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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1915
Page
2
Alabama lawmakers in Montgomery debated a proposed overhaul of the penal system by creating a statewide elected commission to oversee convict labor. Critics warned it could reduce executive power, while supporters cited humanitarian concerns and calls to reform the convict system amid reports of brutal practices and mine labor.
The article surveys debates on heredity and environment in eugenics, noting calls for scientific scrutiny and cautious public policy. It quotes Mr. S. H. Cope touring Georgia with remarks on Quitman County hog farming, noting rising prosperity from hog raising, local home-building, and farmers increasingly lending to merchants.
A Wagner based baseball team will host an amateur pickup squad at Walter Field Wedgeway. Local clubs plan to provide players to face the Taylor aggregation in a friendly contest.
Lester Green has returned from Ray Springs as reported in a brief community update. Local sources confirm his return and note no further details were provided.
An opinion piece discusses thrift and healthy living with Miss Annie Peck advocating a vegetarian diet and careful food budgeting. It cites a Chicago physician praising milk regimens and describes older dress being preserved by thrifty families. The article urges teaching thrift to children and cites Wanamaker on saving as a path to national strength.
The Dothan Eagle and Advertiser blur city life with slang and regional bias. The text contrasts Birmingham and Montgomery attitudes with uneasy race tension, mocking local scenes from front yards to backyards. It notes changing appearances and fleeting civic perception across Alabama towns.
The fourteenth annual conven tion of the National Nut Growers Exdodiation will be held at Albany Ga October 27 28 29 1915. With the expansion and growing interest in nut growing the meetings become more important for the development. Delegates come from the belt to share information and learn the latest in orchard and deburatory practices.
160 acre farm two miles NW of Steromh with 80 acres clearable and soil described as chocolate land and sandy clay fuse, priced at 20.00 per acre with a two to three year payment plan and 8 percent interest. Cotton accepted in payment at 12 cents per pound. Another 35 acre farm on Newton Springs Road one mile from Campbellton with 30 acres cultivated, fenced, three room house, crib, stable, priced around 1125 with $100 cash and mortgage options. Also an 80 acre farm ten miles west of Dothan with 55 acres in cultivation and two tenant houses, priced about 1300 with staggered payments. Company offers city prospects and 40–50 acre farms with attractive terms. contact Tutweler & Powell, phone 497.
A party of negroes suspected of gambling on a box car between the Hay Fane and Central rail roads fled as police and deputy sheriffs approached Sunday afternoon, all escaping before officers could detain anyone.
J P Martin of near Enterprise and Harmon Andrews of near Midland City, both farmers, have filed voluntary bankruptcyproceedings in the U S court.
Sam Crewh, a Black resident of North Highlands, reportedly injured his wife with a sharp object and cut another Black man on the shoulder and hip during a late Saturday fracas. Police say Sam was arrested while the second man fled. Sam claims the injury came from his own folly amid jealousy.
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