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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
7
Brunswick, December 12. The Daughters of the American Revolution prepare ceremonies for the unveiling of the Oglethorpe monument on the general’s birthday this month. Brunswick is the first city in Georgia to honor the founder of the Empire State of the South in this way.
A tele phone message from Saluda reports a strong wind across the mountains yesterday. A large new frame general merchandise building owned by T. Fenner was wrecked with about 2000 dollars worth of goods lost and the storehouse blown from its foundation.
The crop reporting board of the bureau of statistics department of agriculture released its monthly findings. On December 15 the condition of winter wheat stood at 94.1 percent with 31,241,000 acres planted, marking an acreage increase from the fall of 1994. Winter rye condition was 95.4 percent.
Athens Georgia December 12 Russell Wright colored will serve a twelve months sentence for misappropriating funds. He received 30 cents from a white man to buy whisky and was convicted of larceny after trust. Judge Hammond imposed the year in jail.
Official announcement last night announced the selection of L. W. Botts of Louisville as treasurer of the Louisville Henderson and St. Louis railroad. Botts succeeds H. W. Sanders who has been incapacitated by ill health.
Representatives from many southern states attend the opening session of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological association in Louisville. The convention runs three days with papers on the medical profession to be read and discussed.
The Navy Department telegraphed Rear Admiral Thomas at Newport Naval Training Station for information about the gunboat Wasp amid safety fears. In Bainbridge Georgia, A H Merritt of Pelham was arrested on a murder charge after a coroner's inquest and confinement with J H Harrison. Merritt, a well connected farmer with a wife and three children, faces the charge.
New York officers of Typographical Union No. 6 announce $190,000 has been guaranteed in member assessments to fund the eight hour workday campaign. The change, set to begin January 1 in the book and job trade, prompts a sustained labor struggle with the Typothetae.
In a halted exchange the Englishman cannot detect the humor while the American girl sighs that the fault lies not with the joke but with his perception. The line records a clash of tone between two travelers.
In five starving provinces, peasants abandon luxury for bread as famine fuels unrest. Foreign aid appeals target Americans and noble patrons while factions contend for power, from reactionary landlords to moderates and revolutionary parties, amid imperial uncertainty.
A tobacco factory in Louisville owned by Mrs. M. B. Penyck and operated for the American company was dynamited at 1230 this morning. No injuries reported though nearby houses and a depot were damaged. Insurance had been cancelled due to local Dust Tobacco Growers ties. the act is blamed on suspected sympathizers though the group condemns it.
The Western Federation of Miners executive board in Denver decided to offer a $1000 fund to start cooperative mining. Members would contribute $10 each, aiming to employ union members unemployed due to the card system in Colorado and nearby states.
Humboldt Tennessee reports a meeting where representatives from Humboldt Newbern Tiptonville St Louis and other places reorganized the Missouri Tennessee and Georgia railroad project first begun in 1887 to connect points on the Mississippi River through Humboldt and Lexington into Georgia. The group plans to push the road toward an early completion.
In Chattanooga Tennessee a flurry of mortgages to secure large bond sums were filed at the county registrar within a week. The American Brake Shoe and Foundry Company with plants in Chicago New Jersey and Chattanooga filed a $1,000 mortgage. The Chattanooga and Tennessee River Company sought $4,500,000 in bonds and Carbon Hill Coal and Coke Company filed for $3,600,000.
The Rider-Dempster liner Angola grounded on a coral bottom entering Havana harbor in heavy seas Sunday night. The underwriters have abandoned the vessel which was pierced by the rock. 15 feet of water fill the hold and the wheat cargo is swelling.
Norwich Conn Dec 13 William H Davenport aged 72 founder of the W H Davenport Firearms Co died yesterday at his home in Norwich. He established the company in the mid nineteenth century and was a prominent local businessman.
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