Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-09
ALABAMA

ALABAMA
DECATUR. Crowder, ar
rested here, is taken to Gastonia,
n. c. to face murder charge.
HUNTSVILLE,-A being ex-
onerated Of charge Of robbing bank
of $4,000 at Jasper, Tenn, Thur
man Evans, OF Texas, and j. Tram
NELL Of Georgia, are wanted at Ce-
dartOWn, Ga, on larceny charge, &C
cording to word from that place, but
men are gone.
MILLPORT.-Farmers OF Lamar
county make special study of best
kinds of fertilizer and boil Weevil
control. They expect to plant large
cotton crops this year.
Observation-Disclosures figures
show Cherokee county, with 12.1 per
cent, has highest rate of white
illiteracy of any Alabama county.
Montgomery county has lowest rate
of II.
GADSDEN-Alabam Power COM
pany is spending $15O,000 in build
ing transmission lines between Gads-
den and Huntsville to supply Boaz,
Albertville and GuntersVille with
electric power.
sTEELES.-W. H. Shaw, Is, we'll
known Confederate veteran, dies at
home here.
BIRMINGHAM-J B. M. AL
len, lawyer and wealthy citizen, dies
at home here after long illness.
ATHENS.-Culver Hills, for sew
eral years in railroad mail service,
is appointed postmaster here. He
succeeds r. NJ. Rawls, former we'll
known local newspaper man.
HARTsELLE. = Morgan County
Truck Growers association meets
HOKEs BLUFF.-C. r. Young,
60, dies in Birmingham Of pneumo-
MIA and remains are Inferred here.
Observation-Disclosures plan
to establish cream shipping station
here.
MOBILE.-Owen E. McEvoy, for
mer teller at Farmers and Mer-
chants bank, is charged with en-
DSZZDIS po,1OO'oJ VI DoIlhS Aulldo'
He is released on $1,000 bond.
OPELIKA.-Rev. DR.. Chu, noted
Chinese preacher and representative
OF Chinese government, who is
studying agriculture at Auburn,
breaches here.
TALLADEGA.-L. J. Mcconnell
is summoned as witness in court,
but is too i'll to attend. Judge Man
diver allows him to testify over tele-
phone.
JASPER. -Layett Lay, farmer
living near here, has Duroc Jersey
sow with litter of 10 fine pigs.
TROY.-Mass meeting of citizens
payment of wheel tax on vehicles,
levied by county commissioners.
HALEYVILLE.-G. E. eagle
opens up new coal mine five miles
from here and is supplying section
with coal.
BELLE MINA.-In family quarrel
Charles Fennell, welIknown farmer
living near here, shoots son, Edgar
Fennell, 20, in leg with shotgun.
Boy dies from loss of blood.
BIRMINGHAM. = Square your
self with God, and virgin birth,
fundamentalism and
Gods divine mysteries will not
trouble YOU" says DR.. George r.
Stuart, DID,, pastor Of First Method
list church.
DEMOPOLIs-A. C. Tallichet,
rs, of DemOpolis, dies in hospital at
New Orleans.
UNION SPRINGS. - Exchange
clubs loving cup is awarded to DR..
S. c. Cowan for rendering greatest
service to Union Springs during
1923.
MOBILE.-Cordova will be north
ern terminus Of Warrior river barge
line service, it is announced.
CULLMAN.-Christ English Lu-
thern church, First Methodist, and
st. Johns Evangelical Luthern, are
all building handsome new houses of
GIANA.-Chambe of Com
merce requests Louisville G. Nash
vile railroad to build train shed
here.
ANNISTON. - Admission Boy
Scouts win 35-mile race on bicycles,
over Talladega Boy Scouts.
GUNTERSVILLE. - At mass
it is decided to build new
city school house.
Observation-Disclosures of
Franklin county organize victory
club, with Travis Williams presi-
dent, and Editor L. L. Jackson, of
Franklin Times, secretary.
COLUMBIANA.-W Wiley j. Nelson,
living near Shelby Springs, cuts
telephone wires because company
disconnected his phone. He is fined
$25.
ADMISSION. - Chamber Of Com.
merce complete annual survey of
local industrial plants and finds s.
GO men employed, while total an
nual pay roll is S4,70O,O0O.
MARION.-Rev. E. D. Burnworth,
OF Chronicle, accepts call to pastor
ate of Methodist church here, sue
ceeding late Rev. Mark H. Holt.
DECATUR. = National govern.
ment Us gradually building up forest
reserve near here of over 100000
acres.
GREENVILLE. In cooperation
with Montgomery air station Off
Gals, local military officers are build
ing landing field near here.
FAYETTE. - Arrangements are
being made to build highway across
Fayette county, connecting county
sites Of Fayette, Marion and Tusca-
loosa.
FLORENCE.-Th are 1850
men and women in county paying
poll tax this year. This is 500 more
than for any preceding year.
ASHVILLE.-TVo citizens here
pay % years back poll tax, and one
pays for p years.