Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-14
NORTH CAROLINA

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2WwTON.-Lieuten Colonel C
o. Sheriff., military aide to President
Coolidge, in charge of certain ar
rangements for state funeral for late
President Harding, is a native of
Newton.
STATESVIL E-Rev. J. Fl.
= Brady, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
1 Brady, of Statesville, returns home
after six years in Japan as mis-
Customary.
4 n DURHAM.-Durham county tax
authorities report new assessment on
property for taxation shows county's
taxable wealth is $S6,OO0.000.
AHOSKIE.-Hertford county, with
condition of SO per cent, is declared
i by state department of agriculture
- 10 have best cotton condition of any
sEhcounty in state, and "oae of very
few In cotton belt wiyA such eondi-
=. ton" This is 2 per cent above near
est North Carolina county.
CHARLOTTE.-The Mecklenburg
county board of education adds Holy
Bible to curriculum and also re-
quires study of certain textbook on
!. history of Old Testament, in addl-
.a-tion to requirements relative to par
gallel reading of Biblical works.
.st,s GASTONIA-Dr. w. F. Junkin,
of Sutsein, China, breaches two SER
mons here and leaves on return to
Japan, leave of absence of one year
having expired, to resume work he
has engaged in for thirty-six years.
NEWELL.-Back Creeks annual
picnic date is fixed as August Is.
This occasion attracts great crowds
ito this Mecklenburg county church.
All railroads agree to stop trains al
church.
ASHEVILLE.-In esponse to
4 proclamation of Governor Morrison.
issued here, supplementing Presi-
dent Coolidges proclamation, North
Carolina people observe fifteen-min-
ute period of reflection and prayer
on day state funeral Is held at
Washington for President Harding
Day of interment at Marion, Ohio, is
observed as day of mourning.
DURHAM.-Contract for construc.
ton of Masonic temple to cost
S165,000 is awarded to Goode Con-
struction company, of Charlotte.
HAMLET. Speech of G eneral
Gourad, French war hero, on brief
visit here, was statement that
american cameramen today are
ruling America. their orders to
stand still a minute being the only
ones obeyed." He was guest of DR..
w. d. Jones.
sALISBURY-Home of J. D.. Nor.
wood, president of Mecklenburg
mills and former president of PEG.
Piles National bank, both in hands
of receivers, is sold for $4,000 10
! satisfy $4,000 in judgments.
THOMASvILLE.-S. B. Kennedy.
arrested in California after flight
from High Point, is brought back 20
SThomasville by Sheriff Lambert. of
Davidson county, to stand trial on
charges of abandonment, preferred
by wife.
CHARLOTTE.-Bod of Newton
j. Matthews, thrty-six, assistant
manager of International Harvester
company. Charlotte branch, victim
u apoplpectic stroke, is taken to
{ athens, Ga, his former home, for in
: terment.
s CHARLOTTE.-Parents join fight
N city court between Arthur Mont.
somery, eighteen, and Odessa Mont.
= .gomery, nineteen. groom and bride,
sFslatter charging abandonment and an
nouncing intention to seek divorce.
After heated trial, Judge Kennedy
influences them to make up and
they leave court smiling.
-.,''-' DURHAM..@.Stacey w. Wade,
State insurance commissioner, in ad.
dress to state firemen's convention,
declares movement for preventing
.safires is exceeded in Importance to
humanity and prosperity only by
-, teaching of Christianity and dissi-
sapation of disease.
MONTREAT.-Fou thousand per-
sons from over entire south attend
Montreal Presbyterian Sunday school
conference.
- ASHEVILLE.-Dr. Horace Grant
seeof Atlanta, Ga, president of Ma
Is Lonal Order of Pipe Smokers, here
on visit. orders wreath sent, to be
4 placed on coffin of President Har-
sooling, deceased brother"
ASHEVILLE.-"The Tribe of ia
cob,'' Descendants of Jacob Weaver,
hold annual gathering, observing
custom established in 1850. Weaver