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FROM OUR FILES 127 years ago “A Merry Christmas to our readers and friends and many returns of the same. May the season be honored as a religious anniversary, and not as a bacchanalian feast, as is too often the case.” “The new and elegant steamer Maggie F. Burke was burned at her wharf in Mobile, last Saturday morning. She had just got in with 1168 bales of cotton and had just discharged about 250 bales when the fire was discovered issuing from below her boiler deck, and in a few minutes the beautiful steamer was a sheet of flames.” The steamboat was built at Jeffersonville, Indiana and cost $31,000. The total loss of the steamer, cotton and other items was estimated at about $70,000. Dec. 25, 1879 70 years ago “Rapid progress is being made in the construction of the rural electric line which is to supply current to the towns of Allen and Suggsville and intermediate points. The poles have been erected and the wires strung practically all the way from Grove Hill to Allen...” Members of the Jackson Baptist Church banded to raise $2,400 before Christmas to pay off a debt that had been lingering since the construction of the church several years ago. An unknown benefactor or benefactors promised to contribute the $5,000 balance to pay off the loan if $2,400 could be raised. The loan has been paid. Silas Comer Garrett, 76, died in Shreveport, La. Dec. 22. He was a former town marshal for Thomasville and was elected sheriff in 1906. He was reelected in 1914 but after that term retired from public office. He moved to Grove Hill after being elected sheriff. The Garrett family was active politically. A son, Coma Garrett, was probate judge at the time of S. C. Garrett’s death and held the office for decades. Hawkins True Value Hardware of Grove Hill advertised that it would give away a free bicycle at 11 a.m. Christmas Day. “Tickets given with each 25 cents purchase or payment on account.” Dec. 24, 1936 40 years ago The homes of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Wiggins, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Stripling, Mr. and Mrs. Wyman Gilmore and Mr. and Mrs. Ken Bush were featured on a holiday home tour Sunday, Dec. 18. “Calvin Guy of Coffeeville reports that he and three other hunters, hunting near Coffeeville on November 12, killed four bucks without the use of dogs. Calvin killed a 3-pointer, one had five points, Gary Houston killed a 7-pointer (this incidentally being his first), and the fourth had a freak set of antlers with 15 points.” An editorial comment: “After some 20 years as tenants in the upstairs front rooms of The Democrat office, the State Troopers are moving into their new building in the southern part of town. We have enjoyed having them as tenants and during this long period have never had any friction whatsoever. Furthermore, the fact of their presence in the building has served to curb lawless elements in the vicinity. Trouble-makers have been inclined to give this area a wide berth.” McVay’s Grocery advertised it would be open all day Christmas Day. “Drop by for your last minute needs. You are always welcome.”
Dec. 22, 1966
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