Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for JUNE 1903 June 1903 ************************************************ 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 22, 2005, 8:42 pm The Roanoke Leader June 1903 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for JUNE 1903 NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, June 3, 1903 NORTH RANDOLPH News Old "Uncle" James Landers, near Wildwood, is very feeble and not expected to live but a few days. He is quite old and is suffering with Bright's Disease. __ NAPOLEON News Mr. Bob Hall and Miss Willie Boseman eloped to Georgia last Sunday and were married. Bro. Milligan Earnest officiated. __ Miss Sis Suddeth was buried at Green's Chapel last Saturday. She has long been afflicted with cancer. She lived with her brother Bud at the Bradley place. __ LOCAL News A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Barnes, near town, the 30th ult. __ Mrs. E.O. Stafford and little son of Birmingham arrived Monday to visit the former's father, Capt. A.J. Driver. __ W.J. Snow who has been keeping books for Schuessler & Co. will move back to Heflin this week. He carried his family there the first of this week. __ Mrs. Luther S. Turner died rather suddenly in West Point last Thursday night. Her son, Frank Turner, of this place, reached her bedside shortly before she died. Rev. and Mrs. W.W. Turner attended the funeral. We are in sympathy with those so much bereaved. __ Mrs. Thompson and daughter Miss Laurie will to go Tuskegee on Friday where they will make their future home with the former's daughter, Mrs. W.W. Campbell. Their Roanoke friends regret their leaving. __ John W. Fuller went to Mt. Vernon last week to commit a negro women to the insane hospital for negroes. __ Prof. J.F. Cololins and family arrived here Monday to spend the summer in Roanoke. Tuesday, Mrs. T.E. Murphree and child, accompanied by two of her step- children, of Troy, came to spend two weeks. Today, Prof. J.D. Abernathy and family are expected from Evergreen. This gathering is somewhat in the nature of a reunion of the Purcell family. __ Mr. Ezra Johnson of Graham, who has been going to school in Roanoke came to Wedowee on Wednesday. His is staying with his uncle, Mr. A.C. Saxon. He is one of the boys that is paying and working his way upward. It is of such boys that men are made of. The Wedowee Star __ Mr. Doc Hardy is ill at the home of his brother, J.A. Hardy. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, June 10, 1903 WEDOWEE News Mr. R.J. Ryan and Miss I.O. Clemons of near Arbacoochee, Cleburne County, obtained a marriage license from Judge Blake today and were married in the court house by that officer. __ Mrs. Bonner, an aged lady residing a few miles below town happened to the very painful accident of having one of her limbs broken this morning. __ WEHADKEE News J.F. Lewis moved into our community a few days ago from LaGrange. __ NAPOLEON News Mr. Tom Spears and Miss Evie Shaw were married Thursday night. __ PARAN News At Ware's Cross Roads a house owned by Sam Green and occupied by George Brown was struck by lightning recently and badly damaged. __ Mrs. Betsy Pike, an aged and estimable lady, died last Saturday night. __ LOCAL News Mrs. J.W. Ray and son Allen are spending a month with the former's daughter Mrs. Webster in Charlotte, N.C. __ Mrs. Spinks is visiting her aunt, Mrs. McBurnett near Wedowee. __ John Slaughter and sister Miss Mamie of Tallapoosa, Ga., came Monday to visit their sister Mrs. Whitman. __ G.T. Sapp, while hoeing the other day was struck in the eye and so badly hurt that he went to Columbus where his eye was removed. He is getting along nicely. __ Hardy Robinson, a young negro man, was shot and probably fatally wounded Sunday night near Level Road in a negro row. __ About ten years ago, George Williams who worked in Andrew Amos' shop, killed another negro named George Turner in this place and then made his escape. The other day he was arrested in Louisville, Kentucky and Sheriff Kent was communicated with. He swore out a warrant before Judge East and proceeded Monday afternoon to Montgomery to arrange for requisition papers. Then then went to Louisville after his prisoner. The officers return is expected in a few days. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, June 17, 1903 WEDOWEE News Little Miss Leta Chewning, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. J.A. Longshore, returned home Sunday, accompanied by Mrs. Longshore who will spent several days in Roanoke. __ CORBIN News Thos. Fincher went over to Talladega this week after his blind boy Odus, who has been attending school there. Odus is a bright boy and is progressing nicely. __ G.A. Wilson and Rufus Canady are each rejoicing because of a new boy and Gus Gross and Ben Dewberry are the happiest fathers in the community; both have recently celebrated the birth of their first daughter. __ ROCK MILLS News G.W. Emory is in Atlanta visiting relatives. __ O.L. Bradshaw who has been in Florida for several months, returned to his home near here last week. __ W.K. Bennett of LaGrange was in our place last week. He is thinking about moving back here but was looking for a house in which to move to. __ Last Sunday one week ago, Amos Holliday who lives near this place was married to Miss Florence Garrett who lives near Stroud. They were married at the home of the bride's parents. __ LOCAL News T.C. Bingham will leave this week to visit relatives in Montgomery and Decatur. He will be absent about a week. __ A daughter of Charles Gross died suddenly last Sunday near Glenn, Georgia. She was about 14 years of age. __ Mrs. Sarah Radney is spending a week or two with her daughter Mrs. Prescott near Wedowee. __ Mr. Frazier Bailey, an old and esteemed citizen of Lamar beat, died Monday night. __ Mrs. Mary Lane is visiting relatives in Georgia. __ Mrs. R.A. Paschal of Union Springs is visiting her mother Mrs. F.C. Andrews. __ W.L. Vickery and family went to Taccoa, Ga., last Thursday to spend the summer. __ Bet and Rufus Patton, two colored young men who have been attending Booker Washington's famous school at Tuskegee the past six years, have just graduated and returned to their home here. They are police and industrious and reflect credit upon that school. These boys formerly worked for the writer as pressman and helper and wer are pleased to record their success. The first named won a ten dollar prize at commencement for his excellence in his trade, printing. __ Lee Guinn was a pleasant caller at the Leader office Thursday. He was returning from the burial of his father to his temporary home in Langdale. __ The wife of Rev. Keener Matthews, pastor of the Daviston Circuit, died Saturday at Daviston. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, June 24, 1903 IN MEMORY OF "MAMMY JUDY" There died in Greensboro last Thursday a faithful old soul, Julia Brand, colored, at the age of 87 years. She was known to all as "Mammy Judy". For eighty-two years she had remained in the Waller family, the last twenty seven years being on the lost of Hon. Charles E. Waller in Greensboro. He had erected for her a neat house and there she had lived in ease, free from the haunting cares of want and penury. For the past ten years she had been unable to perform any work but was cared for by Mr. Waller and family. Judy had been nurse to Mr. Waller's mother in infancy, then she nursed his mother's children and then Mr. Waller's children were nursed by her. Thus for three generations, Judy faithfully performed her duties as a servant in the family. In infancy she looked after the helpless tots; she romped with them in their childish glee; she attended the marriages, hovered over the sick bed and mingled her tears with those of the family when death entered the home. Her funeral was held in the colored Methodist church and Messrs. Harris T., Chas. E., Robt. B and Julian Waller acted as pall bearers and all the Waller family attended her burial. There is a bond of affection between those old time colored people and their former owners which only death can sever. Greensboro Watchman ___ NAPOLEON News (by G.O. Hill, correspondent) T.P. Bailey and wife, who is an invalid, were the guests of your correspondent Saturday night and Sunday. What a pleasure it was to have them with us. __ Mrs. Buck Spears, who has been bedridden for years, died and was buried at Rocky Branch Sunday afternoon. __ Rev. B.P. Taylor of Bessemer and Leon Taylor of Nashville are expected here today to attend the funeral of their brother. __ LOCAL News Sherman Stevens, the young negro who killed his father Lee Stevens near Wedowee last fall, was arrested a few days ago in Louina by Zack McMurray and Lon Kent and lodged in Wedowee jail. There was a $100. reward for him. __ Rev. J.S. Chadwick remains quite feeble, though improving slowly. __ A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Kirk on the 19th. __ CHAS. E. TAYLOR SHOT AND KILLED BY BYRON TRAMMELL IN MONTGOMERY Early yesterday morning, telegrams began to fly over the wires from Montgomery to Roanoke, bringing news of a tragedy that occurred in Montgomery at 8:20 Monday evening, in which the population of Roanoke and surrounding county was deeply interested for the principals had until recently lived here and both had relatives and friends here. Byron Trammell shot and instantly killed Chas. E. Taylor. The tragedy occurred in front of the Exchange Hotel and was witnessed by a number of people, some of them citizens of this place. It is stated in the Montgomery Advertiser that as Taylor approached Trammell he stretched out his left hand for some purpose and at the same time striking Trammell with his right; that Trammell staggered back and drawing his pistol he fired five shots with lightning rapidity. Three shots took effect, all piercing the heart. Taylor turned and fell dead almost instantly. Policeman took charge of Trammell and he was placed in jail. Later the body of Mr. Taylor was taken to an undertaking establishment. At pistol was taken from his right front pants pocket. The body was brought on Tuesday afternoon's train to the late home of the deceased in this place. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the funeral services will occur from the residence, conducted by Rev. J.P. Shaffer and the remains will be interred in the city cemetery. The tragedy is regretted but it was not altogether unexpected. It was known that trouble had arisen between the two men, growing out of Taylor's business failure and it is alleged that the latter had threatened Trammell. Much sympathy is expressed for the wife and child and other relatives of the deceased. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape620gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.2 Kb