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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
4
Heavy white linen or cotton sets for dresser use feature a dresser scarf and pincushion cover with scalloped edges and light floss embroidery. Scarf shows a scroll and flower motif at ends and center. pincushion uses two linen pieces with buttonhole scallops eyelets and ribbon ties.
The group started with nineteen members and grew to forty six, meeting weekly on Sundays and holding monthly consecration and executive sessions. They adopted topics from the C E World and subscribed to the paper with an efficiency chart showing 126 percent. They funded church needs, paid toward new piano, and plan further growth and service.
B P Wallace filed notice as candidate for the office of judge of the inferior court of Decatur. The entry makes a three cornered race with Thomas H Williams and Eugene Ferris as candidates, Ferris not yet filed. Wallace, a Decatur resident, was formerly back tax collector under a prior legislature act.
On the block of White Way in Decatur the lights were turned on last night. Merchants along Bank Street from Utoh to Lafayette raised funds to keep the lights for one month to brighten the Christmas season. The rest of the street still uses arc lights and the White Way lights are out. Mayor Nero announced a municipal light plant is coming, affecting talks with Alabama Power Co. Further city announcements are awaited with interest.
R B White of Decaturs learns his father William White has died at home in Ferland Missouri at age 72 after a two year illness. He leaves a wife and eight children, six in Missouri and one in Texas.
Interest grows as Dr. J. J. Tyler delivers sermons in Willoughby revival. Last night he spoke on The Second Coming of Christ to a large congregation. Tonight the theme is The Coming Judgment. Sunday at 2 30 Dr. Tyler preaches to men on The Making of a Man.
The Sanitary Plumbing and Heating Co. dissolves by mutual consent. Jerrie Clark will run the plumbing side and Hal Mullen the heating department at 214 Grant Street. Mullen will contract for steam and hot water heating systems. The firm promises to maintain the same high standard of workmanship as before.
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