The Anniston Star from Anniston, Alabama • Page 8

Xl Attract! Ctsr Wednesday, January 8, 1964 rzr. 1. 1 v. i riciiuye 5 "--i I otory Si -is .11 fV I 2 V. 1 17 I L- mi i "iiikiii- mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1 XT A limmm-wr Baptist Church, and at right is the Episcopal M.

T. Moody, III, who tells the story of Piedmont Church, the oldest in Piedmont, which was built here, and at right, the present First Methodist by Mrs. Moody's father and grandfather. Bottom Church at the corner of Alabama and North Main row, left, is the first city cemetery which contains Streets which the members moved into in 1915. markers over a hundred years old; center, Mrs.

(Photos by P. R. Abies) this picture was made. If was built as a hotel and later was a boarding school for the Presbyterian Church. At center is the former First Methodist Church built in the '60s, which is now a Negro Some of the history of the Town of Piedmont is told in these -pictures.

From left, top row, may be seen the rambling four-story structure which housed the Frances E. Willard School at the time JUiJ LX i 3 5 3 I i i 1 'S '4iS K. "fr-i rr'v sji jwni IT TT 11 History Is Told liollow Stump (Piedmont) the town. From this beginning came our fine schools of today. The l.edbelters of Anniston bought up a great deal of land in and around Piedmont and built the First National Bank of Piedmont, a two-story structure of stone and brick, on the lot in front of the present high school.

It was closed after several years and Dr. J. P. Allgood bought it. The Allgoods lived upstairs and had apartments downstairs.

Then the oily of Piedmont bought it and used it as the high school until the present building was built. The WCIIhorns of Anniston then established what is now the Fust National Bank of Piedmont in 1904 In 1915. Mr. John Barlow and Mr. C.

N. Thompson established the Farmers and Merchants Bank. church was built in 1884. There was a Cumberland Presbyterian Church here then, built in 1882. It stood on the site of the Jess Ilaslam and Miss Margie Savage home.

The church basement is under one of those homes. The Baptist Church was built in 1870 and the Coosa school is on that site. The Methodist Church was built in the early sixties and it is now the colored Baptist Church. The Presbyterian Church was established in 1890 and was on Main Street, back of the Ollis Dempsey home. It was put on legs and rolled from there to the present site on Ladiga Street.

As history is my hobby and I could talk on and on, I feel I must close with one more event: The car of ammunition which caught on fire at ILOO a.m. on Monday, Oct. 21, 1957. The car was very close to several storage gas tanks and, had they exploded, that for Piedmont might have been "the end." ilivaxs Many I'ledmoi pal Church lunll in the the house il always had a great manv churches. The Episeo-was built by my father and grandfather It was McCollister yard, as my father built and owned here Miss Leola and liuby Hoberts live.

The LYNDON Ry P. R. Ablr PIEDMONT Tli is is the story of IlolloW Stump as told by Grace McCollister Moody 'Mrs. Martin T. Moody, III) to this reporter.

For those who are wondering what Hollow Stump is. that was the first name given to the town now called Piedmont. Mrs. Moody, whose grandparents. Maj.

and Mrs. Jacob Forney Dailey, were the second white family to move into this area, has history as her hobby, and here she shares her knowledge of the background of Piedmont covering a period of more than a hundred years, beginning in 1847. Her story: In 1847 there were two Indian tribes here, the Creeks and Cherokees. The chief of the Creeks was Chief was killed in the battle of Horseshoe Bend in Tallapoosa County. The state is making a park there now.

Ladiga was the chief of the Cherokee and the little settlement east of here was named for him. The Creeks were warriors, but the Cherokees were friendly and peaceful The Cherokee Indians in Cherokee, N. are descendants of that tribe. Indians Vsrtl It At that time, this place was called Hollow Stump, as a tree with a hole in it was used by the Indians as a post office, and all messages were left there. The tree stood on the corner where the Pure Oil Station is.

When my grandfather's store was moved years ago. the stump was there. My grandparents, Maj. and Mrs. Jacob Forney Dailey, came to Hollow Stump in 1847.

moving here from Lincoln-ton, N. C. They went first to Jacksonville, as my grandfather had two uncles living there, Oen. John H. Forney ajad Judge Miles Abernatby.

and he had visited there a number of times. But on learning of land a few miles east of Jacksonville to be honiesteaded from the (lovernmeiit. he came here. At this time there was onlv one white family here. Mr James Price.

Mr. Price had a general store and trading post on the now Wilson corner. Mr. Price had one daughter. Scbria, who married Mr.

A. D. McClellan. who became the first mavor of Cross Plains. The McClellans were grandparents of the McClellan girls, whom we all knew and the Price home was on the site of the McClellan house, hich burned later.

(Continued Froth Page 1) armamoiii and selective increases in overt ime pay rales. Other Programs Covered Oilier Johnson programs Aulo Theft nr Crackdown Told GADSDEN' (L'PI) Federal authorities announced a crackdown on auto theft in Alabama Tuesday following conviciion of 10 Gadsden men on charges of stealing, transporting and selling cais. Jerry I). Strawn. described as the "ringVader." was the only one who di I not plead guilty.

He was convicted and senle iced lo lour years in prison. Others sentenced were Elbert Bellow, 18 months; Raymond Presley, liiree years; Charles L. I'oore. iree years; William Marmen Waters, two years, and Thomas Ellis Brown, two years. Four others received suspended sentences and were placed on probation They were Karrell C.

Moat. lly Joe Stewart, Kenneth Mjplton. and Jerry Dean Black. Johnson's emphasis in the domestic field was on proposals to wage "all-out war on human poverty and unemployment in these I'niled Stales." of Hie ideas he endorsed were generated during the Kennedy administration. "Let us carry forward the plans and programs of Filgerald Kennedy not bc-c; ol our sorrow or sympathy bill because they are right." Johnson said.

And he followed up with a passage that took note of the November presidential and con-gresiona'l elections: 'Principles' His Plea "In his i Kennedy's i memory. I especially ask all members of my own political faith in this election year to put country ahead of party, and to debate "rinciples. not personalities." Kinabrew. At this time the're were a great many deer around Cross Plains. Mr.

Hiram Duggar lived at the foot of the mountains, beyond the Nabor place. Mr. Duggar was a great lover of animals and didn't like to see them killed or wounded. He built a high corral fence and had quite a herd of deer. One Saturday the Nabor boys, who were noted for mischief and pranks, saw Mr.

Duggar pass on his way to town. They decided (o turn the deer out and drive them into town, which they did. Pandemonium broke loose with deer everywhere, dogs after deer and men after both. The boys came along to watch the fun which turned to folly as the deer got in the stores and yards, doing much damage. The deer were finally rounded up and most returned to safety.

Mr. Duggar was the grandfather of Dick Wilson, who was a half-brother to Mrs. L. J. DcFrecse and Kemps Wilson.

In 18)(l and 1891 the Coosa plant was started here by Jacob Barlow and Albert Thatcher. A great many capitalists came at the same time and several other industries started. The town became a lM)om town. The name Cross Plains was changed to Piedmont, meaning, "at the foot of the hills." There was a shoe factory, where Kwik-Chek is now. It was a long two-story frame building and was in operation for several years.

A bent wood works was across from the ball park. Mr. Joe Hobble from Lancaster. had a saw mill and lumber yard where the Coosa and ball park is now. Tiro rouhs Havoc One SliMdav night in April.

I should say in the early hours of Mnndav, the whole business section was completely wiped out by fire. Dr. Joseph Allgood. the first dentist here, had erected a two-story frame building where the city hall is He had his office downstairs while a millinery shop occupied the upstairs. The fire started in the Allgood office and il was Hie consensus that it was started bv a man who had a fight on Saturday with Dr.

Allgood about a bill. Mr. William Kerr who lived at Patona was awakened by a disturbance among his chickens (letting up to investigate, he saw the fire. He grabbed a dinner bell and came to town shouting, "Fire. Mr.

Kerr was the great grandfather of Seward Kerr. Jr. 1 was quite young at the time but I can an-d do remember the raging inferno, which Dante couldn't have unproved upon When it was apparent the whole town had to go since Hiere was no watej- or method for fighting lire, all attention efforts were 'made In save our home There were three wells nn the place and a public well on the corner hy Meadow Drug Store. A bucket brigade was formed and was successful in saving our home. All the old frame buildings were replaced by brick and many are in use today.

yonspnpor finally Slur Is When the Coosa plant was completed. Messrs. Barlow and Thatcher moved some of their key men here from their plant in Darby, Del. Among them was the John II Barlows, with Barlow as superintendent of the plant Mr J. W.

Ilawke and family had charge of the office and personnel- The John P. Ilaslam family came and the Walter Smith family. Mr. John 1). McAuley also came bill he was single at the time.

He soon went home on a visit and returned with his bride, the former Kliabeth Krookshaw. Children and grandchildren of these men are still living here. At this time Piedmont had an electric plant which was known afterwards as Formhy's gin Mr William Waring operated the plant and at 15 minutes to 11:00 he blew the whistle, which meant go home and get out lamps as house and street lights went off at 11 It was before vie had lights again, as the plant went dead when the boom was over. During boom days, Piedmont had a newspaper owned and operated hy Jim Wicks from Dover. Del, He later sold tn a Mr.

Brewster, but it finajlv went nn the rocks and we had no paper for some time until Mr Austin Johnson came back home and established The Piedmont Journal At this same time, a Maior Melding came here from the Fast and built a lovclv and for that time, modern hniel The boiel was known as the Calhoun It was a and stone many inherited from Kennedy included broader minimum wage coverage, hospital insurance for the aged, an end In discriminatory immigration quotas, a bigger housing program, and a determined effort preferably in cooperation with Hie Sovtel I'nion to put a man on the moon by 1970. Pro i 1 al home and peace ui the world were 1 he broad goals cited by the President, who sought to balance coin ihation and determination in discussing cold war problem-; We intend to bury no one and we do not intend to buried. We can fight, if w. must, as we have fought brfoiv but we nrav we will never east side Maior Dailey honiesteaded all the land on the of what is now Center Avenue, and changed tin the name to I he corner of Cross Plains Cross Plains He built bis store on what is now Center Avenue and l.adica Street The name rame from the fact that two stace lines crossed here A Mr. Woollum id a tavern and stable on l.adica Street where the Cooa village begins.

Meals were served and horses changed there. lloiim I 'noil lly Troop At least one anlipoverty pro- ABBY have to fight again." the Presi- dent soid bol'O involving overtime pay the Johnson stamp. Johnson expressed hope that! this years Congress will be the1 one. "whic'i did more for civil rights than the last hundred sessions combined." Stating that all Americans "should have equal across to facilities open to the public," should have equal voting rights, equal access to good schools and equal eligibility for benefits. Johnson said- Americans of all rates stand side by side ir Berlin and let Nam.

TIicy died side by in Korea. Surely they can work and eat and travel side bv side in The President called, too, for an end to discrimination in immigration. He recommended eliminating Ihe court try-of-origin imi.iigration quotas that generally discriminate those who were born in southern or eastern Kurope. As for Ihe war on poverty, Johnson urged extension of the 1 25 hourly minimum wage to 2 million workers not covered by the program. Aftd lie endorsed tk-se additional steps: Kxpans'on of the area rede-velopmeiv.

program, enactment of youth employment legislation- a broader surplus food stamp plan, a special jeLort in impoverished sections of the Appalacoia'! region, a domestic Peace Corps, federal school aid. an expanded housing program, a mass transit program and hospital insurance for older citizens. Johnson did not get into the touchy topic of lederal aid to parochial schools. Nor did he mention Ihe comprehensive farm legislation he hopes Congress wjjjpass in 14. Steps to control and eventually abolish arms out put were Jmong 10 ways in which Johnson said progress toward peace could be achieved in 19til.

Some of the others included: Maintenance of a "margin of military safety and superiority;" increased sales, loans or gifts of food to hungry people-in all nations; continued efforts to "assure our pre-eminence in the peaceful exploration of outer expansion of world trade; a continued pledge to prevent devaluation of the dollar and a more rigorous administration of foreign aid with larger roles for private tors. The President said that while he opposes the idea of a week, he is equally oposed to the or "O-hour week in those industries i consistently schedule overtime work. Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirt said last week that elimination of overtime would create the equivalent of 919.000 luiltmie jobs. The ai mof higher overtime pay would be to encourage employers to hire additional workers rather than schedule overtime work.

Tax Cut Stressed In ho area of economics. Johnson said "our ultimate goal is a world without war." In this connection, he said the Lulled Slates al (leneva will iggesl new slcps "Inw ard the control and eventual abolition of arms Hut even in the absence of a disarmament agreement, he said, weapons must not be stockpiled on a wasteful and provix'ativp scale. Production Cut "It is in this spirit," he said, "that in this fiscal year we are culling back our product inn of My mother was born in a log cabin back of where the Elliott Motor Company is located. The big bouse was in construction at the time of the War Between the Slates. It stood back of the Strickland and Thompson stores, as 1 am sure many remember.

Federal and Confederate troops both used the house as headquarters at several different time, although no battles were fought here, several took place in Jacksonville, the county seat at that tune. The county was at that time Benton, named for William Thomas Benton, a state but as Benton was a t'nion sympathizer, the name was changed to Calhoun, honor of John C. Ca'houn. a great statesman from Charleston. S.

C. In 187(1. the Southern Railroad moved their shops here from Selma The shops were located at Patona. at the site of the Miller Feed Company. The turn table stood there for a good main years, but was moved during World War I and used for defense material.

It afforded great amusement for us children My father. Alexander McCollister. was sent here from Selma to have charge of the oftue. He vas a dam Yankee." having hern born and raised in Bumhamton New York My father hoarded with a Mrs Ada I. isle, who had a boarding house where the Bod Mori', an home is now located.

Mrs. I. isle was a wonderful cook and her meals enticed people from far and near We can all im.u'ine how good they were, as she was the grandmother of Mis Butler Formbv enriched uranium by per stress on ((111, Shutting doWll four pillion- Ilose.nsed bv ent hill "tit i 1 the measure is enacted. (Continued From Page 5) think, so I foolishly told him I didn't remember him. I guess he was embarrassed, because he said goJrjbye in rather a hurry.

After he" hung up. 1 remembered who he was. He is a doll from sclio il and I IK) remember him now. Well, when he sec me al school he just looks right through me 1 want to let him know I do remember him and want him lo call ma again, but I don't know how." Should 1 call him up'' Help' MADE A BOO ROO DEAR MADE: Don't rail him. Ask a friend of yours to tell a friend of his that you DO rememhefhim, and regret the boo boo on phone, and hope he'll call you again.

Then, start hoping. CONFIDENTIAL TO P.T-TI: When in Rome a out! Get it off your chest. For a personal, unpublished reply, write to ABBY. Box 3365, Beverly Hills. Calif 1 ose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

i For Ahby's booklet "How To Have A Lovclv Wedding. send cents to Abhy. Box 3365, Hills, Calif. basemenl that stood on the mm piles and closing many lion essctilial military installations. And it is in this spirtf structure with four stories and a lull where the old grammar 'school said, "its stands investment incen-be deemed cer- lives cannot It vi as closed at end of the boom and sold to the It who inherited her culinary arts when she operated Hie Dixie Hotel As so manv men from the oii married a Southern girl, my mother Though a "dam Yankee" mv father Cumberland Presbvterian Church The church ran a board- ill ate itli Mi Formliv did.

mv father met and Mary Catherine Dailey. made a good citien and mat we can on oui aovcisanes tai- and th(, rae for 1,1 (i( withholding taxes from take- mg school there for a good many years with classrooms in all. He was elected mavor and served one was respected by term. school le Fast in n- citv of the basement and living cpiarters upstairs When (he failed to pay. it was sold to a Mrs Barber from tl who had built the Barber Memorial, a Negro school Ilistou.

'rs Barber cave the erounds and buildin" to the home pay cantic be cut from 15 per cent to 14 per cent. The latter move would increase U.S. wage earners" after-tax income by $'200 million a month an iMirienea uranium is used in a broad variety of atomic weapons and small, specialized reactors, and in the triggering devices for hulrogon bombs. The plutuHfum piles are re- ('" onlv simulation called The Frances Willard. for the great temperance leader whom Mrs Barber knew and admired.

amount that would be immedi actors that manufacture plutoni- atev available for spending or urn a fissionable material investment first School Ropins Anolhor Hi'Hroml irriros In the early '80s another railroad came here, the Fast and West it was called, the narrow gauge road. It was bought in 1900 by the Seaboard. The tracks were changed quite a bit but the station is in the same place. Coming here as engineer with the road, was a young man. George I).

Harris Mr Harris became the Baptist minister here and spent most of Ins life In re He was the father of Lula Harris Jenkins. Coming with Mr Harris was his brother-in-law. Dr. William llenrv Kinabrew. who had just graduated from fiellevile Hospital in New York Dr.

Kinabrew decided to locate Ikic and spent a long and useful life administering to the sick and afflicted He was greatly loved by" all. He was the father of Dr. Hubert K. with much the same uses as enriched uranium. While Johnson did not say so specifically ill his message, he implied that reduced output ol uranium and plufonrim would lead to reduced piodiicliun ol nuclear dapons.

a i of these factors, Johnson aid. "1 urge the Congress to final act'on on Ins In the first of Kebniary. The lower lav rates would be rctroacli.e lo Jan. 1. In discussing civil lights, The first school of any note was the Cross Plains Acad-emv built in the late '70s.

It was a Iwo-slory frame building and stood on the lull between where the Dr. Hamilton and Walter Thompson homes are located A Mr Stark was the principal and he ran the hooi lor a number of years He was greatlv loved bv bis pupils and townspeople When he passed awav. he wjs buried in the old city cemete-ry and a stone was creeled bj Ins students and.