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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1932
Page
8
Rain relief efforts noted as community visitors and locals gather at Friendship church. Birmingham market entries show hay grain and produce shipments with steady prices, including corn 45c, white oats 27c, alfalfa 17 to 18.50, and vegetables with cabbage at 1.40 per cwt. Cotton spot middling at 65 8 and a note on the Tanner school opening Monday.
Several Lawrence county farmers ride a school bus to Belle Mina to view farm experiment results. The trip was packed with leading community farmers. Readers note mentions Miss Wilmer Lee Roberson, Miss Alice Roberson, Mrs. Elbert Stockton, and other locals visiting relatives in Haleyville Vernon Auburn Russellville and Vernon.
Weekend guests visit Welts Ebmeter and Eberneza communities as church services and social visits occur. A Roberts pasture picnic hosted by the Johnson Chapel ball team on August 20 features fours matches and refreshments to fund team equipment. Proceeds support the squad.
News notes a revival at Be Church with Rev guiding services at 10 30 and 7 30. Mrs G C Aldridge and children Davie Betterton return home. Attendees include Meth Senior Sunday School class and Baptist Senior class at a Blowing Spring picnic with swimming sightseeing and a lunch.
The revival started on the first Sunday and closed on Saturday night with strong turnout and several new church members. Visitors from Decatur Indianapolis Moulton and Huntsville attended events and social gatherings. Community members were noted for travel illness and social visits while the district approved the three mill tax by thirty nine votes.
The item lists various visits by Felton Hogan, Cecil Hampton, Mr and Mrs D M Hogan, Mr and Mrs 8 L Hampton, and Thomas Hodges to relatives in Danville, Penn's, Moulton, Falkville, and local farms. It notes continued rain aiding late crops and gardens while farmers hope for fair weather to save hay.
The piece credits Theodore G Joslin of ident Hoover's secretariat with influence over presidential troop deployment to scatter the bonus boys. Ted from Massachusetts once worked in Boston journalism during Coolidge's use of military force to quell a police strike. It claims Coolidge's handling boosted his 1920 nomination and later White House. It questions whether troop action enhances Hoover's popularity as it did Coolidge's.
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