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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1929
Page
8
Mobile reports the state docks commission earned over a third of its annual investment interest in the first full year. Six months traffic rose sharply with 296 130 tons first half and 21 594 tons second half. Cotton movement climbed from 147 170 bales to 240 062 bales.
In Yonkers New Jersey scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute developed complete red-berried holly trees no larger than boutonnières. Dr P W Zimmerman and Dr A E Hitchcock cultivate cuttings buried in media to sprout roots in 3 8 weeks with nine or ten leaves and mature berries by Christmas. The small trees survive in the New York area and can be planted permanently afterwards.
Rev W S Pitts will lead a series of revival services at Belle Mina Methodist Church starting next Sunday July 21. The Belle Mina Mooresville area shows strong interest and expects large crowds.
B. M. Bloodworth, editor of The Decatur Daily, will return Sunday night after a two weeks vacation. He is currently at Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee.
Baldwin county farmers have shipped about 275 cars of corn and more than 100 cars of sweet potatoes to date. Federal state inspectors reported to B P Livingston chief of the division of plant industry about the shipments and noted no weevils found in sweet potato crops this year while parts of Baldwin and Mobile counties remain under quarantine.
Alabama’s May births exceeded deaths by 2,711. Tuberculosis caused 192 deaths, pneumonia 174, and pellagra rose 51 percent from May 1928. Auto fatalities reached 44, with 9 railroad deaths and 15 drownings. homicide deaths were 22. Montomery had the highest rate, Conecuh the lowest.
Limestone county farm agent J T Belue announces a July 22 itinerary to study crop conditions from vetch planting. Auburn extension agronomist J C Lowery will join sessions at locations including G H Davenport and C B Braly, with times from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Revival services will start in the Joppa district east area of the county on July 21. The meeting will continue for several days and the public is invited to attend.
Phil Humphrey, a longtime Decatur automobile salesman formerly with Bradley Brothers, has accepted a position with Hill Chevrolet Co., with the announcement partial and continuing in Decatur.
Henry P. Fletcher arrives in Rome after summer residence to greet Roger Williams and Lewis Vancax as Atlantic filers travel.
Rockland Maine patrolman John T Berry who values walking a beat has inherited an estate valued at 250000 dollars after 30 years as a peace officer.
Day by A. W. Hill local manager. Mr. Humphrey distinguished as one of the first men in Decatur to sell Chevrolets having been with Malone Motor Co the first Chevrolet agency in Decatur.
The Associated Press feature by Kuhns notes Wall Street seeks mergers as a path of consolidation across finance and industry. He cites J P Morgan and associates driving large Eastern power, oil, transportation and gas consolidations, with three Morgan financed eastern combines shaping the field.
E P Reeder formerly Hill Chevrolet office manager is hired as a salesman at Hill Chevrolet. The narrative links him to a web of large firms including United corporation led by George H Howard Commonwealth and Southern led by B C Cobb Niagara Hudson headed by Ray P Stewn and a broader electric power network.
Decatur welcomes Evangelist J. O. Hanes of Birmingham and singer H. M. Scott of Milan Tennessee. Hanes has previously led revival meetings in Decatur and across the Tennessee Valley. Scott specializes in children's work. Daily services start at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with group prayer evenings at 7. Rev M. M. Newton invites all to join in making the meeting great.
Curb sellers on the Decatur curb market cleared 157.68 in one hour of selling today. The report, filed by curb master Mrs J T Nelson, notes the sale aligned with the top Tuesday events of the local curb season.
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