Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-24
NORTH CAROLINA
NEWS IN BRIEF

OHdTlOGtc-11VSSCLSd Dy La
Inquiry, Inc. discloses operating ex
penses of the city public school sys
tenn for the last fiscal year are
s497, 200, as compared with $26S,00(
two years ago, and 1875 white pu
pills are now attending, an increase
Of 1914 in two years.
II CharlOtte-ColoneI T. L. kirkpat
5 rick, president of the chamber OF
commerce and promoter of the $50,
/, 100000 state road bond issue pro
ssposal of three years ago, attends
: Joint convention of United States
and Bankhead Highway associations
aat Greenville, S. CO
:" AshevilIe-Delegat Of the North
. Carolina Medical society to the
: South Carolina Medical association
, meeting are DIR. Albert James, Ham
let; DR.. w. r. Kirk, Hendersonville
DIR. James A. Martin, Lumberton
r DR.. Albert Root, Raleigh; DR.. Henry
Sloan, Charlotte.
= GoldSbOrO-J. H. Dixon, one of the
leading business men of this section
Is found mentally incompetent by
a jury and goes in a few days to
state sanatorium for treatment.
NewtOn-Carl Lipparo, son of
bud" Lippard, is arrested on a
warrant from Charlotte citing him
to trial in a liquor case in Neck
lenourg court, and is released on
bond.
GreensbOr0-Mrs. Mamie Wilson
is awarded 81, 500 DANA ges from Gull
ford county as a result of the COM
missioners building a narrow-gauge
railroad through her property. She
asked $4,000 in damages.
Greensboro-Fifty cotton dealers
from the Carolinas, Georgia and
Louisiana, attend conference for dis
cussion of shipping problems and
rates, and to perfect a traffic or
sanization.
High Point-Delegates from the
girls work departments of the Y. w.
G. A. meet in a weekend conference
at Greensboro, with the cities of
Charlotte, High Point, Durham,
Greensboro, Winston Salem, Sails
bury, Asheville and Wilmington at
tending.
Morehead City-The U. S. S.
Maury and the U. S. S. Mahan, &C.
companied by II torpedo planes, ar.
rive here on their return from ma
noeuvers in southern waters to the
Hampton Roads naval base.
New Bern-Ground is broken for
the fourth of the new consolidated
high schools for Craven county, on
which 100000 is being expended.
Charlotte.-Henry G.. Harper, fit.
sty-three. secretary-t of John
M. Scott company, wholesale drug
gists, dies here following a stroke of
paralysis.
Raleigh.-Thomas H. Pittman, of
Henderson, is elected chairman of
the state historical commission, sue
sceeding the late Colonel J. Bryan
Grimes.
Durham.-Local Police arrest Moley
Friday, negro, wanted in Charlotte
in connection with the Staying of
w. A. Peach, white. few hours
after Hiidred Hill, negro, had been
Jailed here as a principal in that
killing.
Notwithstanding in Mecklen-
burg county in 1922 number 7S4 and
divorces number SO, accord ng to a
compilation by Superior Court Clerk
Yandle.
!. Ralefgh.-Trial of the criminal ac.
stion against Thomas E. Cooper and
j. c. Rourk, president and cashier.
respectively, Of the defunct Liberty
Savings bank, of Wilmington, is
continued until April 25.
: Notwithstanding public health
work depends upon community in
terest and the duty is not primarily
one of the, state board, says DR.. w.
S. Rankin. secretary of the state
board of health, in his report to the
State Medical society meeting here,
in which he opposed centralized con-
troll of health work.
Raleigh.-Mrs. Kate Burr John.
son, public welfare commissioner,
says any further action on her part
relative to an inquiry into allega-
tons of cruel practices in the state
penitentiary will be taken at a meet
ing of the state board of charities
and corrections at Greensboro, April
u. The prison board decides an in
CURRY is not necessary.
GreensbOro.-R. J. Hole, of Green's
boro. is elected VICE president OF, the
Southern Gas association.
New Bern.-Paxton To1er, nine
teen. pleads guilty to robbing a store
here and is remanded to Jail by May
or Clark in default of $1,000 bond.
Durham.-Grover A. Morton, for
mer city fireman, files a letter with
city council asking $4,000 damages
for injuries sustained in June, 1921,
when he fell from ladder while g.
fire was in progress.
Fayetteville.-With 100 delegates
In attendance. Fayetteville presbytery
convenes in its spring session, with
Rev. j. W. Goodman as moderator.
RaIeigh-Governor Morrison des.
ignates April 1928 as North Caro-
lima garden week.
Elizabeth City. L. Decormis.
city judge, is seriously injured when
a lever used to stretch wire fenc.
ing breaks. He is rs years of age.
He may recover.
Asheville-Dr. J. E., Howell Way,
of Hendersonville, for IL years pres
ident of the state board of health,
is reelected for six years by the
board in annual session here.
WilmingtOn.-Dr. Simon P. Long
of Chicago, speaks here in interest
Of campaign to raise $S50,00O foI
Lenoir college.