Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-03

100000. Defendant and George e
! Wilson, Jr., both Of Charlotte, in
March entered suit against plaintiff
for 1892, 600, alleging company fail
ed to make proper accounting to
stockholders.
Liberty.-Mrs. T. w. Miller, 70
dies after illness Of several months
duration.
SeIma.-After many months OF
controversy, Southern and Atlantic
Coast Line railways agree on plans
for new station here. Work will
j., be started soon.
KinstOn.-Trustees Of Kinston
schools arrange to build large annex
to Richard Lewis schol, also to
build two and possible three new
schools, for which 100000 is avail
able.
New Bern.-Bryant Slade, negro
former slave, dies here, aged lVI
years, five months.
Durham.-Dr. E. H. Bowling, rec
ognized locally as authority on
pellaera, goes to Morehead City to
COOPERATE with officials there in Ell
fort to combat epidemic of pellagra
reported at Newport, II miles from
Morehead City, which is spreading
terror among population.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Morrison is
sues proclamation urging every
Young man in state who can possibly
arrange it to attend one of citlzens
military training camps in Foufth
CORPS area in which one OF Nofth
Carolina guard units is in training.
AsheviIIe.-Cost of teaching re-
naming 5000 illiterates in Bun
combe county equivalent of third
grade course will be $4,000, says
Mrs. Elizabeth c. Morriss, county
director of community schools. City
and county each appropriates $5,o4o
to this work, which, she believes,
NAV be completed in four years II
sufficient funds are made available.
AshevilIe.-Mrs. D. I. swicegood,
81, dies suddenly at home on Hen
Jacksonville road.
AshevilIe.-Horse Shoe Co-opera-
tive Cheese factory, Of Henderson,
vile, beginning operations few
weeks ago, is now using more than
1000 pounds of milk daily.
Asheville.-Eliada orphanage camp
ground is obtained by Rev. Robert
C. McQuilken, Columbia, IS. c., as
location for new summer Bible con-
ference, Julyt14-22, to be attended
by Columbia residents.
Madison.-Earl Mitchell, Is, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Mitchell,
residents of Intelligence community,
is hit by lightning and instantly
killed at home of Hardin Hendricks.
]. L. Mitchell, brother, and two
Hendricks boys are stunned.
Winston-Salem.-H. M. Curran,
state extension forester, reports
completion of survey of Chowan
county. He found IS varieties of
trees native of that county.
Durham. - Abe Gentry. surry
county farmer, is fatally injured at
Elkin under wheels of Southern
railway freight train.
HickOry-Losses estimated at
S125 900 are caused by fire which
destroys part of plant of Hickory
Chair Manufacturing company and
three freight cars, two of which
were loaded.
Elizabeth City-John Bray, former
Raleigh commissioner of public
works. is elected city manager at
salary of $500 per month.
CharI0tte-P. S. Gilchrist, of Char
lotte, chairman of board of direc-
tors, announces organization of ST.
$4,000 company which will erect
$1,5O0,000 fertilizer plant at Tampa.
Fla, and engage in business as
United States Export Chemical COM
pany, which bought 1000 acres of
phosphate land there. Highly con-
centrated fertilizer will be manu-
featured by secret process, he says.
Company soon starts construction
work.
Charlotte. L. Shoemaker, driver
Of ice wagon under wheels Of which
James Todd aged three, was
crushed to death, is exonerated by
coroner's jury.
CharlOtte-Justice Eeriot Clark
son, of state supreme court, and
Business Manager Kuester, of cham
Der of commerce, confer with York
county, South Carolina, officials,
relative to celebration August 16 of
opening of bridge over Catawba
river connecting York and Mecklen-
burg counties.
Charlotfe-Leon Stall and Bob
Thomas, Of Greensboro, are arrested
by Charlotte officers for violating
prohibition law. Officers report
selling forty gallons of whisky in
auto.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of Caste
MAS new $10O,O 900 Masonic temple is
laid June %. Program includes par
ticipation of grand lodge officers,
including Grand Master Hubert M.
Poteat, of Wake Forest.
Observation-Disclosures is awarded to
Gastonia Construction company for
construction of new $1,000,00O plant
at Greenville, S. c., of Southern
Worsted Mills.
Salisbury-Judge J. Bis Ray is
Informed of arrest of Baxter Shem-
well, fugitive facing thirty-month
sentence for attacking state Off
Gals, and writes Sheriff Krider, of
Rowan county: Alta boy, fine,
you've got old Shemwell. Congratu-
lations. Judge Ray sentenced
Shemwell in Lexington county.
RaIeigh-Dr. James B. Dudley,
president of Agricultural and Tech
nical college, of Greensboro, de-
clares North Carolina is least eff
fected of southern states by north
ern migration of negroes.
CharIOtte-Judge B. F. Long
designates Representative w. r.
Matthews to appraise value of r. o.
AleXander's lands at Black Noun
tain. Buncombe county, on which
Judge will base decision on Mrs.
May H. Alexander's request for ali
mony. Alexander formerly was
wealthy cotton merchant here.
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