Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-24

terrain church of Columbia appoints Il
| committee, headed by DR. w. d
! Melton, president of University Of
South Carolina, to carry out plar
for retaining for Columbia Column
bia Theological seminary, whose
trustees have voted to move to
! Richmond.
YORK.-Robert c. Whiteside
known as FOX Hunter Bob begins
service OF three-year chain gang
term for killing James Whitner.
COLUMBIA,-Gran jury of Rich
land couny, in final presentment,
urges county commission to eXer-
else authority under act of 1921 leg.
| islature, to arrange election on
question of issuing bonds for erec-
ton, of new courthouse in Columbia.
YORK.-York county permanent
| highway commission appeals to SUI
preme court decision of Judge j. Il.
| Henry in which he held as null and
void election in Rock Hill, Fort Mil
and Ebenezer precincts in YORK
county's vote on issue of highway
bonds to amount OF $2,O0O,OOO, and
that majority of vote in these pre-
cincts was against bond issue IN
stead of for it.
CHARL FSTON.-J ]. Healey,
former state constable and detective,
is elected chief Of police detectives
! here.
JACKSONVILLE. serv-
ices are held for Mrs. Sarah Chalk,
prominent woman of this town.
SUMTER John Turner, seventy
seven, Familiarity known Throughout
the county as Long john" Confed-
crate veteran, dies suddenly While
travelling on highway.
ANDERSON.-Mr James A. Met
| calf, who recently came here from
| Atlanta, has started a free health
! school for children, beginning with
a group of children in the biting
finger nail class.
ANDERSON.-Andrew Hamilton
| Osborne, one Of Anderson's pioneer
citizens, Confederate veteran, who
served under Robert z. Lee, enlist
| ing at eighteen in Fourth South
Carolina volunteers, dies here at age
of eighty-one, at home Of daughter,
Mrs. B. B. Bleckley.
CHARLESTON.-Rebecca Blake,
Of Charleston, is sentenced to life in
penitentiary for murder of husband,
whom she killed by striking in head
with piece Of iron and placing body
on railroad track.
COLUMBIA.-L. P. Newly, of
Knightsville, Ind, grand master of
grand encampment of the United
States, knights Templar, visits local
knights and is extensively enter
| tanned, addressing several gatherings
of knights and also speaking to gen
eral public on work of knights.
COLUMBIA.-Redu of 10 to
Is cents in long haul rates on ferti-
! lizer in South Carolina and CORE
spending increases in short haul
rates is proposed by carriers to
| South Carolina railroad commission
at hearing hello here. Commission has
matter under advisement.
GREENWOOD. c. Smith IS
elected president of American bank,
of this city.
GREENWOOD.-The plant of the
Evans Oil and Fertilizer company,
at South Greenwood, is sold at auc-
ton, under court order, for $4,000,
Murray Gin Co., of Atlanta, being
purchaser.
CCLUMBIA.-Rev. w. NJ. Light.
foot, superintendent of the Anti
Saloon league in South Carolina,
goes to Washington and personally
requests President Coolidge to re
q. row
Bowen, of Creerville, from office.
| COLUMBIA-Ways and means and
finance committees of legislature
complete joint sessions for hearing
department heads on budget require
ments for year, and Chairman
Claud n. Sapp, of ways and means
committee, announces appropriation
measure will be introduced when leg
iSlature reCOnYeneS.
CLINTON-Sub-co committee of leg
islative financing committee visits
state school for feeble-minded and
after thorough investigation reports
to joint committees that removal of
school to Columbia would be mad
visable.
COLUMBIA-Trustees Of Univer-
sity of South Carolina approve plan
of state highway department to erect
in Columbia a state highway build
ing from proceeds of surplus war
materials allocated to state by war
department, plan being subject to
vote of authorization by legislature.
GREENVILLE. = Solicitor David
Smoak issues statement declaring
that liquor flows freely in county,
and urges people to assist in enforce
ment of prohibition laws.
SPARTANBURG. - Episcopal con
venton of diocese Of upper South
lCarolina postpones action on proposal
to buy Kanuga lake, Hendcrsonville,
N. c., for summer conference place,
after committee which visited Hen
Jacksonville, headed by Bishop *. G.
Finlay, reports to convention.
GREENVILLE. - Pool room op.
orators in Greenville and Spartan
burg, who recently lost appeal tc
state supreme court, in fight on or
dinances of two cities, outlaWine
such places, have given notice OF
appeal to United States supreme
court, and pending appeal, will re
main open. Case is brought by Clegg
& Thompson, ct. al.
COLUMBIA.-Plans are complet'
ed for state good roads institute to
he held here January 1924, with f.
William Cappelmann, of Columbia
president.
SPARTANBURG. - Charlie Sim
uel, 25-yearold negro, convicted of
murder of Lemicl1 Long, aged rural
recluse, also colored, is sentenced to
die in electric chair February Is.
COLUMBIA.-Comm OF mer-
chants, headed by ]. J. Hope, of Co.
lumbia, appears before state tax
commission and asks for Is per cent
depreciation reduction from tax as
sessment values, as relief from tax
burden. Commission takes matter