Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-13

BRUNSWICK Cal. Gordon, of
Waynesville. Ga, died here of heart
trouble.
FlOVilla, Ga.-Eighteen buildings
and 400 bales of cotton are destroyed
by fire with a loss of more than
$1,000
Atlanta. - Country Bankers AS
ISOLATION of Georgia scores proposed
farm loan credit legislation and asks
that they be consulted.
Duluth, Ga. Duluth has in
stalled as mayor Mrs. Alice Strick-
land, reported the first woman mayor
in the state of Georgia.
Avon Park, Fla. - Robert w.
Swearingen, mayor Of Avon Park,
widely known in state Democratic
political circles, is dead.
Charleston, S. c. - Y. Okla
bata, a Japanese employed on the
plantation Of John Poppenheim, kill
ed himself with a shotgun.
Lausanne.-Allied and Turkish dele
gates agree that there should be no
military exemption from service for
Christian residents of Turkey.
Savannah. Ga. - Judge Meldrim
considers injunction seeking to re-
strain outgoing city council from
holding an election of officers,
Scotland Neck, \. C.-Congress-
man Claud Kitchin, who has been
suffering with an attack of pneu-
monia since Saturday, is reported
out of danger.
Annapolis, Md.-Three midship.
men found guilty of hazing recently
have had their verdicts disarproved
on technical grounds, it is reported
from Washington.
Louisville, Ga.-Bill Marion, a
negro. was killed by Night Police
man Pat Harloam Wednesday morn
ing. The negro when hailed attack
ed him, the officer says.
Norfolk, Va.-The German steamer
Heinrich Kayser, which left Norfolk
December 3, and has not been heard
from since December 6, is believed
to have been lost at sea.
WaycrOss. - Twenty-four arrests
have been made in Ware and Charl-
ton counties in raids for violators of
the prohibition laws in the past few
days by local and federal officers.
Richmond, Va.-The deacons Of
Grove Avenue Baptist church have
recommended to the. congregation
that the pastor, DR.. Len G.. Brough-
ton, be asked to reconsider his resig-
nation.
Columbia, S. C.-Thomas John
son, a negro held in connection with
the death of d white woman, after
being taken from the Jail at Olar,
was given back into the keeping of
the authorities after being kept sew
eral hours.
Millen, Ga.-A Jenkins county
jury found George Jackson, farmer,
guilty Of the murder Of Tom w. Ay-
cock, also a farmer, recommending
mercy. Jackson was sentenced to
life imprisonment. Only ten jurors
tried the case, by agreement.
Observation-Disclosures to the pro-
posed amalgamation Of the sixteen
railroad unions is expressed by w.
G. Lee, president of the Brother
hood Of Railroad Trainmen. and
Warren S. Stone, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers.
Macon, Ga.-Rev.' J. d. Smith
will continue as superintendent of
the South Georgia Conference Meth
odist Orphans home here, it is an
nounced. While his action in chain
ing three Of the girl inmates was
condemned, the trustees feel that
the incident should be closed with
that expression.
Marietta, Ga.-Miss Annie Gober,
of Marietta, niece of former Judge
George F. Gober, of the Blue
Ridge circuit, was almost instantly
killed early Wednesday night when
the automobile of Herbert Clay.
president of the state senate. was
wrecked near here. Mr.. Clay. was
driving from Atlanta and riding with
>TUtt and Miss
Gober. Mr. Clay was blinded by
the headlights of a passing car and
the car struck telephone pole. Miss
Gobers iugular vein was severed.
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