Hughes Urges Tung Oil Nut Groves In County Plan
Secretary J M Hughes of the Dothan Chamber argues for developing tung oil nut groves in the region as a future cash crop. He notes limited southern production, favorable climates in southeast Alabama, and potential for intercropping with cotton or peanuts. He cites current imports, market needs, and a timeline to bearing trees, urging cautious expansion with attention to market outlets.
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J. M. Hughes
Dothan Chamber
Am Nhove
Godrich
Alabama
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf and Atlantic
Texas
Louisiang
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
China
Washington
J. ©. Halten
Oita
South
Brillant
Hnoteum
Printersink
Tung Ofl
Cairo
Grady County
J. Wight
Houston County
New York
America
C.C Concannan
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Esuterence
United States
Turpentine Era Shaped Dothan and Its Leaders
The turpentine industry fueled Dothan’s rise as a regional inland port, with D. C. Carmichael, later mayor, and partner Douglass shaping early growth. The ACL railroad spurred land leases, then farm expansion as turpentine waned. Slocomb founders Will and Frank Slocomb built a rival base, while Carmichael’s tenure as mayor in 1907 08 saw liquor prohibitions and revenue shifts totaling about 30 000 yearly split between schools and town.
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Dothan
Houston County
Atlantic Coast Line
Amiong
D. C. Carmichael
D. Dougisen
Antil
ACL
Thi Trnvul
Dathan
Florida
Geargiom
Columbia
Slocomb
Carmichael
Douglase
Will
Frank Slocomb
Dothan Observer recalls Wyatt Harris and old Columbia days
The Dothan Onlooker profiles Wyatt Harris recalling his youth when Columbia was the regional trade hub before Dothan grew. He describes dusty streets, credit stores, and mule teams hauling cotton, with farmers traveling long days to trade and the town’s rise toward a future as a center for varnishes and paints. Harris invites local growers to discuss a crop industry study he has undertaken.
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Wyatt Barrie Bay
Dothan
Beulah Church
Harris
Columbia
Ozark
Eufaula
Alabama
Young
Columbia River
Harrie
G. W. Harris
Veteran Merchant Harris and the Lamplighter of Andalusia
The narrative traces Harris life from teen years at Jones Clothing Company to Blumberg stores and a 1901 shift into furniture in Dothan, amid notes on early Andalusia business, lamplighters, and a rough Dothan era with a streetlamp era and local anecdotes. It recalls first lamplighter and family moves, plus town scenes like Saturday lights and a 2 Jot on B. St Andrews circus incident.
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Harris
Butter Kelly
Wil Griffin
Dothan
J. T. Elly
Jones Clothing Company
Wes
Blumberg's
Hyman Blumberg
Andalusia
Blumberg
Marshall J F Domingus
B. St Andrews
Andrews
Czarist Eagles Removed From Kremlin Tower Spires
In Moscow Nevada AP reports the gilt stars with hammer and sickle on the Kremlin tower spires have been removed after 17 years of Soviet symbolism. The stars stand 65 feet high with lit stones. gilt crests still adorn Keemlin churches as Joseph Stalin ordered their removal.
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Moscow
Fagin
Krem
Sagies
Joseph Staith
Keemlin
California Fresh Answers Devout Plea for Trojan Hope
In Los Angeles on November 2 AP reports that Southern California’s freshman eleven may supply talent for a strong Trojan varsity next year. The squad, praised as one of the best yearling teams, includes five first class quarterbacks, a key asset in Head Coach Jones’s plan. Also note a brief item from Greenboro about officers detaining a drunken motorist after arresting him for riding a horse up the wrong side of the street.
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Los Angeles
California
Jones
Trojan
Trojah Babes
Rebe
Greenbboro
Pilcher’s Pioneering Era Shaped Dothan’s Early Growth
W C Pilcher arrived in Dothan in 1883 with his father and began multiple ventures shaping the town. He owned the first opera house, the city’s first gin, a round bale gin, and built the brick yard and swimming pool at a spring site later used by Consolidated Product Co. The Pilchers helped attract settlers with land donations and built much of the town’s initial infrastructure, including supplying lumber for homes. Lula Surles married Pilcher in 1889, cementing ties to local progress.
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W. C. Pilcher
Dothan
Richard Pilcher
W. J
Sansa
Wore
Moore
Jerk
Young
Ieher
Blumberg
Balkom Bata
Pilcher
Young Pilcher
Hla
Consolidated Product Co
E. Main Street
Mise Lula Surles
Quitman Jcounty
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I Wyatt Harris
W. Harris
Kremlin Tower
Dothan Machine Shop
B.troy Et
Dothan Business
First
Opera Howse and Cin
Forest Hills
N.C
Jeunmuroot
Avondale
Dr. Pepper
Buffalo Rock
Dothan Nehi Co
Nehi
Royal Crown Cola
Royal Crown
Montevallo
Little Joe Piper
Sunset
Grubb Produce & Ice Company
FURST
General Motors
Hormpower
Fim
Buick
Pontiac
Foster St
Dothan Buick Co
J. M. Stallings
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