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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1913
Page
1
A head on collision two miles east of Sheffield on the Southern Railway at 1 46 PM injured several aboard. Northern Alabama train baggage man R Y Darnell was severely hurt, with internal injuries. Conductor N W Wallace, engineer Henry Gant, fireman Pendleton Gaines and news agent Henry Allen were injured. The engine of the Northern Alabama was crushed. The Southern train reportedly at fault.
The Decaturs were chosen to host the Alabama postal clerks convention, set for May 30 next year. W. Gentry and J. B. Moyer led the local effort with Birmingham delegates, aiming for a large delegation and North Alabama representation from Huntsville Cullman Decatur Florence.
Clarksville May 31 Tennis Evans a colored resident near Washington street on Wood's alley saturated her clothing with coal oil Thursday afternoon after locking herself in a room she set fire to her garments and burned to death She had acted strangely for weeks and Monday attempted suicide by drowning in a barrel of water getting into the barrel before being discovered and pulled out and prevented from submerging.
Phoenix voters narrowly resulted in a liquor election outcome that left the city still wet. The women’s suffrage participation had little effect on the final decision.
James Raymond aged 49 was electrocuted while painting a street car at the Standard Steel Car Company plant in Newcastle. Louis Howe Jr. was knocked unconscious while attempting to demonstrate the accident. The car was energized from a crossed wire and Raymond touched both door posts, dying instantly.
The Decatur audience flocked to the Masonic theatre last night to see Cleopatra. Helen Gardner stars in the title role delivering a standout performance as the woman and queen with lavish costuming and scenic beauty. The production drew universal praise and many expect strong crowds this afternoon and again tonight.
Atlanta police disclose further alleged confession from James Conley, a factory employee, claiming Leo M. Frank supervised the disposal of Mary Phagan’s body. The statements allege Conley saw the body in the metal room, helped move it to an elevator, and that notes were written at Frank’s dictation beside the corpse.
Natives of Oceania islands gather about 200 on a beach to form a living circular net. They plunge into the water with cocoa palm branches, align at a distance from shore, and, on signal, drive a school of fish toward the shore in a coordinated sweep.
Des Moines on May 31 reports Iowa’s highest May day record of 96 degrees and temperatures above 90 for five hours. About ten thousand children gathered for a public exhibition at the Des Moines stadium when dozens collapsed. Emergency treatment prevented likely deaths. the pageant was canceled.
Eight Russian Jews perished when a mob set fire to a house in Pontneff near Kalisz in Russian Poland. The attackers nailed shut doors and windows before fleeing, their identities unknown.
The pastor will preach at 11 00 a m and 8 00 p m tomorrow at Central Baptist Church with Sunday School at 9 45 a m A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend these services.
A meeting at Tennessee Valley Bank Decatur discussed plans to entertain the Alabama Bankers Association in 1914. A general committee was appointed to manage arrangements with F A Bloodworth as chairman and four other bankers named from local banks.
Sunday School begins at 9 45 a m with G P Sivley as superintendent Preaching at 11 oclock by the pastor on How to Live Religious Baptism will be administered to children and adults and members received on profession or by certificate At 730 p m Rev Ira F Hawkins presiding elder Pecatur district preaches The pastor is M H Wells
At 11 a.m. the pastor will preach a short sermon followed by the Lord's Supper. At 8 p.m. the subject will be What to Think About. Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. conducted by Samuel Blackwell, supt. On Sunday, June 8, revival services begin with Rev. H. M. Stevenson of Birmingham assisting. A gracious revival is expected.
Rev. H. T. Crumpton of Dawson Georgia will preach at the First Baptist Church tomorrow. He is a good speaker and a large congregation is expected for Sunday School at 9 30 a m and the Young People's Union at 7 p m.
Morning service at 11:00 o clock with preaching by the pastor at Willoughby Presbyterian Church.
Sunday School begins at 9 45 led by superintendent B Crawtor. The pastor will preach at 11 a m and again at 8 p m.
Sunday School at 9 30 am for all family members. Organised classes for men and women. Children's Day service at 11 am with an attractive program. Epworth League at 7 pm. No service at 8 pm due to Chautauqua. Strangers welcome.
Alex Fincher a 25 year old white man was killed at the L and N Shop yard when freight cars backed into the work site crushing his head. He lived at the corner of 7th street and 8th avenue South and left a wife. He had resided in Decaturs and was well regarded by many friends who gathered at the undertaker's with the body.
Montgomery May 31 Governor O Neals authority to offer more than four hundred dollars reward for Theo Lacys arrest is being questioned. The governor has proposed five thousand dollars, but unless the 1911 legislature legalized excess, authority rests at four hundred dollars under the 1907 Code. Local lawyers review 1911 acts to find provision for unlimited rewards or use of the contingent fund, which is limited to ten thousand dollars yearly.
Wiley Thompson, 12, son of Policeman Newt Thompson, was injured when he was thrown under J. W. Bailey's delivery wagon near Decatur city hall. His left arm was bruised as Dr. Pettey attended him. he is resting easy and the accident is described as not serious.
Five vagrants stood before Judge Wert this morning and received 54 day sentences on the county pads.
Princeton New Jersey May 31 The average cost of the college course for 300 Princeton University seniors to be graduated next month is 4216 with a range from 800 to 10000. The class includes 184 smokers 76 began in college and 51 quit since. Glasses worn by 91 students 57 began in college and 15 chew tobacco.
Sunday is Confederate Decoration Day and appropriate exercises will be held at Oakwood cemetery over graves of those who died for the Southern cause. Company EB will fire a salute and all members meet at 1 30 at the armory before marching to the cemetery.
Jess Ketner was found not guilty in Law and Equity court this morning on a charge of keeping prohibited liquors for sale. The white defendant was acquitted after the trial.
For several days during the coming week the Masonic theatre will be closed to complete repairs in the ventilation system. The house will reopen later in the week with a five reel feature titled From the Manger to the Cross, a biblical story shown on screen.
Rep Thomas Heflin of Alabama spoke at Gettysburg on Memorial Day as the first Southern speaker in the observances. Ten thousand attendees heard him recall Lincoln and urge unity while noting state rights and federal power would be settled by the sword in disputes.
The Sunday schedule at Chautauqua features Isabel Gorghill Beecher performing The World and His Wife, plus Weatherwax Bros. in a sac ker concert. In the evening Hon. J. Adam Bede will speak and the Weatherwax quartet will present sacred music. Grand Bishop Vincert, with 83 years, will lecture and sing, underscoring top-tier entertainment.
Redpath Grand Opera presents Lover's Quarrel Parei with character studies based on life of Jno B Ratto. Admission 35 cents. Saturday program promises entertainment and refined cultural fare at the venue.
A sequence of afternoon and evening events includes Weatherwax Bros Quartet interpretive recital and sacred concerts with admissions of 35 and 25 cents, a morning lecture on home making, a Florentine Trio talk, and a dramatic performance of Shakespearean scenes.
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