Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-17

on charge OF drunkenness. Pollard
is being held.
Weldon. OF measles and
whooping cough in Weldon has in
vaded practically every home where
there were small children. j. l..
Moore has lost within a week two
little boys, and his only little girl
has been taken to Richmond for
treatment for effects of these COM
bined diseases. Mrs. Moore died
last October.
GreensbOrO.-Fac of North
Carolina College for Women has
! been selected, executive committee
| of directors having approved it, Dr.
| w. c. Jackson, acting president of
| the college announces. Twenty-Five
new faces will be seen at college,
while six of the faculty are on leave
Of absence.
NewtOn.-Catawba county's annual
holiday will be held August IS.
! Town is preparing great reception
with Fred Garvin chairman OF com
mittees.
OharIOtte.-Rev. W. B. Lindsay, OF
Tampa, Fla, will succeed Rev. e. F.
| Griffith as president of Chalmers
Memorial Meeting House here. Mr..
| Lindsay was formerly pastor OF the
First A. Il. =. church here, going to
Florida for special field work for
! synod.
Washington, \. C.-Truck goes
into creek near here splitting sew
eraI negroes. Two were drowned.
Chapel HilI.-Memorial committee
| Of University of n. c., is planning
/ to complete fund to build memorial
| 10 former President L. X. Graham,
of University. DIR. Graham died in
1918, one of most popular presidents
university ever had. Proposed me-
mortal is to be building for stu lieut.
activities and will cost 100000.
e.-Mecklenburg County
Medical association has endorsed
| plan for Baptist hospital in this city.
! The Baptists propose to utilize Tran
| quill Park sanatorium which has been
! given for term of years on condition
that they operate it, with privilege
of buying at end OF period.
|
pany has been chartered for man
ufa cture of full-fashioned silk no.
! siery for women. Capital is 100000,
! Tncorporators are William Nobel
| and Bertha Nobel, of Paterson, n.
T., and Charles l.. Okey, of Char
/ lotte. Mr. Okey is president of the
! Charlotte Knitting company, also
hosiery manufa curing concern.
CharIOtte.-A. P. White, formerly
night desk sergeant of Charlotte po'
/ lice, has been appointed chief Of po-
lice of Lexington.
Dunn.-Alvin Layton, young white
man, of Hope Mills, is held for court
on charge of larceny of automobile
from r. 3. Jernigan, of Dunn. Pc
culiarity Of case is that Layton made
no effort to get away with car, but
drove it around Dunn for several
days until he was arrested.
Dunn.-SpeciaI Pprhibition Agent
A. 3. Adams captures two large
stills. He also arrests farmer near
| here when two barrels of beer were
found on premises.
| ReidsvilIe.-R. H. Mayberry. Ar.
rested here on charge of seduction,
! and lodged in Jail at o'clock in
morning, was out and gone when
jailor made morning round. He had
knocked hole in brick wall. He is a
cripple.
| ReidSville. Cartex company
| here, manufacturers knit under
wear, will double capacity of plant.
| Plant began operation only month
ago, but demands already exceed
! output
Greensboro. - DIR. Powers Smith,
noted Confederate soldier, clergy
! man end author, who was desper-
ately ill. RECEIVERS sufficiently TO be
| out. He is eighty years old.
| He was present when Stonewall
! Jackson was wounded and helped
minister to his needs. He is ma
tive of Richmond,
Hamlet. Page Trust company.
of Aberdeen, has taken over First
| National bank of this place. Page
Trust company already had branch
bank here and combined resources
| of two institutions will give Ham
let branch assets of over million
dollars.
Hickory. Dock Lynn, farmer,
is attacked by four of his neighbors
who accused him of informing. One
of four was a woman. Lynn whips
! them all, then has them arrested
1 for assault.
New Bern. - J. r. Manning dep
uty sheriffs, captures 200 gallons of
corn whisky in barn of G.. W. Wa
ters also deputy sheriff, of Lenoir
county. Visit to Waters place is
made in absence Of deputy.
Notwithstanding value of work
done in administration of public
office against standard system of
costs and measuring gross result
against gross expenditure, States
Health Officer w. S. Rankin makes
public initial results of one of most
radical experiments yet undertaken
! in development of public admins
tration in America. Cabarrus coun-
! ty leads list Of "a counties in ex-
! pertinent with earning of $2.52 for
every dollar spent in public health
| work in county during first three
months in year. Wilkes county
! loses twelve cents on every dollar
spent, with earning of S8 cents.
Only three counties operate health
departments at loss. The plan
put in operation January l after
several years study.
Raleigh.-Mrs. Pattie D. B. Free
man, sponsoring legal aid society
states that prospects are better for
| launching society than ever before
Object of society is to aid persons
facing injustice because they do not
know how to defend their rights.
Weldon. Mrs. J. J. Wood. of
Weldon, dies at hospital in Roanoke
Rapids of complication Of diseases.
She is buried at Cedar Wood ceme-
terry, Rev. c.. +. Wistman conduct
| ing services.
AhOskie.-"Bill' Brewer, who has