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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1930
Page
6
Lost or strayed small black and white speckled setter bitch named Freckles. Found contact details appear garbled but indicate return to owner for reward. Also text references Great Dane pups and other pets for sale with unclear lines.
Classified snippets advertise bicycle bound boys ages twelve to eighteen seeking work in a leaky roof promotion for dollars. The note contains phone contact 1238 and a mix of apartment and house rental postings with various addresses and landlords. Some items list furnished rooms, multiple residences, and building spaces for rent.
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash in Dothan Alabama on October 20 1930 to pay the debt secured by a September 8 1923 mortgage and real estate in Houston County Alabama described as sections 26 township 1 range 28 and fractional sections 10 7 10 plus attached acreage. Sale directed by Ava G Hallman with J Hubert Farmer attorney.
Default on the mortgage to the Federal Land Bank of New Orleans, dated November 1 1933, recorded in Mortgage Book 10 page 282, continues. The Federal Land Bank will sell at public auction on October 13 1998 in front of the Houston County Courthouse Dothan Alabama to the highest bidder for cash during legal hours.
New York report shows raw sugar steady as refiners hold for 3.16 while operators push modestly higher on futures. Refined sugar remains firm at 4.35 to 4.45 per 100 pounds with withdrawals and light new business. closing sales total about 12 650 tons with September at 112 and July at 143.
A mortgage on Lots 35 and 36 in Block 5 Oakland Park Dothan Houston County Alabama, executed May 21 1929 by Hettye Hatcher and T E Hatcher to Mattie R Callen, recorded Mortgage Book 190 Page 426, to be foreclosed October 20 1930 at the courthouse door in Dothan during legal hours, for debt and costs including attorney fees. Mortgagee F M Gaines and Pettus Fuller attorneys. 8198-26-03
In the District Court of the Middle District of Alabama Southern Division a meeting of creditors in the Saliba bankruptcy is set for September 29 1930 at 10 oclock a m at the referee in Dothan Alabama to prove debts elect a trustee and address related matters J J Speight Referee continues the session to appoint a trustee and resolve claims The notice lists the debtor Saliba & Co in Dothan Houston County Alabama.
Mre Tom Kennedy Miss Junia Lisenby Misses Era and Effie Ard and Mrs Sam Carroll were among the Oxark people in Dothan Wednesday.
The Associated Press reports a broad market sell off in Chicago grain pits as wheat, corn, and oats slide amid weak buying and thin export demand. Wheat ends 11 4 to 13 lower. corn 7 to 8 1 4 cents down. oats down 8 1 4 cents. provisions down 8 22 cents. Russia offers wheat, Europe purchases 200 000 to 300 000 bushels. conditions abroad mostly poor except France.
Foreign exchanges irregular with Great Britain at 485 17-8, cables 4.86 1-16, 60 day bills on banks 483 18-16. France demand 3.92 7-8, cables 3.93, Italy demand 5.28 3-8, cables 5.23 2-4.
Cottonseed oil and meal futures show mixed directions across New Orleans New York and Memphis with steady to easy notes. Prices ranged from 7.25 to 7.74 for oil contracts and 6.25 to 6.37 for crude futures in New York with several old and new contracts listed. Memphis reports closing bids from 25.00 to 30.00 for September to April while meal bids run 20.50 to 31.25 with 6,000 tons traded.
Mr and Mrs Dewey Tarver and son of Dothan visited Mr and Mrs Lt Harris Sunday. Eunice and Edith Napier stayed Wednesday with Mise Myrtle Davis. Brownie Watson family and Clyde Tweatt group visited Albert Cowell. Arnold Dey and William Beacham Devis visited Headland and H Harris. Ed Pitts called on Bil Enfinger. Fenney Ming visited Tommie Wales. Melton Watson and Albert Cowails visited Tom Watson. David Davis visited his uncle J H Davis. Mrs Arnold Day visited Mrs Will Whaley. Myrtie Davie and Mrs B E Ming visited Saturday afternoon.
Two youths from California, William Smith of Dothan and Tom Layflatt, left last Friday with exactly five dollars each after a highway adventure. They earned a $5 bet for a trip to aim for the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, while recalling a stop in Dothan yesterday afternoon.
William Streit, former Auburn player and Southern Conference official, will referee the November 11 game between Miami and Howard in Dothan. H. Smith, ex Centre College, will be headlinesman for Dothan’s first college baseball game at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium. other officials to be chosen soon.
More than 200 Pansey and Odom school community residents attended the Houston county health department’s first malaria battle screening last night. Acting Health Officer Gewin said the "Health" reels demonstrated mosquito breeding control and malaria prevention with further countywide showings planned.
Mrs Frank Baker and her son Gene of Dothan stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs W H Jenkins over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Hal Knight visited relatives in Clio. Alford Hand and children of Ashford dined with Mr and Mrs Ed Henderson. Miss Brownie Lee Knight dined with Miss Nell.
Ciltina and Frenk Edler with Gene and histress Jen nings spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs DL Etheridge. J T Knight and family hosted visits from Ashford and Kinsey relatives as townsfolk gathered in friendly calls. Rev B Ely of Jakin preached here Saturday night and enjoyed weekend visits with local friends.
A large number of friends attended a party hosted by Misses Nelile Ruth and Doris Geiger Saturday night. Several relatives and neighbors including Mr. J. T. Perryman and daughter Hattie, Miss Amanda Mathews, and Acle Mims were in Panama City Florida over the weekend. Various visits and Sunday dinners are noted with names tying multiple families to Perryman and Benton households.
Connie Mack says no team is great until it repeats. After winning an eighth AL pennant in Chicago, the Athletics manager lauds the club and especially praises Lefty Grove and Earnshaw for standout pitching. Mack stresses equal credit for all players and avoids naming a single star.
In Jasper Alabama the Frost brothers Brewster and Taft were set to testify after the state rested in a murder case over Cordova constable Newton Earnests slaying. Defense claimed self defense and cited prior shooting wounds and a wheelchair bound suspect.
Misses Thelma and Alma Woods of Grime visited with Mr and Mrs J J Perryman along with BI Ek rendrick John Stanford and Lester Garman of Newton on Thursday night in the Perryman residence.
The Alabama public service commission considered petitions from four utilities to supply natural gas in 18 Alabama towns and cities. Applicants include Alabama Utilities Service, Tri-City Gas, and Mobile Gas proposing rate schedules for Gadsden, Attalla, Mobile, Anniston, Tuscaloosa, Selma, Montgomery, and others.
In Philadelphia on September 19 AP reports Bobby Jones the world's leading golfer joined a Pine Valley foursome in New Jersey. He practiced on the east course at Merion in Haverford in preparation for the upcoming national amateur tournament, called his round poor and planned to rest today. His companions included Jens Sweetser Cyril Tolley and T A Bourn. No scores were kept.
District Governor Joseph Duckworth announced April 13-14 as the dates for the 1831 convention of the 2th Rotary district in Gadsden Alabama. The Gadaden Rotary Club hosts the event with the board of governors leaving the final dates to host officials. The district includes Alabama and Florida clubs.
Holston Mabe, 17, was jailed for questioning in Rogersville Tennessee as authorities probe the killing of 9 year old Will Jones. Jones was shot from a bush as he returned home from a neighbor's. Mabe denies knowledge and officers continue the investigation.
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