Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-03
NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS IL

tional committee on visiting teachers
will assign teacher, whose duties
will consist largely of correcting I'M
favorable home influences.
GreensbOrO.-Only ten of. SO births
in Greensboro for week ending
June II were negroes, total for
preceding week being 80 births.
NeNtOn.-City cotton mills tenn
porarily suspeEds operations. Towr:
also is suffering from loss of $4,000
weekly payroll of two links of
mills chain, recently
thrown into bankruptcy.
Asheville.-Mrs. John F. Lyons,
Fort Worth, Texas. president Ma
tional Federation of Music clubs, de-
clares federation has no interest in
plan of Mrs. S. ]. Latta, New York
and Memphis, to form million-d dollar
to erect building and
produce the Apocalypse annually at
AsheVlle as American Passion play.
WilmingtOn.-Capt J. A. Nelson,
state fish commissioner, orders in
Vestigation OF death of thousands of
fish washed ashore between Frying
Pan Shoals and Beaufort.
Warsaw.-Capt. S. A. Johnson,
prom .nent Duplin county man, civil
war veteran, born in Virginia in
1898, former leader in politics in
this part of state, dies after long
illness.
WilmingtOn.--Dr j. J. Hurt, pas
tor Of First Baptist church, goes to
High Point to deliver address before
fourteenth annual meeting of State
Baptist Young Peoples Union.
WiImingtOn.-Decr of Federal
Judge Conner orders c. l.. Williams
receiver, Commercial National bank
to Immediately return to town of
town bonds which defunct
bank sold to Liberty Savings bank
shortly : before collapse, for which
town received no compensation.
Solicitor Midyette re-
ports he has visited jails and con-
vict camps in three of six counties
in district and all are found in eX-
cellent condition. He expects soon
to visit Vance, BERTHE and Hartford
county institutions. {
WilsOn.-County commissioners
decide to take preliminary steps in
construction of new court house and
Jail.
CharIotte.-Miss Pauline Marion,
Of Lancaster, S. c., is given in mar
riage by former Chief Justice Ira
B. Jones, South Carolina supreme
court, to F. S. Worthy, Washington,
n. c., ceremony being held at Char
lotte home of Mrs. w. w. Boykin.
Bride is descendant of General Fran
els Marion, Revolutionary leader.
SheIby.-C. T. Gallagher, of Char
lotte. occupant of taxi, is injured by
wagon tongue when runaway team
of horses draw wagon into stand
ing car.
Forest City.-Mrs. r. B. Higgins
dies of injuries sustained few hours
when motor car in which
she and her husband were riding
turned over on curve near here.
Observation-Disclosures attended flu
neral services held here same day
were N. G. B. Stancill, at his home,
and for Mrs. Dallas Neese, at First
church.
GreensbOrO.-Repr of
North Carolina Civitan clubs in an
nuaI meeting vote to incorporate
North and South Carolina into one
district, elect new state officers:
Frank H. Kennedy, Charlotte, pres
ident; Guy B. Phillips, Greensboro.
J. F.. Hobgood, Thomasville; Harry
Winston-S Salem, Vlce-pres'
idents; T. C. Neal, Charlotte, secre-
tarv-trea surer. and leave for inte-
national meeting at Washington.
FLORIDA
JacksOnvilIe.- Britt, 80 sales
man, sentenced to 30 days in city
prison farm after conviction OF drlV-
ing auto while drunk under terms OF
new state law, will appeal to circuit
court and is released under 5000 ap-
peal bond.
Fort Myers.-One day last winter
4 little cripple girl, Bessie Smith,
sat on the porch of her home at
LaBelle watching other children
play. Henry Ford, taking a walk
from his winter home here, saw her
and promised she should have medl-
cal attention. The other day he sent
for her and, accompanied by her
father. Ham Smith has left for De
troit to enter Ford hospital, D all
being paid by manutact-
urer.
cksonville.-Robert HUI h s
negro truck farmer living in put,
skirts of city, displays sc pound
pumpkin. raised in back yeard.
Fort Meyers.-Word is received
here that Interstate Commerce COM
mission has given Fort Meyers
Southern railroad, subsidiary of A.
C. L., permission to build AZ mile
stretch of new road down west
coast, through Bonita Springs to
Marco. Company proposes to com
plete line in year; territory now mas
no railroad.
Fort Pierce. Fort Pierce Lodge,
No. 81, f. and A. M, lets contract
for erection of $4,000 Masonic tenn
pie.
St. Augustine.-C. E. Sexton, as
SlSCdnC DOSlHldSISI dI NCS 1|o1h SO'
writes to Postmaster Hopkins here
asking if he has any surplus bats in
attic and offering to buy small num-
Der. He says he wants several thou
sand in next few months to fight
TalIahassee.-W. B. Buck) La
nier, for many sessions reading
clerk of house, is appointed by gov
ernor to be clerk of Collier county
circuit court.
Jacksonville. - Seventeen mer-
chants are held for criminal court
rial on charge of selling cigarettes
o minors, charges resulting from
by j. C. Lanier, probation
officer, and police force.
Jacks0nvilIe.-Two negroes quar-
eel and go out into Clay street to
shoot it out. Elevenyear-old negro
girl, watching with interest the bat