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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
1
A hurricane swept through Decaturs and nearby Trinity early this morning killing Henry Lie Sherrill, six, as their sleeping house was torn away. Other structures collapsed or damaged include homes of Henry Lite, John Lite, D. B. Echols, and J. M. Bean, with shops and church buildings ruined. Telegraph poles were blown across rail lines and trains severed wires. repairs soon began as winds shifted northeast and eased.
Mr Pepper proclaims the church as the greatest thing in the world and outlines movements within the church. The M E Church South bought 12 000 acres at Waynesville NC for 500 000 dollars and forms a Southern Assembly to convene there this June. Pepper and Rev Stewart toured 46 southern cities urging delegates to attend this summer meeting. Stewart delivered a memorable address in Decatur.
A correction from B. L. Simpson explains the proposed park area should be about the size of a regular city block and could be kept with little expense while accommodating a bandstand a fountain flower bed and shade trees. The earlier version inaccurately mentioned a Bank street fountain among the features.
Sheriff McCulloch Deputy Wright and Chief Davidson raided Keltner Bros South Town finding a well packed suitcase of booze. A half barrel of beer was confiscated in a neighboring cellar. Five men were arrested for gaming at an Oklahoma resort. A liquor cache was found with no claimant and another raid on East Pond Street yielded nothing.
The mayoral fines include W L Kaufman for disorderly conduct eight dollars sixty cents Tom Slaughter for gaming eleven dollars sixty cents T M Roe for visiting house of ill fame six dollars sixty cents Irwin Holloway for visiting house of ill fame six dollars sixty cents Robert Donaldson for visiting house of ill fame six dollars sixty cents Mance Coleman for gaming eleven dollars sixty cents Dave Gilbert for gend menting eleven dollars sixty cents Frank Wilson for gaming eleven dollars sixty cents Judas Williams for gaming eleven dollars sixty cents Chas Drygar for hobo three dollars sixty cents Charlie Powell for carrying concealed weapons and disorderly conduct sixty dollars twenty cents James White for disorderly conduct eight dollars sixty cents Carrying concealed weapons listed as well.
Four hundred women and children surrounded Dr. Frederick P F Friedmann outside the Hospital for Deformities and Joint Diseases seeking his tuberculosis treatment. Police reserves cleared a path as physicians gathered at Moung Sinai Hospital to witness the vaccine administration but were refused admission.
Testimony at a Montgomery inquiry reveals a $6,000 draft signed by James G. Oakley as president of the state board of convict inspectors was paid in cash or exchange when presented at banks and not credited to the convict department. Bank officials dispute deposit to the department and query who received the funds.
Telegram accounts report four Alabama towns near Greenville suffering flood damage with losses approaching 20 000 in Bolling Chapman and Garland Garland bears the heaviest toll about 75 000 as L and N trestle and poles drown stores flood residents face hunger relief sent from Montgomery Business Men's League and total Central Alabama damages projected at 250 000 amid rising Alabama River and resumed L and N service on a slowed line.
Secretary of the Interior Lane names composer Geoffrey O Hara as music instructor under the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He will live on reservations to record native songs and adapt them for Indian schools, aiming to foster pride in ancestral arts.
A $680000 gift from Elizabeth bank Anderson funds social welfare labs to prevent poverty. The New York Association of Improving the Condition of the Poor plans a new social welfare department, public baths, school lunches, baths at cost, and labs to test preventive measures. Public laundries and bake shops in congested districts are proposed.
New York March 21 Surrogate Fowler raised the annual allowance for Helen DeWitt to $20,000 from $12,000 to cover rising expenses. The 16 year old ward, daughter of Josiah H. DeWitt, attends a girls school and requires clothing and social upkeep.
About 2,500 to 3,000 educators from across Alabama gathered in Montgomery for the 32nd annual Alabama Educational Association convention. The Grand Theatre hosted the main sessions while department meetings met at Sidney Lanier High School and the Business Men's League. The opening featured welcome addresses by Governor Emmet ONeal, Mayor A. Gunter Jr., and John S. Tilly, with President J B Hobdy delivering the annual address on agricultural education.
Court records show Isham Hillburn suing Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance for 198.94 dollars and W. M. Chenault vs Maury Crair Casualty Company for 600 dollars.
The Probate Judge Robert Lawrence has issued a marriage license to Mins Bixid Smith. Both parties are residents of Falkyville.
Flood stage listed at 21 feet as river height hits 19 feet with water rising upstream and authorities monitoring the situation for potential increases and responses.
Hickman Kentucky reports continued enforcement of the Webb law. William Hatcher, agent for Adams Express, refused liquor deliveries until instructed by the company superintendent. If upheld by the supreme court, fines from warrants could reach thousands as agencies pause deliveries and notify customers of returns.
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