Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-27

StOn county farmers go 10 florence
county, South Carolina, to study
methods of growing cotton under
weevil conditions. Johnston county
produced so 600 bales in 1922. This
years crop will be at least 10000
bales less, due to weeVis.
MOUNT OLIVE.-A. G. Cox. fifty
we'll known, is found dead in bed at
his room, death being attributed to
heart failure.
MOUNT OLIVE.-Ge gorge L. Flow
ers, insurance man, whose tongue
swelled to extent that breathing was
obstructed, was taken to Whining
ton hospital by physicians, VIII"
were baffied by his condition, which
developed, it appeared, from condi
ton described as sore throat.
RALEIGH. - Governor Morrison
mails parole to w. o. Scott, white,
serving sentence in Dupln county,
but Scott attempts to escape day pa
role is mailed and governor, when
advised. revokes parole.
GASTONIA-Campa to obtain
funds to bring Lenoir- Rhyme college
here from Hickory is assisted by ID.
F.. Rhyme, millionaire capitalist and
benefactor OF institution. who con-
tributes 100000 to fund.
! BROWNSVILLE. - June Beck,
white farmer, is taken to High
/ Point hospital in grave condition for
! treatment of crushed skull resulting
| from blow which officials say was
| delivered by Bert Cassad day. negro
| tenant. who is arrested. There were
no known eyewitnesses. Beck is
pavement showed driver skidded
| kicked Beck.
sALIsBURY.-Roy. seven. son Of
| Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Sheek. is struck
bv motor car driven by George A.
! Peller. mechanic, and dies shorlly
afterwards at hospital. Marks on
pavement showed driver skldden
wheels Is feet.
RALEIGH Supreme court rules
NEGLIGENCE can not be charged 10
Atlantic Coast Line for Injuries TO
HAYWOOD Gardner, of washington
| county. who, being given free roe
on section hands car, is injured /"
accident.
WINSTON SALEM.-General 30
sanh winston chapter of Daughters
of American Revolution unVell lap
lot over grave of Lieut.-Gen. An
| thonv Biting, Revolutionary war
officer great greatgrandfather OIL
nron,inent families here; He came
70 Winston-Salem after serving
through war with pennsylvania
troops.
WINSTON SALEM. - BuilolnS
COMMITTEES of proposed Old Iown
Iigb school and Forsyth county
school board jointly arranged loi 10,
drawing of plans for $1OO,oou sGnoo'
- - he hnilt at intersection of WINS
ton salem and Mt. Tabor ROADS
T.ExINGTON.-Bu men re-
oin canvass to raise $SO,OOo as sup,
Elementary offer for location neai
bera If proposed North Carohna; Or
Manage of Junior Order Clll'e0
American Mechanics.
1NSTON.-Tobacco crop proouc+
Cd IN tr:s section is estimated DIT
sbout 10000, 900 pounds. Otferlnss
ore slumping, farmers announclnS
intiention TO sell "gradually' anu
mr. COS are slowly advancing.
SPENCER. Pouring of concrele
he contractors on state highway Col-,
missions 100000 bridge over Hao'
kin river is begun and will be COM
Melted in several months
WILMINGTON. - Two So'horse
mower boilers recently exploding are
replaced by 150-horse. boiler at koch
Shjngle mill, +=&oeifs Explaining ex-
nIosion cost him $1,000 because IN
surance lapsed few days before eX-
plosion.
Observation-Disclosures with re-
ouest of DIR. A. T. Allen, superln'
tendent of public instruction, Cover
nor Morrison offers $500 reward for
conviction of persons responsible for
dvnamlting $4,000 Corinith school
in Johnston county August 26.
ASHEVILLE.-J. w. Guthrie, 10
dies after three-year illness.
RALEIGH bank failures in
adjacent states exceed those of North
| Carolina, says George Z. Pell, OF
state corporation commission, refer
ring to criticism of commission
policy in enforcing state banking
| laws by New Hanover county grand
! jury. Thirty-two state banks failed
| in Georgia in 1922, he said, Is in
South Carolina and four in this state
GUILFORD COLLEGE. - DIR
! Carleton medical missionary to India
for 40 years, becomes member OF
Guilford college faculty, teaching
embryology and assisting in biology
| laboratory.
GREENSBORO. - Court officials
| comment on large number of forgery
and bad-check cases on superior
court docket, which they say indi-
| Gates merchants are not sufficiently
| cautious. Signatures on bad checks
include: 81. o. e." "Aint This
Great" and "Aint You Phoolish."
Observation-Disclosures charged
with four offenses growing out of
driving car while under influence of
whisky, J. B. Craver, Charlotte linn
salesman, is arrested on charge OF
assault with deadly .weapon-an
which crashed into car
| Of T. A. Cantrell, when Cantreu was
painfully hurt.
ASHENILLE. - American Bust
less club announces it will place
memorial tablet on Vance monument
IN Pack square in honor. of Zeb
Vance, states famous Civil war gov.
error and founder Of states educa-
tional system.
! RALEIGH.-Plan Cotton Oil
& Fertilizer Co., obtains authority
from secretary of state to- increase
ca pital from $50, 900 to $25000O.
NALDESE. - Waldensian EN-
broderers, Inc, is organized, with
! 800 900 authorized capital. by F.
Garrou, Naldese. A. NJ. kistler, Nor
| canton, and others, and will take
over Burke Novelty Mfg. Co, Of
Naldosta, announcement says.
SALISBURY.-Ha n. Young,
convicted in Rowan superior court
after trial continuing five days, is
given five years in prison for burn