Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-12

held as a suspect, to face trial soon.
COLUMBTA.-Claude Commander,
prominent broker OF Florence, dies
here while visiting relatives OF wife.
COLUMBIA. Fourteen per
sons, four OF them children, were
killed in road accidents in South
Carolina IN December according to
report made by state highway off
Gals.
GAFFNEY.-Ben Davis, negro
living near here, holds record for
propagation of race. He Is forty
years old and has become father of
seventeenth child, youngest child
being siXten, and there being In the
lot four sets of twins.
GAFFNEY.-W. A. Peeler an.
nounces for mayor.
GREENWOOD. - Senator S. H.
MCGEE makes public suggestion
that state deed to city Of Column
is pending litigation, state seeking
to require Columbia Railway, Gas
and Electric company to complete
canal from city to point of navi-
sability in Congaree river few
miles below city.
COLUMBIA.-Dr. Marion Law
renee, famous Sunday school field
worker, conducts tour Of state,
under. INSTRUMENTATION Sunday
School association.
COLUMBIA. = Large number of
new cotton war houses were added
to state system during 1928. &C
cording to statement here by State
/ Warehouse Commissioners Rivers.
! WATERLOO. Contract for
$4,000 school building is let to j.
L. Dabbs, of Columbia.
COLUMBIA. Governor Me.
Leod urges reform of tax state sys-
tenn, with enactment of additional
taxes on luxuries; suggests $780,
| 100000 bond issue for roads and
1000, 000 bond issue for improve
ments at educational institutions;
urges erection of new state peni-
tertiary, and of state office build
ing; proposes bienniel sessinos Of
legislature; asks laws limiting sale
of Jamaica ginger and extracts to
women heads of families: calls for
urges liberal appropriations for ed
ucaitonal purposes in annual mes
sage to legislature.
GAFFNEY.-With election ap.
| preaching, DR.. j. c. Creech, chair
man of city Democratic executive
committee, announces registra ton
books have been stolen or lost, and a.
mass meeting is called to discuss
situation.
LENINGTON.-Dr. Rice B. Har-
mon, who was sentenced to serve
SIX years IN state penitentiary on
conviction of killing Colin Price,
loses appeal to supreme CO ;,rt.
MANNING.-Banll of Manning de-
clares ten per cent dividend.
COLUMBIA.-Central South Caro-.
lima needs more electric power If it
would get more industries, A. B,
Boynton, of Schenectady, n. Y, en-.
gineer for General Electric company,
tells Columbia chamber of commerce,
when power situation is discussed.
COLUMBIA Jefferson Hotel, Co.
lumbia; Cleveland and Franklin
hotels Spartanburg; and McFall
hotel, Darlington, make highest
scores in table of ratings given hotels
OF state by Hotel Inspector j. H.
Woodward
GREENVILLE.-A Redding,
three year old son of NJ. L. Redding.
of Poe Mill community, is burned
to death when playing before open
fire.
COMMUNICATIONS p. Strib,
ling, 81, prominent citizen, dies after
long illness Of paralysis.
COLUMBIA. - Commissioner of
Agriculture b. Harris holds annual
office prayer meeting, a custom for
years, scheduled for first Saturday
CT each year.
COLUMBIA - First Carolinas
Joint Stock bank, of which former
/ Congressman A. e. Lever is presi-
dent, declares two per cent quarter
! ly dividend, its first dividend.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES court an.
nounces docket of cases for January
session, called by Chief Justice Gary
for January ID.
COLUMBIA.-City of Columbia
used nearly three billion gallons of
water last year. according to report
of Engineer Guy H. White, in charge
of water plant.
MARION.-Rev. w. Herbert May
ers, Of King George, Va, arrived in
Marion to assume pastorate of
Church of Advent
GREEN WOOD.-Joseph w. Toll
bert, Republican national committee
man from South Carolina, calls meet.
ing of state committee, for Columbia,
to select time and place for state Re-
ublcan convention.
COLUMBtA-.N. S. Anderson. con
struction engineer for state highway
department, goes from here to Pick
ems county 20 investigate cause Of dc
lays in completion of Pickens.
Brevard, N. c., highway.
COLUMBIA.-Epis diocese of
upper South Carolina has just com
/ pleted its first year, and officers
report excellent work done, Treas
urer w. Anderson 'Clarkson, of Co.
lumbia, reporting gifts to church
causes totaling more than $4,000.
WILLISTON.-B. o. Mitchell. sew.
enty, prominent citizen of this COM
munity, dies at North Augusta, S. C.
| CHARLESTON hundred chill
/ dren of city are guests of women's
/ organizations at annual Tiny Tim
dinner. prepared by committee head
ed by Miss G. E Fowler.
CHARLESTON.-Chris H. Ort-
mann, eX-service man, takes office
as acting chief of police, and one
/ of first duties is acceptance of resig-
nations from eleven members of
t force. Others may resign.