AUG. 5, 1954
Gaston Gins First Wilcox Bale: J.T. Gaston of Camden brought in the first bale of cotton to be ginned in Wilcox County this year. Gaston’s first bale for 1954 was ginned by Peoples Gin Co. on Thursday morning, July 29, and weighed 714 pounds. This bale was placed on display in front of the Court House and plans call for the bale to be sold at auction to the highest bidder Saturday afternoon, Aug. 7, at 3 p.m.
NOTICE: The 50th Anniversary and Homecoming will be held at the McWilliams Baptist Church in McWilliams on Sun., Aug. 15. Everyone is invited. Come and bring a basket lunch.
Draft To Take Six Here: Six Wilcox County registrants will
be called for induction for the month of August, Mrs. Margaret Fail, clerk of
Local Board No. 66, said this week.
Registrants to be inducted are as follows: Bobby Jack
Strickland, Snow Hill; Chester Morgan, Pine Hill; Burch Morgan Jr., Pine Hill;
Edward James Hollomon, Pine Hill; Love Lee Hunter, Snow Hill; and Armstead
Young, Camden. The registrants will leave Camden for the induction center on
Wed., Aug. 11.
Maid of Cotton Contest Today: The Wilcox County Maid of Cotton contest will be staged at the Camden School Auditorium Thurs., Aug. 5, at 4 o’clock p.m. as a feature on the program of the annual Farm Bureau meeting. Contestants as announced Monday are the following young ladies of the county: Sara Selsor, Camden; Lena Mell Winters, McWilliams; Margaret Kennedy, Camden; Peggy Steen, Pine Apple; Betty Gaines, Camden; Evelyn Moore, Darlington.
79 YEARS AGO
AUG. 5, 1943
First Bale of Cotton Ginned For Wilcox: The first bale of cotton to be ginned in Wilcox County for the 1943 season was ginned here by the Peoples Gin Co. Saturday. Grown by W.P. Tait of Coy, Ala., this cotton, which was handled by the Camden Cotton warehouse, brought 30 cents per pound when purchased by Mathews Hardware Co. of Camden. Auctioneer was C.M. Watts.
Attention Knitters for Our Soldiers: Before November there are 103 watch caps, 41 scarves and 151 wristlets to be knitted. Please help get these articles finished before a new quota arrives.
Special service at the Gullett’s Bluff Baptist Church next Sunday, Aug. 8, at 3:30 p.m. After the service, those present will go to Hybart’s Creek, where the ordinance of baptism will be administered to those who stand approved for membership in the Gullett’s church. You are cordially invited to this service. – E.W. Roark, Pastor.
PINE HILL: Mr. and Mrs. I.J. Hestle were called to Talladega last Friday by the death of her nephew, Jack Burns, who was killed in an airplane crash in Tennessee. They were joined in Selma by Mrs. T.W. Shields of Linden, another aunt. Cadet Burns was a frequent visitor here and his many friends extend sincerest sympathy to his bereaved family.
88 YEARS AGO
AUG. 2, 1934
A baseball game was played Saturday afternoon between Coy and Neenah at Neenah, the score being 5 to 1 in favor of Neenah.
PAROLE NOTICE: Notice is hereby given that Will Hill, who was convicted in the Circuit Court of Wilcox County on Nov. 14, 1928 for murder and given a term of seven years and eight months to 12-1/2 years, will make application for pardon or parole.
Mr. Heustis Jones Cook, the fine young son of Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Cook of Rock West, who has a position in Washington, D.C., left Tuesday to resume his work there.
The many friends and relatives of Miss Lula Darrington Jones will be glad to know she is recuperating rapidly at Chataqua, New York.
News has been received of the marriage of Miss Ellen Cook to Dr. Farmer, celebrated tuberculosis doctor of San Antonio, Texas. This romance commenced years ago when Miss Cook went to San Antonio for treatment. The culmination of this romance into marriage took place on the 19th of July at San Antonio, Texas. The bride is the youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Enoch H. Cook of Canton. Her many friends and relatives here extend congratulations.
In the Sunday Advertiser we see Rev. and Mrs. J. Kenneth Morris have a son, J. Kenneth Jr., born June 29 at Kyoto, Japan. Mr. Morris endeared himself to Camden by organizing the H-I-Y, and he also instituted the union services, which have been continued ever summer.
98 YEARS AGO
AUG. 7, 1924
Messrs. Eugene Watts, J.M. Bonner and Joe Bonner attended the ball game in Greenville last Friday.
Mr. Carl Pruitt of Pine Hill was in Camden Monday seeing his many friends here, who remember him as the star pitcher of the high school ball team two years ago.
Hon. Robert Foster of Birmingham is visiting relatives and friends in Camden. Mr. Foster has a number of friends here who are giving him a royal welcome, he is a clerk in the Probate Office of Jefferson County.
The slide for the playground has been erected and it is a common sight to see fifty or more children on the playground waiting their turn. Much credit is due Mrs. Billie Dale, president of the Parent-Teachers, for her untiring efforts in securing this much-needed equipment for the little folks.
The friends and relatives of Mr. Henry Stewart were shocked when they heard that death had called him Sunday night. He was on the streets of Camden Saturday night and was not taken sick until after he returned home. He was being rushed to a Selma hospital and died soon after leaving home. He was in the prime of life, only being 37 years old. He was connected with the Methodist Protestant Church, and his body was interred at Society Hill cemetery near his home, Rev. J.W. Rosborough officiated at the grave.
Messrs. Glen and Will Liddell, who recently bought the Cotton Oil Mill property from Mr. W.R. Alford, will erect at once an up-to-date 100 horse power engines and a 480 saw gin outfit, which will be operated entirely by electricity furnished by their own plant.
108 YEARS AGO
AUG. 6, 1914
County Masonic Conference: The Wilcox County Masonic Conference will hold its annual session with R.E. Lee Lodge No. 379 at Pine Apple next Tuesday and Wednesday. The conference will adjourn on Wednesday afternoon in time for the delegates to return on the trains going north and south. The county conference is composed of the lodges located at Camden, Pine Hill, Lower Peach Tree, Furman, Oak Hill, McWilliams and Pine Apple. Grand Lecturer Scott is expected to be present, and the Masons of the county are happy in anticipating a pleasant reunion and in work for the craft.
There was shown in the courthouse yard last Saturday a stalk of cotton grown by Willie Young in Bonhams Beat that had 102 grown bolls, some of them open and squares. It was grown on land from which boll weevils were picked, showing plainly that if the punctured weevil squares are picked up and burned, a crop can be made in spite of them.
Mr. Ben Greff has opened his new store in the Jones Building, formerly occupied by Mr. Marcus on Claiborne Street.
Mr. D.J. McCarty of Bellview shipped the first Wilcox County bale of cotton last Saturday to Baker Lyons & Co. in Mobile. He says he has five more open bales now. Crops are not very good, for this reason it is opening fast.
Today at Schuster Springs will be given a grand barbecue dinner, ball game and free water that will give health to everyone.
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