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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1912
Page
1
In Minneapolis on December 23 two chorus girls from a burlesque house performed ragtime dances on Rev. G. L. Merrill’s pulpit during a sermon on Praise Him With the Dance. Audience gasped as the Turkey trot and other dances were danced while a coin flew toward the pulpit and ragtime music played.
The Bankers Trust Company of Alabama, formed by Birmingham capitalists with 25000 fully paid stock, files articles of incorporation with the Probate Judge. Principal office in Decatur. Business includes buying and selling real estate, dealing in mortgages, and loaning money. Officers include John B. Weakley president, B. T. Rice secretary and treasurer, Hodgogene Fies director.
Jacksonville Florida December 2 Richard Frayne an aeronaut fell two thousand feet and died instantly while parachute opened though witnesses say wristlets were not used His companion Jack Crosby watched the descent from near Evergreen cemetery where Frayne’s body landed He was 26 and unmarried from Wavell Massachusetts.
H B Hodgins plans a fay day opening for a Haven and Variety store on East Grant Street. The shop will feature five and ten cent goods and a range of holiday items. The new establishment aims to serve the Mast Town community with convenience.
The new infirmary built by Drs. Watson and Green will be formally opened Wednesday at 8 o clock with a county physicians banquet. Over 15 physicians are expected to attend as the facility fills quickly since opening to the public a few weeks ago.
The largest cattle shipment from Decatur was sent Saturday afternoon to Louisville packers by T. J. Williamson and Floyd Burt, notable Decatur buyers. Four car loads of Morgan and Limestone County cattle were purchased locally and shipped, signaling Decatur as a growing high grade cattle market.
Morgan County Commissioners Court met this morning for routine business. They approved claims and issued warrants for county bills with no special matters of importance transacted.
The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday by the Probate Judge in Decatur. Joe B. Johnson to Miss Cathrine Bailey.
The May 125 to 8 and 123 to 4 middling values show the market holding steady with little change. Traders note stable demand and price parity as mills and merchants align on current cotton grades.
The Decaturs invite 10000 residents to a free entertainment day on Tuesday December 10 featuring a lighted White Way on Bank Street and an exhibition flight of flying seats by Oscar Brindley. A aviation flight will be staged from the Lampkin-Thompson addition on Courtland Pike with possible passenger flight.
Washington announces a new system paying all federal pensioners directly from the capital, abolishing 18 agencies by January 31. About 200,000 pensioners in former agency areas will receive checks, with indorsements and witness verification replacing vouchers and receipts.
Judge Robert W. Archbald of the United States Commerce Court will face Senate trial on articles of impeachment. House managers and Archbalds lawyers met to decide which witnesses might be dropped as testimony covers admitted facts. Senate will convene as court of impeachment with Senator Bacon presiding.
Shickle, a white man, was thrown from a southbound Louisville and Nashville freight near Whithite while trying to beat his way aboard. He suffered a broken left leg and was moved by train crew to Wilhite then New Decatur for medical attention before being sent to Birmingham.
Lyons is improving his business property at 507 and 505 Second Avenue. Handsome new fronts are being put in and the second story will be fitted up for the T F B Club. Thomas E Pride is agent of these buildings.
Weather forecast notes cloudy and colder conditions tonight. Tuesdayanticipates fair skies with cooler temperatures, especially in eastern and southern portions.
Washington Dec. 2 The Sixty-Second Congress opened at noon with the appropriation bill totaling 822 415 465 14 for the next fiscal year ending July 30 1918 The budget covers army and navy pensions river and harbor work and several harbor projects with numerous specific appropriations and new dreadnought requests The Senate signals a hold on Taft appointments while the House stays in session briefly and adjourns after the opening roll call.
H W Parker, absconding bank cashier from Winnebago Minnesota, confessed to a 13000 shortage and attempted suicide in a West Point Georgia jail by swallowing 25 26 grains of headache tablets. He was revived, awaiting Minnesota officers to transport him for charges. Parker had married a Cleveland woman under an alias, who now plans to return to Cleveland.
Expected visitors from Inter-State Power Company did not go to Decatur as planned. They wired that they would instead travel to Gadsden today Anniston tomorrow and visit Decatur later.
Englishman plans Quigide Hotel as part of a development project. The story notes a rich legacy and a contested plan involving a spouse with a storied background, signaling personal stakes alongside the architectural scheme. The article frames the project within local growth hopes and social affect.
Washington reports August Schaefelysky de Castellane Seymore, a cosmopolite, seeks an American wife to win a 150000 legacy and hints at opening a death by own action hotel with a gas room chloroform room and soundproof room for those preferring suicide. He frames a partnership of capital talent and experience and outlines ten cardinal rules for marriage of reason.
Constantinople dispatch reports the armistice signing postponed to allow native populations of Allied powers to be informed. Officials say a formal agreement will likely follow with further negotiations and confirmation of terms.
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