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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1930
Page
4
War veterans in a gay parade part of a Legion meeting pass the Tremont street reviewing stand greeted with salutes from Commander Bodenhamer and General Pershing. They move along Tremont Street to Columbus Avenue and finish past Massachusetts Avenue.
Kentucky football gains speed under Harry Gammage, a pupil of Bob Zuppke, as the Bluegrass squad improves. The 1929 sophomore halfback Shipwreck Kelly leads the line with a near 200 yard Nag average, while the team shows a balanced record with six wins, one loss, and one tie.
Five or six armed men robbed the Metairie Bank on the Jefferson Highway before noon. Masked bandits with shotguns and pistols entered the bank, restrained staff, and took an undetermined amount of cash. They fled toward the river road in a car with a confederate at the wheel. L. D. Barrett, the bank manager, was singled out during the heist.
Dr William W Pinson 76 longtime secretary of missions for the Methodist Episcopal Church South died at his Nashville home after a three month illness. native of Tennessee and author of mission histories he served in Texas Georgia and Kentucky and led major fundraising for centenary missions. Survived by widow and four sons Wallace Theo Paul and Murrell.
A memorial ceremony saw caskets buried with flowers while a large crowd sought shelter from rain as artillery caissons rolled by to the strains of God Save the King. The cortege approached the railway station with Sev enty fives and Louis XIV era serge guns in display.
WS. W. Dougherty, president of the Southern conference, ruled that football players doubling in movies were not in violation of a strict Southern conference prohibition of catching in on gridiron fame.
W B Couch of Bristol Virginia testifies Stanback powder relieved his headaches for years. He notes Stanback is quickly assimilated, pleasant to take, and reduces pain and nerve strain. The ad claims nationwide use and urges readers to buy at 10 cents and...
Florence Alabama October 7 AP The Boys in Gray who upheld the cause of the South in the brutal sixties gathered for the annual Alabama division United Confederate Veterans reunion with 80 plus veterans arriving as headquarters opened for registration Mayor W E Easter welcomed the old soldiers to the city Brigadier General J E Wilkinson commander First Brigade Alabama Division Gen Jere C Dennis commander Sons of Confederate Veterans and Mrs Belle Allen Ross represented the Daughters of the American Revolution spoke at the welcome Following a morning business session veterans enjoyed a garden party and band concert a banquet and hall program were planned for the evening The reunion continues tomorrow
President Herbert Hoover flies from Boston to Kings Mountain North Carolina for the Sesqui Centennial program. He reviews National Guard units from North and South Carolina and Fort Bragg troops before unveiling a monument to Colonel Patrick Ferguson. The day includes a 21 gun salute, autumn colors, bunting and a town carnival.
California faced extreme heat with San Francisco and San Jose posting new yearly highs while Mojave reached 100. San Jose hit 94, surpassing the prior 1930 record. Other cities reported 92 in San Francisco with Los Angeles Sacramento Fresno and Red Bluff, Salinas at 95, and San Diego experiencing a dry hot wind. Northern Eureka logged 62 as heat swept the region with a tornado and floods hitting Texas.
With 102 bales pooled yesterday the process started slowly at the county farm agent’s office as only three bales were received by 2 pm. Planters were picking cotton and expected large quantities pooled by week’s end. Grade improved daily as sunshine dried the wet fiber.
Three of those accused in the assassination of Mr Saunders, assistant superintendent of police, in Lahore in 1928, were found guilty and sentenced to death by the special tribunal today. Seven others received life transportation, one to seven years rigorous imprisonment. Another was given five years transportation and three were acquitted.
Today's cotton market notes from T. W. Palmer & Co. show Dothan spot bids at mid and low levels with prices around 0.50 to 0.55. Futures in New York and nearby months move higher, with Dec to May contracts testing new highs and July futures peaking near 1090. Overall, both spot and futures display modest gains across mid October trading.
In New Orleans Oct 7 the Palmer letter notes a confused view of general and market conditions with reliance on tomorrow's bureau report. It cites holding patterns, larger crops by other countries, and readings from Liverpool and Manchester as easing influences. Private estimates fix a fourteen million three hundred thousand bale dividing line. forecast of possible weather damage west and dry conditions east shape expectations.
Neely, visiting a brother, is freed of an old murder charge in a Marshall County courtroom. Eye witnesses Jim Cooley and J. B. Walls testified briefly, while family members and Oscar Cobb, 80, the sole living grand juror, filled the crowded hearing. The slaying occurred years before, with jurors largely born after the event.
J S Pannelly states a swamp is no place to kill deer. He grabs the wounded buck by the antlers, pulls it up, and leads it to higher ground where he finishes it off.
J E Jackson of 100 Beatty Street Mississippi writes how Thedford's Black Draught helped him for years. He suffered constipations and dull headaches, felt tired whether he worked or not, and found the remedy mild, curative, and easy to take. Now 75, he uses small doses and recommends it. It costs about 1 cent a dose.
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