Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-15
NORTH CAROLINA

Raleigh.-Senator Royal S. Cope
| land, Democrat, New York, will de
| liver address at commencement eX
| ercises of North Carolina State col
! lege, May %. The baccalaureatt
sermon will be delivered May 81 by
DR.. r. B. Perry, of Hickory.
Salisbury .-Pneumonia folloine
stroke of paralysis causes death OF
DR.. P. M. TreXler, minister of Re
formed church here. He was 10, anC
/ lived alone on his farm, where he
was stricken a week ago and he'lay
on the ground six hours before be
ing found.
LeXingtOn.-The Poneemah Mills
of Lexington, is chartered with cap
itaI of 100000 to manufacture cot
ton goods.
CharlOtte.-Sheriff Rhyme, of Gas
ton county, is shot in the face by an
unknown negro. The negro later is
killed near York, s. c., by posse.
Salisbury.-Charlie Patton, white,
faces two of his three wives in
court here and is given eight
months imprisonment for bigamy
Salisbury.-R. G.. Kizer is re-eIect.
ed to the office of Rowan county
superintendent of public schools,
which office he has held 80 years,
making him the ranking official of
the class in this state in point of
service.
Raleigh.-The state department
of education announces about 5000
high school students of this state
VIII receive their diplomas the lat
ter part of May and. the first of
June.
Mebane-Revival leaders say 22,-
600 is the greatest single days at
tendance at the services Baxter Nc
Lendon (Clclone Mack is conduct
ing here. Gen. Julian S. Carr, until
recently COMMUNICATIVE chief of the
Z. c. ". is a member of a party
from Durham attending services.
Winston aIem-Robert Sterling
Davis, infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. N. Davis, dies here from burns
received when he fell into a pan of
hot water.
WinstOn-Salem. - Three masked
men visit the Waughtown Baptist
church at evening service, present
pastor $40 and note explaining the
money is to defray his expenses to
Southern Baptist convention at Kan
sas City. The note was signed "Ku
KluX Khan"
RaIeigh.-The office here of the
Virginia Carolina Cooperative To
bacco Growers association admitted
$50 new members in April from the
three states. The association reports
a membership Of $4,000.
WinstOn-Salem. - Forsyth county
and Winston-Salem city govern
ments jointly vote $4,000 for cree
ton at Jackson training school in
Cabarrus county IF a building for
delinquent whit9 boys from the
county and city,
KinstOn.-Arthur Rouse continues
to live after breaking his neck, when
he dived into a submerged log while
swimming near here. Hospital Off
Gals report they are hopeful" the
shattered vertebrate held together by
wire, will knit together satisfactorily.
Lexington.-Sale Of the Carolina
and Yadkin railroad to o. A. Kirk
man and associates for $125,0 600 is
confirmed by Judge A, M. Stack,
presiding over Davidson superior
court at Lexington.
Efforts are made to
obtain a pardon for S. L. jenkins,
of Winston-Salem, convicted of i'm
moral conduct and sentenced to two
years on the roads after he and a
woman. companion were whipped
last November BIZ masked men.
Charlottesville unexplained dis
appearance of w. l.. Hatfield, ruraI
mail carrier, is reported by at
taches Of the rostoffice at Matthews,
near here,
RaIeigh.-All cotton and tobacco
held by cooperative marketing as
sociations in this state is subject to
taxation, Frank Nash, assistant at
torney general, announces.
CharIotte.-A chapter of the or
der of Red Deer is organized here,
rs business and professional men
being members.
Charlotte.-Dr. w. A. McPhaul,
Mecklenburg county health officer,
reports to the board Of commission
ers conditions in the county convict
camps are satisfactory and that
nothing need be feared" of a pos.
sible visit by officials in connection
with the ordered state lnvestiga-
ton of prisons and convict camps.
Belmont. Charlie Harris, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Harris, dies at
a Charlotte hospital from injuries
sustained when hit on the head by
a pitched ball in a baseball game
here.
RaIeigh.-Vernon Bailey, convicted
in Buncombe county of killing
Charlie Hare and given a sentence
Of from two to six years, is paroled
by Governor Morrison.
Wilson, disagreement at bar
becue eliminates in the killing of
Peter Fields at SCOTS church, near
here. Walter Bethea, alleged to
have fired the fatal shot, Bethea's
father and mother and ]. D. Harris
are lodged in Jail here.
GreensborO.-Lacy Wright, white,
is given seven years in the state
penitentiary upon conviction here of
burning a barn owned by Mrs. Myr-
tie Bennett. Lacy is appealing the