Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-07-13
Condensed Ne1 items Gathered From ali Parts of the State

SAVANNAH, Ca, July 9.-B. w. Nor
ton, who was recently robbed by gang
OF men after one of them had won his
confidence by making an Odd Fellow sign
to him, says that 1t is his intention to
prosecute the case against the men to
the full limit of the law. Norton met the
four men in a restaurant and one of them
made advances toward him prefacing
these by the hailing sign of the Odd Fell
lows. This put Mr.. Norton eff his guard
and he went out for good time with, the
four.
Later in the night they threw him down
in Colonial park and robbed him. He lost
his watch and over hundred dollars. He
has identified the four men arrested as
those who deceived him and robbed him
of his property, and 1t is probable that he
will succeed in having them convicted.
COLLINS, Ca, July 81. o. Young,
prominent young business man and cash
Ter of the Collins bank. accidentally shot
himself through the leg Thursday after
noon.
Mr. Young had just entered a barber
shop to examine a revolver belonging to
a friend and was in the act of passing
the revolver back to his friend when il
was discharged The ball entered his
left leg above the knee joint, and ranged
almost through the joint below the knee.
VIENNA, Ca, July 9.-Jim Virgins, a
negro IS years of age, was hanged here
Thursday in the county jail He was
suspended thirty minutes before life was
declared extinct.
. The crime for which he paid the death
penalty was the murder of his wife, about
three years ago, on the plantation OF
James Ashley, in this county.
HARTwELL, Ca. July 10.-The hands
OF the Witham Cotton mills of Hartwell
went out on a strike Friday Afternoon.
Refusal OF higher wages is the reported
cause of the strike.
SAVANNAH, July 1O.-The friends OF
Judge A. b. Moore, chairman of the board
of county commissioners, will urge Gov
ernor Brown to appoint him a member Of
the railroad commission in the event that
Commissioner McLendon is not reinstated
by the legislature. 1t was thought by
many Savannahians that Judge Moore
would be named a member of the commits
sion by Gov. Hoke Smith at the time the
two vacancies on the board were filled but
the governor named an Atlanta man in
stead.
q SAVANNAH, Ca, July 10.-Savannah
will at once begin preparations for the
coming visit of President Taft. The
president has announced his intention Of
coming here in the fall-probably early
in October. He is to be loyalty enter
prepared In his honor and he is pretty
sure to be whirled over the world famous
automobile course in a fast machine.
LAGRANGE, Ca, July I0.-Dixie lodge No. ~,
of LaGrange /. o. o. f., held installation exer-
cises Thursday night Hrand Gerald Frank Har-
well conducted the installation. The OFFICERS
for the ensuing term are as follows:
Noble grand, NJ. U. Mooty; vice grand, Ii. q.
Thompson; warden j. A.. Morgan; conductor,
George w. Rivers; chaplain, w. ii. Clark X.
s. " c., r. A. Emory; l.. ). n. g., J. o.
smith: r. ;. V. c., ]. e.. Davis; l.. 5. v q,
John Quinn; S. s., w. w. Thompson l.. ).
s. Dan Daniel; l. G., Clarence Jenkins; o. o.,
II. II. Stevens; secretary. WI. Albright; treas
Trait lodge No. 42s, the new lodge of La
Grange had its Officers installed by Fast Grand
w. II. Campbell. They are as follows:
Noble grand. ]. 4. Hunt; vice grand A. =
Heard: secretary, @. NJ Wardlaw; treasurer, 7.
r. sparks; r. \. n. g., j. l.. Smith; l.. ). N.
g., j. L. Hall; r. S. V. O., q. ID. Tatum; L. ).
L. s. s., j. H. Watts; chaplain. Nj. ]. Hal
man; l. c., ]. T. Crowder; o. o., ]. W. Evans
MACON, Ca. July "A meeting of the Ma
con State Fair association directors with be held
Friday night, for the purpose OF appointing sew
eral committees who will be in charge OF the
concessions, conventions, agriculture exhibits
and other special features Of this years fair.
President Charles b. Lewis who has been
Investigating methods by which the fair asso-
citation will have more space this year for ex-
hibiting their agriculture displays, viii make a
report at the meeting. while Mr. Lee Happ,
several letters he has received from prominent
men In Georgia. interested in this movement.