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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1906
Page
5
Middling Low Middling market terms appear in the clipping. W W Gaylord of Ashford and C R Poole visited Bab ridge this week. Dr F W Galloway of Cottonwood and Doug Holmes of Cottonwood were here on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively. W L Oppert paid a dollar on subscription. W L Lee of Columbia attended party court. Mr and Mrs C A Faircloth of lise visited on Sunday.
A string of residents and guests appear in town during the week. H C Rogers of Sumpter, I, and J M Reeves of Gordon were here, while Mi ss Mary Dinkins visits Montgomery and B J Moody family visit Auburn. Walter Helms visits De Funiak relatives as W R Watford return from a bridal tour. A O Walker of Jellico joins the Eagle list after a midweek stop. Mrs J T Trawick summers at Cambridge Md with kin. W W Whiddon recovering health returns to streets. Capt Geo W Ely of Southern Pacific TPA visits. G H Malone and party travel to New York. Mrs John Sowell of Brewton visits Pridgen family. McCallums tour North Carolina home. Emmett O Neal of Florence seeks voter support. J T Coleman of Geneva visits son R P Coleman and contemplates moving. H W Lawson and family relocate to Cairo Ga to take Coast Line agency.
Mrs M J Long visits daughter Mrs R C Granberry on S Oates St. H Q Frazier takes daughters Aurie and Toy to Gainsville for a summer music course. Prof J A Baxley, Greensboro public schools superintendent, visits family here. Tennessee Republic Co plans ten million dollar expansion in Birmingham furnaces. T J Bottoms promotes Coast Line excursion to Montgomery with 6 am and 12:30 pm departures, $2 round trip, returnable to any train through the 29th.
A California prune orchard with 50 000 trees reportedly yields the owner a net of a dollar per tree. The sizable crop would thus produce substantial income for the grower.
Part of the wall in the Malone Furniture building collapsed on Wednesday morning narrowly missing a boy identified as Jack Faulk. The structure has shown cracks and unsafe conditions for some time and requires urgent repairs to prevent further danger.
Miss Francis Carroll wed Dr J M Stevens at the bride’s home in the city Wednesday night. Rev J B Cumming officiated. Both reside here and are surrounded by friends who wish them happiness.
In this case Annie Strickland of Dothan sues George Strickland in the 17th District SE Chancery Division. The defendant resides near Noma Florida and is non resident of Alabama. Publication is ordered in the Dothan Eagle for four weeks to compel pleading by July 14 1906 or a decree pro confesso may be entered.
The Houston County Board of Registrars announces voter registration appointments under the 1903 Alabama act. Locations include Jellico Brannan's Stand Dothan Taylor Piney Grove Garrard's K Roads Cottonwood Mizelle Cowarts Webb Kinsey Ashford Granger Crosby Gordon Columbia with dates from July 3 to July 26. Registrars C B Register J T Edmonson T P McGriff supervise. July 1.
A major Sing event in the wiregrass region will be held July 4 in Ashford with a dinner program and a mix of Sacred Harp and Seven Shape music. The Sacred Harp will be sung at the Baptist Church and Seven Shape at the Methodist. The occasion is expected to be a gala day with notable singers. a special committee handles arrangements. Also noted, Houston County’s Confederate Soldiers Pension Board will meet at the courthouse on the first Monday in July 1906 to examine applicants, with F. M. McArthur and W. H. Williams listed as board members.
Advertisement notes McCallums Liver Y- 41s pills suited for bilious and malarial attacks, claiming strong adaptiveness to the digestive and liver concerns mentioned in the medicinal listing.
Rural mail carriers of southeast Alabama and west Florida invite members to convene in Dothan on July 4 to organize a Rural Mail Carriers Association. The movement aims to form district state and national bodies and many carriers have accepted the invitation for a large turnout.
Dothan Chapter No. 113 of the Royal Arch Masons holds meetings on the second and fourth Friday nights. Officers listed include D. C. Carmichael as presiding officer and P. W. T. Jones as secretary.
DOTHAN LODGE A M F AND A M NO 466 meets the second Tuesday nights and the fourth Saturday afternoons. J J Crary W M and J C Hardy Secretary listed as officers.
Lists meeting nights for Benevolence Lodge K of P No 122 and No 158 and Hichelwa Tribe No 82. Details include officers and meeting days such as Thursdays Mondays and Tuesdays with specific pages. Notes varied weekly schedules for these fraternal organizations and their local officers.
A terse exchange features Wille and another speaker debating willingness to risk a beating for thoughts. The fragment hints at a confrontation or moral reckoning within a personal interaction. The line suggests tension over pride and consequences in a domestic or intimate setting.
A quip about not striking an aggressor with an umbrella references fear of intervention by the Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animate. The exchange hints at concerns over cruelty and public reaction in a social setting.
A playful verse recounts Simple Simon meeting a pleman on the way to the fair. Simon asks to taste the ware, but the pleman seeks the penny first. Simon replies that he will pass on pie to avoid hard feelings, concealing that he has no money or pie.
A stream of disjointed lines mocks marriage norms political cynicism and personal resolve. The speaker hints at hypocrisy in law and media while critiquing incubator babies late machines and machine politicians. The voice remains satirical and irreverent.
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