Atlanta tri-weekly journal., 1924-04-05

freight rate situation In which state
! is involved, j. w. Bailey, of Raleigh,
| gubernatorial candidate, admits rail-
| ways are essential but adds dismem.
berment of Cape Fear and Yadkin
River railway in state by Southern
and Atlantic Coast Line should
arouse public to realize powerful and
wealthy roads should not be per-
mitted to throttle this common
wealth." Dismemberment case has
been taken before state supreme
court by state government.
GREENVILLE. - Purchase by
LlSgett- Myers Tobacco company of
large warehouse from r. B. Ficklen
| Tobacco company, which is building
new warehouse, is followed by re-
ports other tobacco interests plan
expansion preparatory to handling
larger volume Of business,
ROCKY MOUNT. - Miss Kath.
| leen Moore, school teacher, Of En-
field, is brought to hospital in crit
ical condition from injuries sus-
tanned when run down by motor car
as she was leaving Enfield church
LEESBURG. - J. J. Blair, of
state education department and 9TH
ers deliver addresses at exercises in
cident to formal acceptance by
school authorities of new high school
building.
WILMINGTON. - State highway
department officials announce as
phalt paved highway from Whining.
ton to Jacksonville, N. c., will be
continued Is miles farther to Jones
county line, giving 65-mile paved
link of road to New Bern.
GREENSBORO. - Fairfax Har-
rison, president of Southern Railway
system, admits he is anxious to sell
Atlanta and Yadkin railroads recent
ly placed in receivers hands on peti-
ton of Southern, and S. r. Prince,
attorney for Harrison, adds ION
reasonable terms"
GREENSBORO. - With arrest of
Wesley F'lack, police officers claim
they have solved mystery of assault
on G. M. Shelton, found beside road
with skull fractured. He is held in
Jail in default Of SO, 900 bond. Shell
ton may recover.
ROCKY MOUNT. - Defending
states taxation policy and asserting
that states program of progress,
beginning with development of high.
ways, hardly has gotten we'll start
ed" Secretary of State Everett, in
address, expresses opposition to In
creased taxes and denies reductions
can wisely be made.
. RALEIGH. - Directors in meet
ing decide to make third payment
to members of cooperative tobacco
growers association on or before
May Is on all dark fired tobacco of
1922 crop. Association, with $4,000
members, received about 10000 900
pounds in 1928 season, about Is ,000,.
600 pounds more. than total for first
season.
ASHEVILLE. - Second $100. 900
endowment fund of Salem college,
at Winston-Salem, half provided by
general education board contingent
on college raising other half, will be
| raised by June, Dr. Howard E..
Rondthaler, president, tells meeting
Of Buncombe county alumnae.
ASHEVILLE. - Carl B. Hyatt,
assistant principal of Ashevill High
| school, is elected judge of combined
| Asheville and Buncombe county
juvenile court.
DURHAM. - Sales of tobacco on
| local market during past season
total 12,000,000, worth $4,000, 900.
Total is 100000 pounds increase
over previous season.
| RALEIGH. Carolina Public
/ utility informatio nbureau an.
| nounces super-power system serving
Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia and
! Alabama, cover area of 140, 200
! square miles with net work OF high
tension wires carrying total Of 100,
900 horse power and serving 1850.
900 persons.
GOLDSBORO. - Wyatt Barnes,
So, dies of heart failure.
CHARLOTTE. D. Cameron
Ralston, of Columbia, S. c.. succeeds
! NJ. A. Bealle as state director of
Near East relief.
BURLINGTON. = Daniel Hall, 41,
dies suddenly from stroke of pa.
ralysis:
CHARLOTTE. - Henry P. Ken
! DALI Boston capitalist, announces w.
| c. Wilkinson. Charlotte banker, will
! continue as president of Thrift Man
| ufacturing company, which Kendall
| has bought for $1,500,000. Enlarge.
ment of plant and construction of
/ additional employees homes will be
undertaken Immediately.
GREENSBORO. j. r. Faucette.
retired farmer, dies short time after
suffering stroke of paralysis.
CONCORD. - Mrs. Sarah G..
Goodman dies, aged Il, as result
| of breaking hip.
GRAHAM. - Miss Bernice Enless.
who was accidentally shot when
child coughs up bullet resting in
lung tissues 19 years. She recently
returned from Philadelphia hospital,
where physicians said she was too
weak to undergo operation for re.
moval of bullet.
WINSTON SALEM. - ONLY .se1
children between ages of IA and 16
are employed in states 2,0S9 mills,
reduction of 5000 in three years. &C.
cording to f. F. Carter, executive
secretary Of State Welfare commits.
sion
RALEIGH. Body of J. w Long
life-termer in criminal insane depart
ment of state prison, commits sui
eide by hanging self with belt. Body
is sent to Rockingham.
WILMINGTON-Mrs. Elizabeth
Sweeney, SO, widow of Hugh Sween-
HAMB0NE'S MEDITATIONS
BY j. P. Alley