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

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cannot withdraw plea of guilty to
charge of violating state banking
laws in connection with failure of
| Enterprise bank here, which he en-
| tered when case was called last fall,
| and on which he was sentenced to
pay fine of $4,000 and serve one
year in prison. Judge Bowman inn
posed sentence.
SUMTER.-Mrs. Elizabeth L. Cliff
ton. widow of late Senator John II.
| Clifton, announces candidacy for
clerk of court She will oppose II.
L. Scarborough, incumbent.
PROSPERITY.-Pierce Taylor, II,
dies at home Of brother near here.
DEMONSTRATION of
! the lynching OF Luke Adams, negro.
| near Norway, has failed to bring to
| light identity Of persons committing
crime. according to report of State
! Constable Dykes, to Governor Nc
| LeOd
| BISHOPNILLE. - Governor Nc
| Leod attends Democratic club meet
| ing here, and announces that he has
| not missed club meeting or failed to
| vote in primary or general election
since he was twentY-One.
CHARLESTON.-Three hundred
! Boy Scouts take part in work of
planting shrubs and flowers on drive
ways across Asheley river.
ASHEVILLE.-H. B. Waters is
reelected principal of Abbeville High
school.
COLUMBIA.-State pardon board
| in report to governor recommends
that no action be taken on petition
| for clemency for jackson Collins.
| World war veteran sent to pen from
| GreenVille on manslaughter conVic-
| ton for killing of another veteran
| ClemenCy is recommended for TWEEN
| ty prisoners.
! COLUMBIA.-Bust of late former
| Governor James IL. Hammond. who
served in '40's, is presented to state
| by grandson, James II. Hammond,
of Columbia, and is placed in niche
in capitol
gives Chester's population as 9,27S
CHARLESTON. - Woman's Mis-
sionary society, of South Carolina
Methodist conference, meets in Beth
Ell church here.
UNION.-Body of Will Oglesby,
negro, who had been missing for six
weeks, is found in mill pond near
city.
UNTON.-Thomas Steps, So of
Monarch community here, is killed
by Southern passenger train. He
was deaf and in poor health, and is
believed not to have heard approach.
ing train.
ROCK HILL.-Dr. r. E. Burton,
of University of Minnesota Dr. John
Cooper Powys, of Cambridge, Eng
land; DR. c. L. Clarke, of Yale, and
Dr.. Charles Alphonso Smith, of Eng
lish department of Annapolis, are
among prominent men announced for
program of summer school at Win
throp college.
COLUMBIA.-Picke high school
wins state high school track meet
here.
UNION.-Whit Shines and Harvey
HUTCHINSON, two white men who es-
capped from Union county Jail, are
still at large. They escaped by priz-
ing door and bars VII iron from
bed
ANDERSON. - Miss Jeffrie
Mitchell, pretty Anderson girl,
scans with much interest reports
of groundwork aviators, for with
party is her brother, Lieutenant
William Mitchell.
LEXINGTON. - Coroner's jury
views body and then adjourns inves-
tiGation into death Of Eugene Clark,
age 10, who died from injuries re-
ceived when car his father was
driving, in race with another car,
left road and struck tree, injuring
both parents and several children.
CHESTER. - r. o. Atkinson,
member of house, announces he will
not offer for reelection, on account
of poor hearing.
CHARLESTON. - William ].
Cronon, who for years has been in
structor in woodshop of high school
here, while instructing two pupils
in use of circular saw, has hand cut
off.
COLUMBIA. = Lewis F. Byars,
who returned to county Jail here,
after being at large and wandering
over southeast for several years, is
lodged in state penitentiary to serve
remainder of twenty year sentence
for murder, Governor Blease having
reduced sentence from life to twen-
ty years, in 1914.
DARLINGTON. - DIR. A. IT. !
Baird, popular physician, stricken
with paralysis three years ago, dies
JOHNSTON. - Velma Temples,
third grade girl, is run over by car
driven by Norman Cato, of high
school, as he starts to drive from
school grounds, and little girls leg
is broken and other injuries sus-
tanned
KINGSTREE. = Policeman E.
S. Blackman, who was shot when
attempting to arrest at Lanes Har-
rison Gray, negro, caught gambling,
is expected to recover.
COLUMBIA. - F.. NJ. Andrews,
juror, is striker with acute indiges-
ton in jury room and court orders
mistrial in case of Madeline Will
liams against Standard Oil com
pany for $3.50, 600 damages, follow
ing explosion of oil lamp, alIega- |
tion being that oil was impure.
FLORIDA
GAINESVILLE. = NJ. A. BROKER
and p r. Bishop, representing col
lege of agriculture of UniversI' Of
Florida, defeated team from Georgia