Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for JANUARY 1919 January 1919 ************************************************ 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 6, 2006, 3:18 pm The Roanoke Leader January 1919 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE ROANOKE LEADER", Roanoke Randolph County, Alabama for JANUARY 1919 NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, January 1, 1919 W.W. WINDSOR SHOT AND KILLED LAST WEEK On Monday of last week, Special Officer Warring of Birmingham, with several citizens, went to the home of W.W. Windsor in beat 9 in search of his son C.C. Windsor, and in attempting to enter the house the officer shot the elder Windsor, who died a few days later. The young man escaped but later went to Wedowee to surrender. ---- LOWELL News Mr. W.B. Cummings received official news Saturday that his son Jesse B. Cummings was killed in a battle in France Oct. 24th. Another son over there has not been heard from in a long time. ---- ARREST MADE IN RECENT LIQUOR CASE On Christmas morning, Policeman Rodgers captured Lon Cardwell, white, alleged to be running a still. He was later turned over to the federal authorities. --- WEHADKEE News Dec. 28th Mr. W.A. Moses has just received the sad news that his son Charles was killed in a battle in France on Oct. 16th. The deceased was a prominent member of the Big Spring church and had many friends in the county. --- LOCAL News W.O. Terrell received the good news Christmas day that his brother Tiffman Terrell, had landed in the United States from France and was regaining the use of his wounded foot in a hospital at Hampton, Va. --- The day following Christmas, Mrs. W.Z. East was greatly relieved to have a cable from her son Sydney, stating that he was safe. --- The Editor of the Leader recently read an interesting letter from Pvt. Eric Hoyt Kitchens, son of Mrs. N.E. Kitchens of Wadley, detailing some of his experiences in France. He has been in most of the hard fighting and was several times wounded and was in a hospital when he wrote. But the fighting is over and he is looking foward to coming home again soon. This young man has a record of which to be proud. He belongs to the Marines who are always foremost in fighting where any is to be done. ---- The Leader learns that Mr. F.P. Nichols is quite sick with influenza and that his son-in-law Mr. Murray has relapsed. Mrs. Nichols is with them. --- Corporal Thos. Head of Wehadkee was reported as severely wounded in recently published war casualty reports. --- H.C. Cooper, former well known Roanoker, was one of our holiday callers. He has moved over near Laurel, Miss., but admits that he has found no better town than Roanoke. --- J.B. Tomlin and Edgar Holliday spent Sunday at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, where they went to see the former's son Edgar Tomlin who was recently brought from France with a severe wound in the foot. The young Roanoker had a narrow escape from death in the fusilade of shells that resulted in his wound. --- LaFayette has had two recent tragedies. On Christmas, Ben Burton was killed in an automobile wreck. Last Sunday morning, the body of Jim Jones was found in the basement of the courthouse in LaFayette. Marks of violence showed that he had been murdered. --- One of the local undertakers sold a coffin on Saturday for Senie Higgins, a negro woman said to be 115 years of age. She lived several miles southeast of town. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, January 8, 1919 A CHILD OF MR. CARLTON BURNED TO DEATH FRIDAY Edna, the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Carlton, who was between three and four years of age, was a victim of a horrible death last Friday at the home of the parents in this city. While the mother was out of the house and the father working his rural route, the clothing of the little girl became ignited from the fireplace grate and before help could arrive, she was so severely burned that death came to the relief of the little sufferer within hours. The remains were carried to the former home at Pleasant Hill, where interment was made Saturday. The tender sympathy of the community is expressed for the deeply grieved parents. ---- MR. NOEL'S FATHER DIED DEC 31st Mr. Asa R. Noel was called to his former home near Wadley last week by the death of his father, Mr. G.W.L. Noel, who attained the ripe age of 92 years in October last. The demise occurred the last day of the old year and the interment was in the cemetery at Pleasant Hill church the following day, services being conducted by the pastor, Rev. O.R. Burns. ---- LOCAL News M.D. Thompson, son of R.W. Thompson, died in Atlanta and was buried in Wadley on Sunday. In the same place will be buried today, Marvin W. Stephens, son of Mr. S.S. Stephens, who died in Manchester. ---- Mr. John R. Ussery is very low at his home here. No hope is entertained for his recovery. --- F.A. Neal recently returned from Dallas County where he was called by the death of Mr. G.W. Hardy, which occurred Christmas day. Mr. Hardy formerly resided in Roanoke and was justly held in high esteem by all who knew him. He was a Confederate veteran and a member of the Methodist church. Mrs. Hardy will return to Roanoke again to make her home with her sister Mrs. Neal. --- J.R. McDow and wife of Carrollton, Ga., are visiting the former's father, J.H. McDow. --- Mat Harrison, a well known negro woman who lived near the A.B. & A., died of paralysis Monday afternoon. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, January 15, 1919 LOCAL News Mrs. John A. Carlisle is in Birmingham today to attend the funeral of her brother's wife, Mrs. Robert Pound. --- WEHADKEE News Jan. 13th Mrs. G.N. Cofield who has been dangerously ill for the past several days is convalescing. --- "Uncle" Jack Green is on the sick list. --- Mrs. John Fincher is very low with pneumonia. --- HOOTON AT HOME FROM OVERSEAS As indicated in The Leader last week, Mr. Robert J. Hooton arrived at his home in this place Friday and was given a cordial greeting by family and friends. Wherever Mr. Hooton appeared on the streets he was surrounded by a group to whom he talked interestingly, though with weakened voice, having been partially gassed in the first days of the fearful battle of the Argonne Forest, in which our boys played such a heroic part, and in which so many shed their blood. As a result of this he lost the use of his voice entirely for awhile, and remained in the hospital ten days. Mr. Hooton also bears a wound, now healing, on his left knee, made by a fragment of a shell which came near being serious. Clad in the khaki uniform of the government with the designations of the Y.M.C.A. and wearing an overseas cap, Mr. Hooton presents quite a changed appearance that which he bore when he left Roanoke September first. He has lost considerable flesh and his hair has grown greyer as one result of the strenuous experiences through which he passed. After physical examination, he was ordered home to recuperate his health, bringing with him a testimonial to his faithful and satisfactory service. Mr. Hooton witnessed a battle in the air, during which a German Zeppelin was brought down. From the body of a dead flyer who was thus brought to earth he secured a watch and a heavy chain of German silver, bearing the name and number of the dead aviator and the word "Zeppelin". The watch was enclosed in a case. Mr. Hooton speaks in highest terms of the valor of American soldiers and gives it as his opinion that they won the war, which he says was lost when they entered. He is convinced that the atrocities of the Teutons has never been fully portrayed. ----- LOCAL News The editor had the pleasure of meeting on Monday, one of the noblest sons of this section who has seen service and shed his blood for freedom's cause in France. We refer to Tiffman Terrell, a modest genteel young man who was visiting his brother W.O. Terrell and other relatives in this vicinity. He returned Monday to the Army hospital in Atlanta where he is receiving treatment. ---- MR. S.S. STEPHENS DEAD After an illness of some days, Mr. Stephen S. Stephens died last night at his home near Wadley, and will be buried at 2 o'clock this afternoon. He was one of the best citizens of Wadley beat. ---- HAS FOUR SONS IN THE ARMY Mrs. U.F. Royston of Stroud community was in this office a few days ago and was rejoicing that her four sons, in the Army in France, came through the fighting unharmed. This is a record to be proud of. ---- LOCAL News M.F. Ussery and son R.M. of Ashland, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Weathers and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mashburn of Wedowee were among those here Sunday to attend the funeral of Mr. John Ussery. --- A.L. Sorrell of the U.S. Navy, who has seen much service in foreign waters, is spending 15 days furlough with his mother and other relatives in Roanoke. --- The many friends of Mrs. Geo. W. Hill will regret to note that she continues in quite feeble health. --- Marcellus Lester was killed Friday at Glenn, Georgia by becoming entangled in a belt while operating some machinery. --- O.W. Bradley of Albertville was in Roanoke Monday. He is spending some time, together with other brothers in Wadley, nursing their sick father Mr. J.W. Bradley who is seriously ill. --- John Moon and son Baker Moon of Atlanta were visitors to Roanoke Monday and Tuesday. The latter has spent the last fifteen months in active service in the U.S. Navy. He is off now on furlough. --- Dolphus Posey of this county was reported in the daily press as being severely wounded in France in battle. --- Mrs. Jas. A. Wilson is quite ill at her home near town. --- Mrs. Mabel Pound, sister-in-law of Mrs. James Wilson and Mrs. John Carlisle, died in Birmingham on Monday at the age of 28 years. --- Mrs. Leila Stone and Mrs. Smith of Columbus were here the first of the week to attend the funeral of Mr. John Ussery. --- Friends in east Alabama of Judge Harrington P. Heflin will sympathize with him in the loss of his accomplished wife, whose death occurred at their home in Birmingham Saturday as a result of pneumonia, following influenza. ---- B.A. Taylor was a called to the Leader office Monday, accompanied by his father-in-law, Mr. M.H. Mears and the latter's nephew Mr. J.H. Wishart of North Carolina. The latter, with his wife, son and mother are spending some days on a visit to the home of Mr. Taylor near town. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, January 22, 1919 MR. WYLEY HOOD AND MISS HENRY MARRIED Last Sunday, Mr. Wyley Hood, a worthy citizen of Lowell section of the city, was married to Miss Dora Henry, an excellent young lady who lived several miles east of town. The bride has been the faithful correspondent of The Leader from the Bacon Level section for some time past, and the entire force joins her other friends in expressing sincere good wishes. --- POPULAR ATHLETE AND SOLDIER LOCATES HERE Unusual interest is attached to the coming to Roanoke to locate of Lieut. Kirk Newell and wife who arrived last Friday and are staying at present at the Ware Hotel. Mr. Newell comes to take the place of prescriptionst at Driver's Drug Store. He is a registered pharmacist having taken the four year course at Auburn and having had practical experience since. Mr. Newell, whose former home is Dadeville, is one of the South's most noted athletes, having starred in baseball, football and basket ball, track and tennis. Soon after the war was declared, he entered the officer's training school at Ft. McPherson and was in due time commissioned Lieutenant of Infantry. He went overseas with his company and while duty on the front, he came near to losing his life in a heroic attempt to save the lives of his men, by springing foward to throw a hand grenade out of the trench that had been accidentally dropped by one of his men. In this act, Lieut. Newell received numerous wounds that came near proving fatal. He was invalided home and after a series of operations is again able to take up the duties of life. Mr. and Mrs. Newell are being cordially received in Roanoke. The latter, who was a Georgia girl, is an accomplished musician, as well as being personally popular among all who know her. ----- LOCAL News Mrs. Ruby McDow is quite sick at the home of J.H. McDow on Wedowee street. --- Luther H. Baker and Albert Baker have purchased the shoe repair and harness making business of Mr. L.E. Harris. The Baker boys are well known to the people of this town and section, having been the workmen in this shop for a number of years and are sure to receive a good patronage. The name of the firm is Baker Bros. ---- Mr. and Mrs. B.G. Sanders left Monday for their new home in Ritter, S.C. --- Carey Thornton is among the soldier boys at home from overseas. --- Mr. and Mrs. P.A. Hurst were called to LaGrange last Sunday by the illness of the latter's cousin Miss Tiny Davis, who died the following morning. The interment was made at Five Points on Tuesday morning. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Davis. The family resides in Roanoke some years ago. --- Mrs. L.C. Hardy is here to attend Mrs. G.W. Hill, who continues quite ill. --- Mrs. Marvin Taylor died last night as a result of influenza at her home some miles north of town, leaving a husband and six children. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, January 29, 1919 DEATH OF MRS. J.E. BARKER OCCURRED LAST FRIDAY Last Friday morning, Mrs. Jno. E. Barker died at her home in this city as a result of influenza followed by pneumonia. Besides her husband she leaves two sons, the youngest seven years of age. Mrs. Barker was a member of the Blake family, one of the oldest families of this setion, whose ranks have been many times invaded by death in late years. She was a member of the Baptist church. The interment was at Concord on Saturday with services conducted by Dr. Rucker. The untimely end of this good wife and mother is sincerely lamented. ---- LOCAL News T. Thompson, son of T.H. Thompson, arrived last week after having been wounded in military service in France. --- DARING ACT OF GEORGE GLENN WINS PRAISE OF 42nd DIVISION IN FRANCE With the American Army of Occupation, Jan. 24th - - - The entire Rainbow Division is proud today of George A. Glenn of Gadsden, Ala., attached to the Headquarters Company of the 167th Infantry, for the pluck and presence of mind he showed in handling a projectile which endangered the lives of many Army officers and men. The feat was performed during war maneuvers at Losendorff, on the left bank of the Rhine below Coblenz and close to the junction of the Yanks and Canadian forces. Machine guns of various types and artillery were hurling real stuff. The infantry was firing a volley. It was just as though a German attack was being repulsed. Then Private Frank Lewis of Ohio passed in front of the mortar just as a projectile was released. The high explosive projectile, twelve inches long and three inches wide, struck him under the left arm and was imbedded in his left side to a depth of ten inches. Realizing the danger to every officer and member of the gun crew within a radius of three hundred yards in the event of an explosion, Captain Glenn ran to the side of the fallen soldier, pulled out the projectile and tossed it into a safe hollow. Captain Glenn was highly praised by his superior officers for the act. Lewis was given a military funeral attended by the entire first battalion. He had been with the 167th all through the fighting at St. Michiel, the Argonne and Meuse and had participated in the attack on the suburbs of Sedan without being wounded. --------- J.H. THOMPSON IS IN ATLANTA FROM OVERSEAS RECOVERING FROM WOUNDS IN BATTLE Five Georgia officers, two of whom are Eighty-Second division Lieutenants and all of whom bear the wounds as testimonials of the fact that when they fought in France, were among the convalescents who reached the Fort McPherson base hospital this week. They fairly bristled with stories of heroism of comrades and of the part the 82nd played in clearing the Argonne forst and driving the Boche to the open warfare. When it came to the subject of their own wounds they volunteered nothing at all, which is the way of some young officers who have really been through the mill. Lieutenant Thompson, who used to be in the advertisement department of a Tuscaloosa, Ala., newspaper and who married an Atlantan girl, Miss Haydee Johnson, told how the daring 82nd completed the work of clearing the Argonne forest and then met the Boche on the Aire river in the open warfare that proved one of the biggest factors in the defeat of Germany. He was wounded at St. Michiel and later at the Argonne forest where he fought for thirteen days before shell splinters struck him in the arm and leg and put him out of commission. He told of high morale of the 82nd, of the enthusiams with which the men fought at all times. Trench and Camp Deparmtment, Atlanta Journal, the 21st inst. Lieutenant Thompson referred to above is John Homer Thompson, son of Mr. A.J. Thompson, prominent citizen of Stroud, Chambers County. First Lieut. Thompson had made a fine record wherever he was placed before the war and his friends are not surprised that he made good as a soldier. They rejoice that he is safe at home again, though wounded. ----- WEHADKEE News Jan. 27th L.W. Stitt and Evan Holder left Sunday for Chilton county in response to a telegram announcing the serious illness of the former's sister, Mrs. Malcolm Manning. --- After several days in intense suffering and in spite of all human efforts, the sweet spirit of Mrs. John Fincher took its flight to the Glory World last Tuesday night, she being a victim of influenza. The deceased was just in the bloom of life, being 24 years of age and was a devoted member of the Baptist church. She leaves a husband and two little boys, the youngest only two months of age. The interment was at Big Springs Wednesday afternoon, religious services conducted by S.D. Lewis. ---- CORBIN News (by J.C. Payne, correspondent) Jan. 25th Mrs. J.J. Fields died Jan. 1st and was buried in the Liberty cemetery on the second. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. D. Dollar. --- Miss Gussie Wilson was buried at Liberty Grove last Tuesday. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. J.C.A. Henderson. --- This writer was almost made to shout out loud last Monday when he received a telegram from his son, Grover B. Payne, who was wounded in France Sept. 16, 1918, stating that he had arrived in New Jersey and was feeling good. ---- LOCAL News Edgar Tomlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Tomlin, was in town Monday, walking by the aid of crutches, due to a severe wound in the right foot received in battle. He shows the signs of a long confinement in hospitals and was forced to return to Fort McPherson for further treatment. --- Mr. J. Thomas Owens has dug up an old document, which was reproduced in the last issue of the Randolph Star, showing that the town of Wedowee, some eighty years ago, was known by the name of "McDonald". ---- Last week The Leader reported the death of Mrs. W.H. McDaniel. Later we learn that Prof. McDaniel, the bereaved husband, was doubly afflicted in the death of his father. He will have the unbounded sympathy of all his friends in this time of sore trial. --- George Green, who has recently returned from Army service in Europe, and who is well known to many Randolph county people, has accepted a position in Driver's Drug Store. --- BRIEF SKETCH OF GOVERNOR THOMAS E. KILBY Born January 9, 1865 in Lebanon, Tennessee. Went to Atlanta, Georgia with his parents when little more than a mere lad. Received a common education in Atlanta. In 1887 removed from Atlanta to Anniston, Alabama. At Anniston he was agent for the Georgia Pacific Railroad. He was twice elected mayor of Anniston and served two terms consecutively. He left the railroad business in 1889 and went into the business which resolved itself into the business he is now engaged in, known as the Kilby Car and Foundry Company of which he is president. He was married in 1894 to Miss Mary Clark, daughter of Colonel Whitfield Clark of Barbour county and Annie Dent Clark, whose parents were South Carolinians. In 1895 he was elected president of the National Bank of Anniston which was consolidated with the Anniston National Bank in 1911, of which he is now president. He was elected state senator in 1911. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1915. He was elected Governor of Alabama on Nov. 5, 1918 and was inaugurated as the state's highest executive on Monday the 20th of January 1919, at the capitol, Montgomery. ------ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/newspape850gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 21.3 Kb