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COTTON MARKETNEW YORK. July T.~(AP)~Cotton fat are# opened Heady July 16,$#; October 17.14; December 17.83; January 17J7; March 17.36.THE WEATHERMEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS AND UPBUILDING OF DECATURWASHINGTON, July 7.—CAP)—Alabama weather, local thunder shower* tonight on Friday, slightly cooler Friday, moderate southwest shifting winds....MWMMMM)mm»a*VOI.UMK XVIDECATUR, ALABAMA, THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1927NUMBER 112NMMMR• --••• •MllAiMllMMMiliMMiRMRMRMMHNMMSMMM»mmMMMmmmm444444tf(FO4*4*4- 444444* 44444-ah44* 4*4444:'5 th egistrati0ASSAILANTn Likely WillWILLWHY REGISTER?[AN EDITORIAL]R each INe\K RecrddayToday, the fourth day of registration, with ten days leftfor persons to qualify themselves for voting in electionsPetticoated Cal?Black Gets BehindGirl When FatherDiscovers HimARMS LIMITATIONLYNCHING MAYHAVE RESULTEDMEET AFTER ROWBody Of Assailant Is I Britain Explains ThatFound HangingHer Position NotFrom a TreeUnderstoodYAZOO CITY, July 7.—lt;AP)— The bullet riddled body of JoeSmith, negro, who is alleged to have attempted an attack on a young white girl, near here yesterday, today was found hanging from a tree about 17 miles fromAGREEMENT ISMUCH NEARERPowers Closer Nowwhich may be held in this county at no distant date, orin the regular election periods, found thia fact to be true:For every person registered in the city of Decatur, twopersons have been registered from the county at large.We do not mean to indicate that every person who hasTHEFrench Flyer To GoWith Chamberlin Inregistered from the county at large will later cast a vote in favor of removal of the county seat to Hartselle, but weAmendments DuringCrossing Channelsay frankly that the people of Decatur have not awakened to their danger, that they know not their sense of duty.Session In SenateTotal 17LEVINE TO FLYWe say this, that the two to one ratio of rural vote as compared with Decatur vote, comes largely from sections where Hartselle strength la reputed to be. where Hart-CONCLUDE TASKCTATFQ wnere narvwstuj huciujv**DALE, iu olnl E-o geJle preparations have been underway for a period ofBY LATE TODAYRegistrants Already pYenchWell Past ThePilotWill1,000 MarkLearn Plane, ThenFly To Americamonths. * , .Decatur people have not awakened to the direness of the situation because they have felt safety in their ownstrength, the people of the first district have not awakenedto the real need in the situation for they have felt thatRevenue AmountingTo Four Million IsProvided ForCARS LINE THE Hi_ _wjr . PARIS, July 7.—(AP)—Clar-WHOLE BLOCK enoe Chamberlin will fly the Bell-anca monoplane Columbia to Lon-Decatur people should first awake to the seriousness of the MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 7To Accord Thanher*.PreviouslyYAZOO CITY, Mis*., July 7,GENEVA, July 7.—(AP—Calm(AP)—Officer* here today were tod came to the tri-partite naval seeking some clue to the. where-Dorothy Evans, British Sut-fragist leader, now in the United States, is more optimistic than many of her American sisters, for she believes a woman will one day be Presi*Business Begins WithRush. From AllOver Countydon tomorrow with a* yet an unnamed French pilot who will attempt a return flight across the Atlantic with Charles Levine.He will show the new pilot the control* and everything he need* to know about the plane a* well ascondition at present.Goliath was likewise safe, but he was defeated by anordinary, energetic man, a man who believed in himself.People in Decatur must realize that Hartselle people believethat the courthouse election is won for them, they have(AP)—Tax** on newspaper advertising and on slag wcr* added tothe general revenue bill today bythe Alabama senate, along with aproved that their work has not been in vain for the reason that they have defeated Decatur two to one in register-number of minor change* In thaoriginal document.Citizens ol Morgan county eon- fu|, ^ o{ t„.tinued to march upon the offices I ,_____ _ . — iL. itiAMa A 4-ing voters in the first four daysYou doubt such a ratio? Then go to the courthouse,The newspaper tax was proposed by Senator Edgar, of Choctaw,see the people coming into there, ask the various clerksabout* or fate of Joe Smith, negro, who is alleged to have attempted an attack on a young White girl here yesterday. The negro was spirited away by a band Of men shortly after his capture yesterday and when sheriff W. T. Shirley and his deputies returned last night after a fruitles* search for him, the opinion was freelyconference after yesterday’s hours of storm with the British, American and Japanese delegations armed with pencils trying to devise some solution for the cruiser problem, which will prevent a break up of the conference.A British spokesman said today that both the American and Japa-*nd I aiding thTboard of registrar., you will find thia ratio corprediction.mm — •»■**.* * ■—»themselves with registration cerLILLIARDtificate* today.The one thousand mark was passed yesterday and this morning busi- Tll# . _ness of the board opened with such | th»n a rush that prediction* were madeChamberlin will leave the plane in London to be returned to France by the pilot and himself will sail from Southhampton on the Levia-Inese experts appear to have mis-j a u w j w i„~.i, i understood the British figures andexpressed that he had been lynch- | thRt n a(freement couid be reached and the body cither hidden or burned.Smith is alleged to have been discovered by the father of the girl he attempted to attack and to have used hi* intended victim as * shield to save himself from the father’s gunfire. Captured shortly afterwards by a body of men, bloodhounds were put on a trail which led from where Smith was captured to the house where his intended victim lived. The girl identified the negro, Sheriff Shur-ley said.As soon as he was identified the men rushed the negro away.ed if everyone would -realize that Great Britain does not intend to include project building programs in her cruiser figures, but only ships actually appropriated for.Indications now exist that the British have been impressed with the Japanese advocacy of the American move for a low cruiser limitation. In her proposal submitted at yesterday’s private meeting, Japan adhered to a system of linking crusiers and destroyers and is understood to have announced that she will accept a total tonnage of 300,000 for all auxiliary surface craft.Chamberlin declined to com-, 11 KAA m hp re iris- 1 ment on rumors current in Pari*fully 500 persons would bejegis^ j ^ ^ ha(J ^ a break be_tered today- alone, far the first day total of 314.Columbia Istween himself and Levine.r- i • i I would be perfectly willing toLaily this mot g .. take the plane home myself,” hebesran arriving ,t th. cmAm* „but , long m,de enAs Girl’s Death IsScene | 'TJ «-t U. it*InvestigatedJuly 7COLUMBIA, Tenn.,Trial of Lillard Foutch, Jr.,murder of I morning, the(AP)-of Nashville for thedesks of the registrars, who wrote ble*” certificates as rapidly as possible, but without making a great deal of headway against the constantinflux of callers.Extra clerks went on duty thiavolOnteer workeriMildred Ruff in June last year wasPARIS, July 7.—(AP)—Commander Richard Byrd has been feted and decorated since he landed in France on hi* tran»~Atlantic air voyage, but nothing that he has done thus far so deeply impressed the French public with his charac-rect thus farThe situation calls for the citizenship of Decatur to arise, to assert its strength. The strength of Decatur in tax paying power, in talking power, in population power is as naught when thrown into the balance and weighed against voting power. At present Hartselle apparently has the voting strength of this county and Decatur is forced to accept second place in a county that she can dominate, if her citizens will actually awaken to the need of the hour.Do not lull yourself to sleep further with dreams that Decatur’s strength and the strength of the first district is sufficient to carry an election. We know that the principles upon which Decatur is fighting are right, but we know likewise that the voting power of Decatur at the present time is in the minority. Votes will win an election, in case an election is called. It takes votes to win any elec-and was adapted by a vote of 16 to 18. The amendment provide* for the levying of a privilege or license tax on all newspapers in citle* having a population of 15,« 060 or more. The tax was five cent* per inch on all paid advertising computed on a basis of the previous year, Senator Edgar, in explaining hi* amendment, said hi* amendment, said that the tax vfrould be bdrne by national advertiser* who use Alabama papersthe principles involved.Wait no longer, people of Decatur, people of the firsthelping to maintain the rapid pace, being set by the sweltering regis- .___resumed in circuit court here to- Urarslt; Worker* from both Deca-jter and ability as his conferenceThe jury spent yesterday tur and Hartselle were about thedistrict, you are about to reduce your actual strength to aday.hearing a detailed story of hap- building, with the Hartselle work penings leading up to the girl’s ers makinsr a strong effort to per-death.Mrs. Skinner Tosuade registrants to sign the pe-Paul Ruff, youthful Mississip-1 tition, asking for an election on pian who had been secretly mar- the question of removing the court-ried to Mildred Marr, two weeks house from Decatur to Hartselle.forms have tur* of his flight by the advice itwith Lieutenant L. E. Brix, who will be navigator on the flight from Paris to New York, which Maurice Drouhin hopes to start within 15 days.In this conference, the Commander demonstrated the valuable na-deceptive hulk, you are about to allow the interior to rot away while the exterior remains apparently intact. Go t© the courthouse today and register yourself in order thatyou may be able to vote should an election be called; go to the courthouse and determine if you have the votingFEVERT i before the shooting, testified theyDG L/dlU. M. O I\CL vvere married at Franklin, 7enn.,Large numbers ofFannie L.Monthly Report ForLaboratory Madey DirectorThe body of Mrs.Skinner, aged about 55 years arrived this afternoon at three o’clock and was conveyed to city cemetery where interment was made, Priest directing. A short service at the cemetery was conducted by Rev. W. D. Barnes.The deceased is survived by onefour days after he first met her.Nashville surgeons testified a | Estimates at the courthouse todaybeen printed for the applicants for enabled him to give the t rench registration to fill out and sign, jI shall sincerely hope to be the first one to congratulate you whenbullet was fired into Mrs. Ruff’s placed the probable total registra- . ..head with the muzzle touching her non during the ten days as high ^ lan^«f1 J?a- ’ J^he eias 3,000. Others believed that the | them. The last affair on the extemple.The state is seeking to prove j total would not be quite so high.that the wound could not have been self-inflicted as claimed by the defendant. The grand jury\twice refused to indict Foutch fot^^theuntil this spring wr^ncrime,son, Charles Skinner, three daugh-Six cases of typhoid fever were I ters, Mrs. Sarah Howell, Columbus, found in the Tennessee Valley dur- Ohio; Mrs. Mary Dearmon, Bit- I charges were returned.ing the month of June, according mingham and Miss Nina Skinner,«to the monthly report of the Ten-1 Birminghamriessee Valley Laboratory, 4 madepublic today by Dr._A. J. Perolio, I te*director. LSdVlbtotaI t\ Affirmed By CourtMcClellan RestsCaseIsWell At Hospital jcrews Now At WorkDuring the period a1,586 specimens of all kinds were examined in the laboratory with——fThe case of A. L. (Shorty)8,943 proceedures. , ^ A , oc „ .Of the 147 blood smears made Davis* sentenced to 25 years Infor malaria, all were found nega- the penitentiary, for the stayingtive, while 66 positives were found Howell, of Hartselle, herein Wassermann tests for syphilis several years ago, has been af-D. H. McClellan, farmer of Priceville, is resting well today at Benevolent hospital, following Aa operation for appendicitis. Mr. McClellan was taken ill Saturday following a meeting which he attended in interest of the Decatur curbOn Grounds AtNew Planttended program that kept Commander Byrd and his three companions busy through Wednesday was a ball given in their honor by the International League of Aviators.Sadi Lecointe, the noted French airman, commenting on the gift of Charles A. Levine, of 100,000 francs for an aviator’s clubhouse at Le-Bourget airdrome, said:These Americans are really the “types chic.’ Lindbergh gives his 150,000 francs gift to the families of aviators; then Americans in Paris and the United States raise 2,000,000 francs for the Nunges-power which you may think you have; delay no longer. Save Decatur, save this county from the expense a fewHartselle people* would place upon the shoulders of the tax paying public. Do you want your money to be spent in Hartselle for a courthouse? Do you want the 57 percentof Morgan county taxes you are now paying in the firstdistrict to be placed in another county district ?The situation is serious and you as voters, fully qualified, alone can rectify any mistake some people of the county might wish made at the expense of the people of Decatur and the first district.Produce some of the red-blooded spirit which has placed Decatur in her role of the city of greatest potential strength in the Southland today; reproduce that spirit indefeating an aim born in the minds of a few politicians who would attempt to wreck a sensible business programfor your county.MiThe A. K. Adams company, con- ser and Coli families and now Le-tractors for the Textile Realty j vine is going to provide a club-^ qo , , - .firmed. Court officers stated to-1 market. Mr. McClellan has num-*nrJI were made for day Davis now is in the Peniten- ‘ er0U3 friends here who hop* fot hurtb“ms and live found tiary, ,ervin8 hi. intone.._ eariy recovery.company’s $600,000 project which house for the men at LeBourget will be used by the Connecticut field. Yes, Americans are real fel-•MXE PEOPLE LOSEextensively.Senator Ellis, erf Shelby, prompted the amendment to impose a three per cent tax on slag. Ellissaid that the state had already put a tax of three per cent ongravel and other road building material* and it was only fair to tax slag a similar amount. The amendment was adopted 22 to 7.Other amendments and alterations to the revenue bill were: (Reduction of a premium on for-eign insurance companies, other than life, from two to three dollar*. »Reduction of an adjuster’* licen*etax from -100 to $25.Increasing the lawyer’s fee from$15 to $25.A special levy of $25 a ear used for storing and selling fruit* and other market products.Exemption from hotel* in unincorporated town* from the room tax.Exemption of the telephone companies from the directory tax.Exemption of theatrical companies from the transient and tentshow tax.At noon today the senate had covered approximately 17 of th© 70 section* of the revenue bill. It was believed that the entire document would be completed late today and ready for final action tomorrow. - ■ ^ ’p-The 17 amendment* adopted during the day provided for revenue amounting to approximately $4,000,000 partically the entire sum aaked by the Governor to carry out his educational program.lows.”—positive, seven negative and one unsatisfactory.Kansas Fanner DecidesStore Burned OnWest LaFayetteGive Home To Phantom GuestMills company, has almost completed its work,The buildings are finished, and I J |f//3Cworkmen today were completing! * W\J J-jmVAthe painting of the interior of the administration building. The contract, however, called for beautification of the grounds and crewsBy Western BlowLouisianaOfficial ITrain Crashes UponMeets Death AtUnknown HandsA double store building on WestBy International News ServiceGREAT BEND, Kan., July 7,LaFayette street, owned by S. D. | Declaring that his large ances-Elliott, local negro, and occupied asa store and church, was destroyedby fire early today. Prompt action of the Railroad street department, which answered the alarm, prevented the flames from spreading into othor sections. The Elliott residence was only slightly damaged.No County CourtFot Next WeekThere will he no county courtin Hartselle next week. Judge W.T. Lowe, Morgan county judge,announced today that he had postponed th.e session to a date to la* announced later. The court will be |thein Session only one week.trial home isn’t nearly large enough to house a ghost in addition to his family, Fred Koett, 41-year-old farmer near here, is preparing to move from his home and give the “spook” that has disrupted his peace of mind and slumber for several months “plenty of elbow-room.” He plans to desert thehouse indefinitely, or at least until every evidence of the intruder has vanished.“~“I believe This fellow wants meto leave,” Koett said.* “He’s got something on his mind and maybjthat’s it. He wouldn’t keep up his pestering me * if it wasn’t. He hangs pictures backwards on the wall, blacks, my hired man’s eye, opens the family bible and changedVirgin Mary in different I “ghost guardplaces. Last winter we all saw him i any cost.peeping in the windows but we could never find any trace of him ih the snow.”On one occasion a number ofcharges of buck shot were fired through the wraithlike form of the ghost by five farmers await-MORGAN CITY, La., July 7.— (AP)—The body of James Le-Boeuf, superintendent of the Louis-A iana Public Utilities company whoThe Highest PeakIn GermanyBERLIN, July 7*—~(AP)—Nineto have lost. .... . CHICAGO, July 7^-(AP)- __ _______ „ . _of men today are building the L^nn, tornadic in Henry county, hod been mutilated, shot and gag-driveways, making the necessarj jowa ancj accompanied in Illinois j ged, was found weighted down in grades and the area will be sowed j^y winds, hail and heavy j irons in a lake near here today.^ downpours cost two lives, injured i He had been missing from his home J belowThe Connecticut Mills company, persons and caused heavy i near here since Friday when he isalready operating a number o ne property and crop lt;iamafire last | said to have left in a boat bormachines, is gradually increasing ]njgbt,'■ The small son of Harry Ha*enpeople are knowntheir lives in the Harz mountain railway accident when an engine and passenger coach left the rails and plunged into a valley, 100 feetW. W .Dinsmore GoesTo Clanton To BeAt The Bedside* - r*The disaster was due to tor rential rains which undermined theM. A. Dinsmore, Birmingham attorney, prominent in state politlthe operating equipment and adding to the number of operatives at work.ing him from ambush. The shots did not leave a single trace of \rT\xrs\ Arrctfrl Dllblood, however, and the form flit- ‘1 WO ^rreSteU \Jllted away.The five farmers are willing to make affidavits that the “spook rose high in the air and floatedLiquor Charges**was killed when the storm struck Whalen, Iowa, and Frank Dandro-wski, 34, was killed in Chicago by a lightning bolt. The eight injured persons all were residents ofIowa.rowed from a friend.The body was identified by memH “ “ in *very •erioa,condition in a Clanton, Ala., has-automobile'M*:■■i-■■iKi-V«m■I$: i■i; '..•v -Wli „---- .descending into the valley from , fniinwW anbers of the family. He is not Germany’s highest mountain when P1 a ^ about eight o’clock Iwlenemies the engine and first coach jumped .V.known to have had any and police say they know of nomotive for the attack.A eolroner’s inquest resulted in a verdict of “murder at the hands ofI Case Postponedsoundlessly over a six foot wire of the prohibition laws, were ar-unknown persons.tfthe rails and fell over the embankment. /Four men on the engine and fivepassengers were killed.—rnmmmmmrnnight. Two other occupants of the car were injured, but not so seriously as Mr. Dinsmore.W. W. Dinsmore, a brother, leftat noon today for Clanton to be at the bedside of his brother. Be-tf.fence like a alow mutton picture J rested yesterday when eennty e*- | (J TlttI 3.tUYCl3.yof a pole vaulter.Deputy sheriffs were ordered to guard the house, and for awhile periodic appearances of the ghost ceased. Wayne Lameroux, countyficers raided a still in the eastern section of the county. The still was of about 50 gallons capacity. The men arrested are: MonroeChilders and Horace Childers, FarHearing of charges in police court against O. J. Thomas and Jeff Davis, alleged participants inBAND TO PRACTICE X * * a I, ^ Mjfi j' , ■■ *11 % i S’*i * »l/ecatur concert naito wttt tice tonight at Colonial hall, third floor, corner of Grant street andSecond avenue at 7:30 o’clock. The band is rapidly rounding into aA/i-i Paniorc VW Tn fore Mr- Dinsn™reDIO rapGlS I Gl Mil thafc details of the accident wereKLI mpeac f ihient Case IthatMMr. Dinsmore andwere on their way to Montgomery to attend legislative sessions. T\u accident occurred near Qa»t«m.attorney, was asked to prosecute- ticipating in the raid were Sheriff jan altercation in the business dis-the “spook”so he ordered the to capture him atB. E. Davis, Deputies Willoughbyand Almon and Officer West, oftrict Wednesday afternoon, was .postponed by Mayor Nelson until summer Sunday afternoon enterNo papers yet have been filed , in connection with the grand jury’* f*SS7-,r;,a:;g .mtmmusical organization and officials recommendation of impeachment M hen word vvas received from‘ Clanton, Mr. Dinsmore waa^aMjunconscious, having suffered inhope to soon begin the series of | for fOUr members of the board ofrevenue, it was stated today5Etow■f alkville.Saturday morning.tainments.w*■J. L. Draper, circuit court clerk.juries to the head.... f;
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