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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1949
Page
8
A packed Luverne courtroom cheered as 28 year old Jim Arrington was found guilty of raping a 35 year old white farm wife. The all white jury deliberated 30 minutes, Judge A E Gamble set April 22 for execution but postponed pending state supreme court review.
Community notes from Morgan County including visits and weekend stays by residents from Huntsville Decatur and nearby towns. Updates on illness and family visits. Power line completion celebrated by Johnson Chapel area. Rev Addie Wallace resigns as Rock Springs church pastor.
County Solicitor Morton Little urged the jury to impose the death penalty as a lesson to others who might commit such crimes regardless of race. Bob Feiler achieved 177 American League victories, the highest total among active junior league hurlers.
A collection of reflections on language in business and society. It critiques the term free enterprise, laments misinterpretations of words like capitalist, and calls for a fresh business dictionary to build goodwill. The piece blends quotes and satire on politics, consumer culture, and daily life.
Lawrence County column records visits and social calls among local families including Briley Gillespie Mills Heaps Foshee and Thrasher. Sunday services at Harmony feature Rev J W Henderson with scripture If A Man Die Shall He Live Again. Several residents travel to Decatur and Austinville for errands and family time.
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