Journal of Clayborne S. Hooper: #11
05/30/1845 - 12/29/1919
March 1906
Thur. 1- Baits Crouch hear this morning, Clear and cold.Fri. 2- Raind to day. Northern staid all night hear last night. Dick Lovell hear today. Mintey better. Will stop. I think Bobe Taylor will beat bey 40 thousand voets in the state.
Sat. 3- John Banister hear to day. Benton had his ties hammered to day. I dun nothing all day but spend money. John Moors son sick so I hear. Mintey better today. Percey Hooper better. John Hooper and Jo Hoooper come down to night to see thir mother. Pat hear to night. Lish out today come Wright a way.
Sun. 4- Pat and Dick Lovell hear to day. Lish out to day. Jo and John going home. Age staid all night. All so Patrick. Lish all night at Dicks Hoopers.
Mon. 5- The boys makeing ties. Mary makeing quilts. She is a free woman. Patrick hear all night. Age went home to day and to Ashland. MRs. Butler and Lizer Dozier hear to day. Clear and cold.
Tue. 6- Dun nothing all day. Seen Moses Brown. Benton gon to Dry Creek.
Wen. 7- Rain this morning. John Banister and Egbert Riggan hear today. Bill Dozier and Asa Dozier hear to day. Jack Work hear today. Lish and Benton come home. Pat hear to night. Patterson Toome store agent at Uncle Jim Hoopers all night.
Thur. 8- Cloudey this morning. Russells horse cut bey wyre to day. Dick Lovell hear to day. I am still doing nuthing. Benton paid me 10 dollars. Lish sit up with Dock Crouch. Benton and Julius at home. Pat gon. Fri. 9- Cloudey this morning. Benton and Mays hear today. Paide Pad Jordan in full today $8 dollars 57 cts. 8.57 cts. Got clear recipt.
Sat. 10- Went to Ashland. Bought one sack 15cts. 10 lbs nails 40 cts. Shuggar 20cts. Ferage 10cts. Tabaco 25cts. Total $1.10cts. Shelt Crouch sick.
Sun. 11- At home. Mrs. Work and children hear today. Went to Ewings. Staid all night. Dick hear today. Dock Crouch no better.
Mon. 12- Up the creek. Loand Andrew Hudgins 75cts. Cloudy today. Ben Jordan hear today. Eat dinner with John Hudgins. Lish sealing the house. Julius makeing ties. Seen Uncle Jim Riggan.
Tue. 13- Mary sick. Cloudey to day. Raind some Monday. Jack Work hear to day. Benton in the woods . Allso Julius. Lish over Rusteys. We will do the best we can in this life or that is I will the rest of my days on Earth for I don't know what will happen to me hear. I will hunt me some kinda work and go to it and stay with it as long as I give satisfacttion. John Banister and Grover Dozier bought Bobe Crouches timber for 300 hundred and twentey five dollars. They lost out.
Wen. 14- Tom Work 39 years old today. Dick Lovell hear today allso Jack Work. Paid Boy Crouch up in full to day 5cts. Celecong the house. Shelt Crouch no better so I hear. Raind today. Creek up. River rising. Bought one dipper from Jordan 10cts. Paid chash for it. Benton gon up the creek to Ewings. Pat hear to night. Raind all day. Cold rain. Dock Crouch no better. Dick Jordans babey bornd to day. A girl 14 March 1906.
Thur. 15- Cold. Snowed. Charley Russells babey bornd today. A girl. Julius broke his ax today. Pat hear to day. Seen Mose Brown. Raind and snowd some today. Pat all night. Dick Lovell hear.
Fri. 16- Cold today. Got wood. Henry Puckett and famley come back. Dick Lovell hear today. Had his hair cut bey Lish.
Sat. 17- Cryed off David Knights sale. ewing, Pat, Newbery, Dick Lovell, Olie Butler hear today. Julius him and wife. Cold all day. Shelt Crouch no better. Jack Work hear today. I talked 5 hours with out stopping today.
Sun. 18- Raining this morning. Cold rain. Ozies Crouch, Dick Lovell hear to day. Allso Pat. Ozies gon home. Pat all night. Turned cold. Shelt no better.
Mon. 19- Working on the house Lish and Tom Work. Pat hear. Cold snow.
Tue. 20- Tom and Lish working on the house. Cold. Snowed today. Pat hear today. I am hurt. Will quit work but I want say anything about being hurt. But I am hurt. Bad. Cold still. Cold all day. Will stop till night. No I will keepe on. I don't think I will live long but I am not a fraid to die. I will not be mist bey an bodey so you see how I stand. But I know this has ben the best wourld I eaver seen hear below. I have injoyed life. Life is worth liveing. If no bodey loves you you can love evry bodey and they cant help it or stop you from it.. God bless all the children. May they grow up to be good Christians and make good mean and woman for the Lord loeveth them.
Wen. 21- Dick Lovell hear today. went to the store and John Harpers.
Thur. 22- Bill Dozier, Asa Dozier, Charley hogue, Moris, Patrick, Ben Jordan, Henry Puckett, Cary Riggan, Lela Puckett hear to day. eat dinner hear. Washed to day.
Fri. 23- Benton come home. Ewing Hooper hear yesterday. Lish working on the house. went to see Shelt Crouch. He is no better. went to store. Bought one dollar worth beans. Pat hear. Ben Jordan hear to day. Raind all day.
Sat. 24-Raind this morning. Tom hear. Tom Work on the house all so Lish at work on the house. B. Lovell hear today. Benton staid all night at Tom Works. Pairlee Lovell all night hear allso Patrick. Lish all night at Rusteys. The Jack Kings plase brought three thousand seven hundred dollars so I hear.
Sun. 25- Raind some this morning. Pairlee hear. I am still down in the back. Well I will stop till night. Bessie Riggan, Cairy Riggan, effie Riggan, Asa Riggan, Dick Lovell, Parilee Lovell, Andrew Hudgins, Henry Hudgins, Miss Mag Dozier, Bill Dozier, Asa Dozier, Morgan hooper, Millerd Hooper, Jack Work, Dick Hooper eat dinner hear today. Grover Dozier bought 2 horses yesterday for fortey dollars a peace so I hear. Shelt no better so I hear.Going to die if I hear the truth.
Mon. 26- Cary Riggan, Bessie Riggan, Asa riggan, Effie Riggam, Andrew Patrick, Ben Jordan, tom Work hear to day. Lish and Pat working on house. Benton hauling ties. Julius makeing ties, I am still down not able to work. Mary gon to mail some letters. thunder in the West. Going to be high watters. Shelt Crouch very bad off so I hear. They think he is dieing.
Tue. 27- Raind all night laste night. Wet this morning. Benton all night at Dick Hoopers last night. Lish out this morning. Benton gon up to Ewings. Mrs. Work and children hear today. Allso Dick Lovell. Pat hear. Bill Biggs daughter married Sunday March 25 1906 so I hear. I am still down yet. Will stop. Mrs. Mag Lovell died today.
Wen. 28- Lish gon to Nashville. Frank Allen hear today. God bless him for he is a good man. I am sorry for Pack Lovell and children. They have lost a gereat friend and his children a good mother. I know they will miss her. Raind to day. Pat worked all day. Jack Work hear today. Mary went to Bill Doziers. Got a letter from Lela. Shelt no better. I am no better. Benton still up the creek at Ewings tie makeing. Julius and Dick tie makeing. Margret Dozier went home Monday 21. i think I will soon step down and off the stage of Aclliom. Bad spelling. I am going to die soone if I don't get better. Well I cant spell nothing. Got the tooth ach. Got the hippo. Got the swinney down all over. So you see I am of no a count at all. It would be a waiste of powder if some man was to kill me. I am two triffling to kill. But I have got a good wife.
Thur. 29- Raining to beat Sam hill this morning. Lish in Nashville. Pat working on the house. I am still no acount. Say dont you know the republicans will take the state this year. They shurley will if they stay to geather. ther is forming a pure Democratic Partey that will peuryfy the state but it will be 4 years off before it comes in line of battle. it will come to stay and be in the lead for fiftey years. All over the United States the race war will come devring its adminisstartion and miny lives lost on boath sides. europe will atac America at the same time but will loose her Monarca and Repulicks will reighn over Europe for 200 years. America will conquer the Wourld. The North Pole will be reached and a new continent found. Wher golda nd silver can not be counted for multitude. The pople of that country will be very large but kind and honist. War is not know to them. They are a pure pople. All at peace. Love reighns supream. Truth and justice will be found in them. Dont corupted them. If you do you will be destroid and they will run over the hold world. They all ready trverse the air. Travil with perficte saftey. Thir country is a warme country. A land of beautey. Bill Dozier, Asa Dozier, Jack Work hear today. Julius out. Still raining hard at 3 oclock this eavening. Creek up. Seen Jessey Jordan to day. Wills top. Julius come in.
Fri. 30- Still craining this morning. Creek up. Boys digging Shelt Crouches grave. Lish still out. Benton went to Nashville. Lesley and babey staid all night last night. Fox caught a hen last night. Lesley and babey hear. Still down. Cant do any thing. Shelt Crouch buried to day. Walis and Maud King married to day. No they married the 29.
Sat. 31- Raining this morning and turnd cold. Lish still out. John Harper, Dick Lovell, Bill Dozier, and son Dick Hooper hear today allso Pat. Benton still up the creek. Ozie and wife went home yesterday. It has raind 4 days strate. This is the last day of March 1906. Cloudey and cold or cool. Would ford hear to night. Benton come from Nashville
