Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for SEPT 1918 September 1918 ************************************************ 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 February 1, 2006, 7:35 pm The Roanoke Leader September 1918 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke, Randolph County, Alabama for SEPTEMBER 1918 NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, September 4, 1918 LOCAL News Ferrall, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lane has scarlet fever but is convalescing at this writing. --- REV. B.F. YOUNG BURIED ON SUNDAY The remains of Rev. B.F. Young were brought to Roanoke on the evening train Saturday from Columbus, where the deceased was taken some days previous in an effort to arrest the progress of a malady that proved fatal. At 10 o'clock Sunday morning funeral services were conducted over the body in the auditorium in Lowell, where so often Mr. Young had preached during his residence of some years among this people. He was universally beloved by all who knew him, for he was a consistent, faithful christian and minister in the Christian church. An overflowing congregation was present to pay a tribute of respect to his memory. Revs. G.D. Hunt, E.M. Carter and J.D. Dollar took part in the services. The interment followed in the city cemetery, this city. Mr. Young some months ago, moved over near Lineville where he had the care of several churches. Besides other loved ones left to mourn his passing away at the age of 53 years, is his wife, one son Ed Young, a brother S.L. Young of this city and two sisters, Mrs. Wainwright of Atlanta and Mrs. Cassie Crowder of Columbus. ----- LINEMAN MEETS TRAGIC DEATH; YOUNG MAN ELECTROCUTED IN ROANOKE ON WEDNESDAY Just after The Leader went to press last Wednesday morning, a tragic death occurred which shocked this community. Fred Morris, a fine young man twenty years of age, was electrocuted by coming in contact with two live wires near the top of a pole on College Street, near the residence of R.E. Taylor. The body of the young man ws badly burned on each shoulder and dropped to the ground. B.S. Gordon, local manager of the Alabama Power Company, was on the ground and witnessed the horrifying accident, but was powerless to prevent it, though he had cautioned Mr. Morris about the danger of the job. Mr. Gordon states that 2300 volts of electricity passed through the body of the victim. The deceased had been employed by the Alabama Power Co. in its construction work for a year or so, and had been working in Roanoke a week or more. His home was near Ashland, where the body was taken for interment, accompanied by Mr. Nichols and Mr. Gordon. ----- MRS. WALTER LIPFORD IS DEAD AT FRANKLIN, GEORGIA Relatives in Roanoke this morning received the sad news of the death of Mrs. Walter Lipford, which occurred at 9 o'clock last night at Franklin, Georgia. The funeral will be at four o'clock this afternoon at Franklin. The deceased was formerly Miss Mozelle Trent of this city, where she had many friends. ----- HENRY CLEGG KILLED AT BOWLING GREEN ON MONDAY Henry Clegg, son of Rev. K.L. Clegg and grandson of the late Mr. S.N. Sledge, fell from a house top Monday at Bowling Green, Ky., where he was attending college and was killed by the fall. The remains of this young man will arrive at Wadley today where interment will be made. Relatives from this place will attend. ---- NAPOLEON News Aug. 30th John Barton, one of Haywood's oldest citizens, was buried on his own premises last Tuesday afternoon. He was seventy-two years old. In early manhood he married and entered land near Haywood, raising a numerous family without moving from his original settlement years ago. His wife and their large family of men and women still survive him. ---- LOCAL News Blake Wood is at home from Army camp, having failed to pass the physical examination. --- Reuben Kyle and family moved to Columbus today. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, September 11, 1918 FORMER ROANOKE BOY IS CITED FOR BRAVERY We have pleasure in publishing below an order from the commanding general commending for bravery, a former Roanoke boy, William Edgar Manley, son of Mrs. E.G. Jordan, this city. Young Manley volunteered and joined the service when 17 years of age. His relatives and friends may well be proud of his record. We quote from the order as follows: Headquarters First Division, American Expeditionary Forces France, July 14, 1918 The Division Commander cites the following man for conspicuous devotion to duty: Private William E. Manley, Company A, 28th Infantry. During the attack on Cantigny he displayed unusual courage in volunteering to carry messages through heavy artillery and machine gun fire. By command of Major General Bullard. ----- NAMES OF MEN WHO LEFT FOR CAMP PIKE ON FRIDAY The following is a list of names of the men who left Randolph county last Friday for Camp Pike, Ark., to enter military service: John T. Arnett Ben F. Pruitt Arnold S. Lewis Marion N. Brumbeloe Walter Webb Pleasant S. Kirby Frank M. Harper Andrew Jackson Young Bobbie W. McDaniel Ernest M. Pace Waymon Adams William T. Shipp E. Ollie Lipham John T. Holliday Ed. L. Earnest J.T. Wilson Towler Albert D. Lane Charles M. Moncus J. Raymon Dewberry Raymon L. Hodges D. Monroe Huddleston John F. Lipp Garner Costley Herbert A. Shelnutt J. Gaston Johnson Joseph W. Mitchell Noie J. Brown O. Cephus Daugherty Curtis W. Owen J.W. Beck Eaffron West W. Carlus Adcock Willie West Chas. H. Ceck W. Gaston Yates Curtis Boone Jesse E. Waller J.O. Marvin Hodge William M. Stewart Y.Z. Cockerell Taylor Brewer Fred Jones Albert Baker Willie D. Billings ---- John T. Belcher leaves today for Atlanta and Norfolk to spend a few days, after which he will shortly go to France where he has volunteered to do Red Cross work and has been accepted. ---- A TRIBUTE TO LIEUT. LEWIS It gives me profound pleasure to say to those who did not know personally Lieut. Charles A. Lewis, who so recently gave his life for his country, that he was a fine man, standing shoulder to shoulder with men of high honor and intellect. He was about five feet ten inches tall and every inch weighed heavily with the flesh and blood that makes one of "nature's noblemen." I knew Lieut. Lewis several years before he was married to Miss Ucal Stevens of this place. I knew him in business and as a member of the Baptist church at Eutaw, Ala. I knew him in my cousin's home with whom he formerly boarded. He was a Mason and a christian of high order. May the thought sustain her who mourns the departed soldier that she did not serve in vain a man unworthy, but a man honored among his fellow men. May the Comforter abide in her heart and may she live as bravely as did her soldier husband. Mrs. Joseph Wiley Rucker ----- BACON LEVEL News Sept. 5th Mrs. J.A. Wilson has returned home, to the delight of her many friends, after an absence of five weeks spent in a sanitarium in Atlanta. We are glad to state that the condition of Mrs. Wilson's health is much improved. --- Miss Marion Moran of Sparta, Ga., is spending some time with her aunt, Mrs. James A. Wilson. --- ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR NEW DRAFT REGISTRATIONS Thursday September 12th is the day set for all men not already registered for the draft, who are between the ages of 18 and 48 years, to register for prospective military service. The registration will be done in the various voting precints. ----- CLAUD WORD IS REPORTED AS KILLED IN FRANCE IN JULY Superintendant J.N. Word of Wedowee, received yesterday by letter from a Randolph county soldier in France what seems to be accurate news of the killing of his son, Claud Word, in a battle in July. While no official news of the death has been received it is accepted as true by the family. The letter states that the brave young man was shot through the heart. Grady Word, of this place, a brother, has gone to the home of the stricken parents. ----- LOCAL News The Columbus Enquirer-Sun reports the marriage in that city on Saturday evening last of Mr. J.A. Brooks of Roanoke, Ala., to Mrs. Leonora McCarley of Opelika. The news article states that the couple left Sunday for their home in Roanoke. ---- E.B. Evans of the U.S. Marines has been in the county on furlough for the past month. He leaves for his post at Key West today. --- D.J. Padgett left Monday for Charleston, S.C. to enter the service of Uncle Sam. --- W.C. Philpot and Miss Annie Clack, daughter of George Clack, were married Saturday afternoon. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, September 18, 1918 BLAKE FAMILY BEREAVED IN DEATH OF MOTHER AND GRANDCHILD Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, at the home of her daughter Mrs. John Barker, this city, the spirit of Mrs. Pyrene Blake, relict of the late Thomas Blake Sr., passed from life. She was 79 years of age and hers was a busy life, with her share of sorrows, and now she rests, her remains being placed beside those of her late husband at Concord cemetery. The funeral services occurred Sunday at noon and by a sad coincidence at the same time and place occurred the funeral of another member of the Blake family, Mrs. Hurley Parrish, granddaughter of Mrs. Pyrene Blake, whose death occurred at Blake's Station on Saturday. The service was attended by a large congregation, many friends of this old and prominent family being present from various points. The following members of the family were present from a distance: Mrs. Alice Hilton and daughter of Rushton, La. Mrs. Parrie J. Smalina, Messrs. Tom, Peter and Harmon Blake, all grandchildren, of Birmingham. The impressive services were conducted by Revs. G.D. Hunt and J.W. Rucker. ------ CARD OF THANKS So many friends among the good people of Roanoke and the Concord community showed us kindness in the recent illness and death of our mother, Mrs. Pyrene Blake, that we wish publicly to extend this expression of thanks. We will not forget the tender ministrations to our loved one, or the kind expressions of sympathy to us who mourn. Her Children (not named) ----- TWO DEATHS NEAR TOWN Mr. Will Pinkard died at Johnson's Cross Roads last Thursday and was buried at High Pine on Friday. Rev. David Lee conducted the services over the remains. The following day, occurred the death of Miss Clyde Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Wood, near Center Point. The interment was at Lebanon Saturday afternoon. Revs. J.D. Dollar and D.P. Taylor took part in the funeral services at Lebanon, where the interment followed. ---- Mrs. N.F. Hurst, after a visit to her daughter Mrs. Penn, came Friday to the home of her son, P.A. Hurst, with whom she makes her home. --- Mrs. W.H. Blake arrived from Sheffield last week to spend some time with her sisters, Mrs. Guy Handley and Mrs. Elizabeth Driver. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, September 25, 1918 MR. J.H. OLDHAM DIED ON SUNDAY AFTER LONG AND TRYING ILLNESS On a peaceful, perfect Sabbath morning, when those in health and strength are wending their way to their places of worship, on September 22nd, the spirit of Mr. John H. Oldham was called to the sanctuary of the skies. This veteran soldier of the cross and of the Southern Confederacy, after a long life of conflict, concluding with a painful and protracted illness, following a fall some months ago, fell peacefully asleep to wake no more on earth. While a modest, retiring gentleman of the old type, yet Mr. Oldham was every inch a soldier, in his striking physical appearance and no less in his courageous soldierly qualities. He enlisted in the Confederate service July 4, 1861 and was released from prison on Independence Day four years later. He carried the colors of his regiment till overwhelmed by the enemy and taken prisoner. He was an interesting talker of the old days. Mr. Oldham was not afraid to die but he expressed the wish to have seen the enemies of his country conquered. He had even expressed the wish that he could call back his younger days that he might go over and fight under the Stars and Stripes. Mr. Oldham was a Kentuckian and had seen his most prosperous and active days before coming to Roanoke. His devoted son-in-law, H.H. Cauthen, at whose home he lived and died, stated to the writer that he had never known Mr. Oldham to become angry or impatient. While his long illness was necessarily trying on him and the family, yet he was submissive and was ministered to unfailingly by loving, unselfish hands. If he had lived a few weeks longer, he would have been 84 years of age. The deceased was a member of the Methodist church where the funeral services were conducted Monday afernoon by Revs. R.E. Tyler and B.T. Waites. Many friends were present. Every possible evidence of respect and sympathy was shown when this aged hero was called to ground his arms and to lie down in the gentle embrace of Mother Earch until the sound of "reveille" shall awaken the sleeping hosts of the Army of the Lord. ------ WARNER PATE DIED TODAY Warner Pate died this morning at the home of his brother Byrd Pate, this city, of typhoid fever. The burial will occur at High Pine tomorrow. The deceased leaves a wife, besides an aged mother and other members of the immediate family. ---- WEHADKEE News Sept. 23rd Henry Davis and John Brown have returned from Camp Sevier, South Carolina, having received a full discharge. --- LOWELL News A.A. Cook received a phone message yesterday of the death of his brother-in- law E.B. Orck, who was killed by a fall while at work in the mill at Langdale early Tuesday. In the morning, Mr. Cook and his sons Ozley and Patillo will go to Langdale to attend the funeral. --- Saturday afternoon, Mr. Dewey Brown and Miss Florence Whitten stole away to Georgia and were married. --- LOCAL News Mrs. Herschel Huey, who has been spending some time in Macon, Ga., while her husband was in Camp Wheeler, returned home Friday. Mr. Huey will soon leave for service overseas. --- Mr. W.H. Cook has received news of the death of his grandson Durward Crowder, who was killed in a battle in France. This young man volunteered and joined the Army a year ago. ---- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape846gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 14.7 Kb