100-year-old news highlights from The Evergreen Courant

What follows are 100-year-old news excerpts from the Nov. 13, 1918 edition of The Evergreen Courant newspaper in Conecuh County, Ala.

The war came to an end at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

The Courant suggests that a monument or shaft to commemorate the gallantry of Conecuh boys who gave up their lives during the war should be erected on Court Square. We believe the people of our country would gladly subscribe a sufficient amount to put a creditable memorial for our dead heroes. At the proper time we hope the good ladies will take the matters in charge.

J.P. Lambert Dead: Just as we go to press, the sad news reached The Courant of the sudden and unexpected death this afternoon of J.P. Lambert at his home at Jayvilla. He was found dead at his barn. He was a highly esteemed citizen and had many friends, who will learn with deep regret of his demise.

NOTICE: Greening Lodge No. 53 will have its regular communications next Thurs., Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. Members are requested to attend. Visiting Brethren cordially invited. By order of J.T. Amos, Worshipful Master; J.A. Smith, Secretary.

Sim Chitty, a well known citizen of Beat One, died several days ago, a victim of the flu.

Gen. J.B. Stanley, editor of The Greenville Advocate, was here Saturday and paid The Courant office a fraternal visit.

Evergreen People Celebrate Great War Victory: Evergreen people celebrated the great war victory Monday afternoon and night with such a demonstration as was never before witnessed in our community. The lid was off and everybody yelled themselves hoarse, discharged fireworks and firearms and made noise in every conceivable manner.

The people heard the glad news during the early hours of the morning, but having been fooled once before by a false report, they waited to see it in black and white in The Advertiser, and The Advertiser carried the storm in flaming headlines. This satisfied them and everybody was happy.

Business houses and offices were closed in the afternoon, and the first staring of the celebration began at the City School grounds, patriotic songs, the raising of Old Glory and short speeches by Rev. D.W. Haskew and Attorney E.C. Page, every utterance being received with cheering, and concluding with the burning of the “Kaiser’s Coffin” in a huge bonfire on the campus.

But this was not all. In the early part of the night, the revelry began in earnest. The blowing of whistles, the yelling and whooping, the rapid discharge of firearms and fireworks kept up till a late hour. Tuesday morning found the streets littered with empty shells and other evidences of the previous night’s fun and frolic. The people of Evergreen, young and old, will long remember Monday night’s demonstration. Everybody laughed and everybody was happy and the happy look and hearty laugh will not wear off.

Light Vote Polled in County: The Democratic nominees from governor down received 481 votes in the election on the 5^th, according to the official tabulation made by the county board. There were 12 votes polled for the Republican candidate for governor and only six votes for the other Republican candidates for state offices. The Republican votes were at the following boxes: Evergreen, 1; Shreve, 5; Range,8; Brooklyn, 1; Owassa, 1; Lee, 1.