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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31
SOUTH CAROLINA

FLORENCE.-She Burch an
nOunCes that Edmund Bigham, now
in the county Jail, awaiting outcome
Of appeal from conviction of murder
ing his brother, and also charged
with numbering mother, sister and
sisters two children, is to be taken
to Columbia and lodged in peniten-
tiary during next few days, change
being recommended by Bigham' S
physician, because of his health.
COLUMBIA.-Legislature kills bill
by Representative George b. Ellison,
of Columbia, to require school teach.
ers to pledge loyalty to flag and read
Bible every day.
COMMUNICATIONS Mcleod,
in addressing Wofford college alum
nj declare: when Wofford college
has to a pay football trainer more
money than it pays it's president, my
zeal as an alumnus IS gone
COLUMBIA.-Increase in attend
ance upon public schools of state
has been phenomenal, and South
Carolina stands at threshold of awak-
ening never before experienced in
state, says J. II. Hope, state super
intendent of education in report to
legislature.
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Tennessee Judge
Has Self Prosecuted
On Liquor Charge

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 90. -
General Charles T. Gates, Jr., special
Judge of circuit court and former
attorney general of Tennessee, was
fined 5000 and costs by Judge Ken
z. Hicks, in federal court here this
morning, when General Gates plead
ed guilty to possessing liquor.
General Gates voluntarily ,,ppeared
10 answer to an information filed by
District Attorney George c. Taylor
from facts supplied by General Gates
himself.
Gates dropped a bottle of whisky
in the postoffice lobby here last Fri
day night and when bystanders no.
tlced it, he attacked the crowd, strik-
ing one man in the face with the
bottle and beating up four or five
others
Judge Gates is general counsel for
the Southern railway here, lawyer
for many large corporations. He
was appointed by Governor Peay a
few weeks ago to sit on the circuit
bench during the illness OF the regu-
lar Judge.
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Girl Ends Her Life
lust Outside Room
Occupied by Fiance

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 2S.--
Suicide Of Miss Mabel Brown, for
mer art and music teacher in Kan
sas City schools outside the bed
room door of Casimir J. WEIGH, poll
tician and justice of the peace, ended
a long engagement between the cou-
pie, it was learned today.
Miss, Brown went to the hoteE
after a party Saturday night and
swallowed poison in the hallway at
Welchs door.
Friends of the girl revealed that
she had long been engaged to WEIGH
and apparently was respondent be-
cause of the continued postponement
Of their prospective marriage. WEIGH
was divorced eight years ago and
his former wife and two children
are now living in Chicago.
A short time before the suicide
WEIGH had taken Miss Brown to her
home from a birthday party and
they had quarreled.
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Texas G. @. P. Leader
Stifled Fraud Probe,
Sen. Heflin Declares

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.- A
charge that r. b. Qreager, Repub-
lican national committeeman for
Texas, exercised political influence
with the postmaster general and the
attorney general" to stiffe an in
curry into land frauds in Texas was
made today in a resolution intro
duced by Senator, Heflin, Democrat,
Alabama, proposing a senate inves-
tigation.
The resolution declared that citi-
zens of fifteen states had been de-
frauded of many millions Of dollars,
and that there had been misuse of
the mails in connection with the OPP
erations.
When it became known that an in
vestigation was being made, the Ala
bama senator said, "R. B. Creager,
of Brownsville, Tex, president Of
the Alamo Land and Sugar com
pany, Charles F. G. Ladd, rep
resenting the w. E. Stewart Land
company; c.. II. .Jessup, of Browns.
Vile, and G. II. Swallow, made a
trip to Washington and called upon
the Hon. William H. Hays, the then
postmaster general, and Hon. Harry
M. Daugherty, attorney general, for
the purpose of preventing, such in
vestigation."
Land companies alleged to have
participated in the operations which
would be investigated, include 'mem-
bers of the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley Land Mems association, consist
ing in part of the following: Alamo
Land and Sugar company, c. II.
Swallow & Co., w. f. Stewart Land
company, Stewart Farm Mortgage
company, Ell Jardin immigration
company, Lone Star immigration
company, A. j. Mccall Land com
pany, United States Farm company
Texas Coast Irrigated Lands com
pany AL Parker Securities company
,
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SUPPLY BILL SEEKS
ADDED PROH| FUNDS
FOR MEN AND SHIPS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Nearly
three quarters of billion dollars
is carried in the annual supply bill
for the treasury and postoffice de-
partments reported today by the
house appropriation committee. The
exact amount is $729,S5S,451, an
increase of $1S,476,SS9 over total APP,
preparations for the two depart
merits for the current fiscal year
bit $5,447, COG less than budget es
Inmates.
OF the total $609.976.246 is for
the postoffice LISA.
..4S7 more than was appropriated a
year ago-and $119,SS2,2 O5 for the
treasury.
The treasury department allot-
ment does not take into considera-
ton $1,399, 051.075 Of permanent and
Indefinite appropriations which &c
not require annual congressional acv
ton. 1t does. however, include $1e.'
629,770 for enforcement of prohlbi-
tion-$1 ,629,770 more than was
granted last year. The coast guard,
WATCH is charged with curbing rum
smuggling by sea, is allotted SO,
1,649, or $739,SS1 less than was
appropriated for the current year,
and the customs service is allowed
s13,874.140, or $1,555,64J more than
was appropriated a year ago.
OF the postoffice allotment, major
items are $124,937 100 for clerk hire
ysln first and second-class postoffices
. $S7000,000 for the pay of city let
Ter carriers; 04,450,000 to pay rail-
roads for the transportation Of
mail; SAT 100000 for the maintaic.
ing of railway mail service and $685.
8 100000 for the pay of rural letter
.carriers. An airplane mail service
is allotted $1,500,0OO, the amount
voted it year ago.
In its report the committee point
about, in comparing totals with
those of last year, that the bill
does not carry the $240 bonus grant
ed clerks for the current fiscal year,
1t also declared that the increased
appropriation for enforcement of the
/ prohibition and narcotic laws would
enable the treasury to employ 800
additional prohibition agents ard
l45 more agents to be used in pl e.
venting the illegal use of narcotics
In the bill is an item Of $51. 500
entitled Floating expenses" which
the report explained would be used
to purchase fast motor launches
!. costing from s4,00p to $4,000 for use
against rum-runners.
The increased volume of imports
the report said, makes it imperative
hat additional funds be granted
the customs service. The amoun1
recommended, it was said, would
place 1920 additional employees or
the pay roll.
Discussing postoffice department
& revenue the report said that Coz
the current fiscal year which ends
June 80, it would approximate.
S56S, $4,000. leaving an estimated
deficit of about $2S.00O,O 900. Reve
nueS next year, it was estimated
will Increase rs per cent. On tbs
basis of the appropriation carrie.
IN the bill this. would entail O. de
ficit OF slightly more than $4,000, OO(
next year.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31
NORTH CAROLINA

RALEIGH.-Two Baptist assem-
bl.es, one at Morehead City, n. c.,
June S1-July /, and other at Mars
Hill, N. c., July 29-August 7, are be-
ing promoted by board of missions,
about 500 and $50 persons being ex-
pected to attend respective assem-
blies.
SALISBURY.-Young white man.
who refuses to give name, stops car
on railway track, train cutting off
rear wheels. Officers Yost and Wag-
ner arrive, charge stranger with
transporting liquor. Contraband is
placed in Yost's car. Stranger
steals Yost's car. Yost and Wagner
each borrow cars and give chase,
crashing together after going few
blocks, both cars being wrecked and
Wagner injured. Yost borrows an
other car and finally arrests
stranger.
CHARLOTTE.-M than 400
900 spindles were placed in operation
in south in 1923, as compared with
about 100000 in 1922, and $12 900, 900
is being spent at present in south In
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SUGAR AND COFFEE
EXCHANGES BEAT
GOVERNMENT SUIT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-The
governments suit against the New
York sugar and coffee exchange,
which was charged with operating in
Violation of the anti trust laws was
dismissed today by the United
States supreme court.
The chiefs justice, delivering the
opinion, said, there had been "abso-
lutte failure by the government to in
any way connect the defendants,
both corporate and individual de-
PENDANTS, with any such conspiracy
as was charged by the government.
The chief justice said the govern
ment could deal with corners if it
desired by bringing antitrust suits
against spectators and gamblers.
There has been absolute want of
evidence connecting the defendants
with any such combination, said
MIR. Taft, conGeding that some
'mauipulato"a, gamblers and specu-
lators" operate in sugar.
What the government really asks
Us to do" Mr.. Taft added, lis to ex-
ercIso legislative power rather than
judicial power"
TO sustain a conviction for a cor
ner or restraint of interstate COM
merce there is an absolute want of
evidence" the opinion said. ito con-
meet the defendants wit hany such
Cnspiracy."
Referring to the fact that there
had been a rise in the price of sugar
at the time the government made its
complain t, the chief justice said that
there was some evidence that the
rise had in part been due to the mis-
construction placed upon a report
by the department Of commerce and
in part to trade reports from Cuba
to decreased production.
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resources, says DIR. Harry Wood
burn Chase, president of University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in adj
dress to chamber of commerce mem
bership.
CHARLOTTE.-S coming Of
Christ is near, says Billy Sunday,
famous evangelist, in sermon. In
dicatiOns of this event, he says, in
clude radical tendency to depart
from Christian faith" political I'M
rest, revival among Jews" con
centration of wealth in hands of
few
CHAMPIONSHIPS, aged two
years, daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
w. Fl. Goodman, swallows needle
and parents take child to Whining
ton hospital for treatment, X-ray
showing needle was eye-end first.
EALEIGH .--State's death toll in
1922 from tuberculosis was 1855, of
which 1,42f were female, 1865 were
male, 1910 were white, 1886 were
negroes; more than one-half of
deaths occurring between ages OF
30 ard 40, according to DR.. f. NJ.
REGISTER, deputy registrar of vital
statistics for state.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31

Normal school, on assembly grounds
Of Southern Presbyterian church,
nineteen miles from here, is destroy
ed by fire, loss being placed at SG5,-
000 Seventy-ttve girls and ten teach
ers escape without injury into zero
c1,d weather after losing practically
all their belongings.
CHAPEL HILL.-Two hundred
forty high schools have enrolled III
North Carolina high school debating
union, according to E. r. Rankin,
secretary. First debates will be nee
in March; finals to be held here at
University of North Carolina in
April.
GREENSBORO. - Beginning in
1915, with sale of seals for $45, move
ment for Guilford county tubercu-
LOSS hospital attains goal when
1 900 persons attend formal opening
of $175,000 hospital, first of its type
in state.
RALEIGH. - Recent freezes Caus
ed serious damage to grain crops in
various sections of state.
H.-Remarlable growth
state now is experiencing is result
of Well-balanced program for deVel-
opment of both human and material
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Rabun Representative
In Legislature Expires +,
At Home in CLAYTON

Mr., James E. Bleckley, represent
tative of Rabun county in the legs1
islature and one of the most prom
inent men in north Georgia, died
at his home in Clayton Sunday, ac-
cording to information received by
Atlanta relatives.
Mr.. Blecllley has been in failing
health for three years, and was un-
able to attend the recent extra seg-
sion of the general assembly.
Mr.. Bleckley was born in Clayton
on October 6, 1858, and has lived In,
Rabun county all his life. He was
in the lumber business for many
years, but recently has been operat-
Ing mercantile establishment in
Clayton. He was owner also of the
Clayton hotel. He was a nephew of
the late Chief Justice Logan Bleck-
ley, of the Georgia supreme court.
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NEWS OF THE SOJTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS

MONTGOMERY - Women en-
ployes at state capital are unanimous
for Senator Oscar w. Underwood as
Democratic nominee for president.
BIRMINGHAM-D. E. McLendon
chairman city commission, favors
So, 100000 bonds for city school build
ings, and $75O000 bonds for city Ii
brary building.
BIRMINGHAM. - A t e n o o r
newspaper here publishes telegram
from William G. McAdoo, candidate
for Democratic nomination indorsing
Ford's bid for Muscle Shoals.
MONTGOMERY Nationa forest
reserve of $1,000 acres in north
Alabama will be transformed into
great public game reserve for bene.
| fit of Alabama citizens, according to
I. T. Quinn, game and fish commits
sioner.
| MONTGOMERY State highway
commissioner Of Alabama will get
| 100 government trucks, to be used
in construction of state highways.
GREENSBORO. - Many pecan
trees here are dying from disease
said by Auburn experts to be "scab.' .
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31
Youth Entertained
Rich by Day, Robbed
Their Homes by Nighi

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 29.-P. w. Her
rinGton, alias w. r. Heron, 23, Of
Pittsburg, was held in Jail here
today charged with being a Raffles.
Harrington, by day, lived in style
in one of the fashionable winter re-
sort hotels here, golfing or dancing
with the debutante daughters of mil.
lionaires. BY night, he was a gen.
tleman burglar, proving in the
homes of those who had been his
guests, police charged when they
caught Harrington in the act during
the night.
After grilling, Harrington con-
fessed, police said, that he had COM
mitted fifteen robberies which have
baffled police during the last three
weeks. Most of the loot was recover
ed in Herrington's room.
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den cornices Of the second shrine.
Thetwall of the second shrine is still
in position but the doors are packed
up and stand with the doors and
the roof of the first shrine in the
ante chamber.
The third casket, the sides of
which are beautifully decorated with
a series of figures in light relief on
gold, now are fully visible save for
the top, which is covered with scat.
folding.
In the sepulchral chamber today
Mr.. Carter was busy with a paint
brush and some glutinous substance
touching up the gliding of various
parts, which had become detached in
places. Some parts of the pail
screen, or rack, enveloped in line
wrappings, are yet standing beside
the shrine.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31
Near Rioters Crash j
Doors in Effort to
Hear Fosdick Preach

CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.-Doors were
broken down and a near-riot was
staged in front Of Orchestra hall here
last night by hundreds of people who
fought to hear DR.. Harry Emerson
Fosdick, celebrated New York min
lister, who preached at the Sunday
Evening club.
A mammoth crowd started lining
up before the doors mere than two
hours before D~. Fosdick was due to
speak. standing room only" signs
were hung up long before the serv-
ice started. Hundreds who were told
there was no room battered at the
doors. An usher was Injured in the
scuf1le.
DR.. Fosdick, one Of the central fig.
ures in national doctrinal disputes
disappointed his audience by failing
to discuss his alleged policies. He
preached from the subject. Take
Jesus in Earnest"
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The Weather
Forecast for Thursday:

Forecast for Thursday:
Virginia.: Fair and somewhat
colder.
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia: Fair; mild temperature !;
gentle variable winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy; no change
in temperature; gentle variable winds
mostly easterly.
Extreme Northwest Florida, Ala
bama and Mississippi: Generally fair f.;
somewhat lower temperature; gentle
variable winds.
Tennessee and Kentucky: Fair
somewhat colder.
Louisiana: Generally fair except
local showers near the coast.
Arkansas: Generally fair.
Oklahoma: Generally fair.
East Texas: Generally fair.
West Texas: Fair
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Tennessee Sheriff.
Widow Succeeds Him

BOLIVAR, Tenn, Jan. 29H-Ten.
nessees first woman sheriff took Of
flee Monday when Mrs. ]. f. Cas-
selberry was sworn in as Hardeman
county's chief peace officer. She was
elected by the county court to fill a
vacancy caused by the recent death
Of her husband, who died of apo
pleXy. The term expires in August.
Mrs. Casselberry is thirty years
old and is the mother Of two chill
dren. Her first official act was to
reappoint J. c. Hogan as chief
deputy.
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Wheels of Justice in High
j Gear f. Automobile Thief

JEFF'ERSONVILLE. Ga, Jan. so.
Local officers brought self-con-
fes5ed auto thief back from Ashe-
vile Monday, took him on to Dublin,
and he pleaded guilty and was given
q three.year sentence by Judge Kent.
lie was arrested in Asheville Sat
urday night, when he tried to dis
pose of car at a low price.
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ALABAMA

TROY.-Rufus King, county farm
agent, conducts cooperative hog
sale, at which 313 hogs are sold at
$3.50 per hundredweight.
HUNTSVILLE.-O for more
than 100 cars of fertilizer are placed
by Madison county farmers, through
farmers bureau
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS country
farmers are already buying fertili-
ger in large quantities. Indications
are more fertilizer will be used this
year in Butler county than ever be-
fore.
GUNTERSVLILE.- result Of
pistol duel between Rev. w. M. Den
mis- and Oscar Burroughs, minister
is badly injured with two bullets in
body, while Burroughs is in jail
Trouble is caused by Burroughs APP
pearing as prosecuting witness in
court trial against Dennis.
PARRISH.-All winter crops of
oats and rye in this vicinity are
killed by severe freezes.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-31
INCOME TAX CUT
GETS APPROVAL Of
HOUSE COMMIT TEE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-A reduc-
ton of 25 per cent on the taxes Of
earned income up to $4,000 was
voted today by the house ways and
means committee, and all incomes
under $4,000 were classified as earn
ed for purposes of this reduction.
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COLUMBIA.-State senate passes
resolution calling for state constitu-
tiOnal convention.
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Tar judge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-12
RAIsERs' F0 HOLD EGG SHOW
Loving Cups Awarded varin Elected President.
 Free Settings

The egg show of the Jefferson C0unty Poultry Breeders association Nin sbe held March s. (. 2 and 6 In the old post office building, 1t was decided lt the meeting of the association ThurSday night in the court house. 'Eg6s win be judged by size. shape. color, general contour and the condi- tion of the she'll Age, breed, qupality and what kinds of food was fed the hena can be told by an expert egg judge. ]. NuYrAy Norment. financial director of the association. asserted.
 eff . man does not know how 10 fudge eggs, he cannot raise the best chfckens: the egg show will De rev. elxtion to many of the people" said Mf. Norment.
 At the show . great number of en- tries are, expected from the boys and girls clubs of Alabama. who will ex- hibit the results obtained from the eggs which were given them at the show last March. Veterans of the war will also be given settings from this show, as we'll as the children. If cation. said Mir. Norment.
 New officers elected for the aSso- cisiton for 1914 were:
 ,Dr. W. F. vartn. presidenot: Oscar Rhfnehart, vice president: Raymond Quinn. secretary; Tyler l. Mangun..
  treasurer: J. Murray Norment, finan- cial director.
 Advisory Committee-J. c. Lowry. chairman. with J. c. Hodges. J. Mur- ray. Norment, Dr. W. F. Varin, J. P. Holm.
 Board of directors, including the officers. are: Miles Bradford, Arthur Mitchell, pr. J. c. Anthony, B. W. In- ger, John W. Wood, J. L. Brake, ,. A I.aRue, Mrs. R. A. MoI.sod. Ellis Bly, mum.
 Grievance Con.mittee-J. A LaRus. chairman; F. l.. Norment. Dr. J. c.
 Exhibit committee-B. R. Moulin, chairman; J. c. Lowry. Miss Pearl Crawford. Raymond Quinn. Mrs. R. 4. Mcleod. James Brown, Miles Brad ford.
 Program committes-B. R Moulin. J. r. Holm. and g. Kleindesdt.
 The date of the 1924 Birmingham Interstate Poultry show was fixed for the week of December to 6, 1924.
 The winners of silver loving cups st the Birmingham-rnterstate show in December are:
 For best Giant male. Mt. crsst
 Fer best bullet in show. Dr. varin ana Adams.
 For best coekerel in show. | b Lett.
 For best Rhode Island Red male. J. ", Hunks.
 Tor largest sxhfSit by Jefferson county s1hiAitor. Tyler L. Mangum.
 For spsolal cup. Marley s. Hull.
 For special cup. Dr. Varin. and AaauaA
 For best NsAAitefsnsaa sRhfbee Trio Poultry yards.
 F0Y largest entry Reds. TyssR L. Maagum.
 For largest entry White o4pang- tons, '. D. Lott. For best Aird In orrfngecn class. Loui Usry.
 For best Ai.d in Red elasa. q W.
 For best pen in American class, Mrs. John Roper.
 For best Mediterranean exhibit. spe- cial. Field glasses Trio Poultry