NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CLEBURNE NEWS", Heflin, Cleburne County, Alabama for DEC. 1st thru DEC. 8th, 1938 NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, DECEMBER 1, 1938 T.B. ALBRIGHT LAID TO REST Thomas B. Albright, age 71 years, died suddenly at his residence at Edwardsville on Nov. 22. He was born Nov. 8, 1867 near Edwardsville. He was a farmer and spent his entire life there. Funeral services were held at Antioch on Wednesday Nov. 23 by the Rev. Morton. Interment was in the church cemetery, directed by Brown service. Mr. Albright is survived by his wife Mrs. Rodie Albright; three sons, Henry F. Albright of Holt; Rome Albright of Anniston and Dewey Albright of Tuscaloosa; one daughter, Mrs. Glenn Trammell of Anniston; three sisters, Mrs. R.A. Lott of Munroe, Ga., Mrs. Fletcher Evans of Corzeasco, Miss., and Mrs. Cephia McGriff of Heflin. ------ TO BEGIN SERIES OF WRITE-UP SOON Soon, the Cleburne News will begin a series of write-ups written by the able and capable W.C. McMahan, concerning old time corn shuckings, log rollings, and many other old time things. Our readers know Mr. McMahan by his writings of all day singings in the past, and he is a good writer. We know our readers will be pleased with the write-ups. ------- JOSEPH J. CHARLES LAID TO FINAL REST Funeral services for Joseph J. Charles, 67, who died Nov. 15 in an Anniston hospital, following an illness of four days, were held Nov. 16 at the residence in Muscadine, the Rev. Mr. Duke officiating. Interment was in Hooper Grove Cemetery, Brown-Service of Heflin officiating. Mr. Charles was born and raised in Haralson county, Georgia but moved with his family to the Camp Ground community several years ago. Survivors are the widow Mrs. Leona Charles; two sons, Houston and Everett Charles; four daughters, Mrs. Bessie Cheatwood, Mrs. Frances Cheatwood, Mrs. Lillian Junior and Mrs. Katherine Cheatwood, and a brother Sam Charles of Tallapoosa, Ga. ------ FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MR. TOM LOVVORN Bowdon, Ga., Nov. 24 Funeral services for Mr. Tom Lovvorn, 81, who resided near Newell, Ala. were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Harmony church with Rev. Jodie Henderson officiating. Mr. Lovvorn who had been in ill health for several years, had spent his entire life in this community. Burial was in the church ground under the direction of Yates Funeral Home. Suvivors are his widow Mrs. Frances Lovvorn and the following children, Matthew, Elbert, Jake, Rufus and Mack Lovvorn, Mrs. Roy Butler and Mrs. H.A. Merrill. ------ NEWSPAPER Issue of Thursday, DECEMBER 8, 1938 DEATH COMES TO E. THRASHER Funeral services for Eather Thrasher, 50, who died Nov. 29 at his home in Beat 8, were conducted from Antioch church near Hopewell on Nov. 30, the Rev. Harmon D. Moore officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery, directed by Brown-Service of Heflin. Mr. Thrasher was born and reared in the community in which he died and was well known in many sections of Cleburne county. Survivors are the widow Mrs. Beulah Thrasher, three sons, Hershel, Robert and Talmadge Thrasher, a daughter Miss Minnie Thrasher; two brothers, Eber of near Bell Mills and Eston of Gadsden. ------- BURIAL SERVICES FOR GUN VICTIM HELD IN OXFORD Anniston, Ala., Dec. 4 Funeral services for Dennis Burrow, age 36, former Anniston man who was shot to death by a friend of many years standing Friday afternoon in a bus terminal in Birmingham, were conducted at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon by the Rev. Charles R. Bell Jr. at Usrey's Chapel with interment in Oxford cemetery. The shooting occurred, according to Birmingham police, as the result of enmity between Burrow and W.M. Naugher, also a former resident of Oxford and Anniston, because of Burrow's friendship for Naugher's wife. Birmingham police stated that Naugher opened fire on Burrow as the latter was seated in the bus station. They also quoted witnesses as saying the Naugher reloaded his pistol and fired more shots at Burrow as he lay bleeding and dying on the floor. Four of the bullets struck Burrow, one hitting him in the eye. Attendants at the bus station held Naugher until police arrived. First degree murder charges were lodged against Naugher. Naugher had been in Birmingham for several years and recently has been a carpenter at the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. Burrow has been away from Anniston for several months. While Burrow and Naugher were street car conductors here they resided in Oxford, their homes being near each other. Surviving Mr. Burrow are his father H.M. Burrow, former Oxford Chief of Police; a brother Lee Burrow of Sylacauga, a member of the state highway patrol; a sister Mrs. W.M. Schroeder of Anniston; two sons, Carl and Milton Eugene Burrow and two daughters, Misses Dixie and Linda Lee Burrow, all of Anniston. ------- DEATH CLAIMS GOOD WOMAN Bowdon, Ga., Dec. 1 Funeral services for Mrs. Richardson of State Line were conducted Friday at Macedonia with Rev. Halliday officiating. Mrs. Richardson who died Thursday at her home, had been ill for about a week. This beloved woman was born and brought up in Cleburne county but had resided in Carroll county for a number of years. She is survived by her husband and five children, Albert Richardson of Atlanta; Herbert Richardson, Mrs. Naomi Gibbs, Mrs. Tom Farlow and Mrs. Hattie Brock. ------ OLD-TIME LOG ROLLING, by W.C. McMahan In giving this series of write-ups, I have every reason to be modest when I refer to my own personal experience and that of my father and brothers and I hope that my friends and readers of this paper will not think me egotistic in doing so, as I know about the facts of my subjects, as they actually occurred on my father's farm. Many years ago, my father William McMahan, bought a large tract of land on Sally's Creek in what was then dense forest in a big swamp with white oak, red oak, hickory, pines, poplars and chestnuts measuring many feet through. During the winters my father with hired men would go into the swamp and cut a ring around some of those trees, and the next Spring they were dead. He would clean out the undergrowth and make two crops among the standing dead trees. Then some of them began to fall and must be cut into sections of 10 to 20 feet and rolled into big heaps as to burn them out of the way. This all being ready, about turkey-gobling time, father put boys on mules and sent them all over the surrounding country for many miles, inviting neighbors to come and roll logs. The country being sparsely settled, they had to spread over a large territory for sufficient help, and anywhere from sunrise to nine o'clock, they came those old-timers with heavy boots, rough heavy whiskers all over their faces and home- made brown jeans and clothing, each man bringing a heavy stick pointed at each end and about six feet long called hand-spikes. These men would get down on their knees and roll a log out of its bed and on to 10 or a dozen of those sticks. The leader would see that all sticks were properly balanced and that no man surged at or jerked his stick as to hurt anyone, then he would give the word "ready" and every man came up as cautiously as if his own life was at stake. They would carry it to another log and build a heap of many of those heavy logs. It sometimes happened that a little man was pitted against a big man and father would see that the little man had the advantage of the spike so as to have equal power with the big man. It would also happen that two big men, two of the best, were pitted against each other and the log very heavy, and just for a little fun, some of the men would brag on one of these men and see which one could put the other's knuckles to the ground, the other men helping carry the log would wink at each other and lower their sticks so as to give bullies an opportunity to show who's who. Then one of them went down with his knuckles in the dust. Then they set up a yell. Then father called a halt and had every man abandon his stick and seat themselves on the log heap. Then he called three of us little boys, C.B., Wiley and Newt to one side and whispered to us for a moment. He said "Now you boys go to the house and one of you bring a bucket of water and a water gourd. One of you bring the sugar bowl and tumbler and the other bring my jug, and get back here." And as we darted and when we approached the crowd and they realized what it mean, they yelled worse than a negro camp meeting. Father said, "how do you want it, weakened or sweetened or do you want it straight?" And he issued out to every man according to his desire. Then the boys all jumped up and said lets make up the lost time. It was not long until a man with an eager appetite called on father for another drink, but father said no, you want to get your drinks too close together and that is what ruins a man. I will get to you in due time. And not a man got drunk. A few days before this log rolling my older brothers built a turkey pen in the edge of the wheat field at the back of the farm. I was playing around where the boys were at work when some of them told me to go to the turkey pen the evening before the log rolling. I made and dash and found one turkey. The boys had told me not to try to catch it, if one was in, but I was like the Dutchman, I couldn't "vait", I went in and soon had a hold on him, and and in a short time I had that turkey's neck, legs and wings tied together. Then was him under my arm, I crawled out of that pen and when I got to the boys, my turkey was dead. I told them he was scared to death. We had turkey for dinner the next day. While the men were getting ready for dinner which my mother and the good neighbor woman had prepared in those old time log houses and kitchens, some of the men were yet rolling a few logs at the edge of the yard, when some of us little boys were trying to get help, as brother John slapped me on the back saying, you will go over this log. I saw brother George's heels go up as we went over and then under as the log went over him. He was not seriously hurt, but my father felt that George never fully recovered after the plunge. My next article will be on the old time corn shucking. --------- MRS. MAULDIN DIED FRIDAY; BURIAL AT RABBITTOWN Anniston, Ala., Dec. 3 Mrs. Drucilla Mauldin, age 72, died at the residence of J.A. Cheatwood in Choccolocco, Route 1, at 5 a.m. Friday after an illness of several months. Funeral services were conducted at the Rabbittown church with interment in the church cemetery, Usrey directing. Among the survivors are three brothers, Pleas and James Cheatwood of near Choccolocco; John Cheatwood of Ruston, La., and a sister Mrs. Anna Dunn of near Heflin. ------ NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL LANDS FOR DIVISION State of Alabama, Cleburne County Probate Court Dec. 3, 1938 Notice to: Mrs. G.W. Chaffin Emma Hudson Delanie Putnam Galama Smith Mrs. Lee Holt David Rhodes Fannie Weeks Dovie Henderson Kenneth Allen On this third day of December 1938, came J.M. Stephens and E.W. Stephens and filed their petitions in writing, under oath, praying for an order and proceeding to sell certain property described therein for the purpose of division and partition between said petitioners and: J.M. Stephens E.W. Stephens Mrs. G.W. Chaffin Mrs. Dalie Putnam Emma Hudson Virgil Bain J.B. Bain W.D. Bain Grady Bain Beulah Shaddix Mary Henderson Essie Hand Cora Dean Galama Smith Mrs. Lee Holt David Rhodes Fannie Weeks Dovie Henderson Kenneth Allen; as joint owners of said property. It is ordered that said petition be set down for hearing on the 4th day of January 1939 and that notice thereof, together with the day set for hearing the same, be given the above named persons as said joint owners of the property, by publication for three successive weeks in The Cleburne News, a newspaper published in this county. A.H. Glasgow, Judge of Probate -------