the
other. The double funeral service was held from the Methodist church at 10
o’clock in the morning with relatives from Wilcox county and other sections
attending. W.C. Vaughan, bookkeeper for Tissier Hardware Co., is a nephew and
attended the services; his mother, Mrs. W.C. Vaughan being a sister of the
McCracken brothers.
W.K. McCracken died in a New York hospital Wednesday after
only a brief illness. He was born and reared at Rosebud, near Oak Hill, and was
for 25 years a traveling salesman for Lehn & Fink, with the territory which
reached from New York to New Orleans. He entered business for himself some
years ago and made his home in New York.
R.C. McCracken, whose death occurred the past Friday night
at his home in Camden, had been connected with planting interests in Wilcox
County for many years. At the time of his death, he operated a small grocery
store in Camden. As a young man, he aided in the contribution of the Flagler
railroad from Miami to Key West and returned to Camden in about 1907 when work
was held up on the road, and became interested in farming.
103 YEARS AGO
MAY 15, 1919
Boll weevils are reported quite busy in some localities.
The young men of Camden are arranging for a dance to be given the first week in June which will be the biggest social event of the season. A number of out of town visitors will be present and an excellent band has been procured for the occasion. Invitations will be issued shortly.
Mr. Irby McLeod of Grove Hill, recently returned from overseas, spent a few days in Camden the past week. He left Sunday for Montgomery, where he attended the parade of the 167th Regiment.
Mrs. S.B. Strout left Wednesday morning for Columbus, Ga., where she will join her husband, Rev. S.B. Strout. They will make their future home in Columbus.
Mrs. W.J. Sessions attended the parade of the 167th Regiment in Birmingham the past week.
Rev. J.F. Brock left Tuesday for Atlanta, Ga., where he will attend the Southern Baptist Convention.
Camden has an up-to-date movie (theater) now. The character of the pictures shown measure up favorably with the best to be found in the cities. The promoters of the picture show in Camden have installed an up-to-date plant in every respect and afford a most pleasant pastime for our citizens.
NOTICE: I have in my pasture one small black sow marked – split in right ear, crop in left ear. Three spotted shoats unmarked. Owner please prove property, pay charges and take charge of the same. – J.D. Carmichael, Sunny South, Ala.
117 YEARS AGO
MAY 18, 1905
The jury in the Will Ptomey case made a mistrial. They stood 11 for conviction. No comment is in order we simply bow, and suggest that the public do not attempt to hold its breath until a satisfactory reason is found.
On going to press, the Andrews case is being tried. This case gathers interest as it progresses. It will be remembered that John and Bob Andrews were arrested and accused of murdering their father and stepmother.
LOST! One 32 New Model, Smith & Wesson Pistol lost on Monday evening between Camden and Old Canton Landing. Finder will be liberally rewarded for the return of same to Farmers Oil & Manufacturing Co., Camden, Ala.
A telegram from Dr. J.F. Jenkins to Col. E.N. Jones conveys the sad intelligence that Mrs. Jenkins, formerly Miss Kate Jones, has Typhoid fever at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham. The many friends of both families regret this sad news and hope for her a speedy recovery, and entire restoration to health in as short a time as this much dreaded disease will allow.
W.W. McConnico, Esq., one of Allenton’s best farmers who always makes everything he needs at home and as much cotton as he can every year is a visitor to Camden this week. This venerable old gentleman looks as young and hearty as he did many moons since. Old Wilcox would be better if we had many more like him.
134 YEARS AGO
MAY 16, 1888
PIC-NIC FRIDAY: The pic-nic crowd will please meet at Cook’s Mill pond Friday morning, 18th inst. The “Prairie Schooner” will call for all the young ladies and transport them (the baskets too) to the place of enjoyment.
The fish car, which contained three millions of shad for the Alabama River, returned to Washington from Montgomery last Friday. In a few years, the river will be stocked with shad, which are superior to buffalo and catfish.
Our old friend Malcom McNeil Sr., whose home is now at Wildwood, Florida, regaled his friends in Camden with some fine cabbages, sent from his Florida home. McNeil is doing well and is highly pleased with truck farming. Success to good “old man Make.”
Gadsden is now finishing its new and elegant hotel, the Printup House. Mr. Sublette is the proprietor. Those who attended the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias convened there a year ago, are of the opinion that Gadsden is in need of a new hotel.
FURMAN: Pattie Lee, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Knight, died on last Saturday night. The burial service was conducted by Rev. Dr. Chambliss of the Baptist church Sunday afternoon. The many friends of the family extend their heartfelt sympathies.
Harrison Houston and two fine plow mules were killed by lightning Wednesday evening at Letohatchie, Lowndes County.
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