Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-15

BIRMINGHAM Mrs. Matte A.
Leslie, 70, dies at family home here,
after short illness.
NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE. - Representatives
of several organizations and mem
bers of city and county commissions
inspect proposed sites for tubercu-
losis hospital which Charlotte and
Mecklenburg county governments
plan to jointly erect. Thrity-acre
site offered by city is rejected
CHARLOTTE will
be undertaken without delay on oXy-
gen manufacturing plant Of newly or
ganized Carolina Standard Gas Prod
ucts company, headed by Philip w.
Wilcox, Of Atlanta, formerly of Char
lotte. Plant will cost $150,000; will
be the first Of the kind in ether of
the Carolinas and will manufacture
oxygen for industrial uses.
SBORO-Chambe of COM
merce agrees to cooperate with SINH
lar bodies of Wilmington and High
Point in effort to prevent proposed
higher rate on coal from Tennessee
points to South Atlantic points.
WILMINGTON. = Proposed as
cents per ton increase in freight
rates on coal shipments from Ten
nessee will add $4,000 annually to
Wilmington's coal bill, says cham
Der of commerce statement.
BOONE.-Eighty Wautauga coun-
ty cabbage growers, members of Blue
Ridge Farmers association, market
100000 pounds of cabbage from
field of 100 acres, during last year
and this year will exceed that record
RALEIGH.-Lind C. Warren.
representative to congress from
First district, files campaign ex-
contributions amounting to $2,2S5
and expenditures of $1,S52. DISPOSE
ton of balance is not indicated. He
is said to be youngest man ever sent
to Congress from this state, and fills
seat formerly held by Claud Kitchin
( RALEIGH. = Governor Morrison
accepts invitation to deliver address
at opening July "a of fourth annual
Sandhills Peach exposition at Ham
let. Governor Mcleod, of South
Carolina, is expected to deliver adj
dress on following day.
BURLINGTON.-Half work and
half play is program for encamp-
ment of One Hundred and Twentieth
infantry, North Carolina national
guard, beginning July g. at Camp
Glenn, near Morehead City. accord.
ing to Colonel Don E. Scott, com
handing.
CONCORD.-Cont is awarded
by board of managers of Nazareth
Orphans home, at Crescent, Rowan
county, for construction of $35 900
dormltory for girls. Board is can
vassmg Reformed church congrega
tons in state to obtain necessary
funds.
RALEIGH.-Firs formal action
an investigation of ten or more
members of Wake county bar
charged with unethical conduct re-
suits in exoneration of Brantley
Womble and H. l.. Swain. Investi-
cation began in March after Judge
Henry A. Grady debarred Oscar f.
Johnson, which action later was re-
scinded.
GOLDSBORO. - Conference of
eastern North Carolina shippers
with A. j. Maxwell, of state cor
poration commission, results in di-
vergent interests arriving at better
understanding in controversy over
southeastern freight rates case now
pending before interstate commerce
commission. Basis of criticism of
corporation commission is removed
at conference.
LUMBERTON. = United States
Senator E. d. Smith, of South Caro-
lima, in address, urged 1900 tobacco
and cotton growers to carry organi-
cation of cooperative associations to
point where majority of growers in
North and South Carolina will be
enlisted. which will enable growers
to name own price for products. .
RALEIGH.-Reve Commits
sioner Doughton announces conec-
tons of state taxes for first six
months of 1924 totaled $4,49S,O44,
against $S,697,165 for same period
of 1923, representing increase of
more than 20 per cent. Collections
for calendar year 1923 amounted to
$3.50 ,067.
ASHEVILLE.-Jas F. Gun
ningham. aged Ga, completes thir-
tieth consecutive year as mail car
rier on Biltmore avenue route. dur
ing which time he estimates he has
walked 10000 miles, Cunningham
celebrates by taking day off and at
tending dinner in his honor at home
of PoStm.-.-r Dan w. Hill
AM.-Tentativ plans for
formal opening of fine new Masonic
temple set ceremony for July 10.
RALEIGH.-Dr. Charles L. Mad
dry is formally designated by joint
meeting of state Baptist board of
missions and board of education as
director of final work in IS million
campaign and of 1925 campaign, ac-
| cording to announcement by DR.. @.
| c. Davis, of Albermarle, president Of
missions board
WAKE FOREST. - Twelve-day
school for ministers will be conduct
/ ed al Wake Forest Colleeg immediate
( ~ after close of 1924-1925 sessions