Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-10-06

dance.
ATTATLA.-Hugh White, special
assistant attorney genAFal. confers
with citizens concerning new rail
road depot for Alfalfa,
FOLEY.-Elmer kuhan is prepar
ing Baldwin county agricultural dis
play for MOBILE fair. b
ATMORE. - 1t is estimated that
half of cotton crop of this section Is
| gathered.
GEORGIANA. - Rev. C. w. Stitt,
pastor of Baptist church, resigns aft
er service of several years.
PRATTVILLE.-Co picking is
progressing but crop is very short.
FORT DEFOSIT.-Pecans com.
mence to move. Crop is about 40 per
cent of last years.
DECATUR.--T is a much bet
ter feeling here among merchants
and business men generally owing
to report of expansion of L. &. N.
railroad shops and increase in num-
! Der of men employed.
Student officers in re-
serve officers training corps for Ala.
bama Polytechnic Institute are
serve officers training corps for Ala
named on recommendations of Of
ficerS in regular army. Among 9th
ers F. NJ Orr, of Lagrange, Ca, is
named Cadet colonel in command of
field artillery regiment.
MOULTON.-Road officials are en-.
| deaVOring to make highway from
here to Decatur passable for winter
| traffic.
UNION SPRINGS. - Exchange
club meeting is broken up by Jack
! Horton, cashier Farmers Bank, and
w. l.. Anderson, merchant, try to
! settle old grudge by shooting at each
other. No one injured.
OPELIKA,-W.H III. Phipps, So we'll
known farmer, falls from load OF
hay and breaks hip.
TROY. A. Massey proves there
is money in truck farming here by
! selling $500 worth of tomatoes off
one and half acres of ground.
| MONTGOMERY.-Plans are being
made to entertain delegates to Tooth
annual Baptist convention here in
November. Over 1000 delegates are
expected.
GEORGIANA.-Rev. F.. w. Hoi
land has small mahogany box, bear
ing name and photograph of l. II.
Holland which has been in family
since year 1714.
PRATTVILLE.-Au { MY
fair opens October so.
FORT DEPOSIT.-Town is enjoy
ing healthiest building boom in
years Many residences are being con
structed,
OPP.-W. II. Morrow, of E,lba,
buys hardware store of Bryan Broth
ers and will operate business in flu
ture.
AUBURN. -. Government offers
alabama farmers through Agricul-
! tural college here allotment of soda
toll. war explosive. on condition farm
crs pay freight charges and cartridg
| ing.
UNION SPRINGS-Rev. G. w.
Greenlee. of St, Petersburg, w. Va,
arrives to take pastorate of Pres
kbyterian church.
SALIPTA.-Clarke county Baptisr
/ association is held here and John
Nichols is reelected moderator.
MONTGOMERY.-F. w. Gist, ag-
ricultural statistician, estimates Ala,
! bama's peanut crop worth $3.50 per
acre.
BREWTON.-Fa are increas.
ing their strawberry acreage.
HUNTSVILLE.-N gasoline and
wheel laws will add to Madison coun-
ty road fund about $500 annual
! ly, making total annual road tax OF.
county s1SC.00 Many new roads
will be built.
CLUTTSVILLE - William E.
! Clutts, 70, Is dead. He was noted Con-
| federate veteran, enlisting in army
at age of IS and serving throughout
war.
| SCOTTSBORO.-Al Corneilson
| is arrested by federal officers for
prohibition violation and released on
bond and is arrested by state officers
| for jumping bond and sentenced for
one year.
MONTGOMERY of de-
partment of agriculture from all
sources for fiscal year ending Sep
temter 30 were $2O4,671.S3 against.
$146.3OS.S7 in preceding year
! SELMA.-.Central Alabama Field
| Trials association is organized here
with large membership from all sec
tons of central Alabama.
BIRMINGHAM After travelling
| ( iSif ii1cr
tries, DR.. j. r. Hobbs returns to
| greatness is due to religion of Christ.
ENSLFN.-Rev. o. K. Lamb takes
up his duties as assistant pastor OF
Methodist church, succeeding Jack
| Benton.
HUNTSVILLE-Miss Grace Nc
Neal and James Robert Seagrcves
are married here.
ANNISTON.-Campaien opens to
raise funds to rebuild home of Mr..
and Mrs, Thomas Dothard, of Four
Mile, destroyed by fire.
PARRISH are harvest
ing largest hay crop ever produced
| in this locality.
! BIRMINGHAM-W. NJ. Yerby,
charged with killing Airline King, II,
makes $1,000 bond.
FAYETTE.-Fayette county fair
opens with large attendance. Agricul-
tural exhibits are best ever seen
| here.
TUSCUMBIA.-Ja II. Palmer
sells so acres land near Nitrate Plant
No. to Detroit. Mich, parties for
! $4,000 Land will be sold in small
| tracts.
| BJRMINGHAM.-Mrs. H. T. Bak-
or. 50, dies at home here.
| DECATUR.-Doro A. Johnson.