Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-29

! putnam is destroyed by lire. 1t Is
believed barn is set on fire.
GADSEDEN.-Ross Bates tenders
resignation as chief OF police, to take
effect October l, to surprise of mayor
and council.
ALEXANDER CITY.-PIans are
made for holding biggest fair here
! ever held in this section, under name
Of East Alabama Fair association.
FLORENCE.-Num of /. & n.
railroad officials visit Florence and
| inspect company's property here and
also Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals.
SYLACAUGA.-W. NJ. Landham
! is elected member of city council to
| fill vacancy caused by death of Hew
| Brown.
FAIR HOPE.-Fair Hope Organic
! school opens for term. Many pupils
| come from New York, Chicago and
middle west points.
FAYETTE.-Fayette County Bap,
! fist association meets with local Bap-
/ lists.
| UNION sPRNGs.-Funersl of
| Mayor K. Leroy Napier, native of
| this place, killed in airplane crash at
! Dayton, o., is held here.
BUTLER-Dpping watts are blown
up with dynamite and German
/ StOckley is arrested.
/ JASPER.-Rotary and Kiwanis
i clubs are raising money to esta blish
new athletic grounds for Walker
| County High school.
GREENVILLE. - J. D. Sampley,
As, dies in hospital at Tuscaloosa.
MONTGOMERY.-william Chan
! dIer, former sheriff of Etowah coun-
| ty, mandamuses w. B. Allgood. state
auditor, for $1.28S.62, claimed as feed
! bill for prisoners.
| BROWNSVILLE. - Alphonso TaY-
Tor, negro boy, is crushed to death
when he falls under wheels Of truck
loaded with lumber.
NANFALIA. - Sheriff Shields
captures two of biggest stills near
here ever taken in Marengo county.
CAMDEN. - r. f. Dunn, rs, old
est Confederate veteran in Wilcox
county is dead.
MARION. - Under supervision of
DIR. Edward Swami mosquito exter-
mination here proves success.
EUFAULA. - Senator J. Tom
Heflin speaks here and tells people
| he will personally present Eufaula s
! grievance against local postmistress
} to postmaster general, for slandering
Confederate soldiers in Ohio news
paper.
SYLACAUGA. - j. M Guice Of
Gainesville, Ga, is now manager of
Knight Hotel buying out w. M. AL
ford.
TUSCALOOSA. BY accidental
discharge Of shot gun Lynn Fort, So,
loses his left hand.
SELMA. - B. II. Parnen, %. en-
! gneer on L. & ~. dies after being
! crushed when engine turns over.
BRIGHTON. = City instaIls new
fire truck and new street sprinkler.
BIRMINGHAM. - Officials of
Anti-Salloon League Of America ar
range for holding convention here in
! December.
TUSKEGEE. - There are 155 pa
TENTS in hospital here for disabled
negro soldiers.
DADEVILLE. - Judge S. T..
Brewer presides over fall term of
/ circuit court.
SUFFICIENT. - Harvey Going,
81, is dead as result of log wa gon
turning ovet on him.
! BIRMINGHAM. - Rev. w. r.
Quinton, who is visiting from Chip
| ley, Fla, has with him clock which
is made at Plymouth, England in
1885 All wheels are of wood.
BESSEMER. - Carnegie library
will be repaired at expense Of $1,000.
! GROVE HILL. - School trustees
are planning to build new school
| house.
DECATUR. - DR.. T.. C. Ravens
and DIR Harold Hurst of state board
! of health, examine Decatur's water
supply, which comes from Tonnes
see River, and find it first class.
MOBILE. Due to misunder-
| standings among members of city
! school commissioners DR.. L. w. Roe
! tenders resignation as member
MONTGOMERY. - Home Of Ed
ward Holt is Quilted by flames at loss
of over $4,000.
HALEYVILLE. - Judge R. L.
Phantom is presiding over circuit
court.
TUSCALOOSA. - City limits Of
! Tuscaloosa are extended by act of
! legislature.
BESSEMER. - Bessemer is opti-
mistic over immediate industrial out
I
eating here.
HUEYTOWN. - Miss SalI;e J.
Salter and George Tumlin, Jr., are
married at home Of brides parents.
PRATT CITY. - IT. H. Gentelet,
pioneer citizen, is dead.
WYLAM - Daniels Investment
company is erecting eighteen new
! bungalows.
BIRMINGHAM. - Swift & Com
pany lose over $1,000 in fire and
two firemen are seriously injured
by smoke.
HARTSELLE. - Bee Line high
way between here and Decatur will
be resurfaCed.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Baptist
association is held here and is large
ly attended.
MONTGOMERY. - r. c. Small
and W. II. Whatley are held by po-
lice, charged with killing Bessie
Koonce, 15-year-old negro girl, dur
ing fusillade of shots fired by men
in home of girls mother.
DECATUR. - Rev. c. f. Wool
prize in better baby contest, at Ten
vival at Church of Christ