1923 Newspaper Abstracts

The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXVIII #14, Thurs., April 5, 1923:
p. 3, c. 2 -

ENJOYS A LITTLE DRIVE
        ABOVE THE CLOUDS AND
                HOUSE TOPS OF CORINTH

        Corinth enjoyed a flying streak yesterday afternoon.  Couldn't
resist the temptation of the afternoon, the balmy air and bright
sunshine, the invitation of the soft, fluffy clouds, and a leap in the
boat, and upwards-- soaring upwards-- higher and higher, was the local
air expert, Roscoe Turner, who had in his party Miss Helen Elizabeth
Collier, the petite and handsome blonde daughter of Mrs. Helen Collier.
        Fascinated-- the scenes that presented themselves in the air
trip, the view of the lakes, the meadows, the woodlands, in all there was
told the story of the rapid approach of spring, and the houses, appearing
as doll houses-- the whole trip was wonderful; flying was fine, and the
afternoon could not have been improved upon, the most delightful air and
pleasing atmosphere made it a flight that will long be remembered by Miss
Collier.


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXVIII #14, Thurs., April 5, 1923:
p. 6, c. 1 -

[An ADVERTISEMENT]-

                SPECIAL

        Overhaul jobs on automo-
        biles. Motors contracted
        for.  Flying instructions
        from 5 p.m., to dark.

          ROSCOE TURNER & CO.

           Telephone 299.


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol XXVIII #19, 10 May 1923: p. 1, c. 3 -

AVIATOR DRIVES OVER
        TO NEW ALBANY AND
                ATTENDS SUNDAY SCHOOL
        ------------------
        A flying trip was made to New Albany, Sunday morning.  Roscoe
Turner left Corinth in his airship and in thirty minutes he attended
Sunday School in New Albany.  He also enjoyed the noon preaching service
and while there was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lee.  The
air pilot found an excellent field in New Albany, and will make frequent
flying trips to that town during the summer.


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXVIII #19, Thurs., May 10, 1923:
p. 4, c. 4 -

CORINTHIAN REPORTER
   SAYS SHE WILL FLY HIGH
         ----------
        Any word you want to send up?  The Corinthian reporter is
planning a flying trip Thursday afternoon, and if the propeller doesn't
hit a buzzard, and we make a more sudden ascent than we expect to, we'll
tell you all about how things look from above.

The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXVIII #19, Thurs., May 10, 1923:
p. 8, c. 1 -

COL T.D.DUNCAN'S
        "RECOLLECTIONS" ARE
                BECOMING POPULAR
        -------------
        Col.T.D.Duncan, author of of the historic publication in which he
gives his personal recollections of the Civil War, is in receipt of a
letter from Mrs. G.F. Howell, recording secretary of the Matthey Fontaine
Maury Chapter, U.D.C., of St. Louis, Mo., stating that she had found the
book filled with interest, and asking that Col. Duncan send her a number
of the volumes, assuring the writer that she could dispose of several of
them among members of the Chapter and people of St. Louis.
        Col. Duncan is advertising the book in many points in the United
States, having sold a number of copies here, as well as sending a number
to England, France, Canada and other foreign countries.


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol XXVIII #19, 10 May 1923: p. 8, c. 2

AVIATOR PLANS
        TO FLY TO MERIDIAN
                ON MAY 27
                        TO HEAR GYPSY SMITH
        ----------------
        Roscoe Turner, air expert, is going to fly to Meridian on May 27,
which will be the first Sunday of the Gypsy Smith revival in that city.
Corinth is going aboard an M. & O. train if proper arrangements can be
made, and Turner says he will pilot the crowd."  [Evangelist Gypsy Smith,
Jr., of New York City, had a revival in Corinth in early May, sls]


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXVIII #19, Thurs., May 10, 1923:
p. 8, c. 3 -

        Miss Carline Stovall, who has been spending the past few months
in Corinth, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. M.T.Lockman, while taking a
course in music, has returned to her home in Kenton, Tenn.



The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXVIII #19, Thurs., May 10, 1923:
p. 8, c. 3 -

REV. R.O.ROGERS WILL
        MAKE APPOINTMENT VIA
                THE AIR ROUTE MAY 25
        ---------------
        Rev. R.O.Rogers, pastor of Waldron St.Christian church, in
company with Roscoe Turner, will fly to the Christian Convention to be
held in New Albany on Friday, May 25, to spend the week-end at the
session to be held on Friday and Saturday.
        Rev. Rogers is a believer in Mother Earth, but has expressed his
desire, so we understand to view the country in the springtime from the
clouds.

The Weekly Corinthian, Vol XXVIII #20, May 17, 1923:
p. 1, c. 5 -

SEVERAL PEOPLE ENJOY
        FLYING IN THE AIR
                SUNDAY AFTERNOON
        ----------------
        Masters Robert and Willie Anderson, age 8 and 10 years,
respectively, sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Anderson, have the honor of
being the two youngest flyers in Corinth.  Several Corinthians enjoyed
air-flights Sunday.  The weather was fine, many spectators were out at
the field, and six trips were made by Aviator Roscoe Turner.  Mrs. Crit
Caldwell was among those who participated in the flying program.  J. J.
Pereogy, and Edwin Ajax, all of whom were very much pleased with the
experience.  George Anderson, who is an employee at E. F. Waits' Jewelry
store, his wife and two sons, Robert & Willie, were also passengers of
Mr. Turner during the afternoon, the two boys making flight together.


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol XXVIII #20, May 17, 1923:
p. 3, c. 3 -

BIBLE CLASS OF
        PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
                ENJOY AN OUTING
        ---------------
        The young Men's Bible Class of the First Presbyterian church gave
a Brunswick Stew on the Brown lawn Thursday afternoon ... There were
about 200 present ... eighteen gallons of stew and six gallons of ice
cream rapidly vanished. Aviator Roscoe Turner, who was enjoying an air
flight during the time, must have scented this delicious Stew, for
swooping down on the party in several dives and circling the grove,
furnished pleasure to the party, as well as demonstrating his
appreciation of the Young Men's Bible Class of the Presbyterian Church."


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXVIII #20, Thurs., May 17, 1923:
p. 6, c. 3-4 -

MISS GOANS NOW CLASSED
        AMONG THE "HIGH
                 FLYERS" OF THIS SECTION

        Traveling a distance of twenty miles, a height of 1,200 feet in
13 minutes, Miss Della Goans, of The Daily Corinthian, had her first air
thrill Thursday afternoon.
        Accompanied by Aviator Roscoe Turner, she motored to the field
located northeast of the city on the lovely plantation of Mr. and Mrs.
C.F.Suratt, and driving through the meadows, a more beautiful place could
not be found when the landing field was reached, and the old air bird
looked as if it were asleep.
        "Safety first, last and all the time" is the slogan adopted by
Aviator Turner when he first began to fly, and he has maintained that
slogan throughout his entire career.  Every part of the ship from the
engine to the most minute detail is thoroughly inspected before flight is
made.
        Ropes were loosed and cover removed from the motor and cock-pits.
The ship was wheeled back a few feet and the carbuertor given a thorough
cleaning to make sure that no water had accumulated over night from the
sweating of the gas tank.  Then the water was inspected in the radiator
to see that it was up to the desired level, then the next for inspection
was the gas tank, oil, and the engine was given a close look-over.
        Through the courtesy of Mr. Turner, Miss Goans was privileged to
start the machine.  She placed one foot in a step on the side of the
pilot's cockpit and stand where she could reach the choker, while the
motor was turned with the propeller by the aviator, a small black
instrument on the left side and pushing the lever forward, another short
turn of the propeller, and the motor started.
        Aviator Turner then climbed in the cockpit from the opposite side
while he held on in the breeze of the propeller.  The instrument on the
right side of the board began to show up large black numbers on white
back-ground, first 200 the 3-4 and on up to 1,450, which is the number of
revolutions the motor is turning.  This is called the tachometer, and
unless it shows the desired number of revolutions, the motor does not
leave the ground.
        The tachometer is the most important instrument on the board, and
is held under the close watch of the aviator's eyes all during the
flight, for if the revolutions begin to decrease, he makes preparations
to land.
        The next most important is the oil gauge, which shows if the
motor is getting proper lubrication.  It shows about sixty to ninety
pounds when motor is running at full speed.  Then comes the compass,
which shows the direction the boat is traveling, and the altimeter, which
shows the height.  Next comes the time piece, which can either be the
pilot's watch or a clock hung on the instrument board, because every
minute counts for distance, and also for amount of gasoline remaining in
the tank.  Then comes the throttle on the right and the stick-looking
arrangement standing in center of ship, which will move in any direction.
This controls the up and down movement of the machine, and also either
raises or lowers the wings in the air, that is, if a puff of wind picks
up one side of the ship, the stick is shoved to the high side and the
wing is lowered.
        Then comes the rudder which is worked by the feet with which to
turn the ship-- right or left.  This is the smallest number of
instruments that can be safely used in a ship.
        Now, that every wire and nut is examined to see if they are
safe-- tied in their respective places, as there is nothing to break them
in the air under ordinary use, and if they are o.k., when the aviator
leaves the ground, controlling the ship just the same, whether the motor
runs or not, they have the advantage over the iron or steel controls,
because any defect can be seen with the eye.
        Everything carefully inspected, the engine running, the plane is
moved to a point of elevation, and the way she soared, flying over and
encircling the city, viewing the fields and lakes, pointing out the golf
greens; different residences and churches, seeing commercial Corinth from
and elevation of over a thousand feet, and returning to the field in
thirteen minutes.
        Miss Goans says it is quite a novel experience, very fascinating,
full of thrills crowded into every one of the thirteen minutes, and the
territory from every direction was observed closely.  She says Corinth
looks pretty from above-- well laid off, with the little park-ways
spotted around the city, the high smoke stacks, the handsome homes and
churches and schools houses-- everything was at its best.  The afternoon
was ideal-- the air was light, every part of the machine worked in
perfect harmony with the weather conditions.
        Landing, the air party was greeted by C.F.Suratt and showered
with the handsomest pure white peonies and tendered a generous supply of
his luscious strawberries, as desert.


See ALSO:   BARNSTORMING, for description of Jenny aircraft   


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXVIII #21, Thurs., May 24, 1923:
p. 1, c. 4 -

LOCAL AVIATOR WILL
        PUT ON DARE DEVIL
                STUNT ON JULY FOURTH
                -----------
        Aviator Roscoe Turner is going to fly his air machine to
destruction in Corinth on Wednesday, July 4th.  This is one of the
aviator's most thrilling stunts, and a repetition of one staged in the
Bluff City [Memphis, Tennessee] some several months ago, when he
horrified the whole city with his daring feats.
        Mr. Turner is putting this exhibition on under the auspices of
the American Legion, and details of the event are being planned by local
members, and the day promises to be one full of thrills from start to
finish.

[July Newspapers are missing, SLS]


The Sheffield Standard, Vol. XXXI, No 11, Friday, September 14, 1923:
p.7-

AD-

                                FAIR WEEK
                          TENNESSEE VALLEY FAIR
                 September 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 Inclusive
                     RACES: --Horses-Auto-Motorcycle
  AEROPLANE:--With Plane Walking, Parachute Drops, and Other Dare-Devil
              Stunts
The Sunshine Exposition Shows:  All New Equipment, 3 Rides, 12 Shows, All
                                Clean
         The Woman Department.  Stock.  Poultry and Agriculture
DEMONSTRATION FORDSON TRACTOR:  By Campbell Motor Co., of Florence, Ford
                                Dealers, Well worth price of admission, 7
                                reel motion picture each night, all FREE
                    COME AND SPEND THE WEEK WITH US.


The Sheffield Standard, Vol. XXXI, No 12, Friday, September 21, 1923:
p.1-

BIG CROWDS
        AT THE FAIR
        -------
HORSE SHOE PITCHING CON-
  TEST AND BETTER BABY
CONTEST FRIDAY'S FEATURES
        -----------
        ...The main attraction of the fair is the aviation stunts by
Roscoe Turner who is a veteran in the flying game.  He daily thrills the
crowds with his reportoire of aerial stunts....


The Sheffield Standard, Vol. XXXI, No 12, Friday, September 21, 1923:
p.1-

AVIATOR TO CARRY
        PASSENGERS SUNDAY

        Roscoe Turner, who has thrilled the crowds at the Fair this week,
will stay in Tuscumbia over Sunday and carry passengers in short flights.
        Flights will be made from Funke's Pasture on the Russellville
Pike.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[NOTES:  John F. Funke is listed as a real estate agent in the 1926 City
Directory.  Funke's pasture just south of Tuscumbia became a part of
Spring Creek Golf Course and now Tennessee Valley Country Club.
Russellville Pike in now Woodmont Ave. which follows the route of the
original Pike.

This information was furnished courtesy of Mr. Bill Dixon of the
Florence Historical Society, Florence/Lauderdale Public Library, Box
1178, Florence, Alabama 35631.  Parts based on personal interview with
Mr. Reynold (Ren) Burt (b.1910), 807 Alabama Ct., Sheffield, AL 35660 -
(205) 383-2649.]


The Sheffield Standard, Vol. XXXI, No 12, Friday, September 21, 1923:
p.2-

TENN. VALLEY
        FAIR PROGRAM
        ------
INDICATES BEST FAIR IN THE
   HISTORY OF THE ASSO-
        CIATION
       ---------
        ...Roscoe Turner with his aeroplane will thrill the crowds with
daredevil stunts every day of the Fair....



The Weekly Corinthian, Vol XXVIII #38, Thursday, September 27, 1923:
p. 7, c. 4  -

FROM THURSDAY'S DAILY.

        Roscoe Turner, aviator, and Earl Cobb, of this city, are putting
on some thrilling airplane stunts at the Tuscumbia Alabama Fair this
week, giving afternoon exhibitions each day during the fair.  Mr. Turner
is using the Tuscumbia County Golf links for his landing field, and he
states that thousands of people witness his performance each day.



The Weekly Corinthian, Vol XXVIII #38, Thursday, September 27, 1923:
p. 7, c. 2 -

ANYBODY WANT TO
        FLY UP TO
                ST.LOUIS, MO.?

         Aviator Turner is leaving Corinth in his air machine Sunday
morning in time to have breakfast in Sheffield, Ala.  He will spend the
day there, and from that place will fly Monday morning to St. Louis, Mo.,
to enter the air meet to be held in that city on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, October 1, 2 and 3.  If there is anyone in Corinth who has the
nerve and price, Mr. Turner will take you along.



The Weekly Corinthian, Vol XXVIII #39, Thursday, October 4, 1923:
p. 3, c.1  -

[AN ADVERTISEMENT-]

                          FAIR ENOUGH!

     If the demonstrations already made with the Gray Automobile has not
fully convinced you of its superiority over all other cars in its class,
to show you that we know it is superior, we offer six months free service
with each car.

     We carry a complete line of parts and guarantee ever job of work on
any make of car that leaves our place of business- Roscoe Turner.

     Roscoe Turner & Co., Franklin Street and Southern R.R.


[Note:  This ad may have been in reference to Roscoe's driving the car up
the courthouse steps.  Since Roscoe did very little newspaper advertising
of his car busines and the other car dealers in town a great deal and did
so regularly, the newspaper editor may have elected not to report the
publicity stunt.  It is also possible it was reported in a Daily Edition-
none of which survive- and the editor did not repeat it in the Weekly.]



The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXVIII #40, Thurs., October 11, 1923:
p. 1, c. 6 -

LOCAL AVIATOR INTER-
        ESTED IN BIG PROJECT
                AT SHEFFIELD, ALA.

        An aero corporation was formed in Sheffield, Ala., with a
proposed capital stock of $5,000, the following officers being elected to
serve:  E.C. Carter, president;  Harold Sargent, treasurer;  Ralph Newsom,
secretary; and Roscoe Turner, vice president and general manager.
        The new firm will engage in general aeroplane service, making and
selling aerial photographs, maps, advertising and exhibition flying,
passenger flying, sight-seeing trips, and flights for hire, and will also
give instructions in aerial piloting and navigation.
        The corporation will operate two aeroplanes for the purpose of
carrying passengers on sightseeing trips from Muscle Shoals district, and
will purchase at once a new 3-passenger Waco plane, which will have a
cruising radius of 180 miles.  It is stated that the planes will operate
within a 300 mile radius of Sheffield.
        The association is now engaged in establishing a chain of landing
fields from New York to San Francisco following the trial of the Lee
Highway.
        While Mr. Turner will still be located in Corinth in charge of
his auto repair business, he will spend certain days each week in
Sheffield, and will leave here again next Saturday for the week-end in
the Tri-Cities.
        It is to be called the Muscle Shoals Air Corporation, and it is
stated that 50 per cent of the stock was subscribed before an application
was made for incorporation.


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXVIII #40, Thurs., October 11, 1923:
p. 5, c. 2 -

[An ADVERTISEMENT]-

        GRAY AUTOMOBILES

        Mail carrier from Sheffield, Ala., been driving Gray since
January, forty miles every day.  Says it best car he ever saw, not one
minute's trouble and finish looks fine.
        Roscoe Turner & Co., Dealers, So.R.R., and Franklin St.


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol XXVIII, #46, Thursday, October 11, 1923:
p. 1, c. 5 -

AVIATOR MAKES
        RAPID FLIGHT TO
                TRI-CITIES TERRITORY
        --------------
        Aviator Roscoe Turner accompanied by Dr. Crit Caldwell of this
city, left here Sunday morning in his plane for Muscle Shoals, Ala.
...approximately 61 miles....  In exactly 32 minutes from the time the
party left Corinth they had covered the distance, traveling at a speed of
two miles per hour or 120 miles per hour ...."


The Weekly Corinthian, Vol XXVIII, #46, Thursday, October 11, 1923:
p. 7, c. 5 -

CORINTH PRODUCED ANOTHER
        "DARE DEVIL"
                AIR PERFORMER
        ----------------
        Corinth has a new recruit in exhibition flying -- Earl E. Cobb.
Mr. Cobb gave his first exhibition of wing walking with Pilot Turner in
Tuscumbia, Ala., and on Monday in Corinth, scored a hit in the second
aerial attempt when he performed his stunt like a professional.  Mr. Cobb
climbed a rope ladder, and hanging himself under the plane, while Pilot
Turner motored over the city with Mr. Cobb hanging with his head down in
mid-air, from the landing gear.  There is nothing lacking in Cobb's nerve
and skill for thrilling the public, and in putting on his additional
stunt, contributed his first services to Corinth and the thousands of
spectators in giving this performance.  Mr. Cobb is himself an ex-service
boy, and he offered himself, risked his life and took another chance,
just to make the day one long to be remembered by members of Perry A.
Johns Post and the people who had gathered here from several counties
from Mississippi and Tennessee to attend the Armistice Day Program."


[Earl E. Cobb, Son of J.R. & R.A. Cobb, b. Nov. 1, 1889; d. Mar 11, 1937-
buried at Jerusalem Church of Christ Cemetary, Alcorn County, MS- would
have been 33 years old at this time.  Obituary shows he died at the
veterans hospital in Memphis, a WWI veteran.  He was the son of the late
J.R. Cobb, who died in June of 1932.  He was survived by his mother, his
brother, Everett Rouch Cobb, and three sisters, Mrs. Hilly McMins, Mrs.
Pat Hanley and Miss Ruth Cobb, all of Corinth.  Funeral was at 1 o'clock
Saturday at Foote Street Church of Christ.  Members of Perry A. Johns
post of the American Legion, of which he was a member, were pall
bearers.
     I just spoke with Mrs. Pat Hanley, Jr. who was born in 1908 and
who lives at 2007 Liddon Lake Road.  Earl E. Cobb was her brother.  She
remembers coming to town and everyone in her family refused to look up to
see this exhibition because they were so scared for their brother.
Everyone in the family was dead set against his stunting.  He was in
partnership with Roscoe in the automobile business and eventually the
family convinced him to give up the stunting although he loved it.  She
also remembers Leroy Brackstone who later became a doctor with a long
career here in Corinth working as a kid in the garage.  Her sister Ruth
Cobb married Leroy Walker who was in the grocery business on Hwy. 72W
towards Memphis for a long time and who now lives in Greenwood, MS. They
had a daughter Becky who was a good friend of my sister Pat and who
married Mike Coleman.                       Milton Sandy, Jr.         ]



The Sheffield Standard, Vol. XXXI, No 16, Friday, October 19, 1923:
p.1-

TURNER'S AEROPLANE
        LEADS PARADE
        --------
SHEFFIELD ONLY CITY ON
  RECORD HAVING AERO-
    PLANE IN STREET
        PARADE.
    ---------------
        As far as known, the aeroplane piloted by Roscoe Turner, used in
the street parade in Sheffield last Saturday is the only time on record
that a civic parade has been led by an aeroplane on the streets of a city
under an aeroplane's own power.  The plane, piloted by Mr. Roscoe Turner,
ran down Montgomery Avenue leading the parade of the Ford Opportunity
Club, which was participated in by innumerable school children.  After
the parade was disbanded at the railroad, aviator Turner ran his plane to
the vacant lot south of the railroad track and took the air from that
point.


[5/15/1993 David and I drove down Montgomery Avenue in Sheffield, Alabama
today.  It is a wonderful street- very wide (very unusual for a small
southern town) and very long and straight as an arrow through the main
part of the old downtown.  I could see Roscoe driving a Jenny down
through town in a parade with people lining both sides of the street in
amazement as he taxied along.  Today most of the downtown buildings are
vacant, although there are signs that some are being remodeled by someone
with obvious historical preservation directions.  As you reach the end of
the business district on Montgomery, there are Southern Railroad tracks
and a wide cross street runs right beside the tracks.  I told David I
could imagine fields being on both sides where that street is today and
Roscoe would have pulled off and "taken to the air".  Milton Sandy, Jr.]


The Sheffield Standard, Vol. XXXI, No 16, Friday, October 19, 1923:
p.2 - [also on October 26 & November 2]

2/3 PAGE AD-

                           A LOCAL INSTITUTION
                        BIDDING FOR YOUR SUPPORT
                            AND WORTHY OF IT
                   MUSCLE SHOALS AIRCRAFT CORPORATION

        This organization if formed on a purely business basis, and will
be managed by experienced aircraftmen.  It should pay well on the
investment from the start, as the overhead is comparatively small, and
the field of activity large.
        It is incorporated for $5,000, there being 500 shares at $10
each.  Stock is non-assessable.  there are numerous ways in which the
corporation will make money- by taking up local residents and investors
from a distance, photography, map-making and distributing advertising
literature.

PICTURE:   Roscoe Turner standing beside a Jenny in an open field.

        Some of the local people who have already taken stock in this
enterprise are: J.H.Robertson, M.F.Sharp, E.C. Carter, Thurmond Harris,
Roscoe Turner, H.H.Sargent, N.P.Tompkins, J.E.Isbell, E.A.Adrey, Charles
F. Miller, D.L.Sigmon, M.S.Hansbrough, Goodloe & Eaton, George Spencer
and J.A.Alexander.

        OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY

        E.C. Carter, president;  Roscoe Turner, vice president and general
manager; M.F. Sharp, assistant manager;  H.S. Sargent, treasurer;
R.O. Newsom, secretary.

        This is the only Corporation of its kind in Alabama.  being the
        pioneer in its field, it will undoubtedly prove a success from
        the start. It will be conservatively managed///that is sure.

               DON'T DELAY IN MAKING APPLICATION FOR STOCK


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[NOTES:

E.C. Carter (Edgar, wife Bertha), President, owned a garage in Sheffield
        which appears in 1926 city directory

R.O. Newsom, Secretary, was a real estate "operator" per Mr. Reynold (Ren)
        Burt (was not listed in 1926 city directory)

E.A. Adrey (Elias A., wife Annie) sold ladies garments

M.S. Hansbrough (Mordicai S., wife Lila), was a newspaper owner
        who owned what is now the Times Daily per Mr. Reynold Burt.

Thurmond Harris (spelled Thurman in 1926 City Directory & under a picture
        in "Sheffield: City on the Bluff 1885-1985", p.72, published by
        Friends of the Sheffield Public Library) was a real estate dealer.

J.E. Isbell (James E.) resided in Tuscumbia- men's furnishings.

Charles F. Miller (wife Rosa) resided in Tuscumbia- engineer.

J.H. Robertson (wife Margaret) resided in Tuscumbia- listed as "trav"

H.S. Sargent (Harold S.) resided in Tuscumbia- Auditor-Cashier of First
        National Bank.

M.F. Sharp (Millard F., wife Mary) resided in Tuscumbia- Auto mechanic

D.L. Sigmon (Dallas L, wife Laura) resided in Sheffield- Architect

George E. Spencer (wife Sallie) resided in Sheffield- Foreman

N.P. Tompkins (N. Pride, wife Mary B.) resided in Tuscumbia- Judge Probate
        Court Colbert County


This information was furnished courtesy of Mr. Bill Dixon of the
Florence Historical Society, Florence/Lauderdale Public Library, Box
1178, Florence, Alabama 35631.  Parts based on personal interview with
Mr. Reynold (Ren) Burt (b.1910), 807 Alabama Ct., Sheffield, AL 35660 -
(205) 383-2649. ]



The Weekly Corinthian, Vol. XXVIII #50, Thurs., December 20, 1923:
p. 7, c. 3-4 -

[An ADVERTISEMENT]-

               GRAY AUTOMOBILE
                   RECORDS

        Mr. Byron Austin, of Chewalla, Tenn., states he drove 102 miles
   on 2 1-2 gallons of gasoline.

        Mrs. Willie Springer, of West Corinth, Mr. Cass Turner, Mr. Sam
   Jones, mail carrier, Mr. Harvey Hall, of Burnsville, Mr. Robt. L. Suggs,
   of Chewalla-- all are averaging not less than 28 miles per gallon, and
   some of them 35 miles per gallon.

        ASK THEM IF THEY LIKE THE
            GRAY AUTOMOBILE

     Not a grease cup on the car, and only 14 oil cups-- the simplest
     constructed automobile on the market.

          Six Months FREE Service

        ROSCOE TURNER & CO., DEALERS

     Southern Railway and Franklin Street





Abstracts (c) Copyright 1993 Stephanie L. Sandy

    Data transcription by: Milton Sandy, Jr. Corinth, MS - April 20, 1993