Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-22


disadvantages Mclean, of Lum
berton, probable candidate for COVER
nor, while guest Ia joint meeting o
kiwanis and Rotary clubs, for mo
ment fails to see joke when firem
drag hose lines into banquet room
in response to fake fire alarm.
Greensboro.-HA B. Gallagher. ar
rested in Charlotte, is convicted
here on charges of obtaining money
under false pretenses. from member
of American Legion, and is sen
fenced to four months in Jail. Penn
sylvania authorities have asked fol
his return 10 face other charges.
WilsOn.-Josephus Daniels, editor
of Raleigh, will deliver the com
mencement address May % at AT
lantic Christian college.
GreensbOrO-The Guilford county
board of education Announces bids
will be received May 26 for $5OO,0OO
in bonds for development of county
school system.
KinstOn.-Turkish tobacco is los
ing favor with English smoker
who is finding North Carolina bright
leaf more to his liking, according to
Leslie Worthington, president of to-
bacco board of trade here, re
Gently returned from a business trip
to England.
BeaufOrt.-Governor Morrison
here, declares he is we'll pleased
with the progress in this section in
carrying out his program of deVeI-
oping the states oyster breeding IN
dustry. He is accompanied by Sen
ator F. M. Simmons, of New Bern,
and Leonard Tufts, of Pinehurst,
ReidsviIIe.-The reported mutila-
ton of tobacco beds owned by S. e.
Alcorn, which aroused some talk
over the state of the possibility of
tobacco war;" impels the Co-opera-
tive Tobacco Growers association
members here to deny guilt in for
NAL resolution.
Salisbury. G. Speaks, Of States
Vile, is reelected state president OF
the Patriotic Sons. of America: The
body meets next May Is at Hickory
StatesvilIe.-Rev. Oscar J. Allen,
negro pastor of churches here and at
Shelby, appeals from the verdict of
CITY court here, which fined him
Si5O and confiscated his car after
trial on charges that one gill OF
whisky was found in it.
Lenor.-Homer P. Robinson, Of
Granite Falls, sets record price for
Caldwell county by paying $3.50 fol-
Jersey COW.
Salisbury.-Trial of H. H. Young,
farmer, charged with burning his
dwelling, is abruptly ended after
two days when juror develops
measles.
Chapel Hill,-Cablegram from Pau
Dixie, noted physicist, now in Con
stantinople. advises University OF
North Carolina of acceptance OF OF
kfer to substitute one year for A. II
Patterson, loaned to- Harvard.
CharlOtte.-Souther Power com
pany headquarters here announces
conclusion of. negotiations whereby
100000 is paid for properties, in
Guiding water rights, of superior
Yarn mills, at East Z MonbO, neal
Statesville.
CharIOtte.-J. B. Duke. tobacco
and hydro-electric power magnate
will leave soon for a visit OF sew
eral months, to European countries
Waynesville.-Plan for hydro
electric development on Pigeon
river are disclosed by. chartering Q
Pigeon. River Power company b.
F. E. Alley and others, with author
/ lied capital of $4,000. 1t is an
nounced that this amount will b.
increased, Engineers are maxim;
surveys between Waynesville ant
the Tennessee line.
Acknowledgement election is or
| dered for July Is in Grace schoo
district Of Buncombe county on tn
question of issuing $4,000 in bond
for school purposes.
RaIeigh.-Demand continues brisl
throughout state for all classes o
labor, with little prospect of relief
according to- weekly summary o.
Commissioner Shipman. Exodus o
negroes continues serious menace t.
| North Carolina activities, he reports
FayetteviIIe.-Jury here awards
Mrs. Matte B. Moore and three chill
dren $4,000 in damages against thu
Atlantic Coast Line railroad, fol
death of w r. Moore, husband anc
/ father, who was killed by Coast Linz
train of which he was conductor.
GOldsborO.-Sam 3. Currin, o
Greenville, is elected grand master
of North Carolina grand lodge o
Odd Fellows. Raleigh will be mex
meeting place. Gifts Of $4,000 fol
orphanage are announced.
CharIotte.-John j. Parker, o
Charlotte, former Republican candi
date for governor, is called to Wash
ington by Attorney General Daugh
erty's office to direct prosecution o
]. l.. Philips, of Georgia. former Re
publican national committeeman
charged with fraud in connection
with war contracts.
CharIotte.-N. ]. Sheriff., wealth!
business man, announces plan tt
| provide Charlotte a goat dairy OF
land he has purchased near Myer
park, the city's most exclusive
| suburb.
CharIOtte.-Major General J. A
| Lejune, commander of Marin
corps, accepts an invitation to speal
here May 80 at unwilling Of dough
boy statue on lawn of Mecklen
burg courthouse.
Charlotte. Lieutenant f. P
Gaines, aviator at Camp Bragg
Fayetteville, n. c., who announce
| plan to make a trans-continenta
flight, is brother of Rev. Joseph A
Gaines, pastor of st. Jose<;n's Bar
fist church here.
Charlotte.--Rev. r. n. Ivey, D. d
editor of the Southern Christian Ac
| vocate, whose death occurred a
Nashville, was a brother of j. E
Ivey, leading merchant here, an
brother-in-law of w. c. Dowd an
w. F. Dowd, leading business me
of this city.