The Decatur Daily from Decatur, Alabama • Page 1

filOlTPtlRS BAMM If 'it happens -in the Decaturs we print it. The Weather: For Sunday fair and rising tempora-ture. VOL. II NO. ffl SEW DEC A TIE, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, APRIL 1911 FBICE FITI COTS Bayou Levees Break In Memphis This Morning Part of North Memphis Now Inundated.

Situation at Cairo Is. Very Flood News. DEPARTMENT STORE FOR THE DECATURS Work to Begin Tuesday on a 3-Story Building For J. A. Buttrey The Well Known Dry Goods Man.

KrTT These progressive men, Messrs Buttrey and Malone, are building well to the future of our citlfg and their enterprise could well be emulated by THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF LIQUOR TRAFFIC 'others. LEAVES FOR CINCINNATI TO VISIT HIS RELATIVES Russell Van Dyke, violinist and orchestra leader at the Delite Theatre, leaves for his home at Dayton, Ohio, to visit his mother. Mr. Van Dyke has been to hear from his mother during the flood that recently devastated Dayton until yesterday. Repeated telegrams fakd to get any response until a letter came yesterday eaying that although Mrs.

Van iDyK, Hi ad -a jnarrow ejscape from drowning, she is now safe. Mr. Van Dyke will return next Saturday. CIRLTSE RL1CKWELL LEADS OTHER AGENTS IN MAR To become a kader of men is a great thing, but to become a leader of a number if insurance agents in rone month withe ut exper ience lg a very great tViing, but that who has takn charge of the Providential in this section, has done. In this month's "The Field Man," the official organ of the Insurance Company, there appears a large cut of this gentleman, with the following endorsement: "The newest agent of the Provident, but he heads the HstSftf producers for March." The above means that Carlis'e is fast making good In the insurance field and his many staunch friends tere are proud of him and hope that this month he will follow up his success with even greater achievments.

Tbe Decaturs Daily, when it predicted a success for Mr. Blackwell on his entering the insurance field knew what to expect of him, but candidly it did not anticipate he would lead all the rest of the first pop. Congratulations to you Mr. Blackwell, may you keep it up is the wish of the Decaturs' people and the Decaturs Daily. SiFI Tl Swiss farmer, find It comparatively easy to borrow money of the mort is gage banks wbicb exist in many of the cantons The chief advantage secured by the farmer in placing a mortgage with the cantonal or state mortgage banks is that he escapes the necetsity of repaying the principal of his mortgage in a single payment, and he ig practically -relieved from the danger of foreclosure according -to the Farm and Home.

The interest rate charged by the cantonal mortgaga banks is about the same as that collected fcby other banks. For Instance, a farmer wishes to raise a loan of $10,000 his property. He "secures the Imoney from the cantonal banks at 4ji. He could probably do as well for himself If he went to private sources but here is where the cantonal banks help bim out. If he went to bank to borrow money at 41 for a stated number of years," he would be required to pay that bank his interest each year and the full amount at the end of the term.

Now, with the cantonal bank he is required to pay each year, in addition to his 41, 1 as amortization. After the first payment' ie owes the bank $10,000 less 1. Naturally, the second year he must pay Interest, not on the $10,000, but on $9,900. However, his actual payment is still 51 goes to liquidate the loan. In this way tha farmer ultimately pays Back the cntire loan without having bean burdened with one bfg payment In any rea fas tie (oidlnarly would have Iwen.

Onljr- tewryareas are the loans made by these mortgage banks on farm pro per ales foreclosed. DEATH Mrs. J. J. Miller died at 1:30 today at her home on avenue, south.

The funeral services will be held at 30 tomprrow Afternoon at the Ninth street Methodist church, and interment will be made in the city cemetery. SECOND TO NONE The Daily is indisputably the Decaturs' leading newspaper, in news, in high-class circulation, in features in paid advertising TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Washington, April 5. Governors from nine States have signed their 'Intention of "being preset at tho sixteenth Conference for Education in the South, which meets at Richmond, April 15. The announcement was. made by A.

P. Bourland, executive secretary of the conference, who said the States whose Governors would attend were Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia. Tile will devote most of its time to the con sideration of Improving rural conditions in the South. "When thd population of fino farming counties in such a State, as West Virginia," said Bourland, falls off from 2 to 8 per cent in a decade while it increases more than 50 per cent in industrial countfcs, we must admit "the necessity for vigorous action to save our country life. Betterment of roads, scientific market conditions and the Introduction bfVtfhe fcb-foperatlv plan in rarai communities will be some of the top ics discussed.

1 IS JEN FARMS NTH ON TOMORROW WITH REV. 3IAT GRAFTON AND MR. I OI KIH MALLARD ASSISTING REV. COTTON Rev. Nat Grafton and Mr.

Lourla Mallard, of Texas, will arrive. this afternoon to begin a revival at the Willoughby Presby ta-lan church on tomorrow. Both of these men have won for themselves a large place in 5 the eyes of tie religious world. Press notes are given below; The Waco Times Herald character! izes Mr. Grafton as a man of "force and power." The Houston Poet gavej hint Peci attention during a revival at Woodland Heights Presbyterian church of that city.

The Jacksboro Gazette ha the following to say: "In days past, Jacks, boro has had some great revival meet ings, but never one just like that of Sunday night. Mr. Grafton's theme way the Prodigal Son, and as usual his sermon was one that reached the unsaved of Jacksboro in large nun bers. The pastor's association have held many earnest meetings looking and praying for a great revival in Jacksboro, and the church people have time and again covenanted together to pray for such a revival, and as a result the town has been blessed spiritually beyond what words can express or pen can picture." Mr. Mallard participated in the Men and Religion Forward Movement last year at Houston, Texas, and Chattanooga, Tenn.

The Chattanooga Times during that campaign had the follow ing to say: "Lauris Mallard, of Texas, arrived yesterday to take eherge of the musical feature or fld eight-day campaign program. Mr. Mai lard is widely known as a tenor soloist and choir director and the local committee on arrangements and special events is to be congratulated on securing his services. Especially la he heralded as a leading gospel soloist as he engages in evangelistic singing exclusively. Associated with one of the foremost exangelist of -Texas Mr.

Mallard hat assisted in the Men arid Religion Forward Movement Campaign in Houston and to this campaign in he comes directly from a great evangelistic campaign. Indeed, in the Lone 'Star State it is said no series of meetings of moment are considered complete Mr. Mallard, his magnetic person, ality, a voice of unusual sweetness, a capableness and enthusiasm making bim an easily recognized pleader. Mallard is a native of Tennessee, but has lived the greater part of his Ufa in Texas." are now a neat pile of glass and small pieces of glassat that, .1 The booze destroyed was captured in raids on the Bismarck hotel and the bid State Bank building. i The sheriff has some more nnclaira ed intoxicants which he will destroy next Saturday.

GRAFT THE NEGLECTED APPLE 'V TRE2.3 Thtre are thousands bf apple treet growing in fields and pastures and roadsiies that bear onTy poor, natural fruit and many of the applet ar left to rot on the ground. If thew trees had been grafted 15 or 20 ya- ago they might be bringing a band-some, profit now. Many of them are not yet too old te See that they are properly trlmmi and fertilized. (W.W. MaxW in Farm ao4 Heme.

BEGINS REVIVAL Special to the JDecaturs Pally Memphis, April 5 The bayou levee In North Memphis broke this morning under the tremendous pres sure of the rising water. The swift current of the inrushing water tore through the walls of the Gwyn-Tate cotton shed, just west of St: Joseph's hospital. It also broke in the top of the culvert enclosing Bayou Gayoso, alongside of the hospital. The levee line confining heavy backwater now in the Bayou Gayoso broke at Concord and North Third streets shortly after the first break, causing people to flee from their homes. There was no time for the saving of personal effects, so sudden was the inrush of water.

St. Bridget's Catholic church near the hospital is flooded with three feet of water. The hospital itself, though practically surrounded by water, is on high ground and will be in no danger at, any stage. The whole basir- section of Bayou Gayoso from Jackson avenue north on Second street to Auction avenue is in much the same condition as it was during the flood of last spring. Street car traffic on the North Memphis lines has been put out of commission and pedestrians will have to again resort to board walks constructed over the flooded area.

WATER 15 FEET DEEP IN STREETS OF HICKMAN, KY. "4 Hickman, 'April 5. Without warning yesterday at 12:40 o'clock the water cut out under the concrete wall that formB part of the West Hickman wall in front of the Mengel Box Company's plant and blew the fevee out on the' otler side witli a power that no forc could stop. It tore the levee out for a distance of twenty feet, ''and th Mississippi poured a rush that could be heard back in the hills. Several men at that paint attempted to throw in sandbags and others rushed to the break, but the water burled them back and they had to abandon it, see'ng that the levee was gone and that the waters at that point might tear down the factory and warehouses of the Mengel Box Company.

Men were hurried down the N. C. St, L. part Of the levee and the four-foot sandbag wall cut In different places, allowing the water to come in all along to equalize the flow below and break the force of the current against the buildings. With water pouring in over the levee at seven places in an hour and a half all of West Hickman was flooded, and the water now stands from four to fifteen feet deep over that part fthe flwded city.

Every house la the flooded dlat let fs with water tn hundreds of Instances to the top of the windows- SHAWNEETOWN HOPEFUL -Shawneetown, lll r5 April 5 The people of Sbawnetown are facerag th-3 future with a more cheerful mind "than for more than a week. With the Ohio river at a standstill, enough provisions on hand for the present afld more In sight, and the business Ground will be broken and work begun on next Tuesday morning for the Decaturs' first department store and it will be occupied by J. A. Buttrey, the leading dry goods man ot Northern Alabama. Through Cain Wolcott, the real estate men, C.

E. Malone has purchased from tbe Masonic order, subject to confirmation by the Grand Lodge, the 'vacant lot on the corner of Grant and Second avenue and will erect thereon a three-story pressed building 0x100 feet. Thd building will probably be the handsomest ever built hers for mercantile purposes, with marble col-umns and facing, steam heat and every modern convenience to ba found in similar structures in larger cities. Mr. Buttrey has contracted for the use of the building for five years, and while it seems now that the proposed commodious ftuarters for hi.

rapidly growing trade is on a large scale, it feT-a JafTprediction that at the end of the term of years for which he has engaged the new building he will be forced to have a much larger one, for the Decaturs are grow lng by bounds, and Mr. Buttrey will keep abreast of the times and at the head of the procession If carrying the 'right kind" of goods and selling them at the "right kind" of prices means anythfng. Mr. Buttrey will leave for New York tomorrow to purchase lines for the summer trade and to make contracts for fall delivery with which to open the new emporium of fashion. GRAFT IN ATLANTA iLDERAllNIC CIRCLES Atlanta, April 5.

Following the charge by Alderman John E. Mc-McClelland that at least two Atlanta aldermen are grafting in connection with the fesue bf near-beer licenses, the council is going to enter upon a general Investigation of the petty-graft problem. Accusation of small grafting, small in each case but aggregating thousands in the total, have sprung up like mushrooms against num bers of the people connected with the city government during the past three months. The charge have been remarkably as the first Intimation that anybody was grafting anything in connection with the administration of Atlanta's municipal affairs, Reports ot civic experts within the past srx months, and for a long time previous to that, have been almost unanimous in the expression of the conclusion that Atlanta might be improved In her government so far as efficiency was but that for honesty her public servants were above reproach. The petty graft accusations have been piling up so of late however, that a general Investigation has been determined on.

MARRIAGE LICENSE The following marriage licenses Have been issued if Khe Probate Judge: Joseph McCline of jHartselle, to Miss Nettie E. Julian, of Eva. MURDERER FOR A LITTLE 61 REQl'EST COMES OVER TELE. PHONE WHILE DEPUTY WAS WAITING AT THE JAIL MY PAPA FDR ME" PATHETIC SCENE AS TIu7N)F. FK'KR COMPLIES WITH THE DAUGHTER'S PRAYER Montgomery, April 5.

"Kiss my papa for me for the last time" Deputy Sheriff J. F. Tucker heard these words over a telephone while he was at the county jail early Friday morn-ing. He knew from whom the utterances came. He could not be mistaken.

Then he walked up the winding itaps which led to the death cells. He unlocked one and stepped into the presence of one who had been condemned. "I kiss you because your daughter requested me to," said the officer addressing C. Walter Jones. Then he threw hb) arms around the man and implanted a kiss on the check.

Jones wept aloud and tears streamed from the eyes of Mr. Tucker. "Your little daughter has Just asked nie to kiss you for her," he explained. Jones threw his arms around Tuctf-er. He ktBied; then asked the officer to "return to my daughter." It was one of the most, pathetic scenes ever witnessed.

Jones' daughter had loW him gocd-bye Thursday night But it would not suffice. She wanted communication, indirectly if not directly, with her father Just a moment before his life was to be taken away. And the kind officer, knowing full well the love the child had shown for her fatter, agreed to act as a boar cc of the final mssaga from the child to its father and Jones to his daughter. bulMingg still standing, the exiled residents believe the worst is over. The threatened famine among the refugees in the hills behind the town was prevented by the timily arrival of the relief steamer Rapids from Cairo.

Nearly 500 rations were distributed among the refugees. PADITAH HARD HIT Paducah, April 5. With a foot and a half of water expected before the crest in th present Ohio rtver flood reaches this point Sunday, Paducah is, already hard hit. Business practically is suspended except in one block. Boats float In the lobby of the New Richmond Hotel, tha floor of which is itself three feet above the street level.

CAIRO TO KNOW ITS FATE IN NEXT TWENTY-FOUR HOURS Cairo, 111., April 5 Conditions throughout the Ohio river basin as reported tx the Weather Bureau mado it appear to the people here that the question as to wbetier he flood waters at this point are to.bi held with-n bounds will b3 decided in twenty-four hours. Certain of these, conditions did not savor or encouragement for Cairo. Alresdy seepage water stands up to the ground floor of several homes tn this section, but Its rise is prevented by the continuous worf of powerful electric pumps. Along the river there also the levees are narrow and high, tha surface of the water Standing from e'ghteen to twenty feet above the street hveL Summing up all-conditions It was th general opinion that If tomorrow can be weathered- without disaster the battle will be won. L.

N. RAILROAD WILL NOT DE. LIVER "BOOZE" TO THE HE-CATUHS utu mm i intra WHISKEY HAS BEEN TOTED OUT BY THE PEOPLE KEEP IT OUT The L. N. Railroad Company has declined to deliver packages of any kind containing intoxicating liquors.

Orders from headquarters are to thii ejffect hat no intoxicating liquors shall be delivered by this road in "dry" states and counties. So if you must have booze." supplies must Iks brought to the Decaturs by soma other route than via the L. N. railroad. The Southern Railway 'have ijad no instructions to discontinue the delivery of "Are water," however, and the Southern Express Company will continue to deliver the usual not-to-exceed wo gallons for private use.

Minors will, under no circumstances, be abte to secure packages containing liquors' ftmMhfr express om pany.and where a quantity Is received it wUl not be delivered if th-J IocpI authorities suspect ft is hrougbt here for sale- The Webb liquor law is getting la its work along with other measures intended to put a stop to the littuor traffic and while it may be a whil? yet before the local option law may seriously regarded by a certain element, the tim-3 is neaY at hand when it will te one of two propositions, either stop selling "booze" or take the consequences and this community has about reached that stage of the game. WEST HAMMOND VICE IS MISS VIRGINIA BROOKS BECOME? BRIDE OF CHICAGO NEWS. PAPER PHOTOGRAPHER Chicago, April 5. Miss Virgini Brooks whose long and determine! fight against vice in her home tow; gained her the title of Joan of Arc West Hammond, III, was marrid" here Wedneday to Charles S. Wash burne, a newspaper photoarapher.

WaBhburne is 23 years old. He meJ Miss Brooks on an assignment from his paper some time ago. Miss Brooks gained national prominence by her two years work of leading, campaign in the interest of better gove-nment in West Hammond. She ented the Progressive party last fall and was an active speaker in its behalf as well as of woman's PATTERSON IST ASK III PERSON TO BE PIHED Washington, April E. The Department of Justice, officials have said, will not consider the question of pardoning John H.

Patterson, president of the National Cash Register Company, and undir sentence to prison for alleged violation of th? Sherman anti-trust law, unless mak-s application himself or shos is avorabif to pardon procieuings. The only thin? before the department now is a telegrii to President Wilson from I rlend3 of Patterson urging his pardon becni of his splendid relief work during th" Dayton flood. Ii i-t'kated that' tli Government niu hkVj assurances thu the pardon will bt accepted it granted. HURLED BOTTLES AGAINST THE ROCKS Highly Perfumed Air Full of Flying Suds as Bottle After Bottle of Cook's Is Broken. About 50 gallons of booze were tak-en from their cel's at the jail this morning by the sheriff and destroyed, while a thirsty horde looked on amazed at such a wantom display of wastefulness.

Quart and pint bottles were slipped from their paper wrappers and hurled against the rocks and shattered, their electrifying contents flowing off in small rivers. Some of the alcoholics must have been very fine stuff for It was set afire and burned like a gas jet Two jugs full also met the same fate as their brotherly fluid in the bottles, and liquora that once proved such attraction to the stronger tex.