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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1929
Page
1
The county reports a total courthouse cost of 26 996 60 dollars with the balance yet to be paid The document lists the remaining payment as due and details the amounts payable to contractors and suppliers involved in the project.
Morgan county officials clash over issuing warrants to fund the courthouse completion. The revenue board declines to issue new warrants, while the courthouse commission aims to sell warrants to finish construction and outfit the building. Occupancy remains unsettled as debt limits are debated.
Lester Bouyer and Clais Charlie Harris were arrested by state officers near Seigner prison in connection with the slaying of Jack Hines a mechanic near Eufaula. Bouyer denied knowledge of the crime though he admitted being in the area the night of the death. Beatrice Clark witnessed the attack and was wounded.
Mr Hill manager of Hill's U Drive It Bank street says Roy Reno a Decatur youth was last seen Sunday morning after renting a Ford coach. Reno's mother is reported ill and friends fear possible foul play as he had planned to return Sunday afternoon.
The state teachers examination is underway at County High in Hartselle with fewer applicants than usual. All applicants reported Monday morning are white, including three men and ten women.
Efforts were underway today to recover the Ford automobile owned by Henry Seibert, which was stolen from in front of his home in Fairview overnight.
Several Morgan county students will return to Woman's College at Montgomery in September. Decatur residents Miss Mattie Frances Masterson, senior. Miss Luella Masterson, English club member. and Miss Helen Turner, Philokalean Society member, are listed among those returning. More prospects have signified intent to enroll.
More than 1 000 Alabama Odd Fellows are expected to attend the annual grand encampment and grand lodge in Montgomery on August 5 6 and 7. The Rebekahs auxiliary will hold their annual meeting on the same dates as part of the grand encampment. Local lodges have planned an elaborate entertainment program for delegates.
Hamp Draper head of the state convict department announced that T. A. Wall has resigned as warden at the state prison at Wetumpka. L. D. Carlton, a deputy at the prison for more than 20 years, will succeed him.
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Thompson departed today on a car trip to Atlanta Birmingham and Chattanooga. They expected to be away for several days.
Camden Tenn July 16 The entire household of W E Allen whose body was found July 1 near his home is held on murder suspicions. The slain man’s widow and a hired man were arrested last week and the son, daughter in law and Bertha Brewer were jailed on accessory charges. Bond amounts ranged from one thousand dollars to seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Jefferson county grand jury, halted by a circuit judge, is recalled by Chief Justice Anderson to investigate the closure of five banks in the Birmingham area. Judge Evans will re-charge the panel as the dispute over the inquiry escalates amid objections from the state superintendent of banks and a liquidating agent.
Ed Yancey of the east county section is released on bond for 5000 dollars after a habeas corpus hearing before Judge W W Callahan. He was jailed in Morgan County over the death of Mrs Bowling, reportedly shot during a pistol duel with Roy Bowl.
Crops in the Hartselle vicinity show very promising potential for an abundant yield. Rain has been a bit excessive, but adequate sunshine through late July and August suggests cotton yields will be above average.
Miss Katie Daffan, literary editor of the Houston Chronicle, announces a year ahead run for Texas governor. Sponsored by the Texas division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, she faces a multi candidate field led by incumbent Dan Moody and possible rival Miriam Ferguson.
Urgent meeting of the Morgan county unit of the League of Women Voters set for next Thursday at Hotel Lyons starting 1 o clock. Clyde Hendrix of Tennessee Valley Bank will deliver the principal address on The Future Dream For Decatur From An Aldermanic Standpoint. Hendrix, city alderman, plans to discuss civic objectives of wide local interest.
Governor Roosevelt at the governors conference in New London reads a Wickersham letter admitting weakness in enforcing the Volstead act. The letter urges sharing enforcement between state and federal governments, with states handling retailed liquor and the federal government handling wholesale control. It calls prohibition a top national problem for the commission to study.
H. H. Higdon manager of the local J. C. Penney Co. store says renovations and additions will be finished within the week. The Second Avenue location will then occupy twice the space it did before, with a new handsome front enhancing the building’s appearance.
Mrs. D. H. McClellan of Decatur route 2 tops the list in gross income at the Decatur curb market selling farm products. She totaled $16 in sales to local consumers.
Twenty seven sellers participated in the Decatur curb market today creating an unusually large Tuesday morning sale of farm products. curb master Mrs. J T Nelson praised the number of sellers and the variety and grade of products offered to Decatur consumers.
Observers predict the Wilder Plantation at the Edmundsons edge of Decatur will yield the best cotton crop across Madison Limestone Lawrence and Morgan counties. They cite a vast 650 acre field and a panorama of miles of cotton mirroring Tennessee Valley gains in 1928.
Warrants charging murder issued for G. W. Cupps Dean Royer and Jack Perie in the fatal DeCaturr Courtland road shooting of Laura Burgess eight miles west of here. Willie Cranfield, a negro, faces an assault with intent to murder charge. Leo Cranfield and Richard Elliot, both negroes, have been freed.
State highway forces, via Hartselle sources, are surveying the proposed Hartselle to Guntersville highway. The plan includes intersecting the Huntsville to Birmingham route with two or three surveys of the Guntersville path, potentially via Decatur and Somerville east to Guntersville.
Haralson county grand jury indicts Constable Luke Ballenger for first degree murder in the shooting death of Grady Phillips, 25. Ballenger to be arraigned early next week, with trial aimed for the current term of court.
Chicago radio manager Morgan L. Eastman of WENR predicts that major stations will launch their own talkie strips similar to newspaper comic continuities. He cites successful experiments on WGN and says continuation of radio plays will boost station popularity.
Workmen cleared debris at the burned building corner of Bank and Lafayette streets and will start repairs to render it first class and ready for occupancy. Supervisor W. L. Clanton oversees the project. The property was sold to R. N. Harris and H. D. Bynum after a condemnation proceeding by the City of Decatur. Citizens expect a timely restoration to a improving condition after years of neglect.
Miss Irene Dutton of Danville route 1 was struck on the head by a trunk lid on Saturday afternoon causing painful injuries. The incident recalls the common fear of trunk lids falling on people.
Members of the Decatur Kiwanis club are urged to attend the inter city meeting in Cullman with the Cullman Kiwanis club. Milton Andrews, committee chairman, urged every member to go. The local club will assemble at 5 45 at the Y M C A.
Members of the Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce directing board will meet at the Jaycee hall on Second Avenue. The meeting spot is at the offices of Mr Morris due to a singing school proceeding in the hall.
The three day Russian ultimatum to China expired with no assured response amid rumors of troop movements on the Siberian Manchurian border. Moscow faces alleged Chinese action as anti mission activity and protests ripple from Amoy to Peking, with reports of Russian forces near key border towns.
F A Bloodworth president of Morgan County National Bank in Horn Springs Tennessee is away on vacation and expected to return during the current week.
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