Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for MARCH 1905 March 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 25, 2005, 12:03 am The Roanoke Leader March 1905 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for MARCH 1905 NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, March 1, 1905 WEHADKEE News Mrs. James Noble, who has been spending several weeks with relatives in our community, left last Thursday for her home in Alabama City. --- Mrs. James N. Nichols died at her home near Omaha last Wednesday after a short illness of pneumonia. --- Widow Rice died Monday night at her home near Mason. --- WEDOWEE News Mrs. Levins, an aged lady living near town, is very low with pneumonia. --- Miss Ella Perryman of Heflin is with her aunt, Mrs. Levins, during her illness. --- Court passed off very quietly. Judge Brewer presided and his charge to the grand jury alone was sufficient to prove his ability as a Judge. Thirty-six cases were disposed of. The case of Chas. Colwell who was charged with murder, excited much attention. He was convicted of murder in the first degree and given a life sentence. --- NAPOLEON News Mrs. Mary Nichols, who was lately afflicted with grip, was buried here on Wednesday. --- LEGAL NOTICE Estate of W.A. Moses Sr., deceased Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama Letters of administration upon the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 20th day of February 1905, by the Hon. John T. Kaylor, Judge of Probate Court in Randolph County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate will be required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred. W.A. Moses Jr., Administrator ----- LOCAL News Emil Zobel returned from LaGrange on Monday. Ernest Zobel and family will be home in a few days but Louis will make LaGrange his home. --- Miss Sarah Melton was called to Opelika on Sunday afternoon by the death of her sister, Miss Annie Melton. In her great loss Miss Melton has the sympathy of all her Roanoke friends. --- W. B. Davis was indicted for murder in the first degree for killing Jule Langley on Christmas Eve and was placed in jail. His case will come up at the next term of court. --- "Aunt Duck" Hornsby, an aunt of J.C. Hornsby, died at her home near town Monday and was buried yesterday in the family burying ground. Rev. W.T. Andrews conducted the services. The deceased was about 82 years of age. --- Mark Jordan has returned home and will assist his father on the farm. The latter is quite feeble. --- Mr. Aiken of Greenwood, South Carolina arrived Friday to spend a month or so with his daughter Mrs. F.D. Hodges. --- G.W. Cox and family expect to leave this week for Atlanta where they will make their future home and where we trust they will meet with success. --- Fannie, the daughter of J.F. Folsom, died near Center Point on Monday night. --- Wesley Taylor went to Shreveport, La yesterday to make his home. --- J.G. Kirk is seriously ill at the home of R.E. Taylor. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, March 8, 1905 ROCK MILLS News Tom Gunn, who has recently returned from Texas, will occupy the M.M. Patterson home. M.M. Patterson has moved to LaGrange. --- J.T. Yates and wife went to West Point on Saturday. -- J.B. and H.M. Jones were called to Wedowee last Friday on account of the serious illness of their mother. --- Henry Jones died suddenly last Saturday and was buried Sunday at Paran. Rev. W.R. Avery preached the funeral. The deceased was an uncle of Prof. Barrett. -- WEHADKEE News D.M. Bartlett of Bowdon, Georgia visited relatives hereabout on Sunday. --- George Phillips is very sick with lagrippe and pneumonia. --- Mrs. J.W. Veal who has been very sick, is better, we are glad to note. --- A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Seegar last Friday. -- A gloom of sorrow was cast over this community last Saturday morning by the sad death of Mr. Henry W. Jones, after a short illness of convulsions. His sickness was not generally known and his death came as a shock to his friends. The deceased was just in the prime of life being about 44 years old. He was a loyal citizen and a good neighbor. He will be sadly missed. He leaves a wife, seven children and a large circle of relatives and friends. The funeral services were conducted by Revs. W.R. Avery and W.J. Layton at Paran on Sunday evening in the presence of a large congregation after which the body was laid to rest. We extend our sympathy of all the bereaved ones. ---- LOCAL News L.C. Kirk of Attalla came last Friday to attend to his brother J.G. Kirk in his critical illness. --- John Moon has accepted a traveling position with the famous Spencer Bro. tobacco house of Virginia. --- G.W. Walker and wife of Camp Hill and Miss Curtis Garrett of Houston, Georgia have been the guests of their relatives W.M. Castles and family for several days past. --- Mrs. J.M. Vernon died at Cusseta last Wednesday. Her sisters, Mrs. L.C. Randle and Mrs. A.W. Mitchum and her daughter Mrs. F.P. Nichols with her children, attended the funeral services. This community sympathizes with them in their loss. --- A.J. Brummit with two children went to Camp Hill yesterday to attend the funeral of his brother Wm. Brummit who died Monday. Major Brummit is now the only living member of his father's family. --- G.C. Freeman returned Sunday. He was afflicted with lagrippe in The Land of Flowers and Alligators. --- Frank Lewis came home sick from Montgomery on Saturday night. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, March 15, 1905 WEDOWEE News Miss Estelle Daniel, after a continued visit with relatives and friends at this place, returned to her home in Georgia on Saturday. --- Mr. Roy and Misses Awdrey and Adell Ussery attended the burial of their grandmother Mrs. Taylor near High Shoals on Sunday. --- HAPPY LAND News A physician was called to see Aunt Martha Brown yesterday. --- There were four burials near here recently within the brief space of five days: Mrs. Cal Gross, Uncle Feland Roberts, James Brown's babe and the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Chappell. --- Mrs. Troy Kitchens reports the serious illness of her sister Mrs. Jno. Cardwell of Viola. It is a case of blood poison which may prove fatal. --- BACON LEVEL News Hiram Henry, who has been clerking for R.L. Bradshaw at Thurman is at home again. He will assist his father on their farm. --- Mr. J.A. Crouch has purchased a grist mill and will soon be prepared to do our grinding. He and his son Essie went to Newnan last week to purchase necessaries for same. --- Mr. and Mrs. M.V. Hudson visited their brother Mr. Tom Hudson last week at Hickory Flat, who is very sick. --- IN MEMORY OF PETER MILLER Death has again warned us that we, too, must soon part from beloved friends and appear before the Supreme Architect of the Universe. Brother Miller felt that he was not bound to us by any common ties. As a Mason, or in his daily avocation, he was one upon whom his fellow men could center with love and confidence. Therefore, be it resolved; 1st, that in the death of Brother Miller the Masonic fraternity has lost a true and faithful member. 2nd, that whilst refraining from touching upon the tender relations of the home circle, still we feel that the assurance of its sympathy in this great loss will serve to draw the family of our brother and themselves closer together; and desire to say to them, "God's Will be Done, your Loss is Ours." 3rd, that a copy of thse resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased, also to The Roanoke Leader for publication. J.A. Walden L.E. Harris D.D. Mitchell, Committee ------ ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE Under and by virtue of an order and decree of the Hon. Jno. T. Kaylor, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Ala., I, A.J. Kent, administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Lipp, deceased, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, at the old homestead of the deceased, near Wehadkee, Ala., on Monday the 20th day of March, 1905, at 11 o'clock, a.m. for cash, the following described personal property, belonging to said estate: 1 bedstead, bed and bed clothing 1 safe 3 chairs 1 hog 1 cow and calf 1 heifer 1 lot of corn, 72 bushels 25 lbs lint cotton 1 spinning wheel 1 loom 1 lot cooking utinsils 1 lot household goods 1 lot chickens A.J. Kent, Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth Lipp, deceased. ----- LOCAL News A daughter was born on Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Windom. --- Mrs. J.H. Allen arrived last Thursday to attend her father Mr. J.G. Kirk. --- Mrs. Striplin will go to Goodwater today to visit her daughter Mrs. Allen who is quite sick. -- G.W. Lee and family returned Monday from Birmingham and will again make their home near Paran, this county. Glad to welcome them. --- Mrs. J.M. Morris of Atlanta who was a resident of Roanoke many years ago, was in Roanoke yesterday. She is related to some of the older families of this place. --- M.P. Pittman was called to LaGrange last Thursday. Later word from him is to the effect that his roll of grandchildren has been increased by two, Mrs. Lura Stephens being the mother of the twins. --- J.H. Baker and wife came up Saturday to attend Mrs. S.C. Pittman who has been quite sick for several days. --- C.H. Cardwell and Mrs. W.H. Smith came over from near Birmingham a few days since to see their mother Mrs. J.F. Cardwell who is quite sick at Viola. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, March 22, 1905 BACON LEVEL News Mrs. W.C. Lane returned home last week after several days visit to Mrs. J.W. Sharman. --- News has reached here that C.B. Ussery went to Opelika yesterday and was married to Miss Jena Yarbrough of that place. --- ROCK MILLS News J.W. Phillips was called to LaGrange Saturday on account of the serious illness of his grandson Howard McDaniel. --- Mrs. W.B. Yates has been very ill for several days. --- WEHADKEE News Mrs. Thomas Anglin who has been seriously ill is slowly improving, we are glad to note. --- Since our last writing two old mothers in Israel have crossed over the river of death. Mrs. J.D. Taylor died on the 11th instant at her home at Taylor's Cross Roads. She had been in feeble health for several months. Mrs. Taylor was about 65 years old and had been a devoted member of the Christian church for a number of years. Mrs. Fannie Bryant died last Thursday at her home near Omaha after a long illness. She was 75 years of age and had been a consistent member of the Baptist church over fifty years. She has ceased from her labors but her works do follow her. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.B. Strickland at Big Spring on Saturday, after which her body was laid to rest to await the morning of the resurrection. --- CORBIN News Dan Tarvin and Larkin and Ben Dewberry have gone up near Iron City to wind up their mother's estate. --- John Cross who has been seriously ill is convalescent. --- NAPOLEON News Mr. Os Hurley is in the Presbyterian hospital in Atlanta undergoing treatment. He writes that he thinks he is improving. --- DEATH DEALING CYCLONE CARRIES DESTRUCTION IN ITS AWFUL WAKE; Eight Persons Killed and Many Wounded. R.C. Haynes among the Slain. Houses Swept Away like Egg Shells, Track of Storm South and East of Roanoke. It is the painful duty of The Leader to chronicle one of the most harrowing tragedies that has occurred in this section. Between 5 and 6 o'clock Monday evening a cyclone arose near Double Head and began to do its work of death. The first swoop of the funnel-shaped cloud struck the new house that M.B. Carlisle was building at Double Head to replace the one destroyed by fire a few months ago. R.C. Haynes of Roanoke and Mack Carlisle and Tom Pruett were at work on the house. The two latter descended and called to Mr. Haynes to do likewise but he replied that he only had a few more shingles to lay before completing the job. At this point the storm struck and demolished the building. Mr. Haynes was blown some 25 yards and dropped in the road, crushing his head. He was not able to speak afterwards and died about 9 o'clock. Carlisle and Pruett were also injured but not seriously. The cyclone crossed the railroad near Lane's Chapel, blowing down trees and telegraph poles. Near Bacon Level it struck the residence of Cicero Hudson and left only the floor standing. His shop was also demolished. Mrs. Hudson and two or three of the children were injured. In this community John Barfield was also injured. On J.A. Wilson's lower place near Jim Russell's, the house of Tom Huguley, a negro, was destroyed and Hugeley and every member of his family, ten in all, were more or less wounded, some of them seriously. The six months old infant was blown through the bushes and scratched all over. In this vicinity a number of smaller houses were destroyed. On George Holley's place the greatest fatality occurred. A negro tenant house was wiped completely from the ground and the inmates mangled. Bill Dowdell, the husband and father, was killed outright and also his wife and mother and four children. His father and two more children were wounded. The cycle then deflected northward and again smote the earth at Lime Post Office east of Rock Mills. E.R. Caswell's store, which was recently robbed, was wrecked and his goods scattered through fields and in the trees. This store contained the post office. Near this place the residence of John Lucas was blown down, killing his ten year old daughter and seriously if not fatally wounding his wife. Mrs. Lucas is a sister of Z.P. Gunn who went from Roanoke to Florala for a time. The storm them passed through Glenn, Georgia. Its path was 75 yards wide at Double Head and 200 yards at Bacon Level. All the surgeons in Roanoke were summoned to the various scenes of the disaster and from them and other eye witnesses we have gained many of the items in this article. ---- TO ORGANIZE U.D.C. Capt. W.A. Handley has secured a list of 50 names of ladies in Roanoke who are daughters of Confederate Veterans and these ladies will be organized into a chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Wood of Troy, state organizer, is expected to come to Roanoke next week to organize the chapeter. It is expected that more ladies will join. This is a splendid move and should receive the encouragement of all our people. ---- A SUDDEN DEATH At an early hour Monday morning, Mr. V.W. Sharman died suddenly while sitting in a rocking chair at his home in the eastern part of town. He was 51 years of age and had lived in Roanoke about five years. He was formerly a merchant at Hickory Flat. He leaves a wife and several children, three of them grown. The interment took place yesterday at Mt. Pisgah. --- LOCAL News Mrs. Anglin is quite sick. --- Miss Maggie Ray went to Columbus on Saturday to spend some days with her sister. --- C.W. Sharman of Montgomery and Ed Sharman of Atlanta came Monday to attend the funeral of their father. --- Mr. and Mrs. B.O. Driver went to Montgomery on Monday where Mrs. Driver will remain in a hospital for treatment for some time. --- Dr. Shaffer went to Opelika yesterday to meet his daughter Mrs. W.H. Blake of Sheffield who with her smaller children, came to spend a month with relatives here. --- Mrs. M.A. Johnson has been quite ill but is improving. The Dadeville Courier --- Jas. F. Wright has moved to Roanoke and is occupying a portion of his father's house in East Roanoke. --- Miss Maud Morrison of Columbus arrived last week to accept the position of milliner at T.C. Goodwin's. --- Crawford Haynes will arrive today from Chattanooga Medical College on the sad mission of attending the funeral of his father. --- Sam Dunkin stopped over yesterday to visit homefolks on his way from Atlanta to Shreveport. --- Frank Askew died of appendicitis in Alexander City last Thursday. He clerked in B.O. Driver's drug store a year ago and his friends here were shocked by his sudden and untimely death. --- Mr. A.M. Aiken returned last week from a trip to Pensacola and New Orleans. He visited a sick brother in Pensacola and left him improving. --- DEATH OF MR. R.C. HAYNES The tragic death of Mr. Richard C. Haynes, which is recorded in another column, has shocked this entire community. He was highly respected and had many friends. His remains were brought from the scene of the tragedy to his home in this place yesterday afternoon. The funeral will be conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Baptist church. The pastor and Dr. Shaffer will conduct the services. The interment will be in the city cemetery. ---- Mr. J.M. Hester boarded the train here yesterday for Texas where he will spend several months visiting his sons. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, March 29, 1905 HAPPY LAND News Mrs. John Elder is recovering from a brief illness. --- The friends of Mack Carlisle were invited to meet today to assist in rebuilding his dwelling house that was demolished by the recent storm. --- NAPOLEON News Charley Rowe, aged sixteen years and Miss Addie Prince, aged fifteen years, both of Napoleon, were united in marriage last week. Brother Joiner tied the knot. ---- W.T. Bradley and H.C. Boone went to Carrollton on Tuesday after tombstones, which will be erected over the remains of departed loved ones interred at Rocky Branch cemetery. ---- Andrew Shelnutt has moved back from Langdale to Peace community. His wife gave birth to a daughter since their return. ---- 85th BIRTHDAY OF FANNY JANE CROSBY Last Friday the 24th was the eighty-fifth birthday of this celebrated woman. The press and the religious world have, by common consent, united to do her honor by referring to the occasion as one worthy to be remembered, in view of what she has been to both. Although blind from the time she was two years old, yet her tongue and pen have not been idle during all these years. Scarcely a denomination of protestant christians in Europe or America that has not sung with glad hearts her inspiring hymns. Miss Crosby is a Methodist and this denomination of christians has not been slow to honor her valuable services and noble christian life. The pastor of the Methodist church in Roanoke has set apart next Sunday night for a special service of sacred song, in which the greater part of the songs and hymns used will be those composed by this saintly woman. Suitable readings and talks with reference to her life and work will be a part of the program. Let all Methodists and other friends who love the gospel of song come and take part in this interesting service. ---- MRS. CARDWELL DIES After a long illness caused from blood poison of the foot, Mrs. J.F. Cardwell died at 9 o'clock Monday night at her home in Viola. She was a good woman and a member of the Primitive church. She was 56 years of age and leaves a husband and four grown children. She was a sister of W.H. Welch of this place and is the first of a family of six children to die. The interment was at the Elliot burying ground across the river. Today is the 84th birthday of Mrs. Cardwell's mother, but on account of this death the usual custom of celebrating this anniversary will not be observed. ----- LOCAL News Mrs. W.R. Hester went to Columbus Friday to visit relatives. --- Mrs. J.W. Hart returned to LaFayette on Friday after a visit to relatives in this place. --- Mrs. H.B. Reid returned home Saturday with her father from Birmingham. Wee Miss Bessie Louise Reid, who was born in Birmingham some weeks ago was an interesting member of the home coming party. ---- Moses P. Wright left Saturday on his way to Baltimore where he goes to have an operation performed for the removal of the appendix. He has been in unsatisfactory health for some time and has had several attacks of appendicitis. His friends hope for him a safe and successful issue out of his troubles. --- J.F. Folsom died of pneumonia in the Center Point neighborhood on Monday afternoon. --- Mrs. Jack Martin came up from Opelika on Monday to visit her parents. --- Miss Birdie Lewis went to Pensacola on Saturday to attend to some sick relatives. --- Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Welch came up from LaFayette yesterday to attend the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Cardwell. --- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape655gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 21.0 Kb