Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-31

Chaffin, of Columbia, Tenn, inspect
Decaturs paved streets with view
| to building streets like these.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from Lau-
derdale and Lawrence counties are
| here searching for Columbus Butler,
negro, charged with assaulting we'll
known white woman at Sheffield.
ELECTROMAGNETIC board of
| pardons denies paroles for sixteen
state prisoners.
TUSCALOOSA.-More than 5000
! from this and adjoining counties at
tend meeting of Christian Harmony
singers here.
HEFLIN.-Flag raising ceremony
with Congressman Lamar LETTERS as
chief speaker, will feature opening
OF annual encampment of boys and
girls clubs at Cleburne county, at
Gaines bridge on TalIapoosa river,
August 7-S-9.
FLORENCE.-City council adopts
ordinance giving Florence full time
fire department. There will be seven
firemen and two large fire trucks
anu oIlS Cli6Hl1cdl lEuCh.
DECATUR. - Fourteenth annua;
session of nineteenth year of state
grand lodge Mosaic Templars of
America, negro, meets here. Eight
hundred lodges with total member
ship of $4,000 are represented.
SELMA.-Total absence of mos.
quitoes is bein noted hire. follow
ing anti-malaria campaign waged by
DR.. L. T. Lee, of Dallas county
health department, and Engineer G.
c. Kiser, of United States sanitary
department.
MONTGOMERY.-Work is pro.
crossing on Roy bridge over Ala
bama river on Birmingham Mont
geometry highway. Travel will be re-
stunned over this bridge in about two
weeks.
OPELIKA.-Offic of Columbus
Electric and Power company tell
Opelika Rotarians about construc-
ton of big power dam at Bartletts'
ferry on Chattahoochee river near
here. This dam will have capacity
of $4,000 horse power and will be
completed within 10 months.
MONTGOMERY-Through efforts
of Alabama public service commits
sion Alabama may get modification
in famous Meridian case affecting
rates on cotton, clay, concrete and
other articles, it is announced.
ALBERTSVILLE-C. G. Smith,
"a, prominent young farmer residing
near here, dies in hospital at Gads.
den.
ATTALLA.-S. V. Bacon and Miss
Lillian Held, of New York. lease
Rahe's lake near here, and will make
of it one of largest pleasure resorts
in Alabama.
GADSDEN.- rs result of blood
clot in leg, John Henry Smith, IS,
dies here.
COLU MBIANA.-City officials of
Columbiana are considering building
city water works plant, to cost about
100000.
Observation-Disclosures is plan
ming to take new section recently
built up, which would add 5000 to
population.
BIRMINGHAM.-State convention
for deaf people is held here, with at
tendance of approximately 800.
ELECTROMAGNETIC wound in
flicted by shaft of wagon driven
through lower part of his body, c.
l.. Ingram, chief mechanic of Mont
gomery fire department, has chance
of recovery in spite of his CHASTITY
wound, physicians say.
GREENVILLE.-Bi cotton ware
houses of Planters Mercantile COM
pany, recently wrecked by cyclone,
are being repaired for this seasons
crop of cotton.
BIRMINGHAM. D. Langston,
siXty-tWo. retired travelling salesman,
falls dead at his home here.
FLORENCE.-Fed and state
officials launch big fight here
against mosquitoes and malaria.
MONTGOMERY highway
commission authorizes printing OF
Alabama road map. In future it
will be revised every two months to
keep pace with construction.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES blows away
home and all household goods Of
John Hays, together with $3.50 in
cash, killing his wife and injuring
him.
JASPER.-Dr. G. r. Stewart, re-
siding near here, says he expects
to gather 1000 bushels OF apples
on his farm this year, and to- get
at least 81 per bushel for them.
MILL PORT.-Farmers of this
county say that even boil weevils
quit work and sought shade. when
Thermometer climbed to 102 degrees
in shade.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Beckwith, rector of st. Philips
Episcopal church, is elected acting
IOo,4o, NH;I;+or,.