Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-11

serving in w GRID war. County COM
missioners vote $500 to fund.
GREENSBORO. - Civilian club
passes resolution urging county and
city governments TO name officers
| to assist former conVicts in re-eStab-
! fishing themselves in industry after
| serving their sentences. Work
being done privately by Mrs.
Blanche G.. Sterne, welfare superin-
tendent, inspired action.
DUKE.-Local plant OF Erwin
| cotton mills resumes tull-time opera
! ton after operating on half-time
basis for several months.
SILER CITY.-Emily Lampert,
negress, 80, mother of "a children,
was sold 7S years ago as slave for
| $1,000 to Woodson Lee, according
to J. d. Dorset, who attended auc-
ton Of slaves. Lampert woman
lives near Cumnock.
HIGH POINT. - Senior United
States Senator f. M. Simmons, of
North Carolina, declines invitation
to fire opening gun here of Demo-
cratic campaign in this section. He
expresses hope of visiting city late
in October.
RALEIGH.--Low bids for certain
phases of construction Of proposed
new state department building to
cost $500, 900 are opened by Secre-
tary of State Everett, including ex-
cavating, $4,000; steel, $51,700; stone,
$4,000.
RALEIGH. Cardinals fire
fo, CD To HO1O-
900. Excluding $4,000 loss from
four fires caused by lightning, Com
missioner Wade says this is fourth
consecutive month with total loss
Of less than 100000.
GREENsBORO.-M L. Swine
hart, Presbyterian missionary to
Korea, in address, says he gave up
presidency of railroad in west to go
to mission field and recently, on his
return on leave, he refused offer to
resume former position with that
railroad.
ROCKY MOUNT.-Complete pro-
gram for annual convention of
North Carolina division, United
Daughters of Confederacy, meeting
here October 20-24, is announced by
Mrs. r. P. Holt, division president.
ASHEVILLE.-Doc Of superior
court term includes cases against
Ralph Ralston, charged with fatally
shooting Horace Reece, Montreal
special officer, and Thomas Dilling-
ham, charged with murder of Allen
Joyce, deputy sheriff.
GOLDSBoRO.-W. H. Goodwin.
one of city's best known residents,
is suddenly stricken with heart at
tack while standing on porch of
home, death occurring within few
minutes.
GREENSBORO. - Miss Mamie
Earle, of Wilson, is elected presi-
dent of senior class of North Caro-
lima college for women.
KINSTON. = Though Georgia's
crop of 30,000,000 pounds in 1924 was
less than last years sales on this
market alone, tobacco growers of
eastern North Carolina have come
to realize Importance Of Georgia's
competition, according to warehouse
operators.
BURLINGTON.-Miss Carrie In
gle and Madison Yarbrough are in
Jul GU W IIcu ScI SpcCldl uc1uOl-
ishes their motor car.
WINSTON SALEM. Troy E.
Butner, living near here, is bound
over by magistrate for trial in SUI
perior court on charge of arson.
GREENVILLE.-W Fornes,
Is, living near here, is hero of Incl
dent which probably prevented
wreck of Norfolk Southern passen-
ger train when he outruns train in
yard, mounts to engine and warns
engineer of washout near home.
Train returns here.
RALEIGH OfficiaI ballots for
general election November 4 are sent
to 81 counties of state, other 10
counties being required under law
to print own ballots. State election
board estimates probable vote at
100000, compared with $4,000 in
1920, and 13,000,0 900 tickets, of which
$4,000, 900 are for referendums and
constitutional amendments, were
printed.
WINSTON-SAL - Breaks at
opening Of tobacco market for 1924
season at four of five warehouses
are so large that considerable quan-
titles of leaf are lef& unsold at close
of day, despite quadruple sales.
Prices average about 23 cents per
pound.
SANFORD.JE. e. Murchison and
Durema Vestal are injured when
| car driven by Murchison collides
with another driven by o. T. Bird,
of Durham.
RALEIGH Barrett, os
Charlotte. editor of Labor Herald,
former state federation of labor
president, whose refusal to follow
federation's Endorsement OF La Fol
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