Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-06-28

III osl WITH their mothtr.
High Point.--Ons hundred and six.
| ty-sevsn delegates 20 annual conven.
ton Of Baptist Young Peoples I'm.
| ION volunteer f6r home and foreign
! missionary work. Twelve decide to
take training Tor foreign service.
| MES plea Tor communication OF sen
tence OF Dan MOBILES, convicted of
Staying his cousin. Columbus coun.
ty farmer, June &c being date of cleo.
! trocution.
Charlotte.-Jamss ?, GrzsS@r. six
ty-one, dies of hear; Asn~~k-
GreensbOrO.-DaviE H. Collins.
| judge OF Greensboro court, admits
truth OF accusation that he joined
ku Klux Khan, explaining he went
| no further than to pay SO fee as
IAN original sucker" He says his
previous denial was due to dislike of
| admitting my suckership."
Blowing Rock. - THE weekly
newspaper, If it be progressive, is
i closer to the people in the rural
| districts than the daily" J. B. Sher-
i rin, president of North Carolina
Press association, tells annual con.
i vention. THE weekly press can,
if it will, do more to keep people
from leaving the country sections
than the daily" he added. He said
he viewed with alarm the decrease of
weekly newspaper circulation as a
WhoIA
Standardization Stroud, 10, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Stroud of
Harmony, is instantly killed by
lightning at home of parents,
Charlotte.-Member of bar say
Judge B. F. Longs record of dispos-
ing of about 900 cases in six months
in Mecklenburg county constitutes
record for state.
n-Salem.-Trled on charges
of trespass growing out of boating
party on city water pond which re-
suited in death to two companions,
Ernest Rollins, white youth, is fined
$50 after hard.fought trial before
crowd in Magistrate Lehman's court.
Appeal is enetred.
Raleigh.-Srate highway commits
sion announces opening of bids
June % on III miles of paved high
way. ,..
RaIeigh.-In order to prevent suf-
fering of family or roe Fogg, ten
ant. and that of J. E. Walls, land
lord, Governor Morrison paroles
Fogg. negro, of Wake county, serv-
ing 12-month sentence TOR liquor sell
ing, until September Is, to allow
cultivation of his crops.
Raleigh-Eddie Hurt. former SOL
der at Camp Bragg, Fayetteville,
fcharged with murder, when ar
raigned before Federal Judge Con-
nor agrees to be tried here Of re-
quiring special term at Fayetteville,
enters plea of not guilty and Is adj
vised by judge that he must have
counsel, "as conviction means your
death" Hurt is accused of killing
soldier.
Raleigh Cooperative Tobacco
Growers association secures its first
judgment againt members for non
delivery of tobacco when Judge Gran
merSigns six judgments ranging i'll
amount t.o;n $@3 to $3.50. plus at
torneys' fees.
RaIeigh-State highway commits
sion calls council of state to float
SIS, 100000 in short-term notes to
meet expenses of highway construc.
ton program for next six months.
State will defer until 1924 issuing
additional bonds, owing to unsettled
markets.
Raleigh-Order by Federal Judge
Conner removes obstacles to city of
Elizabeth City selling. 100000 in
1oN 70 ;0h nd
sewer systems; which action has
been held up since September. Own
ers of these properties offered to sell
for $375,00O; city agreed to- pay
S250,000. Owners, plaintiffs, hell
this action equivalent to confisca
ton without due process, but Judge
Conner sustained respondents.
Rocky Mount - Second district
Democratic executive committee calls
special primary for first Saturday in
October to nominate candidate for
sea in Congress left vacant by DEATH
Governor Morrison is requested by
commmittee to call general election
for first Tuesday in November.
RaIeigh-Judge Cranmer, of su-
perior court, hears arguments and
sustains demurrer of Attorney Gen
eral Nash. and terminating effort Of
Former State Senator w. M. Person,
of Franklin county, to have declared
unconstitutional law enacted by 1928
Legislature eXempting from tatxation
stocks in foreign corporations.
Raleigh-S. w. Strehl, of Vance
county, serving three-year sentence.
who recently host leg in accident in
dam construction, is pardoned by
Governor Morrison. He served halt
Of his sentence, being convicted of
stealing an automobile.
Raleigh-Corporatio holds not
unreasonable rate charged by Will
miington, Brunswick and Southern
railroad on lumber in car lots from
Bolivia to Navassa. an intra-state
haul, the latter being junction point
with Atlantic Coast Line.
WinstOn-Salem-Police at Boone
are unable to solve mystery of shoot.
Grimes. by DR.. L. r. Bingham, we'll
Grimes, by DIR. l.. r. Bingham, well
known dentist, no motive for shooto.
ing having been developed. DR..
Bingham 10 believed ii hiding in
| Tennessee.
Rocky MOunt.-Four Boy Scouts,
Grover Booker, Outward Parrish, AL
| len Bailey and Willard Booker, in
test for scout honors, ride fifty-six
miles in seven hours on bicycle from
Rocky Mount to Raleigh. Time al
lowed was in excess of ten hours.
Scotland Neck.-Request of Adiu-
! tant General Van Nets for name
| Of North Carolina mother having
largest number of sons in World war
develops that Mrs. Lee Bryant, Of
! Scotland Neck, mother of eleven, had
six sons in service. one of whom
was never heard from a&er brother
saw him advance to attack.
Greensboro. = Phoebe McCullum.