Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-14

ton Green, negroes, run over and
kill Ralph Sims, II. They are
rushed to Jail to avoid violence.
Observation-Disclosures Gin
company, manufacturers of cotton
gins, will build plant here casting
$4,000.
JASPER.-More than fifty allega-
tions, including embezzlement and
perjury, are contained in grand jury
Indictment against Sheriff Guy
O'Rear. He says he will fight
charges.
GADSDEN.-St. Louis, Chicago
and Pittsburg concerns are interest
ed with large foreign corporations
in deal to acquire 100000 acres of
coal and iron lands between Gads-
den, Guntersville and Fort Payne.
ATTALLA.-J. w. Carroll and
w. ]. Afford organize A. G. Foundry
company and will erect large plant
here.
ALABAMA CITY. - Twenty-Five
conversions take place during first
week of Methodist services at taber-
nacle here.
CARBON HILL. - Moss McCor-
mick company are opening large
coal mines near here and several
hundred men will be given employ
nent.
BIRMINGHAM Phillips,
pretty blue-eyed 12-year-old girl is
under arrest charged, with violating
prohibition laws.
NORTHUMBERLAND school at.
tendance in Alabama has more than
doubled in five years, according to
official figures. Need for more
teachers and buildings is giving
state school authorities much con-
Germ.
FLORENCE.--Of at Wilson
Dam announce that about 400 addi-
tiona1 men will be employed to speed
up work of clearing lands, which
will be overflowed by completion of
Wilson Dam.
DECATUR. - Eastern capitalists
may build large textile mills here,
according to Secretary w. A. Mein-
niger of chamber of commerce.
MOBILE.-In battle for suprem-
acy in world markets. Alabama
ranks far down in list, notwithstand-
Roger w. Babson, internationally
known statistician, says Alabama
leads in natural resources.
SELMA.-Plans are being made
for entertainment of state organiza-
ton of automobile dealers when
they meet here in annual conven-.
ton, July 21-22.
ALBANY. -Albany's Y. M. C, A.
now has more than $500 members,
according to Secretary E. J. Ran:
dolph.
TANNER.-Bond Brothers, of De
catur. establish sawmill here.
CULLMAN. - Kimbell Heading
mill catches fire from spontaneous
combustion and is damaged to eX-
tent of $1,000.
MOULTON.-B. M. Lufburrow,
head of Alabama forest reservation,
receives 1000 black bass from de-
partment at Washington, D. c.,
which he will place in head waters
OF Sipsey river.
ALBERTVILLE.-D w. H. Har-
per is named health officer for Mar
shall county, succeeding DR.. r. B.
Williams, forced to resign on ac-
count of Ill health.
ATHENS.-A. 3. McWilliams. for
many years cashier of Citizens Bank
Trust company, is appointed state
bank examiner
MONTGOMERY. - Kilby prison
will exhibit II head of Guernsey
cattle and equal number of Duroc.
Jersey hogs and many agricultural
products, a state fair this fall.
MOBILE.-Chamber of commerce
will ask United States board of en-
gineers to deepen channel of Dog
river, near here.
MONTGOMERY Special session
of state legislature to patch up de-
fects In state drainage laws, re-
Gently declared unconstitutional. is
being urged by influential members
of state legislature.
TROY.-Many Baptists of Troy
leave in autos and trucks for Men
tone, where they will spend several
weeks at B. Y. P. U. state meeting.
MONTGOMERY. - Alabama is
threatened with shortage of John
son grass hay crop, according to C.
w. Rittenour, president Alabama
Hay association.
HUNTSVILLE. - Lincoln Mills.
manufacturers of heavy cotton duck
ing, commence work on erection of
third mill, which will he in opera
ton by January l, 1925.
OWENS CROSS ROADS.-Mrs.
Mollie Steelman, 65, wife of L. c..
Steelman, dies in Huntsville of heart
of
HUNTSVILLE. - Citizens of
Huntsville are completing successful
drive to raise S150,0oo to erect city
hospital.
LEIGHTON.-Addit of four
rooms to cost $4,000, will be added
to Colbert county high school here.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS solici,
tors fail to cooperate with state in
surance department in prosecuting
violators of insurance laws. accord
Ing to Frank n. Julian, state surer-
intendent of insurance
AUBURN. - Pistol team of field
artillery branch of r. o. T. s. units
of Alabama Polytechnic institute
wins national championship for sec
ond time, according to dispatches
received here from chief of field
artillery.
DEMOPOLIS.-W. n. Coleman,
negro, sets fire to city Jail in unsuc-
cessful attempt to escape While
his cell is unlocked he hits Police.
man McLemore and Racchus with
plank, painfully iniuring them.
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