Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for NOV 1914 November 1914 ************************************************ 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 December 7, 2005, 10:15 pm The Roanoke Leader November 1914 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for NOVEMBER 1914 NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, November 4, 1914 AN AGED MOTHER DIED AT WADLEY When the Spirit of Mrs. W.A. Welch passed away. She was over 93 years of age at death. At 11 o'clock last Friday night in Wadley occurred the death of one of the oldest and most beloved mothers of Randolph county when the widow of the late Captain William A. Welch passed to her rich reward. She was more than 93 years of age by seven months. Most of this long life was spent in this part of the country. In early life she united with the Methodist church in Roanoke but later joined the Primitive Baptist church to be with her husband. In late years she has made her home with her devoted son, Mr. W.H. Welch, postmaster at Wadley, where she was shown every attention by him and his famiy, her other son, Dr. J.M. Welch and by her daughters and other descendants. A beautiful custom observed by the family for many years was to celebrate the birthday of the venerable mother with a family reunion and dining. This good lady was revered not only by her family but by all the friends who were blessed by her acquaintance. The modest virtues of the christian religion, and the noblest impulses of the mother heart, found rich fruition in her life. She made happy the lot of her husband and through her consecration to the home and to her God she has sent forth, through her children, streams of blessings into the world. "We are face to face with death at it's best", well said the minister who conducted the funeral service, "at a ripe old age with a well spent life behind, she has entered into rest." A large number of friends and relatives assembled at the old burying ground in Wadley on Saturday afternoon, where services over the remains were conducted by Rev. G.O. Lankford, assisted by Revs. V.H. Hawkins, James Dunn and G.G. Smith. The time worn form, in a casket covered with flowers, was then borne to its final rest beside the remains of the husband who passed away nineteen years before. ----- WADLEY News Nov. 2nd Mr. and Mrs. Ed Moore of Wedowee and Dr. Ernest Welch of LaFayette attended the funeral of their grandmother Mrs. Welch on Saturday. --- LOCAL News Mr. Allen Osborne, an aged gentleman, died near Abanda Monday night. The interment will occur at Concord today. --- Mrs. Weinstein returned Saturday from Birmingham where she had been several weeks in a hospital for treatment. --- Lamar Mullendore, eldest son of the photographer Mullendore, will be with The Leader from Nov. 1st to Christmas as an office boy. He is a bright manly little fellow and we expect him to make a fine man some day. --- BAIRD - SWANN WEDDING At 3 o'clock last Sunday afternoon, Rev. E.M. Carter officiating, Mr. James Dallas Baird was married to Miss Luduska Swann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Thos. Swann, at whose ome the ceremony was performed, witnessed by a large company of relatives and friends. --- Miss Gussie Spikes is the guest of her sister Mrs. Carrie Randle. --- Mrs. G.C. Freeman is in Abanda at the bedside of her sister Mrs. J.P. Harris who is ill. --- Mrs. Della Bailey and daughter Grace Neely arrived from Memphis yesterday to make their home with the former's father F.M. Adams. --- Major and Mrs. J.H. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Harris and Miss Herd Harris recently passed through Roanoke to Abanda, called there by the critical illness of Mrs. J.P. Harris. --- Mrs. W.F. Handley was called to Talladega this morning by the death of her father Mr. Edward Brown. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, November 11, 1914 Mrs. Elizabeth Welch of Wadley, grandmother of Dr. E.B. Welch, died there at the home of her son Mr. Hiram Welch, last Friday. The funeral was held at the Wadley cemetery Saturday, the services conducted by Rev. Mr. Lankford. Mrs. Welch was in her 94th year and her life was one marked by christian faith and the many years allotted her were spent in service for those whom she loved. To the bereaved ones, The Sun extends condolence. The LaFayette Sun ---- LOCAL News As the Leader goes to press, Mrs. J.P. Harris is reported as in a dying condition at Abanda. --- ROCK MILLS News Nov. 9th Miss Dora Cooper and Mr. Sam Yarbrough went down to Evansville Sunday and were happily married. We hope for his young couple much success in life. --- We are glad to note that Mozelle Hall and James Boggs are speedily recovering from typhoid fever. --- Jesse Pedon has been confined to his room several weeks with typhoid fever. --- MR. T.J. PRATHER DEAD Mr. Thomas J. Prather died at 2 o'clock this morning at his home in east Roanoke. He had been in failing health for months. The interment will occur at 11 o'clock tomorrow at Macedonia church in Chambers county. Mr. Prather moved to Roanoke from Chambers about two years ago. He was an excellent man and leaves a wife and several grown children, all of whom are held in esteem by all who know them, and in this hour of great loss, have the sympathy of many friends. ---- WEHADKEE News Nov. 9th Grady Drummond who has been living in Jones county, Texas the past eight years, has returned to make his home at this place. --- A very sad death occurred last Wednesday afternoon just over the line in Heard County, Georgia, when Zebron, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Etheridge, committed suicide by shooting a pistol ball through his head. Insanity was thought to be the cause of the act. The deceased was twenty-six years old and was a quiet, sober young man. He was a member of the Methodist church. Rev. J.H. Gray conducted the funeral service at Macedonia Thursday in the presence of a large congregation. ---- LOCAL News Mr. Nixon the contractor has arrived and will begin work immediately on the Wedowee and Roanoke road. --- M.J. Anderson informs us that his son L.W. Anderson will move to Winston County in a few days. He ordered the Star sent to his new address. The Randolph Star --- Mrs. Rucker delayed her return home till last Saturday when she was accompanied by her daughter Mrs. Benners Vail and the latter's fine twin boys, Benners and James. --- James M. Pittman was taken violently ill Saturday morning but we are pleased to note that he is now steadily improving. --- Mr. W.A.C. Busbee, an aged citizen of Wadley and a one legged Confederate soldier, fell dead at his home in Wadley at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. --- Wyatt Burdett had his right arm badly lacerated while at work in the cotton mill Monday evening. --- Mrs. Maggie Hill has been quite sick the past week at the home of her sister Mrs. Godwin but is some better. --- WORKMAN - ATCHISON Wedding A quiet home wedding was solemnized Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, three miles east of town, when Mr. Perry Workman and Miss Eula Atchison were married. The ceremony was performed by Rev. B.W. Matthews. The bride is the daughter of Mr. P.D. Atchison and is very popular among the young people of her community. She is a young woman of many graces of character and personality. Mr. Workman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Workman of Randolph county but has been an employee of Barfield-Green Mercantile Co. for the past year. He is a young man of sterling integrity and has made many friends since he came to Lineville. Mr. and Mrs. Workman are at home to their friends at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Workman on south College street. The Lineville Headlight ---- NEWSPAPER issue of Wednesday, November 18, 1914 SAD DEATH OF A CHILD The death of James Vail, one of the 17 month old twins boys of Mr. and Mrs. Benners Vail of Greene County, which occurred at the home of Rev. and Mrs. J.W. Rucker at 4 o'clock last Thursday morning, elicited the sympathy of the entire community. Mrs. Vail is the daughter of Mrs. Rucker and had come to Roanoke the previous Saturday in hope of conserving the child's health. The improvement was marked until the little fellow contracted pneumonia, death resulting within twenty-four hours. Every effort was made to relieve the little sufferer and also to contribute to the comfort of the bereaved family. Mr. and Mrs. Rucker and Mrs. Vail, accompanied by Mr. W.F. Ussery, left Thursday afternoon over the Central railway with the remains for interment at Demopolis. ---- MRS. J.P. HARRIS HAS GONE TO REST; Beloved Lady Succumbs After Long Illness at Her Home in Abanda. It falls to the lot of The Leader this week to publish the sad news of the death of another good wife and mother, the greatest loss any home can sustain. Mrs. J.P. Harris died at 5:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon at her home in Abanda. The end was not unexpected, yet the blow, so long impending, fell with crushing weight upon the devoted hearts of husband, children and others near and dear. Yet the consolation remains to those that they did all in human power to defeat the dark designs of death and to make comfortable the one whose life was slowly ebbing. As the shadows of the valley fell about her, the gloom was gilded by the light of love, that subtle electricity of the soul that fades not in the darkness of death, but triumphs over time and circumstance. Having lived the life of the righteous, her "last end was like His" and her pathway, being that of the just was as "the shining light that shineth more and more into the perfect day." Not alone was the tender solicitude of loved ones hers, but the teachings of the christian religion, which guided her life, sustained her in death. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. V.H. Hawkins at the Methodist church in Abanda at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Many evidences of friendly sympathy were shown the living and many tokens of respect the memory of the departed, who was a lady of a singularly sweet disposition. She leaves a husband and several children, a sister Mrs. G.C. Freeman of Roanoke, besides many more relatives and friends to mourn her untimely end. The interment was at Concord cemetery. ---- LIME News Nov. 16th Mrs. Ann Foster fell last week and broke her thigh and also her arm, besides fracturing other bones. Her condition is reported as critical. --- LOCAL News Mrs. J.H. Brooks of Roanoke was brought to the Gaines Sanitarium a few days since for an operation. The LaFayette Sun --- Mrs. J.L. Bradshaw went to West Point Friday to spend some time with her daughter Mrs. J.M. Wallace. --- Mr. Jeff Penn was recently appointed postmaster at Five Points and has assumed his duties. The LaFayette Sun --- Thos. J. Moore, a good citizen and successful farmer who lived near Lane's Chapel, left Monday for Winston county where he has bought land. --- A wedding almost at dawn, was solemnized early Sunday morning when Miss Pauline Sands of Five Points and Mr. Milton Remeley of Arkansas were quietly married at the home of the bride in the presence of a few relatives and friends. The officiating minister, Rev. J.T. Self, used an original and very impressive ceremony. The LaFayette Sun --- MR. D.P. TAYLOR MARRIED Many friends in this, his native section, will be pleased to learn of the marriage of Mr. Daniel Perry Taylor to Miss Bessie Gordon, a lovely young lady of Eutah. The ceremony occurred in the latter place Nov. 10th. Mr. Taylor is one of the most prominent ministers of his denomination in the state being pastor of the Christian church in Selma and president of the state convention of that church, to which position he was reelected last week. --- Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Hudson announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Bessie Mae to Mr. Melvin Lee Casell, at their home on Dec. 27, 1914 at 3 p.m. --- Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Harris will pass through tomorrow from Abanda to Opelika, taking with them the little daughter of Mr. J.P. Harris. The baby was taken by Mr. and Mrs. John D. Harris. --- J.P. Dodgen returned Monday from Anniston where he had been to see his brother who is ill. --- C.R. Ruggles of Rome, Ga., is spending some time with his brother H.G. Ruggles. --- Mrs. Sue Pittman is with her daughter Mrs. Henry Baker at Standing Rock, the latter being ill, though now convalescing. --- The many friends of Mrs. S.M. Arrington will be pleased to learn that she came Saturday to make her home for a while at least with her daughter Mrs. Glenn. --- W.B. Rodgers returned yesterday from Johnson's Mill near West Point where he attended the funeral of his father-in-law, Mr. I.F. Parker Sr. He was 88 years of age. Mr. Parker was the father of Mrs. O.W. Smith of this place who had been spending some time recently with him. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, November 25, 1914 MR. GEO. W. BURGESS DIES At 4 o'clock Sunday morning, Mr. George W. Burgess died at his home in east Roanoke. He had been in declining health for a month, being confined to his bed much of the time. Mr. Burgess was esteemed as a good citizen. He was a member of the Methodist church and was in his 69th year. Besides his wife he leaves a son, Mr. Thomas R. Burgess of this city. The interment was at Lane's Chapel, after services conducted by Rev. Glenn Monday morning. ---- CARD OF THANKS We wish to convey hereby our thanks to the friends and neighbors who so kindly served us and our husband and father in his illness and death. We will ever remember these favors gratefully. Mrs. Susan Burgess, Thomas R. Burgess, Roanoke, Ala., Nov. 24th ---- LOCAL News F.M. Jackson expects to leave Monday for a visit to his daughter Mrs. C.S. Darling in Roanoke. The Opelika News, the 20th. --- John Tom Hudson had his leg badly broken at a saw mill near Hickory Flat last Wednesday evening. --- On her return from Ashland last week, Mrs. S.J. Parker was accompanied by her sister Mrs. Ola Bonner and the latter's little daughter. --- "Uncle Jack" Green came in Thursday to renew his subscription to The Leader and to encourage the editor by his kind words. This excellent citizen is in his 78th year and though wounded three times in the Civil War, he is still in good health. He says we of the younger generations don't know anything about hard times. And we are sure he is right. --- WEHADKEE News Nov. 23rd The infant of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Wingo was buried at Paran last Monday. --- Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Shelnutt are the parents of a new boy. --- A week ago last Sunday, Miss Leah Green of Paran and Mr. Rufus Barton of Texas, Georgia went over to Franklin and were united in marriage. --- V.E. Kitchens and sister Mrs. J.H. Bass, visited their brother in Heflin Sunday, going to automobile. Their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Kitchens accompanied them and will remain in Heflin for some time. --- S.H. Tatum was called to LaFayette Monday afternoon to attend the funeral of the year old child of his brother John B. Tatum. --- Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Brittain expect to leave Wednesday to spend a few days with their daughter Mrs. Willbanks at Tifton, Ga. --- NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR State of Alabama, Randolph County Probate Court, November 9, 1914 In the matter of the estate of R.H. Harris, deceased Letters testamentary of the said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 9th day of November 1914, by the Hon. John T. Heflin, Judge of Probate of said county, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within the time allowed by law or the same will be barred. A.M. York and Sallie York, Executors of the estate of R.H. Harris, deceased. ---- NAPOLEON News (by G.O. Hill, correspondent) Since my last communication, a grandson of the writer and son of Jeff and Winnie Barton, eight months old, was buried here on Nov. 6th. --- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape774gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 16.5 Kb