The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-06-27

began to grow thin and emaciated Her mother and father came from Caro- lima and carried her home The best of physicians failed to relieve her nal ady or even to diagnose her case For three weeks after reaching home she continued to sleep The doctors gave her up when one morning, to the sur prise of all, she walked and at once began to regain her usual health and strength. and In a few weeks was a strong and robust woman. No one eyer gave a satisfactory explanation of her condition. Some said she had been bitten or stung by poisonous bug or insect; others that she had eaten a poisonous berry. Mrs. Fry said that neither could have been the case as they were together the entire day and she would have known something of 1t had such thing happened
 If the town reminds one of the De serted Village" truly the cemetery re- minds one of '"The Wilderness" We stood with uncovered head, in silent reverie and respect, for the many noble men and women, rich and poor, grand and stately. whose ashes rest beneath the mighty oaks and cedars The whole graveyard, with the exception of one lot in the center, is masss of vines and bushes, twined and intertwined, making approach to some of the lots almost impossible. Should such sa- cred and historic spot be thus neglect ed? Some of the brightest minds of their day-some of the noblest of wom- en-some of the bravest of men, who gave their lives in defense of their dear southland in the dark days of the sixties-sleep there. Graves are fall ing in. Wreck, ruin and decay arc everywhere in evidence, and even the Inscriptions on stone and marble are fast becoming unintelligible. The only lot which is being kept up is the Low cit lot. This is done by Miss Alabama Loyett, a noble and lovable lady, who resides at Orrville. Her father, moth CT, brother and sister sleep beneath its sacred dust
 One monument which would attract your attention for it's uniqueness Is over the grave of Mrs. George Brenner MT. Brenner was the timer in Ca haba, and the monument which he placed over his wife Is made entirely of tin. even to the cross on the top Mrs Brenner was born in Prussia in 1929. and died in Cahaba in 1861 Among other noteworthy graves are those of Joel Babock. one of the found CTS of Cahaba. first lieutenant in the Cahaba Rifles. who was killed at Seven Pines the same day as James Ellie 2 h~other of Col B r. Ellis william Hunte~. Rufus r. Gill Golf Hall HTilderbrandt. Stradtman. the Bells, Perrines, Crocherons George R. Evans, Alexander Duke. Curtis, Dr. ul- mer and many others This is known as the new graveyard. having been used in the forties and fifties. A visit to the old graveyard found it in even a more dilapidated condition. Herein pas sage is almost impossible. The giant cactus grows from 15 to 20 feet high and the lonely screech owl makes his home in, and sends his shivering veal through, the mass of tangled vines and undergrowth. Only two headstones are 1egible-one to the memory of Thomas R. Rutherford, who died in 1924 at the age of 5S; the other. nearly de- faced with age is "in memory of Fran ces Bernard McElroy" who died in 1921 The lower end of this old ceme- tery was used by the negroes after the now one began to be used, and just after the war smallpox broke out among the negroes in and around Ca haba, and 800 of them were buried here. Nearly all the monuments used in these cemeteries were cut and carved by roshia Allen, who had his marble yard near where the present bridge spans the Cabaha river. Ills work, done a half century ago. com pares favorably with the work of to- day.
 Tn the 40s railroad was projected from Cahaba to Woodv'lle. now Union town. but was never hu'lt. Tn the early bNs this survey was turned into a plank walk, which was the fashionable drive yqav. Hereon in the summer afternoons, could be seen the finest of coaches drawn rv the finest of horses driven by well dressed negro coachmen. Elegantly dressed ladies and children, with the indis-