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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
1
Dr. T. H. McEntyre married Miss Jessie Young at the Young residence on N. Foster street with Rev. E. M. Craig officiating. The couple, recently from Newton, wed in the presence of a few friends as plans were settled swiftly.
A Castleberry Alabama strawberry grower aims to unite area farmers and local business people to form two acre plots per participant and create enough volume for carload shipments. He plans to lease a forty acre field for three years and will assist with plant setup and guidance.
A farm town scene shows wagons returning with cotton pickers, highlighting a man driving a high-stepping wagon with a canopy top that easily attracts workers. The passage notes the ease of gathering labor compared to slower, seatless wagons and briefly mentions seasonal work for a new washwoman.
The Dothan Eagle announces a daily edition starting Monday the 21st and running through Christmas. Readers with weekly subscriptions can switch to daily, prepaid credits apply, and non prepaid subscribers can arrange payments to receive daily delivery. The Piano and Watch Contest draws attention nationwide, especially in the wire grass region.
Acknowledges subscribers who supported the office in the last week listing names such as J J Harrison F M McArthur R A Foster J W Boy ett T A Word J T Carroll and many others including doctors and local residents. The brief tribute thanks each donor for their weekly subscription.
Notice announces a special term of the Com missioner's Court in Houston County Alabama to be held in Dothan on Friday September 1908 for calling an election to decide if a special tax shall be levied to support public schools within the county.
From Woodville Texas a reader visits broad topics including Texas size climate and soil and mentions early Texas settlers at the Alamo. The piece notes statewide prohibition prospects and brewer opposition, plus dredging talks by Senator Bankhead, and civil engineer Chas W Brown’s visit to town.
The C. M. Mattress Co. in Dothan has reorganized into the Dothan Mattress Manufacturing Co. with new machinery. Officers are C. J. Faulk president, Robert Boyd treasurer, J. M. Merritt manager, A. B. Carroll superintendent. The founders started the business and secured modern equipment.
A seven foot American eagle swooped on a small boy lying on a green. The boy clung tight as friends arrived and restrained the bird by its talons until the father fetched a gun and the pursuit ended.
A. W. Hawke has been appointed postmaster of Samson. He lived here for years, moved to Samson recently and engaged in the mercantile business. The office pays about $1,500 yearly and the appointment was made Monday on the recommendation of Postmaster Trammell of Dothan.
The Houston County Board of Registrars will meet in the Dothan courthouse on the fourth Monday in September and continue for one week to register unregistered voters and to transfer registrations to Houston County. Old soldiers must attend Camp Bartow meeting at the courthouse on the first Tuesday in October for important business.
Miss Virgie Harrison will open a private school next Monday September 24 at Mission Church Headland Avenue prepared to take any grades. Rates are 1 dollar per month in advance with good room and convenience.
The Dothan City Schools opened Monday to strong attendance and orderly class setup. Principal M. H. Pearson leads Rose Hill with O. L. Tompkins as first assistant and Foy Pitts as second assistant.Grammar School lists H. C. Carlisle as principal and a full slate of teachers across grades 1 through 10, including Leila Poynor 1st grade and Elizabeth Woolf 9th.
Secretary Layfield of the Conmuneceia Club discusses potential cigar factory relocation while Selina firms eye a first class cleaning and dyeing operation. A negro mail clerk arrested for mail robbery fled by diving into the bay from a train near Biloxi. An Abbeville News item misidentified Wess Harris as killed. Harris remains employed on Coast Line freight duties between Montgomery and Thomasville.
Miss Robbie Ghent has returned to Shorter College to resume her studies. W. L. Lee of Columbia was in Dothan Thursday. An office note invites applicants to sell two or three pigs or Gmail shoots, with instruction to apply at the office immediately.
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