Cotton Consumption And Production In Balance
A New York Cotton Exchange dispatch notes that world cotton consumption and production are in balance for the year ending 1930. Growing costs rise as large acreages planted in 1929 face factors like the boll weevil and droughts in Texas and Oklahoma. Domestic and foreign mills affect demand, with consumption forecast near five-year norms but below prior peaks. The piece cites historical production figures and stresses the need to monitor future planting and weather.
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Texas
Decatur Prohibition Case Involves CoinOperated Apparatus
Authorities raid a Decatur site uncovering a coin operated machine paying out in cash assets. An alleged operator was arrested for violation of the prohibition law. Another arrest followed for aiding violation as officers seized the device and pennies.
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Decatur
Sorber Leaves Decatur Fire Department After 26 Years
W H Sorber longtime Decatur fire department chief retires after 26 years of service. K W Jones named acting chief as city council plans formal election for a new head. Sorber, once a professional baseball player with the Birmingham Barons, helped respond to major fires including the Casa Grand block blaze.
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Sorber
Jones
W.‘H
Sox) Sorber
K W. Jones
Lorber
Decatur
North
Alabama
Birmingham Barons
Casa Grand Block
Explosion kills woman in Maryland belated gift blast
A package bomb thought to be a Christmas gift exploded in Seat Pleasant Maryland killing Mrs Nora Hall and injuring seven people including Hall's children and a visiting grandmother. The blast wrecked the kitchen and state, federal and county officers hunted for the bomb sources.
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Washington, Jan
Seat Pleasant
Maryland
Nora Hall
Hall
John
Mass Funeral Planned for 72 Victims in Panic
Paisley Scotland January 1 Arrangements were completed for a mass funeral for 72 victims of a panic after a small fire at the Glen Motion Picture Theatre. Most residents suffered loss of kin, and the city council plans a single grave for interment. Doctors note about 80 injured and say the deaths were not due to gas.
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Paisley
Scotland
Glen Motion Picture Theatre
Random Gunfire Claims One Life In Detroit New Year
Detroit police report New Year’s Eve gunfire killed seven year old Leonard Volp and seriously wounded four others during celebrations. Unidentified shooters struck while children played. another victim was wounded during the midnight celebration with no suspects in custody.
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Detroit
Leonard Volp
Ruth Puckett Called To Reward
Ruth Puckett a 19 year old Austin Ville resident died Tuesday at Benevolent hospital at 1 45 PM She is survived by husband Oscar Puckett and her parents Mr and Mrs W O Bice plus two sisters Standparents grandparents and several aunts uncles and cousins Services were conducted at Ville Baptist Church with interment at City cemetery.
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Ruth Puckett
Austin Ville
The
Benevolent Hospital
Oscar Puckett
W. O. Bice
Alma
Frances Bice
W. M
Mattie Bice
Kate Brothers
Roy Grizzard
F. W. Carrol
R. F. Holand Vernon
Graves to enter Auburn for electrical engineering studies
Eugene Graves son of Mr and Mrs EH Graves will enter Auburns Aletachnic Institute to study electrical engineering and pursue an engineering career.
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Eugene Graves
Auburn
Graves
EH Graves
Aleatechnic Institute
Au- Company
Poll Tax Payment Looms With February Deadline
Comparatively few Morgan county residents have paid their poll tax by now. Those voting in upcoming elections must show poll tax receipts, and with the February deadline looming, a heavy voter turnout is anticipated at the Tax Collector Hodges Crow’s office.
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Hodges Crow
Morgan Physicians Hold Monthly Meeting Program
The Morgan County Medical Society schedules a noon meeting at Westminster Presbyterian. Dr. W H Anderson will present Ionization of the Middle party in Otits Media and Dr J D will discuss The of Asia.
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Morgan County Medical Society
Westminster Presbyter
W. H. Anderson
Otitls Media
J.D
Married Tuesday ties two Decatur residents in ceremony
An afternoon wedding united Mrs. Sa Hensley, 70, and Andrew Ja As 66 in a ceremony at the court house officiated by Judge M. RD. The couple wed Tuesday in Decatur, sharing vows in a modest courthouse setting.
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Daniel Cupid
Sa . Hensley
Decatur
Andrew Ja
Decatur Welcomes the New Year with Jubilant Celebration
Decatur rang in 1930 with bells and cheers as residents celebrated midnight with fireworks and song. The city notes strong 1929 progress, market growth, and improved morals and health, expressing confidence for the year ahead.
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Decat Ss
Decature
Morgan County
Decatur
Local A. T. & T. Office Reassigns Saunders to Birmingham
C. L. Saunders of Decatur, a longtime employee since 1913, is transferred from the local office to the Birmingham bureau as part of changes in the A. T. & T. operations.
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C. L. Saunders
Decatur
Birmingham
Y M C A members hold New Year pep meeting
A crowded Y M C A membership drive gathering lasted from 10 p m to midnight as 30 plus workers heard speeches by 8 R Arvidson and Charles Matthews master mechanic of the Louisville and Nashville. The group pledged to push a strong 1930 campaign and mark the year with social hour and band music.
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Bers
Second Avenue
Pension Checks For Confederates
The office of Probate Judge M. D. Wiggins announced that pension vouchers are ready for distribution to Morgan county Confederate soldiers and their widows. Entitlements include 30 Confederates at $150 per quarter, 30 widows over 80 at $75, 51 widows 70 to under 80 at $45, and 17 widows under 70 at $30 per quarter.
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M. D. Wiggins
Morgan County
Cotton Markets Closed for New Year Holiday
The New York and New Orleans cotton markets were closed today in observance of the New Year holiday. Trading will resume on Thursday with normal operations.
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New York
New Orleans
Alabama Free From Lynching Stain In 1929 Reports
The report notes Florida led the South with four lynchings in 1929 while Alabama was free from lynching that year. Moton cites 27 cases where law officers blocked lynchings and describes precautions used to protect prisoners amid a broader regional pattern.
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Alabama
Florida
R. R. Moton
Armal and Industral Taste
Southland
Fr “Bs
Fire Department Battles Multiple Alarms Across City
Fire crews answered at least four alarms on Teas day as flames spread through grass and structures in several sections. Firefighters worked to control blazes before they could set out of control. Local residents watched as responders battled the fires and managed containment efforts.
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Fire Department
Local Central High alumni top freshman honor rolls
Former Central high students now at Alabama College Montevallo in their freshman year show strong scholastic ranks. Principal H B Williams reports four of six on the first or second honor rolls, with Frances Dinsmore and others like Frances McMillian Josephine Ford Katherine Weaver Jeane Humphrey and Louise Maulsby also on the first honor roll.
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Central High
Decatur
Alabama College
Montevallo
H. B. Williams
Central
Frances Dinsmore
Frances McMillian
Josephine Ford
Katherine Weaver
Jeane Humphrey
Louise Maulsby
Library Begun With Apta The Gft School In Decatur
Joe Wheeler school in Decatur announces a full fledged library by the end of 1930 funded by a gift. Faculty officials express appreciation for the donated books and reading material.
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Joe Wheeler
Decatur
Decatur wholesaler Brock Spight starts 32nd year
Brock & Spight Company a wholesale grocer since 1898 begins its thirty second year in Decatur after a record sales year with gains in customer purchases. The firm notes larger retail accounts and confidence in the year ahead as a leading distributor in north Alabama and the Tennessee Valley.
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Tennessee Valley
Miss Mary McAnear Dies at 89 in Baileyton Area
Miss Mary McAnear aged 89 of Baileyton route one near Center Grove died Friday night at her nephew Marvin McAnear's home. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon by E. H. Henderson and burial followed at Pleasant Grove cemetery. She is survived by a sister Mrs. Eliza Williams of Blount County.
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Somerville
Mary McAnear
Baileyton
Center Grove
Marvin McAnear
E. H. Henderson
Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Eliza Williams
Blount County
Fifty-Nine Given License Records Cite December Quirk
December records from Probate Judge M. D. Wiggins show fifty-nine licenses issued within the month. The figures come from the records office noting an unusually high number for a single month in the era.
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Daniel Cupid
M. D. Wiggins
Man Shot Outside Vehicle As He Entered Front Door
An unidentified assailant shot Jourdan near his car as he approached the door of his residence. He slumped but revived once, before the assailant fled. His wife said he was home all evening and had been at work.
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Jourdan
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Raquel
Tina Meller
Tina
Sota
Morgan Physicians
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Joe Wheeler School
Brock & Spight Co
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