Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-19

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outside capital for development pur'
poses, j. G. Adams, president OF
bank, announces.
! GREENSBORO.-P and CEN
tenary campaign treasurers of "a
Methodist churches in western
North Carolina and Carolina con
ferences meet here January 14-15 at
call of Bishop Collins Denny, OF
Richmond, Va, to discuss mission
airy movement, with Bishop w. E.
Beauchamp presiding.
HICKORY. - w. H. Barkley,
prominent Republican, declines APP
pointment on Johnson campaign
! committee for state, writing Jake
Newell, of Charlotte, chairman, that
activity for Johnson would tend to
divide Republican party in state. y
WILMINGTON. Representative
Homer s. Lyon advises chamber OF
commerce that little hope is felt war
| department can be influenced to re-
consider decision to abandon Fort
Caswell
! CHARLOTTE.-Add mem
bers of Kiwanis club, Billy Sunday,
evangelist. tells them to make love
to your wives" adding ''only time
some men say anything good about
| their wives is when they are telling
some duck what to carve on her
tombstone" Man who makes wife
| beg for money lis worse than inf
DEL" says Sunday.
CHARLOTTE. M. G. Knox,
| prominent business man, is occu-
pant of closed car which plunges
from bridge forty feet into Catawba
river at Rozzells, being trapped
within car, where he was forced to
bremain several hours until rescued,
near frozen, by passers-by. Physi'
clans say he will recover.
CHARLOTTE.-Dr. E. C. Brooks,
president of State College, Raleigh,
confers with prominent men in tex
| tile industry relative to enlargement
of textile school at college, cost I'd
be paid from fund of $1,350,000 ap-
propriated by last legislature.
HOLLY HILL.-First National
Bank REFLECTS j. Francis Folk as
president.
SWANBORO.-Mrs. Harvey Cana.
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kerosene. Explosion follows and she
receives fatal burns. Room was
wrecked.
RALEIGH.-City administration
announces it's attitude toward boxing
matches will be determined by out.
come of cases in superior court at
! Charlotte, where dozen principals in
! boxing matches there are facing in
,dictments charged with violating
state law prohibiting prize fights.
CHARLOTTE Neal Nc
CHM, 70, prominent business man
| dies as result of stroke of paralysis
suffered two weeks previously.
WILMI N.-Unidentified ne
gro, atten. pting to force entrance in.
to home, is met by revolver fire
from Mrs. A. d. Sellers, negro be,
! ing wounded when he attempts to
grab gun. He then fled.
! RALEIGH.-Wak county board
of commissioners felt compelled to
| place obstacles ins Cupid path when
denying request of K. r. Rose, 60,
inmate Of county home, to take as
| his wife, Mrs. LA Taylor, AZ, also
| inmate of home. Board told Rose he
would have to make living for two
and Rose decided against marriage
SALISBURY. - Rowan county
| board of education votes to spend
| $4,000 on new schools. first con.
tract to be 100000 building for Spen.
Ger.
CHARLOTTE.-N. E. Winters
formerly of Charlotte, former Neck
| lenburg county farm demonstration
agent, recently connected with fed.
! eral farm work in South Carolina
accepts offer Of Argentine govern.
ment to promote culture of cotton,
at salary of $4,000 gold per annum.
WINSTON SALEM. Creditor of
! Bailey Brothers, Inc, tobacco manu-.
facturers, which recently filed bank.
ruptcY petition in Greensboro Fed.
eral district court, elect NJ. S. Lyon
| of Winston-Salem. as trustee, who
with Frank Henderson. Of Hickory
will continue as receivers until
| January IS, when creditors indicate
decision to sell plant will be reached
at conference.