Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-10

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Sprunt, head of one Of south's larg
est cotton exporting firms, is suffer-
ing from intermittent occurrences of
illness recently necissitating opera
ton and condition is regarded as Sc
rious.
STATESVILLE.-Zeb V. Long, So
licitor of Fifteenth judicial district
and former Iredell county state SEN
ator, suffers severe bruises when at,
tackled by d. d. Dickson, book agent,
whom he ordered from office.
HIGH POINT.-Convicted of as,
saulting wife, DR.. C. D. Thompson,
well-known physician, is fined $3.50
in city court He appeals.
ASHEVILLE.-Ben S. Davis is
taken in custody to Winston Salem
to face statutory charge in connec-
ton with similar charge made there
against Mrs Sallie Hill, also of
Asheville, who is serving siX-month
term in Forsyth county Jail. Mrs.
Hill is mother of six children. Davis
has wife and five childfen.
&. STATESVILLE. - Falling asleep
NIIIlS dllNIuS SpSeuIIS cal, Lave
Miller allows it to crash into tele-
phone pole, which is broken, car
wrecked, and William Weatherspoon,
passenger, suffers broken rib.
RALEIGH.-Jun Barefoot, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. c.. Barefoot,
is run down and painfully injured
by motor car driven by Dennis John.
son, negro, who is arrested.
DURHAM-True bill is returned
by grand jury against w. II. Austin,
registrar, and w. T. Rigsbee and
are charged with unlawfully destroy
ing ballots cast in recent Democratic
primary.
I Observation-Disclosures. Carl j.
Heimach, of Lebanon, Pa, accepts
call to pastorate of Christ Moravian
church.
WINSTON-SALEM. - Miss Clara
Adams, young woman, is convicted
when tried on charge of assault
with deadly weapon upon L. M.
Swink, well-known attorney, and ap-
peals from twelVe-month sentence.
MARION.-John Whitehead is
held for trial in superior court after
preliminary hearing on charge of
killing Melvina Sims.
RALEIGH. - Sandy McGregor,
Scotch youth, now nurse at state
hospital for insane, is advised of
bequest of $4,000 to him in will of
Alexander Mitchell, wealthy Cali
fornian, whom McGregor befriended
in Europe year ago. Only condition
is McGregOr study medicine.
WILMTNGTON.-Receipts at post
office for fiscal year ending June
30 were 1924, 353, Postmaster Elliott
ASHEVILLE. - Kirt Mitehem,
Redrick Scruggs and Jim Degree,
negro laborers, who apparently had
fallen asleep on tracks, are horribly
by Southern railway pas
senger train near Grover, according
to telephone message from Coroner
of Cleveland county.
Observation-Disclosures pos
tai receipts for six months ending
June so. were $175,451, an increase
of $13,685 over previous similar pc
rioG, receipts for fiscal year ending
June 30 being $932,772.
Observation-Disclosures Bank
and Trust company, one OF states
biggest banking institutions, with
branches in number of towns in
state, takes over Salisbury Bank and
Trust company, President McWhir-
ter, of Salisbury bank, says it is solv-
ent but conditions render merger
a n 90 h t.
stopped. Banks capital is $150000
deposits, $1,OOO,OOO.
ASHEVILLLE.- Thirty.two per
cent of Asheville school children
given weight and measurement tests
during last school year were under
weight, according to report to school
board.
ASHEFILLE.-President 7. II.
Wood announces appointment of f.
Roger Miller, of Macon, Ca, as man
ager of chamber of commerce.
BLOWING ROCK.-North Caro-.
lima Cotton Manufacturers associa-
ton, in annual convention, unani-
mously adopts resolution indorsing
movement seeking to obtain branch
in Carolina of fifth federal reserve
bank, of Richmond Va. South Caro-
lima association, in joint session.
passes similar resolution.
BLOWING ROOKIE. C. Dwe1la
of Charlotte, is elected president of
North Carolina Cotton Manufacture
ers' association. succeeding Bernard
NJ Cone, of Greensboro.
M.-Twenty.fou wears of
perfect attendance at his Sunday
school class is mark Jimmie Lee
cash has set for Durham church
men to shoot at. He claims attend
ahce OF 1,247 consecutive SUNDAYS
GOLDSBORO.-During thunder
storm. home of n. S. Stevens. In San
ders chapel section. is struck bv
1ghtnlng, chair in which Stevens is
sitting being shattered and con1nan.
ION stunned, while Stevens escanas
WILMINGTON.-City governments
adopts budget of $4,000 and ffyes
AK rate at 81 on 500 of assessed Wi.
aatlon' rate being increase of 5. cents
GREENsBORO.-Helen Dalton.
aged six, is badly cut. and sjste,
Edith aged IS. suffers painful in.
lurles when car driven by MANY
zones is run down by car driven h%
L. -. Hardwick, who is held CHARGED
with driving while intoxicated and
various other offenses
GASTONIA. - Local physicians
are puzzled over plainly visible red
etters, r. l. c." which suddenly
appeared on abdomen of Dorothy
Parrot, aged four. daughter of r
> PARROT. Letters seem to have
been stamped with rubber stamn
and are inch in height
49, HIGH POINT.-Elaborate prepa.
'ations are being made for entertain.
ment of North Caroline firenien who
gather for annual convention Julv
l4-ir John L. Foister. of Chapel
HILL Is associations president. Pro.
gram includes barbecue.