Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for JUNE 1896 June 1896 ************************************************ 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: Candace Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net January 20, 2005, 12:22 am The Randolph Toiler NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE RANDOLPH TOILER", Wedowee, Randolph County, Alabama for JUNE 1896 NEWSPAPER issue of Friday, June 5, 1896 LOCAL News Mr. Wm. Cato and Miss Lizzie McIntosh were married near Newell on Sunday. __ Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Guinn are visiting Mr. Guinn's parents and family at Langdale. __ Rev. G.W. Hall has a fine boy at his home who came to town last Friday. He now has a trio of little ones, two of whom are boys. __ During the thunderstorm on Monday the mammoth oak tree in front of Sheriff Willoughby's residence was shivered into splinters by lightning. The inmates of the house were slighly shocked but no one injured. __ Uncle Sabe Scales, an old colored preacher living on Corn House Creek, about nine miles southeast of Wedowee, died suddenly Sunday afternoon of Apoplexy. He was an old land mark, being 70 years of age and was well known and liked by the old citizens of the section in which he lived. __ PEACE News LETTER FROM T.Y. DANIEL FROM TEXAS Meridian, Bosque Co. Texas May 30, 1896 Editor of the Toiler, I write a few lines to your readers as Randolph County is my old home and it is easier to reach my old friends through your paper than to write to them individually. The health of this country is good and the farmers are blessed with good crops up to the present time, though needing rain very much. Reaping is the order of the day now in this country and the grain is good. Wheat will average about 18 bushels per acre; volunteer oats will average 75 and spring oats about 50 bushels per acre. Corn is fine; with two more rains will make from 25 to 60 bushels per acre; and cotton is fine now but there is no telling about the final yield. I have just learned that Mr. Frank Lovvorn is now under the treatment of four doctors at Waco, Texas and has been real bad off but is some better now. He thinks it is consumption. The singers at Bosque county will miss him next Saturday and Sunday at Pleasant Grove as he is the President of the Bosque County Singing Convention but owing to his being absent, Mr. David Chaffin will fill his place. I would like to be at old Union Church in your county next Sunday just to hear some music from the Old Sacred Harp, led by my old leadmates Dr. Billie Mitchell and a number of others that I will not mention. The old Harp is the best song book on earth and I hope that the people of old Randolph will never lay it down to pick up any other book, only in Sunday schools. Well friends, I am away here in Texas and it is true I have a good many relatives and friends here but after all I am very near alone when it comes to politics. The people in this country are split up considerably on this money question. There is what they call the Old Side Democrat and the Free Silver Democrat and the Populist Democrat and here I am a Free Silver Republican by myself, and if I vote they tell me that I will have to be careful and not talk Republicanism too darn much or I might have to go to the stooping tree. If I live to vote in November '96, I aim to pull my ticket open to the crowd and tell them to watch me vote it; but I will be ready to die for liberty! I do not know how to vote any other kind of ticket only the Republican ticket, no how. Any person who wants to come to Texas will find it to be a good farming country. With the same rain, this land will make just about four times the produce that that country will. When I lay by my crop, myself and three or four other fellows are going to take a trip out on the plains in the West. We are going to to in a wagon and also have our saddle horses along to round up a beef yearling occasionally for our meet. We will be gone six or seven weeks. Hoping some of the boys who live in Randolph will write to the Toiler, I remain yours truly, T.Y. Daniel. ______ NEWSPAPER issue of Friday, June 12, 1896 LOCAL News Dr. E.T. Gauntt went to Hog Thief, in the northwestern part of the county yesterday to visit patients and has not returned. It is hoped no mishap has befallen him. (Editor: the doctor returned safe.) -- Miss Jimmie Stewart has gone to visit her sister Mrs. Thomason at Brockville. __ Mr. J.L. Traylor, our popular Deputy Sheriff, has been seriously ill of fever since the first of last week. Dr. Swann who is attending him reported his condition as somewhat improved yesterday and thinks the indications are favorable for his recovery. __ Mr. J.W. Ballew, until recently a citizen of this vicinity, but now residing at Abner, Clay County, about 13 miles west of Wedowee, was in town yesterday and gave the Toiler a pleasant call. He reports that his son Isaac Ballew has been quite sick but much better now. __ WEHADKEE News Prof. F.B. Brazeal and daughter Tisie and little son Carl of Frolona, GA visited relatives in this community Saturday and Sunday. __ ROANOKE News Health of the community is good. Dominos is the sport of the town. Marshal Walden has several of Ham's sons boarding with him this week. Frank Joiner, colored, is in the care of Mr. H.C. Manley this week, charged with assault and battery. He will have a hearing before Justice East on next Monday the 15th. __ CAMBRIDGE, ALA., News W.R. Leggett has plenty of young melons. He also has the best cotton in the community, some over knee high. Mrs. Helen Brooks has returned from the Sand Mountain country and is making her home with her brother at this place. __ Mr. W.H. Smith, Wedowee's popular house painter has just finished painting Mr. J.H. Dennis' dwelling house at this place which adds greatly to the appearance of his nice little cottage. Will is a good painter and a clever fellow. He certainly knows how to use the brush. May he meet with much success in his trade. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, June 19, 1896 LOCAL News Mrs. Casey of Lineville is visiting the family of her brother, Mr. A.T. Messer of this place and expects to remain for some time. __ Rev. and Mrs. R.N. Ledbetter living three and a half miles north of town were made happy by the advent of a fine ten and a half pound son last Sunday night. __ Dr. Dean reported yesterday that Mrs. Gid. Dyer, living six miles southeast of town on Corn House, is very ill of a fever the exact type of which had not yet developed. __ The young people of Wedowee are going to have a picnic on the fourth of July at Mr. Dobson's Mills. They are looking foward to a grand time and everybody and their baskets are invited. __ Mr. H.F. Whaley, living five miles east of Wedowee, handed in at the Toiler office on Saturday last, a full blown and well developed red cotton bloom, the first reported this season. They are becoming numerous now. __ Mr. James Kaylor, living about two miles from Graham, happened to the misfortune to lose his fine new residence by fire on Saturday evening last. His loss was very heavy, about half his household goods being destroyed, besides 18 bushels of wheat which was stored in the kitchen. The fire caught from the kitchen stove pipe and a high wind prevailing at the time made it impossible to extinguish the flames. __ DEATH OF J.L. TRAYLOR The people of Wedowee were profoundly shocked this Friday morning at the announcement of the death of Deputy Sheriff J.L. Traylor, which sad even occured a few minutes before 3 o'clock. Mr. Traylor had been ill of a malignant type of fever for about three weeks and for the past few days it had been known to Dr. Swann, his attending physician, that his condition was critical, yet he entertained hopes of his recovery until last night, when the disease colminated in hemorrhage of the bowels, with fatal result. Mr. Traylor was not only an efficient and faithful officer, but he was endowed with so many noble and generous traits of chracter that everyone was drawn to him in the strongest ties of friendship and his death will be a personal affliction to the hundreds of people in Randolph County. He was in the prime of young manhood, being just past 26 years of age and leaves a young wife and child, a little boy, besides his widowed mother, brothers and sisters to mourn his untimely death; and to them especially the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community goes out. As a mark of the high esteem in which Mr. Traylor was held, the business houses in town will remain closed until after the funeral which will take place at the Masonic Cemetery between 2 and 3 o'clock tomorrow. Mr. Traylor was a member of the Baptist Church and an effort will be made to have Rev. W.J. Lovvorn, his pastor, present, to conduct the funeral services. ___ Married, at the Farmer's House in Wedowee, Ala., Sunday evening, June 14th, 1896, Mr. Jno. W. Callahan, editor of The Toiler, and Mrs. L.E. Hahn, of Birmingham, Ala. This was the happy culmination of a somewhat prolonged engagement, deferred in order that the bride elect might enjoy a protracted visit to her old home and friends at Haverstraw, New York. ___ ELECTION OF MASONIC OFFICERS At their annual election on the 13th inst., Sawyer Lodge No. 93, A.F. and A.M., elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: J.P.D. Murphy, W.M. J.C. Swann, S.W. W.H.McMurray, J.W. A.J. Weathers, Treasurer J.T. Owens, Secretary W.C. Gibbs, S.D. R.T. West, J.D. V.T. Bonner, Chaplain J.S. Parden, Tyler Robert Willoughby, Steward B.H. Smith, Steward ___ ROANOKE News Mr. S.C. Mitchell, one of Beat 10's most prominent citizens, has been very sick for some time now and there is no hope for his recovery. __ Uncle Tom Blake, formerly a citizen of Roanoke but now residing near Louina, received a telegram the first of the week stating that his son Guy, residing in Texas, was in a dying condition. __ Mr. S.C. Mitchell, died about 12 o'clock today. We sympathise with the bereaved family and relatives. __ GRAHAM News Brother E.M.Noles died near this place on Saturday June 6th and was buried Sunday by the Masonic fraternity. __ Miss E.B. Calhoun died Monday June 8th. She died at her father's near Heflin, Cleburne County. She lived near Graham. SHe left many friends to mourn her death. Miss Alice was loved by all who knew her. __ Old brother Pritchett died Sunday, June 14th and was buried Tuesday by the Masonic fraternity. Heaton Lodge has lost two of it's members in the last ten days. ___ CHRISTIANA News Mr. M.M. Gregg has been in bad health for some time but we hope he will get better soon. __ Mr. A.J. Taylor's wife died last Thursday. She was about 48 years of age. She has been an affectionate companion of Mr. Taylor for 25 years. Left one son and one daughter and her dear companion to mourn her death. We extend our sympathies to them. __ Rev. D.S. Gregg, accompanied by C.M. Gregg, Ready Gregg and J.D. Fuller attended the burial of our beloved old Brother Hurley last Saturday. May we all live as devoted christian lives as he has lived. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Friday, June 26, 1896 LOCAL News Miss Fanny Mooty of Heard County, Georgia is visiting the family of Mr. R.T. West of this place. __ Mrs. Ridley of Heard County, Georgia has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J.S. Prescott and other relatives and friends at this place. __ Mr. J.W. Stewart has received the sad news of the death of his brother, Mr. John J. Stewart, which occurred at his home in Salisbury, N.C. last Saturday. Mr. Stewart was a prominent newspaper man in the old north state but has been in bad health for several months. He was on a visit here last winter. __ LAST SAD RITES IN HONOR OF J.L. TRAYLOR; TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY The service at the Baptist Church about noon last Saturday, which preceded the consignment to the grave of the mortal remains of J.L. Traylor was one peculiarly touching and sad. The house was filled to its utmost capacity and perhaps no more sincere regret and sorrow ever pervaded a similar congregation. Rev. W.J. Lovvorn was met at Newell on Friday on his way to fill his appointment at Antioch, by Mr. Homer Willoughby, who conveyed to him the news of Mr. Traylor's death and he came down to Wedowee Friday night, thus being enabled to gratify the wish of the family and membership of the church that he, the pastor and friend of the deceased, might be present and conduct the funeral service. Mr. Lovvorn read for a lesson on which to base his remarks, the eleventh chapter of John, and after a touching and comforting prayer, paid a loving tribute to the life and character of the departed and spoke sad, yet eloquent and comforting words to the living, portraying the final triumph of the redeemed through faith in christ. He was followed by Rev. L.G. Gunn in a few tenderly touching and appropriate remarks and the service was closed with prayer by Rev. Virgil Bonner. During the entire service there was scarcely a dry eye in the large congregation and literally there was a shower of tears! The grief of the mother of the deceased and that of his loving young wife was indeed pathetic and touched every heart. At the close of the service the congregation filed by the casket and took a farewell look at the familiar features, which looked almost natural as if resting in quiet slumber. A large number of colored people who had assembled at the rear door of the church asked and were readily granted the same privilege, thus attesting to the high esteem in which Mr. Traylor was held by all classes and conditions of our people. The services being over, a large procession headed its solemn march to the Masonic Cemetery where all that is mortal of J.L. Traylor was laid to rest to await the resurrection. Subjoined are tributes to the memory of the deceased, handed in for publication: A Tribute by Rev. L.G. Gunn On the morning of June 19th, the whole community was shocked to hear the sad news that J.L. Traylor, Deputy Sheriff of Randolph County, was dead. "Lem", as he was affectionately called by all, was born January 27, 1870. He was appointed deputy sheriff in 1892. He was faithful in the discharge of his official duties. His deportment as a man won for him the respect and esteem of both rich and poor. About three years ago he joined the Baptist Church. We trust that he has gone to join the ranks of the glorified host around the throne of God. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the sorrowing friends of the deceased. May it be the means in god's hands of arousing each one of us to ask, "what is my relationship with god." A Tribute by a Friend The writer, on Saturday last, attended the ceremonies performed over the remains of Lem. Traylor, and desires in your columns to pay this tribute of an observing friend to his memory and character. Indeed, a good man is gone, a manly form is broken, a true warm heart is still. A man in the exercise of inherent virtues, wields an influence of which he is not aware and the extent of which at the time is not unduly noticed, yet leaves a lasting impression on many. So with Lem. Doing right without display or selfish purpose, his life can but have a wholesome influence with everyone who knew him. His every act, almost, seemed prompted by innate principles of truth, duty, justice. As a youth and young man, none was more dutiful or filled better the measure of parental obligation; and later on, the tender regard manifested for the happiness of a widowed mother, spoke the true man. As a citizen and christian, his walk was upright and consistent. The writer never remembers on any occasion to have heard Lem make use of profanity, nor to have swerved from temperance. Yet no face or conversation was more cheerful than his. As an official, he was painstaking and energetic, accomodating to everyone, and very kind to those in his custody, denying himself his own cloak to wrap a ragged and suffering prisoner. His favors fell alike on friend and opponent and his position was not used to gain an advantage of any man or suitor. He was a fair man; considerate of the opinions of all and careful to concede the rights demanded for himself. His death seems to have cut a wound in every breast. In Wedowee, "there is only one heart and it's sore." We believe he accepted and enjoys his right to the Tree of Life. May everyone accept Lem's savior and be able to again grasp his hand. ________ NEWELL News Miss Lucy Morrow who has been quite sick several weeks with fever is slowly recovering. __ Mr. T.J. Lovvorn has about finished up some repairs on his Mill and is now ready and waiting to grind your corn and wheat and saw logs into lumber and sell goods as low as the lowest. __ ROANOKE News "Uncle" Isham Thornton, a citizen of this town is very low. __ Mr. J.W. Ray, engineer on the railroad, has been very low for some time with Typhoid Fever. __ WEHADKEE News Mr. Harvey Enloe and wife of West Point, GA visited relatives here last week. __ Rev. C.D. Camp of Newell visited his father near this place last week. __ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/newspapers/nw121newspape.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/alfiles/ File size: 17.6 Kb