60 YEARS AGO
NOV. 15, 1956
“The Evergreen Garment Co.
will go back into operation on Monday or Tuesday of next week,” Vernon Millsap,
vice president and manager, said today.
Fire raged through the
company’s building on Pecan Street Saturday night, Nov. 3, causing a loss of
about $300,000.
“We are actually already in
production,” he said, “with cutting operations being performed at the
Steven-Robert Corporation. Sewing operations will begin on a partial basis at
the new location in the Recreation Center early next week, and by the following
week we hope to be in full operation, with everyone back on the job.”
At a recent meeting of the
Evergreen Kiwanis Club, T.O. Langham, popular local businessman, was elected
president, and will take office in January. Other officers chosen were Dr. John
Crook, vice president; Ivey Booker, secretary; and John Gibson, treasurer.
Jay Villa Plantation of
Evergreen has placed one horned Hereford bull and one polled Hereford bull on
performance test at the North Auburn Beef Cattle Research Unit of the API
Agricultural Experiment Station.
The animals are included
among 55 bulls on a 140-day test to determine weight-gaining abilities. The
performance program will be climaxed next spring with a field day and sale of
bulls calved between Sept. 1, 1955 and Feb. 29, 1956.
75 YEARS AGO
NOV. 20, 1941
31st Division
Moves To ‘Battle’ Position: WITH THE 31ST (DIXIE) DIVISION ON
CAROLINE MANEUVERS: Men from Evergreen with Battery C, 117th Field
Artillery, members of the 31st Dixie Division enter the last and
major phase of Carolina mock warfare early this week when their outfits began
pulling out of base camp Sunday night and moving toward their “battle”
positions.
Dixie troops are getting
their “college course” in modern warfare. Troops will be back in Blanding early
in December.
Wilkerson Gets Two-Year
Sentence: After about one hour deliberation Tuesday night, the jury which tried
Alvin Wilkerson charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Mrs. Josephine
Zellers, found him guilty of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced him
to two years. Judge Hare pronounced the sentence on Wilkerson early Wednesday
morning and suspended same for a period of six months or until spring term of
court next May.
Wilkerson’s trial consumed
all of Tuesday and was not concluded until about eight o’clock Tuesday night.
This being the last case on docket, court adjourned following the sentencing of
Wilkerson Wednesday morning.
C.D. Mixon, 87, well known
and respected citizen of Burnt Corn, was found dead in bed Saturday morning by
members of his family. During his active years, he was one of that section’s
most successful and substantial farmers. He was married three times.
90 YEARS AGO
NOV. 18, 1926
R. Gaston Bozeman was called to his old home near Gantt
Tuesday to attend the funeral of his maternal grandmother, Mrs. L.T. Wells.
CONECUH GIN REPORT: There were 10,713 bales of cotton
ginned in Conecuh County from the crop of 1926 prior to Nov. 1 as compared with
14,162 bales ginned to Nov. 1, 1925. This report was furnished by the Bureau of
Census through W.T. Hagood, reporter for the county.
ARMISTICE DAY QUIETLY OBSERVED: Armistice Day was
observed in a very quiet manner by the citizens of Evergreen. No formal services
were held during the day, but the holiday was observed in whole-hearted manner
by practically all business and professional people, in closing their offices
and places of business for the day. This was done in spite of the fact that an
unusually large crowd of people was in town to attend the Presley trial, and no
doubt it would have been a profitable day with the stores had they remained
open, but patriotism came first with Evergreen business houses.
Conecuh County Circuit Court, which was in session during
the past two weeks, came to close Saturday night when the jury selected to sit
in the case of Dan Presley, rendered a verdict which found the defendant guilty
of murder in the second degree and fixed his sentence at 10 years. Curt
Coleman, who is indicted under the same charges as Presley, was not arraigned
at this term of court, and he was released under bond until the next term.
105 YEARS AGO
NOV. 15, 1911
Luman W. Savage, for 40 years
a prominent citizen and businessman of Evergreen, died on Saturday night, Nov.
11, after a brief illness.
Mr. Savage was born at Camden
about 64 years ago. From there he removed to Scotland and later to Claiborne,
coming to Evergreen about 1872. He spent most of life in the mercantile
business and was widely known in the commercial world.
The funeral occurred on
Sunday afternoon from the Episcopal church of which he had long been a
communicant, the service being conducted by the rector, Rev. Mr. Zachary. The
body was laid to rest with the beautiful and impressive rites of the Masonic
order of which deceased had long been a faithful member.
The veterans from this county
who attended the State reunion in Montgomery last week say that it was one of
the best they have ever attended barring the rain and disagreeable weather on
Wednesday which interfered greatly with the program. They are lavish in their
praise of the entertainment and attentions shown them by the citizens of
Montgomery, especially the ladies. The keys of the city were turned over to
them.
E. Garvin, residing 11 miles
east of Evergreen, says he produced seven 500-pound bales of cotton off of six
acres. He says at one time he thought he would get nine bales but drought and
worms cut it off.
120 YEARS AGO
NOV. 19, 1896
THE CONECUH RECORD
Just before the close of the
late war, two southerners were captured and taken as prisoners to Fort Delaware
near the city of Philadelphia. They were strangers then, but both from Alabama
– one Mr. D.T. Slay from Demopolis and the other Mr. W.H. Betts of Burnt Corn.
In a long confinement of almost two years, they became fast friends. Since
those stormy days, these old comrades have renewed their friendship, now
extending over 30 years, and correspond regularly. Mr. Slay resides in Texas
and on Monday Mr. Betts came in to renew the subscription to The Record which
has been sent to “Tom” for the past several years. In their friendship, one is
“Tom” and the other “Bill.” They are now old men and both await the summons to
retire from a conflict almost reaching the three score years and ten.
Miss Lovelace, the music
teacher at the Southwest Alabama Agricultural School was called on Thursday to
Atlanta on account of the serious illness on one of her sister’s family.
A letter received by Mr.
Joseph Comb, one of the best additions to the citizens of Evergreen, announces
that his kinsman Messrs. J.W. Clarke and W.B. Clarke of Hamilton, Ohio with
their families, will arrive in Evergreen about the middle of December to reside
here in the future.
That wave of prosperity
hasn’t reached Evergreen yet. Farmers are now regretting that they didn’t sell
their cotton before the election.
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