Randolph County AlArchives News.....Newspaper Abstracts for NOV 1897 November 1897 ************************************************ 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 30, 2005, 9:57 pm The Randolph Toiler NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE RANDOLPH TOILER", Wedowee, Randolph County, Alabama for NOVEMBER 1897 NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, November 5, 1897 LOCAL News Mrs. Mitchell who has been seriously ill the past two weeks with an attack of fever is reported better now. __ Mr. G.W. Lovvorn of Graham was a welcome caller at the Toiler office yesterday. __ WEHADKEE News Mr. W.J. Lewis of Temple, GA spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in this community. __ Mr. W.J. Morris of Roanoke was in this community last Saturday doing some photograph work. __ WILDWOOD News William Ingram of Clay County, who lived near Delta, died suddenly last Sunday evening while on his way home from church. He and his wife had been to Shiloh Primitive Baptist church about one and a half miles from where he lived. After the meeting was over, they started home, the preacher with them, and had gone about half a mile from the church when he, without any warning whatever, fell over in his wife's lap and was dead in a few minutes. He was apparently in good health and it is said by those who were at the church that he was livelier than usual. He was widely known, having once been Tax Assesor of this county and once, only a few years ago, represented Clay County in the Legislature, and was much loved and respected by all who knew him. He was an affectionate husband, a loving father and a kind and generous hearted neighbor. He leaves a wife and one son to mourn his death. he was about 74 years old. It can be truly said that another good man is gone to receive his reward. He was buried today at Shiloh in the presence of a large concourse of relatives and friends. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Pruett, a primitive baptist preacher. The writer extends his kindest sympathies to the bereaved relatives of the deceased. __ Mr. D.J. Braden's house was broken into by some unknown persons on the night of the 23rd ult., and $46.72 in money was taken therefrom. He had been to Oxford and sold two bales of cotton and had returned home with the money in the early part of the night and gave it to his wife. She put it in a trunk and locked the trunk. The next morning when they awoke they found to their great surprize that their house had been burglarized and all their money was gone. __ NEWSPAPER issue of Friday, November 12, 1897 LOCAL News We learn that Mr. John Caver and Miss Annie Narred, a popular young couple living near Jeptha, were married last night. __ We learn that Mr. Robert H. Ford has purchased from Mr. W.N. Clifton his home place and 20 acres of land attached, near town on the Roanoke road. The place adjoins Mr. Ford's farm which makes it very convenient for him. Mr. Clifton, we learn, still retains the main body of his land. __ Ed. Whittaker, the colored man whose skull was crushed by Dock Hill, the Atlanta negro, died on Thursday of last week, twenty four days after receiving the fatal blow. The physicians did not suppose he would live longer than a week or ten days at most but he displayed such wonderful vitality that Dr. Dean was encouraged to give him close attention, thereby doubtlessly prolonging his life. Indeed, we understand that his death was precipatated by sleeping uncovered on a cool night and taking a severe cold, else we might have witnessed the spectacle of a man recovering, walking around with little more than half his head. A most remarkable fact is that he remained rationale and most of the time, nothwithstanding the loss of so much brain matter. His slayer, who made his escape, has not been heard from so far as we are informed. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, November 19, 1897 LOCAL News Mrs. R.H. Harris is reported quite sick, having been confined to her bed for several days. __ Mr. M.V. Mullins spent several days with his old neighbors in Wedowee this week. __ Deputy U.S. Marshall Robertson is breaking up the distilleries just as the cold weather is coming in. This is hard on "the boys". __ Mr. D.B. Smith, who recently received the appointment of postmaster at Opelika is an uncle of our fellow townsmen, Messrs. Douglas and A.D. Smith. __ Ed Laws, a young man who plead guilty at the last term of the court to the charge of selling liquor, and who made his escape with two others from jail soon afterward, was recently arrested in Dale County. Sheriff Harris went after him and returned on Tuesday. The young man is now in jail and will have to take his medicine. __ NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, November 26, 1897 LOCAL News Mrs. Clark, wife of Mr. Jasper Clark, died at her home near Corn House last Sunday. __ Mrs. McPherson left for her home in West Point on Wednesday morning. She was accompanied by Mrs. Hunt and her children who will remain with her in West Point for some time. __ Deputy Sheriff A.J. Kent has been quite sick with fever for a week past. We are glad to note that he was reported much better yesterday and his many friends hope he will be out again in a day or so. __ Mr. Joe Dobson and Miss Ola Robertson were married Sunday morning, presiding elder Rampey performing the ceremony. __ Mr. T.J. Lovvorn of Newell was in town Wednesday and called on the Toiler. Mr. Lovvorn paid his subscription to the Toiler a year in advance. __ The Third Sunday in October, a general row occurred at a negro assocation at Antioch, GA in which Will Smith murdered Brewer Winchester. Smith has been tried and sentenced to be hanged at LaGrange on the 7th of next January. Another negro murderer will be hanged with him. The Roanoke Leader __ Last Sunday, Mr. Clarence Bishop was married to Miss Lena Cardwell at Truett, and on the same day, Mr. Bishop's sister was married to Mr. Wm. Carlisle. Mrs. Bishop is a niece of W.H. Welch of this city. The Roanoke Leader __ Mrs. Samantha Ray died in Rock Mills on Monday morning at the advanced age of 84 years. Her descendants now living number over one hundred among whom is her grandson John H. Talley, of this place. 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