I'm curious about this sawmill and wonder if there were more sawmills in the area. My great-uncle, Shep Carpenter (buried at Danley's Crossroad) was killed in a sawmill accident in 1922. His death certificate lists a "Mr Hall" as his employer. Perhaps he was a foreman at Mr Simmons mill? Any thoughts on this sawmill being the same where Shep was employed? Oh, and Phyllis you are doing one fine job. I can't imagine what makes this Lauren person think that you need advice! Keep up the good work. Sandy (Carpenter) Mowery FL ----- Original Message ----- From: <alcoffee-request@rootsweb.com> To: <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:00 AM Subject: ALCOFFEE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 212 > > > ALCOFFEE Digest Mode > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Hmmmmmm (Nina Pitchford) > 2. Re: Hmmmmm and Phyllis (LaCreta Guy) > 3. Simmons Sawmill (Phyllis J. K. Owens) > 4. Re: Fw: Welcome to the (SH Muller) > 5. Re: Stepping down (Phyllis J. K. Owens) > 6. Re: Hmmmmmm (SH Muller) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 22:36:48 -0500 > From: "Nina Pitchford" <epitch@charter.net> > Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Hmmmmmm > To: "Phyllis J. K. Owens" <kwanja@centurytel.net>, > <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <005501c80aee$ca5c25f0$6601a8c0@prefferef227ff> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Yea!!!!!!!! You're staying!!!!!! You're doing a great job Phyllis. > > Nina > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 20:40:23 -0700 (PDT) > From: LaCreta Guy <atercyug@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Hmmmmm and Phyllis > To: ALCOFFEE mailing list <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <487130.20523.qm@web60821.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > I'm one of the simple folks and I'm amazed. > > Lauren, Rootsweb Volunteer since 1996, 159 boards and approximately 100 > lists still has time to be the tagline / welcome message / bandwidth > police for this list??? > > She could have been a little "simpler" with her advice... or > suggestion... or reprimand to you about removing the part about the fees > for PRHGS (if that is a BIG NO NO for lists). Good grief...I'm sure it > isn't a capital offense, warranting life with no parole in the Rootsweb > Jail. > > Since day one...when I was a simple newbie....I never, ever thought, > because of the message about the fees at PRHGS, that there was a fee to > subscribe to any Rootsweb list. > > Please don't give this up, Phyllis. > > LaCreta, Tulsa OK > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 23:07:32 -0500 > From: "Phyllis J. K. Owens" <kwanja@centurytel.net> > Subject: [ALCOFFEE] Simmons Sawmill > To: "ALCOFFEE mailing list" <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <016601c80af3$15bae640$2f01a8c0@KrisMcCutcheon> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > There is a newly posted photograph for the Simmon's Sawmill. Mrs. Betty > Thompson (our newest ALCOFFEE mailing list member) was kind enough to > share > it with us. There is a copy of the original and the restored copy that I > worked on to clean it up abit. The webpage is located at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee/subphotos.html > > Mrs. Thompson would like to know if anyone knows what became of this > land...who owns it and who all have owned it for the last eighty > years..??? > That was 300 acres of land!! Any ideas or knowledge about this out there > with someone on the list would be appreciated. > > Thank you all for your time. > > You take care now..... > > Phyllis J. K. Owens > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:02:56 -0500 > From: "SH Muller" <shmuller@satx.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Fw: Welcome to the > To: "'Phyllis J. K. Owens'" <kwanja@centurytel.net>, > <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <AB324361B9E849ECA8F01F580AEA012E@SherryPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Phyllis, > > I am not aware of the conditions that are placed on mailing list > moderators > by Rootsweb, or if there are any other entities that impose performance > requirements or restrictions, but I am very aware of the excellent service > you have provided and are providing to the members of the ALCOFFEE email > list. I don't know the difference between a tag line and a welcome > message, > but if you need to tweak one or the other to preserve bandwith at the > server > level, so be it, but please don't stop providing those of us who are > veterans of the list with the same level of information that you have been > providing all these years in whatever manner works for you and Rootsweb. > > I have been a member of the list for a number of years and have always > found > you to be an excellent moderator with a keen sense of when to intervene in > the flow of information and a style of doing so which reflects traditional > Southern diplomacy. Further, I have never taken your occasional mentions > of > the PRH&GS, membership in that organization, or the publications and > events > offered through it to be any thing more than your advising the reader of > additional opportunities for research and the support of same. > > Please count me in as one of those individuals who is "COMFORTABLE HERE" > and > don't even consider going "poof"!! We all need you! > > Sherry Hanks Muller > > > -----Original Message----- > From: alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Phyllis J. K. Owens > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:12 PM > To: ALCOFFEE mailing list > Subject: [ALCOFFEE] Fw: Welcome to the > > The email below here just arrived to me. I will be honest with all of you > folks and let you know what my reply was to this email: "I have been > moderator of this list for around ten years. You are the first person to > ever mention any of the above. We have had no problems on our list. Do > you > wish to moderate this list? If so, I will gladly step to one side to allow > you to do such. Sincerely, Phyllis J. K. Owens" > > So if I go poof as your ALCOFFEE mailing list moderator, you will know > why. > > I have too much to do with my life, all the lists and websites. If this > person wishes to take the reigns here, he/she is more than welcome. But I > will admit that this is the best mailing list that I moderate. I enjoy > all > of your posts. We do not post in the "normal" modes as most mailing > list....the fact is "WE ARE COMFORTABLE HERE". > > I am sorry for this disruption in your email boxes. Thank you all for > your > time. > > Phyllis J. K. Owens > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <confido@ix.netcom.com> > To: <alcoffee-admin@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 3:03 PM > Subject: Re: Welcome to the > > > > Hello Phyllis: > > I am wondering if you have "welcome message" and "tag line" confused. > There > > is no information, rules, etc. in your welcome message. However, your > tagline set for the list is inordinately long and repeats what Rootsweb > autogenerates regarding unsubscription. It uses a lot of bandwidth with > each message. > > It is no longer necessary to include -L in any Rootsweb address since the > switch to Mailman software from Smartlist software last year. > > Although we admins have a lot of leaway in making rules and designing > taglines, we are not to include solicitation of funds. We are not to > allow > selling of things on our lists -- dependent upon what our agreement with > the > > ListMaster may be. County lists are not genealogical society lists -- > non-profits have a bit more leaway in regards to "selling" things. Paypal > does not belong in any tagline. > > Your current tagline may cause some to feel they MUST pay dues in order to > subscribe to the County list. The public are simple folk. It is up to us > to > > ensure clarity -- no need to pay dues to subscribe to this or any Rootsweb > list. > > My suggestion would be that you pump up your welcome message with details > and paramenters for what is on topic for the list and what the rules are > and > > minimize your tagline. > "visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and > Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs " > > > Delete > "To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to > ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com" as it is redundant to what Rootsweb adds > at the end and it is inaccurate. ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com is the > address to use for unsubscription of either list mode or digest mode now. > > >>==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== >>To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to >>ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com >> >>Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee >>County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. >>Also, while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project >>website >>at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and >>Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs >>Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $20 to >>PRH&GS, Attn: Phyllis J. K. Owens, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL >>36331-0628, or visit the website above to join via PayPal, or visit the >>Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, >>Enterprise, Alabama 36330. You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea >>River Trails magazine with your paid membership. Good luck in your >>search....and happy hunting. >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > You will find this listed on the general page of your Admin tools, under > "details for welcome message" > ....................................... > welcome_msg (general): List-specific text prepended to new-subscriber > welcome message > This value, if any, will be added to the front of the new-subscriber > welcome > > message. The rest of the welcome message already describes the important > addresses and URLs for the mailing list, so you don't need to include any > of > > that kind of stuff here. This should just contain mission-specific kinds > of > things, like etiquette policies or team orientation, or that kind of > thing. > > Note that this text will be wrapped, according to the following rules: > > Each paragraph is filled so that no line is longer than 70 characters. > Any line that begins with whitespace is not filled. > A blank line separates paragraphs. > ................................................. > > Your welcome message can be much longer and give far more detail than what > you currently put as a tagline. > > Happy Trails, > > Lauren > Rootsweb Volunteer since 1996 > 159 boards and approximately 100 lists > > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: alcoffee-request@rootsweb.com >>Sent: Oct 9, 2007 12:26 PM >>To: confido@ix.netcom.com >>Subject: Welcome to the "ALCOFFEE" mailing list >> >>Welcome to the ALCOFFEE mailing list! >> >> >>To post a message to this list, send your email to: >> >> ALCOFFEE@rootsweb.com >> >>Please note that all messages posted to this mailing list are also >>added to the list archives on RootsWeb.com >> >>General information about the mailing list, including links to the >>list archives, can be found at: >> >> http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/AL/coffee.html >> >>To unsubscribe from the list, including the list digest, please send >>an email to ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" >>in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. >> >>Sincerely, >> >> The ALCOFFEE List Administrator >> ALCOFFEE-admin@rootsweb.com > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe send email with word unsubscribe in the text area to > ALCOFFEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee > County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. > Also, > while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and > Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs > Please support our PRH&GS with your annual membership by submitting $20 to > PRH&GS, Attn: Phyllis J. K. Owens, P.O. BOX 310628, Enterprise, AL > 36331-0628, or visit the website above to join via PayPal, or visit the > Society Research Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, > Enterprise, > Alabama 36330. You will receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails > magazine with your paid membership. Good luck in your search....and happy > hunting. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 22:42:38 -0500 > From: "Phyllis J. K. Owens" <kwanja@centurytel.net> > Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Stepping down > To: <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <00d201c80aef$a121d670$2f01a8c0@KrisMcCutcheon> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Thank you so very, very much for your kind words of support. I want you > to > know how very much I appreciate them and all of my ALCOFFEE mailing > listers. > We ARE a great group of people who try very hard to help one another with > our research. Heck, sometimes we do get a little off subject....but that > is > what adds flavor to our li'l list family. > > I will not change anything or the way we do it. If they do not like our > list, they can de-moderate me and watch the list go back down to 10 > subscribers as it was when I adopted it many, many years ago. (We have > over > 220 right now!!) But I do not think it will come to that. She/he > backed > down QUICKLY with my response, and wants no part of our list > administration. > You have probably read my post after she/he wrote me back. > > I have received many emails personally since I posted tonight. I am > writing > each person back personally. I just want you all each to know that I love > you all more now than I already did before. We are a clannish lot of > "simple" folks. LOL! > > Again, thank you kindly for your kind words, Mr. Marlin. > > ALCOFFEE mailing list will not change as long as I am moderator of > it....and > that is a promise. > > And you please take care now..... > > Phyllis J. K. Owens > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:14:41 -0500 > From: "SH Muller" <shmuller@satx.rr.com> > Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Hmmmmmm > To: "'Phyllis J. K. Owens'" <kwanja@centurytel.net>, > <alcoffee@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <20E327BD471643ABBB206458E2A6AF02@SherryPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I just didn't type fast enough!! Problem seems to be solved!! > > Thanks again for all your good work! > > Sherry Hanks [The Coffee Connection] Muller > -----Original Message----- > From: alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alcoffee-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Phyllis J. K. Owens > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:25 PM > To: ALCOFFEE mailing list > Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Hmmmmmm > > Thank you for your support. I love this ALCOFFEE mailing list. It is the > most downhome and helpful list I have ever been on or moderated. Everyone > is comfortable and at home here. We may get a little off subject at > times, > but we all know where the delete button is when we do not wish to read an > email or participate in a conversation. > > I am not going anywhere!! They will have to boot kick me to the curb > first!! > > I have been here far too long to go that easily. LOL! I was just warning > you folks just in case they do boot me to the curb. LOL! Just because > he/she (Lauren) who sent the email moderates 159 message boards and > approximately 100 lists and has been a volunteer since 1996 does not mean > I > am going anywhere without being tossed out. If he/she moderates that many > boards and mailing lists, there must be no action on any of them for her > to > have time to take to write to me about our ALCOFFEE mailing list. I know > I > have to work bounces about five to fifteen times per day on this list. > > He/she wrote me back: > "Hello Phyllis: I have no desire to admin your list. Many admins did not > realize their welcome messages disappeared when the software was changed > from Smartlist to Mailman. And some are confused between the tagline area > and the welcome message area. Or just plain do not know where to find it > in > the new tools. Cheers, Lauren" > > I love this ALCOFFEE mailing list and its subscribers. We are not THAT > simple. *grins* We just do not conform easily to rules that have no > bearing on our happy li'l list. > > You all take care now.....*hugs* And...THANK YOU!! > > Phyllis J. K. Owens > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee > County, Alabama.....you will find us downhome and most friendly here. > Also, > while online, please visit the Coffee County ALGenWeb Project website at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~alcoffee and the Pea River Historical and > Genealogical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~alprhgs Please support > our > PRH&GS. Visit the website online, or visit in person at the Society > Research > Library & Gift Shoppe at 108 South Main Street, Enterprise, Alabama 36330. > PRHGS members receive the seasonal copies of Pea River Trails magazine. > Good > luck in your search....and happy hunting. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the ALCOFFEE list administrator, send an email to > ALCOFFEE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the ALCOFFEE mailing list, send an email to > ALCOFFEE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALCOFFEE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of ALCOFFEE Digest, Vol 2, Issue 212 > **************************************** >