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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
3
A 1902 notice from Decatur announces Hon J Aug Fowler as Democratic candidate for Representative Morgan County and Hon S A Lynyg of Decatur as candidate for State Senator for the Lawrence and Morgan district subject to Democratic nominating action.
Mr T J Owen and Mrs B M Isley are authorized agents for Decatur News subscriptions. The American steamer of Oak Extract Company is praised for Tennessee excursions. A two year old girl suffered severe burns from a yard fire but survived with prompt aid. new building foundations appear across the Decaturs.
The Martinique fund has reached magnificent proportions, but all the suffering will not be allayed by it, we fear. The Waldoboro thief who stole 13 apple trees which had just been set out could hardly be trusted with the proverbial red hoi stove.
Williamsos and Echols are extending their dry goods store by about twenty feet and adding roughly 300 feet of floor space at the rear. The notes also mention a tavern removal story as a joke and express hope that hospital managers will resolve difficulties and restore calm.
The V Presbytrian church Sunday School held a picnic in the grove near the town in New Decatur on Thursday and reported a very enjoyable event with strong turnout and community participation.
On Saturday night the superintendent Mr Feeney of Nuntsville will take the Lowe Mill employees on a trip on the Tennessee River from this point. It is expected to be well attended.
The Cotton Queen of the South, Mrs. Lelia Seton Wilder, sent a first bloom from her farm three miles east of town. She won the blue ribbon for the season's early cotton, with notable growth nearby and many blooms expected.
A long list of locals and visitors appears in Decatur this week. People from Mooresville Gurley Huntsville Florence Tuscumbia and Birmingham mingle with the town's figures including educators, lawyers, and businessmen.
Rev. Frank Willis Barrett editor of the Alabama Baptist travels with Morrow and Co and P C Gaston to Decatur to attend the Baptist State convention in session all week. Rev Harry T Walden and wife from Nashville visit Dan Walden near the city. Walden once Morgan county boy with many local friends. An ad promotes Prickly Ash Bitters for liver and bowel relief.
About 250 members of the local Junior Order of American Mechanics traveled by the new steamer American to Walling's Landing on Wednesday the 18th. Captain Terry Robinson led the group on a pleasant day that turned rainy near the American Oak Extract, then resumed to arrive at the destination around 12:30 PM for a well received barbecue and dancing with Decatur's orchestra. The event ended on a high note with gratitude toward the growing order and a profitable outcome for the Juniors.
The Board of Managers of the Hospital of the Decaturs met at Er C Payne's residence to decide on purchasing the Sherman street property owned by St Pauls Episcopal church Decatur. The building has ten rooms on a sewer line with ample front for expansion. The church offers 4000 with 500 donated by the church and 2500 cash upfront, 1000 on future terms. Doctors Conyngton and Murray approved the site and suggested hygienic improvements. The Ladies Benevolent Society thanks donors and asks for continued subscriptions. Death notice for Truman Hartsell White six months old. Funeral at Baptist church. interment Bethel church cemetery. Mrs Em Isley of Flint visiting to secure subscriptions.
Thirty eight members of Congress endorsed the Peruna catarrh remedy. Letters from lawmakers including Goodwyn Alabama Roach North Dakota Linney North Carolina Ogden Louisiana Smith Illinois Meekison Ohio Crowley Illinois Thompson Kentucky Howard Alabama Cummings New York Thurston Nebraska Worthington Nevada Bankhead Alabama Powers Vermont Sullivan Mississippi Snever Michigan Call Florida McEnery Louisiana Brownlow Tennessee Mallory Florida Butler South Carolina Brookshire Indiana Deviner West Virginia Broderick Kansas Yoder Ohio Mahon Pennsylvania Sparkman Florida Breyer Alabama Gear Iowa Culberson Texas Livingston Georgia Clark Missouri Pelham Virginia Burnett Alabama Botkin Kansas White North Carolina Wilber New York Dungan Ohio Barham California urge Peruna as tonic and cure with many testimonials. Free book available from The Peruna Medicine Co.
Thursday morning Clarence Swan and Ell Reaves united in wedlock with Rev Willoughby officiating. The couple left for Knoxville on the afternoon train and will return Monday. Also an upcoming lawn party at Mrs Henry Skeggs residence for St Pauls Church on Tuesday night July 1 with a detailed program to follow.
13 always in demand whether forty eight pounds of the best patent flour or five cents a yard towel. Many prefer getting a sixty-fnel towel from the flour sack to buying a towel. Clifton flour is packed in regular toweling. Ask your grocer for Clifton in the towel sack. For sale by HI A Skeggs & CoS Nichols, J A English, BP McIntire Decatur Troup & Stephenson, Keener & Wyatt Hutson & Lane, A A Moore, A Z Bailey New Decatur.
Rev W Y Quisenberry asks Decatur readers to attend the Central Baptist church convention. He notes hospitality in Decatur and invites paper readers to join sessions from Tuesday at 10 a m through Friday with morning, afternoon, and evening services.
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