Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-20
ALABAMA

MONTGOMERY OF
organization of state forestry depart
naent, created by legislature of 1928,
issrapidly being realized. Three
rangers are now employed, and by
December Is there will be IS rangers
employed according to Major Page
s. Bunker, state forester.
MORT, E.-In address before sew
eral thousand people here, Senator
J. Tom Heflin predicts election OF
John w. Davis, saying Coolidge is
losing rapidly.
FLoRENCE.-Ei Eighteen skeletons
of mound builders are taken from
ancient Indian mounds at mouth OF
Towa creek, near here, by workers
-nn6er direction or Gerard FoWkes
If Smithsonian institution Many
stone and copper implements are
also unearthed.
OBILE.-Tennesse Coal, Iron
and Railroad company VIII put liee'
of barges on Warrior river, 10 tlain
mort steel railroad rails to Moolle
for export.
cont1denc::
in iron market is cause OF several
icle iron furnaces in Birmingham III
district opening up.
uTTNTSyILLE.-Sli in sand ano
pravel nit, near Tennessee river
where he was employed, entlrelS
covers Judge Turner, 10, son OF MI
and Mrs. H. A. Turner, OF laylors'
vile. He is dead when dug out
MARION.-Judson, time-honoreo
college for women here, opens us
eiohty-seyenth session September H.
with largest attendance eyer known
ALABAMA. - Alabama Baptists
will hold one hundred and tlrst an
n,.aI conference here on NoVemper
1l-13.
Tpoy-1Tp to September 1, this
wear, pike county ginned 5000 oales
,sot cotton, as against only 81 oales
ginned up to same date IN 1875.
MONTGOMERY. - Work com
oances on large painting of com
nassionate Christ, which is to be
hung On walls of Kilby prison. Max
Sassanoff. famous Russian arust'
one time federal prisoner at Atlah-
ia. Ga, is doing work.
AUBURN.-To date 1000 feeder
calves and 600 feeder yearllngs are
listed for cooperative calf sale III
4. connection with annual tat stoch
show in Montgomery, OCTOBER 20
FAYETTE.-Mrs Allen Kirkley'
convicted two years ago or klillhS
her uncle. Sanders billiard, In new
hearing, granted by supreme court
is assessed with all court costs anu
sentence suspended on sooo DE-
havior.
MONTGOMERY Interstate com
marce commission places final val
nation on nineteen railroads opera Z
ing in Alabama at $5S4,5 . 'zoo'
Railroads had claimed value OF 81
440, S77 $40.
uAI,EYvILLE.-Ci of Ha-
levvil,e file petition with Alabama
public service commission request,
ing that Northern Alabama rallroao
build depot here to replace one burn
ed some months ago.
TROY.-After three months ao-
sence. Governor and Mrs. Charles
Henderson return from European
trip.
P;rr,in gham.-Robert Dewey Ed
wards. Youthful Y M. c. A. director
Of Decatur, who shot and killed his
sweetheart, Miss Imogene Lee, mere
develops pneumonia. lie ~ oAooA
guard at city hospital.
-sPsEY.-George McClendon, rs,
is shot and instantly killed by nepn-
ew, Grover McClendon, Is, IN scul-
lie over gun in which poys la'i'ei
and uncle take part
DECATUR.-Solon A. Grubbs, for
mer deputy sheriff and LoulsVlile
and Nashville railroad detective, is
given 25 years in state prison III
circuit court here on charge OF mur-
dering John Henry Horton. Notlce
Of appeal is given.
JAsPER.-J. d. Meadows tells
story of talking snake seen at nome
of his sister, Mrs. Birdie Parker,
near Norvell Mines. Meadows de-
clares he hears snake say hello
thirteen times and then disappear.
BIRMINGHAM. - Birmingham
esDublic school system opens with ap-
proximately 100000 in attendance.
MONTGOMERY com
oiled by Mobile and Ohio railroad,
shows total Of 157 fatalities in mo-
tor vehicle accidents in Alabama In
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increase of SO per cent.
UNIVERSITY are being
made by Prof. w. c. Crosby, head
of bureau of visual instruction at
university, to supply Alabama
schools with educational films.
UNIvERSITY.-Dr. John r, Nc
Lure, formerly superintendent OF
city schools of Troy. is added to fac
uty of education at State university
TGOMERY.-From reports
received from ISL growers, +. w
Gist, agricultural statistician esti
mates number of pecan trees in Ala
hama OF all ages at S25,600. This
compares with 200 given by 1926
census.
DOTHAN.-S. b. Mullins, seere
tary of Huston county farm bureau
5 making effort to get every farm
member to plant at least one acre il
hairy yetch this winter.
ILLE.--McCormick es
tate of Chicago, subscribes $50 ,o0(
towards proposed $150,000 hospjta
Cor Huntsville.
BERRY. This town is now one
If leading log markets in Alabama
Since first of year over 1000 .00(
teet of saw logs. and 10000 eros:
les have been sold here.
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