Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for MAY 1907 May 1907 ************************************************ 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: C. Teal Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net September 20, 2005, 1:10 pm The Roanoke Leader May 1907 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for MAY 1907 NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, May 1, 1907 WEHADKEE News Mrs. Carrie Bartlett of Atlanta is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Pittman of this place. She has been confined to her room with the mumps. --- HAPPY LAND News News has just reached us of the death of John Jenks. For many years he was a resident of this community and some of his children still remain here. He was a member of the Roanoke band of ex-Confederate soldiers. His death was sudden, his last meal being heartily eaten. --- MASON, GEORGIA News Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Awbrey Jr. visited the former's parents near Franklin last Sunday. --- BACON LEVEL News Mr. Thomas Arnett, one of our oldest citizens, is very low at the home of his son J.J. Arnett. --- VIOLA News John Williamson accidentally discharged a breech loading shot gun last week. The contents passed through his foot causing a serious injury. --- L.M. Parrish spent Saturday night with his cousin, J.W. Green. --- LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. Will Baird of Georgia have been visiting relatives near town the past day or two. --- The U.D.C. will meet at Mrs. J.W. Ray's at 3 p.m. on May 7th. --- T.G. and E.E. Pound of Macon and W.T. and Clarence Pound of Birmingham are visiting their sister, Mrs. John A. Carlisle. --- Mr. and Mrs. S.H. Striplin and Mrs. John Striplin were called to Goodwater on Tuesday evening of last week by the sudden death of R.E. Allen whose wife is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Striplin. --- Mrs. N.D. Ward of Dadeville and Mrs. Spinks and Miss Sue Amos of this place attended the funeral of their uncle, Mr. McBurnett near Wedowee last Thursday. --- A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Langley last Thursday. --- M.J. McBurnett, one of the best and most widely known citizens of the county, died suddenly at his home near Wedowee on Tuesday night of last week, following an illness of grippe. --- C.W. Clegg who has been teaching in Georgia for several years called to see us yesterday. He recently had the misfortune to lose his wife. His children are now at his father's place near Almond community. --- Last Sunday, Mr. Gus Lane, one of our best citizens, celebrated at his home near town the birthday of himself and his twin sister, Mrs. J.M. Robertson of LaGrange. On that day there dined with him, we are informed, 110 persons. One interesting fact about the family of Mr. Lane's father is that there were born into this family three pairs of twins and more remarkable still, these were a boy and a girl each time. --- 74 old soldiers accepted Mr. Stephenson, the photographer's offer to photograph every Confederate veteran, free of charge, who wanted their photograph taken. --- Walter T. James, who graduated from Roanoke College two or three years ago, died Friday at his home near Texas, Georgia. He was a gifted, noble young man and had many friends. --- Mrs. W.C. Hunter is quite ill. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, May 8, 1907 HAPPY LAND News Last Sunday, Royal Pinkard was knocked down by a stroke of lightning and remained unconscious for a short time. Other members of the family were slightly shocked. --- ROANOKE R.F.D. No. 1 News J.L. Osborn who has been sick for so long is slowly improving. --- Jesse Wallace reports a new boy at his house. --- John Boggs has a new girl at his house. --- Ernest Hill is quite sick at this writing. --- Emory Carden and Miss Kate White drove over to Georgia on Sunday night and got married. Emory is the oldest son of O.H. Carden and the bride is the stepdaughter of our clever tax assessor, C.W. Eichelberger of your city. --- SPRING HILL News A bridge is being built across the creek between Mr. Lee's and the widow Barrett's. --- Mrs. Jackson from near Corn House is visiting her granddaughter Mrs. G.W. Lee. --- The family of William Burgess has been on the sick list for the past week. --- LETTER FROM W. EZRA JOHNSON FROM THE FAR WEST To Editor of the Leader, I feel that I would like to write every one of my friends in Randolph county. You know one from there never forgets that dear old place and the people who live there, but I have not the time to do that, so I will do the next best thing, write The Leader. I am spending this Sunday in Cody, Wyoming, the home of William Cody, "Buffalo Bill." In fact, am spending the day in "Buffalo Bill's" home, the Irma Hotel, which is named for his daughter. I have been in the past 15 months over all the Western states except Idaho, Washington and Oregon and I find Cody the typical western town and Wyoming the typical western state. Cody is a town of 1,500 people which was built by and named for the famous William F. Cod, "Buffalo Bill". Cody is situated at the terminus of the Burlington Railroad near the Yellow Stone National Park. Later in the year when the snow melts away and the park is open for tourists, this is one of the railroad points from which they go by stage into the park. But at present everything is covered with snow and the state route is not open. In Wyoming, as in all of the western states, there are thousands of miles of barren lands or desert. But in places where the land is irrigated it is very productive and is valued at $100 to $200 per acre. Wheats, oats, sugar beets and alfalfa grow well on this land. There is no longer any "Frontier" or "Wild and Wooly West" as we sometimes think. The West is settled by representative people from the East. They are a reading people. The "ranchman" whose nearest neighbor is twenty-five miles has a telephone in his home and reads the daily papers. The town people have all the luxuries that the people of the East enjoy. The towns are new and everything is up to date. It is a great West and I believe it has a great future. And I am also glad to say that I believe the South has the same great future. The crowded East is beginning to realize the opportunities in the South as well as in the West. I hear only good reports. I am traveling for a wholesale house in Denver but after six or eight weeks I shall be through my work until later in the year. I think now that I shall spend my vacation with my friends in Randolph. Anyway, hoping that I may do so. I am yours truly, W. Ezra Johnson ---- MRS. SARAH RADNEY DIES After a long and painful illness, Mrs. Sarah Radney died at 2 a.m. last Saturday morning at the home of her son, J.W. Radney in this place. Mrs. Radney was 67 years of age and was the relict of the late Mr. James H. Radney. Hers was a strong and original character and her impress upon her family and friends will linger long to bless them. Her former home was at Radney's Chapel where she retained her church membership and where in other years, she and her princely husband dispensed a delightful hospitality to hundreds of people, especially to christian ministers and their families. Standing by her open grave, an old citizen said to this writer: " I have known Mrs. Radney long and well. She was one of the best women I knew." Funeral services were over the flower covered casket containing the remains and were conducted from the Baptist church at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. Charles Wolford, pastor of the deceased, conducted the services, delivering an impressive and appropriate discourse, after which Rev. T.J. Porter offered a touching prayer. Old hymns were sung by a quartet choir. The pall bearers were F.P. Nichols, A.M. Awbrey, J.C. Wright, G.H. Handley, R.W. Griffin and J.L. Moulder. --- TRIBUTE OF RESPECT FROM THE U.D.C., IN MEMORY OF MRS. SARAH H. RADNEY Resolutions on the death of Mrs. Sarah H. Radney, adopted by the members of the Fount P. Randle Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Roanoke, Alabama: Whereas, God in his infinite wisdom has called from our midst our friend and sister, Mrs. Sarah H. Radney, therefore be it resolved, That while we bow in humble submission to the will of God, we deplore her departure. That we endeavor to so live that our departure from earth, like hers, may be in peace. That we extend to her family our sincere sympathy in their bereavement and rejoice with them in the assurance she left, that all is well with her soul. That a page in our minutes be dedicated to her memory, a copy of these resolutions be sent her family and to The Leader for publication. Mrs. J.W. Ray Mrs. J.A. Carlisle Mrs. T.C. Goodwin, Committee ---- LOCAL News The infant of Mr. and Mrs. C.V. Lane died Monday morning in the Bacon Level community. --- Miss Willie Fuller died in Lowell on Saturday and was buried here Sunday. She had been a great sufferer for many months. --- T.M. McMurray was recently married to Miss Ola Stone and they have moved to Roanoke. At present they are stopping at the home of their uncle, T.M. Swann. Mr. McMurray will work for Wyatt W. Wood. --- Walter Bennett, who has been teaching in Marengo County, returned a week ago to his home near Rock Mills. He has been elected to the principleship of the Baptist Orphanage at Evergreen for next year which is quite a compliment to this worthy young man. --- We have been furnished a paper published at Ada, Indian Territory, dated April 26th which gives an accounting of the killing of Gus Pool by his brother-in- law, Henry Woodward. The deceased was a son of Pole Pool who left this county 35 years ago and will be remembered by some of our older citizens. --- Mrs. M.S. Stevens of Norman Park, Georgia and Mrs. F.G. Thomason of Austin, Texas passed through Roanoke last week enroute to Wedowee to attend the funeral of their mother Mrs. Judson Enloe, who died Tuesday night of that week at the home of her son, Postmaster Hoyt Enloe. ---- The Wedowee Star last week published an account of the death of W.A. Dean at his home in Dallas, Texas on the 20th of April. Mr. Dean formerly lived in Wedowee and Roanoke and had many friends throughout this county. ---- Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Prescott, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Alsobrook and Mr. W.A. Radney were among the out of town relatives who attended the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Radney on Saturday. --- F.P. Nichols, and Mr. and Mrs. B.O. Driver were called to LaFayette on Saturday morning by the death of Mrs. W.C. Bledsoe. --- Mrs. John Moon is visiting her father's family in Antioch, Georgia and seeking to recuperate her health. --- Mrs. Glover Trent is in Atlanta visiting her mother. --- The family of H.B. Reid moved to Columbus last week. --- Mrs. J.W. Webster left Roanoke unexpectedly last Friday, being called to Woodbury, Georgia by the dangerous illness of her brother's child. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, May 15, 1907 HAPPY LAND News J.D. Myhand, after a long illness is again able to walk to the dining room. --- George W. Clack has been confined to his room, more or less, for several weeks. His condition is considered serious with symptoms of dropsy. --- WHITE'S CHAPEL News Mr. and Mrs. George Kirby are the proud parents of a new boy several days old. --- Devone Burdett spent Saturday night and Sunday with his brother Eugene Burdett near Glenn, Georgia. --- WEHADKEE News Mr. and Mrs. Gay Pittman are the happy parents of a daughter. --- A new bridge has been built over the creek near Mrs. T.V. Barrett's. --- C.H. Green, who was hurt some time ago by a mule is still suffering with his arm and hand. --- J.F. Lee has been quite sick for some time with lagrippe. --- VIOLA News Mr. and Mrs. M.W. Cockrell went over to New Harmony last Saturday to attend the Randolph County Singing Convention. --- Mr. James Stovall of Gay, Georgia came over near Radney's Chapel yesterday accompanied by Miss Della Stephens and went to Wedowee where they were married. --- ROANOKE R.F.D. No. 1 News Dewitt Floyd and Miss Myrtie Chrisler went over to Georgia on Sunday and got married. Dewitt is a son of Mrs. E.A. Floyd and his bride is a daughter of J.H. Chrisler. They have the best wishes of a host of friends. --- MR. ROBERT PRESNAL DEAD After an illness of many months, Mr. Robert Presnal died at his home at High Shoals at 9 o'clock Monday night. The interment was at High Shoals after services in the church at 3 o'clock yestersday afternoon. Thus closes the career of one of Randolph's truly good citizens. Mr. Presnal was 71 years of age. He was a courageous Confederate soldier and a faithful member of the Baptist church. He leaves a family and many friends who will long cherish the memory of this true and patient man. ---- LOCAL News Rev. A.S. Brannan who was taken ill with pneumonia in Camp Hill some days ago, was able to come home on Monday. His wife attended him. --- Mrs. T.N. Smallwood, who has been very seriously ill for so long a time at her home near town has made wonderful improvement in late weeks and is now able to be up and about her household duties. --- Dr. and Mrs. J.T. Striplin and Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Eichelberger attended the funeral Saturday at Glenn, Georgia of Mrs. G.W. Emory, who was a sister of Mrs. Striplin and had many friends in the Rock Mills community, where she formerly lived. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, May 22, 1907 VIOLA News Mr. Thomas Blake Sr. is quite sick. --- Mr. Leonard Capehart and Miss Mattie Mulloy were married yesterday at the home of the bride. --- Mr. Thomas Miles and wife of Lanett, visited Mr. John Miles yesterday. --- Mrs. S.G. Parrish and Mrs. H.W. Green visited Mrs. Emily Wilder at Level Road on Sunday, who has been sick. --- LOCAL News Mrs. S.J. Barfield of Temple, Texas is visiting the family of Mr. O.D. Slay. --- Mrs. H.M. Sharp died Saturday night at Five Points. SHe was a niece of B.E. Satterwhite of this place. --- WHITE MAN KILLED Another murder has marred the record of Randolph County. It occurred Sunday night near Malone's Ferry at the house of a woman named Fannie McCollough who confesses to firing the fatal shot, though some believe others are implicated. The victim was a young white man named Blakely Phillips, who worked at Spratlin's Railroad Camp. The shot was fired through the door from within, striking Phillips in the neck. His remains were brought to Roanoke on Monday, prepared for burial and shipped to Atlanta for interment. The woman was arrested and carried to the Wedowee jail. --- LOCAL News Mrs. John Boyd died Monday at her home near Rock Mills and was buried yesterday afternoon at Salem. --- A party from this section left here the first of the week for Oklahoma. Among them were noted: J.B. Weathers P.C. Whitley T.E. Denney J.A. Roberts H.D. Pearson Jr. R.L and H. Callen W.P. Strickland J.K. Bennett E.B. Hearn J.J. Green J.M. Crouch Carl Crouch They are interested in a division of lands out there. ---- Elbert Pittman went to Talladega on Thursday to bring hime his little deaf son from school on the account of the latter's illness. --- T. Johnson of Atlanta was here last week to attend the burial of his little grandchild, Ernest Howard Meacham. --- News was received by relatives in Roanoke on Saturday of the death in Montgomery of Col. J.M. Falkner, one of the most prominent and popular citizens of the state. He was born in this county. Many friends will lament his death. ---- A little girl of J.W. Wood, three years old, was burned to death on Friday out on the old Liles place, west of town. The child's clothes caught fire at the wash pot. --- D.B. Sharp left for Oklahoma yesterday to spend two weeks. He is interested in some land sales in that section. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, May 29, 1907 SHERIFF AND PRISONER SHOCKED BY LIGHTNING LaFayette, May 16th There was an extremely heavy rain, accompanied by much thunder and lightning all over this county last night. Farms were badly washed. The sheriff of the county, J.M. Walton, was in his buggy in the lower part of the county just before the rain began, bringing to LaFayette a negro prisoner whom he had arrested and had handcuffed in the buggy with him. The lightning struck nearby and kncked the sheriff's horse down. He was severely shocked himself. He took the handcuffs off the negro and told him to look for a place of safety and meet him in a certain place in the morning while he looked after himself and his horse. Both soon recovered from the efects of the lightning and seemingly are none the worse for it. The negro, who was charged with assault with intent to murder, turned up at the appointed place this morning and the sheriff brought him to town. ---- ROANOKE R.F.D. No. 1 News Wilson Dunn has recovered from a case of the fever. --- J.J. Green, J.W. Slay and L.E. Tatum left last Tuesday for Oklahoma to look after some land sales out there. --- Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Orr were called to Columbus, Georgia last Tuesday to see their son who is down with the fever. Their son is reported some better today. --- S.N. Sledge received the sad intelligence yesterday of the death of his sister, Mrs. S.J. Glanton of LaGrange. He went over this morning to her burial. --- Thos. Blake, an aged citizen, has been very ill but at last reports he was some better. --- WHITE'S CHAPEL News Mrs. Harriet Arnold has been quite sick. --- Mr. Robert Willingham and family of Wedowee visited the former's sister Mrs. C.B. Stone of this place Saturday night and Sunday. --- Mrs. Joe May is ill at this writing. --- A young man by the name of John L. Kilgore fell dead at Memorial services at Broughton church last Saturday. He was supposed to be in perfect health. The affair was quite a sad one and we offer our sympathy to his relatives and friends. After funeral services conducted by Rev. Geo. Shaddix, he was laid to rest in Union Hill cemetery on Sunday afternoon. --- A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Warner Brumbeloe on the 19th inst. --- MR. WORRILL DIES A source of great surprise and regret to this community was the death, at an early hour Monday morning of Mr. I.G. Worrill at the home of his son-in-law, J.C. Wright. Mr. Worrill was subject to heart attacks and had been confined to his room since Friday. It was in an acute attack of heart trouble that his spirit passed out of the suffering clay. The body was embalmed, placed in a metallic case and Tuesday carried to Tomson, Georgia where it will be placed in a vault. Mrs. Worrill, Mr. Wright and Rev. T.J. Porter accompanied the remains. Mr. Worrill made his home in Tomson, Georgia for forty years. Twenty-seven years of that time he was tax collector of the county. The past four years, with his wife, he has made his home in Roanoke near their only child, Mrs. J.C. Wright. During his stay here Mr. Worrill won many friends. He was an old time Southern gentleman and an upright member of the Baptist church. ---- LOCAL News Troy Kitchens, T.L. and J.M. Belcher left for Hot Springs on Sunday. --- The following left this morning to attend the Confederate Reunion at Richmond: T.J. East T.J. Roberts F.M. White Mr. Burson J.W. Stewart, son and daughter Charlie Ford and sister ---- Mrs. Lee Stitt announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Zelma to Mr. Malcolm Manning of Lauderdale, Ala., the marriage to occur June 25, 1907. ---- Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Garrett of Tallassee have been spending the past week with their daughter Mrs. L.W. Wilkerson. --- Mrs. I.L. Moultrie of Columbus visited the family of her father, G.W. Cox last week. --- G.M. Bynum passed through Roanoke on Monday returning from Birmingham where he attended the funeral of the wife of his brother, B.C. Bynum. --- A young man named John L. Kilgore died suddenly Saturday, four miles north of Roanoke. It is said that his death was due to drinking ten bottles of cold soda water. --- Rev. G.W. Hamilton of Rockford spent last night in the city with his daughter Mrs. W.R. Jordan. His health has been very bad for some time and he was enroute to Eastbrook Springs, Tennessee where he goes to see if the healing waters of those springs will help him. He was accompanied this far by his daughter Miss Mabel and little son, Olin. The Sylacauga Advance. --- The woman Fannie McCollough who was charged with killing the young white man Bleakley Phillips on the 19th inst., had a preliminary trial last Thursday before Judge Kaylor and was acquitted. The evidence was that the young man was breaking down the door of the house where the McCullough woman was. ---- AN ACT OF THE ALABAMA LEGISLATURE May 29, 1907 For the relief of Thos. J. East, a one legged disabled ex-Confederate soldier, in accordance with the act approved Feb'y 10th, 1899, for the relief of needy Confederate soldiers and sailors, resident citizens of Alabama and their widows. Requires the Probate judge of Randolph County to place or cause to be placed, the name of Thos. J. East on the pension list of the Ex-Confederate Soldiers of the county of Randolph. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the legislature of Alabama that for the year 1907, the Probate Judge of Randolph County shall place or caused to be placed on the roll of Ex-Confederate soldiers receiving a pension, the name of Thos. J. East, who is a one legged ex-Confederate soldier, well approved, residing in Randolph County and to be continued on the list of pension from the year in class 2 during his natural life, causing him to receive the amount now appropriated for said class or that may hereafter be appropriated and received by class 2 in the State of Alabama. ---------- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape683gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 22.3 Kb