Early Storm Hits Florida Coast With Widespread Damage
A massive gale feared to have crossed South Central Florida caused property loss and utility disruptions. No deaths were reported as Fort Pierce Vero Beach and Stuart reported extensive damage. 6 million dollars in property damage cited. Coast cities faced isolation and citrus fears as the storm moved inland.
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Decatur
Alabama
Florida
Aar
Peninsular
Delraybourne
Havana
Ida East Coast Railway
Algonquin
Lempira
Meney
Fort Pierce
Vero Beach
Stuart
Middle East Coast
Edward A. Menninger
Associated Praes
Stuart News
Cotton prices surge after US crop report in New Orleans
In New Orleans on August 8, trading resumed after the government crop report. Indicated yield was about one million bales less than the trade expected and active months jumped to around 19.90 or 120 to 133 points. Trading remained active with signs prices would rise.
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New Orleans
New York Cotton Rises After Government Report
Prices on the New York cotton exchange advanced about 6.5 cents per pound after the government report showed a smaller than expected crop. The market surged on reopening with heavy buying as October moved from 19.10 to 20.75 cents before easing to 20.37. December jumped to 20.83 cents from 19.06.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange
Cotton crop prospects and state figures released
The department announced a national cotton crop of 14,291,000 equivalent 500 pound bales with August 1 condition at 67.9 percent of normal and an expected yield of 152.2 pounds per acre. Alabama shows 59 percent of normal condition and 871,000 bales expected. boll weevil damage remains a concern though not as severe as in 1917.
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Washington
Department of
Alabama
Crop Reporting Board
Courtland Plans A Fair This Fall
The Lawrence County Fair Association of Courtland plans a fall fair during the week of October 8 with tentative dates set.
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Courtland
Lawrence County Fair Association
Local Cotton Prices Reported With Mixed Activity
The market shows strict middling around 19 3/4 and middling around 18 3/4 with some volatility. Traders note a tighter tone for low grade cotton as prices drift and market sentiment remains cautious.
Nominations Circulation Opens for City Campaign
Petition circulation for mayor and alderman candidates begins within a day or two. Five or more signatures qualify a candidate for the ballot in the upcoming September election. petitions filed with the city chief executive determine ballot names.
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Deccur
Armored Car Robbery Seizes $20000 After Gas Attack
Six bandits armed with guns hijack an armored car carrying payrolls for Swift and Armour plants. They unleash gas bombs through interior loopholes, disable guards, force the doors, seize the money bags, and flee in their own automobiles with $20000. The driver and five others were overcome by the gas.
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Swift
Sing Schedule At Austinville Church
Three quartets will perform at the Austinville Baptist church Thursday evening at 7 45. Brown's quartet from Falkville Gibson's quartet from Little Rock Ark and Jones quartet from Basham's chapel are listed for the program. All singers were invited to attend.
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Austinville Baptist Church
Brown
Falkville
Gibson
W. O. W. Meeting Set for Saturday in Somerville
W. O. W. gathering planned for Saturday August 11 in Somerville. W A Pence Somerville route 3 lodge clerk says all members invited along with Somerville camp. Supper planned and several candidates to be initiated. A trial jury will be chosen from the audience.
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W. A. Pence
Somerville
Jall
Greenwood Man in Serious Condition After Poison Dose
Tom Greenwood, a Connecticut Mills company employee, was found Monday afternoon at his sister’s Beach street home, suffering from a poison dose. Physicians reported his condition was about the same, with him still in a serious state today.
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Tom Greenwood
Connecticut Mills Company
Frank Dodd
Beach Street
Pettysville Man Cuts Arm On Barbed Wire
Onnie King of the Pettysville community sustained a severe arm wound from barbed wire on Tuesday. He received several stitches for the injury.
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Onnie King
Pettysville
George Brennan Democratic Leader Dies After Illness
Chicago report says Gen. E. Brennan, Democratic national committeeman and Illinois democracy strategist, died at 8:10 am after a weeklong tooth infection led to septic poisoning and kidney failure. He was 63, a longtime ally of Governor Alfred E. Smith and supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt for nominating Smith. Wife and adopted daughter survive.
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Chicago
E. Brennan
Illinois
Brennan
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smith
Ilinois
Sheffield Officer Beaten By Blacks Fugitives Flee Jail
In Sheffield Alabama authorities search for Robert Calloway and Will James both described as Birmingham negroes who escaped from the city jail after assaulting Jailer Arthur Cagle and beating him about the head. Cagle fired five shots during the escape, and a blood trail was found near the jail.
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Sheffield
Ala
Cay
Robert Calloway
Will James
Birmingham
Arthur Cagle
Cagle
One of the hottest days of the season observed
Wednesday yielded an unusually high heat reading as unofficial observers noted the season's strongest thermometer marks this summer.
Dr Omer Roan To Visit Later This Month
Dr Omer Roan, long-time local now residing in San Antonio Texas, is expected to visit here later this month to see his brother Dr Avery M Roan. He has many friends in town who look forward to his return.
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Omer Roan
San Antonio
Texas
Avery M. Roan
Roan
Tonight Prayer and Song Service at First Christian Church
An old fashioned prayer and hymn service will be held tonight at the First Christian Church at 7 30 o clock. Congregation members conduct the service and the public is invited to attend.
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First Christian Church
Woman Taken to State Insane Hospital from Jail
A demented woman was moved from Morgan county jail to the state institution for the insane in Tuscaloosa. She was escorted by Mrs. A W Davis and Miss Davis, relatives of Sheriff B E Davis, due to nonviolent status.
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Morgan County
State Institution For the Insane
Tuscaloosa
A. W. Davis
Ity A.W. Davis
Miss Davis
B. E. Davis
English Teacher Found Slain on Evanston Lawn
The body of Miss Jennie Constance, 42, head of the English department at Bradley Polytechnic Institute, was discovered on a Evanston lawn. A bloodied iron pipe lay nearby and police suspect a rapid attack and dragging the body into the yard. Enrollment figures for Morgan County Opportunity Schools are reported, led by Gum Pond with 23 students, as community meetings are planned to boost local interest and education.
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Chicago
Jennie Constance
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
Peoria
Ill
Evanston
Northwestern University
Opportunity
Morgan County
Gum Pond
Ola Barnard
Dripping Springs
Andrews
Oden Ridge
Union
Johnson, Chapel
Bell Springs
Johnson Chapel
Morgan County Health Department
H. C. McRee
State to Enforce New Vehicle Light Code August 23
Montgomery reports the state will begin enforcing a new code on August 23 requiring satisfactory lights on motor vehicles with dimmers. The highway department is expected to issue an official statement soon.
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Montgomery
State Highway Department
State Aid Possibility Explored for Decatur Band
The Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce will be asked to study state financial aid for the local band. Civic organizations may qualify for state support for musical groups across the state.
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Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce
Miss Bloodworth Here Short Time
Miss Claire Bloodworth of Montgomery supervisor of exceptional education with the state department of education was here briefly last night en route from Montgomery to Scottsboro where several adult opportunity schools are being opened in Jackson County.
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Claire Bloodworth
Montgomery
State Department of Education
Scottsboro
Jackson County
Harris boy breaks ankle jumping from barn in Limestone County
William Harris fractured two bones in the left ankle while jumping from a high barn at W. H. Leslie place in Limestone County. He sought medical attention while his companion was unharmed.
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William Harris
W. H. Leslie Place
Limestone County
Harris
Death in Italian Sub F-14 Tragedy After Collision
The Italian submarine F-14 sank after a collision with a destroyer propeller in the Adriatic. Twenty seven crew members died at their posts from acid fumes or drowning, including two officers in the conning tower. Divers raised the wreck in hours of work and towed it to Pola.
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Rome
Aug
Adriatic
Pola
W C T U Leader Says She Will Support Hoover
Mary B. Black of the Decatur W C T U chapter states she will vote for Herbert Hoover in November. She argues prohibition is the issue, citing Hoover as a dry candidate and condemning Alfred E. Smith and Tammany.
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Decatur
Woman’s Temperance Union
Mary B. Black
Hoover
Pete
White House
Smith
New York
Second Block Of Second Avenue Reopens This Evening
The second block of Second avenue, under repair, will be opened to traffic at completion probably tonight. One block still requires work. Officials say the street should be ready by August 15 if weather stays favorable.
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Second Avenue
Strickland Leaves Daily for Moseley Shoe Co
Conrad Strickland resigns after three months in the advertising department of the Decatur Daily to accept a position with Moseley Shoe Co on Second Avenue. He will leave the paper next Saturday.
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Conrad Strickland
Decatur Daily
Moseley Shoe Co
Second Avenue
Young Strickland
Fingerprints not those of suspect in Mrs Meliis murder
Los Angeles police fingerprint expert Sergeant H L Barlow announced bloody fingerprints found in the death room were not those of Leo Kelly, the butcher boy accused in the murder of Mrs Myrtle Meliis. Captain Herman Cline ordered fingerprint records taken from everyone linked to the investigation.
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Los Angeles
H. L. Barlow
Leo Kelly
Myrtle Meliis
Wiltshire
West Side
Herman Cline
Raskob Accuses Bishop of Bigotry
New York August 8 AP John J Raskob chairman of the Democratic national committee accuses Bishop James Cannon Jr of religious bigotry in comment on Governor Smith's prohibition stance Raskob says Cannon’s attack was cloak for religious bias Cannon declines to name Methodist critics or withdrawal of church support
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New York
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal’ Church
South
Cannon
Raskob
Smith
Kaskob
Rev Myers To Fill His Own Pulpit Sunday
Rev I W Myers pastor of First Baptist church will fill his own pulpit Sunday returning this week from Arab where he conducted a successful revival.
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Rev. Myers
I. W. Myers
First Baptist Church
Resting Well Reports on Rev J D McCready Ill
Reports from the bedside at Benevolent hospital say Rev J D McCready pastor of Decatur Baptist church is ill but “doing fine.”
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J. D. McCready
Decatur Baptist Church
Benevolent Hospital
Teachers To Meet At Evening Session At Church
Regular monthly meeting of teachers from the 1ist church set for this evening at 6 45 in the Sunday school building on Fourth avenue.
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1Ist
Fourth Avenue
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