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

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interest to farmers and stock grow
! ers.
Spencer. A. l.. Stewart, fore
! man Of Southern railway shops al
| Charleston, has been made general
foreman at Meridian, Charles F..
keever is appointed foreman
| at Charleston.
Raleigh. Licenses for 149, sol
cars have been issued in state. Ap'
proximately $2,750,000 is realized
| thus far. There are about $4,000
licenses yet to be issued.
New Bern. D. L. Latham, for
| several years farm demonstration
agent for Onslow county, arrives
to reopen old Pocomoke guano fac
tory which he will manage. Plant
has been idle for several years. 1t
! is owned by American Agricultural
Chemical company, of New York.
New Bern. - Deputy Marshal j.
r. Manning finds what he terms
200 gallons of good corn whisky
on pl emses Of G. w. Waters, Veter.
an deputy sheriff of Lenoir coun
ty Whisky is destroyed and war.
rant was drawn for Waters.
Raleigh.-Efforts of Mrs. Mary
Mary Graves Rees to keep husband,
! from whom she is separated from
taking out of state their three-year'
old child fail. Mr.. Rees wires from
! Washington, D. c., that he is there
with boy. Father took boy from
| Chapel Hill Sunday afternoon and
disappeared. Mother was in quandary
until she received wire from hus-
band. Mrs. Rees will take such legal
steps as may be possible to recover
the boy.
| Aberdeen.-First brood Of cotton
boil weeVils to be bred in squares
this year is making its appearance,
according to DIR. r. w. Leiby, of
boil weeVil laboratory here Of agri-
cultural experimental station. First
specimen was bred on June ~
says DR.. Leiby, land weevils are
emerging. from squares collected in
| fields in southern counties of state.
CharIOtte.-Party of twelve, COM
| prising North Carolina delegation to
national convention of United States
League of Building and Loan asso-
cation at Tacoma, Wash, July "a,
% and 26, leaves Charlotte. Official
delegates from North Carolina asso'
citation are: E. J.. keesler, of Char
lotte: +. c. Allison, of Raleigh; G. w.
Wooten, of Hickory. Charlotte is to
have full page ad in New York
Times, setting forth advantages OF
city.
HendersOn,-Plans are being made
by local warehousemen for district
meeting of tobacco warehousemen
here soon.
MOOresyille. - Mooresville Char
lottesville highway, under construc-
ton for two years, is nearly COM
pleted, so far as concrete base IS
concerned. Last part will be put
down this week.
LexingtOn.-Rev. John c. Peeler,
for five years pastor of Beck's, Hen
bricks Grove, Mt. Tabor and Jeru-
salem Reformed churches, tenders
resignation. OnSeptember 1 he VIII
CHURCH at Lenoir.
Raleigh. Legislative audit COM
mittee will hear auditors report
here on July 10, after subcommittee
drafts its findings. Committee CON
sists of Senators w. l.. Long and
w. G.. Heath, Representatives II. g..
Conner and E. S. Parker.
Salisbury.-Ray Ingram, twenty
one, is instantly killed at China
Grove when body comes in contact
with high voltage wire. Ingram was
lineman for Southern Power COM
pany.
Greensboro. Plans for Law
Not War; demonstration in Green's
boro July 1929, are discussed, and
tentative arrangements made.
MooresvilIe. = George Lambert,
twenty, is seriously injured when
automobile driven by Miss Elizabeth
Money, of Davidson, strikes him.
Raleigh.-Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt is
sponsoring idea of state fair for
North Carolina. She made address
on behalf of fair at Monroe on July
II. She will also speak at Whining
ton, New Bern, Kingston, Colds
boro and Wilson. She is travelling by
automobile.
LumbertOn.-Seven murder cases
arc on docket at present term OF
court. There is also an assault case
in which masked men are charged
with whipping two white women.
Three prominent whites men Of coun-
ty are held on whipping charge.
ReidSvilIe is reported Henry
Ford and George L. Carter, latter
native of this section will build rail
load from Bluefield, W. Va, TO this
city.
High POint.-David T. Vow has
bought undertaking business Of R..
l.. Lef1in & Son.
HickOry.-Chief of Police Pink
Campbell, of West Hickory, stabbed
by Claude Pollard, whom he was at
tempting to arrest, is in critical con-
ditiof. Pollard is held pending de-
velopments.
Monroe. -Lightning kills mule at
Union county convict CAMP Mule
was standing within ten feet of
where conVicts were sheltered in
barn from storm.
Raleigh. o. Carr, OF Whining
ton has written friends here he does
not want to be made chairman OF
state Democratic executive commit
tee to succeed J. d. Norwood, re-
signed. Others mentioned for place
include Hugh Chatham, of Winston
Salem; John G. Dawson, Of hinston;
w. l.. Parsons, of Rockingham, and
Will w. Neal, of Marion.
Charlotte - Mecklenburg coun-
ty board of education is asking
$500 600 to run public schools OF
county next year, increase of $780,
600. This fund is about equally di-
vided between city and county. City
has in addition '$260,OO0 from special
tax fund.
Charlotte. - Hornets Nest Rifle
men, Charlotte's National guard
unit, is spending two weeks at
Camp Glenn, states military camp
ing site. Other units of guard Or