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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 01, 1931

Page

6

CALL ON TEACHERS TO CONTINUE TASK IN MOULTON

Lawrence county board of education met in special session in Moulton Alabama on October 1. Patrons and trustees objected to routine business while noting potential salary delays for several months. The board urged teachers to persevere and asked patrols to help with housing. November 2 was set as the opening date for elementary schools. An income tax measure was approved and a request was sent to the governor to levy taxes on all incomes down to seven hundred fifty dollars.

Moulton Ala Lawrence County Board of Education

Cotton acreage bill advances in Mississippi senate

In Jackson on October 1 the Roberts Sillers cotton acreage reduction bill cleared the Mississippi senate committee of the whole and moved to the calendar with a favorable recommendation. The measure would cap 1922 and 1933 acreage at 30 percent of this year's cultivated land, aligning with a Texas plan. House debate split two leaders over relief for low cotton prices.

Jackson, Miss Roberts-Sillers State Senate House Texas Mississippi Walter Sillers Rosedale Lawrence T. Kennedy Natchez Kennedy T. G. Bilbo Ves Courtney Pace James Eastland Forest Bilbo Adminm

Knot-Tiers Incorporated vote boosts fee amid consolidation

In a tense vote 66 to 60 Knot-Tiers Incorporated approved a new blow at the low mood. The consolidation raises the weekly fee from the former level while each member formerly worked seven days a week. Mrs J T Bates of Elkmont is hospitalized after a serious operation at Baugh's Infirmary today.

J. T. Bates Elkmont Baugh’s Infirmary

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