Journal of Clayborne S. Hooper: #16
05/30/1845 - 12/29/1919
August 1909
Wen 1.- Come home from Nashville. Dinner 50cts, beef 35 cts, sodey water 10cts, car fair 40 cts. Paid Dick Lovell 25 cts in full. Pat hear. Staid all night.
Thur. 2- Raind some today. Went to the election. Pat staid all night.
Fri 3- Went to the store. Bought of Jordan one sack meal 45cts, sodey 5 cts, salt 10 cts, oil 15 cts, soap 25cts. Paid cash. And one pipe 5cts, oysters 15 cts, Raind hard today.
Sat. 4- At home all day. Helping Mary cook. Boys all out shooting. No they was working on the river. Jo and John Hooper come down today and ther two boys. Allen went to Nashville today.
Sun. 5- Seen Dr. Moors today. Tent meetting begins on Pond Creek today so I hear. Will stop till nnight. All gon but me. I am bey my self. Mary come home.
Mon. 6- No bodey bin hear today. Seen Ewing Hooper and Pat. Boys out in the hills. Bought of Crouch one rope 20 cts. Paid cash. Cleand out the well today. Burk Thomson shot and killed on Saturday the 4th 1906 in Nashville so I hear. On Wednesday the first old man Brake was killed at or near Doddge Town so I hear. Seen it in the paper.
Tue. 7- Went to Ewings. Staid all night ther. No bodey hear today. Seen Charley Lovell and family. They are at the springs. Fine looking family. Mintey come home from Nashville. Mag Dozier at Rusteys.
Wen. 8- Come home. Boys in the hills. Collins mooved to Pond Creek to day. Seen Scott this morning. Bobe Scotts son. Seen Sam Jordan and Jessey Jordan. Will stop till night. Mary washing.
Thur. 9- Dick Lovell hear today. Lish got a letter from Doney. Boys tie makeing. Raind some today. Old sow in the field. This is the end of the day.
Fri. 10- Raind to day. Borrowed $2.00 dollars. 2 dollars from Rustey. Going to Ashland me and Mary if Dick Lovell comes to hall us. Stray horse at Dick Hoopers so I hear. Boys tie makeing. Went to Ashland me and Mary. Staid all night at Lee Roys. Owe Dick Lovell one dollar. Owe Rustey two dollars.
Sat. 11- Went to Brown Hoopers. Staid all night ther. Seen Lish Cullum, Will Hunter and wife, A. Hunter and wife, Hills wife and children, Dr. Cullum and wife, Scott and Wife, Earrin Hunter and more. I glantted a negro woman from the cars to the to the ferry. But lo and be hold whan I come to find out she was a negro, I loand her my umbrealer to hold over the babey. Well such is life but I am liveing yet.
Sun. 12- At Browns. Mary sick. Seen Dave Story and son.
Mon. 13- Come home. Left Mary at Browns. Sick
Tue. 14- Went to Ashland. Mary come home or to John Crouches.
Wen. 15- Mary come home. John Boyts babey borned Monday 13th 1906. Pat, Bessie Riggan, Carry Riggan staid all night hear.
Thur. 16- Pat and Bates Crouch staid all night hear. Raind today. Bessie Riggan, Carry Riggan gon home. Isom Cantrels daughter died Sundey August 12th 1906. Lish and Dick tie makeing. Boath got wet. Loant Anney Hooper 50cts. Loand Mrs. Riggan two dollars. Benton went to Pond Creek.
Fri. 17- Pat gon home. Pairlee Lovell hear today. Staid all night. Paid Dick Lovell 1 dollar in full.
Sat. 18- Dick Lovell hear today. Jo Hooper and family come down.
Sun. 19- Ewing come down. Henry Young and wife come over to see Ewing. They went back home.
Mon. 20- Collins hear today. Loant him five dollars. Bought of Jordan one sack meal 45cts, oil 15cts, matches 10cts, blewing 5cts. Total 75 cts. Owe for same. One milen 10cts. Total 85cts. Lish in the tie woods. Seen AB dozier and Jess Jordan and wife. Hot. 92 to day. Margrett Dozier sick so I hear.
Tue. 21- Washed to day. Raind. Morris hear today.
Wed. 22- Went Ashland.
Thur. 23- John Hooper come to Rusteys to day. Lish gon to Nashville. Raind to day. Dick Lovell hear today. All so Will Hamilton and Egbert Hooper. Dick Hooper and Julius Hooper in the woods. Fat John Hooper at Rusteys. Seen Jim Hooper today. Mag Dozier no better
Fri. 24- John P. Hooper Nashville and Andrew Patrick staid all night. Dick went to Nashville. I cut peeches all day. Bill Dozier at Rusteys to night. Lish has not come in.
Sat. 25- I have told a lie. I promised to cry of the widow Smiths propertey to day but lied about it. John Hooper gon home. Well I dont know what to do about this. Do the best I can. I am a good mind to take all of my papers to Jim Wilson to keep for me but they would show wher all my land was at and I dont want my folks to know wher it is at this time. I want to tesse them. They dont know a thing about it. But I will see Jim and talk to him and get his advise.
I will. I will not put down this thought. Will let it alone. C.S. Hooper. Jo Hooper and wife, Marsh Allen and wife, Dick Hoopers wife, Bill and Asa Dozier hear to day. Jack Work hear to day. Jack work hear to day. Rain hard to day hear.
Sun. 26- Benton gon to Glen Dale Park. This pen is no acount. Lish come home yesterday. Pairlee, Delpha Butler, Henry Scott and wife, Ewing Hooper eat dinner hear today. Bill Dozier and son hear to day. All gon but me. I am bey myself to night but such is life hear be low. We should learn to love the Lord our God with all the sole, mind, and harte and serve him thrue life that it may be well with us when we come to die. Love our neighbor as our self. Tak the bible and testement for our Guide for they are boath the works of God. The old bible was to the Jews a law to be obeyude bey them and it was full of promeises of better things to come to them that obeyude the law of God. And moste of the promesises of the law has ben fulfild. It told of the coming of Christ hoo should teach the Wourld a better way. Christ came and established the word of the lord whitch shall stand for eaver and for eaver in heaven. Amen. And earth shall pass a way. But not one jot or title of the word of the Lord shall fail. We will be judged bey the word of Jesus Christ at his coming. The testement whitch we treat so lightly O men and woman. It is the power of God unto salvation. To the Jew first. Why. Becaus it was first preached to them and them to the Gentiles that all might be one in Christ Jesus. Do we want to get to heaven. Then take of thus saith the Lord the Christ the son of God for our guide. Take his word the power of God and do what it ses with love and faith, hope and chiritey. We can not miss the way for the word of God tells us plainly what we must do to be saved. And it is so plain that any man can under stand it tho he be a fool. The word of God ses he shall not ere ther in. Do we beleave this. Do one third of the pople of our countey beleave this. From what I hear preached in this country they do not. They will say we beleave the word of God and turn round and denigh the word the truth of God. Now hear is the teaching of a great many pople in this country. What must we do to be savd. Come to the morners bench and pray and God will pardon your sins. Then after God has pardon you sins you must be sprinkeld or pord just as it suits you. Do the elect teach this. Can we find it in the word of God. No. It not ther and never will be ther. How can man and woman beleave such teaching as this. With the word of God in thir house they reject the word. They dont beleave it. They hate the word of God and love the word of man. They say bey thir works that we will not have Christ Jesus to reighn over us. But we will call on him to help us. We will mock him with word of the devil. To helpe us do more than he ses do for we know faith a lone is a very holsom docttrin and very full of comfort. Now I will stop. C.S. Hooper
Mon. 27- Went to See Charley Russell. Pairlee Lovell hear today. Raind som to day. Demumbron killed today so I hear. Dick Lovell hear to day.
Tue. 28- Went to Nashville. 40cts car fair, ferage 5cts, dinner 10cts, street car fair 10cts, millon 15cts, tobaco 5cts. Total 85cts. Pairlee Lovell, Viola Hunter, Agness Riggan, Dick Lovell hear today. Thornton hear yesterday. Jodey Hooper come down last ngiht.
Wen. 29- At home. Jodey Hooper hear today. Allso Viola. Pairlee gon home. Preaching at Sams Creek. Dick gon to the pasture at Jess Doziers. Mat Stephens married July 28th 1906 so I hear. Ewing and wife come home. Pairlee hear today. Viola hear to day.
Thur. 30- Viola, Pairlee, Ewing Hooper and wife hear today. Jodey Hooper hear today. Scott hear today.
Fri. 31- Viola gon home. White, Tip Cullum, Lizer Cullum, Carry Cullum, Ewing Hooper and wife, Newton Scott, Bessie Riggam, Cairy Riggan, Asa Riggan hear to day. All so Jodey Hooper. Maston Pegram lost his barn Tuesday August 28th 1906. One thousand 500 dollars lost so I hear. So this winds up the month of August 1906.
