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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1930
Page
9
Classified ad from Decatur Daily outlines want ad rates and classifications for farm sales and general goods. It lists price per word, insertions, and grouped categories including Announcements Obituaries Personal Professional Notices Society and Lodge. It promotes contacting Malone Coal and Grain Co for classified placements.
Central and southern stations list programs with times and featured artists. Programs include WJZ WEAF broadcasts and local Chicago WENR WGN lineups, with orchestras, dance music, and talk show blocks across KYW WABC WJZ networks and regional outlets.
Judge of the Private Court of Morgan County informs all claimants to present their claims against the estate of Elizabeth L. Chenault within the time allowed by law or be barred. Administratrix Elizabeth L. Chenault. January 18, 15
Notice is given that North Alabama Building and Loan Association will sell on January 13, 1930, at the Morgan County courthouse in Decatur for cash. The property includes Lots 18 and 20 in Block 10 of Decatur Land Improvement and Furnace Co. Addition No. 4. Proceeds apply to the mortgage from Hobson M. Jacobs and Mrs. J. M. Jacobs dated December 31, 1927, recorded in Mortgage Record 353, page 58.
Jan 1 Special Mr and Mrs E Holt formerly of Asheville North Carolina departed Monday to settle in Huntsville where he has accepted a new job. Many local friends express pleasure they will remain in the area.
Mrs. Martion and family traveled to Blountsville on Friday to attend the funeral services for Wilson Brison. Brison was the grandson of Mrs. Martion.
Birmingham Police Chief Fred McDuff challenge s a Moderation League report claiming a nationwide rise in drunkenness arrests since Prohibition. He argues Birmingham’s higher arrest counts reflect stricter enforcement, not worse conditions, and notes many arrests arise from uncertain liquor ownership. Alabama Anti-Saloon League member F M Jackson Sr supports improvements since before Prohibition, contrasting past practices.
W O Tally, former Decatur businessman, will leave soon for a several weeks visit in Florida. He has spent the past several weeks in Florida and several months at Elkmont Springs, Tennessee, and is now in Decatur for a short stay.
E. B. Garner and family will relocate to Florence this week where Mr. Garner is named vice president in charge of operations at the Tennessee Valley Bank. He has already begun his new duties.
F. A. Bloodworth, president of the Morgan County National Bank, traveled to Birmingham on Tuesday for a business mission.
Mrs. Mattie Turney travels to Florence Carnell in Woodland Mills to be by her bedside as Carnell remains very seriously ill. The report notes a substantial new year business outlook in the area.
Voice of the People notes that Governor Bibb Graves signed a measure allowing 200 inmates a 10 day Christmas furlough to visit home and tell prison stories. The writer argues such policies would curb prison riots nationwide and emphasize humane treatment to reduce crime. J. D. Cloud.
Montgomery December 31 1929 Alabama Farm extension service reports poultry sales including Christmas and Thanksgiving turkeys totaled 475223 20 dollars to farmers across 63 counties with 42000 participating. One hundred carloads shipped 1391042 pounds returning 353888 20 to 65000 farmers. Savings of 83462 52 kept six cents per pound. Additional 35 cars in 17 counties weighed 475000 pounds selling to 7000 farmers for 121335.
The Grant Street Church of Christ will meet this evening at 7 30 for the regular weekly prayer service and Bible study. Members are urged to attend to begin the New Year right. Visitors and strangers are always welcome.
Workers at Cadet Hosiery Mills returned to full production after Christmas and planned to take only New Year’s Day off as the plant resumed operations. The holiday period extended briefly with a one day shutdown.
Special Rev. S. E. Maples, pastor of the Somerville circuit, is confined at home after sustaining severe back injuries.
The office of Probate Judge M D Wiggins issued licenses to J C Hobson Howell and Inez Bernie Childs of Decatur Richard Coots and Loriie Hendley of Lacon Route 1 and Jackson Stewart and Sallie Hensley of Decatur route.
Somerville report says W. K. Gilchrist is recovering after suffering partial loss of a finger on his left hand while sawing wood.
A brief home gardening note urges readers to start planting flowers at the first favorable moment. It emphasizes choosing blooms suited to local climate and soil, and suggests preparing beds early for a thriving border.
A 1930 program urges citizens to spend locally, shoulder to the wheel daily, to help the town prosper and "build Decatur" through persistent support of home merchants.
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