Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-04

defending H. l.. Taliaferro, Khan de-
| tective held on charge of intilnidat t.
| ing witnesses for state in Proctor
vile flogging case, and later talks
with Taliaferro. held in Jail in de.
fault of $4,000 bond
| MANNDAI.E. - Joseph w. Bailey,
candidate for governor, in address
TO big gathering, calls state govern
ment to curb Ku klux Khan. hell
born thing which he says is menac-
t-E purity OF jury system. Lax en-
forcement OF dry law is also attack
| ed.
CONGRATULATIONS Evans, of
GrAenviIle township, 50 years ago
grew first tobacco in Pitt county,
bat now ;ks~Ay 900 pounds annually
is sold on eAt-- seSr.ket, which is third
| largest brigf., >:c5* tobacco market in
world, only Wilson and WinstonSa-
lem, both in this state, leading.
| RAEFORD. - Gus Miller loses
! two fingers and is otherwise badly
mauled when his car and mule meet
| in collision. mule going through
windshield into back seat, losing two
| shoes. Frank Harris. MillerS COM
panion, escapes unhurt.
| LUMBERTON.-Lillie Britt. s.
daughter of MIR, and Mrs. Sanford
Britt, su9tains fractured skull when
Tony Ward throws brick at cat and
hits child. Ward is placed in Jail,
CHARLOTTE. - Oxford's Noble
Brownie, No. 4667O3, Jersey COW, is
officially declared North Carolinas
-year-old champion milk and but
ter producer, her record for 333 days
being 9,477 pounds of milk and SALLY
pounds of butter fat. Hec owner is
Robert E. Mcdowell, of Mecklenburg
county.
NEWTON. - Dan Brinkley, S.,
fugitive from North Carolina prison
for 35 years, recently recaptured
near here, tells sheriff almost all OF
his years OF liberty were spent at
Asheville, Gastonia and other places
within state. adding he often visited
sister, Mrs. Younts. near here. He is
now serving remainder of his 10
year term.
RALEIGH. = New building of
state department. Of agriculture is
formally opened, being dedicated to
farmers of state, DR.. Clarence Poe,
editor of Progressive Farmer: W. n.
Everett, secretary of state; DR.. 3. W..
Kilgore, of department of agricul-
ture, Mrs. Jane McKimmon, state
home demonstration work director,
being on program.
CHARLOTTE. - State Senator S.
r. Garland, of Oregon, and family,
touring through country. arrive here
to visit at home OF Col. r. l.. Kirk
patrick. Senator Garland wants Wig
orous measures taken to curb XII
Klux Khan and favors modification
OF dry laws.
CHARLOTTE. - Newspaper pub
fishes dispatch from Washington
quoting department OF agriculture
as reporting white population Is in.
majority in South Carolina for first
time in century of states history;
that 1000 negroes leave south daily,
$4,000 having migrated to northern
states in June
GREENSBORO. - Soul murders"
McLendon, evangelist, in sermon,
places those who teach theory Of
evolution.
WILMINGTON. - Miss Maybeth
Graham, of Rome, Ca, rescues ".
M. Towers. of same city, a friend,
from drowning at Wrightsville
Beach after he had become exhaust
ed and was being swept to sea. She
is daughter Of John M. Graham,
prominent Rome banker.
KINSTON. - Chamber OF com
merces revised estimates place at
about $75O000 abe damage resulting
in Pitt, Wilson and Wayne counties
from recent hailstorm. it being
thought some of farmers will harvest
so per cent of their crops.