Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-12

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operations for busy season.
SPARTANBURG.- Carolina
Gas & Electric company here is sold
to General Gas & Electric corpora
ton, of New York.
GREENVILLE.-So Carolina
led all cotton manufacturing states
in spindle activity during May, &C
cording to report of U. S. departme>s.
of commerce, received here.
SPARTANBURG. Richard F. Pc
terson, one of city's leading citizens,
leader in fraternal order affairs, dies
at home here at age of rs.
BARNWELL. - Benjamin Berry,
killed in auto smash, on May Is, was
not victim of foul play as his father
suspected, but died Of injuries re-
ceived when auto struck pile of logs
on roadtide, coroner's jury declares
in verdict here.
GREENWOOD Mrs. Anna E.
Tarrant, 90, dies here after illness
Of three years, resulting from broken
hip, caused by fall.
| NUN E1IhL-COuIuSIH ROVER
company announces plan to build
$4,000 horsepower hydro-electric
| power plant on Catawba river seven
miles from here, project to cost
| $8,000,000
| COLUMBIA. - Governor Mcleod
issues requisition for return to this
state from Arkansas of William J.
| Manners, wanted in Columbia to
face breach of trust charge. He is
| said to have left here in delivery
! truck of dairy for which he worked,
and with 5000 in cash, belonging to
| company.
GAFFNEY.-Col.W w. w. Lewis, OF
| York, special referee in Blacksburg
election case, reports that election
was "permeated with fraud and
should be set aside This is regard.
| ed as victory for G. w. Whisonant,
| who was defeated by J. F. Belue,
| according to decision of election
| managers, in election of March q,
1923.
LEESVILLE.-Rev Prof. Grover
| Morgan, Of faculty of Lenoir-Rhyne
| college, at Lenoir, n. c., accepts
| presidency Of Summerland college,
here.
WI. G. Jordan, middle
aged man, married and proprietor of
motor repair shop, is arrested here
on charge of statutory offense
against girl Of ten years. He is said
to have admitted charge This is
capital offense in South Carolina.
CHARLESTON. - County health
| officers close conference here, select
ing Columbia as place for next meet
ing, in October, at which time Off
GERS will be elected
SPARTANBURG. = Rev. r. c.
Grier, D. D., president Erskne col
lege, Due West, S. c., is injured
when automobile in which he was
riding collides with another. Harris
Patrick and two children, of White
Oak, are injured, one of the children,
| Elizabeth Patrick, sustaining frac-
ture of skull.
GAFFNEY. - Plant of Gaffnev
Knitting Mill is destroyed by fire,
entailing loss to company of $50, OOU
ROCK HILL-Miss Edna O'Quinn.
| of Sumter, IS declared winner in high
school division of state music mem
| Dry contest.
COLUMBIA.-S eventy-seven Off
| GERS and 1854 men of states ma
tional guard units go to Camp John
| ston, Jacksonville, for annual en-
| campment.
Notwithstanding for state
offices and those for U. S. senate.
| comprising two campaign parties,
| are resting for week, in middle of
| statewide tours. They return to
J stump next week
ABBEVILLE. l. County SAVINGS
bank, here, goes into voluntary liuui-
| dation, Farmers bank taking charge
| Of affairs. Dr. G. A. Neuffer has
| been president of County Savings
| bank.
| ALLEN E.-Efforts to have
case against Former Governor Will
| son G. Harvey, charged with viola.
| ton state banking laws in connec-
| ton with failure of Enterprise Ma
| t1onal bank, Charleston, of which he
| was president, brought to immediate
| trIal is made when court conVenes
! here on July Z, but Judge johnson
sets case for Friday, July IL.
COLUMBIA. - Andrew Roberts,
convicted and sentenced to life inn
| prlsonment for murder of c. r. Can
/ non, colored taxi driver who was
found dead in automobile, is refused
new trial by supreme court in opin-
ION affirming decision of circuit
| court.
NEWBERRY.-Pierce Butler AS
| bill dies here at age of IS. Was
prominent citizen.
COLUMBIA. Income taxes paid
| by South Carolinians during 1928 to-
falling $1,26S, 305, on incomes totaling
| $72,755,770, net, according to reVe-
nue. collectors office.
| COLUMBIA.-State railroad COM
mission is busy in efforts to exped te
movements of peaches and nitrate.
Peach season is approaching full
| output.
/ COLUMBIA. - Negotiations are
pending between Edwin w. Robert
son, president Columbia Railway, Gas
4 Electric company, and General
Gas & Electric company, of New
York, for purchase by New York
corporation of local utilities com
pany, Mr., Robertson announces, con-
ditioned on satisfactory disposition
of pending litigation for completion
| of canal.
| kINGSTREE.-k is prac-
| tiCally shut off from rest of state, so
| far as motor travel is concerned, by
bad conditions of roads due to heavy
rains and roads in entire eastern
part of state are badly damaged.
| SPARTANBURG. - Clyde Wood
! ruff and Toy Elder, latter IA, have,
each, both legs broken, and Charlie
| Woodruff has fracture of left arm