Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-11

granting MIS-. RATE II. NtCAlSIel
$16,920 for death of husband en-
gineer, killed on train in yards here.
CLINTON.-Citizens petition city
council to float bonds for $685. 900 for
street paving.
MANNING. -Farmers market bu-
reau here reports weekly shipments
of chickens to total valuation of APP
proximately $150,000. Shipments
are made each Wednesday.
COLUMBIA. - Supreme court af-
firms verdict of circuit court in case
against Mrs. Alice Young and Miss
Emma Stroud, aged sisters of Gin
ton, S. c., who appealed from SEN
tence of one years imprisonment
each after conviction of assault and
battery with intent to kill upon Mrs
katherine Young, daughter-in-law Of
Mrs. Alice Young.
GREENVILLE. - Marshall Moore,
Jr., young high school student, is
found dead in bath tub at home of
prominent parents here, asphyxiation
apparently being cause. Gas heater
found eXtinguished in room.
NEW BROOKLAND. - Charlie
Driggers. M. d. Spigner and Henry
Martin, youths, are sentenced to fine
Of $500 or term of so days in Jail,
each, for theft of whisky from local
calaboose.
COLUMBIA-Water Power COM
pany, subsidiary of Southern Power
company, of Charlotte, chartered in
this state, with location in kershaw
county, is granted authority by sec
rotary of state to increase capital
stock from 81, $685. 900 to $11 900, 900.
COLUMBIA.-Miss Myrtle Keisler
and Raymond Cooper are killed, Miss
keisler instantly, Mr.. Cooper dying
later, when automobile in which they
and two others are riding strikes
Southern railway train at highway
crossing three miles north of city.
Mrs. Ida Parr and f. c. Elders are
improving at hospital.
UNION.-Work on new Fair For
est hotel here is stopped, because
subscribers are not meeting subscrip-
tons to stock.
COLUMBIA-Dr. LeGrande Guer-
ry goes to Charleston to preside over
9th annual convention of Southern
Surgical association, of which he is
president.
DARLINGTON. - John Barfield
and Blink Brown, white, and three
negroes, prisoners, escape from
county Jail here by crawling through
hole in wall from which they sawed
bars, but few hours later one of ne
groeS, Bill Hammond, returns, crawl
ing back through hole by which he
escaped, declaring it is too cold on
outside.
COLUMBIA.-Fina papers for
dedication to forest service of 100000
acres of Camp jackson area, here,
are turned over to Secretary of War
Weeks, according to information re-
ceived here from Congressman FL. P.
Fulmer.
COLUMBIA.-Safet of school
children when travelling in school
buses is one subject before county
uperintendents of education in state !
gathering here.
COLUMBIA.-Wad Bellew, es-
capped convict, is brought back to |
state penitentiary from Central, |
where he was arrested by J. w. |
Julian, chief Of police.
ANDERSON.-A. H. Gilbert, "a, |
dies at home here of daughter Mrs. |
J. E. Sullivan.
LAKE CITY.-W. L. Whitehead is
elected mayor of town, defeating DR..
M d. Nesmith by majority of 7S'
votes.
CHARLESTON.-Edward r. Lee
care, prominent citizen, age "a. and
7 inc
by gas fumes in room where gas
heater was burning and quantity of
oxygen was reduced.
SUMTER.-Train strikes car here.
One negress, Jemima Walker, is in
stantly killed; three other negroes
escape with only slight injuries.
CHARLESTON.-Plan of giving
pupils of public schools one hour
each week of religious instruction is
put into operation here, churches of
city cooperating.
SUMTER.-O. L. Williams IS
elected president of newly organized
furniture manufacturing company
here. Company plans to have plant
in operation by spring.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES railway
company here, owned by Barstow in
terests of New York, petitions state
railroad commission for permission
to institute ten-cent fares. Hearing
is set for December IS.
UNION.-John WhitloclI. of Union,
dies at age of seventy-four.
YORK.-Large delegations of Y.
NJ. c. A. boys attend district colder
T g.. nt-
d. Melton, president of state uni
versity, as chief speaker.
GREENWOOD.-O have no
clue as yet to Rufus Kirby, young
white man serving twoyear SEN
tence on chaingang for theft of
automobile, who escaped third time
in nine months.
WOODRUFF.-Me of state
railroad commission hold hearing at
SpartanburS, on petition for increase
of local telephone rates.
GREENVILLE. Proposal is
made that business men hire
dirigible Los Angeles for Greenville
booster trip" to Panama and Next
co City.
I.AJrRENS.-S for $50 600 is
brought against ChafleStOn ana
Western Carolina railroad for death
last summer of Rev. and Mrs. w.
p. Rochester, killed when automo-
bile was struck by train on Laurens-
Greenville division. Suit is brought
by w. T. Kenneth, of Union, admin
istrator.
ABBENILLE. - Walter Sherard
gives fox chase for Rev. and Mrs.
r. O. LamoreuX and Mr.. and Mrs.
+. NJ Bauch. of Chicago, guests,
with long string of fine hounds, but
fox makes getaway.
COLUMBIA.-Banks of state de-
mand new state cotton warehouse
receipts. according to State Ware
house Commissioner J. c. Rivers.