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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1951
Page
10
A New York article notes America's first department store peddler now struggles as 400 communities ban house-to-house sales. The U S Supreme Court endorses local bans, signaling a shift in public sentiment away from itinerant sellers and changing patterns of American life.
Leonard C. Hudson Jr. of Des Moines was taxed for a house that did not exist after a 1949 assessor listing mis marked his vacant lot as developed. He appealed to the county board of supervisors, which denied his petition for a refund.
The article traces the decline of the door to door peddler as railroads and stores expand. It notes how technology ending the lone exchange with households, including radio and television, erodes this old role. It jokes the court has yet to address vocal peddlers on TV.
South Alabama farmers welcomed a timely rain that aided corn and cotton stressed by drought. Mon roe County Agent A V Culpepper called the shower a boon while Clarke Baldwin and Mobile counties reported rainfall and the Weather Bureau noted more was expected.
Board rules Hud son not eligible for refund after paying 118.71 in property taxes last year because protest was not filed before the May 1949 deadline. The ruling upholds denial of the refund based on late filing and misses a prior error claim.
In Montgomery Alabama a 29 year old white grocer Sam Edward Green was found not guilty of raping Flossie Mae Hardeman a young Black maid in his home. The circuit jury acquitted after five minutes of deliberation. Green admitted relations but claimed consent.
State and defense attorneys expected to finish arguments in the flogging trial of Bret Brasfield a masked night rider from Pratt City Alabama. Witnesses testified including E E Taylor who said Brasfield was on a fishing trip with him at the time of the May 1949 flogging carried out by a hooded gang. The state has one conviction in six prior hearings as this new series of trials proceeds.
A fragment from a county report reflects a heated exchange about protecting women from harassment. The phrase shifts from targeting white women to urging respect for Black women, illustrating evolving attitudes in the local discourse.
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