Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-03

first judicial district meet here and
organize association.
THEODORE. - N. L. Hasty do.
mates half acre of land adjoining
school building for site on which to
build home for teachers.
Observation-Disclosures W. W.
Brandon appoints Miss Mabel VERIFY
chairman for this congressional dis.
trict of Underwood campaign com
mittee.
HUNTSVILLE. - Ralph Roddy
farmer, charged with killing Posey
Whitaker, is found guilty Of man
slaughter and given five years in
| penitentiary.
MAXWELL'S CHAPEL-Singers
from Winston, Walker and Marion
counties meet here in one of biggest
| singing conventions ever held in this
section of state.
HALEYVILLE.-T place now
has electric lights and city water.
Power is from new oil-burning en-
CINE just installed.
AKRON.-While working in saw
mill of Brownlee-Lowry Lumber
company, Douglas Holston loses
| two fingers by hand being entangled
in saw.
GREENVILLE.-John Snow, fire
man; Oscar Zeigler, helper. and Ger
rus Zeigler, all negroes, are instantly
killed when boiler at Hartley Gin
company explodes. Fifteen bystand-
ers are more or less injured.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cotton
gin is destroyed by fire, causing loss
Of $4,000. Bill Booker, owner, mar
rowly escapes with his life.
MONTGOMERY.-C. A. Cromwell,
seventy-five, driver Of Montgomery s
first police patrol wagon, is seriously
| i'll with pneumonia.
MILLRY.-Method church here
is without pastor, Rev. Fl. w. Will
hanson giving up work on account
Of i'll Health.
BIRMINGHAM.-W. B. Cloe, po-
lice commissioner, in public address
says auto is great curse to morals OF
young people of today.
HJJNTSVILLE-Will Brooks, ne
gro farmer, strikes snake with butt
Of shotgun. Gun explodes, blowing
negro's head off.
UNIONTOWN.-M ]. H. White,
Sr., gives $4,000 for equipment for
school auditorium.
COURTLAND. - Many attend
Courtland's first community fair.
BIRMINGHAM. - Birmingham S
first fall festival draws thousands of
people from all over Alabama and
other states.
MORILE.-Mrs. Mary ]. Morri-
son, 60, is seriously injured ana
several others slightly injured when
auto is struck by train.
WALNUT GROVE.-Rev. Thorn
ton Duke, one of best known Print
tive Baptist ministers of Etowah
county, dies at home Of son at
HanCeVille.
HALEYVILLE. - Winston coun-
tv fair proves successful in every
way. Farm exhibits are most at
tractive.
BERRY.-Home and barn of An.
drew Wright, together with all
contents, are destroyed by fire.
LIVINGSTON. - DIR. John ID,
Abercrombie, state superintendent 81
education, addresses schools here.
CAMDEN.-Rev. l.. A. Nall, of
Bay Minette, accepts call to pas
torate of Baptist church here.
ADSDEN.-Chamber of com
MERGE is launching campaign to
seek location here of manufactIr-
ing plants Of all kinds.
MONTGOMERY.-At annual meet
| ing T. " Ellzey is reelected secre.
tary of Alabama Sunday School as
ISOLATION.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Palm
er, of Alabama college, is appointed
from state at large to serve on
Underwood campaign committee.
FUNTSVILLE.-In address Con.
gresham w. B. Oliver says he is
confident Henry Ford will be sue
! cessful in getting Muscle Shoals
project when congress meets.
TROY.-In address DR.. f. NJ.
Shackelford. president of normal
schools, says this school brings here
annually 100000.
HUNTSVILLE.-R Gurley and
Alex Jones, Huntsville youths, stead
J. S. Yarbrough's automobile and are
arrested in Tennessee.
HEFLIN.- EXamination will be
held at Admission November 10 to
fill vacancy of postmaster's Office
here. Miss Mile Osborn is acting
postmaster.
BREWTON.-Mrs. Robert Smith,
As, dies suddenly at home here.
GRAND BAY.-Severe wind storm
passes over this section, but fruit
and nut crops are not damaged to
any great extent.
CHATOM.-Lem Allen is found
guilty Of manslaughter in second de-
gree and fined 500 and costs.
REED MILL.-Mrs. Rosa Kelly,
"a, one of oldest citizens Of county,
dies at home here.
GADSDEN.-Etowa county gins
4,615 bales of cotton as compared
with $685. in 1922. Cotton sells here
at 81 cents.
FITZPATRICK. - Lloyd Mullinax
IS, son of T. H. Mullinax of this
place, is killed by train at Nashville,
Tennessee.
FLORIDA
TALLAHASSEE 500, 700
gallons more gasoline was sold in
Florida during August than in July,
according to figures on three-cent
gasoline tax. compiled in office of
state comptroller. Figures for Au-
gust were 7.41S,S27 5-6 gallons COM
pared with G,G29,172 gallons in July.