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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1934
Page
5
Compiled household canning notes outline fruit and vegetable preserves. Recipes cover Apple Marmalade Cherry Preserves Blueberry Jelly Watermelon Rind Marmalade Special Marmalade and Unusual Quince Marmalade with steps for sugar ratios cooking times sealing and storage.
County Commissioner Sid Williams, returning from a Georgia tour, says crops from Blakely to Atlanta show Southeast Alabama faring better overall. He notes Georgia heat damaged cotton and notably poor corn yields in some areas while Alabama fields appear stronger. Williams had been absent from one commissioners meeting during a 12 year tenure due to illness.
Farmers packed beat headquarters today to file Bankhead Cotton Control Bill gin certificate applications. Non-signers and acreage reducers jostled for turns as offices warned no more applications after next Wednesday. Interim certificates allow up to 50 percent of allotment before September 1 with about 61 percent of crop usually ginned tax free.
Marianna Fla Aug 3. Based on County Agent Gus York reports about 1990 Jackson County cotton growers filed for government cotton tax exemption certificates. Of these, 1182 signed contracts, suggesting over 700 non contract signers also applied for exemptions.
Preliminary work on the Dothan Columbia highway will begin next week for six and a half miles toward Columbia. Convict crews will surface the stretch in preparation for asphalt and slag cover. Labor is provided by the state and materials by Houston county. The project cost is about 11000 dollars and is funded from a local bank deposit. Probate Judge Harry K. Martin notes the county will not contribute any funds on completion.
First returns from a Commerce Department census show U S wholesale business fell 58 percent in dollar value from 1929 to 1933. Net 1933 sales reached 30.48 billion from 69.60 billion in 1929 across 159 724 firms. 1 179 358 people were employed in 1933 versus 1 605 042 in 1929.
Machinery for collection of cotton taxes under the Bankhead Cotton Control Act has moved forward with William E. Peters named deputy tax collector for Zone 10. Headquarters will be at Ozark. Zone 10 covers nine counties Russell Bullock Pike Barbour Henry Dale Coffee Geneva and Houston, with 150 gins and an allotment of 105283 bales of exempt cotton.
The figure shows $1 645 539 000 in salaries and wages versus $3 010 130 000 in 1929, highlighting a substantial drop in compensation levels between the two years.
City and county authorities pursued a 15 year old inmate of the Florida reformatory school at Marianna after an escape last night. He was reported headed this way and authorities searched surrounding areas for the juvenile.
Ozark Alabama authorities report the Ozark Cotton Mill is not closed. General Manager J L Channel confirms there is no strike or disorder and no indication of any. Dale troops in camp at Fort McClellan Anniston include 64 National Guardsmen from the 31st Tank Company under five officers for a 15 day training period.
Dr. Howard Gervin of the Florida State hospital medical department passed the state board of medical examiners examination for a physician license and will begin private practice.
The Alabama Public Service Commission denied the petition of intervening ice and coal companies seeking to suspend its order approving Alabama Power Co. sale of property to the Tennessee Valley Authority. The firms protested the original ruling as TVA regulation status loomed.
The proposal to sell power lines and distribution systems was approved on grounds the move would place TVA in the public utility business in Alabama and could cause irreparable damage to the agency’s operations.
Turpentine firm quotings and sales shown with 413-4, receipts 717, no shipments, stock 789. Rosin remains steady with 605 sales and 2,404 receipts, stock 111,858. Prices listed: B D 4.07 1-2, EB 4.12 1-2, F 4.15, G 4.20, HI K M 4.25, N 4.50, WG 4.60, WW V 4.75.
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