Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-04
ALABAMA

MONTGOMERY. = THE Bloody
Seventh" is again to be center OF
Republican efforts in Alabama, il
became known when Beamon S
Cooley, of Gadsden, qualities a:
candidate for congress on G. o. p
ticket.
BIRMINGHAM-M w. c. Stin
son is found by neighbors lying un
conscious in door of her bedroom
where she was knocked down by
unidentified negro burglar who es
capped.
MUSCLE SHOALS. = City coun
ell of this new Tennessee river city
grants franchise for construction OF
waterworks system.
SHEFFIELD.-Afte final shot
with lao quarts of nitro-Glycerine
with no indications of oil, we'll be
ing drilled here is abandoned.
Il yERBENA. = A. J. Gulledge
World war veteran and son of A. J.
Gulledge, prominent merchant, is
isdead.
- JASPER.-Jasper is first town in
Alabama to organize Davis-Bryan
dent of Jasper Trust company, is
president.
MONTGOMERY that
is would be folly for America to
8Nblindly wait for arrival of next
emergency before We begin to get
ready for it," j. Fred Johnson, Ala
sbama department commander OF
american Legion, calls on all legion
members to contribute best efforts
towards making national defense
= test success.
HUNTSVILLE. = County court
house officials say that because
Huntsville woman bobbed her hair
divorce case will result. No names
eare given out.
GADSDEN.-Owing to better bust
ness conditions, Dwight cotton mills
sshere cancels notice to 1900 opera
stives of two weeks closedown.
CAMDEN. Maurie Hoffman
Lambrecht, seventy three, dies at
/ home near Coy.
OPELIKA.-Opelika overall fac
tory, after being closed during sum-
.mer, is operating again and is turn
ing out 500 dozen overalls per week.
~ SELMA.-Mrs Josiah Smith,
eighty, dies here.
Montgomery. - Consumption of
gasoline in Alabama is increasing
greatly, according to figures of state
tax commission on receipt of two
cents per gallon tax. For July re-
eceipts are 63,S6O.20, which are
smuch higher than any preceding
month.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. F. Morton
is appointed postmaster, succeeding
e. A. Townsend.
ANNISTON.-City employees boast
If unusually intelligent mare mule.
They say that on three occasions re-
eently when mules shoes became
loose, she went without direction to
blacksmith shop.
BIRMINGHAM B. Blythe,
Mt. Pinson truck farmer, is knocked
head and robbed of $50 by two
unidentified negroes in subway at
Terminal station.
MOBILE.-W. w. Graves, of Biz
ningham, member Of fishing party
It Dauphin Island, lands twenty
foot devilfish.
BIRMINGHAM-Mr r. A. Mitch
ell, sixty-four, wife of Colonel r. A.
Mitchell, vice president of Alabama
Power company, died suddenly at
home here.
MONTGOMERY who sup
ported others than Democratic can.
ldates for presidential electors in
November election will be barred
rom voting in. or being candidate
n any Democratic primary until
;fter such voters have supported
Democratic ticket in subsequent gen.
Fral election, under resolution adopt
cd by state Democratic executive
committee at meeting here.
BIRMINGHAM. Two indct
ments, charging him with accepting
bribes from liquor dealers, are re-
turned by federal grand jury against
IIardie C. Harris, eXprohibition
agent for federal government.
MONTGOMERY. = Mrs. H. B.
Clayton, of Montgomery. wife OF
United States Judge Henry D. Clay
ton, is one of number injured in
Storm tossed White Star liner Arabic,
near New York.
BIRMINGHAM M A
Dinsmore fights D. E. McLendon
chairman of city commission, when
commission head disputes attorney s
word.
TUSCALOOSA. - Drought here
causes many grass fires which dc
considerable property damage.
sEIMA.-C. o. Thrash, forty
three, well-llnown lumberman OF
nd Do, Of IN.
len, are dead, and e. o. Thrash, son
OF dead man, is seriously wounded
as result of fusillade of shots eX
changed on road near Myrtlewood
Barr shoots elder Thrash dead a.
he sits in his automobile, and young
err Thrash returns shots, killing
Barr with four shots. Business diff
ferences is alleged cause.
DECATUR. = Morgan county's
100000 bond issue will soon be ex
hepsted, but county officials are
planning to take care of roads with
in county.
ALBANY.-Robert Blackwell AL
bany switchman, has planted ten
acres in cotton near here, one acre
Of which he calls Gods Acre" pro.
ceeds from which he will give to re.
ligious work. On this acre there
are no boil weevilS
PHOENIX CITY.-With entry list
closed there are candidates for city
office. DR.. Ashby Floyd and q. T.
Spear offer for mayor.
TUSCUMBIA.-Tus popu
lation has increased IS per cent in
two years, according to school cen
sus, which shows 5000 population
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