Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-17
ALABAMA

NTGOMERY.-Loss by dis
ease and exposure of $4,000 cattle
in Alabama during past year is not
ed in crop report of f. w. Gist,
agricultural statistician.
Observation-Disclosures of Con-
ecuh county buy $4,000 pounds of
calcium arsenate and prepare to
make fight on boil weevil.
FLORENCE.-Lum dealers of
Birmingham, Montgomery, Eufaula
and other places sell 100000 feet
of yellow pine lumber to govern
ment, for use on Wilson Dam at
Muscle Shoals.
wATERLOO.-Allen W. Shaw,
81, one of largest land owners IN
Lauderdale county, is found deaq
in bed of heart trouble.
wETUMPKA,-In line with state
wide policy of Alabama farm bu-
reau, Elmore county farmers or
ganize cooperative egg marketing
association.
FALKyILLE.-- Work will soon
commence on new schoolhouse and
brick business block by Sivley d
Sons, and Main street will be I'M
proved to new school site.
DANvILLE.-R. H. Bennett,
we'll known citizen, dies after few
days illness.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are seven
applicants for appointment as post
master. including E. A. Townsend,
incumbent. Appointment is expect
ed soon.
RALPH.-James L. Thomas, Sc,
dies at Montgomery, where ne had
been for treatment for some time.
HAMILTON.-Miss Noma Dob
son, for some time supervisor OF
elementary schools of Marion coun'
ty. resigns and goes to Atlanta, Ca,
to study health work in Emory uni
versity.
MOJLTON. - Professional and
business men of Moulton, CORTLAND
and Town Creek, and many farmers
of Lawrence county meet mere anu
\ organize Lawrence county chamber
of commerce to prorate resources OF
county.
BIRMINGHAM Mort
gage-Bond company lets contract Tor
ten.story building to cost 100000,
work to commence October l.
UNION SPRINGS, - Howard c..
Smith, for several years owner OIL
Union Springs Herald, sells newspa-
per to Charles, D. Norman. Mr.
Smith goes to Crested Butte, Col.
GIRARD.-His zeal for spring
cleaning costs f. M. Hall over $500
While burning out nests in henhouse
flames destroy henhouse and garage
and two Ford cars.
CULLMAN.-Firs Baptist church
will soon commence work on hand
some 100000 Sunday school annex.
CULLMAN.-Ed Buchanan will
have extensive crop of raspberrles
this year From very small plot
last season he sold $40 worth.
DECATUR. = Business men of
Hillsboro, CORTLAND and other towns
along Courtland-D Decatur highway
join business men of Decatur in
working on this highway, which is
almost impossible.
FLOMATON.-Esc bia county
bank, with capital of $4,000, opens
here. J. B. Barnett, of Monroeville.
is president:
UNIVERSITY. Reconstruction
and repair work on buildings of state
university is progressing rapidly.
Foster House, recently damaged by
fire, is fully repaired.
GUIN.--Isaac Monts, 81, Confed-
crate veteran and noted citizen of
this community, dies at his home at
Nettleton, Miss, near here.
ADMISSION. = Better Babies
week" is observed here. MISS Dora
Sonnenday, of state extension de-
partment, assists local workers in
giving Instructions to mothers.
TUSCALOOSA. - Facing charges
OF numbering her two-months-old
baby by giving it poison, Hattie Nc
Clendon, negress, is being held with
out bond.
TUSCUMBIA.-Dr c. r. Crutch-
field, of Nashville, Tenn, reads pa
per on 1.-THE Therapeutic Uses of
Radium and the X-ray," before joint
meeting of medical societies of Col
bert and Lauderdale counties.
1AL1pDLAN s-IldIIy w. 1dul
bury, soloist and instructor of army
band at Washington, D. c., for sew
eral years, is detailed as bandmaster
of 18TH regiment band, Alabama
national guards, here.
CULLMAN.-Seven accidents to
automobiles, all more or less seri-
Gus, are recorded in one day on Bee
Line highway. between here and
Decatur.
GADSDEN.-Taylor Peck, COM
mander of Alabama division of
American Legion, is given banquet
by Etowah county post, while on
official visit here.
MONTGOMERY.-There are eight
federal aid highways under construc.
ton in Alabama, comprising IS
miles, to be completed in so days.
Besides this there are $500 miles
of federal aid roads and four large
bridges, costing $10,276, 22722, to be
completed by January l, 1925.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Saw
ings bank commences work on mod
ern banking house to cost several
thousand dollars.
Willie Dlsmuke, negro, Is
arrested charged with burning negro
school house here. He denies charge.
MONTGOMERY. G. History Sto-
ries of Alabama" by Mrs. Pitt La
mar Matthews, society editor of
Montgomery Advertiser, Is adopted
as state school book by text book
commission.
UNIVERSITY. - University of
Alabama Mine school announces
enlargement of it's regular course,
due to recent advance made in
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