Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for January 1910 January 1910 ************************************************ 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 October 11, 2005, 11:38 am The Roanoke Leader January 1910 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for JANUARY 1910 NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, January 5, 1910 MAN ALMOST FROZEN TO DEATH IN ROANOKE LAST THURSDAY While hauling a load of household goods from Five Points to Roanoke last Thursday, a very cold day, Mr. Claud Stillwell become thoroughly benumbed and it is supposed he fell from his wagon after reaching town. In doing so he received a severe cut over one eye. He crawled under the vacant room of the old burnt Handley house on the south side of town where he was found some two hours later. The unfortunate man was brought to the council room where the officials, several physicians and many citizens gave him the attention he so much needed. He was found to be almost frozen to death and suffered intensely for an hour or so. The next afternoon he was able to return home. ---- CARD OF THANKS We wish to return our heartfelt thanks to the doctors, Mayor Nichols, Policemen Robertson and Heard and the many other citizens of Roanoke who stood by our son with such unwavering kindness on last Thursday when he was found in your city so near death's gate. Seldom have any in need of the most devoted friendship received so full a measure of the best fruits of the human heart. May the bread they so lavishly and generously cast upon the waters return to them after many days, and may He who "tempers the wind to the shorn lamb" protect them from all harm and long shield them from the sorrow and sickness incident to humanity. More we could not ask for them; more friendship could not give. E. M. Stillwell and family, Five Points, Alabama. ---- LOCAL News Pierce Richardson is recovering from a spell of the fever. --- Mrs. Mary Sharp is visiting her aged father in Phenix City. --- D.B. Sharp has rented his place to O.D. Kitchens and is preparing to move to Oklahoma. --- C.J. Birdsong called Monday to renew his subscription and changed his address to Route 2, having moved to the place of his uncle, J.C. Hornsby. --- Dr. T.G. Slaughter is quite ill with chills and malaria. --- An interesting event of the Christmas tide was the marriage of Ernest Hood to Miss Gertrude Parker at the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. I.F. Parker on Sunday Dec. 26th. --- Mrs. P.A. Hurst and children returned Monday from West Point where she visited Mrs. J.T. Gauntt who is reported to be very ill. --- W.N. Gladney was called to LaGrange yesterday to attend the funeral of his nephew, Charlie Gladney. --- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Strong and their brothers John and Howard were the guests of relatives in this place on Sunday. --- M.S. Bingham returned Sunday from a visit to his parents in Montgomery. --- R.W. Griffin is on a trip to Texas and Oklahoma. --- B.A. Taylor and wife have gone on a visit to Uvaldo, Texas. --- A.R. Noel returned last night from Wadley. His mother is still very ill. --- Mrs. Brittain enjoyed a visit last week from her sisters, Mesdames O.A. Hopkins and B.B. Pearson. --- Mrs. W.C. Bailey, formerly Miss Della Adams, is very low at her home in Memphis. Her sister Miss Nora will leave in the morning to attend her. --- BACON LEVEL News Mr. Grover Adamson and Miss Adelle Ussery were united in matrimony on Sunday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Ussery. Justice C.L. Hudson officiated. --- WEDOWEE News J.R. Horton and Miss Evie Stitt were married on Dec. 26th at Wehadkee. Rev. H.S. Matthews officiated. --- Mr. Charlie J. Birdsong and Miss Emily Elder were married at Roanoke on Dec. 28th. Rev. H.S. Matthews officiated. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, January 12, 1910 DR. T.G. SLAUGHTER ENTERS INTO REST LAST SUNDAY AT STANDING ROCK Just as another sabbath dawned upon the earth, January 9th, the spirit of one of the purest and noblest men went home to rest, when Rev. Thomas G. Slaughter lay down in death at his post of duty at Standing Rock. But few watchers in the home of Rev. G.P. Sutherlin saw the aged warrior ground his arms, but doubtless a vast throng of the hosts on high were waiting to welcome the conqueror home. Dr. Slaughter had preached only one time at his new work at Standing Rock and the hand of disease was upon him. He was attacked by the chills and fever and his frail and aged body was not able to withstand the siege. To his long time and intimate friend Rev. S.L. Dobbs, the day before his death Dr. Slaughter said that he was ready either to live or to die but regretted to give up his work. As a light goes out along the shore the life of this good man faded from earthly vision. As sets the sun in cloudless splendor at the close of a full orbed day, leaving a radiance in the arching sky, so set the sun of his life, leaving a glow beaming in the face of the sleeping saint. Loving hands bore the body Sunday afternoon to the altar of the Standing Rock Church where only a week before the faithful herald of the cross had delivered his last public message. There Rev. S.L. Dobbs, laboring under the weight of a personal bereavement in the loss of his best friend, offered a prayer, glowing with christian faith and hope and love. He then delivered a beautiful tribute to the memory of the man he had known so long and loved so well. Revs. S.H. Striplin and G.P. Sutherlin took part in the closing services. The remains rested at the home of Mr. J.H. Hines till the early morning train, when they were borne to Oxford for interment, accompanied by Revs. J.W. and E.B. Norton, Mr. Will Norton and Miss Sue Norton, respectively nephews and niece of the deceased. Dr. Slaughter was one of the original members of the North Alabama conference. In the long service he gave to his church he served appointments of all kinds, from districts to poor circuits. He did not seek the easy places. He was a hard worker wherever he was. The poor and the suffering, even among the negroes, were objects of his special care. His long life of 73 years was literally given to the service of others. Yet he was recognized by his brethren and at the last conference he attended, they accorded him the highest honors at their hands. Few men have influenced their generation as did Dr. Slaughter. He was a man of unique character and remarkable power. He combined humor and pathos to a rare degree. The story of his life, if fully known and rightly written, would furnish a charming and inspiring romance. He denied himself a home of his own that he might better serve his church and the family of his widowed sister Mrs. Norton, toward whose children he acted largely the part of a father. An interesting chapter in the life of this man who combined so beautifully the qualities of modesty and courage was his record as a Confederate soldier. Although a physician and surgeon, he took his place in the ranks and fought fearlessly through the war. He was wounded at the battle of Shiloh and this wound afflicted him through life. We doubt if the death of any man in Alabama, however lofty, would bring sorrow to more hearts than the passing of this christian hero to the plains of life and light. The going of such a man from among us is a loss to mankind. There was that in his life which proved to all who knew him that there is such a principle as true religion. There is that in his death which makes us know that surely there is a place of rest for the weary, of reward for the faithful. --- MR. W.H. BAKER DIED We regret to record the death of Mr. W.H. Baker, which occurred at his home in Lowell last Friday night. The remains were interred at Bethel on Saturday. He had not been in good health since the death of his son a few months ago but the end was not expected so soon. Mr. Baker was an intelligent man, and a clever, peaceable citizen. He was a Confederate veteran. The deceased leaves a widow and several grown children. --- CARD OF THANKS To all those friends who showed us so great kindness upon the occasion of the funeral of our daughter Mrs. Minnie Parks, who was buried in Rock Mills last Wednesday, we wish to extend our heartiest thanks. Respectfully, Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Britt --- LOCAL News Mrs. Parks, formerly Miss Minnie Britt, died in LaGrange on January 4th. The remains were brought to Rock Mills and interred the following day. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. S.L. Dobbs. --- Mrs. B.T. Weaver and her son-in-law Bud Liles returned this week to their home at Thurber, Texas after a visit to relatives here. Mrs. Weaver is a sister of Mesdames T.A.E. Radney, G.W. and I.G. Hill and these good ladies had a pleasant time together once more. --- A former West Pointer, Mr. Lee Guinn, who now lives in New Orleans, was married to Miss Emma Henderson at Hattiesburg, Miss., on Sunday after Christmas. The West Point News --- Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Strong of LaGrange spent last week here with the latter's parents. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, January 19, 1910 DEATHS NEAR WADLEY Last Wednesday night occurred the death of Mrs. G.W.L. Noel at her home in Wadley, Rt. 1, after a long illness. She passed away on her 66th birthday, leaving a husband and eight grown children, one of the latter bring Mr. A.R. Noel, a prominent business man of Roanoke. The interment was at Pleasant Hill on Thursday. A large concourse was present to show their appreciation of this noble christian woman. -- Another aged citizen, Mr. W.M. Bishop, died Friday evening at Truett. He was highly esteemed. The interment occurred Saturday at Darien with Masonic honors. --- NEGRO KILLED ON RAILROAD TRACKS IN ROANOKE LAST SATURDAY NIGHT; WHETHER AN ACCIDENT OR MURDER IS MYSTERY NOT FULLY SOLVED Sunday night, the body of Dock Crenshaw, a young yellow negro, was found dead at the water tank on the A B & A Railroad in this place. He had a wound on the head and was known to have been drinking. Justice J.T.B. Awbrey empaneled a jury to inquire into the cause of the death. Their verdict in brief, was: "We are satisfied that the said Dock Crenshaw came to his death from a heavy blow or lick upon his head but from the testimony are unable to fix the source from which the lick came." ---- MR. PURCELL DEAD; FORMER RESIDENT OF THIS CITY PASSED AWAY IN SOUTH ALABAMA HOME Columbia, Jan. 15th W.H. Purcell, one of Columbia's most prominent citizens, died this evening of typhoid pneumonia. Mr. Purcell stood high in Masonry, having been master of Columbia Lodge a number of times. He has resided here since the war. He became sick eight days ago. Burial arrangments will be made later. The above dispatch which appeared in the Montgomery Advertiser on Sunday, will be read with sincere regret by many friends of the deceased in this town and section. While his permanent home was in Columbia, he spent two or three years in Roanoke in the warehouse and insurance business. During his short residence here Mr. Purcell won a high place in the esteem of our people. He was a member of the Methodist church, and a Confederate veteran. He was one of that sturdy stock of heroic men who made the Old South famous, and whose rapid passing away leaves us bereft of a unique and admirable element of citizenship, whose like we shall not see again. A widow and six grown children, all useful and cultured people, are remembered in tenderest sympathy as they mourn the loss of a husband and father, faithful and true. ---- DEATHS IN ROANOKE It is again proven that death regards not the young or the aged. In our community within the past few days an elderly citizen and a little child have fallen before the enemy of the flesh and many yearts in either case are left to mourn. Saturday afternoon, Rev. and Mrs. W.J. Layton passed through their first ordeal of giving up a child in death. The youngest children in the home were twins over two years of age, and one of these, the little girl, was taken. She had been ill one week with diptheria. The funeral was conducted from the residence at two o'clock Sunday afternoon by Rev. S.L. Dobbs. -- At 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, Mr. W.M. Cassells died at the home of his daughter Mrs. W.L. Carroll, after a long illness. Mr. Cassells came to Roanoke from Georgia several years ago and for some time previous to his death had been in failing health. He was a quiet, inoffensive citizen and a member of the Methodist church. Funeral services were conducted from the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Rev. S.L. Dobbs. Mrs. Cassells is doubly afflicted in that she lost a brother over in Georgia only a few days prior to the death of her husband. ---- CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their deeds of kindness and words of sympathy during the death of our dear baby Cristeen. May heaven's richest blessings be with each through this life and after death and may each one receive a starry crown. Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Layton --- MR. OSBORN KILLED Mr. W.G. Osborn, a prominent citizen who lived four miles south of Roanoke, was caught in a gin late yesterday afternoon and almost instantly killed. He was 74 years of age and a Confederate veteran. --- LOCAL News Grady Whitten is quite sick while his grandfather, J.M. Satterwhite is some better. --- Mrs. H.J. Turns is reported quite ill with pneumonia. --- Frank Ambrose of Jacksonville, Florida spent Sunday and Monday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose. --- Mrs. W.F. Scott is reported dangerously ill of pneumonia in the High Shoals community. --- Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Archer, and Otis, Claud and Miss Clyde Cassells were called here from Atlanta by the fatal illness of their father. --- Mrs. Ben Redmon is quite ill with pneumonia. --- Messrs. Tom Garrett and Dan Cassells of Georgia were called here by the death of W.M. Cassells. --- Thos. J. Parker of Wadley is preparing to move Monday up near Boaz or Sand Mountain, having purchased a farm there some time ago. --- BROUGHTON News D.A. Nixon and family recently moved back from Lanett to the Birdsong place. --- WEDOWEE News Mr. Marion Anderson and wife visited their daughter Mrs. Walker this week. --- Mr. J.B. Treadwell of Chambers county and Miss Lilla May Wallace were married Sunday morning at the home of the bride's parents, four miles south of Roanoke. Rev. H.S. Matthews officiated. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, January 26, 1910 ROCK MILLS News Mrs. D.E. Cato has been confined to her bed several days with lagrippe. --- YOUNG MAN KILLED Walter Wood, son of Mr. James Wood, was killed by an engine on the railroad track between LaGrange and Hogansville Sunday evening. The remains were brought here and carried Tuesday out beyond Rock Mills for burial. --- WEDOWEE News Mrs. Bill Stone died Sunday at her home southwest of Wedowee. --- Mrs. J.R. 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