Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-28
News of the Day
From Florida
HANSON MOTOR co.
ARSORBS ANOTHER

SOU MOtOr COulpalyJ VI <AIAoAANe'' e1AANA
the American Motors Export COM
pany, of Jacksonville. Contamination
of the merger was effected by George
E. Hanson, of the Atlanta concern,
and E. E. Pomeroy, of Atlanta.
The joint company, to be known
in the future as the Hanson Motors
company, will maintain headquar-
tiers at Atlanta, it was said, and a
plant now building here will be used
for Florida distribution. Under the
terms of the merger, It was said,
stockholders in the American Motors
company will have representation
among the officers and directors Of
the Hanson company.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
PREPARES FOR ELECTION
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. 26.-
Responding to a call issued recently
by Chairman George P. Raney, of
the state Democratic executive COM
mittee, large number of the COM
in the ball room of the Seminole
hotel for the purpose of laying down
rules for the approaching primary
elections, and issuing a call for the
June primary when all elective
officers will be nominated.
The committee will also fix the
assessment for candidates for each
office.
Under the law the committee is
i authorized to levy an entrance fee
not exceeding 2 per cent Of the first
years salary of the office, to which
the candidate aspires. Candidates
for congress are exempted from
this, an assessment TO cover this
being made by the congressional
committee.
CAPITAL REMOVAL
IS AGITATES FLORIDA
se TAMPA, Feb. 26.-At a recent
meeting of the Tampa Board Of
Trade, a resolution was passed ia
/ yoring a referendum for the purpose
of deciding whether or not the cap
.itol should be removed from TaDa-
hassee to 'Peninsular Florida de-
fined as all of Florida south Of the
north boundary of Dixie, Alachua,
Putnam and Flagler counties.
~ The question of capital removal
has been agitated at intervals for
years, and invariably crops up prior
Ito a political campaign.
6 During the meeting, it was sug-
! gested that the meeting of the
Capital Removal association, to be
held shortly in Palatka, be held in
Tampa instead, in view of the fact
: that Palatka is candidate for the
capital, while Tampa is not.
Z JACKSONVILLE MOVES
TO BOOST ADVANTAGES
JACKSONVILLE Fla, Feb. &c.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce
is to begin an active and systematic
canvas of local industrial plants in
the interest Of the industrial eX-
position to be held in the near flu
ture.
The object is to have the outside
world know that Jacksonville is on
the map industrially, and to have
the various plants have the oppor-
tunity of showing what they are
doing. The exhibits will show the
agricultural resources of Florida,
and the products of the manutac-
turing plants doing business here.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce
is enthusiastic over making the ex-
position a success, and members
have pledged themselves to see 1t
through.
CHICKEN-THIEF TRAP
CATCHES INVENTOR
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. &c.
A Jacksonville genius, who rugged
UP a labor saving device for the
protection of his chicken coop suf-
fered a most unusual injury recent
Iy when his invention worked. He
placed revolver where the advent
of the would-be chicken thief would
pull the trigger in entering the
coop, saving the owner of the fowls
the painful duty of performing the
unpleasant task himself. In trying
the device out, a refractory chicken
accidentally ran over the cora at
tached to the revolver, which 1mme-
diately discharged, the shot taking
effect, and necessitating hospital
treatment for the victim.
The inventor is thoroughly salts
fled with the success OF the con-
trivance, but has decided in future
not to make any tests prior to the
arrival Of the chicken burglar.
FINDING OF SKELETON
SOLVES DISAPPEARANCE
LAKELAND, Fla, Feb. 26.-The
finding of a skeleton near here has
solved the mystery of the disap-
pearance of Melvin Francis Pearce,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Pearce, of
Brewster.
Pearce, who fought in the war,
was shattered in health and mind,
and left home for a hunting trip,
leaving a letter for his brother-in-
law. stating that he would never re-
turn, No trace of him has since
been found, until the discovery OF
the skeleton and ring with the, 1nl-
tials ofthe missing man.
At the time Of the disappearance OF
Pearce, a family reunion had been
planned to celebrate his safe return
from overseas.
LIVER TROUBLES
Dr. E. e. Paddock, specialist, Kansas
City, NO., BOX 5s-2O1, has distributed free
ever 100, 900 booklets on cause and treatment
of inflammation of the gallbladder and bile
ducts associated with gallstones of the liver;
bilious collie, jaundice, indigestion. Write
for free book day.-(Advertisement.)
Louisiana Preacher Is
Jared and Feathered
LAKE CHARLES, La, Feb. 25.-
Rev. w. B. Bennett was taken to
the outskirts of DeRidder, La, this
morning and tarred and feathered,
according to a telephone message re-
ceived here.
Bennett is said to have received