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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1934
Page
8
The court declined to call a special session to rule on the application for a general supreme court clerk. The court announced no reason to convene a special session. The regular term is scheduled to open Oct 1. defense counsel and Attorney General Thomas E Knight Jr had requested an early ruling.
Miss Frances Lile will depart tomorrow morning for Virginia on a brief visit. She plans to stay with relatives and return home soon after.
Margit Nilsen presents two foot high sculptures showing 1834 1899 and 1934 costumes in walking and evening styles. The figures illustrate plaid silk hoop skirts poke bonnets and hand sewing versus 1934 electric sewing machines. Displayed in Chicago Century of Progress sewing machine exhibition.
Heavy rain prompts event where John Infant Tingley is set to address communism conditions in state and nation. G. P. Rockwell and Mrs Rockwell will lead the music as a large crowd is expected to attend the sermon.
H S Lockhart dies at daughter Mrs Stewart Thompson home on Harteelle route three Monday evening after a year long illness. Services set for Cedar Creek at two o clock this afternoon led by Rev. Dobbs of Austenville.
A welcoming crowd greeted Rev Paul Gilbreath at West Decatur Methodist as he spoke on Elijah Under the Juniper Tree. He urged perseverance, noted past blues, and highlighted joys from faith while outlining two daily sermons and organized youth and music support.
The Rev. L. G. Sturdivant announced that the third quarterly conference of the Central Methodist church will be held Wednesday night after the prayer service. He will conduct prayers and leadership for the conference, with all church officials and members invited.
In a beauty column Gladys warns that squinting in bright sun creates under eye and mouth wrinkles, and eyebrow raising damages eyelid skin. She urges prevention, suggests cosmetic shading, and notes harder remedies like plastic surgery for loose eyelids.
Milton Andrews, a Louisville and Nashville freight agent, is able to be out after being confined to his bed since Friday. He suffered a severe sunburn while at Biloxi and Pensacola with his wife, who accompanied him during the visit.
Tax Collector Hodges Crow announced many property owners paid their taxes on Monday and expected a substantial increase before October 1 the deadline for advertising properties in arrears. A complete delinquency list was given to the probate office for decree notices and sale advertisements. Stronger Morgan County business conditions may raise the tax collection volume.
Rev J D Pickens pastor of Southside Baptist church is improved today at Benevolent Society Hospital after a minor operation yesterday. He is expected to return home within a few days.
Marvin Rankin currently staying briefly in Red Boiling Springs is anticipated to return home on Friday after his vacation stay.
Postal officials announced local post offices will be closed all day Monday in observance of Labor Day.
The piece notes that envelopes are required for submissions and that beauty questions will be answered through Migs Grady's daily column, guiding reader interaction with the columnist.
Police and angry residents searched August 28 for a transient Negro after Jess and Dean Coffer, white overseers on the Tynearson plantation, were shot to death during a dance at a Negro tenant’s home. Hurley brothers fled the scene as officers linked the killings to a quarrel between the men.
J. W. Ferguson, victim of 11 stab wounds Saturday, shows no change in condition at Baugh's Infirmary. Physicians note three stab wounds pierced lungs and pneumonia developed Monday as his illness progressed.
The offices occupied by John Sahihesate on Johnston Street in Wincheston Saukeiag are undergoing extensive renovations. The work affects the entire interior and is described as a major refurbishment project.
J. C. Conley has returned from Birmingham where he attended the Southern camp meeting.
Judge Harrington P. Heflin blamed a political faction for Griffiths legal difficulties while Griffith denied using mail fraud and disputed the disbarment actions. He left Birmingham on vacation after consulting Frank Bainbridge about the bar association's planned conduct.
Dan R. Hudson district manager of Brown Service Funeral Company is in Huntsville today on official business.
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