Warrants Issued in Two Murder Cases
Warrants signed by Judge W T Lowe charging Judge William E Skeggs and J Q Breasher with murder were placed with Deputy Sheriff Bud Davis for service. Skeggs, held at the county jail after firing on Patrolman T E Wright, a gunfight on Jews street, and Breasher wounded at the Be nevolent hospital in the Wes Sapp case. Breasher’s condition worsened since Saturday. warrants expected to be served when feasible despite illness. Further developments awaited as officials report no preliminary hearing yet for Skeggs.
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W. T. Lowe
Bud Davis
William E. Skeggs
T. E. Wright
J. Q. Breasher
W. E. Sapp
Wright
Jews Street
Breasher
Benevolent Hospital
Sary
Prisoners Return to Work at Missouri Penitentiary
About 1550 prisoners at the Missouri penitentiary resumed work in the shops this morning as mutinies and strikes from last Wednesday and Thursday ended. They ate breakfast at 6:30 and returned quietly to posts under an augmented guard.
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N City
Missouri Penitentiary
Philathea Class To Meet Tuesday Evening
The Philathea class will meet Tuesday at 7 30 P M at the home of Miss Louise Nelson 1112 Fifth Avenue South All members are urged to be present.
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Louise Nelson
Fifth Avenue
South
Classified ads prove the best value for your money
In a time of rising costs readers turn to classifieds as the most economical way to reach a wide audience. Advertisers find broad exposure at low per-reader price compared with other media options.
Dollar Day Boost Drive Sees Strong Weekend Retail Uptick
Weekend sales in Decatur surged as community dollar days drew steady customer flow. Merchants including Thomas Furniture Moebes Smart Shop Thompson Albany Drug Moore Modern Stores Matlock Cash Speake Warren Ratliff Acorn J C Penney Wilder Rainey Sterchi Wohl reported improved volumes, with Saturday especially brisk and several calling it the best day of the year.
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Decatur
Sturday
Robin Thomas
Thomas Furniture Company
Otto Moebes
Moebes Smart Shop
H. O. Goidel
Thompson and Albany Drug Companies
J. G. Moore, Jr
Moore
J. P. Matlock
Matlock
Rufus Warren
Speake, Warren & Ratliff
Acorn
J. C. Penney Co
Rainey’s
J. L. Shumake
Sterchi Stores
Hyman Wohl
Wohl
Boy Suffers Broken Back in Car Wreck
Theron Holmes 19 of Vinemont Route 2 was listed in critical condition at Baugh's infirmary after a highway accident in Eva neighborhood. Paralyzed from the waist down, he was transported by Fisher's ambulance from Cullman with the crash details still unclear.
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Theron Holmes
John R. Holmes
Vinemont
Baugh’s Infirmary
Eva
Stolen Car Damaged After Hartselle Pike Collision
County officers pressed a weekend hunt for the thieves who stole J. H. Kelly's car from the Columbian in Sheffield drove it to Decatur three miles from Decatur on the Hartselle pike where a wagon was struck, the auto badly damaged with the top torn off and the thieves fleeing. The wrecked vehicle was turned over to City Patrolmen Lamon and Brazleton awaiting the owner.
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J. H. Kelly
Columbia, Tenn
Decatur
Hartselle Pike
Bud Davis
Sheffield
Lamon
Brazleton
Fire department responds to blaze at Sixth Avenue residence
Fire department answered a 7:45 p m call to 1212 Sixth Avenue South to extinguish a stove sparked fire threatening Mrs Jesse McDermott's home. Loss described as slight.
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Sixth Avenue
South
Jesse McDermott
Spark on Walnut Street Triggers Small Fire Alarm
Sparks falling on the roof at 115 Walnut Street East caused a fire alarm Sunday at 1 05 PM. Fire crews arrived, extinguished the blaze, and only slight damage resulted.
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of Gant Girsby
Walnut Street
Senator Sees Disposition Talks Shoals
Senator Black reports early disposition of Muscle Shoals measure as it moves toward the Senate. He spent the weekend with his family at Fairhope Alabama and said the bill is set for discussion tomorrow.
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Mobile
Denetar Kans Black
Washington
Senate
Senator Black
Fairhope
Ala
Granted Divorce in Los Angeles for Helen From Clark
Helen has been granted a divorce in Los Angeles from Clark. The filing cites mental cruelty and brutality as grounds.
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Helen 1Netress
Los Angeles
Clark Twelvetrees
Three Die in Fire At Gadsden Home
In Gadsden Alabama three people died in a house fire discovered around 1 a.m. Mrs Pollie Sanford 69 her granddaughter Marthelene Sanford 5 and Sam Jones 36 a nephew perished in the blaze. Mrs John Sanford and four children escaped as did Mrs Polly Sanford seen outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
Pollie Sanford
Marthelene Sanford
Sam Jones
John Sanford
Polly Sanford
Sanford
March Goes Out Like A Lamb Then Roars Like A Lion
March began calmly and gently, defying the old saying that it should end like a lion. If trends hold, April will follow with showers bringing May flowers, as history notes the month passing into memory and April’s arrival looms.
Census County To Begin Wednesday
Everything was in readiness today for the beginning of the census enumeration of Morgan county on Wednesday. Enumerators have received final instructions and supplies to take the field bright and early. Two weeks or more will be required for the field work, with several months before the official figures are announced.
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Morgan County
Ai Ment
Cotton Market Quotes Trim Slightly Amid Quiet Trading
Market reports show cotton bids at 14.80 and 14.55 cents per pound with limited activity. Traders note cautious sentiment as price levels hold near recent lows and volume remains subdued across futures and cash markets.
Visitor E A Lott Noted Business Guest Here
E A Lott a well known Route 2 citizen attended as a business visitor Saturday joining local residents and guests in the community gathering.
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E. A. Lott
Route 2
Dives From Six-Story Ledge Ends In Birmingham Death
Police found W. L. Spence of the Western Elec Co dead on the sidewalk beneath his sixth floor apartment window in Birmingham. A note to friends and family indicated he jumped, and investigators reported suicide notes among his belongings.
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Birmingham
W. L. Spence
Western Elec Co
Jury Deadlock, Convictions Mark Week in Lawrence County
Fifteen convictions and two hung juries are credited to Lawrence County officials and Judge Jas E Horton as circuit court criminal week closes. Seventeen cases heard with six murder trials yielding five convictions and one hung jury in the G W Cupps case. Other murder verdicts include B O McNutt and the Slaying of Henry Dickinson.
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B. O. McNutt
Charlie Previtt
McNutt
Dee Gholston
Bynum Jackson
Charlie
Dick Thorn
Henry Dickinson
Frank Owens
Bernice Hodges
Respected Man J J Hall Dies At 78 In Austinville
J J Hall aged seventy eight widely known resident died Sunday at his daughter Mrs R L Wilkes home in Austinville. He is survived by two daughters four sons nineteen grandchildren two great grandchildren and siblings. Funeral at 10 Tuesday Austinville Methodist Church with Rev Wilson officiating. Pallbearers listed and honorary pallbearers named. Burial in family lot.
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J. J. Hall
R. L. Wilkes
Austinville
Mr. Hall
J. M. Smith
Decatur
A. B. Hall
Birmingham
H. I. Hall
Greenville
W. H. Hall
Chicago
Mr.Hall
Austinville Methodist Church
Mr. Wilson
John A. Sandlin
C. H. Bell
Luke Stovall
Will Roger
Frank Robert
Andrew Strop
Charles Austin
A. J. Roper
Chap Sparkman
Ben Griffith
Asa Sparkman
William Barner
Justice
Bell
McCleary
Campbell
Aniston
Goldman
Heavy Sunday Auto Traffic Leaves Decatur Streets Packed
Thousands of gallons of gasoline burned as motorists of Morgan county crowded passes out of Decatur. Nice weather drew families to view nature’s work, with almost every motor conveyance on the road.
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Morgan County
Decatur
Juniors Expect Biggest Attendance at Winona Meeting
Winona Council Junior Order United American Mechanics anticipates a record turnout Friday in the Winona lodge room. Members from Decatur councils are expected to attend along with a large delegation from the Athens council.
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Winona Council
United American Mechanics
Winona
Decatur
Athens
Return of ex cashier Browne tied to Bank of Epes case
Garfield Browne former cashier of the Bank of Epes is back in Livingston Alabama after surrendering to Sumpter county authorities. Indictments were returned by a Sumpter county grand jury following an audit of the bank's failure and the bank’s auditors reported suspected misdeeds at the defunct institution.
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Montgomery
Attorney General's Department
Garfield Browne
Bank of Epes
Hartford
Livingston
Ala
Brown
Sumpter County
Browne
State Banking Department
County Court Docket Set for Morgan County Term
The Morgan County court docket for the approaching term convened by Judge W. T. Lowe on the second Monday in April is exceptionally lengthy with hundreds of cases awaiting trial once set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Court
W. T. Lowe
Judes Lowe
Confesses to theft tries sell dresses in Atlanta
In Atlanta on March 31 detectives recovered more than 500 dollars worth of dresses believed stolen from an Anniston Alabama department store. The clothes were found with Tom Calloway who admitted robbing the Anniston store while attempting to sell them in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Anniston
Ala
Tom Calloway
Woman Testifies She Was Framed In Bank Robbery Case
Mrs Barbara Dalton of Norfolk Virginia told a court she was a victim of a frame up after being accused by Floyd Drennan of aiding in the Peoples State Bank hold up in New Boston Michigan.
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Barbara Dalton
Norfolk, Va
Floyd Drennan
Peoples State Bank of
New Boston
Mich
Salvage Effort Underway After Hughes Tidwell Cotton Fire
Salvaging of about 1000 bales damaged in Friday night fire at Hughes Tidwell warehouse in Moulton has begun. Insurance claims place loss near 50000 dollars. Crews work day and night at Grant street and First avenue to recover cotton and prevent flare ups. 50 percent salvage likely.
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Hughes & Tidwell
Moulton Eee
Fai
Grant Street
First Avenue
Five Bodies Found in Pioneer Coal Mine
Kettle Island, Ky March 31 Five of sixteen miners entombed by a Saturday explosion at Pioneer Coal Co mine were recovered by rescue workers one and a half miles from the entrance. Officials fear the remaining eleven are dead as debris and carbon monoxide impede further search.
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Kettle Island
Pioneer Coal Co
John Daniel
State Department of Mines
Byrd Pictures On Way To America
Narration: Lee Schoenharr flies from Managua Nicaragua toward Miami with pictorial records of the Byrd expedition. The next stop is Belize British Honduras as he rushes film for the Associated Press New York Times and Paramount News aboard the Miss Silvertown owned by the Goodrich Rubber Company.
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Managua
Nicaraagua
Lee Schoenhalr
Nan
Miami
Beliz
British Honduras
Schoenhair
Weekend toll rises in Alabama and Mississippi Sound tragedy
Associated Press reports seven killed and over a dozen injured in Alabama incidents over the weekend. Three burned to death at Gadsden and two youths drowned at Mobile. Jack Bell and Guy Jones, both in their twenties, drowned off Mobile in Mississippi Sound when their boat capsized in high waves.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Gadsden
Mobile
Jack Bell
Guy Jones
Mississippi Sound
Decatur Curb Market March 1930 Sales Totals Reported
The Decatur curb market saw March 1930 sales reach 935 dollars, compared with 960 dollars in March 1929. Mrs. Nelson notes the decline stems from fewer paid-in agricultural product sales across markets.
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Decatur
Nelson
Agricull
Visitor Mary Williams Calls on Mrs Lovell at Apartments
Miss Mary Williams visits Mrs Lovell at the apartments during a local social call.
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Mary Williams
Nam
Mrs. Lovell
Hastings Maps Route Change From Belle Mina to Harris
A. M. Hastings has removed Route 1 from Belle Mina toward Harris, signaling a change in local road planning and service routing. Details on new paths or affected schedules were not provided in the fragment.
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A. M. Hastings
Belle Mina
Harris, Als
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