Two Murder Indictments By Lawrence Grand Jury
Lawrence County grand jurors returned 21 true bills after examining 34 cases. Two murder indictments named Walter James Hurley for a shotgun fatality at a Courtland party and Ose Byrd alias Charley Harrison for the 1935 killing of Essie Baker. The report noted one case continued. Names of jurors and officers present were listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Ernest Shelton
Walter James Hurley
Ose Byrd
Charley Harrison
Hurley
Mary Ellen Hood
Courtland
Marth
Alonzo Hood
Bryrd
Essie Baker
Louisville
Klan grand jury probe sparks jail contempt ruling
An investigation ordered a grand jury into masked terrorism led to contempt of court jail for Morris who fought to release secret records. Circuit Judge Bailes and State Solicitor Perry defended their past Klan ties while Carmichael accused the probe of witch hunt tactics. Eighteen men were indicted as Morris claimed the records were stolen and that a dictaphone owner would be proven. Campbell, exalted cyclops, avoided comment as Klavern members decide whether to supply rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lewis Bailes
Emmett Perry
Carmichari
Bailes
Perry
Morris
Carmichael
Grand Jury
Adamsville
Ala
Klavern
E. E. Campbell
Cyclops
Robert E. Lee Klavern
Campbell
Revival Opens at Greenbrier Church This Week
Rev. Matthews of Greenbrier Baptist announces a church revival at Greenbrier starting Sunday and continuing through August 14. Rev. Cecil Simmons of Gadsden Baptist Temple will preach all services from Monday August 8. Morning services at 10:30 and evening services at 7:30 each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews
Greenbrier Baptist Church
Cecil Simmons
Gadsden Baptist Temple
Weevil Damage Worsens Across Lawrence County Fields
Hundreds of farmers report heavy weevil damage after earlier warnings by County Agent Sam McClendon. McCullough notes strong sales of poison and dusting outfits as thousands of acres are slated for weekly treatments over three or more weeks. Areas hardest hit include Courtland Valley Mt Hope Hickory Grove Oskville and Speake, with estimated damages potentially reaching four million dollars. Local cotton output last year stood near ten million dollars from about sixty thousand bales on over seventy five thousand acres. Also listed are recent admissions to Irwin and Dvyar infirmaries including James Bovoe Grayson Mrs J Cagle and several others from Moulton Landersville Hillsboro Town Creek and Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Sam McClendon
Sy Walker McCullough
McCullough
Moulton
Courtland Valley
Mt. Hope-Hickory Grove
Oskville
Jury Verdicts in Two Circuit Court Cases
In one case Carl Alton James sued Southern Railroad Co over a car destroyed at Courtland crossing and the jury awarded the defendant. In the second case Annie Echols widow of Duke Echols sued Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co the jury could not reach a verdict after deliberating long, with the policy claimed to have lapsed for nonpayment of premiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Alton James
The
Southern Railroad Co
James
Courtland Crossing
Annie Echols
Duke T Echols
Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co
Decatur
Faure
Skating Rink Rises in Moulton Corner
A portable skating rink is being erected at Seminary and Spring Streets near Moulton Gin Co, moved from Russellville by Earl Sherrill Jr. Once open it will be the first skating operation for many adults in Moulton, drawing keen interest from children and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Seminary
Spring Streets
Moulton Gin Co
Russellville
Earl Sherrill, Jr
Decatur
Grand Jury Panels in Session at County Circuit Court
A Moulton mechanic and seven Lawrence County farmers compose the new grand jury empaneled at the opening of circuit court Monday morning. Foreman Ka J. Boyd of Town Creek leads a diverse panel including Roosevelt Legg Clarence Heflin Thos C Fretwell G W Isbell G W Alexander Rob Moulton Thos W Robbins Jimmie T Fucker Britt Sparks Carnel W Beck Will Copeland Herman Can Willy Jeffreys Clay Counts Thos W Jackson and Leland Randall. Circuit solicitor Leland Randall is assisted by James P. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Boyd
G W. Isbell
Clay Counts
Will M. Copeland
Britt Sparks
Clarence Heflin
J. R. Jacobs
James T. Tucker
Jimmy Parker
Thomas C. Fretwell
Herman Anderton
Thomas W. Jackson Olen Bradford
Roosevelt Legg
Thomas Robbins
Cornel Beck
Will H. Jeffreys
George Alexander
Lege
Newton
Moulton
Lawrence County
J. Boyd
Town’ Creek
Mr Boyd
Wheeler
Olen Bradford
Town Creek
Thos C. Fretwell
Lancersville
G. Wisbell
Mt. Hope
G. W. Alexander
Rob ——. Moulton
Thos. W. Robbins
Jimmie T. Fucker
Jimmie Parker
Carnel W. Beck
Hatton
Herman Can
Willy Jeffreys
Fiat— Rock
Mr.Hope
Thos
Jackson
Leland Randall
Gadsden
Geo. W. Johnson
Decatur
Mr. Randall
James P. Miller
Lawrence
Chief Gives Wife Ticket In Mayor Court
Mrs Madine Dutton wife of Molton Police Chief received a speeding ticket from Chief Dutton earlier in the week on Wren road south of town at about 60. In mayor Weatherwax's court Saturday Felton Dutton and others paid fines. City court also collected $106.50 for a driving while intoxicated charge and three drunkenness offenses at $16.50 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madine Dutton
Moulton
Felton Dutton
Dutton
J. L. Weatherwax
Wren Road
Moulton Business Men's Organization notes replies to brochures
Directors of the organization met at noon Tuesday and set August 16 for the annual meeting at 3:00 pm. They will elect directors and officers for another year and hear the secretary treasurer’s annual report. Complaints about location of industry yielded only general compliments from four or five respondents so far.
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Moulton
Two Ozark Negroes plead guilty under new mask law
In Ozark Alabama on August 5 14 two Black men Tommie Johnson 49 and Robert F E Lee Miller 21 pled guilty and were jailed under the new anti masking statute for forming a Ku Klux Klan donning white sheets and frightening two Negro girls on July 14 Mayor Douglas Brown in mayor s court sentenced Johnson to six months and Miller to 60 days A third man Raymond McLendon 207 Was arrested but released on 300 bond additional deputies seek two more suspects the law passed five weeks ago to curb hooded violence with penalties up to 500 fine or 12 months in jail
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommie Johnson
Robert FE
Lee Miller
Ku Klux Klan
Douglas Brown
Johnson
Miller
Ozark
Raymond McLendon
Brown
MocClendon
C. S. Prior
Markets Rally On Wall Street Amid Broad Gains
Demand for stocks surged late in the session as prices rose fractions to about three points. The rally pushed the general price level near a four month high with rails and oils leading gains and turnover above 1 million shares. Major movers included Santa Fe Southern Railway Chesapeake and Ohio Southern Pacific and several large corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commonwealth
Southern
Unity Company
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
Southern Pacific
Nickel Plate
Standard Oil
Texas Co
Gulf Oils
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodrich
Montgomery Ward
Jr. Case
Schenley
National Dairy
VU. S. Rubber
Allied Chemical
Dow Chemical
du Pont
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
American Tobacco
Nashville Livestock Market Report Aug 3
Cattle receipts small with weak undertone. Bulk steers and heifers 18.00-23.00, cows mostly 15.75-16.50, cutters 9.00-14.50. Vealers 24.00-26.00, calves steady. Hogs steady 22.25-22.50 for 180-245 lb, sows scarce. Spring lambs 22.50-23.25, common to 21.50. Sheep 200 head, spring lambs weak to 25 lower, aged sheep steady to 0 unimproved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Personal Items and Local Visits Highlight Week
Mrs. Tom Pettus and Mrs. Clyde Kimbrough hosted a coke party for Mrs. Nathaniel Almon of Selma who visited last week. Cline Terry’s condition improved after hospital treatment in Nashville. L. W. Gentry made a Nashville business trip. Mrs Weatherwax Lucia Royer and Carol shopped in Haleyville. Arthur South from Florence visited Moulton. Rosa Lee Langley noted Gentry to Nashville and Wayne to Birmingham, bank examiners arrived soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Pettus
Clyde Kimbrough
Nathaniel Almon
Selma
Cline Terry
Terry
Nashville
L. W. Gentry
J. L. Weatherwax
Lucian Royer
Carol
Haley
Cotton futures steady on trade demand in New York
New York Aug 5 cotton futures held firm amid active trade and commission house buying. New crop deliveries rose sharply as the senate agriculture sub committee proposed flexible farm price supports with qualifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Trade and Commission House
Senate Agriculture Sub-Committee
Weekend visitation notes from Alabama and New York travel
Mr and Mrs Jimmie Hambrick visited relatives at Wheeler Dam and friends in Florence over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Aimon and sons Robert and Renan of Selma returned home after a week here. Charlies Kelpe of J E Toll e Engineering Co Birmingham inspected local street work. Mrs J B Richardson, visiting Syracuse, was due in Birmingham today to meet Representative Richard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Hambrick
Wheeler Dam
Florence
Nathaniel Aimon
Robert
Renan
Selma
Charlies Kelpe
J. E. O'Tolle Engineering Co
Birmingham
Moulton
J. B. Richardson
Ames Ripley
Senate debates recovery fund rule amid citizenship concerns
In a close vote 44 to 42 the Senate rejected dropping discussion on a proposed amendment about European recovery funds possibly discriminating against American citizens. The five percenters probe will call Defense Secretary Johnson as its first witness as lawmakers pursue allegations that inspectors charged fees to secure government contracts. The inquiry also targets wartime contract frauds cited by Comptroller General Lindsay Warren. Senator Hoey says the subcommittee will examine Warren's charges. The House planned a vote on a bill to regulate gas sales by independent producers, removing them from the 1938 natural gas act framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Defense Johnson
Lindsay Warren
Hoey
D-Nc
Warren
Bishop Claiborne To Establish His Home in Mobile
Rt Rev Randolph Royal Claiborne newly consecrated suffragan bishop of the Alabama diocese will establish permanent areas in Mobile next Thursday He was consecrated at Huntsville on June 29 and will assist Bishop C C J Carpenter directing the diocesan home mission fields in Alabama
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emobile
Randolph Royal Claiborne
Alabama
Claiborne
Huntsville
Parity loan extension proposed with acreage controls
The plan would extend the high 90 per cent parity loan another year if acreage and marketing controls are imposed. It also suggests including farm labor costs in the parity formula, which dealers estimate would add 1.12 cents a pound to cotton parity. Futures closed 40 cents lower than the prior close, with October at 29.70 and nearby contracts around 29.60. Middling spot at 32.25.
Georgia live poultry market steadies with firm undertone
North Georgia live poultry market is steady with a firm undertone. Supplies are short on heavy fryers and adequate on under 3-lb sizes. Demand is good. Prices paid FOB farm for broilers and fryers picked up Thursday afternoon and this morning ranged 26 to 27.2 cents, mostly 26.9 to 27 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Markets at a glance from New York and Chicago
Market roundup shows a summer rally in grains with gains across wheat corn oats and rye aided by a proposed new farm bill. Soybeans soy prices rise, grain futures advance with Sept contracts up, hogs and cattle largely steady, lard gains noted. fair activity in U S Treasuries and firm cotton while exchange trading supports buying mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stecks
U. S. Treasuries
Chicago
Convict Shot By Guard Dies at Draper Prison
Aug 5 report from Draper prison details guard Cashe Rabb shooting Eddie Roberson after Roberson attacked him with a shovel and advanced. Roberson, 39, serving 50 years for murder in Perry county, died yesterday. case ruled justifiable homicide per Elmore County Sheriff Lester Holley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Draper
Frank Boswell
Eddie Roberson
Perry County
Boswell
B. R. Reeves
Elmore
Lester Holley
Roberson
Cashe Rabb
Cashe
Mrs K H Rice Discharged From Hamilton Clinic
Mrs K H Rice of Decatur was discharged today from Hamilton Clinic hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. H. Rice
Decature
Hami! Clinic Hospital
Weather and visit report from Thursday
Noon temperature reached 85 degrees with a high of 88 degrees at noon and a low of 70. District Governor James Rankin made an official visit to the Bessemer club on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hursday
Govrnor
James Rankin
Bessemer
Talmadge presses probe into campaign fund abuses
Governor Talmadge charged that Downing Musgrove received contributions while Glenn could not and said he would appoint a special deputy state attorney general to push the case with Solicitor General Paul Webb. Revenue Commissioner Redwine said agents seized records in Atlanta and provided evidence to Webb, as Talmadge explored an emergency state funding for the probe. He recalled promising an investigation into campaign contributions by the revenue department and said he would mobilize the state bureau of investigation, alcohol enforcement, and the law department for the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downing Musgrove
Glenn
Talmadge
Thompson
Paul Webb
Fulton County
Charles Redwine
Atlanta
Webb
Webble
State Law Department
Eugene Cook
State Revenue Department
Redwine
Arnall
Rivers
Thompsons
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Law Department
New Pastor to Take Up Work Sunday at Central Baptist
Rev. O. E. Burton, new pastor of Central Baptist, has moved into the pastorium at 312 Grant Street and will preach his first sermon Sunday morning. Church officials urged members to attend and public worship. Burton, 34, is a Tennessee native raised mainly in Florida, with prior pastorates in Avon Park and Charleston. He and wife Martha Cone have three children, O. E. Burton Jr., 10, Cheryl 5, Susan 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. E. Burton
Central Baptist Church
Grant Street
Paul Roberts
Will Wear
Burton
Tennessee
Florida
General Motors Corporation
Miami
Coconut Grove Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Avon Park
Ft. Worth
Texas
Texas Weslyn College
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fostepco Heights
Ashley River
Rodeo clash leads to gun chase and injuries
Cowhand Wolf quoted Frizzell as making a jail statement after a quarrel with Jones. The Sheriff said Frizzell went after Jones with a pistol, found in producer Tommy Steiner's car. Injured were Babs Appling of Bay City and Buck McDougall of Tucumcari, with Appling tossed and McDougall’s shoulder broken by bronc action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf
Frizzell
Jones
Tommy Steiner
Austin
Steiner
Babs Appling
Bay City
Texas
Buck McDougall
Tucumcari
N. M
Appling
McDougall
Public debate on religion and education policy debated
The text argues that Eleanor’s agreement targets religion and calls for revision while defending free public discussion on public issues as not infringing religion. It urges cessation of attacks on public education and seeks clarification of the Vatican’s aim in using public funds for denominational groups.
Alabama House keeps delay as road bond bill rumbles on
The Alabama House postponed action on the $40,000,000 road bond bill while adopting a resolution removing Rep. W S Martin from sponsors and amid a plan to raise the gasoline tax. The Senate sent to the Governor a bill allowing REA cooperatives into the telephone business if loans are available, along with a pay raise for the Alabama Public Service Commission members. A separate measure would establish a University of Alabama nursing school with no set appropriation. The House reversed field to approve an $18,000,000 substitute appropriations bill, discarding earlier higher totals, with educators agreeing to leave $1,750,000 in the general fund and no further burdens on the education trust fund. The calendar still shows other bills moving, including reapportionment measures and budget decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Rep. W. S
Doc) Martin
Greene County
Martin
REA Cooperatives
Congress
Alabama Public Service Commission
University of Alabama
W. I
Doe) Martin
J. J. Benford
Marsh 1
Banki Fite
Marion
U.S. policy hinges on Chinese reaction to Soviet ties
Acoheson stated that U.S. actions will depend on how much the Chinese people recognize that the communist regime serves Soviet Russia. He emphasized the influence of Chinese reaction to foreign dominance on future policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acoheson
U.S
Soviet
Russia
Minnie Lewis Dies in Boulder City Home
Mrs. Minnie Lewis, former resident of Decatur, died August 2 at her daughter’s home in Boulder City New. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Kline and Mrs. Mary Jones, and two sons, Thomas Marsh of Rogersville and Floyd Marsh of Hillsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Lewis
Decatur
Arthur Aline
Boulder City
New
Kline
Mary Jones
Thomas Marsh
Rogersville
Floyd Marsh
Hillsboro
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Mary Frances Bass
Timmonsville
Carolinas Border
Mullins
S C
Bencay
Greenbrier Church
Thisoners
Moulton News
John White
Town Square
Irwin and Dvyar Infirmary
James Bovoe
Grayson
J. Cagle
Hoopel
Rommie Hill
Horace’ Franks
Landersville
J.P. King
Robert Montgomery
Wren
John .W. Rose
Finis Hagood
J. T. McCaghren
Danville
William Boyle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
McGrath
Truman
Wall Street
Bishop Claiborne
Mobile
Ecatur
Diarte
Sally
Central Baptist
Eleanor
PAGF
Dillehay
AFR
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