Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for OCT 1900 October 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 10, 2005, 4:50 pm The Randolph Leader October 1900 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE RANDOLPH LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for OCTOBER 1900 NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, October 3, 1900 LOCAL News Mrs. R.B. Jordan, mother of W.R. and M.H. Jordan, has been quite sick but we are glad to note her improvement. __ The mother of Mr. Jake White died at Rock Mills last Friday and was buried in the Roanoke cemetery the following day. The deceased had attained the remarkable age of 89 years. __ Miss Matilda Zobel left Monday for a visit to her sister in Illinois. She will be absent about two months. __ Mrs. H.H. Cauthen and her sister Miss Mary Oldham left yesterday for Union, South Carolina. The former will visit relatives there for about a month but Miss Mary will remain and attend school. __ Last Friday, Lucius Baker was sentenced by Judge Denson at Dadeville to be hung November 8th. It will be remembered that several months ago, Baker killed J.I. Cotney just across the Randolph line in Tallapoosa. He formerly lived in Roanoke. It is stated that an appeal will be made for him to the supreme court. __ Mr. Tom Owens showed us a letter from John A. Moore who went to the War from this county and has never been back since. He went to California and from there to the Island of Maui where he has been teaching for many years. This island is in the Hawaiin group. The letter was written August 27th and arrived here three weeks later. __ The marriage of Mr. Alonzo J. Langley and Miss Kate Brittain will be solemnized today at noon, at the home of the bride in Houston, Georgia. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, October 10, 1900 TRUETT News Mr. E.M. Gay has been quick sick for several weeks. __ Mr. Craton Fargason is preparing to go to Atlanta in a few days to medical college. We wish for him much success. __ WEHADKEE News Mr. R.L. Hester was taken dangerously ill Saturday night but appears to be better at this writing. __ Bowdon Weather, the mail carrier from Pittman, Ala., to Texas, Georgia, had the misfortune to get his horse drowned last Friday evening while attempting to cross the Lipp creek ford near this place. A bridge is badly needed at that place. __ A shocking tragedy occurred last Thursday night just above Omaha in Lamar beat. Dick Gore, while intoxicated, shot Ben Trent, one of his neighbors, without any provocation. Trent in trying to keep Gore from shooting another man received the shot himself. The ball took effect in the bowels. It is said that Trent will not recover. Gore made his escape. We learn since that he has been captured and lodged in jail at Franklin, Georgia. __ ROCK MILLS News Mr. Ed Laws and Miss Ida Yates were married at the home of the bride's father, Mr. R.E. Yates yesterday. __ HAPPY LAND News Joe Martin is preparing to move to Texas. __ Mrs. Rebecca Adams, an aged lady who fell and hurt herself severely about two weeks ago is still confined to her bed. __ LETTER FROM S.T. MAYFIELD, U.S. NAVY Enclosed find $1. to please send me your paper for one year to the following address: Station D, U.S.S. Pensacola, San Francisco, California. I enlisted in the U.S. Navy on Aug. 7, 1900 and was ordered to San Francisco with forty other boys. We are all stationed on the ship, U.S.S. Pensacola where we will be drilled for the next six months. We then will ship aboard the training ship "Adams" for a six month cruise to Honolulu, Puget Sound and the California coast. After we return from the cruise we will have to stand a rigid examination and if we pass we will be rated as seaman A B. I will return home on furlough next winter and I hope to ahve the pleasure to call to your sanctum. I hope I have not tired you with my letter. Your friend, S.T. Mayfield, Sept. 27, 1900. __ LOCAL News Mrs. John Sevell died last night. __ Renfro Upshaw continues quite sick. __ J.P. Harris's mother and his infant daughter who have been spending the week with him returned to Oak Bowery yesterday. __ We note with regret the death of Mr. Robert Brown's mother which occurred while the latter was on a visit to Texas recently. __ Mrs. Bettie Brittain and two daughters will move to Roanoke today and will occupy a portion of Mrs. Fleeth's rsidence. __ For Sale - - four room residence and two acres of land with good well of water on Rock Mills street. Apply to D. McConnaghy. __ H.D. Landers Sr. of Wildwood, Randolph County will move his family to Heflin the first of November and will occupy the Moore house on Pinston Street. Heflin New Era __ Jno. W. Fuller, who has been chosen deputy sheriff for two years was in to see us yesterday. __ Mrs. E.O. Stafford has arrived on a visit to her father Capt. Driver. __ A young man named Scroggin and a Miss Ford arrived in Roanoke early Sunday morning having come during the night from near Ashland. After breakfast at the Arlington they proceeded to Franklin and were happily married. __ Mr. R.K. Nipper of Mississippi has been employed by the Roanoke Drug Co. as precriptionist to succeed W.W. Stevenson. He is a son of the popular drug drummer Dr. J.D. Nipper. His wife is now visiting her mother in Kentucky and will not arrive for several weeks. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, October 17, 1900 LOCAL News Mr. W. H. Stewart continues quite ill with fever. __ Will Grady, formerly of Stroud, was shot in the thigh at Lanett last Saturday night. He wounded the man who shot him but neither wound is thought to be serious. __ Gus and Joe Lane of Langdale expect to move back to this vicinity in the fall. __ T.B. Turner and wife came over from Alexander City on Sunday and spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. F.A. Neal, the latter being Mr. Turner's sister. __ R.G. Rowland returned from Montgomery last Friday, bringing with him Jack Simpkons who was sentenced at the spring term 1899 of the circuit court of Randolph County for the murder of Andrew Knott, and sentenced to ten years. Mr. Rowland has been at work for the release continuously for the past six months and deserves much credit for this success in securing a parole for him. __ D.B. Stephens has been spending a few days with his father-in-law, M.P. Pittman. __ A brother of S. Goldman arrived in Roanoke last week from Russia. He cannnot speak a word of English. __ Mr. Henry L. Fuller, a prominent citizen, died at his home near Five Points last Friday. He was the father of Jno. W. Fuller of this county. __ A little daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Goldman on Monday. She is said to be the first Jewish child ever born on Roanoke and probably in Randolph County. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, October 24, 1900 WELSH News Will Grady, who was shot at Lanett a few days since, is lying at the point of death. __ Mr. Will Burkes and Miss Cora Brand were married last Sunday at the home of the bride's parents near Welsh. We extend congralutations to them. __ HAPPY LAND News Albert Hanson is slowly recovering from an attack of the fever. __ WEHADKEE News (by S.D. Lewis, correspondent) Roy Hood, who was working at the gin of Mr. H.E. Hester, had the misfortune to get his left hand caught in the gin last week, cutting it very badly. He is doing nicely at this writing. __ On Monday evening, Mr. Thomas Fincher and Miss Maggie Whatley were united in marriage, the writer performing the ceremony. We wish for the happy couple a long and prosperous life. __ Since our last writing, the angel of death has visited the quiet home of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Pittman and taken away one of its brightest jewels. Gladney was a bright little boy of only three summers. Truly in the midst of life we are in death. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved ones. __ LOCAL News Mrs. O.D. Slay is quite sick. _ Mrs. W.S. Trent is quite sick. __ The mother of Lucius Baker was on our streets last week, securing signers to a petition for the commutation of the sentence of her son to life imprisonment. He is sentenced to be hung on November 8th for the murder of J.I. Cotney. __ Our genial neighbor Charles E. Higgins is indulging in more smiles than usual, since the arrival at his home of Charles E. Jr. __ Mrs. Lucy Pate, a very aged lady, died at her home in Stroud yesterday evening. The interment will be at Mt. Pisgah. __ Last Sunday evening, Mr. M.M. Patterson was married to Miss Estella Meacham, daughter of R.F. Meacham. The ceremony was performed by Rev.A.M. Yoe. __ The recent census of Alabama has been published. The Leader considers it a privilege to raise a howl over the census returns for Roanoke. This entire beat was only allowed one enumerator and it was impossible for him to make a thorough canvass. There can be no reasonable doubt that Roanoke's population is given far below what it really is. One proof is this is the comparison it makes with LaFayette. That town is credited with 1,629 inhabitants and no one can doubt that Roanoke is equally as large as LaFayette. Even Dadeville, Oxford, Piedmont and many other little towns outrank us, according to the published returns. We make a kick against such an inaccuracy. We make the motion that our city authorities have a municipal census taken at once and as far as possible set us right. The expense would be inconsiderable. This town has not less than 1,500 inhabitants and we believe the number will nearly reach 2,000. ___ NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, October 31, 1900 LOCAL News Mrs. T.C. Goodwin returned to West Point on Monday after spending a week with relatives here. __ Bird Pate has returned from Texas. __ Monday night, J.R. Sims received a telegram announcing the death of his mother in Anniston. He left on the next train to attend the funeral. Mrs. Sims was 80 years of age. __ Roanoke was given a population of 631 by the census of ten years ago. It is altogether unreasonable to believe the town has not more than doubled its population in that time. Yet the late census shows only 1,115 inhabitants. It is nothing short of a farce. __ The Zobel Brothers have purchased from Captain Handley the valuable lot lying between Mr. Brummit's and Mrs. Moon's with 300 feet front on which their shop now stands. They will erect three cottages in the remainder of the lot. __ Going home to dinner on Saturday we heard the wailing of a woman over in the quarters known as "Amosville". Investigation developed that the cause of the wailing was the death of Bill Hunt, an old negro citizen, commonly known as "Old Dad". He was well liked by all and was an old time darkey. He made his living principally by cutting wood. __ Mrs. Mary Langley and Miss Beatrice moved last week into the residence they purchased on Lebanon street. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape577gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.4 Kb