The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-11-26
Vernon Letter.


He said that it just liked a .'smig-
deon" of being nine cents, and now
we can make our own calculations.
He also stated that Mr.. Pink Darr of
, Millport had ginned up TO that date
] 1927 bales of cotton and several more
on the yard TO gin. MIR. Darr him
self was absent with a drove of beef
cattle in New Orleans. Messrs. Darr
and Ayres are two of Lamar county's
best citizens, and we are always glad
to say pleasant things about such
/ gentlemen.
| The people of the Ayres public
school district were putting the fin
ishing touches on their new State
school building last Saturday. The
people Of that district have for their
trustees Messrs. J. T. Collins, Elias
NJ. Crawford and Walter Prater,
three of Lamar county's best school
men, who have left the word "fail''
out of their vocabulary.
Mr.. Clarence Connor, rural carrier
on Millport Route No. 2. is one of
West Alabama's most popular and
energetic mail carriers, and gives the
people of his route six mails a week.
Mr.. Connor is one of the writer's
! best friends, and we appreciate him
as such. and we wish for him the
| greatest success through life.
We attended preaching here last
| Sunday night in the Methodist church
and listened to an interesting SER
mon by Rev Woods Springfield of
Pickens county, the FreewiTl Baptist
pastor in Vernon. His subject was,
Character and Intellect" He will
preach here today at IL O'Clock and
tonight at seven.
Messrs. J. T. Green and Cullen
Blalack of southern Lamar county,
dined one evening last week with
Mrs. Warwick" and the children
MIR. Green is one of the popular rep
resentatives of the Interstate Bum-
ber Company, and to take him up
one side and down the other he is a
frst-class, jolly, good fellow For
fear he might not like for anybody
else to find it out we will not tell you
that we are his brother-in-law, hav~I
ing married sisters in our younger
days.
Mr.. 0, t. Haley and family left
for Memphis last week to make that
place their future home
Mr.. John A. Cobb, a grandson of
Judge Alexander Cobb, deceased, will
take the position of treasurer of La
mar county for the next four years. |
Mr.. Haley has made a good county |
treasurer and we have every reason |
to believe that Mr.. Cobb viii make |
a county treasurer second to none in |
Alabama
Wedding bells are ringing in and |
around HiEntogy, burt we are not /
yet allowed to say more just now
than that tile contracting parties |
have a lot OF experience in the we'd
ding bell experience, and are old |
enough to kRssw what they are about. |
We may tell the readers of the Dis |
patch more about these parties next |
week if all signs don't fail this time /
in dry weather.
Forest fires are now destroying |
thousands of dollars worth of tim
Der in Lamar county, the timber |
being the greatest losers.
Prof. Walter Thompson and his |
young wife, who are the teachers in
the Big Spring public school, were
in Vernon Saturday, to the delight |
of their many friends.
Below are names of persons who |
are said to- have recently bought lots |
in our town: John Deesp A. L Pen |
nington, ~ NJ. Henderson, and d. D.
Redus, and still there Is land here
for others. The county high school |
and the. prospecd of a new court |
house here are bringing land buy |
ers to Vernon almost every day.
The writer owns a lot and four |
acres adjoining the county high |
school, lot which he will sell for two
thousand dollars, one-ha1f cash and |
the balance In twelve months. So |
if any one wishes to get the best lots |
he would do well to act upon the /
principle of making hay while the !
sun shines.
Last Tuesday evening we had the !
pleasure OF entering the territory OF !
our friend Dan, and while there
met with our good friend and appre-
ciated union brother. John 7. Muf-
ply, and his little son, Master Luz |
ther Bro. Murphy is one of West
Alabama's 5 best citizens and is sec
retary of Stacy Local Union No. Al |
the Farmers Educational and Pro-