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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1906
Page
5
W R Deal of Slocomb and A Y Malone visit the city while W H Whaley and W Whiddon show improvement. Frank Koerber of Columbus visits. Geo L Hall of the Hartford Times-Ward stops by. W S Oates, candidate for representative, and J A Peter appear in advertisements alongside a sale of a large Hall's banker's safe.
Silver bills arrive as W H Whaley visits relatives in the city. Gen W C Oates from Montgomery attends court. A Cowan case special juror Walter Christian from Columbia and Tampa excursion plans surface. Rev Stanley Manning will preach at the court house May 21. Several locals and out of town visitors appear, including Dr. Blackshear after dental college graduation. Mrs J Boon and others mourn the death of Mrs N J Hutto.
Last Thursday night C F Gunnels and Bamma Pilcher wed at the bride’s mother’s East Malin street home at 8 30. Rev W M Anderson officiated. The couple are from this place and well wishes are sent for a long and happy union.
Reverend J P D Wilkerson traveled from Columbia yesterday and was noted in local circles for the short visit.
FISHING, E. Williams and wives and family are at Compass Pond this week. Albert King returns from Augusta after a brief appendicitis scare. he recovered without surgery. J. T. Binion opens coal and wood business here and offers lower season prices. orders by phone.
Dothan Chapter No 113 of the R A M meets on the 2nd and 4th Friday nights with D C Carmichael and H P W T Jones as officers. Another lodge meets on the 2nd Tuesday nights and 4th Saturday afternoons led by J J Crary as W M and J C Hardy as secretary.
Local notices summarize meeting nights for Benevolence Lodge K of P No 122 I O F No 158 and W O W No 131 with officers named. Also included is a fragment discussing historical battles Poitiers and Albuera with references to British victory and French defeat noted by the London Spectator.
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