Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for JULY 1899 July 1899 ************************************************ 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 6, 2005, 7:42 pm The Randolph Leader July 1899 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE RANDOLPH LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for JULY 1899 NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, July 12, 1899 LOCAL News Mrs. Maggie Pendergrass, aged 103 years, was baptized at Anniston recently. She had been a Methodist all her life and lately decided she wanted to be immersed. Mrs. Pendergrass' husband died in 1860 and since that she time has been supported by her three married daughters, one of whom is 80 years old, another 78 and the other 76. ___ WEDOWEE News Rev. G.T. Harris is sick with fever. Hope to see him out again soon. __ Miss Elsie Sharp of CornHouse visited relatives here last week. __ Col. Samuel Henderson returned to his home at this place Thursday, after a visit of several days in Shelby county. __ Miss Hattie Guinn of Langdale is visiting relatives and friends in Wedowee this week. __ Jesse B. Wadsworth, grand clan cellor of the order Knights of Pythias of Alabama, delived an address in the court house last Thrusday night. __ HIGH PINE News Mr. Loss Staples went to Lanett yesterday to visit his father's family. __ Mr. J.W. Pearson will open his singing school at Radney's Chapel on Monday. __ Miss Minnie Hutchins from Mississippi will spent the summer as the guest of Miss Maud Greene. __ Mr. Taylor Keeble and family are visiting at West Point. __ JOHNSON'S CROSS ROADS News Howard Pinckard and several members of Jno. Rawton's family have cases of fever. __ Mrs. Martha Daniel of Kemp's Cross Roads visited relatives at Happy Land last week. __ Uncle Davie Greer had roasting ears the first Sunday in July. __ On the 4th inst., Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Slay visited their brother-in-law, F.L. Treadwell who is sick. __ Jas. Gross will probably moved his sawmill on Uncle Tom Dunn's land within a few days. It is a splendid site for a mill, as Mr. Dunn has a fine body of timber. __ LOCAL News Miss Effie Heard of Atlanta is visiting the family of Mr. Brown. __ A sad death occurred at Brockville last Thursday, that of Miss Mazzie Walden, eldest daughter of J.A. Walden, formerly of this place. We extend sympathy. __ Mr. Eugene Harvey, a genial young business man of Buena Vista, Ga., was the guest of his cousin Luther Stewart the first of the week. __ Some sensation was produced by the death last Monday of Mrs. Andrew J. Garnett near Level road. Her husband was suspected of poisoning her. Drs. Disharoon and Hooper made an external examination but were not employed to take out the stomach. Garnett and a woman on his place have been arrested and placed in jail. ___ Everyone seems highly pleased with J.T. Carroll as the new Marshall of Roanoke. We believe he will make a splendid one. ___ NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, July 19, 1899 WEHADKEE News Mr. C.H. Hearn is visiting relatives in Georgia. His mother who has been spending several days in this community, accompanied him. __ Miss Mamie Hearn opened her school at State Line with a very good attendance. __ JOHNSON'S CROSS ROADS (by E.C. Cunningham, correspondent) Prof. Beaird is preparing to erect a new dwelling house. __ Dr. Loxley Waller of Rock Mills was buried at High Pine the 11th inst. __ Mrs. John Reeves, near Driver, died last Wednesday and the following day her remains were laid to rest in New Hope Cemetery. Her death was the result of fever. Her husband and son are confined to their bed with the same disease. ___ Howard Pinckard who has the fever is thought to be in very critical condition. Dr. Pool has charge of his case. __ A sadness covers the face of our neighbors as they gather in groups and discuss the fierce ravages of the drouth. Their thoughts turn irresistibly toward their empty corn cribs and smoke houses with the prospect of little with which to replenish them. There is many an acre that will not make a bushel of good corn even if rain should fall immediately, and two weeks more of unmitigated heat will prove almost fatal to our hopes for bread from the present crop. What will our people do another year if there is not an early turn in their favor is a question that has been frequently asked within the last week, but remains unanswered. It is feared by some that the voice of distress will be forced to appeal to the public for relief. Ministers are making the fact a subject of prayer. But I shall say no more upon this topic now, lest some readers residing in communities that have been blest with recent rains may call me a pessimist. ___ ROCK MILLS News Crops are being injured badly by the drought and if we don't get rain very soon the corn crop will be a failure. __ Mr. J.T. Harper returned a few days ago after an absence of several months in which he visited relatives at and near Griffin, Ga. __ Mr. Edmond Laws visited relatives in Montgomery last week. __ Mr. W.S. Waller, an aged and respected citizen, died at his home near this place last Tuesday. __ We are pained to note the serious illness of Mr. Joe McClendon who is very low with typhoid fever. We hope soon to note his complete recovery. __ Mrs. Lizzie Reed of Union Springs is the guest of Mr. M. Duke and family. __ Miss Amma Green of Antioch, Ga is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Bettie Taylor. __ BACON LEVEL News Mr. J.D. Lane of Dadeville is visiting relatives in this community. __ LOCAL News Mrs. Davis Arnett is very ill. __ Mr. George Dodson is the guest of his cousin Mr. Griffin. __ Mrs. J.T. Talley went up to Atlanta to remain some time. __ Mrs. Wade Wood spent last week with her sister at Tuckersburg. __ Miss Guinn Allen returned to Georgia on Monday after a visit to her sister Mrs. Talley. __ Miss Willie Lee Kirk returned home last Thursday from a visit to relatives at Franklin. __ George Lane of Langdale was in to see us Saturday and paid his subscriptions. __ We chronicle the sad news of the death of Mrs. Carlisle, the venerable mother of Messrs. S.H., M.W. and J.A. Carlisle, which occurred Monday morning near Double Head. She was in feeble health and very aged. The interment occurred yesterday at the family burying ground. We extend our condolence to the sorrowing relatives. __ "Uncle" Arch Ellington, an old an honored citizen of Gold Hill, who was related to some good families in this vicinity, was found dead in the woods near his home on Monday of last week. The cause was heart trouble. ___ W.C. Lane who is taking a vacation from his duties with White & Awbrey, spent a few days recently with relatives at Langdale. __ A most deplorable tragedy occurred at Ashland, in the adjoining county of Clay, last Thursday night. Just at the close of prayer meeting, John Sims shot and killed Howard Pace. Both were well known young white men and some jocular remark brought about the tragedy. The deceased was a contractor boarding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Striplin and bore a good reputation. The carrying of a concealed pistol has ruined these two young lives. ___ WAS IT MURDER? This question the authorities are now engaged in tryuing to ferret out in the case of the death of Mrs. Andrew J. Garnett, which was mentioned in these columns last week. And every good citizen will hope that they may be successful in arriving at the truth. At the preliminary trial before Judge Blake last Thursday, the deceased's husband and Martha Watts, a woman of bad reputation who had been living at Garnett's, were bound over in the sum of $1000. each, in default of which they were placed in jail. Yesterday Garnett was brought to Roanoke by Sheriff Harris and placed in the city jail a few hours, in an effort to develop certain testimony. During his stay here the prisoner who is an arrogant, uncouth fellow, was visited by throngs of people. He talks a great deal and admits that his wife died of poison which he claims she took in the presence and himself and accomplice. A good deal of circumstantial evidence is being sifted and we believe the truth will come to light. If, as many people believe, poor Mrs. Garnett was forced by her husband and Watts to swallow poison, at the point of a gun and a knife which were in existance, this makes a crime rarely equalled for coldblooded, dastardly murder. The state should not rest till every stone has been turned in this important case. ___ NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, July 26, 1899 ROCK MILLS News Mr. J.H. Lancaster, his son Jimmie and daughter Ora of Standing Rock visited their sister and aunt, Mrs. W.K. Bennett this week. __ Mr. Owen Hill of Langdale is making his home with his uncle F.W. Hill and is going to school at this place. __ Mr. Brooks Bens of Butler, Ga., is visiting relatives here. __ Mrs. Belle Arnett, wife of Mr. Davis Arnett, was buried Sunday evening at 3 o'clock at the family cemetery at Mr. Hiram Lee's, she being a daughter of Mr. W. Lee and a sister of townsman Geo. E. Lee. We tender our sympathy to the bereaved. __ Mr. J.F. Wood of Atlanta is on a visit to his mother who is very sick at the home of Mr. James Mathews, near Center Point. __ Mr. Joe McClendon who is sick with fever is doing fairly well. __ Our Primitive Baptist brethren baptized three new converts in W.M. Allison's fish pond this Monday morning, a Mr. Arnett and Mr. Lee Raglin and wife who were visiting here. __ OBITUARY OF MATILDA HOLSTON CARLISLE Matilda Holston Carlisle, wife of the late M.A.J. Carlisle, died at their old home July 17, 1899 at the ripe old age of 81 years. Only nine months had elapsed since her husband died. They commenced the battle of life nearly at the same time there being but little difference in their ages. They were married July 5, 1838, uniting their lives, hearts and fortunes and traveled life's rugged journey hand and hand, through sunshine and showers, prosperity and adversity, wars and peace. All through these long years of cares, burdens and trials she was a faithful helpmate to her husband and prosperity seemed to attend their efforts, for they raised their family comfortably and lived to see their children well fixed in life, which had always been their ardent desire and prayer. She was baptised with her husband at Mt. Hickory during the year 1854; thus with clasped hands they consecrated themselves to their god and his cause. Assuming this new relation brought additional cares and obligations, which they discharged for 45 years, with delight and pleasure, as attested by church and pastor on the day of their funeral. As a neighbor she was ever ready to help relieve and divide with all, especially the poor, which was shown by the large congregation at the cemetery, who had lived by and known her for many years and were frequently heard to say no one has aught against Aunt Matilda. Truly it could be said, "a mother in Israel hath fallen." Her last moments were calm and serene and she passed into the bright beyond without a struggle, falling asleep in the arms of the blessed redeemer. Thus ended a long life of kindnesses to neighbors, faithfulness to husband, devotion to children and consecration to god. Oh, what rich legacy to leave her children. "Never till memory ceases her guard to set or life her favored dreams forget" will her many virtues be obliterated from the minds of all who knew her. She has answered the welcome plaudit, 'well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter into the joys of thy lord." And now she stands, waiting and watching on the other shore to hail the coming of children, friends and christians. T.J.C. ___ LOCAL News We regret to note that Mr. Brummitt is sick with fever. __ B.F. Mitcham is visiting his brother near Birmingham. __ Mrs. Dudley and little daughter are visiting relatives in Barbour county. __ Mrs. Sallie Cox Stanley is the guest of Mayor Wright's family. __ Vinley Pittman left last Thursday for Lexington, Kentucky where he has accepted a position. __ T.J. East has been appointed notary public and ex-officio justice of the peace by Gov. Johnston. __ The old 47th Alabama is holding a reunion at LaFayette today and tomorrow. __ Mrs. Sanders has as her guests her sisters, Mrs. Tom Cobb King of Havanna, Cuba and Miss Nellie Hurt of Marion Alabama. Mrs. King sailed from Cuba only a month ago. __ Ely R. Calloway and his mother were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T.B. Woods Sunday and Monday. Mr. Calloway is in business with his brother Fuller E. Calloway, dry goods merchants of LaGrange. __ Rev. Austin P. Finley was married to Miss Elizabeth Schlegel on the 8th of June at the Methodist church at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. The groom who was reared in this county is now pastor of the Christian Church at Burgin, Ky. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape561gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 13.4 Kb