Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-20
NORTH CAROLINA

HIGH POlNI.-4 Dung woman,
aged about %, describing herself as
Miss Todd, of Baltimore, is in hos
pital suffering from serious injuries
sustained when she jumped from
High Point Winston-Salem bus. She
declines to deny she attempted to
commit suicide and refuses to eX-
plain her act,
ENSBORO.-District meeting
of North Carolina Teachers associa-
ton is held with several hundred
teachers attending from 8 coun-
ties.
BORO.-Members prom
inent in state department of Ameri-
can Legion announce legionnaires
are backing move to bring out Col.
George H. Bunker, of Wilmington,
as candidate for state auditor to
succeed Baxter Durham, on whom
legion has made fight in recent
months.
WINSTON SALEM. = Fred D.
Hudson, of Winston Salem, is named
general manager of local branch. of
Imperial Tobacco company, succeed
ing late E. w. Dixon.
ALBEMARLE.-Quarterly meeting
of Western North Carolina Weekly
Press association is held here.
WINSTON SALEM.-C. A. Rey-
nolds, president of Warren Remedy
Sales Co, who sWore out warrant
against H. F. Babst former general
manager, charging embezzlement,
writes Solicitor Graves that investi-
titled and indictment is mol pressed
in superior court
acknowledgements in charge
of effort to bring Lenoir-Rhyne col
| Iege to CASTOR. county from. Hick-
DRY announces readiness to offer
200 and 300-acre sites and $265.000
,, in cash to college authorities.
+ASHEVILLE.-Loc ministerial
| association announces plan to hold
Bible institute next spring, with ma
tionally-known Bible students as
programs as lecturers.
SANATORIUM. - New building,
with accommodations for AZ patients,
is opened for treatment of negro
patients at state tuberculosis Sana-
torium, with DR.. j w Walker, for
merly of Asheville, in charge.
SANATORIUM.-Group Of foreign
auspices Of League of Nations in
interchange of health officers, in
spect state tuberculosis sanatorium.
BURLINGTON.-Two new pres.
I.byteries are created by North Caro-
lima Presbyterian synod in annual
session.
NEW BERN.-Masonic lodges an,
nounce plans to remodel Masonic
temple at cost of 100000.
!. HIGH POINT. Memorial shaft
IGNORING men of county dying in
World war will hs unveiled Novem.
, Der II.
HIGH POINT.-Mrs. Hubert Work
and Mrs y. Fl. Blair, wives, respec-
lively, of Secretary Work and Pro-
hibitiOn Commissioner Blair, accept
! Invitations to attend. with their
husbands. pageant Of progress Octo.
Der Is.
RALEIGH.--COmm on state.
ment at Charlotte by ]. Is. Duke,
president, that Southern Power com
pany must have higher rate for pow,
err if further development is expect.
cd In state. corporation commission
assumes attitude that it has no de.
sire in principle to stand in way of
progress of state while serving prop
erly all interests Of state,
CHARLOTTE.-J, w. Rushing,
35, Mint Hill farmer, dies at local
hospital of injuries sustained sew
eral days previously when caught in
cotton gin. ... ...
WINSTON. SALEM.-St High.
way Commissioner Hanes announces
contract for construction of Yadkin
link of Boone Trail
highway will be awarded Novem-
Der 10
RALEI GH.- Slight hope is held
for recovery of w. G. Allen, promi.
nent business man, injured in motor
car accident in which one man was
killed and several others more or
less seriously hurt.
WINSTON engi.
neers of state highway commission
are painfully injured in motor car
accident near Lake Waccamaw
Their names are Clifford Cooper, A.
Higgins, Charles Turnbull and r. L,
Whitehead.
STATESVILLE. - Floyd Avery,
negro, falls into vat of boiling water
at Cleveland Manufacturing COM
pany's plant and dies at hospital.
RALEIGH -Investment by state
of 100000 in terminal facilities at
Wilmington "as a starter" increas.
ing ultimately to $2,5O0,O0O, is rec
commended by state ship and water
commission by II. Mel. Harding,
port terminal engineer of New York
City, who appears at hearing as rep
resentative of Wilmington.
RALEIGH. - Twenty three hun
dred persons pledge $4,000, provid-
ing for construction here of Young
Mems Christian association build
ing.
GREENSBORO-Severely injured
when he fell from disc harrow which
he was driving, Elwell Surratt, aged
nine, son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. E. Sur
raft. of near Greensboro, is brought
to hospital in critical condition, body
being badly cut.
Mail Carrier Shoots
Texas Postmaster
CENTER, Tex. Oct. 17.-Calvin
Bowles, rural mail carrier of Choice.
Tex, seven miles from here, shot
and instantly killed Postmaster Will
iiay,, Cool- az Choice This morning.