Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for NOV 1897 November 1897 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Candace Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net June 3, 2005, 2:09 pm The Randolph Leader November 1897 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM " THE RANDOLPH LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for NOVEMBER 1897 NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, November 3, 1897 ROCK MILLS News Mr. Bud Barrett of Glenn, Ga., visited relatives here Sunday. __ Mr. Thomas Marshall of Glenn, Ga., visited relatives here on Sunday. __ PEAVY News Mr. J.M. Hodges is having a corn shucking today. Gathering corn and hauling cotton are the principal occupations in this community just now. __ Mr. and Mrs. William Horton who have been in Texas for the past two years have returned to Randolph county to the delight of their friends. They say that this country suits them better than the "Lone Star State". __ Mr. W.T. Fincher came very near getting his dwelling hosue with all its contents burned last night. He has five or six bales of cotton in the house. By accident this caught fire, there were three or four hundred pounds burned, besides several bed quilts, two or three beds were burned and a lot of the children's clothing destroyed. Mr. Fincher also got his feet badly burned. It was almost a miracle that the house was saved. __ LOCAL News John, the son of Mr. S.H. Wood, formerly of Truett, died last Sunday of appendicitis in Lineville where he was attending school. He was buried at Pleasant Hill on Monday. We extend sympathy. __ Miss Ella Burdette is teaching school at New Hope near Wedowee. __ Mrs. H.L. Hendrick and children of Georgia spent last week with relatives in Roanoke. __ W.J. Almon sold his place at Rock Mills on Monday. __ J.M. Kitchens, a prominent citizen of Texas, Georgia, shot his brother-in-law Bill Pope in a difficulty last Friday. It is said that Pope cannot recover. __ A telegram was received here yesterday morning announcing the death of Mr. S.H. Chadwick of yellow fever at his home in Greensboro. He was the father of Mrs. John W. Radney who lives five miles from Roanoke. He was one of the most elegant christian gentleman we ever knew. We deeply sympathize with all the family, especially with our neighbor Mrs. Radney to whom the sad news was a great shock. The message forbade her going to her people. This is the first knowledge we have had of the presence of yellow fever in Greensboro. __ This evening will witness another union of two hearts that beat as one. At the home of Mr. J.M. Ward, his youngest daughter Miss Pearl will be married to Mr. Robert Olin Mooty. Owing to the recent death of Miss Ward's mother, the marriage will be a quiet affair, only a few friends and relatives being invited. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, November 10, 1897 WEHADKEE News Mr. W.J. Lewis of Temple, Ga., spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives here. __ WELSH News We are sorry to note the death of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howell's little son who died since our last communication. __ MT. OLIVE News The little son of J.H. Osborn is very ill with fever. We have some hopes of his recovery. __ Mr. J.H. Osborn died lat Friday morning with Typhoid Fever of which he has been a sufferer for three weeks. He was about 25 years old and joined the Christian church about seven years ago and continued a faithful member. He was a very energetic and prosperous farmer and was loved by all who knew him. His remains were interred at New Hope church. He leaves a wife and two little children to mourn his death. We extend sympathy to the bereaved. __ LOCAL News Mr. Peter Miller has moved into the residence occupied by Mr. Talley. __ Mr. Dick Johnson, a prominent citizen of West Georgia, dropped dead last Friday. __ Mr. Jim Pope, whom we mentioned as having been shot in a difficulty with his brother-in-law Mr. A.J. Kitchens at Texas, Georgia, died last Friday. __ Mr. John E. Seegar was in our office last week and left us a bushel of apples. He raises great quantities of them as well as all kinds of produce. This is a type of the successful farmer, raising everything possible at home. __ Sheriff Harris and Deputy Sheriff Kent left Tuesday morning to convey J.H. Woods to the insane asylum at Tuscaloosa. He was perfectly wild and gave the officers a great deal of trouble. __ G.T. MORRIS DEAD In a little cottage on the outskirts of town for nine long months, Mr. G.T. Morris had been confined to his bed, a victim of the fatal enemy consumption. But at 4 o'clock last Saturday morning he was released from his sufferings and peacefully passed to the other shore. He was the youngest brother of Mrs. J.D. Liles, Messrs. John and Charles Morrris and Rev. J.L. Morris, the latter of Texas. The deceased leaves a sorrowing wife and two little children. Every want of the patient sufferer was lovingly provided for by the wife and other relatives and friends. Dr. Liles rendered him faithful medical service but nothing could stay the hand of death. Mr. Morris was a member of the Methodist church and bore testimony to his faith in his saviour. His remains were interred in lot 104 in the city cemetery after appropriate services at the Methodist Church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. E.B. Norton. ___ NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, November 17, 1897 LOCAL News Mr. Frank Bradshaw, a citizen of Bacon Level Beat died Monday. He had been in feeble health for some time. __ Mrs. J.W. Radney left yesterday for Greensboro in answer to a telegram stating that her youngest brother Frank was dangerously ill with rheumatism. Afflictions have fallen heavily upon this family the past few weeks. __ John J. Sutherlin of Standing Rock will move this week over near LaGrange to engage in the dairy business. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, November 24, 1897 PEAVY News Mr. and Mrs. Noel George are the happy parents of a 12 pound boy. __ JOHNSON'S CROSS ROADS News Dr. Gay of Opelika attended the cornshucking at W.G. Osborn's last Friday. He said he certainly did have the smallpox. __ Joseph Elder, Minnie Kitchens and Lela Dunn are all under the doctor's care. Fever is supposed to be the trouble. __ OBITUARY OF AUNT MARTHA DISHAROON The subject of this sketch, "Aunt Martha" Disharoon, was before her marriage Miss Martha Elizabeth Mickle and was born in Coweta County, Georgia June 23, 1823. The family was of Irish descent and she was a sister of James and Wm. Mickle, long and well known in this county. The Mickles and Disharoons moved to Alabama in the year 1836. Miss Mickle was baptized by Jefferson Falkner in August 1844 and became a member of High Pine church. She was married to Ervin H. Disharoon by Thomson Reaves, Esq., on May 14, 1846. Bro. Disharoon was not then a member of the church but was baptized in 1857 by Rev. Benajah Goss and became a member of High Pine church. Old High Pine church afterwards dissolved and Brother and Sister Disharoon moved their membershop to the Roanoke church. During their long residence near High Pine creek, the family was noted for its hospitality. Many of us will never forget while we live the many kindnesses and the royal hospitality of the family. The family distinguished itself for kindness to the sick; in many sick rooms and afflicted homes in this community they were the first to come and the last to leave. I have never known them excelled as neighbors along this line. Those were better days for the family than they enjoyed later on. The family moved to Roanoke in 1878 and on Feb. 20th, 1879, Bro. Disharoon died. Six children were born to them, three boys and three girls. One son and two daughters yet live. The son, Jeremiah resides in Texas. The daughters Fannie and Etta are left in the home at Roanoke. Sister Disharoon was paralyzed June 13, 1895 and never recovered from the stroke and died in her home in Roanoke Oct. 22, 1897. She endured her suffering with much patience and was cheerful most of the time. Aunt Martha Disharoon like all the rest of us had her faults but many of us have many more than she had. Aunt Martha was a warm hearted neighbor, a cheeful and obliging wife and tender mother. She belonged to a generation and style of women fast passing away, and when they are gone we shall not see the like of them any more. ____ TRUETT News "Uncle" Walker Ponder fell out of the door one day last week and painfully hurt himself. __ WELSH News One of our staunchest farmers, Mr. C.H. Cole, made more than two hundred gallons of sugar cane syrup this year. __ Mr. J.J. Jordan is up from West Point, Georgia to spend a few days with his father's family. __ Mr. J.W. Belcher Sr. has ginned between 900 and 1000 bales of cotton this season. __ ROCK MILLS News Mr. J.L. Gross of Glenn, Georgia will move here soon. __ Mr. William Hayes and daughter Miss Maggie of Langdale visited relatives here last week. __ LOCAL News Mrs. Jasper Clark died at her home at Corn House last Monday. __ Mr. Frank Green and Miss Della Fuller were married last Sunday at the home of the bride's father, J.W. Fuller at Truett. __ Rev. James Joiner of north Alabama, formerly a citizen of this county will preach at Lebanon next Sunday. __ Col. John T. Heflin and wife attended the marriage at Milltown last Thursday of the latter's sister, Miss Lula Denney to Mr. LaFayette Mullins of Opelika. __ Monday night a burglar entred the room of Mr. John Ray while a lamp was buring therein and stole about $12. in money and a gold watch. Be on the lookout for him and if he appears again pump lead into him. __ An accident occurred Saturday night near Double Head, when a negro named Wash Parker, living on Messrs. Langley's place, was returning home from Roanoke when his wagon ran into a ditch and he was thrown out. His spine was injured and he was paralyzed from the neck down. He could talk but could not move. Sunday night he died. ___ Rev. E.B. Norton left this morning to visit his mother at White Plains. __ Mrs. Samantha Ray died in Rock Mills Monday morning at the advanced age of 84 years. Her descendants now number over one hundred among whom is her grandson, John T. Talley of this place. __ Last Sunday week, Mr. Clarence Bishop was married to Miss Lena Cardwell at Truett and on the same day, Mr. Bishop's sister was married to Mr. Wm. Carlisle. Mrs. Bishop is a niece of W.H. Welch of this city. __ Last week Mr. George Holley was married to Miss Jessie Ray. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape542gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.0 Kb