Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-24
ALABAMA

ALEXANDER CITY.-Followins
granting by interstate commerce
commission to Central Of Georgia
railroad, right to change present
route between Opelika and Leeds,
contracts are let for work to com
mence immediately.
pHoENIX CITY.-Pat Murphy
enters race for mayor, to oppose
Mayor Claude B. Gullatt. Election
takes place in September.
AUBURN.-Dr. Thomas e. Ben
ner, acting dean Of school of educa-
ton and summer school at Auburn,
is elected to presidency of University
of Porto Rico, San Juan. Porto Rlca.
He will sail August ,.
TUSCALOOSA coun-
ty is arranging to build concrete
roads at cost of 100000, county vot-
ing bonds.
HUNTSVILLE.-Morning Star,
morning newspaper owned and ed
tied by Edward Doty, is changed to
afternoon publication.
MONTGOMERY against
narcotic traffic in Montgomery will
be carried on Indefinitely, it is an
nounced.
NTGOMERY.-I. T. Quinn is
reelected state game and fish com
missioner by plurality of over TO-
600 votes.
GADSDEN.-C. A. East purchases
Rock Springs quarries from Wood
stock Iron corporation, including so
acres of lands and plant.
FAYETTE.-Guy A. Hart, en-
gineer in drainage development Of
Fayette and Lamar counties, says
thirteen miles on. upper section and
fifteen miles on lower sections are
completed. When complied it will
be fortyfive miles long, crossing
state line into Mississippi.
TUsCUMBIA.-Mrs. NJ. o. Cam
mack, 70, dies at home here after
short illness.
COURTLAND.-S. L. Morrow,
farm agent. says Lawrence county
Is buying thousands of dollars worth
of feedstuff which could be raised
here. Report shows thtrty-four cars
of hay, worth s11,500; 5000 bushels
of corn. worth $4,000, are bought.
More than 100000 is spent for fer
tilizer.
HUNTSvILLE.-Y. H. Hunter,
Taft, Tenn, farmer, dies in hospital
here. and makes deathbed statement
that he was shot in moonsh1ne raid
by Deputy Will Moon.
OZARK.-Rev. r. w. Langham is
elected president of Newton college,
to succeed Professor Anderson, re-
signed.
UNION SPRINGS.-Cen of
Georgia railroad is erecting 100000
gallon steel water tower here.
SHEFFIELD.-A. B. Staten, for
several years assistant manager of
Tennessee Valley bank here, resigns
and becomes cashier of Bank of
Florence.
ANNISTON.-Prof. w. A. White,
well-known Admission educator, is
elected superintendent of city schools,
succeeding Prof. D. r. Murphree,
who resigned to become head of state
normal schools at Daphne.
UNIONTOWN. club
is planning advertising campaign to
induce white farmers, with small
capital, to locate in county.
COURTLAND.-J w. Mayfield,
local business man, starts free cir
culating library. Books and maya
zines are donated by many citizens.
FLORENCE.-Sou railroad
will run number of excursion trains,
from distant points to Florence dur
ing summer, to allow public to in
spect government work at Muscle
Shoals.
MONTEVALLO.-A graduating
exercises at Alabama college, 107 re-
ceive diplomas Baccalaureate ad-
dress to be delivered by Ray Rush
ton, of Montgomery.
TUSCALOOSA.-F F. Gatlin, as,
sistant engineer of United States en-
gineers' office, is transferred to Mo-
bile, but will remain in charge of
Warrior river work in this section.
HUNTSVILLE.-M of Ala
bama Nurseryman's association here
May %, will be attended by members
of state board of agriculture.
ALEXANDER CITY.-Contract is
let for building highway between
here and Jacksons Gap, for $4,000.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. college
2, with Dean o. G. Carmichael at
helm.
AUBURN.-One hundred and thir
ty-six men and women receive de-
grees from Alabama Polytechnic In
stitute.
DANVILLE.-Man of former pu
pills Of late DR.. Freeman, including
many old citizens of Morgan county,
hold reunion here.
OPELIKA-W. S. Freeman, fore
man Opelika Cotton Mills, goes to
mills at West Point. Ga, and John
L. Warter, of Lanette, succeeds him
here.
GOODWATER.-Mi Mitchell Brothers,
of Birmingham. complete grading
and paving contract on Main street
EUTAW-J. r. McLemore, w. r.
Ward Will Steele and w. c. Gosa
are elected commissioners of Greene
county.
.SELMA.-Monume to Clarke
county World war heroes will be
erected here at early date. by citi-
zens, supplemented with $500 from
county commissioners.
MONTGOMERY - Agricultural
department of Alabama announces
it will use improvement on automo-
bile speedometer, invented by D. A.
McCandliss, of Mississippi, or
measuring acreage of crops.
GREENNILLE.-Bo water and
lighting plants are being enlarged
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