Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for JULY 1900 July 1900 ************************************************ 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 9, 2005, 11:22 pm The Randolph Leader July 1900 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE RANDOLPH LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for JULY 1900 NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, July 4, 1900 WEDOWEE News Mr. J.D. Thrasher and wife are visiting Mrs. Thrasher's parents, Col. and Mrs. Starnes this week. __ LOCAL News Winfield Slocum of Lee county has come to spend a month or two with his cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Neal. He is only 12 years old and weighs 160 pounds. __ Mrs. Kyle and children left Monday for the former's old home in South Carolina where they will visit for some time. __ Lon Carlisle has returned from Texas where he has been for the past two years. He is well pleased with the country out west. __ Ed Arrington who went to school in Roanoke session before last, was married at Texas, Georgia last Sunday to Miss Lula Baird. __ Mrs. Carrie Moore has returned from LaGrange with her sister Mrs. Mooty. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, July 11, 1900 ROCK MILLS News Mr. John House, an aged citizen living near this place, died Monday. __ Miss Nora Cooley of Antioch is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Bettie Taylor. __ Mr. Wm. Yates of West Point is visiting relatives here. __ LOCAL News Dixie Freeman started Sunday for Denver, Colorado where he hopes to secure employment and remain some time for his health. __ Invitations have been issued by Mr. and Mrs. Allen Carlisle to the marriage of their sister, Miss Ada, to Mr. William Hardy Hill, the event to occur at the home of the former at half past seven o'clock on Wednesday evening, July 18th, 1900. __ Will Hill of Shreveport is visiting relatives here. __ Mrs. T.J. Richards died near Denney's Ferry on Monday. __ Mr. J.A. Jeffers left this morning for south Georgia to visit his mother who is very ill. __ Miss Annie Mayfield is to be married tomorrow in Tyler, Texas to Mr. William Griffin and they are expected to arrive on Roanoke on a bridal tour next Saturday. Miss Cora Mayfield and her brother Pate are expected home on the same date. __ HAPPY LAND News It is reported that Young Dunn and his son John have the fever. __ Ephraim Pool is preparing to build a bridge across the creek near his saw mill. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, July 18, 1900 LOCAL News Henry Folds has moved back to Georgia. __ Mrs. F.C. Andrews is visiting her children in Union Springs. __ B. E. Satterwhite left this morning for Tate Springs where he goes to recuperate his health. __ W.Z. East and family and Mrs.J.M. Belcher returned Saturday from a visit to relatives at Gold Hill. __ Mrs. T.J. East has been very ill the past week but is convalescing. __ Wilson Striplin was bitten on the hand Saturday by a moccasin snake. The wound has been giving him some trouble but he will soon be allright again. This is the boy who was thrown from a horse and had his nose broken some weeks ago. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, July 25, 1900 LOCAL News Mrs. W.H. Williams of Nashville is visiting her uncle, Mr. Barron. __ C.J. Ussery has returned to Notasulga after a visit to his old home. __ The Mayfield family enjoyed a pleasant picnic and reunon at High Shoals yesterday. __ OBITUARY OF MRS. MARTHA HAMER Mrs. Martha Hamer was born Nov. 26, 1818 and died June 7, 1900. Sister Hamer was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for fifty- five years. As long as she was able to was true to her discipline in attending upon the ordinances and she was always cheerful in her gifts in supporting the institutions of the church. For a few years she was not able to attend the church regularly but in all her affliction she was perfectly resigned to God's will and was patiently waiting for the master's coming. She delighted in having her pastors visit her home and the good old way of holding family service; she wanted the Bible song and prayer. She was full of faith and the holy ghost. She was a strong believer in the doctrine of the spirit and was conscious of his presence to the end. In all her relations in life she was true, and was loved by all who knew her. Her influence will live on in her home and in the community which she has left. She leaves eight children, thirty-two grandchildren and twelve great great grandchildren and a large circle of relatives and friends to rise up and call her blessed. Her body was laid to rest in the Standing Rock Cemetery where she rests from her labors and is safe at home. She has fought the fight, gained the victory and gone to receive her crown. Her loved ones will sadly miss her but while they mourn her absence they should remember that mother is at rest and only waiting in heaven to welcome them home, when they can all join in the eternal joys in the land of immortality. Alfred M. Yoe, Roanoke, Ala., July 5, 1900. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape573gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 5.4 Kb