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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
1
The annual commencement exercises at New Decatur High School will be held at the Masonic Theatre next Tuesday night. The program includes invocations, musical selections, essays, a prophecy on municipal ownership, and the delivery of diplomas by Rev. E B Norton and Rev. Jas D Gwaltney.
The Mitchell and Dinsmore grocery on Bank Street was damaged by a fire discovered at the Church Street entrance. The blaze caused about 500 dollars in damage and was confined to the rear and side entrances by the fire department before fire origin could be determined.
Harry K Thaw and his attorney Clarence Shearn filed for a jury trial to challenge doctors opinions on Thaws insanity The move aims to have Justice Keogh in White Plains hear the case next Monday and decide if Thaw should be released from Matteawan with a jury verdict Former DA Jerome was retained to represent the state in resisting the request
Boston May 2 Taft supporters plan to reject Roosevelt delegates released today and take the contest to Chicago. They claim 18 000 Taft delegate votes were thrown out due to mistyped names, asserting Taft leads 22 000 to 4 000 in preference votes with 14 district delegates each. Clark leads Wilson by 19 021 in a 47 900 Democratic vote. remaining delegates pledged to Taft Roosevelt and Clark will meet to decide policy.
London reporters note the British court of inquiry into the Titanic disaster opened with Judge Mersey presiding. A twenty foot Titanic model is displayed in the room and the proceeding is described as sweeping in scope across maritime questions.
The H H Hitt Lumber CompanyBUILDING project in Decatur will cost about 100000 and start by mid May or June. General manager F R Seely says the plant will employ 100 to 200 workers and maintain 150000 in logs on hand. New land purchases will enlarge yards to 30 acres upon completion.
A deed filed in the county records shows Hitt Lumber Company owner H. H. Hit paid 10500 for an en acre tract in Section 17 Township 5 South Range 4 West. The transfer assigns the property to H. H. Hit.
Hitt Lumber Company has bought a ten acre Old Chemical Charcoal tract and plans to erect a Box and Coffin Factory. The deal, closed days ago through K. H. Allison Real Estate, was kept quiet with further neighborhood realty deals rumored to be pending and announced as developments proceed.
John A. Wallace Jr. state game and fish commissioner was injured while investigating fisheries at Perdido Beach last week. He was brought to a Montgomery hospital today with a dislocated right shoulder and reported in critical condition by physicians.
Report of a levee breach in Tarras causing five deaths and about twenty houses destroyed. Water stood two feet in streets as residents fled. the scene described as chaotic with widespread disruption and a mass exodus.
Generally fair tonight and Friday forecasts. Cotton market shows middling at 10 3 4 and strict middling at 11 with a strong overall market.
Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama leads Georgia over Woodrow Wilson in the presidential preference primary. Early returns show Underwood carrying 60 of 81 counties with a 6 000 to 8 000 majority. Georgia will back Underwood at the Baltimore convention.
Early returns from Florida in the presidential preference primary show Woodrow Wilson leading with an estimated 7,000 to 9,000 vote majority. Reported figures indicate less than 40 percent of the vote counted, but the lead is already evident in Jacksonville.
A delegation from the L N railroad visited Decatur yesterday on an inspection trip. Vice President George Evans C F Giles superintendent of machinery and T B Brooka superintendent of the Decatur and Birmingham Division toured the L N shops and reported the plant well run under Master Mechanic J J Sullivan.
The Tuskegee Band and Glee Club schedule two Decatur shows on May 11. An afternoon matinee at the Masonic Theatre will be for white audiences, while the evening Lyceum Theatre performance is for colored patrons. Proceeds aid the Charity Department and Nurse Training School College Home Infirmary.
Rumor says the proposed Huntsville to Decatur interurban survey may begin next week. City Engineer McCalla declined to confirm and cited possible weather delays. source: Decatur Daily.
Work begins Monday to clear a large Second Avenue and Moulton Street corner lot for a three story brick building of about fifty by one hundred feet. Owner B. E. Malone plans a modern mercantile structure with several thousand dollars invested. Foundations start after lot clearance.
The 20 year gas franchise for Decatur Light Power and Fuel Co took effect May 1 with lower rates for street and electric lights and new discount scales. Electric rates drop to 12 cents per kilowatt from 14, gas rates fall to 165 cents per 1000 cubic feet, with timely payment discounts. RK Rand announced the changes after closing the franchise and noted plans to base an office in Decatur. The city may extend these terms to New Decatur upon a satisfactory agreement.
Miss Carolyn Cortner surges back into the race for the $1,000 Flanders Automobile prize with Alma Lampkin losing the lead yesterday. Cortner campaigns on a motto that the best of anything is none too good and claims support from Morgan county and distant voters, including a firm in Louisville and supporters in Hanford California. Time is short as districts compete for the top prize and a medal awaits the winner. Annie Minor gains to second place in District No. 2, passing Miss Galey.
Standing of the candidates shows two prizes for each district. Names include Alma Lampkin Dar Decatur. Mary Newman 421 Canal st Dar. Alberta Hotland Decatur. Helen Wallace berry St Decatur. Mrs E L Wiles 308 Pond Decatur. District 2 lists Carolyn Cortner 423 Grant New Decatur. Anna Liza Minor 422 Johnson New Decatur. Jemmie Galey 428 E Moulton New Decatur. Hoye Brock 318 Sth Ave W New Potter 1655. Mrs J B Bryant New Decatur. District 8 lists Myrtle Odom Hillshore. Frances Forbes Fairview. Wiss Gussie Bell Austenville. Wiss Fannie Plemmons Falkville. Wiss Susie Mae Kest Green Brier. Wiley Nettle Math La Com.
E H Allison has closed a deal selling thirty head of fine dairy cattle to Mr Thompson of a Demopolis dairy near Demopolis Alabama. The herd cost about 1200 dollars and was shipped yesterday to the new owner. Allison plans to close his dairy business with this sale, disposing of most of his cows.
Former citizen 8 L. Nichols reports the death of M. H. Burnham in Formosa Kansas. Burnham formerly lived in Decatur and practiced law here until ill health led to his passing after a lengthy decline. He will be remembered by older residents of Decatur.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Tom Covey died last night at their home 1406 Fifth Avenue South. The funeral was held this afternoon at 4 30 Father McDermott officiated. Interment followed in City cemetery.
Cullman report states the Eureka property was sold to A. M. Robertson of York by Kinney for 260. Kinney remains owner of a Birmingham area home and plans to invest 10000 in renovating the building for an angle venture.
The jury yesterday afternoon returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the case of C. Dows vs Wood, awarding $109 and costs. The suit was heard by the Manatac company and W. Garnett presiding.
Mrs. Caroline V. Rodger died yesterday at her son’s home on Grove Street after a long illness. The elderly, highly respected resident had lived in the community for many years and was remembered by neighbors and church members. Reverend J. W. Newman of the Baptist church conducted the services.
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