Sermon, camp plans and boxing talk in Decatur notices
Local reports show Rev. L B Hart to speak at noon Tuesday at the Louisville and Nashville shop gate. Y M C A board to discuss routine matters next Monday night. Kig camp opens June 15 with Maynard Layman in charge. Junior baseball league ideas unfold for Decatur youths. Boxing and wrestling interest grows as Truitt Sewell eyeing a Vol spot. Notables Evel of New Albany and Hector Lane comment on events.
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L. B. Hart
Louisville and Nashville
Maynard Layman
The
Grand Jury Organized Today in Morgan County
The Morgan County Grand Jury was formally organized in circuit court this morning with William F. Boswell of Decatur named foreman. Members include J. W. Fennell Lacey Springs James N. Garnett Decatur L. E. Bibb Hartselle Pruitt Cartwright Decatur Ross Evans Decatur G. B. Jones Decatur Tom Grizzard Somerville Luther Parker Hartselle Sel dom Hardage Waldenmosa Floyd E. Lawhorn Decatur Gladstone E. Tidwell Decatur Minton Cleveland Joppa J. M. Childers Hartselle Knox Walker Decatur Wm. A. Cramer Decatur Wm. Bartlett Somerville Sidney Patterson Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Boswell
Morgan County
Grand Jury
W. F.boswell
Decatur
Foreman
J. W. Fennell
Lacey Springs
James N. Garnett
L. E. Bibb
Hartselle
Pruitt Cartwright
Ross Evans
G. B. Jones
Tom Grizzard
Somerville
Luther Parker
Seldon Hardage
Waldermosa
Floyd E. Lawhorn
Gladstone E. Tidwell
Minton Cleveland
Joppa
J. M. Childers
Knox Walker
Wm. A. Cramer
Wm. Bartlett
Sidney Patterson
Doctors Offices Move to Eyster Building Johnston Street
Back entrance 8 is placed in the Eyster building on Johnston street as Dr. Redding Emens will relocate his offices to the building’s last rooms in the near future.
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Eyster
Johnston Street
Redding Emens
Movement Begun 70 Bring Revival in Textile World Atlanta
National Cotton Week opens with Dixie joining in a week long celebration to revive the cotton industry. Cason Callaway of LaGrange Ga estimates over 200 miles of store windows will display cotton products. The survey cites nearly 12 000 retail stores in 48 states and 21 national trade groups participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Dixie
South
Cason Callaway
LaGrange
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Cotton Textile Institute
New
Solons' Machine Now Boged Down
Alabama lawmakers reconvened for the 36th day with revenue measures at the fore and general appropriation bills unwritten. The senate has stalled on taxes as a House-revenue bloc holds back action, leaving calendar items in doubt.
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Solons
Senate
Montgomery
Alabama
Bloc
House
Three Local Boys to Work In California
Arthur Prince Emelius Self and Roger Hamilton leave by motor for California to work this summer for the Pictorial Review Corporation. Prince has a renewal scholarship and selects the two locals to join him with headquarters in Los Angeles California.
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California
Arthur Prince
Emelius Self
Roger Hamilton
Pictorial Review Corporation
Young Prince
Periodical Company
Los Angeles
Cal
Wages 3 Generations Becomes Heirloom in Dothan
In Dothan Alabama a jack and leather last used across three Coleman generations are retired as an heirloom. The first last was used by Richard Coleman’s grandfather in 1875 during his Montgomery wedding trip. The heirloom last, carved from hickory with a leather strap, yielded to modern machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Ala
Coleman
Richard Coleman
Montgomery
Fraternal Units Urged to Join Parade at Confederate Reunion
The Forty-First Annual Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans closes with a Grande Parade on Friday morning June 5. Fraternal Division Chief Joe King Stanley urges every uniformed fraternal unit in Alabama to participate, with ten sections and Shrine Band leading the Fraternal Section. An estimated 100000 spectators are expected to view the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Confederate Veterans
Joe King Stanley
Alabama
Exchange Hotel
Bureau of Information
American Legion
Mr. Stanley
Care Exchange Hote
Montgomery
Captain Murphy Guilty in Rose Murphy Scuttling Case
Mobile June 1 Captain John Murphy ship owner found guilty of conspiring to scuttle the steamer Rose Murphy which sank off the straits in November 1927 The supreme court returned a sealed verdict concluding the trial and related labor charges.
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Mobile
John Murphy
Rose Murphy
Supreme Court
No Rabies Found After Dog Bite Examinations
Two Danville residents Miss Mildred Hogan and Miss Mary Kathryn Alexander were bitten by a dog but rabies were not evident in the animal. Examinations showed no rabies signs and the girls on route two will not require treatment.
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Danville
Mildred Hogan
Mary Kathryn Alexander
Miss Hogan
Miss Alexander
Route Two
Epworth League Assembly Parade and District Night in Athens
In Athens on June 1 Epworth Leaguers paraded through the city with over five hundred participants representing eighteen districts each with a float. The gathering announced Pi Tau Chi inductees Miss Mary Lee Woodlawn Miss Louise Long Sheffield Rev B F Tingle Wylam Miss Evelyn Richards Leeds and Miss Vivian Roebuck Huffman with Dr B Frank Pim named honorary member. District Night will present pledges and work plans while Clyde Cruse showcases drawings. Rev Allen W Moore Birmingham preached on The Wonderful Jesus and Mrs J H McCoy spoke Sunday evening. An open air pageant The Unified Church Program directed by Mrs French Cardock highlighted the event. The assembly closes Thursday with officer elections and a Muscle Shoals trip scheduled for Tuesday.
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Athens
Ala
Epworth
Epworth League
Pi Tau Chi
League
Mary Lee
Woodlawn
Louise Long
Sheffield
B. F. Tingle
Wylam
Evelyn Richards
Leeds
Vivian Roebuck
Huffman
B. Frank Pim
Atlanta
Clyde Cruse
Birmingham Assembly
J. H. McCoy
Athens College
Unified Church Program
French Cardock
Sylacauga
Henry Smith is Ill in Danville at Home
Henry Smith a well known figure in the Danville route two section remains ill at his home with friends hoping for a rapid recovery and improved health.
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Danville
Henry Smith
Cotton conditions improve across Alabama after cool spell
Warm, moist soil hastens cotton growth statewide as rains ease. Irish potatoes, strawberries, cabbage and cucumbers yield strong market shipments with Alabama farmers earning about 500,000 dollars from 1,349 carloads. Hay crops expand, Sudan grass acreage rises, Black Belt reports strong Johnson grass and alfalfa. gardens and pastures show normal to better grazing conditions.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
Polytechaius Peipongesma
Department of Agriculture
Falkville unit plans sweet potato acreage shift
A Falkville group with the local vocational agriculture department aims to plow under at least 40 acres of cotton to plant sweet potatoes. They cite higher profit potential per acre from potatoes, using 1925–29 averages and 1928 yields to show cotton at about 27.91 dollars per acre versus 130.25 dollars from sweet potatoes, and discuss pricing to equal cotton earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falkville
Department of Vocational Agriculture
Falkville High School
Fairville
Gist
Morgan County
Thousands Seek Admission at Princess Theatre Song Program
The Princess Theatre crowd filled to capacity with thousands unable to enter while speakers and performers from across Alabama and Tennessee entertained the overflow. The program featured C. E. Lowery and James Vaughn with numerous quartettes and soloists from Huntsville, Falkville, Lawrenceburg, Eva, Cleveland, Arab, and more.
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Princess Theatre
Decatur Sunday
CC. Eb, Lowery
John Henry Rogers
Kirby to Deliver Series of Sermons at Church
H. L. Kirby will give five sermons at the church of Christ on 19th Avenue E starting tonight at 7 30. Topics include The Dream of the Church Establishing of the Church How to Get in the Church The Relation of Husband and Wife and The Divorced Question. Public invitation extended to all.
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H. L. Kirby
Church of Christ
19Th Avenue E
New York Cotton Futures Open Barely Steady
New York June 1 futures opened barely steady with July at 8.57 cents, October 8.91, December 9.12, January 9.25, and March 9.43 cents.
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New York
Annual Supper Held by U P S L St John’s Church
The U P S L of St John’s Episcopal church held its annual supper after the regular service led by president Atlee Henkel Hoff. Miss Marion Bingham played piano and Rev Peter M Dennis gave an address on Ideals. Counselors were named for the year and summer plans announced.
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St. John's Episcopal Church
Atlee Henkel Hoff
James Kendall
T. H. Mattocks
Atlee H. Hoff
Herman Whaley
Thomas Hodson
Harold Hildreth
Kendall
A. H. Hoff
Sarah Jeffries
Julian Bibb
Early Phinizy
Lucy Bell
Maynard Layman
Owen Wise
E. W. McLeod
Redman Martin
Mildred Sewell
Peter M. Dennis
William Dennis
Traffic Violators Fingerprinted In Birmingham Proposal
Major traffic law violators would be fingerprinted and photographed for the police rogue’s gallery under a plan by Milton McDuff head of the identification bureau. The idea aims to reduce traffic fatalities and is under review by Police Commissioner John Taylor Fred McDuff and traffic officials with city attorney W J Wynn.
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Birmingham
Ala
Milton McDuff
Police Bureau of Identification
McDuff
John Taylor
Fred McDuff
W. J. Wynn
Vatican Mussolini Editors Ordered To End Attacks
Rome June 1 AP Prospects of a settlement between Vatican and Italian government appeared near as Pope and Mussolini issued directives. Editors of Servatore Romano were told to end anti Catholic attacks on students and to halt anti Catholic publications. Diplomatic talks were set to proceed.
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Rome
Italy
Vatican
Pope
Ier Mussolini
Servatore Ramona
Mussolini
Street Tax Notice Lets Pay Early To Save
Public notice urges early payment of street taxes by July 15 to save two dollars. The city clerk John Wilkes oversees the program. usual fees are five dollars, but prompt payers receive a discount.
Barrel Trip Over Niagara Finished
Niagara Falls Ont Sabai William Hill completed his barrel run through the lower rapids from Niagara Falls to the Whirlpool. He drifted for three hours and was fished out at the whirlpool half way mark. Hill hoped the stunt would attract film money but the cameraman failed to appear. A group pulled the barrel from the whirlpool and released it at the rapids end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Sabai
William Hill
Othe
Wieaare Ct
Hill
Cotton Prices in Decatur Local Market Today
Local cotton quotes show Decatur trading at seven and a half cents per pound with prices noted for the day. The report records a small price movement and indicates market activity in the Decatur area.
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Decatur
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Board of Management
Y. M
R Evel
New Albany
Fiat
Hector Lane
Courtland
Truitt Sewell
Truitt
Vol
Aes
John H. Peebles
Limestone County
Decatur Rotary Club
Albert Roberts
J. F. Smithers
Gulfport
Gulfport College
Miss Katherine
Frank T. Caldwell
Caldwell
Merchants Credit Association of
Tom Redding
First National Bank
Boswell
U. S
Augusta Hank
Wells Corners
Joliet
Shrine Band of
Yaarab Temple
the Shrine, Grotto
Knights Templar, Dokeys
Woodman of the World
Red Men
Pythian Sisters
Eastern Star
Woodman Circle
Pocahontas, Odd Fellows, Samaritans
Rebeccas
Leaguers
Rev. Moore
Allen W. Moore
Southern Methodist Church
Jesus
Moore
North Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Daily
E ‘Miradel
Athens Lumber Company
Boy Scouts
Alabama Power Company
H. M. Priest and Brown Funeral Company
C. E. Lowery
James D. Vaughn
Pauline Parker
Huntsville
Im Brown
James Vaughn
Lawrenceburg
Daniels Quartette
Albertville
Sharpley
Josephine Meinhardt
George Moye
Thomas Jacobs
Fred Morgan
Eva
Baxter
Chattanooga
Mr. Brock
Bible Institute Quartette
Cleveland, Tenn
Rufus Stewart
Marshall County
Monroe
Keifer Vaughn
Vaughn Quartette
H. M. Woodard
Cullman
Mildred Thompson
Parker
Hogan
Belle Mina
Madison Quartette
Kirby
Harry Schutten
Vivian Gordon
Harry Stein
Stein
Bronx
Schlitten
Dennis
Council
John Wilkes
Niagara
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