Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-19

Alabama's cotton crop this year
approximately 100000 bales.
TUSCALOOSA A. J. Bishop, 81
prominent farmer and saw mill own
er, returns home from business triI
to Marion and falls dead at home a
Fosters, near hear. Heart trouble
is cause.
FLORENCE. - Orders are ISSUED
by Louisville and Nashville railroad
abolishing Columbia, Tenn, as ter
minal point, effective August Is
Trains will be operated to Florence
and Sheffield direct to Nashville
Tenn, and from Decatur and Albany
to Mt. Pleasant, Tenn, then to Flor
ence and Sheffield.
BAY MINETTE. = Sweet potato
harvesting in Baldwin county is al
its height, with $50 cars already
shipped and about 100 cars of early
crop still to be moved.
UNION SPRINGS.-New plant of
J.. French Stave company com.
mences operation tere. More than
II carloads of oak lumber weekly is
being manufactured into slaves.
CULLMAN. - Cotton, potato and
strawberry crops of Cullman county
for this year are valued at over So
100000, according to expert esti-
mates.
TUSCALOOSA.-New educational
building for First Baptist church,
containing 100 rooms, and costing
over 100000. will be completed by
November l. 1t will be one of Tus-
caloosa's finest structures.
COMMUNICATION A. Darden
attorney and county solicitor. has in
his possession bill for sale of negro
slave, made over so years ago.
Slaves name was Nathan, 26,
and the price paid was $1,000. Slave
was sold by Thomas 3. Burford to
John Dunn, transaction taking place
IN. Butts county. Georgia.
HARTSELLE.-C yete.
rams of north Alabama hold annual
reunion at their camp grounds near
here.
. AUBURN.-About 40 per cent of
satsuma trees in Alabama were kill.
ed by cold Of past winter, according
to G. c. Starcher, former state horti-
culturist.
= 'MONTGOMERY-General hospital
board of Methodist Episcopal church,
south, in session here, approves Of
Ter of Huntington, w. Va, of $780,
700 and five-acre tract Of land, if
board will erect hospital there.
. Observation-Disclosures with at
tempting to kiss and embrace young
girl employed by him, John Argo, 80,
Greek proprietor of fruit stand here,
is fined $3.50 and given six months
at hard labor.
MONTGOMERY. - State of Ala.
bama purchases lot on which to
build 100000 building to be used ex-
cluSively by state forest commission.
Harwell G. Davis, attorney general,
holds that state money cannot be
used for erection of such building.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for
postmaster will be held here August
70. Postmaster S. d. Buck resigns
several weeks ago, and place is now
being filled by T. C. Collier.
ADMISSION. : Thomas Crews is
perhaps fatally injured, John WEIGH
seriously wounded and Charles Eel
ton injured as result of knife fight
near here.
MOBILE.-With arrival here
about middle of August of Pacific
steamer, Caribbean and Gulf steam.
nip line with products from Pa
cific coast, Mobile enters upon new
al "a n4
made possible by action of shipping
board in forcing parity rate for Mo.
bile with Atlantic ports.
MAYLENE.-B. l.. Rhodes, bridge
and building supervisor for this sec
ton of Southern railroad, is found
dead under trestle near here. Death
believed due to apoplexy.
FLORENCE.-M than $50. 900
will be spent in developing Flor
be graded and paved and new
wharves built.
MONTGOMERY Soldiers poll
tax amendment" to state constitu-
ton, which eXempts from paying
poll tax men who served in United
States army from January /, 1917
to November II, 1918, will be voted
on at November election. Six total
will also be voted on.
CARLOWvILLE. = First rain
since April falls here and revives
crops somewhat. All crops are al
most ruined.
MOBILE.-Charge of bribery
against Aubrey Boyles, United
States district attorney, in connec-
zion with Mobiles famous liquor
cases, are mol pressed by &. b.
Chamberlain, solicitor in federal
court. Boyles is reinstated in office.
BIRMINGHAM. = Audit of city
books shows additional shortages of
$4,000, bringing total up to $751;
900. 1t is now estimated that total
shortage may reach between $751; 900
and 100000.
Il DOTHAN.-Edward Flowers, 50.
OF Sneads, Fla, who is visiting his
slster-ln-law, Mrs. c. w. Peterman.
near here, is struck and killed by
automobile while walking to Dothan.
FLoRENCE.-James Simpson. %,
one of Florence's Oldest and most
prominent citizens, dies.
MONTGOMERY. = Fertilizer ton.
mage in Alabama from October |
l923, to August 1, 1924, was 40 791
tons against 1925 tons for san,e
period in 1922-1923.
NHUNTSVILLE - Sudden illnass
wfnle on railroad train coming here
prevents Congressman Ed b. Almon
speaking at big barbecue al Owens
Cross Roads.
HUNTSNlLLE.-Red spiders are
reported in cotton fields of Madi.
son county, but as yet damage IS
only slight. Farmers are warned to
Watch out for next generation of
spiders and prepare to fight them
REFoRM.-Three negroes who
are employed at Thompson's road
camp near here, are sitting on bale
OF nay during thunder storm when