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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1931
Page
2
Readers report a large crowd gathered in Decatur for a Sunday sing sid event spanning five Tennessee Valley counties. The item lists local residents and visitors such as Hubert Elkins in Provence and various Counts and Sheats families visiting for school and social events.
Mr. and Mrs. Ida Mae Gunter of Piney Grove wed Noel Blackmon on Saturday evening. The couple plan to reside with their families and begin married life together. Other local residents, including Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Raley and Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Gray, hosted and visited with relatives around the weekend.
A brief society note records Mrs J H LeMay visiting her sister for several days as part of a local news roundup. The item mentions social routines and family connections common in the period.
Miss Prances Lile returns from Virginia to Trinity. Mrs. De Fore remains ill at home. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. McBride hosted Sunday guests, the Basses. Arthur King of Hillsboro is ill with pneumonia and attended by relatives. Minnie Lee and Lena Battles at T. Wallace funeral near Ripley. Irene Sheats visits. Flora and Wilma Durham host visitors. Naomi Canterbury returns home after illness. E. L. Wallace visits relatives. Ruth Shesrill, Lena and Minnie Lee Battles, Pauline Pay Lennis Flemings, Odell and others noted in local hospitality and dances.
Attendees gather for a motor boat races event at Whitesburg bridge in Union Grove area. Spectators expect lively heats and local interest as competitors vie for top honors and prize money.
Sunday notes show Misses Yancey Couch Lamon Edwards and others visiting relatives across Arab, Brownsboro, Lacey's Spring, and Athens. Townsfolk enjoy Epworth League events at Athens and Elkmont Springs while highway work progresses and notable visits from Huntsville Decatur and Birmingham residents occur.
Somerville residents hosted and visited relatives during a busy weekend. Louis Turney and Mrs. Turney spent Sunday with Joe Gentry of Athens while Rev. W R Bland and wife from Hartsville visited Mrs. W B Johnston. Miss Harriet Owens of Town Creek stayed with Miss Novel Miller and other guests joined Rev A N Burns at Saturday dinner. William Ransom of Hartselle and Gordon Groover of Hartselle visited local families, with Ann Wasson and Marion Cooper of Hartselle among Sunday guests.
Mr and Mrs Curt Howell and baby Curt Jr visit West Tennessee as guests of Mrs Howell's mother Mrs Carter of Russellville. Mrs Carter spends weeks with daughter Mrs L Sanderson. A son born to Mr and Mrs Harbon on May 27. Mrs Jeffie McWright ill at home. S McCullough improving after pneumonia. Mrs T J Vaughan of Decatur has returned home after a visit.
Mrs M M White and children visited Mrs J M Jones and children. J C White and Roman Mayfield spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs William Taylor of Rocky Ford. Opal Thompson stayed with Zola Mae Martin. Singing in Decatur Sunday. Katie and Mary Lou Washburn and Geneva Martin were with Opal and Irene Thompson Saturday night. Evelyn White visited Saturday. L Jones and children spent the weekend with Doc Jones. Bessie Thompoon returned home after a week with her sister Hollis West in Rocky Ford.
Mrs J B Young visited friends and relatives near Danville recently. Mrs Emma Walker from Chattanooga Tennessee was guest of her nephew Ed Crow Monday afternoon. Mrs Artie Jackson and son Da
Herbert O. Yardley alleges in a new book that President Wilson may have died from slow poison during his 8 era travels. The claim centers on a plot Yardley says he uncovered to assassinate Wilson by poison. The statement has Washington and the country buzzing.
The 1930 Farm Census lists 4,841 Morgan county farms reporting cotton yield. They planted 75,011 acres and produced 37,693 bales in 1930, slightly below 1929. Cottonseed output totaled 17,109 tons in the county.
Hundreds of authorities from college officials to farmers endorse liberal use of quick-acting nitrogen. E C Westbrook notes that a bale per acre last year cost lint at 8 cents per pound, and side-dressing with Chilean Nitrate added nearly $7 per acre. Chilean Nitrate of Soda is promoted as a natural nitrogen source with impurities aiding plant nutrition and overall profitability.
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