Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-18

100 per cent increase over last year
RALEIGH.-Mason Cotton Mills
of Kings Mountain, is authorized by
secretary of state to increase capital
from 100000 to 100000.
MOUNT AIRY. County board OF
commissioners, meeting at Dobson
name w. r. Badgett, OF Pilot
Mountain, county welfare officer
succeeding c. G. Robinson. of White
! Plains.
GOLDSBORO.-Stacy w. Wade,
state insurance commissioner, ad-
dressing grand lodge of knights of
! Gideon (negFo) at annual session,
| sayss if negro race is to attain its
maximum of prosperity and com.
! munity influence it must be upon
! their own soil, among their own peo-
pie and by concerted effort to make
each individual a. better citizen"
WALNUT GROvE.-Issuc of
100000 in bonds enables town to
| proceed with construction of dam
| to develop power for lighting sys-
tenn, also laying of sewer mains.
Plant on Dan river is expected to
develop 1000 horsepower.
ASHEVILLE.-Bo Reynolds, pol
itician and globe trotter, leaves, on
first leg of his round-thew world tour
in motor car, expecting to complete
trip by January /.
BELMONT.-Wor on two new
Belmont mills. Stowe and Eagle. is
progressing rapidly. Crescent mills
is installing new Machinery.
! CHARLOTTE. - Board OF direc-
| tors announces decision to name new
| 81 100000 hotel, The Hotel Char
| lotte."
RUTHERFORDTON.-With drive
still in, progress, North Carolina Co
operative Cotton Growers associa-
ton reports signing up of 200 Ruth
erford county farmers, representing
more than 1000 bales.
RUTHERFORDTON. - Installa-
ton of sewer mains to cost $4,000 is
begun by Elliott Building Co., of
Hickory, and Geer & Wilson Con-
struction company begin excavatipg
on contract for five miles of street
paving to cost $4,000.
CHARLOTTE.-W. e. Cunning
ham. e., planter, dies at home near
PineviHe.
CHARLOTTE. = Bradley Plum
mer, injured when touring car goes
off bridge, dies. Mrs. J. F. Nash
and five other occupants of car es-
capped. serious injury.
RALEIGH.-D. D. Traywick, of
| Charlotte. is appointed warehouse
e.,
erative Cotton Growers association.
RALEEGH.-Cl of first year of
operation shows North Carolina Co
operative Cotton Growers assoc;a-
ton received 145, 900 bales, approx
mately Is per cent of states crop,
General Manager Blalock announces.
STATESvILLE. = Statesville and
Iredell county will celebrate early in
September completion of first link
of county's PROJECTED System of
hard-surfaced highways with parade
along route to Cornelius.
| GREENSBORO O. Earring
ton, aged 65, explains why he has
not shaved in 40 years, saving his
physician advised him to let beard
| grow to protect throat, left weak
after attack of measles.
WADESBORO.-Rapid progress is
! being made on plant of Wade Man
ufacturing company, which will be
one of largest in state. Will be com
pleted by February"
HENDERSON,. = Ida Lucille Rob
ertson, 9, only child of Mr.. and Mrs.
o. c. Robertson, dies of hydropho-
bia,Y following bite by mad dog three
weeks previously delay in giving
Pasteur treatment rendering it in
effective.
CHARLOTTE. = State headquar.
| ters of department of justice agents
is moved here from Raleigh, A. l..
Auen being in charge of staff OF five
| operatives.
RALEIGH department of
| agriculture reports crops Of state
making excellent progress, red spider
| having disappeared, peach shipments
| about completed, tobacco curing is
going forward satisfactorily.
KINGS observation-disclosures
| of North and South Carolina, Ten
nessee and Virginia will be. invited
| to attend annual celebration Octo-
Der in commemoration of battle of
! Kings Mountain, regarded as turn
| ing point of Revolutionary war, DIR
j. e. Anthony, committee chairman,
1 says.
| WILMINGTON.-T shipping
season closes with truckers reporting
most successful season in history OF
section, 1908 carloads of vegetables
| -L; nf
500 cars over last year.
I RALEIGH.-Fran Page, as ar
| hitrator, awar ds G.. V. York, Raleigh
contractor, $10.845 on his claim of
| $4,000 for construction of building
lat Goldsboro for negro state hos
| p:tal.
! O.-Congressman G.
l.. Abernethy and Brigadier General
Bowley, comma ndng Camp Bragg,
Fayetteville. are principal speakers
at celebration at Moore's Greek bat
| tleground.
| DURHAM P. 7. Elliott,
real estate agent, representing r. Ii
Wright, local capitalist, last year
evicted family of Mr.. and Mrs. Cleve-
| land Proctor while Haman Proctor.
minor, was quarantined by health
department, suit for $4,000 damages
| is filed by Proctor against Elliott and
| Wright.
RALEIGH-Count Auditor Hold
/ ing estimates that total assessed val
ues of county's taxable property this
year will show considerable decrease
from $S3,60Q,000 total of last year.
observation-disclosures r. e. Little,
one of Arson county's wealthiest
men, who died recently, was of I'M
sound mind when he made will dis
inheriting completely wife and chill
dren, suit il filed to break will and
| have court settle estate.
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