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

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TUSkEGEE.-Mur Mcleod Be-
thune, DaYtona, Fla, is elected pres
ident of National Association of Col
ored Teachers, and Dallas, Tex, is
chosen as 1924 place of meeting.
CENTREE.-W. 7. Wilkerson is
on trial for murder of John Goss
here % years ago.
TUSKEGEE.-Citiz ask second
conference with Director Frank 7.
Hines, of veterans bureau. regarding
governments intentions OF placing
negroes in charge of federal hospital
for disabled negro soldiers here.
RMINGHAM.-yku Klux Khan
holds big ceremonial on baseball
grounds at Avondale park.
SELMA.-Data just discovered
show Oldest Presbyterian church in
Alabama is located five miles north
OF Selma, being 1Os years old.
MCNTGoMERY.-Alabama farm
ers in session here indorse dairying,
beef cattle and sheep as money
makers.
OPELIkA.-Carter Dowdell, pros.
porous negro farmer, sells annually
$500 worth of chickens and eggs and
cures 1000 pounds meat, besides
raising cotton, corn and other crops.
MONTGOMERY Sanders,
negro fireman, becomes suddenly in
sane and attacks Engineer G. S.
Hicks on L. & n. passenger engine
while train is running. Hicks stops
engine in time to save train from be-
ing wrecked. Sanders is overpow-
cred.
PENTONVILLE.-Hunter Shaw,
prominent farmer, is seriously in
jured when he fires shotgun and
barrel bursts.
BOAZ.-This town is looking for
someone to buy electric lighting
plant, but there seem to be no bid
ders.
GREENNILLE.-Cou Commits
sioner Donald Steen is asked to re-
sian because he moves to another
county. He refuses, saying he owns
property in this county.
GREENVILLE.-Cro are re-
s
cub and Covington counties.
ALEXANDER CITY. - Farmers
here buy ten fine Durocs brood
sows at Camp Kilby.
TALLADEGA.-Ro Broth
ers Cotton company. OF Admission,
is building 2,000-bale capacity cot
ton warehouse, which will be cor11~
pleted September /.
MONROEVILLE.-Crops of Mon
roe county are far above average,
in spite Of weevil.
FORT DEPOSIT. : Boil weevil
damage in this section is worst since
1915.
FAYETTE.-Method let con-
tract for $4,000 church.
ANDALUSIA.-Cov county
cotton acreage is so per cent great
er than last year.
HUNTSVILLE.-Plans are COM
pleted for opening 100000 junior
college in September.
ANDALUSIA.-L. & n. railroad
advertises for bids for $4,000 sta
ton here.
GREENSBORO.-Cool, rainy days
cause boil weeviI to increase in
alarming numbers.
DECATUR.-Average crops of
cotton and corn are reported in
Morgan county.
ALEXANDER CITY.-Many farm
ers discouraged with cotton farm
ing, due to boil weeviI ravages,
turn their attention TO dairying.
FORT DEPOslT.-This place is
enjoying biggest building boom ever
known.
TUSCALOOSA-Several students
more than 70 years of age are at
tending adult summer school in
Tuscaloosa county.
BAY MINETTE.-Baldwin cour
tvs sweet potato crop is being dug
AID marketed st good prices.
oPELIKA.-W. o. Bennett makes
trip from Hattiesburg, Miss. dis
tanca of $50 miles, in automobile in
20 hours.
EUFAULA.-Owing to slurs cast
at Confederacy in letter published
IN Ohio newspaper, Alabama legisla-
tire makes formal request of federal
government for removal of Mrs. l..
NJ. Maugans as postmistress.
AUBURN.-Dr. Gardner, professor
of botany, says oranges may be kept
almost indefinitely by gas treatment
from motor exhaust
CLANTON.-Crop conditions of
\ Chiffon County are better than for
several years.
FORT SIT.-Estimate show
pecan crop will be only about so per
cent normal.
TUSkEGEE.-Dr. W. s. Lane has
$50 acres in cotton which he esti.
mates will produce 175 bales.
MONTGOMERY-Mrs. Joseph G..
Wilkins. of Dallas county, only wom-
an member of legislature, proposes
removal of state convict department
from politics by creation of prison
commission.
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE. - A. D. Powers, of
St. Petersburg, is elected permanent
president Of the Florida club, and
first entertainment of club is held,
DIR. NJ. Sample being chairman of en-