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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1931
Page
8
In Lawrence County the poll tax payments lag behind normal years with only about one fifth of assessed taxes paid by December. Registrars and tax officials report the delay is impacting school funding as amounts due teachers are affected.
Tom Wiley, a well known business man, plans to travel to Mississippi for the weekend to be at his mother's bedside who is very ill. Friends hope her condition will improve.
In a study of plant evolution, Hickory, Sequoia, Magnolia and Gassafras trees abundant in America are shown to exist only as fossils in the old world.
The Falkville high school vocational agriculture department runs a state funded night school for adult farmers at Jones School House two miles west of Lacon. Twelve lessons cover home orchard topics with twenty four enrolled and twenty two maximum in attendance. Participants include J H Harden J O Jones J R Legg and others as invitation extends to nearby farmers.
Bruce returns home enraged after a bank visit and clashes with Aunt Eleanore and Uncle Charles over a rushed engagement announcement. He declares his right to marry Sybil, while Aunt Eleanore resists. Charles proposes a private talk to resolve the conflict as Bruce prepares to leave with him.
In standard English you say I don't like that kind of photographs not those kind of photographs. Use singular kind with those or other determiner as appropriate and avoid awkward plural noun after that kind of phrase.
Reverend James Allen Smith pastor of the Central Baptist church will leave Monday to be out of the city for a week to attend a convention in the interest of Baptist affairs in the state.
Mrs. B. Hackworth of Stevenson Alabama is staying with her daughter Mrs. Cecil Timberlake. The article also notes the first British war vessel the Great Harry, a three masted ship built in 1509 costing $72,414 and described as England’s first double decker.
The Labor Department reported a year ending balance of $206,216 returned from government wartime housing activities. Congress had earlier assigned to the department the disposal of wartime housing in New York and Pennsylvania, with 25 projects still not disposed of. Homes were to be sold to private buyers on time payments.
A report states saccharine is 550 times sweeter than sugar, highlighting its extreme sweetness and potential use as a sugar substitute.
University of Alabama students begin their Christmas holiday travel December 18. After roughly two weeks off, classes resume January 4 with mid term exams starting January 23. Special trains will transport students, connecting at Chattanooga with routes east, middle west and northwest.
Athens College girls host a two day bazaar in Founders Hall to raise funds. A general sale features merchandise and a tea service with tasty eats available in the afternoons.
Aged trees show a broad lifespan with estimates placing the average age between two hundred and three hundred years. Researchers note variability by species and environment, indicating a wide distribution around the central range.
Seven year old William Pepper Jr., son of Mr and Mrs W M Pepper, living east of Athens, was resting easy at Powers hospital after both legs above the knees and a right arm were broken when he stepped from a wagon into the path of a car driven by W D Graham of Iuka Mississippi. The accident occurred earlier in the week as he alighted from the wagon and moved around it, not noticing the approaching vehicle.
A scalp wound occurred in an incident but no blame was placed on Gra ham. It was judged avoidable on his part, and he was allowed to continue on his way.
Mrs. W. R. Simmons, operated on at Benevolent hospital Tuesday afternoon, is resting as well as could be expected. Her friends will be gratified to learn of her condition.
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