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The Dothan Eagle from Dothan, Alabama • 3

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The Dothan Eaglei
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Dothan, Alabama
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3
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gTTNDAY MORNING APRIL 26 1938 THE DOTHAN EAGLE PAGE THREE LAWYERSCOURTS CURB MART PAYS of SURVEY TOWER for BONDS SUED of amily! rat roKD conrmtBLB stun me miir tf rwn THE MODERN CAR Goodness Denotes SITE PURCHASED five features that show its extra value Still the newest motor hl tfie ORU V'S OR 1936 Treat to Insist on MALONE MOTOR CO ord Sales and Service I PURITY to of KEEP ELBA CLEAN CAMPAIGN STARTS 6 are CITY DEBT PARED $50000 IN LAST 6 MONTHS PERIOD Colored glasses for use In strong sunshine are the latest product of Palestine industry CLOSING MENACES SCHOOL would be in the majority So Has tings of course must content him self with trying to pick up for the Republicans aa many scats ns he can Willie his specific responsibility doos not extend to the presidential ticket he will naturally and quite cheerfully expend all possible ef Seattle gives civil service appli cants a "reaction by means of a complicated system of lights and buzzers of the said $139 DELICIOUS PURITY Announcing Increase rank Julian Renews Warning Against Unlicensed irms STANDARD PRODUCTS Troy St Andrews St Service Station PHONE 310 BASCOM WARRICK Appreciates Your Business of $755436 for 1935 says a release from Montgomerry other Julian already have collected 459 more than wo collected for the entire year of 1935 The total col lections for 1934 were $691810" The Insurance superintendent said stricter enforcement of rules and regulations and a campaign for the licensing of all agents and companies were responsible for the increased collections Simultaneously with tho collec tions announcement Julian re newed his warning against trading with unauthorized and unlicensed companies operating through malls or otherwise in Alabama have found three unauthor ized and Unlicensed companies op erating in tho statn within the last GENEVA April 25 (Special) Geneva High school faculty and students some 300 in number will learn Monday morning whet her classes will continue or the session stopped right there two weeks be fore the scheduled closing The reason a money shortage with tuition basis and public sub scriptions continuance the only so lution and while volunteers with Hamp Morris taking a leading role worked actively today results prob ably wlll not be known before Mon day morning when another meeting is scheduled and teachers informed of success or failure Some 300 students are affected by the impending closing of par ticular moment to the senior class whose traditional ceremonies graduation are shadowed by prospect of suspension Seven hundred fifty dollars teachers and transportation needed to continue the full term and about half of that had been raised this afternoon The grammar school with 200 pupils is unaffected Cash und Increased By $8000 With $9000 Put Into Ex tensions Improvements Bring the Whole ICE CREAM NONE BETTER Dr Edwards Chiropodist Mttriu Bldg Phone Dothan Ala ON POLITICAL RONT to Property Owners and City Ozark Defendants In Sult OZARK April 25 (Special) Claiming $3211106 due him on spe cial paving assessment bonds of Atlanta Gib has filed suit for collection In United States District court against 60 Ozark property owners and the City of Ozark The bonds were issued in 1929 for street and other municipal improve ments and bought by Ragsdale Owners of property abutting that Involved In the suits are also de fendants A 20 day period In which to answer the bill of complaint was Rented defendants ELBA April 25 City officials are waging a campaign to keep the business district clean and in sanitary condition In an open letter to the mer chants Mayor Mullins made an appeal to their civic pride and asked their co operation in the move In calling attention to the manner In which the merchants could help In keeping the streets and sidewalks cleaner he stated not pile empty boxes paper decayed fruit or vegetables on the sidewalk or In the street in front of your store or in the alley be hind your store Provide yourself with a metallic can wjth closed cover as is provided in Section 184 of the city code The season is upon us and by keeping our streets clear of garbage we will eliminate most of the flies and pos sibly a lot of sickness" Elba once enjoyed the reputation of being one of the cleanest towns in southeast Alabama The square with its beautiful trees grass and shrubs is now well kept Indications are that the appeal from the city officials to the mer chants will meet ready response and that the other portions of the business section will be made add also to the attractiveness the town OZARK April 25 Here Mrs Alex Stanford of Ozark Route our who at 50 became a mother for the 17th time shown with her youn geon David Pruett Stanford who like his parents is in perfect health Mr and Mrs Stanford operate a four horse farm on Route our They were married on the last day of 1900 when he was 32 and she was 15 Now says he affectionate ly she is sweeter the finer and the best looking of all Despite his age 67 both Stan Mayor Asks Merchants To Take Unsightly Rubbish rom Their Sidewalks EQUIPMENT STOLEN REDDING Calif April 2i (AP) Constable A Houston slept someone crept into his home and took his hat coat two revol vers star handcuffs and two war rants Houston intended to serve next day 25 amonth time payments and new UCC per month inance Plana Any new ord 8 car can now be purchased for W5 a month with low down payment Seo tho nearest ord dealer for details of this new low eost easy plan of Universal Credit Co HAND BROS RADIOS RERIGERATION TEL674 117 No ST ANDREWS ST EAT WITH US ROYAL CAE OPEN DAY A NIGHT BARNEY ADAMS 104 Oates St Phone I486 Efforts To Raise $750 To Op erate Two Weeks Longer Continuing rank Julian State superin tendent of insurance reported Sat urday that hlx department had collected $894895 in fees and li censes through April 15 from Jan 1 as compared with total collctclona news I A $50000 reduction in the munici pal floating and bonded indebted ness in the last six months was re ported Saturday by Vaughn city auditor treasurer in the sec ond quarterly financial statement of the fiscal year which began Oct 1 In the three months period Jan 1 through March 31 receipts from revenues totaled $8987559 while expenses paid were approximate ly $8000 higher totaling $97193 41 Expenses were more than re ceipts Vaughn explained because the quarter is not the period in which licenses and taxes are col lected and $4583069 was paid out in interest being charged to this period although covering ry month in the year The $50000 debt reduction was included in a financial review for the first six months of the year which accompanied the quarterly statement The six months period from Oct 1 through March 31 listed revenue receipts at $227975 19 and paid out expenses of $156 "44218 or showing a net gain of more than $70000 during the six months Improvements in line extensions and equipment were listed at $9 000 while the cash fund increased by $7000 few he said "and there is no way this department or any individual can force collection on these policies a company is licensed in Ala bama then we can see to it that policy holders are treated fairly and that the companies live up to the letter and spirit of their con tracts "Any approaches by com panies' should be reported to the State he said "We are glad to inform anyone whether this or that company is Twenlv arm Romen $11406 Dur ing Saturday Opening Curb market here Saturday morning netted Houston county farm women $114 06 Mrs Pruett home demonstration agent reported A number of new fresh vegetables were on sale at tho market Mrs Pruett said brought from early Spring gardens of the vendors Twenty women participat ed in the sale and 456 buyers were present PASSMORE Dental Surgeon Special attention given to pyor rhea and ray work Office: Merrill Bldg Will Move Into New City Hall After Repairs SJIA April 25 The purchase of a building bx the city Elba to be used us a city hall one of the most recent local real deals The building purchased at an tpprexifflata cost of $1400 Is locat ed on ths northeast corner of the paolio square and was formerly jwned by the Elba Bank and Trust now fa receivership Necessary repairs will be made completed the eommodt win adequately accom Dale County Woman Mother of 17 at 50 Shown With Latest Addition to amily is the make MOODY Plumbing Heating and Wiring PHONE 902 low price field Gives you modern acceleration power and increased motoring enjoyment Center Poise Riding Modern THE word ord has always meant dependable service and economy 8 has always meant fine car performance Put them together and you get ord a thoroughly modern car with a background of proved reliability ord is more than new in appear price The whole car is built for 1936 Here are ITS AWNING TIME! They add comfort and beauty Preserve your draperies rugs nnd furniture Prices from $125 each installed CLENDINEN CO ST ANDREWS ST PHONE 603 INSURANCE EES COLLECTIONS UP Precision Comfort Style Quality All at Moderate Prices DR 11 HARRISON Optometrist 124 oster St SEEN AS AILING TO TEACH ESTEEM Should Be Driven rom Jone Telia State Portias MONTGOMERY April 25 (AP) iXe Walter Jones told the Association of Worn rtrvrs today that bar and benchfailed to educate the people of to the importance of2 and failed to drive "shy the profession" Montgomery circuit court tarbt spoke before the Spring con firm of the women lawyers ZXd into session by Mrs Rochelle tMweley of Union Springs state failed to educate the of our country as to the which lie behind the doc the separation of powers in our Judge is we have neglected to Sp them to a proper understand tae of the supreme importance of courts of the people Then too we have not our full part in driving from to legsl profession the shysters lawyers crimlnal have permitted those who do business in petty or tricky way bring the entire profession into Our failure to take ta firm stand against the knaves inprofession and to prompUy and Merely discipline those who areworthy of the office of an at Mrney has weakened the entire Xie of the administration of jus Hee in this country and brought eharae and hlmllitatlon upon the ofession i profession does not today have the standing in the United States that it should have and our i courts do not have the respect that they should have because bench i end bar have permitted a few dls honest and disreputable scoundrels I with licenses hanging on the walls to plunder the ignorant and unsuspecting and make a trade Md barter out of the profession are devoting practically all rf our time trying to limit the num ber in the profession by all sorts of scholastic bars and entirely too little time to decreasing the num ber in the profession by driving out the shysters and pettifoggers lay great stress on the num ber of so called scholastic a person must have before being permitted to study law and pay very little attention to the number of character that should be possessed 7 is greater need today in the bar for men and women of high character than ever before in the history of the nation conclusion let me say that the more I observe conditions in our courts ths more I watch the tendencies of times and the more I see about me the more im pressed I am "With the absolute necessity of preserving the inde pendence of our judiciary people should always retain the right to select ail their judges at the polls They should never sur render any mor of their rights and privileges to any appointing power Our judges should be elect ed in a separate primary one I where only the fitness and qualifi 1 cations of the aspirants are the on 1 ly issues They should be elected 1 tor somewhat longer terms of office 3 and their removal from office for 1 proper cause should be made easier and 3 TIRE 440 21 180 31 faSj 480 $115 a ln uw az50up JEMES Ll fWlTE POST OICE MRS STAORD AND SON isford and his1 wife work from in the morning until at night every day and in" perfect health Mrs Stanford's hair is free of a single gray strand Thirteen boys and four girls have been born to the couple of whom the girls and nine boys are still living Mrs 16th child was born six years ago her 17th shown in her lap six months ago They are grandparents of 13 chil dren including twins two years old A native Georgian Stanford has lived in Alabama 54 years and is a most progressive farmer for greater comfort and safety Distinctive steel wheels Sixteen Body A body style for every taste and need including the new four passenger Club Cabriolet and Convertible Sedan with built in trunk altogether modern tW alert spirited ord there is nothing comparable to it within hundreds of dollars of its price IB Give the family a real treat! Bring them to Registers for Sunday Dinner Home cooking without the fuss and bother! Reasonable prices Lunch DANIEL HASTINGS (By The A ociated Senator Daniel Hastings Delaware has one of the toughest jobs among the campaigners of 1936 it's his task to try to take senate control away from the Dem ocrats He is chairman ot the Republi can senatorial campaign committee and barring decimation of Dem ocratic ranks by death he hasn't a chance to reach what is at least technically his goal If the Democrats lost every seat for which they offered candidates as thing shape up they still forte for the nominee Will Rise 103 Above Campus At Auburn Polytechnic AUBURN April 25 (AP) neers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey next month will erect a steel tower 103 feet high on Au campus to improve their field work The tower will be used first to determine the exact point where the North and South meridians tra verse Alabama with the location to be marked with a stone monu ment The Auburn observations will be part of a triangulation system now being worked out in Alabama by 150 employes ot the survey under the direction of Professor John A Callan chief professor of civil engineering WARTIME PIGEON LIVES ONTARIO Calif April 21 (AP) a German carrier pigeon captured in the World war is pt in a loft here and still wears its army band and number It is owned by Capt Rax Del hauer an officer ot the signal corps during the war weight distribution Greeter comfort front and rear You ride near the center of thia cor instead of over the axles Safety Glass throughout in all bodies at no additional cost Big Six inch Tires 7 i' 7 (Meh if 1 fiBBMMMBBBMMk 4' 1 1 'll' 2: 7 i 4 1 I 11 1 1 1 ininn 'x EhiK' 1 iiTY 7 4 AMY ELECTRIC I 7 RERIWMT08S I PROPERLY (SERVICE a 2 7 MB 4 A ESH ij: JO 4gB S9hJ HkJI I MW Mif vK' i J1 lu i wz 4'f fi yp' El II I I 1 I I I' I XV vyit 1 I I fff.

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