Gunfight Near Fish Pond Farm Leaves Woman Dead
Two white youths wounded and taken to Benevolent hospital with gunshot injuries. Three white men and a negro man held in Lawrence County jail after a Sunday shooting near Fish Pond farm eight miles west of here. A negro woman died from a abdominal gunshot wound amid the fray. An argument with local negroes led to the gun battle as the Decatur party returned with weapons. Sheriff A S Smith investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benevolent Hospital
Lawrence County
Moulton
Fish Pond Farm
Here
Jack Perie
Thomas Royer
Decatur
G. W. Capps
Willie Cranfield
Richard Kot
Leo Cranfield
Alex Brazelton
Morgan County Force
Laura Burgess
Perie
Roger
Capps
Fish Pond
Courtland Road
SING SESSIONS CLOSE AT MORGAN COUNTY CONVENTION
Attendance estimates range from 8000 to 10000 at the Morgan County singing convention near Hart selle Camp Ground. The gathering featured 42 leaders from north Alabama over two days and elected Jim B. Brown of Falrville president for the coming year with Forrest Chapel chosen for October. minutes recount Saturday and Sunday sessions led by T. S. Sparkman, J. C. Brown, and numerous named singers and quartets. about 2000 people attended Sunday event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Camp Ground
Hartselle
North Alabama
Jim B. Brown
Falrville
Forrest Chapel
T. 8
Sparkman
Chaplin
J. H. Rogers
J. C. Brown
Sam Jones
Alvin Belle
Freeman Herrin
T. Woodward
Reba
Jewell Shippe
Bernice Lyle
Vaughn Quartet
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Prof
Cummings
Baileytown
B. T. Shippe
Garland Junkins Is Run Over By A Car
Garland Junkins lay resting at home in Parkville after being struck by an automobile Sunday. Only the front wheel was believed to pass over his body as onlookers reported the driver showed care for his comfort while authorities sought the driver’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Junkins
Parkville
Junkin
Kiwanis Club Faces One Meeting This Week
Kiwanis attendance committee announces only meeting this week will be in Cullman on Tuesday. Members urged to attend. No Kiwanis gathering in Decatur Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Cullman
Wanis Club
Kiwanis
Cotton Market Daily Quotations Report
The middling staple shows values at 16.75 and 15.75 with strict middling and strict low quotes recorded. Low weecer price noted at 17.50 in the market listing.
Scantily Clad Women Targeted by Priest in Slovakia
In Bratislava a priest, Father Hidwegy, denounced women parishioners for miniskirts, bobbed hair, and makeup during services. He expelled them from the church asserting their attire as mortal sin and national shame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bratislava
Czecho-Slovakia
Father Hidwegy
House of God
Odd Invitation Brought Here To See Historic Best Friend Engine
Mrs. K A Hine of Athens brings an invitation linked to the 1857 Marriage of the Waters ceremony. The Souther n Railway displays a reproduction of the Best Friend engine at Union Station this afternoon as part of the exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. A. Hine
Athens
Southern Railway System
Mississippi River
Atlantic Ocean
Hine
Butler P. Anderson
Memphis
Tenn
Charleston
S. C
Morgan County Court Begins Two Week Session
A two weeks term of the Morgan county court opened today at the Morgan county court house with Judge William T. Lowe presiding. The civil docket starts, followed by criminal hearings, as heavy dockets loom for the two week session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Court
Morgan County Court House
William T. Lowe
Highway Between Decatur and Athens Under Maintenance
The eight mile gravel highway between Decatur and Athens is in good condition and under maintenance by the state highway department after recent scraping and dragging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Athens
State Highway Department
Brothers Hit by Buckshot Amid Longstanding Feud Near Hartse
Brothers Robert and Sam Compton were wounded by a buckshot ambush as they walked toward an apple orchard west of Hartsel. J T Ferguson, involved in a prior fist fight with the Compton family, is jailed in Morgan County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Compton
Sam Compton
J. T. Ferguson
Morgan County
Comptons
Hartselle
Decatur
Ferguson
Bob Compton
Rogers
Nashville Engineer Suffers Stroke Here
A Nashville resident identified as Wear, a Louisville & Nashville engineer, suffered a paralysis stroke Saturday night while in a washroom at the railroad shops here. He was removed to Beneficent hospital and stricken about 10 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wear
Louisville & Nashville
Benevolent Hospital
Nashville
Tenn
Willie Walker Returned From Louisville After Escape
Willie Walker, convicted of petit larceny and sentenced, was brought back here today from Louisville Kentucky by Deputy Sheriff Alex Brazelton. He had escaped from a convict camp last March and was captured in Louisville, tied to a shoplifting case at a Second Avenue store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Walker
Louisville
Alex Brazelton
Walker
Second Avenue
Rotary club guests attend Decatur meeting
Guests at the Decatur Rotary Club noon meeting included Seybourn Lynne of Decatur P E Henderson of Huntsville Mr Strickland of Charleston South Carolina and Mr Richardson of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Rotary Club
Seybourn Lynne
Decatur
P. E. Henderson
Huntsville
Strickland
Charleston
8. C
Richardson
Athens
A Sermon On Providence And Human Action
Rev. Reynold B. Boden argues that God does not shield people from hardship but empowers them to act. He cites Job Isaiah and Christ to illustrate divine silence while inviting humans to grow tender patient and morally upright by doing their part in a world of suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnage Congregational Church
Manchester
England
God
Job
Isaiah
Christ
Montgomery Disastrous Store Collapses Buries Dozens
In Montgomery Alabama on Dexter Avenue two large mercantile buildings the Pizitz Dry Goods Store and the Bullock Shoe Store collapsed at noon. Several score persons believed buried under debris including young women. Rescue workers and seven ambulances rushed to the scene as authorities planned a thorough investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ata
Pizitz Dry Good
Dexter Avenue
Kiwanis 10 Visit Cullian Tuesday
Decatur Kiwanis club will tour Cullman Tuesday evening to meet Cullman Kiwanis in an inter city gathering. Milton Andrews announces A G Patterson speaks for visiting Kiwanis regions. Cullman club handles program. Members meet at the Y M C A before 5 45 for transport. Dinner at St John s Lutheran church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Kiwanis Club
Cullman
Cullman Kiwanis Club
Milton Andrews
A. G. Patterson
Andrews
County Court House
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Banking Probe Begun Into City and Avondale Banks
Attorney General Charlie C. McCall opens a grand jury inquiry in Birmingham into the closures of City Bank & Trust Co and Avondale Bank & Savings Co. County Solicitor George Bailes assists as over a score of witnesses are summoned to gather facts on operations and the closings. Judge E. Thomas and the banks' liquidators are among those called. further witnesses to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Charlie C. McCall
City Bank & Trust Co
Avondale Bank & Savings Co
George Lewis Bailes
City
Avondale
J. B. Lassiter
New York
E. Thomas
State Bank
McCall
Polish Aviator Missing In Azores Crash Despite Alive Companion
New York reports Major Casmiir Kubala sent word from Santa Cruz that Major Ludwik Idzikowski, badly burned, was alive but not expected to survive. Both men were rescued from the flaming airplane Marshal Pilsudski. Uncertainty and confusion linger over Idzikowski's fate and delayed confirmations from Graciosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Casmiir Kubala
Santa Cruz
Azores
Ludwik Idzikowski
Kubala
Marshal Pilsudski
Idzikowski
Graciosa
Zdizkowski
Relative of Man Fires on Best Friend in Union Station
The reproduction of the Best Friend rolled into Decatur Union Station this afternoon as part of a Southern railway exhibition. Charles L. Smith, brother of L. B. Smith, fired the engine. Smith, a Tus cumbia resident, works as fireman on the Decatur to Chattanooga run and will stay overnight with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
Decatur
Southern Railway
Charles L. Smith
L. B. Smith
Charles Smith
Tuscumbia
Chattanooga
Singing Week Two Begins at Jaycee's Hall
The Decatur singing school enters its second and final week at the Junior Chamber of Commerce hall on Second Avenue with instructors E. T. Burgess V. O. Fossett and Migs Jimsem Bnaliea guiding sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur Singing School
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Second Avenue
E. T. Burgess
V. O. Fossett
Migs Jimsem Bnaliea
Baby Swallows Kerosene Dies Four Hours Later
The two year old James Loyd Thomas of Falkville Route Two drank kerosene during play. He died four hours after noon meal despite medical aid. Survived by Elvis and Mrs Thomas, a sister Louise, brothers Raymond and Thurman. Funeral services were held at Evergreen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Loyd Thomas
Mgr
Elvis Thomas
Falkville
Route Two
Louise
Raymond
Thurman Thomas
Evergreen
Hospital Row at Montgomery Memorial Sparks Board Clash
Major R. H. Stanley, ex head of the national military home in Dayton, presents to Montgomery Memorial hospital and heads to Greenville as the hospital board disowns the executive committee. Dr. John S. Chadwick retains support as superintendent amid resignations and pending board action on Stanley contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
R. H. Stanley
National Military Home
Dayton
Montgomery Memorial Hospital
Greenville
J. B. Stanley
Board of Trustees
Major Stanley
John S. Chadwick
Chadwick
L N men assess damage from July wreck at Flint station
Representatives from the Louisville and Nashville claim department visited Flint station to inspect a freight train wreck the night of July 9. They reported the damage not as heavy as first feared with twenty freight cars piled up and estimated losses running into thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville & Nashville Railway Company
Louisville & Nashville
Flint Station
Clelland
Louisville
W. H. Guy
Nashville
Mrs Will Moore Recovers After Appendicitis Operation
Mrs Will Moore of 1263 Fifth Avenue South is resting well at Baugh's Infirmary after an appendicitis operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Moore
Fifth Avenue
South
Baugh’s Infirmary
SINGERS THANK DAILY FOR AID TO CONVENTION
Morgan county singing convention officials thank The Decatur Daily for keeping Morgan Lawrence Cullman and Limestone counties informed about meetings pre conference news and events. The letter credits the newspaper as a valuable asset aiding the organization’s growth and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Decatur
Morgan, Lawrence
Cullman
Limestone County
Sparkman
G. B. Jones
J. ©. Jones
Weekend Toll Moves Upward in Fatalities
Sixteen lives were lost and eight injured seriously in weekend accidents across the southeast. Automobile wrecks killed several, drownings and airplane crashes claimed others, with many minor injuries reported and heat-related incidents noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
W. G. Garerett
Jessup
Jones
Augusta
T. W. Warren
Memphis Candy Manufacturer
Jackson
Darby
Gee
St. Anine
Fla
Frank Perley
Man
Ark
Funeral Services Held for Infant Daughter of Local Couple
Funeral services were Sunday at Rapier cemetery for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs W Russell route 3 residents. The child died Saturday after an illness. Interment followed at the cemetery with a priest directing. The child is survived by its parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapier Cemetery
George C Clark Returns From Sterchi Bros Trip
George C Clark, a leading Sterchi Bros. and Second Avenue salesman, has returned from Chicago where he joined a party of Sterchi salesmen visiting stores. His efficient work has made him one of the district’s top performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Clark
Sterchi Bros
Second Avenue
Chicago
Sterchi Tron
Clark
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Lawrence Co
Cupps
Smith
Pinnon Oed
Morgan Court
Rev
Reynold B. Boden
Cullian
Patterson
MCALL
Jaycee’s Hall
B. F. Dixon
Robert Horsley
F. C. Cornelius
Rogan Showalter
Erwin
Enn
William F. Whitton
Macon
W. F. Goodson
Wilson Dam
Florence
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