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| Col. Hilary A. Herbert |
What follows are 100-year-old news excerpts from the March 12, 1919
edition of The Evergreen Courant newspaper in Conecuh County, Ala.
Veterans to Meet: A meeting of Camp Capt. Wm. Lee will be
held at the courthouse on April 1. A full attendance is desired as business of
importance will come up for consideration. – J.T. Fincher, Commander.
Sunday’s Advertiser contained an excellent writeup of
Evergreen and Conecuh County by Editor Sheehan, who, with Spang, the
cartoonist, spent a couple of days here last week. And Spang furnished some
amusing caricatures of some of our prominent citizens. The nice things Editor
Sheehan said about Evergreen are duly appreciated by our people.
Col. Herbert Passes to His Final Reward: Col. Hilary A.
Herbert died quite suddenly on Thursday last at Tampa, Fla., where he was
spending the winter. He would have been 85 years old today had he lived.
His body was laid to rest in Montgomery on Sunday afternoon
with military honors.
Col. Herbert was held in affectionate esteem throughout the
state but perhaps nowhere with a higher degree than in his congressional
district which he represented in Congress for a number of years. He also served
one term as Secretary of the Navy during the last administration of President
Cleveland.
Hugh Davis reached home last week from the military training
camp near Boston. So rejoiced to welcome him home were his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J.T. Davis, that they killed the fatted gobbler, and not the fatted calf,
to give their boy a feast. Doubtless no one can appreciate such manifestations
of affection more than a soldier.
Commissioners court has passed an order prohibiting trucks,
timber carts, wagons, etc., heavily loaded, from hauling over the roads within
48 hours after a heavy rain when the ground is soft. The greatest damage to
roads results from heavy hauling during wet weather. We hope our commissioners
will enforce this order strictly.
H.N. Webster yesterday received a message conveying the sad
intelligence of the death of one of his brothers in France. He died of
pneumonia, was the information. Mr. Webster has another brother who was several
times wounded and also gassed and when last heard from was said to be in a
critical condition.
Destructive Cyclone: A destructive cyclone did great damage
in the vicinities of Brewton, Pollard and Flomaton on Wednesday last. No deaths
resulted but the property damage was considerable. On the same day, but more
than three hours later, a terrific cyclone struck the city of Eufaula and as a
result four people were killed and a number injured. Among the killed was Dr.
W.P. Dickinson, past of the Methodist church. It is said the property damage
will amount to about one million dollars. Many business houses and other
buildings were wrecked.
Castleberry Strawberry Crop Very Promising: Castleberry,
March 9 – The strawberry crop here will begin moving within 10 days now in
express shipments, and in car lots not later than April 1, if no freezes are
had within this time. The acreage is somewhat increased this year, the crops
have been well worked, with heavy fertilizing, and the prospects are for a
“bumper” crop.
The car shipments began last year on March 20, but the crop
is about 10 days late this year.
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