Patterson Chosen Morgan County Probate Judge
Andrew G Patterson former Morgan Mountain leader and Public Service Commission president accepts Morgan County Probate Judge post. He will assume duties in about a week as committees urged him to remain in Montgomery briefly to wrap pending commission matters. Hugh White remains a favored potential replacement for the commission president role if term extensions pass. Patterson’s return to Morgan County marks a homecoming after years at state and national service.
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Andrew G. Patterson
Morgan Mountain
Public Service Commission
Morgan County
Graves
Patterson
County Board of Revenue
Montgomery
John Green
Sposa
White
Hugh White
Commission
Chambers of Commerce
H. F. Lee
Lee
Morgan ‘County
Public Service Commissions
United States
Courthouse Project Resolution Ends Eight Month Debate
County board and C G Kershaw Co representatives reached an agreement on rebuilding the Ferry street courthouse at an estimated cost around thirty four thousand dollars. Plans include insurance coverage and potential future room changes while awaiting Governor Graves final decision on location and oversight.
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County Board of Revenue
C. G. Kershaw Co
Ferry Street
Revenue Board
Re Resentatives
Ent
Resentatives
Eer Ann Ally
Bic
Graves
Moe Soeten
Ree
Decatur Plans Coal Contract Signing for Winter Supply
City authorities in Decatur will sign contracts for the coal supply to cover the coming winter. It is estimated that 85 cars of fuel will be used by city halls and schools during the cold season.
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Decatur
Burned Building May Be Rebuilt
A representative for the property owners at Bank and Lafayette streets says the burned building will likely be rebuilt at an upcoming date. City officials indicated plans to replace the structure within the district.
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Bank
Lafayette Streets
Burleson Receives Ten Year Prison Sentence
Jasper Alabama August 10 AP D V Burleson was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary after conviction for criminally assaulting Mrs R J McClure during a walking trip from Colorado Springs to Miami Fla Webb Fowler and Krebs Holliday aided the crime and testified against Burleson while Fowler and Holliday later became state’s witnesses Burleson denied the assault saying he left McClure and Mrs McClure after a ride and alcohol was involved. this marked his second trial as the first ended in a hung jury.
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Jasper
Ala
D. V
Burleson
State Penitentiary
R. J. McClure
Colorado Springs
Miami
Fla
Webb Fowler
Krebs Holliday
McClure
Fowler
Holliday
Picnic Set for Thursday by BY P A Members
A summer delight planned for Malone Park features a BY P A picnic and outing with city and county members and their families. Pastors join the event and are urged to bring well filled baskets. Games will highlight the day and the afternoon offers a Courtland Decatur game on the diamond in the park's closed section.
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Malone Park
Courtland- Decatur
Fatalities in air race crash near San Diego Point Loma
Lieutenant George Covell and Lieutenant R W Waggener died when their Dole flight plane crashed into Point Loma after departing for Oakland en route to Honolulu. Covell identified by wallet. Waggener burned in wreckage.
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San Diego
Calif
George Cowell
R. W. Waggener
U. S. Navy
Honolulu
Point Loma
Here
Oakland
United States Naval Coaling Station
Covell
Waggener
Death aboard schooner as cook stands trial for wife murder
In a courtroom drama aboard the schooner Kingsway Earl Battice a mulatto cook faces murder charges for killing his wife Lucille last February on the voyage from New Orleans to port. U S Attorney Tuttle says the slaying was planned to free Battice to return to a girl in San Juan.
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Earl Battice
Kingsway
Lucille
Battice
Mississippi
U. S
Tuttle
San Juan
Doss Ashford Called To Reward
Doss Ashford aged 51 of Albany route three died Tuesday morning at eleven. He is survived by his wife and two children. Funeral services were held this afternoon at two o'clock at Rapier cemetery with interment there.
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Doss Ashford
Albany
Route Three
Rapier Cemetery
Levins Sentenced to Electrocuted in Florida Slaying
Benjamin Levins was convicted of murder in the hammer slayings of five members of the Looney Merrill family in Tampa. He was sentenced today to be electrocuted with the execution date to be set by the governor.
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Tampa
Fla
Benjamin Levins
Looney Merrill
Birmingham attorney visits Decatur on business
A. L. Smith of Birmingham, representative for Loveman, Joseph and Loeb, visited Decatur today on business.
Last Day For Sacco and Vanzetti Evokes Global Protest
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti faced their final day on death row as appeals hoped for a reprieve from Governor Fuller. Protests spread worldwide with demonstrations in Buenos Aires, Havana, and other cities as the pair awaited execution for a 1920 mail robbery and killing.
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Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Palace of Justice
France
Ireland
Canada
Havana
Santo Domingo
Chicago
Pitcher
Okla
United States
Sacco
Vanzetti
Fuller
Building Permits Reach Seventy Thousand Dollars
City records show permits issued totaling about $70,000 with a $2,000 permit for a residence at 703 9th Street South. J W Chambers Lumber Co received $13,000 for frame structures on Jackson Street and $55,000 for the Adams apartment at Jackson and Sixth East. Earlier permits reached $20,000, all for residential projects, and officials expect August results to be strong.
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J. F. Tan
9Th Street
J. W. Chambers Lumber Company
Jackson Street
Adams
Sixth Avenue
Status of bill on county courthouse construction remains uncertain
The bill to authorize building a county courthouse drew no action in committee by noon. Advices from Montgomery indicated no action by the committee, though the lower house had sanctioned the measure weeks ago.
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Montgomery
Senate
Peck Is Heading Sunday Schools in Morgan County
C L Peck, Decatur attorney, again heads the Morgan county Sunday school convention after officers were elected at Lebanon church. Other officers include H C McRee, Wade Wright, C Edmondson, Williams, Mrs Gurley, Tiller, Garrison, Russell, Miss McCutcheon, Emmons, Clark, Hendon, with further officers to be chosen at district meetings.
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C. L. Peck
Decatur
Morgan County
Lebanon Church
H. C. McRee
Wade Wright
B. Jy. Garrison
Tan Russell
Cara McCutcheon
K. F. Emmons
James Clark
Carl Hendon
River Rise Promptly Observed by Government Observer
The Tennessee River rose slightly to about three feet as noted by government observer Mrs A H Irons. Local gauge reading reported during the day.
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Tennessee
A. H. Irons
Chambers Get Adams Contract for BG Building
Alain Adams owner of the Adams apartments on Grant announces J. W. Chambers of Athens will construct a modern two story brick veneer building at Grant and Sixth Avenue. The $60,000 project, named Cornellian Court, will house 16 apartments with hard wood floors tile baths steam heat and Frigidaire appliances. Construction starts Monday and occupancy is expected by February 1.
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D.C. Alain
Adams
Grant
J. W. Chambers
Athens
Grant and
Sixth Avenue
Aperiace
Aperiace Sa Ie Ona Dlatdachetson Sixth Sents Sania
William Leslie Weldon
Birmingham
Johnston Street
Weldon
Chamber of Commerce
Brothers Found Dead From Lightning Near Selma Farm
Clarence Harvell aged 2 and Porter Harvell aged 24 were found sitting upright under a tree on a Selma area farm dead from a stroke of lightning. Their team of mules stood unharmed nearby. The brothers, loggers, fled to the tree during a thunderstorm. Porter is survived by a widow and small child.
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Selma
Ala
Clarence Harvell
Porter Harvell
Here
Clarence
Porter
Testimony in Defense of Gult Girls at House of David Trial
In Midh Aug 10 the defense presented two girls Anna belle Askerland and Helen Boone and one man from the cult during the state's ouster suit against the colony. Police testified the girls were in a room near Benjamin Purnell when officers arrested him last November. Both girls denied improper conduct inside the colony. Miss Askerland said she joined the colony in 1907 after traveling 1200 miles with her family. Tom Dewhirst testified he had not seen evidence of immorality in the colony.
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ST. Joseph
Midh
Gace of David Colony
Annabelle Askerland
Helen Boone
Benjamin Purnell
Miss Askerland
Arkansas
Tom Dewhirst
H. T. Dewhirst
House of David
Pastor Officer Slain In Street In Southwest City Mo
The Rev W H Hatfield pastor of the Methodist church and town marshal was shot to death in Southwest City Missouri early today by an unidentified assailant. Hatfield had opposed bootleggers and had made enemies among drinkers. officers believe the killer was one of them. He was found lying in the street with arms extended and had served as pastor here for 25 years and town marshal for eight months.
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Southwest City
W. H. Hatfield
Methodist Church
Hatfield
Patrolman Beaten as Crowd Riots at Sacco-Vanzetti Meeting
Rochester violence erupts as Patrolman John McGrath is seriously injured during a march toward the convention hall for a Sacco-Vanzetti protest. Police clash with rioters using night sticks and tear bombs. several others suffer minor injuries.
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Rochester
N. Y
John McGrath
Convention Hall
Becomes Widow For Ninth Time
Mrs. B Hatfield of Ah nia La becomes a widow for the ninth time after her husband B Hatfield dies following an operation. She owns four oil wells and other valuable property and resided in the locality.
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B. Hatfield
Ah Nia
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Pacific
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Dallas
Texas
William Erwin
Mildred Doran
Flint
Mich
Erwin
Cook
Peck
Chambers
Bolt
C. E
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Presbyterian Church
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