Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for DEC 1902 December 1902 ************************************************ 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 21, 2005, 6:59 pm The ROANOKE LEADER December 1902 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for DECEMBER 1902 NEWSPAPER Issue of December 10, 1902 WEHADKEE News Uncle Tapley Hester who has been quite sick appears to be improving. __ Mrs. Caroline Noles is very ill and not expected to live. __ Berry Whatley and Sanders Benefield boast of fine new boys at their homes. __ M.T. Drummond, our blacksmith, moved to Motley in Tallapoosa County. __ Miss Nettie Bell is teaching school at State Line. __ Since our last writing, Mrs. Ellen Teel died near this place leaving six orphaned children. __ LOCAL News A.J. Little of Macon visited his brother R.C. Little last Thursday and Friday. __ J.T. Lane and Z.J. Collier went to Montgomery yesterday to serve as federal jurors. __ Louis Cleaveland was in Roanoke Monday. His father, Mr. J.H. Cleaveland died in LaGrange Tuesday of last week. The former will probably make this home in LaGrange for awhile now. __ Over in Tallapoosa county last Sunday occurred the marriage of Dr. James Kilgore to Miss Bernice Allen. The bride is a daughter of H.E. Allen, and is a sister of Mrs. H.B. Radney of Roanoke, whom she has visited several times here. __ Major F.M. Handley spent the forepart of last week in Clanton where he went in behalf of a negro boy, Randall Lee, who had killed another negro. The boy is a son of Fayette Lee and formerly lived on Mr. Handley's place in this county. The Major succeeded in getting a compromise with the solicitor and securing an eighteen month sentence for the boy. __ Guy Handley's son, Ben, is again confined to his room with a relapse of the fever. __ Mrs. Purcell is visiting her daughter Mrs. Murphree in Troy where the former has a sweet little granddaughter. __ The old Samuel Fausett place was purchased Saturday by Jesse Fausett, Administrator, for the sum of $1598. He sold it later to W.F. Ussery for $1600. __ After a day or so here, M.W.J. Young left Monday for his home in Louisville, accompanied by his wife, formerly Miss Ella Carlisle who had been spending several weeks with Roanoke relatives. __ The latter part of last week, four young men died in the country north of Roanoke. They were: Sim Brumbeloe, son of N.D. Brumbeloe Will, the son of Goss Harmon Hoyt, the son of A.Y. Young Columbus, the son of C.C. Treadwell The three first named died of fever and were grown. The son of Mr. Treadwell was 11 years of age and died of appendicitus after having been operated on by Dr. Hudson. ___ D.D. Mitchell went up to Otelia yesterday to attend the funeral of his brother, the youngest son of W.D. Mitchell. The little fellow was about five years of age. __ Josiah Raney, an ex-Confederate soldier and former resident of this county, died at Lanett on Saturday and was buried at Zion's Rest, in this county on Monday. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, December 17, 1902 NAPOLEON News Mrs. Feriby Hurley, an octogenarian, was stricken with paralysis a few days ago and it was thought she could not recover but she is now some better. __ Late Wednesday afternoon a horrible tragedy occurred near Haywood. Joe Causey was moving with his family from Chambers county to Esq. Yates, near Peace, and within a mile of his destination his team became frightened and unmanageable and he was thrown under the wheels and so badly mangled that he died during the night. He leaves a wife and three children. His remains were interred at Lebanon today. __ LOCAL News H.R. Oldson went to LaGrange Monday to witness the marriage of his sister-in- law, Mrs. Long to Mr. Reese. __ J.H. Brooks has resigned the position of Night Marshall and "Uncle Peter" Miller will again patrol the streets by night. __ Mrs. Frank Pittman returned Friday from Albertville where she spent some time with her sister Mrs. W.S. Pittman. The latter is still very ill. One of her little daughters came home with Mrs. Frank Pittman. __ Mrs. Albright, daughter of H.F. Hill, died Friday night near Rock Mills. __ Crawford Davis, brother of Mrs. R.L. Schuessler is being brought from Texas to LaFayette and will be taken from there to Baltimore for treatment. He is dangerously and perhaps fatally ill. __ Mack Bailey, colored, has built a nice residence over near the turn table where James Riley recently built a house. Bailey and Riley are also building a store at the same point and propose to sell goods. They are thrifty negroes. __ S.M. Shivers was in Roanoke Monday, going back to his old home in Beat 8. For the past 5 years he has been a soldier in the United States Army. He has seen service in Cuba and the Philippines and now says he is willing to stay in the United States for awhile. He was accompanied home by his cousin Eb Satterwhite of Newnan. __ Roanoke enjoyed an unexpected visit of a few days from S.T. Mayfield who arrived on Friday evening's train. He was hardly recognized by his relatives and friends as the redoutable S.T. From a lad in knee breeches he has grown to a fine looking young man, holding a good position a traveling salesman for his father's business in Nashville. While here "Ste" received a telegram from his father announcing the striking of a fine well of oil on his lands in Kentucky, sending his stock skyward. The Leader is pleased to learn of the prosperity of father and son. __ A negro woman, the wife of Bud Robertson, was drowned at Burrow's Ferry last Tuesday evening. It seemed that she was on her way from Wedowee where she had been to see her husband who is in jail and when she reached the ferry drove into the flat and the mule got frightened and backed off into the river and the woman and mule were both drowned. The body was not found until Wednesday. The Wedowee Star __ LOVE'S TRIUMPH; ROMANTIC MARRIAGE OF MR. REESE AND MRS. LONG The Town of Roanoke is party to a romantic episode of unusually interesting conditions. Some months ago Mrs. Agnes Long came to Roanoke to make her home with her sister, the wife of the superintendant of the electric light and water work plant. It was learned that Mrs. Long's husband had mysteriously disappeared a few years ago from their former home in Dothan in a short while after their marriage. Upon coming here Mrs. Long secured the services of a lawyer and began proceedings in chancery for a divorce. It was expected that this would be secured at the regular term of the chancery court in this county in November but as fate would have it, Chancellor R.B. Kelley saw fit to pospone the session till the ninth of the present month. At that time the matter was taken up and the chancellor granted the divorce, but decreed that the plaintiff should not be at liberty to marry until the expiration of a year from that date. Meanwhile preparations had been made for the marriage of Mrs. Long to Mr. B.A. Reese of LaGrange, Georgia in this city on the 17th inst. Naturally enough the action of the court produced a sensation and bitter disappointment to the interested parties. Upon learning the decision of the court, Mr. Reese at once instituted investigations in his own state and was informed that the marriage could be legally celebrated in Georgia. Consequently, he came to Roanoke on Saturday and after talking over the matter, immediate action was decided upon. Accordingly, Mr. Reese and Mrs. Long hied away on Monday morning's early train and were duly married in LaGrange yesterday afternoon, thus bring the affair to a culmination two days earlier than it would have occurred had it not been for the prohibitory attachment to Chancellor Kelley's decree. This is recorded another triumph of love over law and locksmiths, proving that where there is a will there is a way. All is well that ends well. The plucky groom is a gentleman of pleasing address and it manager of a cigar factory at LaGrange. Mrs. Reese is a young woman of notable beauty, a native of Kentucky and is possessed of many charms of manner. Their future home will be in LaGrange. ___ The writer is in receipt of an invitation of the marriage of Miss Baker Holley to Mr. John Buchanan which will occur at the home of the former's parents, 43 Smith Street, Atlanta, Georgia, today. Miss Holley is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.A. Holley and formerly made her home in Roanoke with her parents. The Leader extends cordial congratulations to the young man who is the fortunate winner of such a prize. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, December 31, 1902 ROCK MILLS News J.W. Huckeby, one of our best citizens, moved to Lanett recently, taking a job there in a lumber yard. __ A little child of Wade Allison, about three years old, died last Saturday night. __ NAPOLEON News (by G.O. Hill, correspondent) Your correspondent, in company with Bro. Nat Shelnutt, visited "Uncle" Burrell Nail on Christmas morning with a basket of Santa Claus in our hands for delivery. We found the old centenarian sprightly and in good spirits. Old Sister Hurley, the oldest lady in our vicinity was also visited by a trusted agent. __ Miss Luella Hill, daughter of your correspondent, was married to Mr. Ben Fincher at the home of the bride's father, Dec. 28th. __ Jim Brumbeloe had a sale on the 23rd of his goods and chattels. He is going to Texas. __ As an old soldier, I respectfully suggest to the honorable legislature a remodeling of the state pension laws. Indigent soldiers or their widows should be entitled to pensions and should be exempt from soldier tax. They are few, now and decreasing rapidly. __ LOCAL News Mrs. Nettie Webb of Opelika is visiting her uncle, J.R. Sims. __ Miss Maude Laws arrived Friday for a visit to her cousin, Miss Alma Awbrey. __ Ernest Hearn has gone to LaGrange to remain an indefinite time. He is a nice young man and conducted himself well during his stay here. __ A wedding occurred in Roanoke last Friday. Miss Annie Whatley of Georgia was married to Wade Higgins of Chambers county. The wedding occurred at the residence of L.A. Bevis. __ Nick Thompson shot and killed John Echols in Franklin, Georgia on Christmas eve, both being young white men. It is said Echols was drinking and provoked the difficulty. __ Hamp Lane of Franklin, Georgia will begin keeping books for J.T. Tally tomorrow. __ Col. H.H. Whitten is at the point of death. His recovery is despaired of. __ Ed Anderson, a splendid young business man of Alexander City spent Sunday with the family of his father, Rev. R.W. Anderson. __ Mr. John G. Taylor, father of Mrs. W.H. Welch, has been quite sick at the home of Mrs. Welch in this place. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape615gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.3 Kb