Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for OCT 1911 October 1911 ************************************************ 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 26, 2005, 12:06 am The Roanoke Leader October 1911 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for OCTOBER 1911 NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, October 4, 1911 INVITATIONS ISSUED Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt William Wood have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter Miss Jessie to Mr. Charles Goodwyn Rodgers, the rites to be solemnized at their home at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 18th. --- RANDOLPH MAN IS SHOT FROM AMBUSH W.L. Clifton was shot from ambush on Tuesday evening shortly after sunset as he returned home from Ofelia where he was employed at a ginnery. He lived until Wednesday evening at 5 o'clock when he died from the effects of the gunshot wounds. The killing occurred only a short distance across the Clay county line in Randolph County. The deceased was crossing a branch near his home when the death shot was fired from the assassin's gun. His face and breast were filled with small shot, some of them penetrating the heart. Lon Brown, a son-in-law of the deceased, who lived in the house with him, will be charged with the crime. It is said that a short time before the killing, Brown went to Clem Clifton's home and secured the deceased's gun. There is other strong circumstantial evidence against Brown. He has been hiding out since the shooting but it is expected hourly that he will be apprehended. The Lineville Headlight --- MRS. ROBERTS DEAD Mrs. Roland Roberts died at noon last Wednesday. She was 87 years of age and long time a member of the Methodist church. The remains were interred at Mt. Olive. Rev. S.L. Dobbs conducted the services. Besides her husband, the deceased leaves one son, Harvey M. Roberts. --- WADLEY News Oct. 2nd Invitations have been received to the marriage of Miss Bessie Ellis of Rockford to Mr. Pruett of Ashland, the wedding to take place at her home Wednesday. --- NAPOLEON News News received here over the phone yesterday stated that "Grandma" Watwood, who resides with her son-in-law John Littlefield on Sand Mountain, was at the point of death. Sister Watwood long resided here and was esteemed as a good woman. --- Elliott, the son of W.B. Fletcher, has been very ill with a protracted spell of the fever. He is thought to be some better today. --- LOCAL News Mrs. Maggie Askew of Newnan, Ga., is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown. --- The editor of The Leader received a note from C.H. Presnal of Wellington, Texas advancing his subscription to April 1913. --- Rev. Charles Coleman, colored, will preach at the colored Methodist church at 11:30 next Sunday. --- ROCK MILLS News Oct. 2nd Matthew Pounds is sufffering severely from a pistol shot he received Sunday night. --- Sunday morning at 3 o'clock the death angel visited the home of Dr. and Mrs. Bonner and bore the spirit of Mr. George B. Holt to his home beyond. His illness of typhoid fever was short, lasting only nine days. Mr. Holt accepted the position of bookkeeper as the cotton mill two years ago, coming here from West Point. He was a loyal member of the Methodist church, an Elk and worshipful master in the Masonic ranks. Sunday afternoon, a large number of friends followed the remains to Standing Rock where they were sent to Hopewell cemetery, 13 miles below West Point, Ga for burial on Tuesday. The deceased leaves a mother, father, one sister. To them we extend our deepest sympathy. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, October 11, 1911 MATTHEW POUND DEAD OF WOUNDS Matthew Pound, the young white man who was shot on Sunday, October 1st, on the public road three miles east of Roanoke, died at an early hour last Friday morning at the home of his father, Mr. M.T. Pound, in front of whose residence the tragedy occurred. The deceased leaves a widow and one child. The next day after the tragedy, Jack Head was taken to Wedowee jail and charged with the shooting. After Pound's death, Barnes Taylor and Clarence Wood were also arrested and charged with complicity in the killing. Monday all had a preliminary trial before Judge Heflin, who fixed Head's bond at $3000. and the bond of the others at $150. each. At this writing it is understood that these bonds will be made shortly. The Leader knows nothing of the details of this unfortunate affair but is informed that this sad calamity is the result of a general fracas caused by whiskey. ---- ROCK MILLS News Oct 9th Matthew Pounds who was shot last Sunday night, died Thursday night and was buried at Bacon Level Friday afternoon. The wife of the deceased is reported as very ill. --- Mrs. Blanche Hearn and mother attended the Adamson reunion which was held in Atlanta on Thursday. --- Mr. Fount Brown died at his home near here Sunday night. He had been ill about three weeks with typhoid fever. His remains were interred at Forest Home cemetery on Monday afternoon. --- WEHADKEE News Oct. 9th J.W. Veal and son Searcy are up again after a long spell of typhoid fever. Another member of the family is very low at this writing. --- Robert Abner of Greer County, Texas has been spending several days in our community at the home of his father, who has been sick several weeks with the fever. --- Arthur Robertson has sold his farm to Will Brown and will move to Bowdon, Georgia. --- LOCAL News Mr. and Mrs. F.P. Satterwhite announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Elizabeth to James Dement Lester, the ceremony to be solemnized Oct. 10th. Mr. and Mrs. Lester will be at home to their friends after Oct. 10th in Memphis, Tennessee. --- A TRIBUTE TO PROF. W.E. RANDLE Professor W.E. Randle was born in Sumner County, Tennessee July 28, 1834 and died in Roanoke, Alabama August 30, 1911. He was the son of the Rev. Wm. Randle, a pioneer Methodist minister of great gift and power, six of those brothers were also Methodist ministers. Bro. Randle was, consequently, by birth, rearing and education a Methodist. He received a classical education, his last school being Fanning College near Nashville, where he was a classmate of the celebrated Dr. Whitsett who recently died at Richmond College, and other noted men, among whom was the late Judge Edward H. East. By nature, kind, amiable and friendly with the gift of imparting knowledge, he early in life chose teaching and had the pleasure of shaping the lives of many boys and girls in Tennessee and other states, who have honored their sections and who entertained for him a deep veneration. While well read and cultured, his mind was mathematical and logical. He liked a problem and liked an analysis. This trend gave exactitude to his thoughts and influenced his life work. In all investigations he sought the basic principles. On these strong lines his life was built and spent and when the shadows grew long he complacently cast up his account and laid it at his Master's feet. Wherever he was located he was usually Superintendant of the Sunday School and prominent in his church. Thus, in the discharge of his duty, as he saw it, he made many friends, whom he served cheerfully and with fidelity. He was quite and unobtrusive in disposition but was able and ardent in any case he espoused. He was a Mason for half a century, being active until failing health came. Prof. Randle was the first Superintendant of the Masonic Home; organized its school and was largely responsible for its present system of preserving the individual home to the widow and her children. He retired in January 1897, removing to Florida where he was a member of the Largo Lodge. He came to Roanoke on a visit to relatives and received a Masonic burial at the hands of brethren there. He was a brother of the late Judge Clinton Randle of Hickman, Kentucky; Fountain Randle and Sandy Randle of Roanoke, who preceded him to the grave of of Mrs. John Bottomly of Franklin, Kentucky. He was married some forty years ago to Miss Ella Duncan of Simpson County, Kentucky, who survives him and who has the sympathy of her many, many friends. Mrs. Thos. Spight of Ripley, Miss., and Mrs. W.H. Bumpus, sisters of Mrs. Randle, attended the funeral. This noble and exemplary life will never fade from our memory. The Tennessee Mason ---- LOCAL News Mrs. R.A. Paschal returned Monday to Union Springs after a short visit to the family of F.P. Nichols. --- Mrs. Fred Mashburn of Wedowee passed through Roanoke yesterday to join her husband in Mobile. --- Mrs. Mary Awbrey of Atlanta is visiting her son J.W. Awbrey. --- ESTER COX DEAD Mr. S.H. Striplin and Dr. J.T. Striplin and Wilson Striplin left Monday night for Atlanta, called there by news that the former's son-in-law, Ester A. Cox, had been drowned in a lake near that city. He and a negro were crossing in a batteau which was overturned and both drowned. Mr. Cox formerly resided in Roanoke and was well liked. --- CORBIN News Charlie Holloway who some six or seven weeks ago went to Texas to try his fortune, finished up and got back Saturday night. He says "there is no place like home." --- John Huey is seriously ill with the fever. --- BACON LEVEL News J.W. Adamson family have returned from LaGrange and Atlanta. They were part of the Adamson reunion which was held at Grant Park in Atlanta last week. --- LAND SALE We, the heirs of Jonathan Sudduth, deceased, being over twenty-one years of age and there being no indebtedness against the estate of Jonathan Sudduth, deceased, will sell to the highest bidder for cash, at the old homestead, three miles north of Roanoke, Ala., on Monday at 10 o'clock a.m. on the 30th day of October 1911, all the lands belonging to the estate of said Jonathan Sudduth deceased, containing two hundred and seventy-seven acres, more or less. Said lands will be sold in three lots; one lot containing 120 acres known as the Thomason place, one lot containing 78 acres and includes the old homestead, and one lot containing 79 acres, south of the homestead. Each lot has a residence on it and is otherwise improved. The Heirs of Jonathan Sudduth, deceased. ---- WADLEY News John Blanton who has been so dangerously ill, is a little better. --- O.L. Bishop, one of our most promising young men, was married last week to Miss Ameriza Shaddix of Ashland. --- W.L. Hearn has returned from a trip to New Mexico. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, October 18, 1911 BROUGHTON News Oct. 16th T.J. Bassett has about recovered from a very serious illness. --- Mrs. Cynthia Brown is critically ill at this writing. All of her children are at her bedside but R.F. Brown of Wedowee and Larkin Brown of Hopewell. --- BACON LEVEL News Oct. 16th Mrs. Dorman and daughter Alzada are sick. --- WADLEY News Oct. 16th After a week's severe illness, Mr. John J. Blanton died Friday morning. He leaves a wife and five small children and a host of friends to mourn their loss. In his death Wadley has lost a loyal citizen, his church a faithful member, his wife a devoted husband and his children an affectionate father. --- John Tom Fuller who has been seriously with typhoid fever is improving. --- MALONE News Mrs. Lizzie McMurray is visiting her sister Mrs. Ridley in Heard County, Georgia. --- LOCAL News G.C. Townsley of Columbus visited his granddaughter Mrs. J. B. Hart on Sunday and Monday. --- J.J. Buckner of Lanett is visiting his brother Ben Buckner. --- The many friends of William Klein will regret to note that he continues quite ill in New York and will probably not return to Roanoke this season. --- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, October 25, 1911 WADLEY News Oct. 23rd Mrs. B.F. Anderson who has been so seriously ill is not better, and has gone to Atlanta for medical treatment. --- Mr. Ben Harris and family from Boaz have moved to Wadley and are occupying the house in front of the college. --- Mrs. Jim Fuller and little son are visiting the former's father Mr. Prince at Abbott's Ford, Georgia this week. --- WEHADKEE News Oct. 23rd W.L. Alsobrooks, his wife and child are sick with the fever. --- Two more members of J.W. Neal's family are sick with the fever. --- "Aunt" Mary Lipp died at her home near this place Friday after a long illness of dropsy. The deceased was 90 years old and had lived in this community nearly all of her life. The interment was at the family burying ground Saturday evening. --- LOCAL News W.L. McClure, wife and child left yesterday to spend a week in Carrollton, Georgia with relatives. --- Mrs. R.M. Ward is at Standing Rock attending her husband's brother W.J. Ward who is quite ill. --- Carl Hester of Wadley won the second prize for 15 ears of large corn at the fair in Montgomery last week in the boy's contest. --- Dr. J.J. Slappey left Thursday night for Quincy, Florida, having received a wire message that his venerable mother had just died. His many friends sympathize with him in his great loss. --- NAPOLEON News Oct. 17th Dr. Gross carried his crippled son Charley Will to Atlanta recently for treatment. --- Mrs. Addie Crenshaw was buried at Rocky Branch last week. She was stricken with paralysis and died immediately. --- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape732gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 13.9 Kb