Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for MAY 1906 May 1906 ************************************************ 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 September 7, 2005, 3:09 pm The Roanoke Leader May 1906 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for MAY 1906 NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, May 2, 1906 NAPOLEON News J.H. Evans died with cancer on Wednesday and was buried at Rocky Branch on Thursday. --- Bro. P.G. Bailey has been quite sick for a week or two. --- HAPPY LAND News During the last few weeks Mrs. Geo. Clack's condition has been considered serious. The latest report however is hopeful. --- MOTLEY News Bill Parker of Albertville is visiting his brother C.K. Parker of this place. --- ANOTHER NEGRO KILLED Another negro killing has occurred in this county. Reports concerning the tragedy are conflicting but from what we can learn the particulars are these: A negro named Frank Davis, who works on Mr. Abel's place up on the Tallapoosa river, went to the railroad camp of Arnett Bros. and was engaged in gambling Sunday night with a railroad hand named Tom James. About 3 o'clock in the morning, James shot and killed Davis and robbed his person of about $127. The murderer made his escape and it is thought he came through Roanoke with two other negroes. One of them was arrested in Opelika on suspicion but at this writing it is not known whether he is the right man. We hear that his wife, Dolly James was arrested as an accomplice and is in the Wedowee jail. ---- LOCAL News Mrs. Arnold Roberts has been quite sick but is improving. --- A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Ozley near town Monday night. --- Mrs. F.M. Handley went to Birmingham yesterday to see her little grandson, born to Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Handley on Sunday. --- R.E. Taylor left yesterday for Nashville where his brother was operated on for appendicitis. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, May 9, 1906 DEATH OF DR. TRAMMELL Dr. J.D. Trammell died last Friday morning at two o'clock. The doctor, whose home was in Bay Minette had been spending a few days with his son Mr. G.W. Trammell here and had been out driving when his horse became frightened at a passing train and threw him from his buggy. He was given medical attention and was thought to be doing nicely there being no bruise that could be found and he himself thought that his injuries were slight. The accident occurred about 9 o'clock Thursday morning and he was doing well up to 1:30 a.m. Friday morning when he began vomiting blood, dying a few minutes later. Dr. Trammell was about 74 years of age and was a native of Georgia but had lived in Alabama for forty odd years, spending a large part of that time in Atmore and Bay Minette where he practiced medicine and had a large circle of friends. He leaves a wife, two sisters, one brother and six children , three sons and three daughters. His sons are Dr. J.D. Trammell of Muskogee, Fla., Dr. R.H. Trammell of Lockhart, Ala., and G.W. Trammell of Atmore. ---- ROCK MILLS News Wm. Shepherd is very sick with the fever. --- Mrs. B.F. Anderson of near West Point is visiting her daughter Mrs. J.S. Yates. --- Mrs. Luther Owens has been very sick for several days. --- J.A. Boggs is the happy father of a ten pound boy. --- LOCAL News On last Sunday night at the Methodist parsonage in this city, W.L. Carroll was united in marriage to Miss Maud Cassles by Rev. George Stoves. They have many friends who wish for them a useful and happy life. They will make their home at J.D. Carroll's on Handley Avenue for the present. --- The Radney brothers of this place went over to Pleasant Hill on Thursday to be present at the celebration of their father's 60th birthday. It was an enjoyable occasion to those who attended. That excellent gentleman has many friends who will join the Leader in the hope that he may live to celebrate many more birthdays and that all of them may be as pleasant as this one. --- Mrs. Sarah Barfield left Monday for her home in Temple, Texas, after a visit of several months to relatives in and near Roanoke. ---- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, May 16, 1906 NAPOLEON News Mrs. Josie Willingham who has been an invalid for some time, has gone to Atlanta for treatment. --- Mrs. Sarah Colwell of Haywood, died last Friday and was buried at Friendship on Saturday afternoon, Bro. Joiner officiating. Sister Colwell was a pious, christian lady. She was the mother of thirteen children, twelve boys and one girl. All are living save one son. We extend to her family our sympathy and especially do we condole with her daughter with whom she resided. --- ROCK MILLS News Emory Prather has returned to Opelika after spending several days with his uncle, H.N. Owens. --- LUTHER EMBREY DEAD The Leader is always pained to chronicle the death of anyone and especially so in the case of a young man who has just started out in all his noble manhood to accomplish something in the world. Therefore it is with much regret that we learned of the death of Luther Embrey, which occurred in Birmingham last Friday night. He had only been sick af ew days and while he ws known to be seriously ill his loved ones and friends were hopeful of his recovery until the sad intelligence of his death was received Saturday morning. He was the son of T.J. Embrey, of this county, and at one time was a student of Roanoke College. His remains were brought to Roanoke on Saturday and were carried to his old home church, Macedonia, and interred on Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of friends and relatives. Rev. H.R. Moore conducted the funeral services. ---- KILLED BY BROTHER Ashland, May 8th News has just reached here of the killing of Buddie Morris by his brother Dock Morris, just over the Randolph county line. It seems that they had a difficulty before during the day and about noon, Buddie, while under the influence of whiskey, went into Dock's bedroom and began to destroy everything in sight and while thus engaged, Dock shot him, the weapon used being a pistol and the bullet entered his face and ranged upward to the brain. Death was instantaneous. Dock Morris is about 20 years old and unmarried. Buddie was 30 or upward and unmarried. Two weeks ago Buddie used his knife on another brother and inflicted some very serious wounds. --- LOCAL News John F. Caldwell went ot Columbus on Monday to accept a position with The Gilbert Printing Company. --- J.T. Arnett, after an extended visit to relatives at this place, returned to his home in Roanoke last Sunday. The Lineville Headlight. --- Marion Randle, after a visit of several weeks to his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Spikes at this place, returned to Roanoke last Tuesday. The Lineville Headlight. --- An old colored woman named Rose Lawson died at the home of her daughter in Roanoke. She was one of the oldest people in the county being between ninety and one hundred years old. --- Mrs. Ellen Patterson died at the home of her son Franklin Patterson near Welsh on Saturday morning at 4 o'clock and was buried at the old family burying ground on Sunday morning. She was over 77 years old and had lived nearly all her life near Welsh. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.C. Frances of Roanoke. --- T.J. Embrey went to Birmingham on Thursday and was present with his son Luther when the latter expired. T.H. Embrey and wife of Birmingham and Charlie Embrey of Gadsden and John Weldon of Birmingham came over with the remains of Luther Embrey on Saturday. --- Miss Emma Fausett arrived in Roanoke on Friday night from Safford, Arizona after an absence of nearly two years. Her friends who are always glad to see her are pleased to know that she is meeting with success in her new home in the far west. --- Byron Trammell was acquitted last week in Dothan of the charge of killing R.J. Barnes. --- Jno. H. Ray came up from Bay Minette yesterday to spend two weeks. --- Mrs. J.R. Noles is the guest of her father J.T. Coleman this week. --- Miss Alto Pepper is visiting her sister Mrs. Luther Hooton. --- Mrs. W.C. Hunter is enjoying a visit from her father C.N. Williams of Hogansville, Georgia. --- Messrs. R.W. Griffin, S.M. Burditt and Henry Burditt left yesterday morning for Texas. They will spend about a month in that state. --- On Sunday night over at Neal's camp, Henry Gatlin, the camp cook, was shot through the right lung and seriously wounded by an unknown person and is still in critical condition. He was shot in the back while sitting in his tent. He is said to be a very good negro and has been with Mr. Neal for several years. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, May 23, 1906 IN MEMORY OF LUTHER EMBREY; A SAD DEATH Many hearts were saddened in this section Saturday morning May 12th when the news came that Luther Embrey had passed away the night previous in Birmingham. Many of his friends knew his health was unsatisfactory but none were aware he was dangerously ill until a day or so before his untimely death. The deceased was a native of this county and spent his boyhood days here. But about six years ago, after attending schook in Roanoke and Lineville, he went to Oxford to engage in business, later moving to Birmingham where he established a successful furniture business. Luther Embrey was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. T.J. Embrey of Level Road, Ala., and was in his 27th year, born 12th of July, 1879 and died May 11th, 1906. We learn that his health had been waning for a month or more, being confined to his room most of the time, but was taken much worse the 8th inst., when his brothers moved him to a hospital where he received every attention, but grew rapidly worse until death relieved him at 11 o'clock p.m., Friday night. His father and two brothers, C.C. Embrey of Howard College and T.H. Embrey of Birmingham were with him during his last hours. The remains were brought to Roanoke on the evening train and carried to the home of the deceased's brother J.M. Embrey for that night. The funeral procession proceeded Sunday morning to the old home, stopping there for a few hours, arriving at Macedonia Cemetery about 2:30 p.m. Rev. H.R. Moore officiated in the funeral rites. Messrs. A.R. Noel, Rufus West, John Manley, James Hester and Robt. Lee Belcher of Roanoke and J.G. Weldon of Birmingham acted as pall bearers. Luther Embrey was an exceptional young man of general merit and manhood. His home training and natural characteristics were such that no "wild oats" were sown in his youth, therefore he had none to reap; he had been a consistent member of the Baptist church for several years and was known by a host of friends in Randolph County, Oxford and Birmingham as an excellent moral character. Of high ideals and clear mind, mature judgement and firm decisions, possessed with a kind heart, courtly but unostentatious manners, it was no strange thing for hundreds of relatives and friends to gather at his last resting place to give tokens of love, respect and honor by deeds, words, tears and flowers and offer consolation to the stricken family in their great bereavement. ---- BACON LEVEL News Mrs. B.F. Bradshaw has been sick for some time but is reported better. --- Mr. Austin Bunch is in very feeble health, being confined to his room most of the time. He is one of our oldest and best citizens and we are sorry to note his feeble condition of health. --- The little babe of Joe Ragland died Monday night and was buried here Tuesday. The mother had only a short time preceeded it in death and our sympathies go out to the grief stricken husband and father. --- It is very rarely we have the privilege of chronicling any of the doings of cupid in our midst and it is with pleasure we make note of the marriage of Mr. J.W. Allen of this place and Miss Eva Crouch of Glenn, Georgia, which interesting event occurred at the home of Esq. Henderson at Evansville yesterday. Accompanied by several friends, Mr. Allen went early to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crouch and taking the fair daughter, which Mr. Allen has been so fortunate to win, the party drove to Evansville where other friends awaited them and to the music of the beautiful wedding march, and attended by J.W. Adamson and Miss Valera Ussery, W.H. Henry and Miss Addie Bradshaw, R.G. Bradshaw and Miss Eula Crouch, C.V. Lane and Miss Claude Crouch, they were joined in marriage by Rev. Hutchinson of Glenn circuit, after which they all attended services at Bacon Leval and then repaired to the home of the groom's father, G.W. Allen, where a bounteous repast awaited them. These well known and highly esteemed young people have the congratulations and good wishes of their many friends, who trust they may sail smoothly over life's sea. --- ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE OF LAND Under and by virtue of an order and decree of the Honororable G.J. Sorrell, Judge of the Probate Court of Tallapoosa County, Ala., we, H.C. Berry and Adolphus Berry, as administrators of the estate of Rufus Berry, deceased, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder on the premises near Louina Ferry on the Tallapoosa River, on Tuesday, the 12th day of June, 1906, between the hours of 11 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m., for cas, the following described lands belonging to said estate: Fractions E., F., G., and H., except 15 acres in the northwest corner of Fraction H. known as the Busbee land, all in section twelve and two acres being in township 22, range 10, all being in Randolph County, Alabama and containing in all 273 acres more or less. H.C. Berry Adolphus Berry, Administrators of the Estate of Rufus Berry, deceased ---- LOCAL News Mr. James Aldrich died Monday night near Rock Mills. --- B.C. Jones and son Gus are spending some days at Hot Springs, Arkansas. --- Mrs. Alice Stovall has come to spend some time with her father, contractor A.G. Fretwell. --- Sam McCosh was in town Saturday and stated that there would be a picnic at his place next Saturday and the mill pond will be drawn off. Everybody invited. --- Mrs. Keener Matthews arrived from Huntsville on Friday on her way to Wedowee to visit her parents. --- Mrs. J.A. Walden fell last week and received a severe shock, breaking two ribs. --- Miss Julia Reese of Atlanta is visiting her cousin Mrs. Disharoon. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, May 30, 1906 NAPOLEON News Mr. Bob Morrell's father of Bowdon, Georgia, an aged Confederate veteran, is visiting his son this week. --- Mr. Polk Freeman and Miss Carrie Winkle, both of Haywood community, were married yesterday. Bro. Joiner officiated. --- ROCK MILLS News J.R. Phillips has gone to LaGrange to accept aposition and will move his family there soon. --- LOCAL News W. B. Rodgers and wife went Thursday to visit the latter's mother near West Point, she being quite ill. --- Mr. J.H. Turner is visiting his daughter Mrs. L.B. Breed at LaGrange, who is very ill. --- Mrs. J.M. Yates is visiting Mrs. R.M. Yates at Peace who is ill. --- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape670gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 15.6 Kb