Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-22
ALABAMA

ALABAMA
MOBILE.-On December Thomas
Cleveland will be tried for fifth time
on charge of killing Stephen Los
sing, aged oyster dealer of West
Fowl river He is now at liberty
under $4,000 bond.
OPELIKA. Baptist women Of
Alabama contribute $130,95S.Sl to
various causes supported by denomi-
nation during the past convention
year, according to report of Mrs. Ida
Staiiworth, corresponding secretary
of Baptist Woman's Missionary
Union of Alabama.
UNIONTOWN. - Negro county
training school will be located here.
Commercial club donates several
hundred dollars to building fund.
SELMA. Owing to low stage Of
water children are wading across
Alabama river here. Oldest citizens
say river is lower than they have
ever seen it.
AUBURN. - Rev. A. B, Davidson,
graduate of Birmingham Southern
college and Emory university, At
lanta, Ca. takes up work here as
student, Methodist pastor and in
structor of religious education in Ala.
bama Polytechnic institute.
MONTGOMERY. Jails OF Ala
ban1a, are clean and prisoners are
well fed, according to report of DR..
Glenn Andrews, state prison inspec-
tor.
TUSCALOOSA. - James Thomas
10, of Northport, is seriously injured
when auto plunges over bridge at
Forest Lake, near here.
TUSCALOOSA. - Five brick
stores are being built by D. L. &; M.
D. Rosenau, to take place of those
recently burned.
SELMA. Dan Abner, negro,
grows % bales of cotton, with two
mules, on 40 acres OF land
MOBILE. = Miss Allean Evans,
Mobile girl, who swan across Mobile
lay last summer, will be presented
with medal by Mobile Rotary club.
MOULTON. - Dr. Gerard Fowke,
of Smithsonian institute. and party
are eXcavating in number of Indian
mounds near here.
MOBILE. - Depredations at Irv-
tngton stock pound, which caused ar
rest and later acquittal of 26 resi-
dents of that community in southern
part of county recently, break out
afresh. Corral where stock are i'm
pounded is burned to ground, fences
cut and stock released.
SELMA. About $4,000 pounds
OF pecans of Dallas county growers
will be marketed this year through
Pecan Growers association of AL
bany, Ga.
RAGLAND. - National Cement
company replaces portion of its plant
recently destroyed by fire here and
is now making $4,000 barrels of
cement monthly.
ATTALLA. - Boy Scouts have full
charge of city government here for
one day and conduct business like
old heads.
HUNTSVILLE.-W Workman Drake,
loses one eye and three fingers, as
result of explosion of dynamite cap
which he found and was playing with
before open fireplace.
SELMA. - One thousand bales of
cotton are sold here on day, when
price reached "a cents.
CLANTON.-Owing to dry wealth
er, forest fires rage all over county.
Thousands of dollars worth of build.
ings, fences and valuable small tim
Der are destroyed.
SELMA. - Methodist orphanage
here will commence work on sew
en- cottages in December.
HUNTSVILLE.-Pre c. E.
BaXton Of chamber of commerce.
announces that $150,0O0, required
amount for building hospital here, is
pledged in full.
MONTGOMERY.-Alabama Power
company is developing 50 per cent
of it's power throughout Alabama by
steam, officials say. Drouth reduces
available water to such extent at
hydro-electrical plants that resort to
fuel is necessary.
ANNISTON.-U. D. Franklin.
state dairy inspector, makes survey
of So dairies in Calhoun county, with
view to grading them.
UNCOMFORTABLE is believed that
pcCdll trees are ndClVe OF Alabama.
Trees are found here four feet in
diameter. People so years old say
when they were small children there
We're pecan trees here over four feet
in diameter.
HEFLIN. - Helm Choccolocco-
Admission bus, operated by w. c..
Callahan, is destroyed by fire near
mere. Driver and passengers leap
from burning truck as it plunses
down embankment.
notwithstanding Paul Cazalas
requests of county solicitor iniunc-
ton against owners of cattle who re
lease their cattle by force from nv.
1ngton stock corral and to stop armed
demonstrations against citizens of
that community.
MONTGOMERY. = Official count
in Alabama's vote shows big decline.
Democratic vote is 112, $50: Repub-
Hcan 45,005; progressive 1854: prohi.
bltion 5000, making total of 71,124
-Four years ago Democrats polled
160.560; Republicans 96,5S9; socialists
2,402; prohibitionists 1855, total
260,307.
BERRY.-Mrs. Sarah Simpson,
81, oldest woman voter in county.
cIltivates and picks patch of cotton
from which she realizes $40.