OCT. 15, 1942
Roland Cooper attended the football game in Mobile last Saturday.
Cotton Ginning Report: Census report shows that 6,845 bales of cotton were ginned in Wilcox County from the crop of 1942 prior to Oct. 1 as compared with 4,994 bales for the crop of 1941. – M.C. Jones, Special Agent.
Lt. Edwin M. Dickson, recently graduated from Officers Training School, Fort Benning, Ga., has been the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.N. Dickson of Arlington. He spent his first 13 weeks in the Army at Camp Wheeler, Ga., later going to Fort Bragg, N.C. He began Officers Training School in June, received his commission as 2nd Lt. Sept. 14. He reported for duty the latter part of September at Camp Beale, Maryville, Calif.
Robert Newell Walker was at home last week on a two-week furlough. He is on a Submarine Chaser on the Gulf Coast.
The family of Mr. W.B. Shamburger are happy over a letter from Fountain Abbott, mailed in San Francisco, Sept. 10. At the time of writing he was at Gueada Canal. He is with the Marine Unit 755 Co. P.M. and says he is on guard every four nights.
Harry Mason attended the game between Alabama and Pensacola Naval Station at Mobile Saturday. He was the guest of his aunt, Miss Florence America.
Leonard Stewart, a private in the U.S. Army at Tucson, Arizona, reports army life as being swell.
90 YEARS AGO
OCT. 20, 1932
LARGE POTATO: Mr. Atwood Rogers of Fatama sent a potato to The Era office weighing six pounds. Boys if you have one larger, let us hear from you. Thank you, Mr. Rogers, for the two-day feast.
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. P.B. Burford and Miss Katherine Vaughn attended the Alabama-Tennessee football game in Birmingham Saturday.
VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE BUILDING AT PINE HILL TO BE WIRED:
The work of wiring the building will be done by the Vocational students with
the help of Mr. R.D. Stokes Jr. and Robert Byrnes who have had some experience
along this line.
At the present time, the school has no money to invest in
the project but with the aid of the State and County they will soon be able to
have electric lights in the building.
Electric lights in the Vocational building will enable the
FFA’s of Pine Hill to have better meetings at night and have socials of various
kinds.
FOOTBALL: Camden defeated Beatrice Friday with a score of 6 to 0. Both teams fought hard and at the end of the first half the score seemed as if it would be 0 to 0. After a strong lecture by the coach between the halves, the Camden boys went back on the field determined to win. In the third quarter, Jim Jones made the only score of the game, which gave Camden a 6-0 victory. There is no game scheduled for Friday.
99 YEARS AGO
OCT. 18, 1923
SHINNY MAKERS TAKE WARNING: Sheriff Watson and Deputy Sheriff Tait captured three shinny stills of the lard can variety and of from 10 to 25 gallon capacity and poured out about 100 gallons of beer on the Jackson Highway between Lamison and Flatwoods on last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. G.V. Strickland are receiving congratulations over the arrival of a seven-pound boy born Saturday.
The new brick stores are almost completed and before next issue of the paper, we hope to see them all occupied.
The baseball fans of Camden wish to thank Dr. J. Paul Jones for keeping them posted on the recent World Series games. Dr. Jones received the returns by radio and would phone the results down town.
Mrs. Charlie Rogers of Fatama is in Selma in an infirmary and is very sick, the result of a runaway. She was thrown from her buggy into a wire fence and both jaw bones broken, severe cuts were received on her throat and on her shoulders. She is resting easy and her friends hope for her a speedy recovery from this painful accident.
The Selma and Camden High School teams will meet in Camden Friday afternoon for a game of football. Can’t everybody come out and encourage the boys?
109 YEARS AGO
OCT. 16, 1913
There were 8,474 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned in Wilcox County from the crop of 1913 prior to Sept. 25 as compared with 5,197 bales ginned prior to Sept. 25, 1912. – C.S. Dale, Special Agent.
On Friday night, Oct. 31, there will be a Halloween Party at Stewartville Schoolhouse, the proceeds to go toward the school library.
Mr. and Mrs. J.Y. Kilpatrick Jr. are now domiciled at the home of Mrs. Joe Miller on Bridgeport Avenue.
Mr. W.A. Giddens, mayor of the coming town of Jones Mill, was at the Capitol Monday. Mr. Giddens reports usual activity in real estate transfers in his town.
Dr. and Mrs. Lamartine O. Hicks of Jackson, Ala. announce the engagement of their daughter Mittie Aileen to Dr. Richardson C. Kirk of Lower Peach Tree, Ala. Thurs., Nov. 20, 1913.
Rev. Powhatan James, pastor of First Baptist Church, Selma, was a very delightful and edifying visitor at the association here last week. He was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S.E. Ellis at Mesdames Beck.
The marriage of Mr. Jno. Robt. Foster and Miss Irene Lambert take place today at the Hotel Albert, Selma. Only a very few friends and relatives are to be present. Among these from here are Mrs. C.E. Tait and Mr. Felix Tait and Mrs. Mary T. Beck.
McWilliams: Our school, which opened the 30th of September, with a very good enrollment, is progressing nicely under the management of Miss Mary Donald and Miss Katie Belle Tait.
119 YEARS AGO
OCT. 15, 1903
Mr. Smyly Killed: Mr. Ernest Smyly was on a visit to his brother, Mr. C.W. Smyly of Catherine, and was killed at this place by a train on Tuesday morning, Oct. 6. We have heard none of the particulars of this sad accident, but extend to Mr. C.W. Smyly, brother of deceased, our sympathy, in this trying ordeal, brought about so unexpectedly.
Mr. W.B. Dale, our assistant postmaster, has returned home from Oak Hill whither he was again called on account of the serious illness and death of his little sister, Katie Miller.
Lt. Neil Spier of Snow Hill came to town on Saturday to attend a called meeting of the Wilcox Mounted Rifles. He is a prosperous farmer from the eastern end of the county, and has many friends here, who are always glad to see him.
Little Katie M. Dale Dead: Little Katie Miller Dale, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Dale of Oak Hill, died on Monday last, aged 10 years. She took ill of like malady to her mother’s last illness one day after her mother was buried and battled three weeks with the disease. She was a lovely child and her death adds great weight to the already heavy sorrows of the family to whom we extend our sincere sympathy.
Attention Troop B: The Troop will have business meeting at the Armory at three o’clock on Sat., Oct. 24, and all members are expected to attend. Those not doing so will be dropped from the roll. – Jas. D. Jenkins, Capt.
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