Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-05

StAONN
as a woman. Cyrus Cornelius is
arrested as he worked at home OF
+! local business man as domestic and
| Jailed on charge of killing VIII
Jackson.
CHARLOTTE. - Declaration by
Col. T. l.. Kirkpatrick, lawyer and
former mayor, in city court, that
mo minister of Charlotte has nerve
| to@denounce violation of closed-S Sun.
day laws by wealthy residents" pro
volles storm among city's ministers
who deny charges of being hypocrits
but refrain from discussing Sunday
golf playing.
CHARLOTTE. - Failure of Scott
Feed company and filing of suit for
divorce and alimony by wife, Mrs
Mary L. Scott, are followed by sud
den disappearance of John l.. Scott
! formerly in brokerage business here
and well-known business man. Lurid
charges against Scott are written in
to wife's complaint.
RALEIGH. - Warden Busbee, Of
Estate prison, telegraphs from Athens,
Tenn, that suspect arrested there
quest from State Corporation com
rival as J. l.. Leake, who escaped
six months ago from state prison
farm at Caledonia, where he was
serving 30-year term for murder of
H. B. Ashburn, of Winston Salem, in
1921.
RALEIGH. After making com
plete confession of his crime to War
den Busbee, of state prison, Lee
Washington, 20, negro, is electrocut-
ed at prison for assault upon prom
inent white woman in Nash county.
Governor Morrison sent troops to
guard Nashville court during Wash.
ington's trial, early in December, due
to intense excitement.
RALEIGH. - Governor Morrison
announces, in compliance with re-
quest from State Corporation com
mission, that special counsel will be
employed to assist attorney general
in fight of North Carolina interests
before interstate commerce commits
sion on effort of Virginia cities to
obtain elimination of alleged dis
criminatory freight rates to North
Carolina points.
GREENSBORO. - Rev. A. w. Ply
Ter, editor Of North Carolina Chris
tan Advocate, announces he will
ignore challenge of DIR. Oscar Hay,
wood, of Montgomery county,
wealthy planter, to debate on Ku
klux Khan, challenge growing out
of Plyler's attack on khan at recent
Washington, D. c., conference of
Methodist ministers.
CHARLOTTE.-A Lambeth
twenty-six of Gastonia, dies at local
hospital of injuries sustained when
wagon tongue crashed through
windshield of his car and struck him
on head as collision occurred.
RALEIGH, -Governor Morrison
announces only one of many prison
ers receiving executive clemency
from governor remembering to send
him Christmas greetings was Joe
Dixon, negro, of Craven county, con-
victed of burglary, whose sentence
to death was committed Dixon is
serving time at prison camp near
Shelby
STANLY.-Charlie Ingram, negro,
is shot in back Of head by wife, at
distance Of 20 feet, two loads of
buckshot causing little evil effect.
Ingram, angered, picks up heavy
stick and fails. wife over head, caus-
ing only cuts and bruises. Physi-
clan picks buckshot out of Ingram S
skull and sews up cuts on woman's 8,
head, narveling at resistance of their
craniums.
WILSON.-Sheriff Glover and dep
uties start new year fight by captur-
ing even dozen stills, which gives
them excellent chance to beat in
1924 record offs captured stills in
1928.
RALEIGH. - Frank Carpenter,
globe-trotter, spending winter at
Pinehurst, is expected to be one of
principal speakers at midwinter
meeting Of North Carolina Press as
ISOLATION, at Pinehurst.
O.-Raymond Stack,
young white man, is arrested on sus-
picion after explosion at night Of
dynamite wrecks windows of home
of ID. w. Corsbie. Earlier In day
Corsbie had demonstrated with
Stack. whose conduct was declared
Objectionable.
GREENSBoRO.-North Carolina
Children's Home society announces
it has 10 boy-babies and II girl ba
bies for whom homes by adoption
are sought.