Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-18

ENOlR.-LaWrenc Pipes, is, son
of Wade Pipes, of Darby, is instant
ly killed when car driven by Clar
ence Crotts goes into ditch and over
turns several times, Crotts escapes
with minor injuries.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ne
gro farmers of state are called to
attend annual session of state negro
farmers conference at A. & T. col
lege, here, January 21-22.
Carbohydrates M. Beatty
y, we'll known, dies at home near
here following stroke of paralysis.
CHARLOTTE Maude Little,
named by Mecklenburg county com.
missioners as deputy sheriff. is be
lieved to be first woman to hold such
office in state.
RALEIG H.-Sentence of Leonard
Ormond is committed by Governor
Morrison from 20 to 80 years to Is to
% years, and that of Jesse Silver
thorn from 20 years to 10 to Is years.
Both are Beaufort county men and
are serving terms for second-degree
murder.
RALEIGH. = Governor Morrison
paroles w. G. Mitcham, in poor
health, who was sentenced in Wayne
county to six months imprisonment
for larceny.
ELIZABETH CITY.-Countv com,
missioners are engaged in vigorous
discussion over responsibility for
bills amounting to 1926 incurred
nv ,I0G SWin6elI shot
~ wounded while in prison by J. d.
Farrior, of Wilson. Swndell is I'M
der 30-year sentence for attacking
granddaughter of Farrior.
LEAlNGTON.-John and Shirley
LoWman, brothers, are sent to roads
for nine months for attempted rob
berry of Robbins store.
BADIN.-Kendrick Garrett. IS.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. X. Nj. Garrett,
is perhaps fatally injured when
piece of machinery falls upon him
at Badin dam, where he was en-
ployed i'll construction work
INTERNATIONALLY government
announces central fire station will
be constructed at once at cost of
$50, 900
CORRESPONDENTS. Ellen f.
Hunt, rs, one of best known women
of community, dies at home of
niece, Mrs. Thomas Wakefield, at
Guilford college.
RALEIGH.-Charel named in hon
or of James DinWiddie, president of
Peace institute II years, is dedicated
at school at exercises addressed by
DR.. w. l.. Poteat, president of Wake
Forest college.
GREENSBORO. - Stretch of
Southern railway between Green's
boro and Salisbury handles heaviest
traffic of system and probably will
be first to be four-tracked, says Vice
President H. w. Miller.
Observation-Disclosures price
war ends abruptly after raging two
months when one large refiner
Gulf Refining company raises
price two cents per gallon to parity
with others.
CHARLOTTE. = After obtaining
contract for construction of two
school buildings on bid of $4,000,
Brown Harry company, Gastonia
loIltl cCtOISs dDllOulltS lInulIS POU,-
600 error in estimates and seek to
defers decision.
WILMINGTON. - Judson Eng-
neering Co., of Georgia, enters suit
for $4,000 damages against Bruins
wick county board of commissioners
violation of contract for
road construction
WILMINGTON. - Boydice COM
pany, of delaware, begins conctrnc-
ton on 100000 ice plant which will
be placed in operation March /.
Company has contract for icing re-
frigerator cars of Fruit Growers eX-
press.
WINSTON-SA LEM.-Dentist' rec
ord and shoe indicate that human
skeleton found in we'll on Boden-
hamer farm near Teaguetown is that
of Bruce Snipes, who disappeared in
November, 1922. Some teeth are
missing, and Bodenhamer' brothers
are searching in bottom of we'll for
them, at request of DR.. r. o. Apple.
ELKIN.-J. T. Innskeep, superin-
tendent Of big construction project
at Roaring Gap, suffers several
broken bones and other injuries
when car speeding at so miles an
hour goes over mountainside and
tumbles to bottom of precipice.
GREENSBORO. - Total Of $780,
S65 is involved in indictments
brought in federal district court
against j. D. Norwood, chairman of
board; President J. *. Douehton, and
NJ. i. Jackson, director, in connec-
ton with failure in June, 1928, of
Peoples National bank, of Salisbury,
which resulted from Immediately pre-
ceding collapse of Mecklenburg chain
of cotton mills.
GASTONIA.-With sale of several
one-teacher schools by CASTOR coun-
ty, which have been replaced by
large consolidated schools, only four
one-teacher schools remain in county
and officials expect to close these
next year.
SMITHFIELD.- S. Rags
dale, Well-known tobacconist, for 25
years one of prominent citizens, is
found dead at residence with gaping
wound in face and shotgun by side.
He borrowed gun from son on pre-
text of going hunting.
ROCKY OUNT.-Seaboard Medi-
cal society, in annual convention,
elects DIR. w. H. House, of Colds
boro, president. Wilson is selected
as next meeting place of Fourth Dis
trict Medical society, meeting with
Seaboard society.
Prison Warden Faces
Trial After Analysis Of