Morgan County road essay contest winners named
Decatur High School students Miss Julia Leigh Lynne and Frank Dix won first and second prizes in the Morgan County Good Roads essay contest judged at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Ninety or more entrants were noted, with 121 essays submitted. honorable mentions were listed and encouragement given for wider publication.
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Julia Leigh Lynne
Frank Dix
Decatur High School
Gor Roads
Morgan County
Chamber of Commerce
S. M. Thorthoson Drug Company
W. J.mmeininger
Allian de Decktar Chamber of Commerce
Albany
Ala
Meininger
Rahim Clothing Company
Ruby Britnell
Albany High School
Mattie Francis Masterson
Pauline Beams
Trinity High School
Ellen Hildreth
Mabel Pointer
Dora Wade Turner
Mary Wallace Smiley
Ludie Moore Pointer
Ethel Lanier
Helen’ Jane Thompson
Emmie Francis Polhill
Margaret Broadus
Albany-Decatur Daily
Boosters Arrive as Water Decatur Welcomes Nashville Group
Nashville boosters arrive by special train tonight for a Water Decatur welcome event. About 125 delegates and local officials plan a parade from the depot to the Masonic theater with a reception committee of 55 business leaders. Alabama Power will illuminate the town at no cost as the group tours the Princess theater and spends the night aboard five Pullman cars.
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Nashville
Union Depot
Meininger
W. W
Chamber Merce
James H. Johnson
Twin Cities
Citizenship of
Water
Decatur
Tennessee
Nashville Band
Decatur Depot
Masonic Theater
Alabama Power Company
Masonic
Princess Theater
Chamber of Commerce
J. C. White
W. J. Meininger
Sam Thompson
T. M. Dix
W. W. Fussell
Tennis Tidwell
T. A. Bowles
Fred Bloodworth
Gus Harris Morris Ford
Frank Lide
W. W. Callahan
Walter Clapton
Carl Patterson
Atlee Hoff
W. E. Roper
Jim Johnson
R. M. Shearer
Fred. Tidwell
H. R. Speake
C. W. Matthews
Barrett Shelton
H. B. Beard
J. A. Dillehay
Harold McMath
Dudley McGehee
W T. Lowe
B. L. Malone
W A. Britain
Quannie’ Dowdy
J. R Doss
A. A. Hardage
Dave Cohen
J P. Matlock
Rufus Peerson
Webb Speake
J. L. Proctor
F. G. Cook
J. A. Buttrey
Eugene Sivley
H. H. Hanter
R. E. Chandler
H. M. Priest
E. W. Strother
John Knight
John Patterson
J. A. Nelson
W. M. Bailey
H. L. Peterson
John D. Ryker
Joe Wilder
R. C. Nungester
James Coutsos
H. M. Sigman
L. P. Troup
Freeman Remembers Morgan County as He Visits Hartse
F W Freeman a Topeka bank president and Morgan County native returns to Alabama for the annual Hart sel celebration honoring Professor Freeman father of F W Freeman He notes prosperity since his boyhood in 1887 and recalls old Danville houses and local kinship ties including W E Skeggs and Dyke Echols families.
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F. W. Freeman
Topeka
Kansas
Morgan County
Greely
Nash-Freeman Association
Professor Freeman
Freeman
Hariselle
Danville
Mr. Freeman
W. E. Skeggs
Jonathan Orr
T. L. Baker
Decatur Student Broadus Wins Second Prize in Essay Contest
Miss Margaret Broadus of Decatur high school has been awarded second prize in the national essay contest on Why a boy I know should attend the Citizen's Training Camp. The prize honors the government program to promote citizen training camps.
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Margaret Broadus
Broadus
Decatur
Decatur High School
James S. Thomas
The
State University
Dorothy Friedkin
Albany High School
Albany
Miss Friedkin
W. W Benson
Decatur City
Shorts Cover As Cotton Prices Rise
New York May 21 A scramble of May cotton shorts to cover sent that delivery up 72 points today and it reached 32 17. Later positions influenced by bullish crop and weather news advanced 48 to 65 points.
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New York
Newap
Morehouse Parish case leaps to front with new letter
Health officer Dowling says burial permit and death certificate rules were violated in Watt Daniel and T F Richards case. He alleges coroner was blocked from inquest and that casket sales proceeded without proper death documentation. Governor Parker's term extended. file turned to Attorney General.
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New Orleans
Morehouse Parish
Ku Klux Klan
J. K. Skipwith
Cyelops
Morehouse Klan
John M. Parker
Watt Daniel
T. F. Richards
Dowling
Parker
Daniels
Richards
Mer Rouge
Bas
Trop
Lake LaFourche
David I. Garrett
Monroe
Department of Justice
Farm conference opens Thursday in Albany Decatur area
An all day gathering brings together farmers, farm agents, farm bureau members and Alabama editors at the Albany Decatur chamber of commerce. Sessions run morning and afternoon with informal conferences planned. Speakers include Edward A. O Neal and John S Kernachan with extension staff and district agents.
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Alabama
Albany-Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
P. O Davis
Auburn
Extension Department
The
State Experiment Station
Wat of
Edward A. O’neal
Alabama Farm Bureau
John S. Kernachan
Bureau
L. M. Duncan
Alabama Extension Service
J. Tigh
North Alabama
Miss May Cureton
Ford F
Locomotives Bought for Mexico Contract Announced
The Baldwin Locomotive Works president announced a contract to supply 50 locomotives to the Mexican government. Deliveries are due within 90 days as the official travels through Birmingham en route from Mexico.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
México
Alleged Slayer of Husband on Trial in Alabama
Mrs Evelyn Sue Rickner stands trial in Anniston Alabama on murder charges for the June 1923 slaying of her husband Lieutenant Rickner at Camp McClellan. Jury selection began as federal proceedings proceed with Judge Henry D Clayton presiding and prosecutors C B Kennemer J Smith.
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Associated Press
Anniston
Ala
Ata
Federal District Court
Evelyn Sue Rickner
Rickner
Camp McClellan
Henry D. Clayton
C. B. Kennemer
James Smith
Merrill and Allen
Itickner
World Court Membership Plans Debate Ends Without Decision
Washington May 21 The senate foreign relations committee spent two hours on a general discussion of world court proposals and adjourned without a decision on an important point. Attempts to secure immediate endorsement for the Harding Coolidge plan with reservations failed and no definite action was promised.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harding
Coolidge
Senators Harrison and Heflin Hopeful of Senate Vote on Muscle Shoals
Senate leaders Harrison Heflin push Ford bid while Norris plans rapid committee report. The agriculture committee aims to finish executive sessions by week end and bring Muscle Shoals to a Senate vote next week if the Ford bid moves forward.
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Washington
Tors Harrison
Ippi
Heflin
Ou Carroway
Ralston
North
Kata
Smith
South
Triculture Committee
Norris
Ford
Senate
Keyes
New Hampshire
Harrison
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Nebraska
McNarry
Yapper
Kansas
Gooding
Idaho
Beck
Dakota
McKinley
Amnois
Harreld
Oklahoma
Randsdell
Louisiana
Brick
Wyoming
Jolngon Farmer Laborite
Minnesota
Rum Ring Cases Given to Jurors in Mobile
In Mobile on May 21 44 defendants charged with violating the National Prohibition Act were sent to the jury by Federal Judge Ervin. The jurors retired immediately and faced what was described as the longest jury deliberation in the annals lasting 15 hours and 21 minutes.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
Ervin
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Miss Lynne
Board of Judges
Boosiers
Masonic Theatre
C. of C
Jacksom
Ed Jackson
Indiana
Mary Melleher
Boston
Mass
See
Albert J. Meserve
Brookline Trust Company
Tain
Samuel Blackwell
National Treasury
Grover Cleveland
Captain Blackwell
Steve Simpson
Dyke Echols, Sr
Dyke Echols
Miss Broadus
Eflin