Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-14
NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS III

| Southern Methodist church, win first
! legal move when clerk of court re-
| fuses to probate what is declared
exact copy from stenographic notes
of original will, which was lost under
circumstances declared unexplained.
! Church's attorneys appeal to supe-
r.or court.
! Greensboro. Clara Saunders
and. DIR. ]. w. Taylor are married
here. They were tried in superior
court in 1921 on charge Of immoral
conduct, preferred by former Mrs.
Taylor, who since is reported to have
said she always believed DIR. Taylor's
office assistant to be "a pure WON.
an" DIR. Taylor says Il married the
poor girl because all the world
frowned on her and I was deter
mined she should not suffer-
GOIdsbOrO.-C. II. Warren, Cald-
we'll county, is elected superintend-
ent of Odd Fellows orphanage, sue
ceeding c. o. Baird, recently re
signed.
GOIdsbOr0.-Only 50, 800 remains to
be raised in city's campaign for S35,
! 900 fund for memorial community
| building.
RaIeigh.-Jeff Powell, Ga, of Gar
ner, in feeble health, withdraws APP
/ peal to supreme court, and his at
torneys announce he VIII immediate
ly begin sentence, not less than four
years, in penitentiary. He was con-
victed of killing his brother, Philo
Powell, 70, also Of Garner, to whom
he had not spoken for 80 years.
HickOry.-Young man identified
by mother as |Boy Smith, of near
Connolly Springs, dies at hospital of
| injuries sustained two days previous
| ly in automobile accident on Hickory
! Shelby road.
Rocky Manufacturers of Will
son, Tarboro and Nashville are
guests of city's firenen at banquet.
HendersOn.-Tobac warehouse
men of Durham, Warrenton, Oxford
| and Henderson will meet here to dis.
| cuss organization to control opera
ton of their business.
WadesbOrO.-Party of prominent
! Arson county farmers announce
! plan to visit Cocker farms at Harris
Vile, S. c., to study boil weevil con-
troll work.
Raleigh.-Bids for equipment to
increase from $500, 900 to 5000, 900
| gallons daily capacity of city pump
ing station will be opened August 1
by city commissioners. Bond issue
may be necessary to meet expense.
acknowledgements of federal
! differentiation inspectors that Hart
ford county owners dip their cattle
are being met with more grace, and
opposition, so long and vigorous,
seems dissipa ting.
| Durham.-With wedding announc-
ed for~October s, plans underway for
elaborate wedding, 20 be Followed by
trip to Europe, Miss Mary Newly
| Toms, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Toms, is quietly married at home
of her parents to Jesse Harper Err
win, Jr., %. They left for New
York, planning to sail July II for
Europe. Brides parents live in New
( York, spending few months each
| year at former home here.
/ L
| cal civic organizations gather to dis
cuss plans for demonstration July
| rs in favor of world disarmament
and abolition of war.
GreenSbOrO.-N. j. McDuffie. 50,
retired, formerly prominent business
man, dies of heart trouble.
ThOmasvilIe.-Page Banking and
! Trust company, one of larger bank
! ing institutions of state, announces
| intention to open branch here. New
First National bank building is rap
idly nearing completion.
GreensLOrO.-On several consecu-
tive days, Greensboro Daily News
publishes in bold-face type, leading
editorial page, call to Governor Nor
rfson to prove or apologize for hav-
ing made charge that Tom Bost,
Ra eigh correspondent of Daily
News, was caught Spying" on gov
trnOr when he was in conference
with A. ID. Watts, deposed political
leader, which charge Bost vehement
! ly denied.
Shelby.-GoveInor Morrison, here,
en- route to Asheville, meets A. W.
cratic leaders, and in interview de-
clares newspaper correspondents, eX-
| cept Brock Barley, are seelang to
discredit his administration. Barley
represents four newspapers friendly
to the governor.
LII mberton.-Superior court con.
venes here, Judge n. A. Sinclair, of
Fayetteville, presiding. most impor
tant case on docket being that in
which 3. M Lawson, Jules Brogden
and John Hedgepeth are charged
with participating in flogging of
Mrs. Hattie Purvis and Mrs. Mary
wilson, of Proctorvllle, by is masked
men, April IA.
Lumbert0n.-Joint meeting of
cuonty board of education and coun-
ty commissioners rejects report of
joint committee recommending is
per cent cut in teachers salaries and
adopts scale suggested by state
board OF education.
Red s.-Superintendent OF
schools announces every teacher
filed resignation as protest against
proposal for county authorities to
cut teachers salaries 10 per cent:
Observation-Disclosures McRae, of
Red Springs, chairman for Is years,
resigns from county board of edu-
cation on account of i'll health, T. l..
Johnson, of Lumberton, succeeding
him as chairman.
LumbertOn.-Miss Elizabeth Prye,
of Red Springs, is reelected county
welfare officer.
HickOry.-Mrs. John l.. Lyerly, 50,
member of one of cOunty's most
prominent families, is dead.
eidsviIle.-Chamber of Commerce
receives communication from EdseIl