100-year-old news highlights from The Evergreen Courant

Two-mule plowing team.

What follows are 100-year-old news excerpts from the Nov. 27, 1918 edition of The Evergreen Courant newspaper in Conecuh County, Ala.

County High Defeats Repton: Castleberry, Ala., Nov. 25 – The basketball team of Conecuh County High School at Castleberry met and defeated Repton High School by a score of 12 to 2 Friday, Nov. 23.

The game was slow and featureless on account of bad weather prevailing during the game. The Conecuh County High School would like to arrange games with the High Schools of this vicinity.

G.W. Salter Sr. of Monroeville is spending the week as guest of his son, editor of this paper.

C.H. Moorer left Tuesday for St. Louis to purchase a large shipment of mules and horses for his firm, F.D. Moorer & Son, to meet the growing demands of their trade.

Rev. Bob Jones to Preach Here: Rev. Bob Jones will preach at the Methodist church here on Monday, Dec. 16, at 11 a.m.

Mr. Jones conducted a series of revival meetings here several years ago and is pleasantly remembered by all Evergreen citizens who had the pleasure of hearing him at that time. He will no doubt be greeted by a large audience when he comes.

County Teachers Institute will be held here on Friday and Saturday of this week.

J.D. Barrow and R.B. Booker of this county are serving on the federal grand jury in Mobile.

The local paper of Sanford, Fla. contained an interesting account of the marriage of a former Evergreen girl, Miss Francis Eugenie Chapman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Earl Chapman, and Cicero Franklin Brannon. The many Evergreen friends of the bride wish for her a long and happy wedded life. Mr. and Mrs. Brannon will make their home in Sanford.

Baptist Association Meeting: The Conecuh County Baptist Association, which was postponed last month on account of the health condition of our county, will convene at Jones Chapel, four miles east of Owassa, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the 10^th day of December. All churches are urged to send their full quota of messengers. – C.S. Rabb, Clerk.

Mrs. A. Giddens of Montgomery was here Monday.

J.A. Rumbley arrived Monday from Sanford, Fla. to spend a few days with relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. B.F. McArthur and daughter, Miss Mamie, of near Loree, spent Thursday with relatives here.

AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL NEWS: The Courant has consented to give to the Agricultural School each week space for reports from the school. We hope the parents of all the students in the school will read the school news in order that they may be kept posted as to the progress and attainments of the pupils.

This year, the students are beginning a system of student government. Monitors are appointed to see to the order of the room during the day. Demerits are given for misbehavior, and punishment is inflicted as the accumulation of a certain number of demerits. The students are also given charge of the chapel exercises one day during the week. The seniors and juniors have already led during the past month. The sophomores will have charge of the exercises for Thanksgiving. It is to be hoped that through this method the students will gain ability to speak naturally and interestingly in public.