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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1927
Page
1
Lansing Kan June 22 AP state penitentiary authorities keep a hunger strike therapy for 328 convicts who barricaded the coal mine in protest over cigarette sales. Fourteen guards held in the mine face hunger but are safe. Mutineers planned beyond the mine uprising after a cell-house riot with the slogan No cigarettes no coal.
Hattiesburg Mississippi June 22 AP deputies in Forrest county search for an unidentified white man alleged to have tried to assault a 12 year old girl near her home in a nearby field. Bloodhounds followed a five hour trail before it was lost. The girl escaped with a wrist gash and officials faced crowded citizen search parties.
J B Cassells district manager of Southern Bell Telephone Co will host a luncheon in Athens on Thursday inviting fifty Limestone county farmers and Athens Kiwanis club members. The event likely at the basement of First Methodist church aims to boost rural service efficiency and usage.
J. H. Hodskins, 42, remained at death’s door after his wife, in a temporary mental derangement, attacked him with an electric iron and acid. He suffered a fractured skull and burns. she allegedly drank acid to end her life, then confessed she tried to kill him to avoid dying herself.
Bessemer Alabama June 22 AP officers raided a local studio run by F I Fernside photographer and proprietor capturing one three gallon keg and two quarts of whiskey 32 quarts of homebrew and 49 pints of assorted beverages. Fernside was arrested charged with violating prohibition law and officers testifying to the modern nature of the pictures.
Decatur Kiwanis Club members will discuss a proposed street marker project at the regular weekly meeting tomorrow. The plan would be reviewed by the membership and then referred to the board of directors. No official action has been taken yet.
Mr and Mrs S R Garrison with Mrs R D Sittason and S R Garrison Jr planned to travel to Fort Worth by Memphis and Little Rock but flooding forces a change to Helena Arkansas and a ferry crossing. They will visit Oklahoma and return via Shreveport and Vicksburg if water recedes, traveling by automobile.
Connecticut Mills begins operations in East Decatur with 27 machines active and plans to spin by Friday. The first unit will employ about 750 workers, including 150 men, with women and girls making up the remainder. Administration offices and staffing are moving forward as Gray and Greenleaf run temporary offices in the mill's western wing.
The community mourns Mack F. Marks who died last night in Montgomery after a long illness. He formerly resided in Decatur and was a brother of Mrs. Eugene Raney.
Adlai West 58 a Morgan county pioneer and well known figure died after blood poisoning and failed surgery at his Hartselle home Funeral services were held at 4 PM at the Methodist church with Rev Hugh Ellis officiating Interment followed at Hartselle cemetery He leaves a wife a daughter Ruth and two sons Guy and Charles plus his Nashville relatives and a sister Mrs Patterson West had earlier worked in journalism at Decatur and Hartselle and had been a Daily staffer and local editor
Westminster Presbyterian members approve a six month timeline to start a Sunday school annex and renovate the current church on Eighth Avenue. A. C. Dillehay and Miss Sabine Dupont lead finance efforts with committees including H. A. Wyatt and Mrs. Milton Harvey. A prayer service tonight will outline the plan and seek strong attendance.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce selects officers for six months led by president B M Bloodworth and Walter Morris as secretary. The group plans civic projects including a Decatur resources advertising booklet and social events with a Reds Whites theme. Membership is raised to 100 with removals for 30 day dues arrears.
Henry Hartung assistant city clerk urged property owners to pay street assessments by June 27 or city will advertise delinquent properties for sale. Taxes cover Third Fourth Fifth Sixth and Seventh avenues west on Sixth Avenue south and Jackson and Johnston streets. City must meet bond holder demands and collect street assessments from abutting properties.
Mrs. T. M. Lammer aged 30 wife of a White Haven dairyman died at her Memphis home after being shot by her husband in a case of mistaken identity on May 27.
Morganton North Carolina June 22 AP Hundreds of citizens scoured the countryside near Marion to locate Broadus Miller a negro sought for attacking and fatally injuring a 19 year old white girl. The girl died early today. State troops patrolled streets and guarded Burke county jail where Will Berry a negro who boarded Miller is held. Authorities said a club or iron bar crushed the girl's skull.
Three of the 36 white prisoners who escaped from the Ferguson state prison farm near Huntsville Texas were captured hours later with bloodhounds tracking them through wooded muddy flats. Officials said the fugitives likely were not armed and the breakout followed sawing a floor hole in the wooden barracks. One night guard raised alarm when the break was found. 35 had already fled. The escape marked the second in ten days and proceeded quietly without violence.
The Morgan County Commission bill to form a five member panel for building the Decatur county courthouse sits with the committee on local legislation. Rep. John Patterson introduced the measure Tuesday afternoon. Action by the House is expected within about ten days.
Roland H. Gray manager at Connecticut Mills Decatur plant and Rev. J. D. McCready pastor of First Baptist church will enter the Kiwanis ranks Thursday at noon. Initiation ceremonies will accompany the entrance of new members into the civic club.
The weather bureau logged a daily rainfall of 0.35 inches yesterday marking continued wet conditions. Local observers tracked showers across the area with no severe storms reported.
In Little Rock on June 22, three officers were wounded lightly, one Black man killed and another arrested after officers tried to arrest two men for seeking a date with a white woman via a telephone arranged by police. The dead suspect was Johnny Johnson.
Robbie Jones announced he will defend his British Open title at St Andrews and sail from New York on Saturday for Scotland.
The column recalls Saint Swithen’s Day rain prophecy and notes June 20 brought steady showers. Rev E N Hart, a Presbyterian pastor from the British Isles, warned of forty days of rain, while J M Hatfield cites groundhogs and weather myths amid calls for legislative action to address the weather.
Walter Burley was convicted of criminal assault on Miss Martha Rees and slain her and her sister in law Mrs C S Rees at a Jackson farm. The jury deliberated about a minute and a half, and Burley was sentenced to hang on July 22 as guards kept mob violence at bay.
A blaze destroyed the brick Bay 8 Road residence of William Shearer Jr. in Back Bay. Four people died Janet Shearer Howes Alice Scott and Helen McLaughlin. The fire began in the basement from an electric iron left on a shelf. Alice Scott died leaping from a fourth floor window to the street.
City records show Frank G. Cook as the contractor for a frame stucco residence on John Street with construction details and permits issued. The notice outlines that the project will require specific building steps and approvals before completion.
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