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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1928
Page
8
C Eautiful Life closes as C O Smith dies suddenly at 75 after a day of routine chores. The deacon and pioneer, born November 1863, left wife Mrs. Smith and relatives. the couple donated lands and funds for rural schools and orphanages, ending in a family of community-minded service.
A marriage license was issued yesterday afternoon to Frank Bowles and Miss Irene Alexander, both of Somerville route 2. The notice urges prompt ordering of statements before month-end.
News from King's Bay reports all 18 aboard the Italia are alive after it was downed in ice north of Northeast Land. Citta di Milano read faint signals as Hobby and Braganza race to the scene while ice moves complicating rescue.
Interest runs high as Ist Methodist Church offers a training school with final session Friday evening for those enrolled. The board of managers is led by Rev. O.3. aoe as chairman with Rev. S. O. Kimbrough as vice chairman and J. H. Johnson handling enrollment.
Readers are offered a home shopping pitch promising “just as good” mercenary services with a maximum set price and a guarantee. The ad emphasizes ease of purchase and assurances to attract customers seeking quick military style support.
E L May secretary of the Mobile basin and Tennessee river improvement association says a proposed canal from the Tennessee River at Bear Creek to the Tombigbee down to Demopolis appears feasible. He urges cooperation with the Mississippi valley association to secure year round navigation and notes prior Warrior service savings and growing traffic along the Tombigbee corridor.
The executive committee of the county Baptist association approved a monthly workers conference as part of its program at a recent Hartselle meeting. Rev I W Myers urged the move to include all workers and the executive board, with venues to be arranged and a Tuesday date set for each meeting.
Plans for conducting literacy schools in 18 counties were announced at a Morgan meeting as Alabama joins a national effort to eradicate illiteracy by 1930. The program targets adults in rural areas in summer and cities in winter, aiming to lift learners through the fourth grade in about 120 hours over six weeks. The average student is 30.38. last year 3,352 white adults attended 70 schools statewide with Morgan County hosting two schools.
The Brotherhood of the Ninth Street Methodist Church will meet Monday evening at 7 30 at the church. Attendance of all members is urged.
A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted 167 people including Police Superintendent Peter P. Walsh and Sam Grenet on charges of conspiring to violate Prohibition laws. The probe named city officials, a former legislator, two police magistrates, illicit liquor makers, and bootleggers amid clashes with federal authorities.
Machines being placed at the rate of two each month show growth of the Cooper Wells plants here with rising interest. J. C. Wells, head of the concern, is cited as a strong factor in advancing Decatur in the textile world. Formal expansion plans will be welcomed and Decatur residents pledge cooperative effort.
The article lists church department leaders for the upcoming building use on Sunday at 9 AM. It names superintendents, assistants, secretaries, and pianists across all Sunday school divisions from Beginners to Adults, with multiple vacancies noted in leadership roles.
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