Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for FEB 1905 February 1905 ************************************************ 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 August 23, 2005, 7:36 pm The Roanoke Leader February 1905 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for FEBRUARY 1905 NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, February 1, 1905 NAPOLEON News (by G.O. Hill, correspondent) January 28th Your correspondent is fifty-seven years old today. I remember distinctly my first day in school fifty-two years ago. Were it possible to live my days over again there would be a decided improvement for the better, I am sure. The most horrid memory of my checkered past is of the eighteen months spent in the Confederate Army. I cannot conceive of a greater disaster that could befall a sixteen year old boy than to be deprived of home influences for that length of time, and during the while to be a daily witness to the gross immorality, wickedness, very often intermingled with bloody carnage and slaughter, such as marked the demoralizing vicissitudes of that epoch of my life. I verily believe it could only be a fond mother's prayer for her soldier boy that could bring him safely through such trials, fitted afterwards for usefulness as a good citizen. I passed the night at the comfortable home of Brother Higgins, and the social pleasure there enjoyed will not soon be forgotten. ---- WEHADKEE News (by S.D. Lewis, correspondent) Miss Mattie Stitt is attending school in Bowdon, Georgia. --- Miss Lucy Pearce of Red Oak, Georgia is visiting the writer's family. --- Miss Ollie Lewis has returned home after a weeks visit in Frolona, Georgia. --- F.A. Hill of Frolona was here last Monday taking orders for mail boxes. He will start on his rural mail route on the 15th of February, from that place via Mason, Georgia, Wehadkee and Omaha. --- Mrs. Robert Meacham who lives near this place, gave birth to triplets last Friday, two girls and one boy. They were all well developed but lived only a few hours. The interment took place at Paran on Saturday evening. --- THURMAN News Mrs. W.C. Lane returned Friday from an extended visit to her daughter, Mrs. J.W. Sharman and to her son, C.A. Lane. --- Carl Crouch has decided not to return to New York and has accepted a position with Joe Allen to work at a saw mill. We are glad to have Carl stay in old Randolph. --- Will Adamson has moved his saw mill four miles west, to Mr. Head's place. Mr. Adamson did quite a large business at his location on Z.T. Ussery's place. --- Sam Bonner and wife visited the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Meacham yesterday. --- T.M. Turner and wife visited the latter's brother John Lee, near Stroud last Saturday. --- Miss Etta Jordan is visiting the family of M.V. Hudson Jr. She will return to her home in Harris County, Georgia this week. --- MASON, GEORGIA News Col. M.T. Almon and wife visited relatives here last week. -- George Phillips has moved to T.Z. Head's place near here. --- C.H. Arrington has entered into partnership with W.T. Kent and they will enlarge the nursery formerly owned by the latter. --- RED MEN'S LODGE The Improved Order of Red Men organized a lodge here last Friday night under the name of Wehadkee Tribe. Twenty members enrolled the first night. The following officers were elected: H.H. Cauthen, Sachem W.T. Tenant, Prophet D.D. Mitchell, Senior Sagamore Rufus West, Junior Sagamore H. Bingham, Keeper of Wampum. ----- DAVE MCCONNAGHY DEAD The funeral of Dave McConnaghy took place yesterday at 4 o'clock in LaFayette, the service being conducted at the residence of the son of the deceased, Mr. James McConnaghy. The death of Mr. McConnaghy occurred Saturday at Grantville, Georgia and the remains were brought to LaFayette for burial. The community extends sympathy to the grieved family in the passing away of this well known citizen. Opelika News, Jan. 30th. ---- The following is a list of Randolph county teachers who have so far passed the examination before the state board and have received their certificates: M.R. Weston J.A. White Eula Smith Laura Treadwell Ucal Stevens Ruby Park Myrtle Park Corilla Green J.R.Noles Lizzie Dobson Asa M. Trimble Rubie McKay W.A. Green ---- RESOLUTIONS Whereas, the Supreme Chancellor on High has seen fit in his infinite wisdom and mercy to call from his labors among us our beloved brother, Julius A. Langley and carry him to the sacred realm of his home above, and whereas we bow in humble submission to the will of Him who doeth all things for the best; Therefore be it resolved that in the death of Bro. Langley our order has lost a useful member, our community a good citizen, his wife a devoted and loving husband and his mother a trusted son. 2nd; that we extend to his sorrowing relatives our most heartfelt sympathies and assure them that he will always have a warm place in the hearts of the Pythian brotherhood. 3rd; that while there is much to cheer the Pythian heart on to higher deeds, yet the death of Bro. Langley must remind us that the grim reaper, Death, does not fail to visit our Castle Hall and take from our roster our most worthy and valiant Knights. 4th; that it becomes our duty as christians and true Pythians to pour the oil of consolation and sympathy into the bleeding and sad hearts of his loved ones. 5th; that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of this Lodge, a copy furnished the wife of the deceased and a copy furnished to The Roanoke Leader for publication. Respectfully submitted, R.G. Rowland C.C. Nichols W.H. Welch, Committee ---- LOCAL News Otis Swain returned yesterday to his home in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. --- Mark Jordan went to Columbus on Monday where he has a job in a printing office. --- The family of Z.P. Gunn has gone to Florala where Mr. Gunn is engaged in building some houses. --- R.L. Schuessler and family expect to leave for St. Petersburg, Florida next Friday to spend a month or two. -- Mr. H.W. Vinson is reported quite sick. --- The father of J.R. Ryan arrived Monday from South Carolina. --- Jeb Ryan was called here Sunday by the serious illness of his brother. --- It may not be generally known to our local readers that Mrs. F.P. Randle is continuing to make her home in Roanoke since the death of her lamented husband. Her sister, Mrs. A.W. Mitcham, is staying with her. --- D.M. Benefield, a promiment citizen of Wehadkee, had the misfortune to have one of his thumbs pulled off by an unruly horse on the streets of Roanoke last Wednesday. The thumb was sewed on and we trust Mr. Benefield will soon recover. --- A friend in Rock Mills telephones The Leader two interesting bits of news. First, that Prof. L.A. Ware, who formerly taught at Rock Mills, was married on the first day of January to Mrs. Nora Veal at Roopville, Georgia. The second is that F.W. Hill, long a prominent citizen of Rock Mills, ahs moved to Langdale. We rejoice over the first item but regret the latter. ---- W.H. Knight left for St. Louis on Monday. -- Mrs. J.H. Ray went to Florala yesterday. -- For the past ten days, J.A. Ryan has been seriously ill with some malady affecting the brain. Monday afternoon Dr. Hudson of Montgomery performed an operation assisted by other physicians which was regarded as successful. Mr. Ryan's condition is still critical but we hope for his recovery. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, February 8, 1905 ROCK MILLS News Ode Scott and Miss Lucinda Howze were married last Sunday. --- Miss Lizzie Bennett is in LaGrange having her eyes treated. --- Harvey Jones expects to move here from LaGrange soon. --- Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Yates visited relatives near West Point last week. -- W.T. Pittman has moved his family to Langdale. -- E.G. Breed and wife have been very sick with la grippe. -- WEDOWEE News Mr. M.M. Mashburn who was quite sick, is able to be out again. --- Mrs. Radney of Roanoke, mother of Mrs. C.M. Prescott, is spending a few weeks with her daughter. --- David Edwards who has been ill with pneumonia is now convalescing. --- CORBIN News T.L. Bradley and his son Luther went to Heflin yesterday to meet Mrs. John Bradley and daughter of Albertville, Alabama. --- J.R. RYAN DIES After a brave battle for life, lasting for several weeks, during which he had the best attention of loved ones and physicians, and the solicitous sympathy of the entire community, J. Roper Ryan succumbed to the power of death at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of his sister, Mrs. R. Kyle. His remains will be taken this afternoon to his former home at Trenton, South Carolina, for interment. Mr. Ryan was one of the best known young business men of Roanoke and had many friends. He was a member of the Baptist church and the Masonic and K of P fraternities. ---- AN AGED WOMAN DIES At 6 o'clock yesterday morning occurred the death of Mrs. Ellen Wood at the home of her daughter Mrs. R.T. West in this place. She had been a patient sufferer for a long time before she peacefully passed into rest. She was in her 74th year and was long time a devoted member of the Methodist church. She was honored by all who knew her and tenderly loved by her family. The funeral services were conducted at Mr. West's residence at noon yesterday by Rev. W.T. Andrews, assisted by Rev. T.S. Hubert and the remains were carried to Georgia immediately where they will be interred this morning at the Wood burying ground. ---- LOCAL News Mrs. B.O. Driver is seriously ill but is some better at this writing. --- W.A. Moses Sr., died Saturday night near Lamar at an advanced age. ---- Miss Ella Miller went to Atlanta yesterday to attend her father who is quite sick. --- Mrs. Jeb Ryan of Sylacaugua came several days ago to join her husband at the bedside of his brother who died yesterday. ---- Wade Wood of Birmingham, Gay Wood and Mrs. J.E. Mooty of Heard county were called here the first of the week by the fatal illness of their mother. ---- BURNED TO DEATH Friday afternoon late, Tempie Handley, one of the old time negroes of Roanoke, who lived in the Amosville quarters, was so severely burned about the head that she died at 3 o'clock the next morning. Only a little child was with her at the time. She reported that the accident occurred while the old woman was lighting her pipe. Last Thursday night, Nep Wright, a very aged negro preacher, while sick and delirious, walked into the fire and was badly burned. His condition is serious. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, February 15, 1905 For Sale - - - 100 acre farm in twp. 20, R. 12, Randolph County, known as the W.A.J. Bailey place. --- For Sale --- Farm of 180 acres, known as the D.J. Spears place, 10 miles north of Roanoke. --- For Sale - - - 160 acre farm, known as Leander Roberson place, near Malone, Twp. 21, Range 10, Randolph County. --- ROCK MILLS News Mrs. Fred Hill and MIss Minnie Lumpkin went to their future home at Riverview last Friday. --- NAPOLEON News Miss Lottie May Lipp, who has been prostrated with an aggravated case of grip, died Sunday night. Miss Lottie was a good, pious girl and her absence will create a void not only in the home circle but in the community as well. --- Mr. Seth Bowen and Miss Martha Bailey were united in marriage on Sunday at the home of the bride. --- CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our most sincere thanks to the attending physicians, relatives, neighbors and friends who administered to skindly to our dear mother and grandmother in her last illness and who showed us so many acts of kindness and sympathy at her death. Such deeds are not forgotten soon and we shall always love the people of Roanoke for them. May heaven's richest blessings rest upon each and every one. Mr. and Mrs. R.T. West and family. ---- IN MEMORY OF MRS. DONA LEE JACKSON The above is the name of one recently gone from earth, who will never be forgotten by those who knew her and loved her. She left this scene of suffering and sorrow entering in through the gates of the City, January 12, 1905. Mrs. Dona Lee Jackson was the daughter of Robert A. Moon. She was born July 15, 1885. Influences of the most wholesome character surrounded her all her life and produced in her a woman of rare worth. She united with the Baptist church at Roanoke and was baptized by its pastor, Rev. W.J.D. Upshaw on June 6, 1897. No one ever doubted that she was a real disciple of Christ. She knew and loved the bible. It was her rule of life, her source of strength, her never failing comfort. In these days of her young life, she was known for her unusual devotion to the truth as it is in Jesus. After some years in which she displayed rich qualities of mind, she graduated from the Roanoke Normal College, May 26, 1903. She was married to James Henry Jackson on June 30, 1904. Rev. T.S. Hubert, pastor of the Baptist church, officiated. Why she should so soon have been taken away from one who loved her so dearly and whose love was so sweet to her is one of the mysteries of Providence. WIth never wearying tenderness he watched her failing strength, and she, understanding it all, answered with love sanctified by the parting that must need be. For the end she was steady in the hope that only the grace of God inspires. The funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist church, Saturday, January 14th, after which the body was laid in its last resting place. A life like hers, though brief, could not be without its abiding influence. God be praised for such women. Her Pastor ------ LOCAL News Our Wehadkee correspondent reports the death of the 15 year old son of B.F. Walker and also the death of Mrs. G.W. Mulkey, which occurred last Thursday. --- Miss Ossie, daughter of Mr. John Wheeler, continues quite feeble. --- Mrs.Milton Andrews, of Carbon Hill is visiting the family of her father-in- law, Rev. W.T. Andrews. --- J.C. Spivey has accepted a position in the shops of Kirk & Ruggles for this year and will be pleased to serve the public and all his friends at his new location. --- Mrs. M.A. Fargason left Tuesday to visit her daughter Mrs. S.W. Lane in Roanoke. The Camp Hill Times --- Miss Emmie Oldham is convalescent after a ten day spell of the grip. --- A son arrived Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Blanks. --- G.W. and E.W. Hill will have a car load of mules here this week and ask that their friends see them before buying elsewhere. Will be found at Carroll's Stable. --- Nep Wright, an old negro preacher, died last week. --- Miss Ella Miller was called to Atlanta this morning by the illness of her father who is not expected to live. --- Mr. and Mrs. R. Kyle and Mr. Jeb Ryan and Messrs. G.W. Robison and C.M. Hester of the K. of P. Lodge, accompanied the remains of the late J.R. Ryan to the last resting place in Trenton, South Carolina. The party returned Saturday. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, February 22, 1905 ROCK MILLS News W.K. Bennett has gone to Atlanta with his daughter Miss Lizzie to have her eyes treated. --- At 12 o'clock Saturday, Rev. Philip Mooney died. He was 81 years of age and was a Mexican War veteran. He was a local Methodist preacher, a good man and useful citizen. His funeral services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. G.W. Hamilton on Sunday and the interment was int he cemetery at Rock Mills. --- HAPPY LAND News G.M. Brown is slowly recovering from a severe attack of grip. --- Uncle Tom Dunn has been in feeble health for several weeks. --- H.H. Pinkard is confined to his room with the grip. --- DEATH OF MR. PETER MILLER After an illness of several weeks, Mr. Peter Miller died in an Atlanta hospital shortly after noon last Friday. His remains were brought to Roanoke on the eleven o'clock train Saturday morning and conveyed to the nearby cemetery, where they were interred by the side of his wife, in the presence of a company of friends. A short service was conducted by the Rev. T.S. Hubert, pastor of the Baptist church, of which the deceased was a member, after which the local lodge of Masons concluded the services after the ritual of that order. This marks the close of the career of a man well known in this section and much liked by many friends. Mr. Miller lived in stirring times. He fought through the civil war as a Confederate soldier. For a number of years in the latter part of his life he served as night marshall of Roanoke and passed through many trying experiences. "Uncle" Peter, the name by which Mr. Miller was familiarly known, was a social and kind hearted man. Many a step he has taken during the still hours of night to accomodate the watchers by the sick or dead. There was something in the life and character of Uncle Peter that enlisted the writer's interest and sympathy, and we have spent many moments in friendly converse together. The deceased leaves two daughters, Mrs. E.S. Atkinson of Camilla, Georgia and Miss Ella Miller of this city, of whom he was justly proud. The friend, the father, and the soldier sleeps. May his rest be sweet and his waking greet the sunrise of a happy morning. ----- LOCAL News The aged mother of Yancy Osborn died near Milltown Sunday morning. --- Mrs. W.P. East went to Wetumpka on Monday to visit her husband who is one of the state guards. --- Col. Moses T. Almon, an aged and prominent citizen of Heard County, just over the Randolph line, died last Thursday. --- Rev. E.S. Atkinson of Camilla, Georgia came to Roanoke on Saturday with the remains of his father-in-law, Mr. Miller. He was cordially greeted by his many friends of past years. Mr. Atkinson returned home on Monday. --- C.G. Lovvorn, who for several years has been a merchant at Lamar of this county, spent Friday and Saturday in Roanoke. He was returning from a prospecting tour through south Alabama and had wisely concluded that this is the best town he has seen. He is strongly contemplating moving to Roanoke. He is a good citizen and we hope he will come. --- The second oldest man in Randolph County was in Roanoke on Friday, Mr. F.A. McMurray. He is 95 years of age and always comes to town in person in the month of February and pays his subscription in advance to The Leader. He lives with his son 10 miles northwest of Roanoke. --- Mrs. B.G. Sanders was called to Marion last Friday by the death of her father Mr. Hurt. The deceased had been in bad health for many months. In her sorrow Mrs. Sanders has the sincere sympathy of her many friends. --- Leslie Cox of Atlanta spent the past several days with his home folks and many Roanoke friends. --- Mrs. S.L. Colwell is spending a couple of weeks with her son C.H. Colwell near town. --- Mr. and Mrs. Wilder and W.H. Brittain visited in Glenn, Georgia on Saturday. --- Mrs. J.B. Simmons of Toccoa, Georgia is the guest of Mrs. W.L. Vickery. --- Sam Tatum yesterday attended the funeral of his grandmother Mrs. Malinda Tatum, near Milltown. The deceased was 78 years of age and had been a member of the Methodist church about 60 years. --- N.M. Hornsby left yesterday to make his home at Thurber, Texas. --- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape654gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 19.8 Kb