Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for OCT 1901 October 1901 ************************************************ 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 15, 2005, 11:01 am The Randolph Leader October 1901 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE RANDOLPH LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for OCTOBER 1901 NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, October 2, 1901 LOCAL News Miss Ellie Sims returned to her home in Newnan Monday after spending a couple of week with her cousin Miss Della Burdett. __ B. Gay and Miss Eva Lane were married at the home of the bride at Union last Sunday. They will make their home in Stroud. __ Rev. Geo. L. Jenkins is enjoying a visit from his mother Mrs. Whitley of Letohatchie. __ Charles Pittman of Cedartown, Ga was here the first of the week. __ Miss Martha Pittman left for Nashville Monday afternoon to resume her studies in the Peabody Normal school. __ Rev. S.H. Striplin's family moved to Atlanta this morning. Mr. Striplin and two of his boys will remain in Roanoke through the fall for business reasons but expect to go to Atlanta about Christmas. Their friends regret to see them leave. __ Mr. H.L. Griffin of Gypsum, Texas, accompanied by his daughter Miss Cora, is the guest of his sister, Mrs. R.S. Floyd. After spending a few days here they will leave for Roanoke to make their future home. Before removal to Texas some 12 years ago, Mr. Griffin was a resident of Opelika and for years one of our most prominent and successful business men. The many friends of both "Uncle House" and Miss Cora are glad to welcome them tot he old home place once more. Opelika News ___ Miss Resa Shellnut is dangerously ill at her home at Center Point. __ Some weeks ago we made mention of a venerable old couple living in Beat 4, Mr. Burrell Nail, aged 99 years and his wife age 92. Last Saturday night, the latter, Mrs. Nail, died rather suddenly. __ A NEW INDUSTRY In the northwestern part of Randolph county, between Roanoke and Blake's Ferry, is an industry about which most of our people know little or nothing. There is an immense pine belt in this section and the land has been leased for three years by a gentleman from North Carolina who is putting in an immense turpentine plant. A number of houses are now being built for operatives of the new plant, over one hundred hands being required to operate it. After the turpentine is extracted from the trees there will still remain one of the finest timber belts in all the country. ___ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, October 9, 1901 WEHADKEE News W.H. Camp of Birmingham is visting relatives here. __ HAPPY LAND News Mouse Pinkard's little son is recovering from an attack of pneumonia. __ Jasper Hamlin of West Point is visiting relatives near this place. __ CENTER News Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Dial of Pine Bluff, Arkansas have been visiting relatives and friends in this section for some time. __ Mr. Cobb Burgess, a prominent citizen living near here, died Tuesday night. The family has our sympathy in this their sore bereavement. __ Mrs. Jim McManus is dangerously ill. __ Monroe French who has been sick for some time, is improving. __ Theron Burns has gone to Tuscaloosa to study law. __ His friends here will congratulate Mr. Harmon Frazier, who formerly clerked for W.B. Nichols, upon his marriage next Sunday afternoon to Miss Mary Gertrude Barber at Buffalo. __ The Leader regrets to note the death of the little three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.W. Lane at Bacon Level. The death occurred Monday morning and resulted from scarlet fever. __ We learn that Willis P. Cofield, well known throughout this section, is peparing to move to Texas. __ Lee Guinn went to Bessemer on Saturday where he expects to work for awhile. __ Alfred Owens died Monday afternoon some eight miles north of town. __ Mr. West's mother has returned after a long stay in Georgia. __ We were delighted to have a visit yesterday from John C. King of Pulaski, Tennessee. He is a friend of our kinfolks in that section which he pronounced "the garden spot of the world." __ Louis Burgess who entered college here last week, received a message Wednesday morning that his father had died the night before at his home near Newell. The news was quite a shock to him. He has the sympathy of all his friends. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, October 16, 1901 LOCAL News Mrs. Will McGill, daughter of S.S. Stephens, died in Flat Rock beat Monday night. __ Mrs. Warren Ridley and Mrs. Will Ridley of Georgia were visitors in Roanoke Sunday and Monday. __ Mrs. Geo. W. Cole who has been in Roanoke, Ala., for the past two weeks by the bedside of her sick father, returned home Thursday last. Franklin News & Banner ___ Mrs. Henrietta Stevens, mother of Prof. Geo. W. Stevens of Wedowee, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Sharman in Florida and was brought to Roanoke on the morning train last Wednesday. The interment occurred in the cemetery near Rock Mills. __ Miss Lizzie Higgins left yesterday to spend three months with relatives in Arkansas and Texas. __ Prof. Black and Mrs. F.P. Nichols went to LaFayette Monday afternoon to attend the funeral on Tuesday morning of Mrs. Ophelia Doss who died Sunday night. This excellent lady has made her home for years with the family of Judge Denson, her relative by marriage. She was 59 years of age Saturday. Her death will carry sorrow to many hearts as she was a good and useful woman. ___ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, October 23, 1901 WEHADKEE News (by S.D. Lewis, correspondent) A very sad accident happened last Thursday at Byron, several miles north of here. William Lipham was running the engine of his gin when the boiler exploded, killing him instantly. His body was blown to pieces. The deceased was about 23 years old. He leaves a wife and a host of relatives and friends to mourn his death. His wife is a niece of the writer. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved ones. __ HAPPY LAND News Yesterday morning at 9:30 o'clock, Mr. Will Thompson and Miss Mittie Brown were united in marriage, Rev. C.M. Dollar officiating. __ Carl Roberts has been confined to his bed with fever for more than three weeks. __ Mrs. Argen Watts, after spending several days here with relatives returned to her home in Phenix City last Friday, Mrs. Geo. Clack and Curtis Coggin accompanying her. __ S.M. Burditt purchased the Jas. Gross place including half interest in the gin. __ LOCAL News Miss D. Hood is spending the week with her sister Mrs. J.A. Langley. __ Lon Smith, a young man, had a hand and arm badly lacerated in a gin at Glenn, Georgia on Saturday. __ J.M. Gay's wife and mother-in-law Mrs. Motley spent Saturday and Sunday in Roanoke. __ Mrs. Eliza Almon died last Wednesday night at her home near Peace. __ After working all day Monday, Mr. Bill Moon, a good citizen of the Milltown community, was stricken by apoplexy at dark and died about daylight. he was a brother of R.A. Moon of this community. __ J.W. Sharman, a merchant of Rock Mills, and Miss Belle Lane, an attractive young lady belonging to one of the foremost families of southeast Randolph, went over to LaGrange last Sunday where they were married, afterwards proceeding to Atlanta on a bridal tour. __ Elder A.W. Watkins, a Primitive Baptist preacher of Temple, Texas has been the guest of his cousin G.C. Freeman this week. Friday he will begin his return to Texas. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, October 30, 1901 OBITUARY OF MRS. W.S. McGILL Mrs. W.S. McGill departed this life October 25, 1901. She was born and raised in Randolph County, Ala. Her maiden name was Rebecca Isabel Stephens. Her father was S.S. Stephens; her mother's maiden name was Miss Lizzie Liles. She was married to W.S. McGill Dec. 14, 1890. She joined the Methodist church, South, in childhood and died in the faith of Jesus Christ and in hope of eternal life. The writer has known her all her life. She has always been good. It was said by the preacher that conducted the funeral service that no on ehad ever said a harmful word about her. It was my pleasure to visit her often while sick and it was a pleasure to be with such a christian. I sat by her bedside every other night for two weeks. I never saw such courage, patience and submissiveness, such a lovable character in such sore affliction. My association with her in her sickness brought to me new blessings. I She left a husband and three little children, with her parents, brothers and sisters to mourn her loss. In our prayers we commit them to God who doeth all things right. The Lord bless them in their affliction and may her peaceful and triumphant death bring all her relatives in closer touch with god, and after awhile, we shall meet her again where there is no pain or fever or sorrow. Our tears will be wiped away. There we can rejoice together. W.A. Radney ___ HAPPY LAND News Mrs. A.E. Pendergast is spending a few weeks with her daughter Mrs. Jno. Chrisler. She will remain in this community until after Christmas. She has many friends here especially among the children who were once her pupils. __ "Uncle" Jesse Osborn has sold both of his farms here. __ Gid Green and Bob Sharman are preparing to move back to Lanett. __ LEVONIA News There has been one death in this community since I wrote last. Miss Lizzie Hay, daughter of John Hay, died last Saturday and was buried Sunday afternon at Forester's Chapel. The funeral procession was large, showing the high esteem the people had for the deceased. __ The oldest son of W.R. Price has had his mind unbalanced by protracted sickness and a few nights ago had an unpleasant dream and while excited got a pocket knife and inflicated an almost fatal wound in the side of a younger brother, cutting a gash three or four inches in length. __ The syrup mills are running day and night and there will be a fine chance of good sorghum made in this neighborhood. __ LOCAL News Mr. J.P.D. Murphy has been appointed postmaster here for the next four years. Wedowee News Journal __ W.A. Culpepper, a prominent citizen of Almond, was in our office yesterday to arrange to have some circulars printed offering his property for sale. He intends to move to Texas. __ Mrs. G.E. Crowley died at her home at Roswell, Ga., on the 25th inst. She was a niece of Mrs. Margaret Jones and Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Watson and will be remembered in Roanole as MIss Maggie Swindall. She left a husband and an infant of tender age. __ From The Barlett, Texas Tribune ---- Rev. W.P. Cofield came from Chambers County, Alabama a few days ago and will make Texas their home. Rev. Cofield has been elected to teach Yankee Branch school and was also called to the pastorate of Willis Creek Baptist Church. He is a son-in-law of T .G. Cofield who lives on the Keliehor Ranch. __ Jesse Smedley and Susie Coleman, the youngest daughter of Berry Coleman will be married at the colored Baptist church at 8:15 this evening. The are among the most worthy members of the negro race in this community. __ Otis Ussery of Hickory Flat was married Sunday to a daughter of James Holder. __ John Vickers, a prominent citizen who lived some twenty miles west of Roanoke, died one day last week. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape589gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.8 Kb