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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1911
Page
1
The Southeast Alabama Chautauqua Association confirms a spring event in Dothan. The gathering, planned for June, will move from a tent to an auditorium likely completed by then. Early plans call for a corrugated iron and wood building with a concrete base, with a brick structure planned later.
A black drayman, 18, living in the southern part of town, has been dying since Saturday afternoon from a severe hiccoughing spell. Several physicians have been called, but none can stop the malady, and he was reportedly well before the episode. The case remains puzzling to authorities.
Readable items include a local rental ad for a six room house near town priced at 20 a month with two-family access, bath, room, and upstairs toilet. Also note Mrs T C Mulling of Ozark visiting relatives in the city.
The Dothan free dispensary for hookworm disease treatment will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday as Dr. Orr travels to Columbia to promote eradication efforts. Columbia lacks Rockefeller commission work, and the visit aims to spur dispensary work there. The Dothan clinic hopes to reopen Thursday morning.
Warren Rabon and Linzie Macahan of Ashford eloped to Dothan and were married at the courthouse by Judge A C Crawford. They arrived around midnight and the ceremony occurred about 1 am in the probate office with a small group of friends present.
Jackson, Jan. 29. Fireman Lonnie Crawford was fatally injured and a negro passenger seriously hurt when a northbound New Orleans and Great Northern passenger train was derailed seven miles south of Jackson. Reported as the work of train wreckers, a switch was forced open with crow bars. The engine toppled into an embankment. Crawford was pulled from beneath the wrecked engine and rushed to Jackson. physicians say he has only a slight chance of recovery.
The New Literary Club will meet tomorrow at 2 o clock with Miss Daisy Simonton at her West Main Street home.
At a late hour Saturday night in Mobile Alabama Orville J Creech secretary treasurer of the Birk Jew Creech Clothing Company was killed when a street car on Spring Hill Avenue struck his horse near Margaret Street The body was turned over to Roche Undertaking Company and Creech taken to the Alabama Lodge of Odd Fellows for disposal The death is under investigation The accident occurred in thick fog and Creech was reading the horse when the animal panicked the carman Brunson and the horse bolted toward the track The head was severed from the body and funeral arrangements will be from Herndon Avenue
Jan 24 reports James White a 14 year old Black boy in Fineville Bell County will be hanged for the assault and murder of a white girl a year ago. The execution marks Kentucky’s last legal hanging as the death sentence for crimes before last June will be carried out by electrocution at the state penitentiary.
Yesterday the probate office issued marriage licenses for Thomas L Gaylord and Tuelir Rollins both of Bethan. Warren Rishon and Mina Lassie Mae Rabon, both of Ashford Store on West Main Street, applied to this office.
Avnintion Va Jan 29 The trial feature to the Pearse Kennedy case drew daily crowds to the Calhoun County Court House as prosecutors seek to order a postmortem examination of Shelton J Kennedy and Sarge Kennedy. Dr Pearce and associates, held without bail, face murder charges. Attorneys discuss using exhumation to gather evidence for the spring grand jury. The feud's long standing tension fuels anticipation of further violence amid the pending hearing.
Friends here report WIN Lee is hospitalized in Tampa with a severe poisoned foot after driving a nail days ago at Thompson, Florida. Worry grows over possible amputation though the latest word says the wound is dangerous but may heal. Also noted are a quiet marriage of Thomas L. Gingford and Laelle Holling, and updates on W. W. Peterson and C Vinson in Columbia.
A Houston flyer forced to land nine miles from Wit ablution grounds to escape fire from a pursuing pursuit, followed by a second pilot landing near the hangar area as the crowd watched. A Mr Mayes and others prepared to establish quarters for a local company. Also two rooms for rent and an advertisement for Cardal health tonic closes the item.
Police believe a young woman about 30 was murdered in a hotel room on Birth Avenue. The body showed strangulation and facial injuries with a handkerchief pushed down her throat. A couple registered as Mr and Mrs Jobo Ganith of Monnelah New Jersey were the last to occupy the room. the killer is unknown. The crime occurred between 2 and 6 am as the night clerk noted a man who had escorted the woman left early.
AW King of Cenopolis arrives in the city for a family visit to his parents Dr and Mrs W King and other relatives and friends.
The Hastorn Star unit plans a Thursday afternoon gathering to discuss final action on a masquerade. Members are urged to pay dues and attend, with Josephene M. Lae, Worthy Matron, presiding. The event occurs following yesterday’s visit in Macon for business.
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