The USGenWeb Archives Project - Randolph County, Alabama: Miscellaneous Articles from Newspapers

A very special thank you to
Candace Gravelle
for all her hard work transcribing hundreds of
articles from The Roanoke/Randolph Leader.

Description	Date of Article	Date	Submitter
Fire Destroys Business	February 4, 1875	Sep 2003	Larry E. Caver, Jr.
Randolph County Tax Sale	February 12, 1875	Sep 2006	Beverly Giles Loffler & Linda Ayres
William Lovvorn Buys Interest in Bowdon, GA Mill	October 5, 1877	Nov 2006	Candace Gravelle
R. S. Heflin Appointed Deputy Collector of US Revenue	September 20, 1878	Nov 2006	Candace Gravelle
Manley, H. C. Shot In Face During Fight	October 29, 1880	Apr 2007	Candace Gravelle
Prather Ran Over By Train At West Point, Ga.	November 19, 1880	Apr 2007	Candace Gravelle
Pearson, Hiram's Home Destroyed By Fire	April 15, 1881	Apr 2007	Candace Gravelle
Dickson, William Bound Over For Illicit Distilling	June 17, 1881	Apr 2007	Candace Gravelle
C. J. Waldrop Hung For Murder Of Al Mitchell's Wife, Clay County	July 8, 1881	Apr 2007	Candace Gravelle
Cheeves, A. J. Moving To Texas .	November 18, 1881	Apr 2007	Candace Gravelle
H. B. Laney Writes from Texas	November 28, 1895	Jul 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
Stell Blake Can Practice Before Alabama Supreme Court	June 18, 1897	Nov 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Singing at Heflin's Grove	August 6, 1897	Dec 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Farmers' Hotel	April 15, 1898	Nov 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Sacred Harp Singing at New Court House	May 20, 1898	Nov 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Opening of the Roanoke Dispensary	January 2, 1901	Dec 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Rock Mills Local Election	January 8, 1902	Dec 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
William B. Nichols Family Reunion	May 14, 1902	Dec 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Roanoke College Honor Roll 1901-1902 School Year	May 21, 1902	Oct 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Roanoke City Election	January 3, 1903	Jun 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
Roanoke Rural Free Delivery Route #1	February 4, 1903	Jan 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
Social Circle School Honor Roll for March	April 8, 1903	Jan 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
Lizzards for Hauling Pleasant Hill School Honor Roll for January William W. Stevenson Graduates from Medical College of Alabama	April 15, 1903	Jan 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
Holstun Medal Contest	April 15 & 22, 1903	Jan 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
Farmer’s Academy District Trustees Elected Roanoke College’s Excelsior Literary Society Program	April 22, 1903	Jan 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
1903 Roanoke College Commencement	May 27, 1903	Jun 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
Naming the Baby	Jume 3, 1903	Jul 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
Bet and Rufus Patton Graduate from Tuskegee Institute	June 17, 1903	Jul 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
New Teachers Licensed	January 31, 1906	Nov 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
J. D. Strickland Writes from Texas	January 9, 1908	Jul 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
“Singin Skule Beginment” Staged Comedy	June 3, 1908	Sep 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Children of T. M. Awbrey	October 7, 1908	Sep 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Roanoke Excelsior Debating Society	January 20, 1909	Jun 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
Teachers' Institute Program	February 17, 1909	Sep 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
James Carter Wright Purchases Automobiles	June 9, 1909	Aug 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
First Bridge over Jones Creek Nelle Brittain Joins Roanoke College Faculty	September 15, 1909	Dec 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
"Fernwood," Home of Mr. J. E. Mann	January 11, 1911	Feb 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Editorial Letter from Mr. J. E. Mann	January 18, 1911	Feb 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Teachers’ Institute Program	February 22, 1911	Jan 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
Naming Roanoke's Cemetery "Cedarwood"	March 22, 1911	Sep 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Cows Wanted by J. E. Mann	May 17, 1911	Feb 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Reception for Jessie Wood Resignation of W. H. McDaniel as President of Roanoke College	July 19, 1911	Sep 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
M. S. Bingham Returns from Mexico Silver Anniversary of John P. Liles and Mary E. Woodall Liles Changes for Roanoke Merchants	September 6, 1911	Mar 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Good Roads Movement	October 25, 1911	Sep 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Heflin 25th Anniversary Celebration	December 6, 1911	Jul 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
Major John T. Coleman Prime Favorite for Treasurer Growth of Wadley	March 27, 1912	Feb 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Roanoke Commercial District Fire	January 7, 1914	Dec 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Attorney Robert J. Hooton Praised New Year’s Eve Watch Night Party J. B. McPherson Reports on Farm Experiments Berry Strozier Retires from Barbering Professor Herman L. Upshaw Praised J. Bernard Kitchens on Navy Furlough	January 6, 1915	Nov 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
Some Randolph County Business Notes During Leon M. Stevenson starts Eastview Farm	January 13, 1915	Oct 2004	William Fischer, Jr.
John Augustus Walden Moves to Jude, Alabama	January 20, 1915	Nov 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
Miss Willie Harper Wins Newspaper Contest Birth of John Bluford Stevenson	January 27, 1915	Dec 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
Emil Zobel Loses His Coat	February 10, 1915	Nov 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
Randolph County Schools Contest	March 10, 1915	Dec 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
Roanoke Mayor W. Y. Chewning Issues Clean-Up Proclamation Jury Commissioner	March 24, 1915	Dec 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
E. C. Cunningham’s Ode to LaGrippe	March 31, 1915	Nov 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
Conductor Ed Bryan Temporarily Becomes Flagman Benjamin J. Mitchum’s Home Burns	April 21, 1915	Dec 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
Gus Lane Celebrates Fifty-Seventh Birthday Negro Good Citizenship League Founded Roanoke Negroes Offer Thanks	April 28, 1915	Dec 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
Birmingham College Glee Club Connections Editorials Against Women’s Suffrage Joe Wood’s Mentorship of William H. Holtzclaw Five New Automobiles for Wedowee Randolph County Bank Statements Roanoke City Schools Commencement Tax Notice for S. D. Chewning	May 5, 1915	Feb 2004	William Fischer, Jr.
University of Alabama Wins Debate William H. Wright Family Reunion History of Roanoke's Manley Building Margaret Schuessler’s Piano Certification Recital	May 12, 1915	Dec 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
Spring A. B. & A. Passenger Train Schedule Change	May 19, 1915	Mar 2004	William Fischer, Jr.
James W. Grady Accepts Bank Positions T. B. Wood Resigns as Bank Cashier 1915-1916 Wedowee Schools Faculty Addie Striplin’s Piano Class Recital Roanoke Schools Faculty	May 26, 1915	Dec 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
Fats and Leans Play Exhibition Ballgame John W. Radney Elected President Alabama Cottonseed Crushers' Association Wadley High School Commencement and Next Year's Faculty Professor H. C. McDonald Praised	June 2, 1915	Dec 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
M. F. Fears Raises Fine Crop of Wheat James A. Ussery Graduates from Medical School	June 9, 1915	Jan 2004	William Fischer, Jr.
Eris Stevens Graduates from Bessie Tift College	June 16, 1915	Dec 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
Delight Theater Improves Sanitation Improvements at Roanoke's Ussery Lake	June 23, 1915	Jan 2004	William Fischer, Jr.
Joseph Culpepper Visits After 35 Year Absence	July 28, 1915	Jan 2004	William Fischer, Jr.
Training Sessions for Colored Farmers	September 22, 1915	Apr 2004	William Fischer, Jr.
N. C. Causey Home, Commissioner’s Sale	October 6, 1915	Jun 2004	William Fischer, Jr.
Rock Mills School Faculty	October 13, 1915	Jun 2004	William Fischer, Jr.
Ben Smedley Purchases Farm	October 27, 1915	Apr 2004	William Fischer, Jr.
Autos Expressed to Roanoke by Rail	May 24, 1916	Dec 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Free Attendance at Wadley High School	May 31, 1916	Dec 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
A Rare Heflin Oratorical Failure	August 29, 1917	Aug 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
James Madison Satterwhite Celebrates 88th Birthday	February 27, 1918	Sep 2003	William Fischer, Jr.
Roanoke Memorial Day Celebration	April 16, 1919	Feb 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Harris 59th Anniversary Celebration	April 24, 1918	Dec 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
World War Memorial for 'Colored' Soldiers	July 30, 1919	Feb 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Ban on Public Gatherings in Roanoke	February 25, 1920	Feb 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
First Airplane to Land in Roanoke	April 28, 1920	Mar 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Reminiscences about Rock Mills	May 12, 1920	Feb 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Mrs. Kate Guin Birdsong Visits	July 18, 1923	Apr 2006	Candace Gravelle
Charles E. Smith Motor Company	February 10, 1926	Dec 2001	William Fischer, Jr.
Agriculture Program at New Hope School	March 21, 1926	Jul 2002	William Fischer, Jr.
Duke, J. D., III , Dr..	March 11, 1937	Feb 2007	Candace Gravelle
Farrarr, Zachary Stricken With Paralysis While Driving Bus	April 6, 1939	Mar 2007	Candace Gravelle
Randolph County Courthouse Burns In Wedowee, Ala.	August 29, 1940	Mar 2007	Candace Gravelle
Yates, Guy Murder Suspects Caught In Caldwell, Idaho .	November 14, 1940	Mar 2007	Candace Gravelle
Williams, Ralph & Ray Given Life In Prison For Murder Of Guy Yates .	February 6, 1941	Mar 2007	Candace Gravelle