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01hr firmneraifilirpnrter P@@ Page 2 ewmyémae EDHTQRUALS Comments the editor are opinions, reasons, or recommendations. . . Send your written and signed opinions to the Editor, P. O. Box 480040, linden, Alabama 36748 Share suggestions for museum ‘ the state opportunities to promote grants and donations for its restoration. For its life to be extended and main- tained, a must be determined for its use daily. , What could it be for? A a chamber of commerce office, a civic center, a social hall, and what else? You send us ideas and we’ll publish them. Correcting what has been neglected for many years is a task our current presi- dent of the United states is dealing with. Dealing with the historic old court— house building in Marengo County is a problem for our new mayors, councils, and commissioners. Finding a person wth a dynamic inter- est in the preservation would be the first step. Then offer the town, the county, and Klan needs to ride again Time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again. Democrats in the Republican Party and Democrats are plotting to raise taxes in Alabama. They do not understand how to elimi: nate expenses when money is needed in other areas. This socialist-communist idealogy sounds to the 'igiiiirant, the uneducated, and the simple-minded peo- ple. People who do not understand the con— stitution do not like to be responsible. Slaves, just freed after the civil war, were not stupid. At times, they borrowed their former masters’ robes and horses and rode through the night to frighten Just before spring cleaning . planned and kept properties. Now the snowbirds, under several feet of snow, are sending us hints how to make our town better. One curious practice we see is cutting of grass and exhausting the cuttings onto city streets. Then we see others taking a blowing machine and blowing their litter into the streets. Just before spring cleaning hits town, numerous writers from across America, send us columns which they taut will make our city and county cleaner and better. In the past, ladies in the clubs like the arden club, the ladies auxiliary, the mis~ sionary society, and other various organi- zations would post photos of nice well Want-an and of-ddnuar m: 334/813—5444. some evil doer. Sometimes they had to kill one or two of them, but so what. This is the same so what used when Democrats got us into World War I and World War II. Then they got us fighting in Korea. Next when the industrial north- east wanted more money, they got us in the Yietnam war, and now into the Middle‘East war. 1 If you haven’t noticed, they did away with the draft so their sons would not have to go into battle. Seems like the Klan would be wel- come to raid the gated communities up there. They call them compounds now. Truly, they are the ruling class. T'r we DY 116 AUTO'conneCr' \ 01112 firmnrrttbllhpnrtrr MIA-de IM»mW-Wmmr W.“ Ava-:3. Linden. Mums!) County. AlAb-m- 36748. Editor-Publisher Gr‘xrdloe Sutton P. O. Box 480040. Lind-r, Mlbun- 36748 Talcphonc 1879. angODevnacrmpflalr “shod 1389. Coliseum 1911 a: ’11): bouncer-LEW. . -m: Production Manager Henry Walters b E w. (fluke. area-aw. SW. Organs. Hale, Pony Dull-s. and Wilcox Conudu. annual mm" no 33500. Alabama Womens Hall of Fame Judson College will induct Nelle Harper Lee into Hall of Fame Nelle Harper Lee and Milly Francis will be inducted into the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame on March 7, 2019. "the induction ceremony will take place at 10:30 am. inAlumnae Auditorium on the Judson College campus in Marion, Ala, and will be open to the public at no charge. A luncheon will follow the induction cere- mony. Wayne Flynt, Alabama historian and Professor Emeriqu at Auburn University, will give the keynote address at the luncheon. Reservations are required for the luncheon (tick- ets $50) and must be made by March 1 by calling (334) 683- 5109. Nelle Harper lee Best known as the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Nelle Harper Lee was born in Monroeville,Alabama,onApril 28, 1926. She attended Huntingdon college in 1944-45 Gaines County, Tenn, and remained there until 1805 when he was appointedassistantfac— torofatradinghouseat St. Stephens. He took charge in March that year and a year later was appointedfactona positionheheld for 14 years.. In 1816 he removed the factorage to Gainesville, Sumter County, which place was named in his honor. In 1822 he resignedandrmvedto Demopolis where he became a merchant. He served Marengo andClarkeCountiesin the State Senate in 1825and1827. He assisted in removingtheChoctaw Indianstoahomebey- oundMississippiRiver became “Gaines.” George Strother Gaines, pioneer settler, was born in 1784 in Stokes County, N. C., and died in December 1892, at State Line, Miss. In 1794, he removed with his parents to Sullivan in 1829. .HewasthefatherofFrankY. Gaines whowasborninDemopolisin1825,anddied at'Iluscahoma Landing,Choctaw County,lan. '26, 1873, unmarried. He joined the Confederate Army in a cavalry company, which waspartofhe 3rdAlabamacavalry. The name “Gaines” was originally “Garn.” After two generations it was changed to “Garnes”whichfonnwasusedinWales,butin England it was “Ganes,” and in Anterica it OneoftheearliestsettlementsinMarengo County. was Prairievifle, first called “Canebrake Center.” This part of Marengo CountywascutotfandgiventoHaleCounty. 'I‘hefirstsettlersweretheManningsofNorth Carolina. 'I‘hentheVrrginianscameandtook charge. Orreofthefirstchmchesbuiltinthis partofthestatewas St.Andrews Church,built inl844,anditisstillstandingandbeingused asachurchatthistime. Mr.S.N.Steeleestab- listedastorejusteastofthechmchandkept thepostofiiceandallofthecitizensofthecom— munitygatheredthereevery morningtomeet thestage,whichbroughtthemailandpassen— gets. Mr. SteelecamefiornNorth Carolina, andmarriedatthatplace.'lhemanninghome tled. wasjustnorthoftheclnnehanditwasthefirst homebuiltinthelocality,andisstillstanding. J.W.Tayloewasoneofthefirstsetflers. He wasthe fatherof erliarnHenryTayloe who was born at Aug. 26, 1852. His faderlivedinhisancestralhornenearWarsaw, and transferred to The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 1945. Pursuing her interest in writing, Lee con— tributed articles to the University’s campus newspa- per, The Crimson White, and its humor magazine, the Rammer— Jarnmer, of which she eventual- ly became editor. During her junior year, she was admitted into The University of Alabama School of Law, which at the time allowed undergraduate stu- dents to begin their law degrees early. Six months before earning her law degree, Lee made the pivotal decision to move to New York City to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. She pub lished To Kill a Mockingbird in 1960. The novel has remained continuously in print and is a staple of schoolroom reading lists in the United States and abroad. By the 50th anniversary of its publication, To Kill a OLD TIMES BY THE LATE JOEL D. JONES ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED DECEMBER 30, 1943 George Washington Gaines lived n Demoplis in 1835, established river landings George Washington Gaines lived in Demopolis in 1835 and owned plantations along the Tombigbee River. He established landings along the river, one being Tuscahoma Landing where freight was lauded for Mt. Sterling, Butler and part of Choctaw County westof'lbscahoma. HewasthefatherofDr. V.RGaines,whopractioedmedicineatMt. Sterling. He died at Demopolis in 1863,1eav- ing his property in the handsofthis son,rE:~P. The late Joel Desaker Jones Richmond County, Va, until 1834, when he removed to Prairieville. A planter and captain of a cavalry company of militia, he was. too old to serve in the Confederate Army. William Henry Tayloe, a grandson of John and Anne Tayloe of Annapolis, Md., and of John Jamieson, a native of Newbeny, S. C., who later located in Uniontown, Ala. He was edu- cated by private instruction in his parental home and in schools taught by Prof. 'E. ‘H. Murfee at ArcOla, and attended Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., 1869—78, during part of which time General Robert E. Lee was president of the institution. He received the medal in 1873 for superior schol— Langhome of Uniontown. There were no chil- dren. He died in 1942 at age of90 years. Rial Norris, one of the first settlers, was born Nov. 12, 1812, in North Carolina, and at the age of 12‘years, became dissatisfied with his home surroundings and deserted relatives, home and county, and joined some emigrants and headed for the new country. He stopped in the neighborhood of our present Wayne, where he worked for a few years, and then entered land under the bjt law, built a home and settled on the Linden and Choctaw Corner road, just north of Wayne in Beaver Creek Hills. In December, 1839, he married Luvenia Huckabee, daughter of one of the emigrants with whom he came to this country. He was considered one of the best small farmers of the entire country. He raised a‘farnily of 12 chil- dren,andlivedtoseethemallmarriedandset~ fled in homes of their own. He furnished two { sons for the Confederate Army. The names of his children were: William, Frank, Whig, Buckhannon, Thomas, sons; Jane, Ann, Martha, Virginia,Eliza,Susie,and Leila. All of them are now dead, except Leila, the baby child, who now lives where her father first set— Starling Hill,.one of the first settlers, was a door neighborhood of the Norris family, entered land, built a home, and raised a large family. Mr.Hill and Mr. Norrisbothlivedto an old age and followed farming all their lives. Thursday, Februaru 1 4, 2 01 9 Mockingbird had been translat- ed into more than forty lan- guages and had sold more than forty nrillion copies worldwide. In 2015,1ee published another novel, Go Set a Watchman, which became an immediate#1 New York Times bestseller. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, the numerous awards, recognitions, and honors received by Lee during her life— time for her contributions to lit— erature include the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2007), the National Medal of Arts (2010), and six honorary doctorates from colleges and universities. Lee was a generous benefactor to her church and tomany char- itable, educational and nonprofit organizations, and privately, to many individuals. She died in Monroeville on February 19, 2016. Lee will be inducted by per sonal friend Joy Williams, Brown. arship in modem lan— guages and graduated with the degrees of B. A. and M.A.thatyear. In 1875 he received the B. L. degree. During his course in law he had for his professors the eminent lawyers in Randolph Tucker and C. A. Graves. He entered upon the prac- tice of law Nov. 1, 1878, at Demopolis, subsequently remov— ing to Linden, and finally located at Uniontown. He was senator from Marengo County 1866-90; and chancellor southwest— ern division of Alabama 1898-1908. He was andaMason. He mar- ried Lucy, daughter of Dr. John M.