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Shelton, 1912-1924</p><p style="text-align: center;">Barrett C. Shelton, 1924-1984</p><p style="text-align: center;">Barrett C. Shelton Jr. 1984-2009</p><hr /><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Executive Editor</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">Eric Fleischauer</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>News Editor</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">Franklin Harris</p><hr /><p style="text-align: center;"><em>The Decatur Daily</em> is an independent, locally owned newspaper and serves the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama.</p><p style="text-align: center;">201 First Ave. S.E.</p><p style="text-align: center;">P.O. 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1725<script>/*<![CDATA[*/ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() { 1726 (function(fnCallback) { var oStorage; var bFired = false; try { oStorage = JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem('tncms.dmp.segment.audiences')); if (!oStorage || !oStorage.audiences || !oStorage.expired) { console.debug('TNCMS.DMP: Audience session storage empty'); throw "Not in session storage"; } if (oStorage.expired < new Date().getTime()) { console.debug('TNCMS.DMP: Audience session storage expired'); sessionStorage.removeItem('tncms.dmp.segment.audiences'); throw "Cache is expired"; } console.debug('TNCMS.DMP: Audience session storage found for segment'); fnCallback(oStorage.audiences); } catch(oException) { /* Check for exception messages we throw to indicate fresh extraction needed */ if (oException == 'Not in session storage' || oException == 'Cache is expired') { console.debug('TNCMS.DMP: waiting for segment loaded to pull audiences'); var nFallbackID = setTimeout(function() { try { if (bFired) { return; } console.debug('TNCMS.DMP: fallback fired without audiences being set'); bFired = true; fnCallback([]); } catch(oError) { console.error('TNCMS.DMP fallback: ', oError); } }, 5000); document.addEventListener('TownnewsSegmentLoaded', function(oEvent) { window.analytics.ready(function () { try { if (nFallbackID) { clearTimeout(nFallbackID); } console.debug('TNCMS.DMP: getting audiences for segment'); let oUser = window.analytics.user(), oJSON = {}, oAudience = {}, oResp = {}, oData = {}, oResult = { audiences: [], expired: new Date().getTime() + 86400000 }; fetch( '/tncms/dmp/segment_audiences/?anonymous_id=' + encodeURIComponent(oUser.anonymousId()), { method: 'GET', headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json', 'X-Requested-Feature': 'geoip' } } ) .then(oResp => oResp.json()) .then(oData => { oJSON = oData; if (!oJSON.success && oJSON.msg) { console.error(oJSON.msg); } if (oJSON.audiences && oJSON.audiences.length ) { for (let iIndex = 0; iIndex < oJSON.audiences.length; iIndex++ ) { if (oJSON.audiences[iIndex].id) { oResult.audiences[oResult.audiences.length] = oJSON.audiences[iIndex].id; } } sessionStorage.setItem('tncms.dmp.segment.audiences', JSON.stringify(oResult)); } console.debug('TNCMS.DMP: audiences loaded for segment'); if (bFired) { throw 'Callback already fired in fallback timeout'; } bFired = true; fnCallback(oResult.audiences); }) .catch(oError => { console.error('TNCMS.DMP: ', oError); }); } catch(oException) { if (console && console.warn) { console.warn('TNCMS.DMP: Failed to add audiences to segment session storage'); console.debug(oException); } } }); }); } } })(__tnt.dmp.audienceExtractedSegment); 1727 }); /*]]>*/</script>
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1728<script src="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/decaturdaily.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/ads/resources/scripts/tnt.ads.core.9d39a5cf1d944aca793cec64b465c450.js"></script>
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1729<script>/*<![CDATA[*/ 1730 !function(t,i,n){var e,a,s,o,c,d={init:function(){a=i.getElementById("site-navbar-container"),n.client.platform.ios?a.classList.add("affix-sticky"):(e=i.getElementById("main-body-container"),s=a.offsetHeight||a.clientHeight,o=!1,c=0,t.addEventListener("scroll",d.navPosition,!1),t.addEventListener("mousewheel",d.navPosition,!1))},navPosition:function(){o||(o=!0,setTimeout(function(){var n=a.getBoundingClientRect(),d=t.pageYOffset||i.documentElement.scrollTop,f=n.top+d;d>=f&&d>c?a.classList.contains("affix")||(c=f,a.classList.add("affix"),a.classList.remove("affix-top"),e.style.marginTop=s+"px"):a.classList.contains("affix-top")||(a.classList.remove("affix"),a.classList.add("affix-top"),e.style.marginTop="0px"),o=!1},25))}};"loading"==i.readyState?i.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",d.init,!1):d.init()}(window,document,__tnt); 1731 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() { 1732 var isIOS = /iPad|iPhone|iPod/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !window.MSStream; 1733 if (isIOS) { 1734 Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('[data-toggle="offcanvas"]')).forEach(function(drawer) { 1735 drawer.addEventListener("mouseover", function(e) { 1736 var drawerCls = drawer.dataset.target === 'left' ? 'active-left' : 'active-right'; 1737 document.documentElement.classList.add('drawer-open', drawerCls); 1738 }) 1739 }) 1740 } 1741 }); /*]]>*/</script>
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1742<script src="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/decaturdaily.com/shared-content/art/tncms/templates/libraries/flex/components/staticpages/resources/scripts/staticpages.519d1a2af46d7c06f117a89d7b8073ab.js"></script>
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1743<script>/*<![CDATA[*/ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", __tnt.deprecatedCheck, false); /*]]>*/</script>
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1744<script>/*<![CDATA[*/ 1745 jQuery(document).ready(function($){ 1746 var iqLogin = Cookies.get('tnt-iq-login') || false; 1747 if (__tnt.user.loggedIn && iqLogin == false) { 1748 if (__tnt.user.services) { 1749 var userServices = __tnt.user.services.split(','); 1750 for (i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) { 1751 var serviceData = 'has_subservice: ' + userServices[i]; 1752 1753 } 1754 } 1755 Cookies.set('tnt-iq-login', 1); 1756 } 1757 }); 1758 1759 if (window.location.hash){ 1760 var hashSet = ['tncms_source','utm_source','utm_campaign','utm_medium','utm_content','utm_term'], 1761 urlHash = window.location.hash.replace('#','').split('&'); 1762 for (var i = 0; i < urlHash.length; i++) { 1763 var data = urlHash[i].split('='), 1764 param = data[0].replace('-','_'); 1765 if (hashSet.indexOf(param) != -1){ 1766 var dmpData = param + ': ' + data[1]; 1767 1768 } 1769 } 1770 } 1771 /*]]>*/</script>
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Line numbers count LF bytes from the start of the resource, as the search results do. Vendor segments are library code the classifier recognised; they are stored but not indexed. Bytes are shown as Latin1 characters, one per byte.