Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-22
NORTH CAROLINA

Il. BarnnafQt, pastor, oeI jSu'I
Methodist church, host to conference
over which Bishop Denny, OF Rich
mond, Va, will preside.
DURHAM-COrnerstone OF Dur
hams Masonic temple will be lal'
October >, it is announced.
F'AYETTEVILLE.- govern
,ment defeats proposal to keep schco
boys out of public pool rooms.
RALEIGH. - Washington Mill!
company, of Salem, with So.
600, 900 authorized capital, is char
tered on petition of Colonel L. IL
Fries, A. H. Bahnson and Clemen
Manly, all of Salem, to en-
gage in brokerage business.
RALEIGH. Governor Morrison
grants conditional paroles to w. c
Kelley, Of Wake county, convicted
OF aiding manufacture of whisky, arc
to L. NJ. AycocL, of Durham. convict
ed on failure to support family.
KINGSTON-OfficiaIs of respec
tive markets make estimates which
indicate 100000 pounds of tobacco
were sold in two days at cooperative
and Independent markets here.
KINGSTON.-Charles H. Dodson
tobacconist, is informed by state de
partment at Washington of death OF
Miss Elizabeth Dodson. an aunt, il
recent disaster at Yokohama, bu
cablegrams to two other aunt!
thought to be at Shanghai, request
Ing details are unanswered.
GREENSBORO. - Jerry Jackson,
pitcher of Greensboro, Piedmont
league club, is sold to Charlotte
South Atlantic association club.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES on" will
be slogan of North Carolina depart
ment, American Legion, for next
twelve months, says Colonel w. c..
Rodman, newly elected state com.
mander, in interview in which he
says peace now has come to the
legion in this state
ROCKY MOUNT.-Jim Jones. ne.
gro, charged with murder Of w. S.
Biggs, local merchant, June 30th,
last, is declared guilty by jury in
Edgecombe county court and Judge
Connor sentences him to be electro
cuted at state prison, Raleigh, Octo-
Der 26th.
q CARTHAGE. - Moore county's
new courthouse is formally opened,
program including address by Justice
w. j. Adams, of state supreme
court, H. f. Seawell, dean of local
bard, being, selected to preside.
e; RALEIGH. - Announcement is
made that deliveries for season to
tobacco growers cooperative mar.
keting associations warehouses in
eastern North Carolina totalled s..
100000 pounds, and deliveries l.,
South Carolina belt totalled 1000, 900
on September 18th.
RALEIGH. - Governor Morrison
makes request of state treasurer and
state auditor for information relative
to states income since December 81
Ia22. desiring to ascertain what def
cit, If any, exists in state finances,
Which have been subject of extended
recent controversy.
RALEIGH. - Governor Morrison
finally declines to interfere in case
of Jim Miller, of Lenoir county. I'M
der sentence to die by electrocution
at state prison October 5th for MUIR
. der,
H.-Ninety-day parole is
9ranted by Governor Morrison to f.
E.-Glark, serving five-year sentence
for larceny, that Perquimans county
man may undergo operation as re-
suit of fracture of skull sustained
year ago.
RALEIGH.-New low record for
fre loss in month in state is set IN
August, when IS fires caused damage
totalling SIS 600, comparing with
losses Of s106,100 in June, 1922. pre-
Vious low record, State Insurance
Commissioner Wade announces.
DUNN.-Ceorge T. Hodges is hit
on nose by stray bullet fired by
marksman at show short time after
w. S. Jackson, aged and well-known
Dunn resident, is seriously injured
when run down by a motor car in
showday crowd.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL figures show
81 North Carolina motor vehicles num-
her 209, 400 were registered on July
L. comparing with 162,942 on same
date, 1922, an increase Of more than
5000.
ASHEVILLE.-J. J. Britt, .Tr., re
leased after hearing on charges
growing out of his alleged attempt 10
interfere with Ku Klux I>lan parade
and resisting officers, IS again ar
rested, charged with assault on vii
lam Mcconnell, alleged klansman,
and warrant is issued Tor Mcconnell
on identical charge.
RALEIGH-Sh Harrison, OF
Wake county, denies charges re-
ported made by Solicitor Evans that
he and deputies had refused to serve
bench warrants issued by Judge Cal
vert for arrest of fourteen alleged
bootleggers.
CHARLOTTE.-Mrs. r. G. White,
matron of Mecklenburg county home
for aged, declares Superior Court
Judge Harding and former City
Judge J. L. Jones. who recently Sc.
verely criticised her administration
says Judge Harding last visited home
In 1919 and Judge Jones never has
been here"
CHARLOTTE.-Thr suits for to.
tai of $14, 500 are heard in Mecklen
burg civil court in which M. &. Rush.
ing and members of family seek dam.
ages from Bradford Moving compa
ny. Suits grew out Of collision OF
motor truck and car.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. F.. French
forty, well-known' business man, dies
Mt Black Mountain after long i'll
ness.
TARBORO.-Dr Hubert NJ. Pc
teat, grand master, is on program 70,
address at annual meeting of Ma
sonic lodges of Eighteenth NORTH
Carolina district, September Il.
RALEIGH.-Respite by Governor
Horrison ands sixty days to life OF
Henry Daltnn convict ed Sla ver. n1