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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1907
Page
4
A lighthearted postal note from Do Than Alabama questions payment methods for subscribers. It hints at the humor of collecting funds individually rather than in a lump sum and remarks on children entering school with funds gathered from parents.
The paper notes a jump to six cents per pound for newsprint from two last year while subscription remains at three dollars. Other items also rise in proportion.
The Abbeville News says a man arrested in Hot Spring for Walter Nordon has been released as not the right man. The paper notes a substantial sum reportedly freed him and suggests the man there was Nordon.
The Billville Banner quotes Mayor Jones on compiling a Billville history from the first lynching to the fateful rope incident. The piece humorously notes past accusations against the paper and nearby Dothan’s limited lynching experience, joking about past crimes and current limits.
The piece defends publishing small local items such as a neighbor's Sunday night company as having community interest. It argues that even if outsiders ignore such notes, the dollars from a single town’s cliques sustain a paper and justify including minor society details alongside broader news.
The editor’s stance shapes what is published and readers’ access to news. The piece argues readers deserve coverage of everyday town life such as Mrs. Smith’s turkeys and Mrs. Jones’s cow, not only dire town worries.
The Dothan Eagle chides itself for quoting a police court report on bootleggers and acknowledges pressure from the Prohibs near Opelika News. The piece notes libel concerns, defends Brother Hall, and urges restraint while teasing the whiskey controversy.
A playful slogan Watch Madrid Grow sparked rapid development south of us. An old field where two railroads crossed became Madrid in months with streets alleys mills gunneries and brick and wood structures rising. The town now rivals Samson Hartford and Slocomb in size.
After being shut out of a New York magazine, Thos E Watson started two publications in Georgia the Jeffersonian and Watson's Monthly. He is renowned as a South writer whose edited works attract thousands of readers. The Atlanta issued papers are run from his Thomson Georgia home with personal business attention.
C B Stephens manager of the Western Union in town has returned after assisting in the strike in Atlanta. He had gone to help out amid the labor action and has now come back to his post.
Community efforts intensify in Houston County as petitions circulate and communications to headquarters surge. Joe Baker offers a six acre parcel at no cost, seen as essential to secure the high school site if any chance remains.
A new bank organized at Florala last week, the First National Bank, with capital stock of 50000. G H Malone of Dothan named president. Edwin Smart plans to enter Mobile Medical College this fall leveraging drug business experience. FE R Porter and J L Carroll to open a hardware business in Marianna next week with Jessie in charge.
Friends of G A Fuller circulate a petition to appoint him to the board of revenue in place of Dan Hudspeth. The move signals local political maneuvering and potential changes in leadership.
The First National Bank relocates from its corner building to the vacated Grant Clothing Co. store. It will use the new site until its own new building is ready for occupancy.
Miss Nellie Simonton has accepted a position in the music department of the Andalusia schools and left Thursday to begin the work there.
J S Fortner departed this week to begin studies at Greensboro University, marking a new chapter in his academic career.
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