Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-11


living influenced him to leave her,
He promised to support daughter,
aged 2. Lay is acquitted.
WINSTON SALEM.-Verdict rem
dered in Forsyth county superior
court by jury hearing trial of
charges growing out of killing at
High Point carnival of Deputy Sher-
if Holder holds Clyde Gillen guilty
of second degree murder, B. +. Mich
els and George Hacker guilty OF
manslaughter. Gillen is sentenced
to Is to % years in state prison;
Nichols, 10 to Is years; sentence of
Hacker is deferred until October.
ROCKY MOUNT.-Joe Clark and
John Lang, of Edgecombe and Pitt
counties, respectively, meet for first
time since surrender of Lee at APP
pomatoX when attending Confed-
crate veterans picnic at Tarboro
>and Immediately recognize each
other.
CHARLOTTE. A. Jones, recent
purchaser of E. u. Lattas former
home, sells it to T. r. Shuford, of
Gastonia, for $4,000.
GREENSBORO.-Lease OF Gull
ford hotel is again sold, A. NJ. and
J. P. Scales transferring property to
Hotel Holding Co. for $500,000, Of
which $250,000 was paid in cash.
DURHAM.-Dr. w. P. Few, pres
tdent of Trinity college, inspects
teachers institute at Oriental with
view of later establishing state sum-
mer school for teachers instead OF
continuing teachers institute, in eff
fe It establishing branch of Trinity.
BELMONT.-Home Of Mrs. Ollie
Archer is partially wrecked and Miss
Olive Deaton, niece of Mrs. Archer,
has narrow escape from death and
is seriously burned by bolt of light
ming.
Observation-Disclosures Carl
Wheeler, %, of Madison, former as
sistant secretary, Greensboro cham
Der of commerce, dies at local hos
pital after long illness.
ALEIGH.-Special session oh
state assembly latter part of year is
declared certain by legislative leaders
and state officials who regard con-
troversy over state finance, inVolv-
ing Governor Morrison and Corpora
ton Commissioner Maxwell, aS yet
unsettled, despite expensive audit.
WINSTON. ALEM.-Calvary Bap-
fist church announces campaign to
seek $4,000 to pay cost of equip
ping new church building.
KERNERsVILLE. - Miss Madge
Stills, of Winston.S Salem, recently re-
turned from three-year visit to ia
pan. talks of that nation before La
dies Aid society.
WINSTON.SALEM. - Completion
of annual audit discloses city govern
ment ended fiscal year May 81 with
balance of $199, 4S0.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Smith, of
Chapel Hill, assistant state hydraulic
engineer, passed thrOughLen route to
Murphy to resume survey, started
last year, of waterpower possibil1-
Ties of Hiwassee river.
ASHEVILLE.-N.B uckner, secre-
tary, chamber CT commerce, leaves to
attend Greenville, Tenn, meeting Of
Tennessee highway officials relative
to construction of paved roads to
connect with North Carolina trunk
highways.
ASHEVILLE.-Bun county
board of education names 116 teach
ers to conduct short term schools,
which opened August 6.
ASHEVILLE.-All natives Of
I'D RI
meet for purpose Of organizing Geor-
gia society.
ASHEVILLE-Nat Texans re-
siding here are called to attend or
ganization of Texas State society.
ASHEVILLE.-Straw vote for gov
ernor by Mississiprians. members of
recently organized Mississippi State
society,". results in H. L. Whitfield.
of Columbus, Miss, receiving 40 Of
90 votes cast.
ASHEVILLE.-Offi Of Ashe-
vile local, Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen. announce national organ
ization has Indicated intention of in
specting possible sites here for loCa-
ton of proposed $2,500,000 hospital
Of brotherhood.
SALISBURY. Frank A. Brown,
wealthy Spencer merchant, is in hos
pital here with serious bullet wound
in chest, and Engineer c. B. Will
liams, of Southern railway, is at lib
erty on $500 bond awaiting hearing
as result of shooting. which, officers
say, was result of Williams finding
Brown in company with Mrs. Will
liams at home late IN night.
SALISBURY. - Town Financial
Agent J. r. Cruise is given charge
of waterworks and Mr.. Cruse's re-
cent duties are assigned to Chief OF
Police J. A. WSgstaff.
CARTHAGE. - Moore county's
$175 900 court house is almost com
plete and will be ready for August
term of court.
1UMBERTON. Mrs. Leola
Bridser dies few hours after suffer
ing stroke OF paralysis. Three small
children survive her.
GASTONIA.-Gasto and Castor
county name committee Of 100 and
cooperate III CdHlpdISH " AolS0 Au1"8
sufficient to influence board OF trus'
tees of Lenoir. Rhyme college to re-
move institution from Hickory to
Gastonia.
CHARLOTTE.-Ta show
prices Carolina cotton mill stocks
are barely holding their own, willie
textile industry continues to report
l,,iyiy1o CtiI1 cllrt9iled.
CHARLOTTE.-Mr. and Mrs. ]
NJ. Scott announce engagement OF
daughter. Miss Julia Baxter Scott, to
s. w. Cramer, Jr., marriage to taEa
place late in fall Mr.. Scott is bank.
er and wholesale druggist. MIR. Ora
mer is son Of millionaire cotton mill
operator.