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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1930
Page
2
Government figures show July 1930 cigarette output at 11.859 billion, surpassing July 1929 by 1.1 billion and June 1930 by over 100 million. First seven months totaled 71.284 billion, up 1.531 billion from the same period last year, as more workers take up smoking.
A strong wind unroofed the large barn of W. H. Leslie in southern Limestone County near Athens. The roof was lifted as a unit and dropped into the nearby chicken yard. Insurance covers the loss.
Sixty seven members of the Athens Alabama National Guard unit led by Capt Horace B French are in camp at Camp McClellan this week. The Athens company previously won more athletic awards than any other company at the camp last year.
John M Head, 72, prominent farmer and longtime justice of the peace and church steward, died at his Limestone County home. Funeral services were held Thursday. he is survived by his widow four sons and two daughters.
John S. Thomas, 80, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, has challenged Helen Jensen, another Council Bluffs resident and national spelling champion, in a public competition.
The eighteenth child was born to Mr and Mrs A H Herzberg of Yorktown Iowa a farming couple.
Dee agrees to a day with Winfield then reveals her engagement to Don is a test of loyalty. He pleads, she confesses love, and they reconcile in a garden scene as winter approaches, deciding their hearts belong together despite earlier doubts.
Ministers of Council Bluffs Iowa take religion to the public parks on Sunday evenings delivering about 40 minute sermons to park-goers across the city this outreach aims to reach a broad audience.
Officials of the Benevolent Society issued an appeal for clothing for men women and children ages 2 to 14 and for under clothing and wearing apparel. They also need old furniture mattresses and stoves. Call 237 to arrange truck delivery of donated items.
Kiwanis Farm Relations committee led by J. W. Clapton closed the year with a meeting at Priceville near Decatur. Rev. B. P. Collier gave the welcome, W. M. Bailey spoke briefly, and Jefferson county farm agent Mr. Liles discussed the farm situation as hundreds attended.
Dr. L. R. Murphree, county health officer, says no typhoid fever cases exist in Limestone County and none have been reported for some time. Inoculation widely practiced across the county is credited for the decline in incidence.
The probate judge issued a marriage license to Thomas Grady Carroll and Cora Lee Phillips.
Messrs. W H Mitchell and Douglas Mitchell of this place travel to Columbia Tennessee to attend the funeral of Mrs W W H Fields known locally in Decatur as Miss Ruby King. She was killed in an automobile accident near Columbia.
Mr and Mrs George Geiger and their son Billy are expected to return tonight after spending Friday and today in Columbia Tennessee with relatives and friends.
Deputy Sheriff Bud Davis recovers after several days of illness from a felon on his thumb. Mrs Christina Heim aged 103, Sandusky Ohio's oldest resident, was born on Friday the 13th.
Sparks Circus comes to Decatur on Saturday August 30 with 400000 pounds of horses arriving by L N railroad. The show features Arabian stallions Kentucky thoroughbreds Western brood mares and 20 dancing horses led by Miss La Verne Hauser. Top entries include Red Robin and Kentucky Boy valued at 10000 ridden by Miss Etta Carreon.
The Lions club met in the basement of the First Methodist church in Hartselle on Thursday evening for the first time in two months. Meetings were postponed due to summer travel and hot weather. Many important business matters were discussed and attended to.
The program features liberty horses and acts from ponyland dogland bearland and monkeyland plus seals pigs zebras and barnyard fowl. Children under one year pay 25 cents and adults 50 cents for the afternoon show with seats available at Albany and Alabama Drug Stores at the same show ground prices.
A new law grants workers an eight hour day and a seven hour night schedule while excluding rural and domestic workers from the measure. The reform narrows standard hours for most employees, with exemptions for specific sectors.
The thirty-first annual camp meeting began Thursday evening at the grounds south of Hartselle beside the Bee Line highway. Large crowds are expected over ten days. Three workers led by Rev. J. L. Bracher Rev. Jordan Carter and singer Harry Blackburn are guest participants, all familiar to past attendees.
Decline in Cuban sugar production pushes farmers to switch to other crops. The change reflects broader economic pressures and demands across Cuba as traditional sugar yields fall and market conditions evolve.
About 4,500 workers are to be hired to construct an 85 story building in New York. Detailed plans outline large scale employment and milestone construction activity for the city’s skyline.
Mrs H M Brothers of Lanes spent Wednesday night with daughter Mrs W O Bice and family. Elmer Bussey’s father Mr Taylor of Decatur is ill. George Fogg Wilson Anthony of Pulaski Tenn and Ruby Johnson Willie Johnson of Athens visited Mr and Mrs P F Brothers. Ellen Clear of Decatur spent a week with Howard Fitgood. Reid Crow Nina and Kate Crow of Montgomery returned home after weeks here. Born to Frank Caloway and wife on August 16 a daughter. Mrs J M Philpst visited Mrs Griffin of Decatur. H Cly Bell ill at home. Mrs H H Ash and children returned from Canton Ohio visit. Jones of Austinville and Lucille Golden Mt Hope were married Monday.
Richard Arlen stars as a young automobile racing demon in Burnin Up at the Princess. Mary Brian plays his sweetheart in a fast action romance, with a gang of crooked race promoters, a perilous plot, and a climactic confrontation that ends in love.
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