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| Grave of Rosa Cook Marks in San Antonio, Texas |
What follows are 100-year-old
news excerpts from the Feb. 7, 1918 edition of The Wilcox Progressive Era
newspaper in Camden, Ala.
DEATH OF JUDGE J.N. STANFORD: In the death of Judge J.N.
Stanford, which occurred Jan. 28th, an honored and useful citizen
has been removed from the walks of life. He was a true representative of the
chivalry, hospitality and gentility of the Old South, and a leader of the
reconstructive forces of the New South, set for the restoration of the broken
fortunes and devastations wrought by the horrors of war.
He was born at old Allenton, June 21, 1845, and was named
for his grandfather, Jonathan Newberry, who settled at Oak Hill in 1818, one
hundred years ago. In February 1861, he enlisted in Co. B, 1st
Alabama Artillery, when a boy of 15, and served through the entire war. As a
soldier, he was brave, gallant and loyal, loved and honored by his comrades.
For many years he has enjoyed attending the reunions of Confederate Veterans,
taking his place in the ranks of gray, fond as a boy of his soldier’s uniform,
with the soldierly bearing, erect, manly and dignified. And in this loved
uniform, he sleeps beneath the sod, one more has fallen out of the ever thinning
ranks of the old veterans, so much loved by all for their sacrifices and
patriotic devotion.
As a man of sterling worth and character, he was called by
his fellow citizens to serve in a public capacity for many years, and held the
responsible office of tax collector for 12 years and that of Judge of Probate
for 11 years.
The funeral services was held in the Baptist church,
conducted by his pastor, Rev. I.N. Kimbrough, assisted by Rev. W.N. Huckabee of
Pineapple. The attendance was said to have been the largest of any funeral ever
held in Camden. He had a host of friend. Interment with Masonic rites at the
grave, was in Camden cemetery.
LOST – Curtains to a Buick 4 car, between Camden and
Bellview on Jan. 14. Finder please return to D.J. McCarty, Bellview, Ala.
Tax Collector Vandevoort reports $1,020 collected for poll
tax at the close of Feb. 1. This augments the school fund to that extent. The
amount is a little over anticipations.
Mrs. W.C. Farish died at her home in Camden on last Sunday
after an illness of several weeks. She was buried in the Camden cemetery on
Monday.
Mr. John McDowell Ratcliffe died Tuesday in Selma at an
infirmary. His remains will be interred in the Camden cemetery today.
Death of Mrs. G.M. Marks: Mrs. Rosa Cook Marks was born Feb.
8, 1870 and died Jan. 25, 1918 in San Antonio, Texas. She was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Cook, formerly of Canton Bend. She was happily married to Mr.
G.M. Marks of San Antonio, Texas in April 1905 and had lived there since her
marriage.
Her early life was spent in Canton Bend, having left there about
20 years ago.
Work on the Camden streets was begun this week and we trust
that the good start will not slack up till they are put in good condition.
Mr. R.H. Liddell and Miss Bama Dunn have returned from New
York, where they went to purchase the spring and summer supply of goods for
Liddell & Co.
According to ground hogology, the winter is now nearing its
end. Said animal was unable to see its shadow on Feb. 2.
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