Ruling Could Invalidate 500 Forsythe Marriages
Judge Webb in Forsythe County holds no act empowers a deputy register of deeds to issue marriage licenses or administer oaths. If upheld by the Supreme Court, it would invalidate about 500 illegal licenses issued over twenty years and quash a perjury indictment for swearing falsely about a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N. C
Webb
Superior Court
Supreme Court
Forsythe
Postage Holdups Highlight Postal Woes in Chicago Letter
A Chicago postmaster informs the paper of a letter sent without postage. The sender demanded payment before forwarding, and the office charged two cents to handle the post. The incident underscores recurring mistakes by hasty mailers and irritations for local businesses and postal customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Death of Mr Sar k Young at North Street home
Mr M O Young father of Mrs G Bolton died this morning after a several week illness at her home on North St Andrews street. Funeral at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning with interment in City cemetery. Family and friends extend sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O. Young
G. 5. Bolton
New Dixie Beverage Co Opens on St Andrews Street
Murphree opens a bottling works on St Andrews Street under the Dixie Beverage Co brand. He recently sold a business years ago and returns to industry with a new delivery wagon and plans for service. Mrs McClellan and Mrs Harmon traveled to Panama City this noon and expect to return tomorrow evening with the Mienia crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphree
Dothan
St. Andrews Street
Dixie Beverage Co
Wfpf. McClellan
T Harmon
Panama
Robbery on Southern Express Car En Route to Augusta
Two robbers boarded train No. 17 near Warrenville and overpowered Express Messenger Hutto. They locked him in an empty chest, ransacked the car, and escaped with keys. Agent Burrell notes about $200 recovered from the express car. typical consignments run $2,500 to $10,000. The robbers reached Augusta and left on Broad Street. Fox hunting party from Ozark, Abbeville and Fountain returned with twenty muzzled hounds after four foxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Southern
Warrenville
Hutto
Branchville
Charleston
Colubia
FE. C. Burrell
Southern Express Co
Broad Street
City
Union Station
Clayton Fishing Party Returns
Messrs. O. B. Pruitt W. E. Houston F. P Watkins and C. E. Watson of Clayton returned from a fishing trip to Panama City. They reported a pleasant trip with plenty of fish and a perilous squall that forced them to abandon their launch and row back in a skiff reaching Panama at ten p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. B. Pruitt
W. E. Houston
F.P Watkins
C. E. Watson
Clayton
Panama City
Coast Line
Panama
Egg Within an Egg Stuns Plymouth Rock Fancier
Chester Newton, a noted chicken fancier, found a goose egg inside a nest of Plymouth rocks. The exterior was soft and rubbery while the interior contained a fully developed egg with a hard shell. The oddity, resembling an omelet starting point, is on display at Newton's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Newton
Plymouth
Miss Maggie Lawson Travels Through Dothan En Route to Cairo
Miss Maggie Lawson attended the Southern Bat iat Convention in Louisville Kentucky and passed through Dothan last night en route to Cairo where she was summoned due to illness in her brother's family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Lawson
Louisville
Dothan
Cairo
Haleburg Woman Visits Relatives in City
Mrs. W. K. Chambers of Haleburg is in the city visiting relatives during a short stay.
Hunter & Willis Grocery Co. Spotlight Sales
Mr. L W Culpepper of Hartford visited today as the Hart ford party announced bulk and packaged goods available at Hunter & Willis Grocery Co. The notice highlights new Doveham products and fresh offerings at the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nive Fresh Doveham
Hunter & Willis Grocery Co
Career of Rogers Suddenly Ends
New York May 19 H H Rogers Standard Oil financier died at his home on East 7th Street after a brief illness. He headed Amalgamated Copper and served on boards including Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Union Pacific. He funded the Virginia Railway project alone, a 443 mile line from Deepwater West Virginia to Seawell Point Virginia, estimated at 10 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
H. H. Rogers
Standard Oi
Noo
Fairhaven
Mass
Rogers
Standard Oil Company
Amalgamated Copper Company
Fares Railways
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Union Uaertie
Wall Streeet
Rovers
Standard OL Company
Virginia Railway
West Virginia
Deepwater
W. Va
Seawell’s Point
Virginia
Federal Court Delay Here As Date For Term Pending
Preparations are under way for the first Federal Court term in Dothan. The June first Tuesday date is traditional for court, but officials expect a later term. Deputy Marshal Kelly and Deputy Clerk Crawford drawn Grand and Petit juries but not summoned until the court date is confirmed. Kelly departed for Montgomery to obtain an order for convening court. A full list of jurors will be published once the date is known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Marshal Kelly
Crawford
Kelly
Montgomery
Wild man captured in Mississippi near Prentiss
Sheriff John Laird trapped Marvin Whitehead in swamps near Prentiss Mississippi after five years of isolation. The wild man appeared with ragged clothing, long nails and hair, and refused cooked food. Relatives long sought him. his family is prominent in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentiss
Miss
John Laird
Marvin Whitehead
Mrs J T Brawick Reported Illness Improves
A brief health note states Mrs J T Brawick was very ill last night but shows improvement today. No further details are provided.
Line Fence Evil Sparks Law Debate Across Counties
The piece argues that line fences cause more trouble than wars and urges lawmakers to pass stock laws to curb the practice. It laments farmers quarrelling over fences while city dwellers build walls and dump refuse, warning of the social decay tied to line fences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Line Tence
Bud Barnard Recovers After Montgomery Operation
Bud Barnard underwent an operation in Montgomery yesterday and reports indicate he is progressing well. He has worked with the compress company at Decatur for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Barnard
Montgomery Yeaterday
Lay
Decatur
Severe Storm Claims Three Lives in Pensacola
A violent midday storm in Pensacola, Florida, drove sixty mile per hour winds and churned the bay. A small boat attempt by two white men, Capt Williams and a man known as Jack, swamped, both drowned, while Israel Brown, a Black man, was rescued clinging to an overturned schooner. The storm struck without warning.
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Honer
Capt
Williams
Jack
Israel Brown
Schoner
Disfranchisement Bill Defeated in Florida House
Tallahassee May 19. The near disfranchisement bill was finally defeated in the House upon reconsideration. The session ends with no further attempts to disfranchise Negro voters this term.
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Bill
Negro
Tallahassee
Fla
Newton School Closes After Closing Exercises And Concert
The Baptist Collegiate Institute held closing exercises in the morning and a concert at night marking the end of the term. A group of graduates and students departed for summer, including Dothan girls Quilla Worrell Live South and Etta Whiddon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Collegiate Inst
Dothan
Quilla Worrell
Live South
Etta Whiddon
Hows ton County Division Insurance Notice
Certification records claim payments of $1000 each for the Hows ton County Division and $41,000 total to beneficiaries over three years. The text promotes cheap protection for families and membership of 1000, urging policy uptake with statements about cost and legitimacy. W. E. Hughes travels to Newton to photograph the Baptist Collegiate Institute graduating class.
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Howston County
W. E. Hughes
Newton
The
Baptist Collegiate Institute
Wise attends Judson College commencement in Marion
Mrs J B Wise traveled to Marion Alabama this afternoon to take part in the commencement exercises at Judson College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. BE. Wise
Marion
Ala
Judson College
Mr OP Green Heads to Hartford This Morning
Mr OP Green traveled to Hartford this morning for an unspecified purpose. No further details are provided about his visit or activities in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OP Green
Hartford
Train shooting near Montgomery shocks passengers
Sunday evening on the Coast Line train toward Montgomery a shooter fired at the train just west of town. The ball narrowly missed hitting J. E. Wise as it cracked the window and lodged in the car side while Wise and J. W. Tipton sat beside the window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Wise
J. W. Tipton
Coast Line
Montgomery
Town
Mr. Wise
Mr.Tipton
Church Burns in County. Fire Suspected Arson
A historic church named He bobath sits several miles south of town and was burned down just before Wednesday night. Local authorities suspect arson as the cause of the blaze, damaging one of the county’s finest country church buildings.
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Hebobath Church
Mrs. Sheffield Visits Friends in Dothan on Way Home
Mrs. C. M. Sheffield of Jacksonville Florida was in Dothan briefly this afternoon en route to visit her mother. She is the former Miss Willie Maund of Columbia and is remembered fondly in Dothan for her many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Sheffield
Jacksonville
Fla
Dothan
W. T.maund
Columbia
Sheffield
Willie Maund
Local residents return from outing and visit Dothan notes
Messrs. C. C. Bennett W. W. McDaniel and H. H. Smith of the Central Road returned last night from a fishing trip to Florala. Owing to Mrs. Hunter illness Mrs. J. L. Crawford will act as a witness in a breach of promise suit tonight. Mr. J. W. Goff went to Ozark today. Carrie Ausley of Slocomb visited the city. O. C. Doster Jr. of Enterprise was here today. Ernest Ford and Mrs. Ford of Ozark were here today. J. D. Abernathy of Columbia visited Dothan today. A. Kelly of Slocomb was here today. Dr. W. Blackshear went to Ozark this afternoon. J. McGraney went to Columbus Ga. this afternoon to visit her mother. T. A. Trawick of Abbeville here visiting his son J. T. Trawieck. J. J. Seals of Troy here today. J. P. Cowen of Ells here today.
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Messrs
C. C. Bennett
W. W. McDaniel
H. H. Smith
Central Road
Florala
Hunter
J. L. Crawford
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Mrsakoung
Mienia Enn
Fountain, Fla
Hf. B. Steagall
Ozark
B. ©. Peterson
A. S Steagall
Abbeville
T. M. Espy
Fountain
Clayton Fishing Party
Mr. L W. Culpepper of
Hunter & Willis Groc
Standard Oil
Federal Court
Mississippi
Toi
Pensacola, Fla
J. R Paircloth
Bee & Trees
Meyer Levine
District
Mgr
J. W. Goff
Carrie Ausley of
Slocomb
O. C. Doster, Jr
Enterprise
Ernest Ford
J. D. Abernathy
Mr. A. ©. Kelly of
Dr . W. Blackshear
Mr. J. McGraney
Columbus, Ga
T. A. Trawick
J. T. Trawieck
Mr. J. J. Seals of
Troy
Here
J. P. Cowen
Ells
First National Bank
Othan Wintet
Alabama
Rd. Malone
Robt. Boyd
Carmichael
G. H. Malone
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