NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for AUGUST 1st thru August 15th, 1929 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, August 1, 1929 ALBERT NORTON SERIOUSLY HURT Albert Norton, age 31, was injured seriously at about 10 o'clock Saturday night near New Harmony after having been dragged about 30 feet by an automobile driven by Homer Jones, railroad section foreman of Heflin. Jones told The News that he saw a bulky object lying in the road and thinking it a bundle of papers cut the car wheels slightly to straddle the bulk. Not until the auto was almost upon the object did Jones recognize it as a man. He applied both the foot and emergency brakes in order to stop the automobile. It is believed that the crank of the car stuck in Norton's right side ad he was badly gashed and torn. The injured man was carried to an Anniston hospital by F.P. Owens Co. ambulance. Norton received a deep cut in the right side and there were cuts and bruises on both legs, it was reported by the hospital. ___ EDMONDSON BRIDGE Community News Tom Vise visited his brother H.M. Vise on Tuesday. __ Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Willingham of Columbus visited the former's parents here last week. __ Felton Vise spent last week with his sister, Mrs. Bertha Cavender. __ H.A. Crow, formerly of Cleburne but now of Arp, Texas carried back with him a new Chevrolet. __ LOCAL News T.W. Jackson of Temple, Texas visited his sister Mrs. J.J. Wager last week. He is visiting at Carrollton, Whitesburg and Cedartown and will be present at the Jackson family reunion at Bowdon on Sunday. __ Miles Brown and family and Bob Norton and family of Cane Creek are spending the week with relatives at Leoma, Tennessee. __ Bob Edwards and Lige and John Hogan left Saturday morning for their home in Louisiana after spending several days with Cleburne county relatives. __ Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Edwards, together with Mrs. Lige Edwards, returned last week from Louisville, Miss., where they spent several days with relatives. They saw a number of former Cleburne residents while away. __ HAPPY HILL Community News Mr. and Mrs. Zebadee Hale and Mr. and Mrs. I.V. Hale and children of Phil Campbell have been visiting relatives here. __ Mr. and Mrs. Miles Brown and children are visiting relatives in Tennessee. __ A family reunion was held with Mr. and Mrs. G.R. Hale on Friday. Five children, 26 grandchildren and many other relatives were present. ___ Ai News Wesley Stamps is spending the week with his sister, Mrs. Grady Gaines. __ Leonard Kerr spent the weekend with his sisters, Mrs. Sam Edwards and Ida Edwards. __ JULY MARRIAGES Homer Markman and Effie Lee Elkins Bob McCurdy and Mildred King Ernest Dodson and Minnie Bell Phillips Fred Moore and Estella Addison T.W. Austin and Eunice Argo L.A. Smith and Blanche Almon Luther Reynolds and Virgil Hardon R.W. Sabin and Nancy Hurst Hugh C. Woodard and Inez Rooks Ernest Morris and Agnes Vera Palmer Samuel Sherill and Wedell Johnson John C. Howle and Margie Vise Blake Kelley and Irene Jackson R.F. Teague and Mrs. Viora Cook Otis Berry and Cleo Smith Wm. S. Sisk and Gardie Mae Sidney Eugene Davis and Ethel Mae Staton Forest Hale and Bonzie Wooten Horace Cole and Julia Bell Parker W.H. Garrett Jr. and Nannie Lee Miller Emory Woodard and Izora Creel ____ NEWSPAPER issue of Thursday, August 8, 1929 FRUITHURST News Several from here attended the funeral of Mr. Gus Pollard on Saturday afternoon. __ CUPID BUSY The following couples were married on Sunday by Judge A.H. Glasgow Elbert Loveless and Rubie Lambert Walker V. Bailey and Ruby Myrtice Brown Edmond Maxwell and Lilla Baughan ___ CRUMPTON RITES HELD SUNDAY Anniston, Ala., Aug. 5th Funeral services for William T. Crumpton, age 35, who died in the United States Veterans Hospital at Osteen, N.C. on Saturday, were held from DeArmanville Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. L.S. Wessinger of Heflin officiating. Interment was in DeArmanville cemetery. Surviving Mr. Crumpton are his widow, two sons, Don and Otto of Anniston; three sisters, Mrs. Dave Young, Mrs. Lucie Cummings and Mrs. Mattie Suggs, all of Texas; and three brothers, D. Crumpton of Delta; Dick and Willie Crumpton of Texas. Pall bearers were F.M. Pitts, W.J. White, B.L. Statham, Roy Duncan, J.O. Weir and Otto Barnett. ___ GOOSE NECK News Russell Cofield will leave this week for Texas. He expects to remain there. __ Ed Hammond who suffered a knee injury a few weeks ago is on the road to recovery. __ EDWARDSVILLE News Mrs. Ethel Bell is visiting her mother Mrs. Elsie Entrekin in Tallapoosa. __ Lois Coleman visited her sister Mrs. Perlie Stanley in Blue Mountain last week. __ Mrs. Berta Reese and children went to Atlanta Sunday where they will spend several days with her daughter Mrs. Pat Patilla. They will go from there to Tampa, Florida where they will make their future home. ___ T.H. Zimmerman and Edward Owen went to Quitman, Texas where they will spend several weeks with relatives. __ BENEFIELD - VANCE Marriage Of interest to their many friends is the marriage of Miss Erthel Benefield and Mr. J. Herman Vance which was solemnized Tuesday evening at six o'clock, Judge A.H. Glasgow officiating. The bride is the accomplished and only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Benefield of Plainview and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Couch of Macedonia. Mr. Vance is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Vance of East Point, Georgia. He is a popular young businessman and has been connected with the Oakland Pontiac automobile division in Pontiac, Michigan, for the past four years, where they will make their future home after a two months' stay here. ___ LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Thompson of Atlanta, Cass county, Texas arrived in Heflin early Tuesday morning to visit the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Thompson in south Cleburne. __ Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Thrower and two sons, accompanied by Forney H. Thrower of Chulafinnee spent Saturday and Sunday on Sand Mountain. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, August 15, 1929 BACK FOR VISIT AFTER 18 YEARS After an absence in Oklahoma for 18 years, J.A. Blake is visiting relatives and friends in Cleburne, the scene of his boyhood days. Mr. Blake, a brother of Mitchell Blake, left Cleburne county eighteen years ago to seek his fortune in a "new country" and is said to have accumulated quite a lot of good property and is living on the "shady side of easy street". Mr. Blake said that with favorable weather conditions he would harvest 200 bales of cotton this year. His home is at Elmer, Oklahoma. ____ MAKES DONATION TO CHURCH Mrs. M.R. Bell (Aunt Palina), mother of Walter J. Bell, before her death several years ago donated the land where Pine Grove church stands, and also that of the cemetery, some three acres. For some sixty years or more Aunt Palina was a member of the church there and through her kindness and love for the cause of religion she made the gift. Mr. Walter Bell has had the deed duly recorded in the probate judge's office. Rock markers will be set up showing corners of the church and cemetery property, Mr. Bell said on Tuesday. ___ BELL MILLS News Mrs. J.J. Williams of Boaz spent last week with her daughter Mrs. John Davis. __ LOCAL News Mrs. B.H. Buchanan and two daughters Misses Nora and Esther of Ranburne, returned from Blount county the first of the week where they enjoyed a four day visit with relatives and friends. ___ Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Elliott Sr. of Moundsville spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Elliott Jr. __ Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Crumpton will regret to learn that Hugh, their little 7 year old son, is confined to his bed, threatened with fever. Mrs. Crumpton, too, is reported ill in bed. __ Mrs. Effie Martin has returned to her home in Oxford after a visit here. __ William L. Hilton of Ruston, Louisiana, son of the late Jim Hilton, is expected to arrive here soon. __ Miss Louise Hogan WRITES OF TRIP TO CLEBURNE (From Louisiana) To Editor of the Cleburne News, Thursday, July 19th, my father W.E. Hogan, two cousins, R.N. Edwards and J.W. Hogan and a neighbor, G.W. Gillum and I left Choudrant, Louisiana for Alabama. We took our time in driving for this was to be a pleasure trip. At nine o'clock we were in Mississippi, laughing and joking and noting the points of interest. Night found us in York, Alabama. Here we decided to stay until morning, congratulating ourselves on having no car trouble and nothing to "grumble" about. Except a few miles of rough roads over which we drove in a downpour of rain. We accepted this misfortune as part of the trip and said it would cause us to appreciate the good roads more fully. Next morning we were to resume our journey by way of Birmingham. After we had driven about one hundred miles we could see mountains in the distance, then the road began to wind around the hills and as I gazed first at the huge rocks on the hillside above and next into the valley below my head became dizzy and I almost lost control of the car. At Birmingham Mr. Gillum took a route southeast, as he had relatives near Kellyton, the rest of the party traveling on toward Heflin, and had no trouble until we game to the winding rough road from Anniston to the Cleburne county line. I was not accustomed to the road and made slow progress; but at eight o'clock, our party of four, tired, dirty and sleepy people, drove up to the Jackson Hotel. I had about concluded that if all of Cleburne roads were as bad as the one we traveled before reaching Heflin, I was ready to leave for home when daylight came. I enjoyed a night's rest and felt very much refreshed in the morning, so we began to call on the old friends of my father and his cousins. The first home that we visited was that of Sheriff Rowell and I made another decision; one entirely different from the one of the night before; I thought that if everyone in Cleburne county were as friendly and entertaining as the Rowells, I would be content to stay even longer than we had planned. We called on several old acquaintances and in the afternoon, we visited Cane Creek church, the one attended by myf ather and his two companions in their childhood days. Our next stop was at Edwardsville, going through the old hotel, known as the Cleburne Hotel at one time, owned by my grandfather I.D. Hogan, many years ago. It has been vacant for some time and is dilapidated both inside and out. Father showed me the old ball room and the one occupied by my grandmother in the olden days. The place of most interest to me, though was fathers "retreat" when he was a child. He said that when he had committed a "crime" in the eyes of grandmother, knowing that she would use the rod unspairingly, he 'retired' to this secluded spot and stayed until grandmother was busily engaged in her household work. We spent a week among the people in Cleburne county; with some we spent the night, with others we took dinner and with some we only stayed a few minutes as our time was limited. I hardly think that we could have been treated nicer or had a more pleasant time anywhere else. I met many people and learned that all of them were just as hospitable as the first whom we visited. When I again decide to make a trip, I will know where to go for an enjoyable time. Saturday morning we turned our faces toward home and as we motored along we discussed our visit and remarked that we had never eaten so much fried chicken in one week before; after we had gone fifty miles two of the party suggested that we go back to Heflin and spend another week. At Vicksburg, Miss., we stopped at the national park cemetery and spent some time looking over the old battlefield. At six o'clock Sunday afternoon we drove into Choudrant with record of no accidents and no car trouble and we were eager to relate the events of our trip to all who were interested. Miss Louise Hogan, Choudrant, La. _____ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. 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