Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-12

! lminary rounds being played Mon.
day.
GreensbOrO-A record IS estab.
lished for Guilford county when 405
seventh grade pupils of the county's
grammar schools are awarded GER
tificates at Joint commencement ex-
ercises here.
Elkin.-Mr. and Mrs. Charles era
ter, E. L. Byrd and the formers in
FAINT daughter are painfully hurt
when their car is in collision with
another car occupied by two men
and two women, whose identity was
not learned.
GreensborO.--C. M. Heck, Of State
college. is elected president of lie
North Carolina Academy of Science
at the annual meeting here.
Saf1sbury.-A strike" Of students
in progress here this week, the pre-
inflict punishment on six of them
results in 283 students of Living
stone college, a negro institution, be-
ing expelled and they are permitted
to remain on the campus only until
arrangements for departure can be
made, it is announced for the fac
ulty.
CreedmOOr.-J. w. Bailey, former
collector of state revenue, addresses
the graduating class of the high
school here.
RaIeigh-The fourth semi-an-
nual meeting of the eastern confer
ence of the United Evangelical
Lutheran synod OF North Carolina,
will be held May 1924 at Holy Trim
ity Lutheran church here. Rev. P.
j. Brame. of Lexington, is confer
ence president.
New Bern.-The strawberry mar
ket opens week at SO cents a quart
basket, but daily increases in yield
is expected to force the price to 25
cents by the close of the week.
WilmingtOn.-Ameri participa.
ton in the world court will not be
an issue in the next presidential
campaign, in the opinion of Sena,
tor Lee S. Overman, Democrat, of
North Carolina, in statement pre-
pared for newspaper here. He
forecast a warm fight between Har.
ding and Hiram Johnson, Of Cali
fornia, for the Republican nomina-
ton.
Durham.-The non-suit plea of
defendants in the suit of the heirs
of Colonel ]. c. Cunningham against
the heirs of j. A. Long, for title to
a 2,000-acre tract of land in Pierson
county. valued at $50, 900, is grant
ed by Judge Bond, in superior court
for Durham county.
Raleigh.-Two independent tobac-
co warehouses for Raleigh this sum.
mer are promised by S. Brown Shep-
herd, of a local tobacco warehouse
company, who announces signing of
leases to two big warehouses here
by Apex and Fuquay Springs ware
housemen.
GreensbOro.-Mrs Annie Williams,
as, dies suddenly here from an at
tack of heart failure.
Greensboro.-B. F. Nichols and
George r. Hacker, both of High
Point, held in Forsyth county jail
on charges of murder growing out
of the shooting of Deputy Sheriff
Holder at Winston-Salem several
( weeks ago, are granted bail of $4,000
each by Judge Harding. Red" Gill
liam is held in the Winston Jail
without bond on a murder charge
as the man who fired the shot kill
ing the officer.
RaIeigh.-Dr. H. H. Hart, former
president of the American Prison
association and now associated with
the Russell Sage foundation. is in
vited by the state board of well
fare to assist in the probe of state
prison and county convict camps
now in progress.
COncOrd.-A grand jury report
here charges "cruel and inhuman
treatment" of prisoners in Cabarrus
county convict camp No. to Super
intendent Blackwelder and calls the
county commissioners to dismiss
him. Judge Webb characterizes the
report as deserving of the closest
attention Of the county prosecuting
attorney.
Mebane.-W. C. Carter, Jr., five,
while playing in a small clubhouse,
touches a match to the contents of
a powder key and is fatally burned,
and a sister is gravely hurt in her
effort to rescue the child from the
burning building.
Mebane.-Myrtle Crews, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. i. S. Crews, is
struck by an automobile said to have
been driven by Charlie Smith, of
Mebane, when she is attempting 20
cross the road at her home near
here and sustains injuries including
fractures of both legs. She will re-
cover.
New Bern.-Harry Jacobs reports
now available the $4,000 necessary
to replace the fund offered the
State Baptist convention as an in
ducement to establish the Baptist
Junior State college here, the city
government having found itself not
authorized to make good it's original
offer, insuring the city will not lose
the college.
PittsbOro.-The State Board of
Health holds a clinic here, operat-
ing on 125 children suffering with
diseased tonsils and @adenoids.
New Bern.-D. G. Brummett, for
mer speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, will deliver the principal
address at the high school COM
mencement exercises here June 8,
it is announced.
Observation-Disclosures county ap-
pie growers, with the cooperation
Of business men, launch plans fora
100000 packing house at Henderson
to facilitate marketing.
CharlOtte.-J. B. Duke, tobacco and
power magniate, authorizes the an
nounCement that building costs will
prevent the Southern Power com.
pany starting construction of any