Lotz Winner in All Fight for Liberty Not Guilty
Henry Lotz charged with larceny was found not guilty by a circuit court jury and dismissed to go his way. Other cases heard Thursday included Green Johnson found not guilty on manufacturing liquor and ordered for new trial upon appeal. Clifford Campbell was found guilty of attempting to transport whisky with a $50 fine. Bynum and James Hawkins held on bond after demurrer to indictment. Ben Henderson demurred to bribery charge and was held on $300 bond.
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Henry Lotz
Lotz
W. H. Long
Clifford Campbell
Bynum
James Hawkins
Ben Henderson
Kiwanis Visit to Ki Y Camp a Sizable Affair
Kiwanis members and guests from the L. N. Y. M. C. A. board, along with Rotary boys work committee, enjoyed a two session visit to Ki Y Camp. Roland H. Gray and Chas. W. Mathews led the delegations with committee members in support. Morgan County National Bank official E. W. McLeod spoke on character building for boys. H. Maynard Layman hosted playground events and explained camp insignia requirements. E. R. Wolfe noted Ki Y Camp’s growth and expansion with pride.
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Board of Management
Rotary Club
King Camps
Roland H. Gray
Kiwanis Club
Chas. W. Mathews
Kis
Sam E. Arvidson
Tary
E. W. McLeod
Morgan County National Bank
McLeod
Peter M. Dennis
H. Maynard Layman
Layman
E. R. Wolfe
Gray
Wolfe
Kilby Prison Records First Triple Execution
Kilby Prison in Montgomery Alabama carried out the state’s first triple electric chair execution as three Black inmates faced death in a single dawn session. Lee Miles Harris and Bowers protested innocence and spoke to officials, with Miles and Harris denying guilt before officers pronounced them dead.
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Montgomery
Ala
Kilby
Elec
Lee Miles
Frank
Bowen
Frank Boswell
J. J. Brabham
Union Springs
Barbaree
Miles
Harris
Boswell
White Man.” “Thank You For Your Supper.” Harris
Bowers
Maniac Hunt Moves Toward Brooklyn After Slayings
Police pursued a killer who claimed two Queen’s murders and threatened 14 more, sending letters to newspapers and targeting Morris Horwitz 50 as a suspected slayer. Horwitz, shot while in his car, matched the description tied to Mozynski and Sowley cases.
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New York
Queen’s
Brooklyn
Morris Horwitz
Joseph Mozynski
Noel Sowley
Queen's
Horwitz
E Shitter
Mozynski
Suspect Held in Maniac Slayings Probe
Joseph Clark of Brooklyn, a former Creedmore inmate, was arrested in Philadelphia on suspicions tied to New York maniac slayings. Detectives stopped him as he prepared to depart the city after tracing money orders via his mother. A threatening letter was received by John Mozynski, brother of a slain victim, adding to the tense case.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Clark
Brooklyn
N. Y
Creedmore State Hospital
Queen’s County
New York
Clark
Creedmore Hospital
Louise Clark
Clarke
Terrence Garvin
John Mozynski
Joseph Mozyski
Big Community Sing Sunday at Church of God
Hartselie reports a large crowd expected for the Sunday afternoon community sing at the Church of God at 1 30. Singers will come from Hart Belle Ryans CrossRoads Eva Cullman and Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselie
Church of God
Hart Belle
Ryans CrossRoads
Eva
Cullman
Decatur
Decatur Golfers Back Bobby Jones Victory in England
Decatur golf enthusiasts rallied for Bobby Jones as he defeated international challengers today in England. The Daily logged several calls from fans keenly following his match against the foreign players.
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Decatur
Bobby Jones
England
the Daily
Bobby
Roscoe Robbers Return to Raid Morgan County Lunchroom
Robbers entered Jack Hobbs lunch room in Eva and stole the cash from a Roscoe machine leaving a jar of liquor. Over the past weeks at least a dozen Roscoe machines in the county have been broken into with no arrests and detectives fear a single culprit or group is behind most thefts.
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Morgan County
Jack Hobbs
Eva
Road work to begin about July 1 in county
Athens Alabama June 20 Special labor on county roads starts for the year about July 1. Every man outside city limits must perform ten days free labor annually. County road tools aid repairs while main trunk roads receive state funding year round.
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Athens
Ala
Somerville Man Attends Decatur Court Sessions
Jim McColum of Somerville Route 3 was in Decatur to attend court sessions today.
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Decatur
Jim McColum
Somerville
Route 3
Sheriff Questions Cigarette Find Ties to Tennessee Theft
Sheriff B E Davis found about twenty five cartons of cigarettes beside the Decatur Hart selle pike and a Tennessee store manager reports Cohen Wholesale Grocery in Pulaski was robbed of $400 to $500 of cigarettes and other merchandise Tuesday night. Investigators suspect the cigarettes came from the looted truck used in the burglary and no other break ins are known in the area Tuesday night.
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B. E. Davis
Decatur-Hartselle Pike
Cohen
Pulaski
Tenn
Sheriff Davis
Tennessee
Davis
Sought information on two former Decatur residents
Letters published by local post officials seek witnesses or P. O. addresses for veterans and relatives connected to Alf Doyle and J. A. Redus. Dispatching Clerk Counce M. Hancock requests names of company H, Picketts Battalion cavalry members from Decatur area and their descendants. J. E. Plumbey asks for kin of Alf Doyle and Molly Doyle from Patmos Arkansas.
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Decatur
W. E. Crawford
Pittsburg
Texas
J. A. Redus
Alabama
Gid Harrison
Bill Harrison
Woody Thomas
John Brown
Buck Brown
Geo. Marchbanks
Ig Brown
Picketts Battalion
Cavalry
P. O
Trainee Betting Is Given Honors at Fort McClellan
John H Betting of Decatur Alabama is appointed Platoon commander of the Second Platoon Company L at C M T C for the camp period. His selection follows his record in Red White basic courses and he becomes contact man to assist the publicity officer. Over 800 citizens and 800 cadets from 22 colleges train at Fort McClellan in the Fourth Corps area with BR O I.
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John H. Betting
Decatur
Ala
Ae Betting
Fort McClellan
Georgia
Alabama
Fourth Corps
BR. O. I
Quartet at Shop Gate Delights Nazarene Revival Crowds
The Melody Four chorus performed at the Louisville and Nashville shop gates at noon, drawing strong acclaim as they sing for the Nazarene revival.
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Louisville & Nashville
Class Will Hear Visiting Singers
The Y. M. C. A. Bible class will hear the Melody Four during the morning meeting at 8 20 o'clock. Rev. E. N. Hart, the teacher, continues his series of lessons on the whole.
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Y. M. C."a. Bible
E. N. Hart
Invited To Attend Judge Lowe's Class
Judge Lowe renews invitation to all Decatur young men not in a Sunday school to attend his class at the first Methodist church next Sunday morning. The class has drawn growing interest and substantial gains are expected in the coming months.
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Decatur
W. T. Lowe
First Methodist Church
Cases Nolled In Circuit Court
Evidence deemed insufficient to convict. several cases set for trial on circuit court docket. Walter Cole ordered notified as charged with selling or removing mortgaged property. State versus Charlie Hamilton burglary. another State case against Charlie Hamilton for siding copyist Wosscape.
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Circuit Court
Walter Cole
State
Charlie Hamilton
Wo Sscape
Slaying Probe Opens In Georgia Town
Four men held as suspects and one as a material witness in Rockmart Georgia as authorities probe the killing of four men whose bodies were found in an abandoned well following a poker game in a mountain clearing. The victims were slain with pistols, bodies stoned and stabbed. Hulsey and his son were arrested after burnings.
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Rockmart
Bill Hulsey
Fred
Ray
Tom Hicks
McCullough
Rockmore
M Harper
B. H. Leonard
Harper
De Priest Burned in Effigy by 1000 Ku Klux Klan Members
Oscar DePriest, Illinois congressman, was burned in effigy by about 1000 men in Birmingham Alabama in Collegeville during a post parade demonstration. Communist organizer Tom Johnson was also burned in effigy. DePriest is slated to address a Negro gathering July 17 but was barred from the city auditorium.
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Birmingham
Ala
Oscar DePriest
Illinois
Ku Klux Klan
Collegeville
Tom Johnson
DePriest
Quiet Session of City Board Hears Routine Reports
The board of mayor and aldermen held a quiet Thursday night meeting with only routine matters discussed. A report was presented on the progress of the West Decatur sanitary survey and work.
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West Decatur
Limestone Plans Drive On Typhoid
A county wide drive against typhoid and diphtheria will begin within two weeks, says Dr. E. R. Murphree, county health officer. The health force will administer typhoid shots across the county after the crops are laid by, noting previous drives have made typhoid fever a rarity.
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Athens
Ala
R. Murphree
Indictments Reported by Morgan County Grand Jury
Morgan County grand jury concluded its session and filed a final report to Judge James E. Horton. The jurors completed work and returned numerous true bills in the report presented Monday morning.
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Morgan County Grand Jury
James E. Horton
Flapper Filosofy Faith Raree Medical Debate
Fragmentary item discusses medical doctors operating on a man for various reasons. The unreadable text hints at commentary or satire on medical practice and patient consent.
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Key Camp
M’leod
IK Kilby
Diegel
Compston
Champ
Hoylake
Eng
United States
Great Britain
John Ballape
Leo Dieg
Archie Compston
Aoa Bia
Guindel bin Oia
Maniac Hunt
Will
Roscoe Robbers
Byrd
Associated Press
Richard E. Byrd
Igloo
New York Bay
Gotham
Anr
Dallas
Counce M. Hancock
Pittsburg, Texas
Patmos
Ark
Alf Doyle
Molly Doyle
Rebecca Doyle
Jonathan Pace Plumley
J. E. Plumbey
Lowe
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