Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for JUNE 1908 June 1908 ************************************************ 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 27, 2005, 7:58 pm The Roanoke Leader June 1908 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for JUNE 1908 NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, June 3, 1908 BACON LEVEL News Mrs. J.W. Jackson and Miss Vera Bradshaw spent the weekend with Mrs. G.W. Jackson of Glenn, GA. __ C.V. Lane and wife spent yesterday with relatives in Georgia. __ WEHADKEE News A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Glover Keeble several days ago. __ Mr. and Mrs. Luther Alsobrook are the happy parents of a son born last Thursday. --- Mrs. Mary Gay, the widow of the late W.J. Gay, was hooked by a cow last week and is in a serious condition. --- LOCAL News Mrs. C.J. Stitt is visiting her sister Mrs. J.T. Striplin. --- Mrs. E.W. Hill went to Ashland on Monday to visit relatives. --- Alfred Kitchens is selling county rights for a patent churn in the State of Georgia. --- C.D. Manley will leave Friday for Hot Springs where he goes to take his brother David. We trust they will greatly benefitted by their stay at this famous health resort. --- Mrs. Eva Gay Fenn who has been so ill at the home of Capt. Handley is convalescing. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, June 10, 1908 JUNE 17th MARRIAGE TO OCCUR IN WHICH MISS FEAGIN WILL BE BRIDE - - GROOM IS MISSIONARY IN CUBA - - BIT OF ROMANCE INVOLVED Invitations have been received in Roanoke, issued by Rev. and Mrs. B.E. Feagin to the marriage of their daughter Miss Mary Emma Feagin, to Rev. Marion E. Lazenby. The ceremony will occur at the Methodist church in Pine Apple, Ala., at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 17th. It will be remembered that Miss Feagin was a music teacher in Roanoke College the past two years. During that time she won the good opinion of all the people. She is not only a proficient teacher of music but a young lady of such sweetness of character as to win her way into all hearts. The man to whose life hers will be united is fortunate, indeed. The gentleman thus honored is not personally known to the writer but his character and ability are such as to indicate a future of usefulness and distinction. Mr. Lazenby, while in his senior year at college, the Southern University, was appointed as a missionary from the Methodist church to Cuba. He has spent one year in this work being located in Havana. To those who know the story of this genuine love match, several interesting bits of romance appear. It is a case where the restraint of college walls, the tedious lapse of time and the intervention of space with its watery waste, could not dampen the ardor of the flame kindled upon the altars of these trusting hearts. There would seem to be a divine destiny directing these two gifted young people to the mission field, and a providential purpose which brought their lives together. After a short sojourn with relatives in the southern portion of the state, following the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Lazenby will sail for their future home in Havana, Cuba. Many prayers and good wishes will attend upon their voyage across the water and upon the sea of life. ---- A TRAGEDY Sunday evening at Pinetucky about 12 miles north of here, at a negro singing, two negroes were killed and a white man dangerously wounded. It seems from all reports that two negroes named Hanners got up a row with a white boy named Perkins and after the row was over the negroes left, and Floyd had started home and met the negroes who told him that they were going to kill him and they began to cut him and he shot both negroes. One died instantly, the other lived about an hour and from last reports, it is thought that Floyd would die. The Wedowee Star. ---- W.O. LONGSHORE MARRIED TO MISS LULA JOHNSON The Leader has the pleasure of recording another marriage this week, that of Mr. W. Oscar Longshore to Miss Lula Johnson. The ceremony occurred at 9:30 o'clock Sunday morning in Alabama City, at the home of Prof. L.H. Haralson whose wife is a sister of the bride. The officiating minister was Rev. T.G. Slaughter. The bridal couple departed the same day for Roanoke arriving over the A B & A railway that evening. They will be keeping house at the residence of Jas. A. Longshore a mile and half from town. Mrs. Longshore was previously making her home with her sister at Alabama City but had spent considerable time with her uncle, Mr. S.B. Johnson near town. Her parents died when she was a child. The groom belongs to one of the oldest and best families of this section and is himself a substantial citizen and prosperous planter. He also conducts a business at his home place near town. The Leader congratulates Mr. Longshore heartily upon his good fortune. ---- OFF TO REUNION About one hundred tickets were sold at the two depots in Roanoke from Saturday till Tuesday for the general meeting of the United Confederate Veteran's reunion held in Birmingham this week. Among the veterans we were able to note who went to the reunion are: H.D. Pearson S.H. Abernathy J.L. Strickland E. Beaird N.D. Hornsby W.H. Baker B.F. Weathers T.J. East Jesse Fausett H.M. Mickle J.L.B. Taylor Dr. W.L. Heflin J.W. Belcher ---- LOCAL News Mrs. Martha Matthews returned yesterday to her home near Ashland after spending a few months with her son H.S. Matthews. --- The Leader exceedingly regrets to note that for some time Mrs. Lillian Parrish has been in failing health. She continued to work until forced to her bed over two weeks ago. On Sunday her condition became alarming and Monday she was carried to Atlanta. An operation was deemed inadvisable and she was brought home this morning. --- R.S. Pate is visiting his sister Mrs. Green who is very ill at her home near town. --- W.C. Whitten of Starke, Florida is visiting her sister Mrs. J.R. Tidwell. --- Mrs. W.A. Dean passed through Roanoke on Sunday on her return to Texas. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, June 17, 1908 NAPOLEON News June 12th Mrs. Susie Traylor was buried here on Wednesday. Her still born babe was buried last week. --- Mr. Joel Yates was bitten by a spider last week which has given him much inconvenience and a great deal of suffering. --- Shelby Taylor from Bell County, Texas returned in time to be at his young wife's burial, not knowing that she was even ill. --- Mrs. Annie Bennett is spending some time with her relatives the Kirbys, in this vicinity. --- ANOTHER MARRIAGE Last Thursday evening in Anniston, Cupid brought to a happy culmination a pretty romance that had been gradually drawing two young lives together. The affair is of special local interest since the bride was one of Roanoke's most popular young ladies. Several years ago Miss Mattie Ellen Pittman was one of the teachers in the public schools of Wylam, a suburb of Birmingham. While there she met Mr. Sydney J. Vaughan, a prominent young gentleman of that community. A mutually favorable impression was made which developed into friendship and later ripened into love. The bride is recognized by all who know her as one of the sweetest and best young women in all this county. She is the daughter of Mr. James M. Pittman. The past year she was a teacher in Roanoke College and is the third member of the faculty to marry since commencement. She treated most of her friends to a surprise in the manner of her marriage. She went to Anniston on Wednesday ostensibly to visit relatives and the ceremony occurred Thursday evening, being performed by Rev. Belt White. Mr. Vaughan is a well known young business man of Birmingham and is a gentleman of high character. He carried his bride directly to their future home in the Magic City. ---- LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Street went to Pensacola on Thursday to visit relatives. --- Raymond Trammell went to Dothan last Thursday to spend some time with his father. --- I.G. Lunday of Texarkana, Texas arrived here last Thursday to spend a week with his sister Mrs. M.V. Corley, after an absence of twenty-five years. --- The Leader is in receipt of an invitation to the marriage of Miss Fannie Louise Hines to Mr. William Bennett Williams. The ceremony will occur at 5:30 p.m. June 24th at the home of the former's father, Mr. T.J. Hines at Standing Rock. Miss Hines is an estimable young lady and has many friends in Roanoke. Mr. Williams is one of the best citizens of Lineville and formerly resided in LaFayette. --- Mrs. Malcolm Manning of Ensley was in town Monday enroute to her former home near Wedowee, accompanied by her sister, Miss Tommie Stitt. --- Mrs. J.P. Seroyer came over on a short visit from Camp Hill on Sunday, accompanying home her brother Gordon Ussery. --- Mrs. W.B. Whatley and Mrs. J.W. Higgins boarded the train here Monday to visit relatives in Lineville. --- E.M. Sharman left yesterday to visit his brother J.W. Sharman at Eola, Texas. --- Capt. A.J. Driver was called to Atlanta yesterday by the serious illness of his son Hal who has been operated on for appendicitis. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, June 24, 1908 BACON LEVEL News Mrs. John L. Bradshaw and son Willie have returned from Lanett where they attended the marriage of their daughter and sister Miss Alice Bradshaw. --- Mr. and Mrs. P.C. Whitley of Glenn, spent Sunday with the family of Mrs. S.E. Bradshaw. --- Miss Addie Bradshaw has returned from the Bradshaw - Wallace marriage. --- NAPOLEON News Mrs. Ada Willingham gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl last Saturday and then Mrs. Bradshaw immediately died. She was buried here on Sunday. --- Mr. Joe Bowen will be buried here this afternoon. He had a tooth extracted a few days ago and some kind of a throat complication set in which caused his death. --- P.G. Bailey is erecting a new mill at Haywood. He removed the old one and is building on the old site. --- LOCAL News THOS. N. WARD DEAD The Leader regrets to report the death of this good citizen, in the prime of life. He was taken ill on Sunday, the trouble being a rupture of the intestines. Yesterday afternoon an operation was determined upon as a last resort but the patient barely lasted through the operation. He was a son of Mr. W.L. Ward. He leaves a family. The interment will occur at 2 o'clock this afternoon at Mt. Zion. --- Mrs. Stiritz of Ilinois is visiting her brothers and sister, Messrs. and Miss Zobel. --- Mrs. Leonard of South Carolina returned home yesterday after a visit with her cousin Mrs. J.Z. Collier. --- Emmett Beaird, a manly little fellow of LaFayette is visiting Alex Stevens Jr. who called to subscribe for The Leader. --- Mrs. Davis and her little granddaughter Clarabel Jeffers have gone to spend a couple of month with relatives in Georgia. --- Mr. H.L. Griffin has learned from his son B.F. Griffin, of a terrible hailstorm that visited Chillicothe, Texas last week. He said some of the hail stones were six inches in diameter, that stock were killed, glass broken and roofs damaged. --- Mrs. Ward went to Atlanta on Sunday to spend two weeks with her mother Mrs. Sloan. --- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape692gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.7 Kb