Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-16

OPELIkA.-Thirsty Jones, negro,
employed at Walden Drug store. is
arrested charged with stealing over
500 worth OF goods from store.
NORTH CAROLINA
! CHARLOTTE of perhaps
?, 900 persons, mostly women. is jeop-
ardized when section of crowd esti-
mated at about Is, 900 persons en-
gagen in scramble in effort to enter
doors Of tabernacle, where Rev. W..
A. (Billy) Sunday was conducting
/ evans eliStic services. Crowd of 5000
men had just emerged from building
and crowd of perhaps same number
of persons, mostly women, which had
been held back was seeking to gain
entrance to vacant building. Police
| reserves restored order.
CHARLOTTE Holding four serv-
! ices in course of day, attended by 25,-
600 persons. while many other thou
sands were turned away, Rev. w. A.
/ (Biliy) Sunday concludes siN-Weells
evangelistic campaign and announces
he VIII conduct campaign at Shreve-
port, La, after weeks rest.
! SPENCER-Miss FIssie Morris, Is,
burns TO death at home in East Spen-
Ger when her dress catches fire while
she is standing before open CRATE.
| She was alone in house.
| GREENSBORO-J. S. Barr, book
keeper for Peoples National bank, of
lWinston-Saem, who pleaded guilty,
and J. d. WagGoner, Salem
horse-trader convicted, are sentenced
to five years each in Atlanta federal
prison, after trial in federal district
court on charge OF misappropriating
and abstracting about $1,000 of
funds from that Winston-S Salem bank.
Waggoner enters appeal. Barr goes
to prison to serve term.
RALEIGH extended
argument in Wake county superior
court, Judge Fl. A. Grady sustains de-
murrer of defendants, giving state
setback in its effort to have Cape
Fear and Yadkin railroad operated as
through-line from mountains to coast.
Attorney General Manning files no
tice of appeal by state.
RALEIGH. - Verdicts Of not
guilty are returned in Wake Coun-
ty superior court in cases of Cecil
Darlington and Eugene Petty, on
trial for flogging negro tenant on
farm OF J. G. Darlington. but YER
dict of guilty of aiding and abetting
in assault and battery is returned
against j. c. Darlington, father OF
Cecil.
RALEIGH. - Lawrence Calling,
member of prominent family. want
ed here for alleged killing of wife
and Owen Stevens, her companion
on night of December 30 is held in
jail at jacksonville, Fla, according
to adVices to police department. Of
ficers leave later to obtain custod.,
of Calling, who had reputation of
being bootlegger and, officers say,
formerly was partner with Stevens
in liquor running.
CHARLOTTE. = Loss of between
S350000 and $40O 900 was sustained,
according to revised figures, when
explosion and fire resulted in de-
structiOn of Paramount Motion Pic
ture Film exchange in heart of city.
Fire was one of most spectacular
ever occurring in city.
sTATEsVILLE. = Mrs. w. L.
Saunders. 81, dies after extended i'll
ness at home of daughter, Mrs. S.
NJ. Johnson. Husband and six chill
Qfen survive.
BELHAVEN. r. P. Latham an
nounces candidacy for state COM
missioner of agriculture, subject to
Democratic primary. Latham, dirt
farmer" has been member of state
board of agriculture for eleven
years.
LOUISBURG. = w. M. Person,
of this town, candidate for congress
from fourth district, says develop
ments in senate's oil investigation
have resulted in majority of North
Carolina Democratic leaders trans
ferring their support from William
6. McAdoo to Oscar w. Underwood,
rival candidates for Democratic pres
idential nomination.
CHARLOTTE. Members of
Oasis Temple of the Shrine and
members of their families, number
ing ESQ persons, leave on special
train for ten-day trip to Miami Fla,
and Havana. and to attend cere-
monial of Mahi temple at Miami
RALEIGH. Shortage of plumb
ers and steamfitters is most marked
among shortages in classes of labor
in state, according to Labor Com
missioner Shipman.
DAVIDSON.-M Malcolm Lockhart,
Of Atlanta, director. announces sue
cessful completion of e:ghteen-month
campaign in North Carolina and
Georgia, under auspices of education
committee OF Southern Presbyterian
church, to raise 5000, 900 for $200,000
addition to endowment fund and
$500, 600 to replace Chambers hall,
burned two years ago.
HIGH POINT.-Furniture manu-
facturers should have in 1924 one Of
most prosperous years in history of
industry, says J. T, Ryan, secretary,
Southern Furniture Manufacturers
association.
ASHEVILLE. = Enlargement of
freight yards here is planned by
Southern railway as first project of
program to be undertaken in Spring
which will entail expense of $1,000
900. Asheville project may be only
one in program to be undertaken
this year.
CHARLOTTE. - Piedmont and
Northern railway, one of J. B.
Dukes enterprises in Carolinas, de-
clares first quarterly dividend since
organization eleven years ago when
directors in meeting at Greenville
S. c., authorize l per cent dividend
on SS,500,0 600 capital stock outstand-
ing, according to announcement at
headquarters here. E. Thomasson,
general manager, says business out
look for this interurban electric line
IS better than at any time in recent
years.
CONCORD Trustees of Jackson
Training School for Boys, in annual
meeting, elect James P. Cook, Of
Concord, chairman for two year
term; new directors elected are: Mrs.
G. T. Roth, Of Ellin, and John s