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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1913
Page
1
Congressman Richmond Hobson urged federal support for a nationwide education system to raise youths outcomes from 14-year-olds to college graduates. He contrasted education gains with military history, praised voter supremacy, and criticized corporate dominance, noting Alabama progress and a crowd including Judge Skeggs and Maj. Long.
In Hartselle on Aug 23 Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson addressed the Confederate Veterans to a large crowd including locals and veterans. Captain Dan Walden of New Decatur introduced him. Captain Samuel Blackwell then spoke and remains popular with the veterans as the encampment plans to adjourn today.
Bay Minette Alabama August 23 Dr J O Batson a local druggist turned farmer has grown a colossal sunflower with a stalk over fourteen feet tall and a blossom weighing fifty pounds. The entire plant will be shown at the county fair.
Ohio convicts in the state penitentiary and dependents will get pay for labor starting September 1 with rates from one to five cents per hour. Grading will depend on character efficiency and good conduct, under a law passed by the recent legislature and detailed by the state board of administration.
Tom Dally, a negro, was arrested on suspicion of burglary that has troubled Decatur for weeks. He appeared before Mayor Skeggs this morning and was sent back to jail.
Probate Court Clerk Frank J. Dav ie and his assistant Miss Bessie Transue gather old records in Morgan county probate to prepare a suit. They uncovered an 1853 personal property tax book listing enslaved people with counts and valuations per slave, revealing revenue from slavery.
A wife learns that buying cheaper goods costs jobs and wages. The employer explains that lower pay and poorer materials enable competitors to undercut, while the best products rely on fair wages and quality. She realizes her purchase helped a rival cut costs at workers’ expense.
Special dispatches report revolver shots fired by bandits at King Charles and Queen Elizabeth of Roumania near Sinaia in the Carpathian mountains. Both royals escaped unharmed as their chauffeur sped the automobile to safety amid the attack.
Deputy Sheriff Wright and Policeman Rountree halted a hack crew near Hartselle suspected of liquor. One suspect leaped free, rolled under the hack, and was run over, breaking his hip. The other man was captured with a wagon containing about 20 gallons of whiskey seized and sent to Hartselle jail.
Lee Summit Missouri August 23 Cole Younger former James gang member attends revival. He goes forward at invitation to join the Christian church and is greeted by a thousand congregants staying to shake his hand after the sermon.
In July the United States linked exports with foreign buyers set a new monthly record for the nation. Imports fell below July 1912 levels while exports surpassed it by over eleven million dollars. The twelve months ending July 21 show American goods sent abroad valued at more than 252 million dollars more than the prior year.
The Morgan Grocery Company building damaged by Tuesday's storm is being repaired today and should return to first class condition in a few days.
Rev H B Woodward has returned from Pelham Heights and Verbena Alabama where he attended the State Baptist Encampment meeting and visited relatives. Mrs Woodward and children will probably return on Thursday. He will occupy his pulpit at Central Baptist church tomorrow.
Guntersville Alabama August 23 Justice Wright of Marshal county sitting here has ordered the destruction of 100 gallons of whiskey and a large cargo of beer bound for the steam up John Ross on the Tennessee River.
William Travers Jerome named special deputy attorney general to represent New York in securing Harry K. Thaw's return. Vermont or New Hampshire expected for extradition with Matteawan as a possible ultimate goal. Thaw remains unsettled in jail, asserting newspapers failed to print a full statement from his lawyers.
Montgomery Aug. 23 Claiming he was bound to a stump and beaten with a double buggy trace he testified Marsh held him against his will during peonage charges. An 18 year old at the time, Cooper described multiple beatings and threats as other youths corroborated similar experiences.
The testimony alleges coercion and unpaid work from Leama eet PE ee while in Marsh's service. Marsh denies the charges as United States Attorney Warren E. Reese prosecutes with attorney Harry Martin defending, noting this as one of many peonage cases in this term.
Gadsden, Aug. 23. Alarm rises after discovery of what is believed to be boll weevil on Judge J. H. Lovejoy's East Gadsden farm. Inspectors familiar with the pest from South Alabama say the bolls show weevil signs, with only a few cotton stalks affected.
T M Dix will lead a discussion of The High Life at the A A Y M O A on Sunday afternoon at 4 p m. The event is described as vital for men and a good crowd is expected to attend this well known gentleman’s talk.
A note states that Ted Bolts will be sent to the Department of Agriculture for examination. The fragment provides no additional context or dates.
The Luther C Neely residence in Fairview was entered last night while the family slept. About 20 dollars was taken from a trunk and top tray, with 13 more found in the bottom. Bloodhounds were brought from Courtland to help trail the burglars, but no clues were reported.
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