The Dothan Eagle from Dothan, Alabama • 7

A Report To The People 3 17 HAVANA President EXTRA WORK MOLASSES MIXED EED I Dothan Steam Laundry A GOOD MAN GOES ANOTHER ARRIVES THE SAME ROAD SCHEDULES NOW IN EECT A GROUP DR RIENDS QUESTION? (Pd Pot Adv By The friends of Dr Bates) A Micress as a Malone enjoys the fellow citizens to degree and thus i inoPEivmr hAL AfiiRwm'' I 5 SAT business success speaks for Itself It is regrettable that Mr Malone's health would not permit him to continue the fine public service rec ord he established during his four months of office and we join with the Commission in expressing re grets at his departure just as do others who have observed his ad ministration His is the type that government home and State needs However it Is fortunate for Do than that a man of Mr McKin ney's nature and ability was avail able to continue the exceptional record set by his predecessors It1 Is good assurance that the even tenor of the City's operation will continue and that Is what Dothan's taxpayers want most of all To Mr Malone we and the rest of Dothan say thanks for a job well done and wish him well or Commissioner McKinney we predict a successful administration in his first public office he takes office with Dothan con fident it will find the job well per formed His announced Intention of doing his "dead level best" Is ample assurance that Dothan will hold steady on the course toward a harmonious and capable admini stration with only the welfare of the City at heart Untainted by politics Mr Malone In The Eagle's opinion will tum out a business administration fol lowing in the trail blazed by Mr and his associates To Messrs Bates and Miller Dothan voices its congratulations for a splendid aunointment They responded admirably tn the re sponsibility of acting for welfare cognizant that nn their choice depended the City's prog ress TiTKrr'A 'N COUPLE KMiVES AT HARDvMRE 5'ORE UH ALOUN ACE Just four month ago Dotban's Associate Commissioners I Bates and Mlles A Miller were faced with the difficult task of choosing a successor to the late Gellerstedt one who was eminently qualified and tempera mentally suited to fit that exacting public office Their choice of George Ma lone was without exception hailed as a happy one and the people of Dothan were glad to trust their affairs in his hands having for years held him high In esteem be cause of his personal Integrity and ability as a business manager Now that Mr Malone has resign ed the Associate Commissioners have once again lived up to the confidence invested In them by se lecting Rawlins "Kip" McKinney to the vacancy Like his predecessor Mr McKinney is not entangled by political affiliations and he too is a man of splendid integrity whose No 2 11:55 AM 10:55 AM 9:30 AM Paraphrasing the old game of thimble who has the What the people are now saying is ring what candidate has the WO orm SRAH5ER5 JD5T KAllTrtt ALU Commissioners Bates and Miller gave their fellow citizens assur ance yesterday that the progress the City of Dothan has achieved during the past three years will continue and the City will hold to the course leading to a greater and better Dothan The assurance as so many learn ed with great satisfaction came In the announcement that George Malone had been elected by the two commissioners as their associate succeeding the late Eric Gellerstedt And there are others who have the ability to serve wisely and well it doubtful In The Eagle's mind if a selection could have been accepted with such wide spread approval His ability for th iob esta' Ii ed by his own ness man Mr respect of his a remarkable j2ra1AGLESmJayM 1M 7 REDRYDER ARE 'Ct? ARMJ He Too' The friends of Dr Bates feel that no further comments are necessary The above speaks for itself He has not criticized any of his opponents and his friends hope that this election will be kept on the high plane which he and the other candidates apparently themselves desire Phone 40 and Your Cleaning Is 4 LAUNDERERS DRY CLEANERS Powell PHONE 40 Dothan Ala Calls or HAVANA President Ra pa Grau San Martin told a press ggference Saturday that a revolu tsaaiy plot which was foiled ri typjth the arrest of former Army QuefGen Jose Eleuterio Pedraza pl several dozen others had as DAILY TRAIN Every Tpnth Veteran Planning To arm When War Is Over According to the best information obtainable about one out of every ten men in the United States armed is planning to farm when the war is over says Pear son Secretary Treasurer of the Houston County National arm Loan Association Americans are proud of the men and women in our armed forces They have done a superb job They fought agood They are worthy of every assistance that can be given them in their desire to return to civilian life and engage in useful employment and produc tive enterprise or those who want to farm as sistance is provided through the farm loan provisions of the I Bill of Ri' 's Administration of the I Bill is vested in the Vet Administration The Admin istrator of the Veterans' Affairs has resignated the Department of Agriculture and the War ood Ad ministration as agencies to assist him in determining whether appli cation for the guaranty of farm loans may be approved This serv ice W'ill be extended mainly through the Cooperative Agricultural Ex tension Service the arm Security Administration and the arm Cre dit Administration or the purposes of providing interested veterans with necessary information and practical assist ance County Advisory Committees have been set up in each county and parish The County Agent is chairman of the advisory commit tee which is composed of other ag ricultual workers farmers and businessmen who are thoroughly familiar with local conditions says Mr Pearson A veteran especially if he is not familiar with farming conditions or available land in the community in which he wishes to settle should discuss his problems with this com mittee These advisory committees whose services are free are in po sition to give interested veterans information on where to get farm training if needed availability and cost of farms in the community the best type of farming and farming systems the required Investments safe margins of debt and the kind of credit needed and where it is available Mr Pearson said this Informa tion will help the veteran to select a farm on which he has a reason able chance of success It will also protect him from making unwise Investments or assuming a bigger debt than he has a reasonable chance to repay Members of the advisory com mittee In Houston county include: Clearman Route 1 Head land Ala: Snell Route 1 Dothan Ala Hollis Poute 1 Dothan Ala Raley Route 3 Dothan Ala and Beatty Whfd don Dothan Ala capitalists' who had business deals with the regime of his pre decessor in the presidency ul gencio Batista now visiting In the United States "I have no positive proof of his participation" he add ed "but neither do I have any that he is not The President appeared calm as he told the newsmen in his usual soft spoken manner that he was ex tremely gratified that the plot had been uncovered without the firing of a shot or any bloodshed He charged that members of Congress also were implicated but he named neither the legislators nor the businessmen to whom he referred According to the President the plotters had prepared their coup for Saturday and had believed they could count on some Army officers to support them with troops under their command Grau confirmed reports that his government had known of the prep arations for the coup for 20 days and at one time had considered declaring a slate of emergency 'in order to arrest some of the Con gressmen involved whose parlia mentary immunities prevent their being taken in ordinary circum stances The government has not iyet learned how Pedraza who had' been in Mexico managed to re turn to Cuba but it has proof that he had interviews with former of ficers and civilian supporters of the Batista regime Havana was calm Saturday as those held' the exact number of whom has not been announced were moved to the military prison and the Havana jail They are charged with endangering the sta bility of the republic and will be brought before civilian courts NORTHBOUND No 4 6:30 PM 5:30 PM 4:00 PM No 1 9:45 AM 10:35 AM 12:20 PM GOES RTDEJOIOWN' mr ill '1 Til rrvxu ucu 1EK WELL GOT 10 MEET ANT tnCRE 'KOUBiX I LL BE ACT 'W GOLDEN jriE ovii SALOON Lv Dothan Ala Ar Ar Cottondale la Lv Ar Panama City Lv MORE WORKING POWER WHEN YOU EED YOUR STOCK MOLASSES Tow eed Ground and Mixed By Experienced Men Dothan Milling Co BUY WAR BONDS STAMPS EVERY PAYDAY! Montgomery Hiway Phone 1777 you vote the change of government to City Manager form then the Commission shall ithin the time nr crilwd nrr ceed to carry out the spirit as well as the letter of the City Manager Commissioner bill The Commission will ch fullv comply and cooperate in every way THE PEOPLE DOTHAN VOTED DOWN THE CITY MANAGER PROPOSITION AT THE ELECTION Provisions in the present law for a City Manager are contained in Title 37 Section 419 of the 1940 Co'h of Alabama which is Sii0 7 in brackets ()f ot than 2500 and not more than 15000 population Obviously Dothan CAN NOT operate under this law hf i t1 one Ca? I5111 effet City Manager form of government in Dothan until first a provision therefor shall have een made by th? Legislature of Alabama by and through the enactment of another law for Cities within the population brackets applicable to Uotnan Should an Act be passed and a provision contained therein for an election to be held wherebv the voters of Dothan can pass uponthe particular question then you are assured that Dr Bates will take the same position again that he took in 1935 Dr Bates assures and we confidently assure that Dr Bates will cheerfully cooperate in every way possible to the end that a good providing for Citv Manage virTTOMo np np DA the election caed and the decision of the people promptly PUT INTO ORCE THE CON NEED THERE BE ANYTHING URTHER SAID ON THIS QUESTION? MIT SYSTEM: This is the subject that is now receiving the attention of the Legislative Interim Committee at Montgomery The 1 Municipal League of Alabama is in favor of a general Jaw previdinc for the Merit System for all City employees of all Cities and towns In State of Alabama HIEKE IS NO SUCH PROVISION IN THE LAW AT THIS TIME If and when the legislature approves that Merit System for the employees of Cities and towns applicable to Cities like Dothart then Dr Bates with the cooperation and support of the other Commis sioners will certainly comply with the provisions of such Merit System Act That is all any candidate can do and no other candidate can do more than that It is a case again of where no Commissioner whomever he may be can either by himself or with the support of the other act before the Legislature of Alabama has acted rAT Sy8tem amon other thin3s provides that NO EMPLOYEE THE STATE CAN TAKE AN ACTIVE PART IN ANY CAMPAiGN INVOLVING STATE OICES IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE PROVISIONS OR A MERIT SYSTEM OR THE CITY EMPLOY EES WILT CONTAIN THE SAME PROVISIONS Whenever the Legislature of Alabama gives forth in the form of a Merit Sys tem for City employees Dr Bates as your Commissioner will comply with the provisions thereof nndenforce the same NEED THERE BE ANYTHING URTHER SAID ON THIS QUESTION WATER AND LIGHT RATES: Industrial uses: The old City Council of which Dr Bates was a member passed an ordinance for which Dr Bates voted establishing an industrial power rate for factories and Industries in and near Dothan WHICH IS CHEAPER THAN THE RATE THEN OR NOW BEING USEJJ BY THE ALABAMA POWER COMPANY That ordinance has never been repealed and it is still In force Thus the industrial users now enjoy a rate that is cheaper than that furnished by the only possible competitor of tho City of Dothan Domestic and Business users: Dr Bates has consistently voted for cheaper water and electric rates wherever and whenever it was pos sible to do so Dr Bates voted the reduction of the power rate for cooking and heating purposes in homes and the merchants have benefited in the reduction of power rates for advertising and display uses All flhese reductions caine when Dr Bates was a member of the City Commission or a member of the City Council and Dr Bates voted for each reduction THERE HAS BEEN NO REDUCTION IN WATER OR LIGHT RATES SINCE DR BATES RETIRED ROM THE CITY COMMISSION! Dr position is and he promises that as soon as it la consistent with the financial condition and structure he will AGAIN vote to AGAIN reduce domestic and business rates on electricity or power users The present bonded indebtedness of Dothan Is much too high to permit any reduction at this time and any one saying to the contrary is not using sound financial judgement Incidentally this tremendous bonded indebtedness was created PRIOR to Dr Bates being associated in any capacity with the government of the City of Dothan NEED THERE BE ANYTHING SAID ON THIS QUESTION? We quote below what a former Editor of the Dothan Eagle a man noted for his fearless convictions and who believed In the chips lie where they had to say about Dr Bates The following editorials arc taken from the Dothan Eagle written by this fearless Editor the late Julian Hall These editorials speak for themselves THE BAY LINE A 4 KBps 'Resigns Envoy Io India riSHINGTON (AP) preri Roosevelt Saturday announced Jrsignation of William Phil veteran United States diplo 5 as hi personal representa 7 to India with the rank of pt once wts criticized in Ci British quarters for his TZgg advocacy of independence Zfrdia in secret reports to JLjjant "Hoose velt' bu iiDlo officials said Saturday that Srtrsnation was without any jjtjeai significance in itself pt jtatement said he was go retired status with the Standing that he can be call Jjadc to active service at any the department or the Presi St desires to give hlm an as Sgnent Hi retirement wag at here to personal reasons Phillips had not been in India almost two years ft present United States poli representative of New Delhi "george Merrell who has the jeflooal rank of minister Uta President fcdoses Plot Such election shall bo colled by the Chairman (or President) of the Board of Commissioners of any such Class City now under Commission form of Government to held on date tixed by such officer not more than four month after the passage of this Act and aooroval there of by the Governor On is shown that the Act was approved by the Governor Sept 9 1 935 Any of your lawver friends can show you this particular Act which is the bill prepared under the direction and supervision of Dr Bates ana the other members of the then Board of Commissioners snecianS Gellerstedt then President of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Dothan called a of th? aS ty Kth 1 ty foithe lualfied voterR to decid whether or not the Citv of Dothan should organize under the provisions ence to the forthcominektion of the Dothan Eagle called upon the City Commissioners for an expression with refer 16 1935 aftd in htbU statement that wo carried on the front page of the Dothan EaHe date of December whatever Dr Bates and the other members of the Board of Commissioners were quoted as saving that thev had no desire ers ar oueted VOtS they should Vote on tbe City Maner in the ssme pane the Commission cis ttlv IjUUlcU US LUllOnS nr kp Bes' Loo1 WHETHER you are in school office factory or home it pays to look your best in freshly dry cleaned clothes It makes you feel better and it boosts the morale of all around you why it's patrotic to always be well groomed Send your wearables to us often for superior cleaning at low est cost hs primary aim the assassination of himself and the present army chief of staff Maj Gen Genovevo Perez The President said he had no positive proof of the identities of ail persons involved in the plot but he ascribed the attempt to of ChRbtPc I 'n recent yeors' become ctzens of the City of Dothan we the friends know rn 5' fn tbathese neuw ctzens are entitled to know the real facts which the older citizens already know concerning Dr Bates and the so called "City Manager" issue in this campaign fklates rec on this question Shortly after the newly elected Commissioners os draft a Botes one the then three Commissioners instructed the City Attorney to Citv MnnnnXlnt Alabama to pass which would allow the Citv of Dothan to adoot a form of rhnynninA Government This was in accordance with the campaign piedoes made in the election th? G5veTment Jn Dothan from Aldermanic to the Commission The bill was finally drafted ed Se bm the Commissioners for aparoval The Commissioners7" sentative Hon A t05Qft to Montgomery and secure the services of our Reore W' PerrT CaJhoun havng the bill introduced and steered through the Leg islatire Mr Cal I 6 1 SireS t0 the difficul ty he and the Commissioners had in gettina the oassoqe thaththebh obletlorscomingom other Cities in the State It was by reason of this difficulty romJh 5 contained the provision that anv City within the population brackets provided for desiring to XUonder the TLth2 iCt LOuld and must hold Qn election on the question within four months 88i 8R5 QReAOf 7can be Acts of PQges 879 880 881 882 883 oo4 885 886 and 887 Section 17 page 886 of this Act reads as follows: SOUTHBOUND No 3 PM L45 Pm PM Air Conditioned Coaches Ride Trains In Comfort TRAIN No 1 makes connection at Cottondale la for Jacksonville Miami and Tampa TRAIN No 3 makes connection at Cottondale Ha Mobile New Orleans and Points west OR URTHER INORMATION CALL 1497 or 1493 1 1 fl Itg MU MVkt MbC Tm UC.