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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1930
Page
5
The weekly theatre page previews Sun through next Sunday showings across multiple studios. Jack Holt, Marceline Day, Claudette Colbert, Spencer Tracy and others headline in comedies and dramas such as The Squealer Sunny Skies and Manslaughter with News updates and additional features including boxing romances and nocturnal mysteries.
Four percent calcium added to lead markedly increases wear resistance, according to a Bell Telephone Laboratories study by J. R. Townsend and C. H. Greenall. The report was presented to the American Society for Testing Materials in New York.
Mrs. J. C. Ellington of Paragould Arkansas credits Stanback with rapid relief from neuralgia and a sudden sleep. The advertisement claims Stanback eases headaches and periodic pains without narcotics, promising quick pain relief from a drug-free formula.
Cotton prices in Dothan and New York show futures contracts for Oct through July. The report lists open high low and settlement ranges for Mid and Strict Low values, reflecting market activity for N O COTTON FUTURES and NY COTTON FUTURES with multiple months including Oct Dec Jan Mar May and July.
Hon Geo H Thigpen of Montgomery arrives in the city to address the Wiregrass Masons at the City Auditorium tonight at 7 20 PM The meeting is under joint control of Pythagoras Lodge No 466 A F and A M with D C Carmichael as General Chairman and Dr G W Blakey as secretary A fraternal message and a strong turnout are expected for this notable Masonic gathering
J H Witherington county farm agent will return tonight from Mobile where he attended a State Agriculture committee meeting over several days. The committee discussed quarantine on Florida fruit and the impact on local farming.
OZARK Alabama October 14 AP Peanut pork is gaining wide recognition across the Wiregrass region as farmers push peanut fed hog marketing. County Agent G W Ray of Pike notes momentum with support from Dr F F Jackson of the Birmingham Kiwanis, who says the Magic City Kiwanis has declared Nut Pork Barrel Day featuring ham from peanut fed hogs.
Mrs John Elmore and Page Kelly miss several school days due to illness. Henry Kelley Jr and his daughter Dot suffer minor injuries when thrown from a buggy by a runaway mule. Barrentine of Enterprise and Skinner family return from Orlando after attending Mr Broadford’s brother-in-law funeral. Hunter Kelly Lizzie Kelley visit Jim Palmer on Hartford Route 1. Amy Lee and Ethel Thompson shop in Enterprise. Essie Etheridge of Cottondale visits grandparents Mr and Mrs John Elmore during grandmother’s illness. Bill Lloyd Manklen visit sister Mary Kelley. Roy Kelley hosts 22nd birthday dinner with Oscar Brewer Shephorn and families. Bill Kelley Dolly Maulden and children attend. Lizzie Kelley and Wilmer and Clayton Kelley also present. Hollis of Jellico visit Bellwood relatives.
Alabama farmers bought 1 256 289 pounds of winter legumes cooperatively through farm groups this year led by 233 989 pounds of hairy vetch and 1 022 300 pounds of Austrian winter peas grown via Oregon cooperation. The volume edges last year s 1 253 225 pounds and the shift shows more peas less vetch. If conditions hold, the planted legumes will add over 1 million dollars in soil nitrogen value. Oklahoma shipped 2 750 carloads of Irish potatoes, up 500 carloads from last year.
Houston County officials urge immediate applications for 1931 auto tags to avoid a Nov. 11 rush. Tax assessor E. G. Collins tax collector J. Heard Saxon and probate judge H. K. Martin warn late applicants face a $1.50 citation fee plus 15 percent of the tag cost. Only 350 licenses issued so far of 5,000, risking backlog if not filed before early November.
John Henry Tiller, described as colored, was reported improving this morning at a local hospital where he was taken after being shot on the right side by Malvern officer Tom Peel Saturday night during an alleged resistance. Census figures show Mississippi farms total 312,453, up 460,352 since 1970.
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