66 YEARS AGO
NOV. 9, 1950
All offices at the Court
House will be closed Sat., Nov. 11, in observance of Armistice Day. All persons
having business to transact at the courthouse should bear this in mind. The
post office and all other business houses will be open, according to the best
information available.
The First Baptist Church of
Evergreen will have a homecoming and dedication program Sun., Nov. 19,
according to an announcement made this week by Rev. Sam Granade, pastor.
The church has just about
completed a modern educational building and on this date a dedication service
will be held. Dr. A. Hamilton Reid, executive secretary of the Alabama Baptist
Convention, will preach at the morning service and also deliver the dedicatory
address.
A grand cooking school will
be held at the Pix Theatre tomorrow (Friday) morning at 10 o’clock. Admission
to the school is absolutely free, courtesy Canterbury Hardware, Inc., local
Philco dealer.
Miss Eliza Clark, Philco’s
nationally known home economist, will conduct the school.
County Finals Of Jaycee
Speech Contest Friday: Conecuh County finals of the “Voice of Democracy”
contest sponsored by the Evergreen Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held at
Evergreen High School tomorrow (Friday) morning at 10 o’clock. Winners of the
contest will have his speech transcribed for entry in the state finals.
81 YEARS AGO
NOV. 14, 1935
County Fair Attended By Great
Crowds Both Days: Eight thousand Conecuh County citizens were back home this
week talking about what they had seen and heard at their first fair since 1916
and virtually all of them agreed that it was the best that had been staged in
the county’s history.
The two-day festival came to
an end Friday night with a square dance and a fiddlers convention. It had begun
Thursday morning with a parade by the national guard, the American Legion, a
Montgomery band and the floats of Evergreen merchants and others.
BOARD OPENS BIDS ON
CASTLEBERRY SCHOOL TODAY: The County Board of Education will be in session
today at 10 o’clock for the purpose of opening bids on the construction of the
proposed school building at Castleberry. This building is to be constructed as
a PWA project and is estimated to cost approximately $49,000, forty-five
percent of which cost will be borne by the PWA and the remainder by the County
Board of Education.
When completed the building
will accommodate both the grammar and high school.
Mrs. Mary R. Brantley, 61,
one of Burnt Corn’s most beloved women died suddenly Sunday morning at her home
after being ill only since Friday night. She was the wife of A.O. Brantley,
prominent resident of that community who himself has been seriously ill for
some time.
96 YEARS AGO
NOV. 10, 1920
Mitchel B. Salter, one of Evergreen’s oldest and most
esteemed citizens, died on Tuesday afternoon after a brief illness. Deceased
was 81 years old.
He carried an empty sleeve as a visible evidence of
service in the war between the states. He was an enthusiastic member of the
local camp of veterans from its formation and took an active interest in its
work up to the time of his death.
He had been repeatedly honored by being elected treasurer
of this county and held that office up to the time it was abolished by the
state legislature.
The funeral occurred Wednesday afternoon from his late
home on Main Street, conducted by Dr. J.A. Peterson.
Official Vote in Conecuh: The official count of votes in
the recent election made on Friday last shows the following results:
Electors for president – Democratic, 1,315; Republican,
189.
U.S. Senator – Underwood, 1,315; Reynolds, 149.
Heflin, 1592; Lunsford, 118.
The state highway commission has selected the North-South
road as the state highway for Butler County.
The road leads from Greenville north, which is known as the
Fort Dale road to the Lowndes County line, about 12 miles away. It leads south
to Georgiana, thence to McKenzie. At McKenzie, a road will be built to the
Conecuh County line, a little to the southwest, and one to the Covington County
line, a little to the southeast.
111 YEARS AGO
NOV. 8, 1905
Circuit Clerk S.L. Tisdale
spent Monday in Greenville.
The regular term of
Commissioners Court convened on Monday, and Judge Dean being absent, the court
adjourned without transacting any business, until Nov. 20 when Judge Dean will
be at home. He is still in Hot Springs with his sick brother, who, we are glad
to state, is improving.
Hon. J.J. Sullivan of
Pensacola has been here several days with old friends. He and his family have
been in Tennessee during the yellow fever epidemic in Pensacola, but will
return home as soon as the fever has been stamped out.
Hon. C.R. Bricken was last
week elected Colonel of the Second Regiment, Alabama National Guards, to
succeed Col. E.H. Graves. Col. Bricken was in no sense a candidate for the
position and the honor conferred upon him is all the more deserved. His many
friends here and elsewhere in the state congratulate him upon this
distinguished military honor.
Public Speaking! Hon. W.H.
Seymour, President of the Alabama Division of the Southern Cotton Growers’
Association, will address the farmers of this county at the courthouse on Fri.,
Nov. 10, at 11 a.m. A large attendance is desired.
Rev. W.S. Wade preached a
very able sermon in the Methodist church on Sunday night. Mr. Wade has almost
entirely recovered from his recent illness, which is truly gratifying to his
many friends throughout the State.
126 YEARS AGO
NOV. 13, 1890
THE EVERGREEN STAR
The Conecuh Guards, under
their efficient and popular captain, will attend the inaugural of Governor
Jones.
Senator N. Stallworth and
Representative R.A. Lee are at their posts, alive to the interests of their
constituency.
Should any emergency arise in
Conecuh County, the first thought of the people would be the Conecuh Guards.
When there is no danger apprehended, we are apt not to think much about our
soldier boys; but let any lawless element arise, we would very soon see the
necessity of a well-disciplined company. This company has been Capt. Gantt’s
especial pride and he has given his time and his money to bring it to its
present efficiency, and he and those he commands should be encouraged by the
people of the county. We know not when we may need them.
Joe Jackson, Rube Burrow’s
right hand man, met his fate Monday at Jackson, Miss. He was confined in the
penitentiary building awaiting his trial for train robbery. He had by some
means got possession of a large knife; when his cell was opened in the morning,
he rushed out and ascended to the third story. The officers closed in on him,
rendering escape impossible. Suddenly, he leaped to the brick floor 60 feet
below, his neck was broken and he was taken up dead. Rube Smith, a cousin and a
partner of Burrow’s, is now on trial and was in prison with Jackson.
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