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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1905
Page
5
Dothan readers report visitors from Troy and Haleburg, and Dr. Long’s illness in Lucy. R. C. Granberry visits Abbe with the sick doctor. Thanksgiving Day approaches with closed business houses and thanks for blessings. Repairs, sickness, and upcoming meetings at Whaley’s store noted amid general chatter.
Mr. 4. N. Newton, section foreman at Headland, visited Saturday and praised The Eagle. Mr. J. M. Ethridge, a friend from Headland, arrived Thursday and extended his Eagle date line another year. Dothan plans hearty welcomes during the upcoming Conference, aiming to honor this intelligent visiting group.
The Methodist Church will install the new heaters ordered earlier. They will be in place in time for the Conference.
The Jews of Dothan and others sent over seventy five dollars to the Russian Jews early this week. Two weeks earlier W P Causey of Haleburg reported a mule stolen from his lot. Description matches one given by D Cobb of Big Creek, who said a mule came to his house around the 13th. It may be the same mule.
A. G. Allens New Orleans Minstrel promises clean refined entertainment with clever comedians cake Walkers and a large group of sweet singers under a two thousand seat canvas theater. A noon street parade precedes the performance with the event set for November 29.
The Parks theatrical troupe, touring Dothan this week, offers a highly regarded production. A single matinee is scheduled Saturday afternoon priced at 15 and 25 cents, marketed as a special attraction for women and children.
Mr A H Askew of Gordon and Ira Champion of the Montgomery Journal visited this week and Saturday respectively. FOR SALE horse cow calf hogs corn cotton seed fodder and 40 acres land at 5 per acre through R L Lofton Midland City. A burglar was frightened away from S A Stapleton's house Wednesday night and a shotgun kept by every bed is urged to deter further break ins.
A. G. Allens New Orleans Minstrels announce their coming on next Wednesday. The troupe is billed as one of the biggest minstrel shows on the road and is expected to please large crowds.
Byron Trammell appeared before Judge Leslie Tuesday for a habeas corpus hearing regarding the July killing of R. J. Barnes. He was granted bail set at 15000 dollars, promptly posted, and returned to duties as Dothan postmaster. Indicted for murder by the grand jury, he remained jailed due to the solicitor’s illness delaying the circuit court session.
An editor of the North Alabama newspaper notes a baby winning a prize at last week’s baby show and jokes that judges might be intimidated by the editor’s own credentials. The piece hints at pride, playful rivalry, and the editor’s bravado.
Ten dollar reward offered for recovery of a Winchester Repeating Shotgun missing from Dothan Alabama residence on Saturday the 8th. Gun serial number 39 926. Contact D. D. Stephens of Dothan for information leading to recovery.
The Ringling Bros circus drew vast praise in Dothan with estimates of a 14,000 seat big tent and about 13,000 attending in town. The writer notes few drunks in town and reflects on the strong turnout and orderly crowd.
May Bros at Deal’s D in Alabama advertise 24 fine purebred hogs including English Berkshire and Black Mammoth for sale. They claim the stock is the finest in the country and invite buyers in need of good stock hogs to see them.
The ocean going coal barge Frank Pendleton was cut in two and sunk by the steamer Kershaw near Lambert's Point as the latter returned from Boston. Captain Melandre and the Pendleton crew were rescued. The Kershaw sustained only minor bow paint damage and proceeded to Norfolk. The cause of the accident was not stated.
Chicago business men will visit Atlanta next Saturday to foster trade relations. Representatives of the Chicago Commercial Association will attend a 1 p.m. lunch at the Piedmont hotel hosted by the Atlanta chamber of commerce. Governor Terrell Mayor Woolward and editors of the city papers will be guests.
Harold F Damon of Honolulu William Baxter Jr of Wilmington Del and W H Coursen of Scranton Pa spent 17 hours on a rock mile off Branford in Long Island Sound before Captain Edward Paldwin of Beauford rescued them in a naptha launch The trio left Double Beach at 5 am on a duck shooting trip in two small boats and were said to be fine upon landing
At a joint meeting in Columbia North Carolina Pine Association and South Carolina Lumber Association merged to form a single body governing lumber in the two Carolinas Virginia and parts of Maryland with an estimated capital of 20 060 000 and annual output of about one billion feet. E E Fosburg of Norfolk elected president. vice presidents CTY McKeithan Belhaven VA R J Camp Norfolk. The group adopted South Carolina long leaf pine price lists and discussed transport. Edward A Braniff Forest Service spoke on timber value. Delegates numbered eighty to ninety and a banquet closed the session.
Mayor McClellan joins W R Hearst in asking the New York supreme court to issue a mandamus ordering the production of original tally sheets before the board of county canvassers. Judge Parker says the aim is to ensure the will of voters is fully and officially expressed. The canvassing board had reconvened and adjourned until Thursday awaiting the court's decision.
Quote exchange on prudence and hypocrisy where one speaker mocks a knocker and suggests the remedy is to pull down the blinds in a house of glass. The brief joke centers on irony between appearances and actions.
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