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NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
NORTH CAROLINA
JJIJN-X' — S. A. Jackson, Sampson
MUnty farmer, sells 1914 cotton crop,
Which grades strict middling though
Bine years old, price being above 33
cents, as compared with s/ven cents
when harvested. He could have sold
it in 1919 for forty cents per pound.
HAMLET.—Denied marriage lic
ense in Richmond county because of
age of prospective groom, F. M. Med
lock, aged ninety-five, and Miss Liz
zie Long, aged 38, each a resident
of Hamlet, return from Bennetts
ville, S. C*., where they were mar
ried. Groom was born in Liverpool,
and has been “minister of gospel"
for 68 years, this being third mar
riage.
DUNN’.—Body of Leslie Lee,
stabbed to death in Detroit, Mich.,
is brought home, funeral services
being held at home of father, J. B.
Lee. Lee, 22, unmarried, was slain
by Greek while engaged in argu
ment over cost of food, his body
being almost cut in two.
DURHAM.—Arrested at Durham
following arrest of Charles Davis, in
Chicago, which broke up alleged na
tion-wide activity of counterfeiting
gang, Thomas J. Davis, well-known
Durham county man, and his son,
Jack, will go on trial in few days
at Raleigh on federal charge involv
ing counterfeiting operations.
NASHVILLE.—Mayor Ross an- ’
nounces woman involved in case of
Charley lashed and chased
from community by unmasked band,
has been ordered to leave town and
says Moore admitted before his de
parture that he “deserved” flogging.
KINSTON. Clerk of superior
court announces 62 actions for re
lief have been instituted against di
rectors and receivers ?>f defunct
Farmers Bank and Trust company,
of LaGrange.
GOLDSBORO.—AtIantic Bank and
Trust company enters suit for $20,-
000 against individuals connected
with defunct Farmers Bank and
Trust company, of LaGrange, seek
ing to recover balance due on note.
. ELIZABETH CITY. —Brokers es
timate at SIOO,OOO losses of truck
farmers in this immediate section
from first killing frost, fall crops
of English peas and snap beans
being ruined.
RALEIGH.— North Carolina Bap
tists, who pledged $7,052,000 in 1919
to “seventy-five million” campaign,
and who hold state convention De k
cember 11 ajt Gastonia, will find four
years’ fall $1,600,000 be
hind pledges, and “heroic” action is
begun with view- of collecting ad
dition $250,000 by convention date.
ERLANGER.—Mrs. B. C. Scar
borough, who has been in ill health
several years, dies from what phy
sicians describe as an overdose of a
poisonous tincture.
WINSTON-SALEM.—Mrs. G. A.
Follin, 77, dies after brief illness.
Her husband is prominent business
man.
ELIZABETH”CITY.—A. L. Ches
son, 78, is seriously injured when
boiler explodes at sawmill of Ches
son Manufacturing company, plant
of which recently was destroyed by
fire.
RALEIGH.—Demand for pardon
for Dr. L. B. Mcßrayer from va
/ rious sections of state results in
Governor Morrison announcing his
understanding of law is that he legal
ly could issue pardon relieving Mc-
Brayer of SSO fine but can not in
terfere with requirement of law as
to his removal from office as super
intendent of state tuberculosis hos
pital.
GREENSBORO.—George McDan
iel, young son of Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry S. McDaniel, dies of injuries re
ceived previous day when struck by
motor car driven by Sam Brady.
ORFORD.—R. S. Usry, 75, retired
merchant, for many years prominent
in business, religious and social life,
dies after long illness.
BAKERS! ILLE.—Three men are
sentenced to state prison and two
others given suspended sentences
when all plead guilty to manslaugh
ter charge growing out of killing of
Lewis Blevins, deputy sheriff, and
Arthur Hughes, alleged blockader,
several months ago. Henry Troutman
i and Garfield Hughes are given ten
year terms; Flem Blevins, one to five
i years.
GREENSBORO.—City waterworks
funds are increased to $400,000 by
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Railroads Italic Life Easier
1 yor Women On fhc 3arm
Think a minute of what the railroads have done for the
women of this country—particularly the women living
on the farms and in the small towns.
Before the day of railroads, these women led rather
drab and monotonous lives; with small knowledge of,
and interest in, world affairs and little time for leisure
and cultural growth. With the things which railroads
have brought to them—modern housekeeping helps;
home comforts and entertainment; congenial society;
and direct connection with what’s going on in the
world, through newspapers and magazines, rural free
mail delivery and the Parcel Post—these farm and vil
lage women have little cause to be envious of their sis
ters of the cities.
With these pertinent facts before them, and in view
of the larger public influence now exercised by women,
let these women join in with the right-thinking men in
seeing that the railroads are treated fairly—particularly
in the matter of the legislation now being proposed to
' further restrict and hamper the railroads----and thereby
show their appreciation of what the railroads are doing
I for them. ...
THE OLD RELIABLE
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issue of $300,000 authorized by city
council, $250,000 to be sold Decem
ber 4, when $500,000 of street im
provement bonds and $200,000 munic
ipal building bonds will be sold.
HIGH POINT. Police officers
I leave for Jacksonville, Fla., to bring
back three men and two women
! charged with robbery of N. H. Sil-
I ver Co., clothiers.
WINSTON-SALEM—Members of
i North Carolina Library association,
I in annual meeting, are told by C. Al
| phonso Smith, of Naval academy fac
ulty, that “North Carolina is negli
igible factor” in book publishers’ busi
i ness, state being “blissfully igno
rant” of cultural literature.
GREENSBORO.—License is issued
by mail for Jay Gould, Kingdon
Gould and J. P. Morgan, New York
multi-millionaires, to hunt quail in
Guilford county, where they have
large hunting preserves.
GASTONIA. —J. R. Gardner, 60,
dies of injuries sustained when run
down near Cramerton by motor ear
driven by A. N. Brandon, whose car
skidded. ’ ,
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I WINSTON-SALEM. For first
i time in history of venerable institu
| tion. women are elected trustees of
i Salem college. Mrs. Holt Haywood,
I of Mont Clair, N. J., and Mrs. H. F.
I Shaffner, of Winston-Salem, being
I chosen.
ASHEVILLE?— Judge McElroy,
after hearing, sustains demurrer of
Asheville Typographical Union to pe
tition of The Times and The Citizen
for permanent injunction restrain
ing union members, striking em
ployes of these newspapers, from in
terfering with operation of newspa
per plants, and plaintiff publishers
file notice of appeal to state supreme
court. Temporary injunction contin
ues in effect.
KINSTON. —Tobacco board of
trade announces its estimate that
160,000,000 pounds o' tobacco will
have been sold at “big four” inde
pendent tobacco markets of this belt
by close J 1923-24 sales season late
in January, local market's total
passing 25,000,000 by Thanksgiving.
Co-operative -jbacco Growers’ atso
ciation also is handling millions of
pounds. Independent price averages
auund 25 cents.
HENDERSON—ueorge C. Pothy
ress, 27, farmer living near Epsom,
dies at local hospital of injuries sus
tained when car driven by man nam
ed Smith overturns.
LILLINGTON.—Attorneys for At
lantic Coast Line advise court that
witnesses for town of Dunn offered
testimony for which they were un
prepared, to effect that road paid
$2,000 for property worth $40,000,
and mistrial is ordered by Judge F.
A. Daniels in case in which town
of Dunn seeks to regain ownership
of its principal public square, and
railroad seeks permanent injunc
tion against town’s interference.
CHARLOTTE. —J. Shreve Dur
ham, of Chicago, international sup
erintendent of home visitation, an
nounces religious survey indicates
city’s population to be between 61.-
000 and 62,000. City’s percetage of
church attending residents is about
four per cent above average, being
98 per cent here, he says.
CHARLOTTE.—OnIy one person
out of Charlotte's estimated popu
lation of 61,000 classifies himself as
“infidel” according to religious cen
sus, 150 others having no church
“preference.”
South Caro
lina utilizing 268,000,000 kilowatt
hours per annum and this state 534,-
000,000 kilowatt hours, Southern
Power company announces this state
alone has unsupplied demand suffi
cient to bring this state’s total to
one billion kilowatt hours.
FAYETTE VILLE?—JoeI Levy is
found guilty and sentenced b.y Judge
A. M. Stacy to serve 30 years in
state prison for killing Deputy
Sheriff W. C. Callahan near here
last spring. Levy appeals to supreme
court and files SIO,OOO bond.
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ST A I 1.1 -M iAAvLY JOURNAL
CITY. —J. W. Bailey,
prominent in politics, delivers ad
dress here in which he warns elect
ors to bestir themselves to break
grip of "state’s political machine,”
which h e says >s throttling voters.
RALEIGH.—State Board of As
sessment. in new ruling, holds do-
I mestic corporations are not required
i to list stock owned in foreign corpo
rations for local taxation but neith
er such stock nor building and loan
associations’ stock may be deducted
in computing taxes due on “corpo-
CH AR LOTTE. —District Attorney
; Patton announces federal warrants
i have been drawn against business
houses and individuals charging vio
latio s of prohibition laws as result
of “too flagrant sale of bay rum.”
Officers a. expected to immediately
begin service. Nr ; of defendants
a not announced.
WINSTON-SA LEAL Walter
Hirns Page Memorial committee is
organized and launches drive for
funds with which to buy painted por
trait of Walter Hines Page, native
of this state, editor, author, former
ambassador to London, Lazzlo hav
i g promised to copy his painting of
Page hanging in American embassy
at London.
‘SH EVI LLE.—Mrs. J. A. Dela
port- is 1 -Id under SSOO bond on
charge of manslaughter as result of
death of Mark McMinn, aged 10,
I str. by motor car driven j her.
I LENIN- -ON.—E presentatives of
labor organizations in North Caro
lina and South Carolina meet here
and discuss progress of efforts now
being made to unionize textile mill
operatives and consider plans for
speeding up work.
AV ILMlNGTON.—Citizens’ associ
ation decides to award immediately
I contract for construction of Salva
! tion Army home to cost $25,000, suf
-1 ficient funds being in hand.
RALEIGH.—General Julian S.
Carr, of Durham, announces he will
seek to obtain election of W. M.
Sanders, of Smithfield, as president
of state fair association, while oth
er members of society are, planning
to support probable nomination of
Mrs. Edith K. Vanderbilt, of Ashe
ville, who may permit her name to
be offered for re-election.
RUTHERFORDTON.— Contract is
awarded for paving to cost $25,000.
CHARLOTTE.—BuiIding permits
issued in first ten months of year
amount to $4,624,000. »
i SALIbBI RY.—County commis
| sioners appropriate $43,000 to re
model county home. ,
CHARLOTTE.— Members of Co
operative Cotton Growers’ associa
tion will receive 14 cents per pound
for cotton as first advance, instead
of. 12 cents previously paid.
WILMINGTON. Contract for
$850,000 hotel is awarded. ’
RALEIGH.— State highway com
mission .awards contracts for con
struction of 193 miles of roads to
cost $3,030,000.
h RANKLINI ON.—Holdings of lo
cal light power company are
taken over by Carolina Power com
pany.
ANDREW S.—-Contract is awarded
for construction of $350,000 munici
pal hydro-electric plant on Hiawas
see river.
WILMINGTON.—PIans are com
pleted for proposed $150,000 addition
to New Hanover county courthouse.
MAXTON— Yadkin River Power
company takes over local plant and
properties of Carolina Electric
Power company.
ASHEVILLE. Contracts are
awarded by Buncombe county board
of commissioners for construction of
; ?? Q n new hi§ll schools, each to cost
j jy, uuv.
| ASHE! I Governor
j Locke Craig, who several months
i Florida for the winter.
, ago was near death for several
' weeks, is rapidly regaining his
■ strength and is planning to \o to
( ASHEV ILLE.—Mrs. Nancy Cos-
I ton Sawyer, 82, widow of late Cap
i tain James F. Sawyer, Asheville
j banker, dies after long illness.
NORTH WILKESBORO.—Mts
I Eugene Byrd, 19, of Ronda, dies at
| local hospital following operation,
j having been ill six weeks.
ALABAMA
MOBILE'— General William Luth
er Sibert, native of Gadsden, regard
ed as one of the greatest engineers
in the world, major general in the
VV orld war, js appointed president
and general manager of Alabama
locks commission.
SELMA.—C. W. Hooper & Co.,
wholesale grocers and cotton mer
hants, largest firm of kind in cen
rgl Alabama, will go into voluntary
iquidation January 1. Firm was es
>|>lished ip 1868.
BRL NDlDGE.—Hearing In will
ase of'Miss Willie Pierson, at Troy,
■esults in mistrial. Miss Pierson left
part of estate to Baptist orphanage
and her sisters, Mrs. J. M. Leverett,
Brundidge, and Mrs. Newberry, Bir
mingham, contested will.
MONTGOMERY.— Annual confer
ences of county health officers is
I held here, with Dr. S. W. Welch,
! stat© health officer, presiding.
MUSCLE SHOALS.—H. L. Ber
mos is found in bed unconscious, as
a result of drinking two ounces of
j iodine. He may recover. Note
found by bed says: “After this has
been done there will be no one to
blame. Tell mother I' thought of
her.”
JASPER.—Jasper's new SIOO,OOO
j hospital will open December 5.
i COLEMAN.—Rebekahs will build
$20,000 brick and concrete annex to
Odd Fellows’ widows’ and orphans’
home here.
HEFLlN—Alabama public service
commission allows Southern Bell Tel
ephone company to increase rates
here to $3 month for business and
$2 month for residence telephones. ’
MOBlLE—Mobile has new marine
service to San Francisco, Los An
geles and other Pacific coast ports,
through Golden Gate Navigation
. company.
PHOENIX CITY? Miss Kate
| Connor, 72, dies at home here, after
I illness of 15 months.
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The inventor. A. N. Johnson. 642 N.
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ALABAMA CITY. —Fire; of unde
termined origin destroys Silver Moon
restaurant and Savoy theater. Loss
$20,000.
MONTEVALLO. — Alabama. col
lege receives exhibit of Egyptian
antiquities, sent from Metropolitan
■ museum of New York. Some arti
cles date back to 2.000 B.C.
ROGERS!’! LLE.—Buck McCants
well known farmer of this county,
dies in hospital at Florence, as re
sult of auto accident.
DECATUR.—Mark F. Pitch, 77,
i several years ago marshal of New
i Decatur and Confederate veteran,
dies at old soldiers' home at ,Moun-
I tain Creek.
11 UNTSVJLLE.—■Officers of Ala
bama and Tennessee search for
Jesse B. Burgess, local law student,
and prominent young Huntsville
woman, who mysteriously disappear
ed together.
PHOENIX CITY?—Rev. M. D.
Taylor, pastor of Trinity Methodist
church for some time, quits denom
ination because he is assigned to
mission work, saying he is unfitted
for that service.
TUSCA LOOSA. Judge Fleet
wood Rice denies writ of habeas cor
pus for Alf Winchester, charged
with murdering unknown young
woman and burning her bod. in ne
gro church.
HOLT.—Mrs. Ophelia Powell dies
at home near here after long illness.
Interment at Tuscaloosa.
MUSCLE SHOALS.—Thirty-five
members of senior class in engineer
ing at state university inspect Mus
cle Shoals and Wilson dam.
PIEDMONT. which threat
lens large section of this place de
stroys warehouse of J. P. Wolf Co
j and stock of general merchandise
■ ‘DECATUR. —F. A. Bloodworth,
I president Morgan County National
I bank, is appointed trustee of Ma
-1 sonic state home at Montgomery.
I OPELIKA. —Opelika Manufactur
ing company, manufacturers of cot
j ton, are adding machinery to plant,
which Will increase capacity 50 per
cent.
MOBILE. Mississippi Valiev
River association, in session at
Memphis, Tenn., I favors congres
sional appropriation of $5,000,000 for
improvement of Warrior river in
Alabama.
ENSLEY.—Dr. Alvin E. Cowan,
I 42, one of Ensley's best known phy
> sicians, dies.
BIRMINGHAM.—CharIes J. Ham-
■ bro, of Hambro’s Bank of London,
| England, js here studying financial
conditions.
ATHENS. —Capt. G. A. Gilbert, of
Athens, dies suddenly at home of
daughter, Mrs. E. O. Hendricks, at
Evergreen.
EVERGRE E N. —1 Ten ry Al I>ert
Shields, 73, retired merchant, dies
suddenly.
FORT DEPOSIT. —Cotton season
comes to close here with 1.300 bales
ginned against 2,100 bales last year.
MO NTE VALLO. —Secon d quarter
of Alabama college begins December
5, with indications that college will
be more crowded than ever before.
- TU SC AHO M A.— While visiting ok!
i home here <Dr. Vivian P. Gaines, of
| Mobile, one of best known physi-
■ elans in Alabama, dies suddenly.
Rev. J. B
Cumming, well known Methodist
minister, dies at local hospital. In
terment is held at Birmingham. He
was taken ill while attending Meth
odist conference at Opelika and
brought here.
TROY. —Felix Jones, charged with
killing Dock Henderson, negro, is
I held under SI,OOO bond.
' DECATUR. —Col. John H. Skeggs,
.of San Francisco. Cal., chief en-
I gineer of fourth division of Califor
i nia highway department, is visiting
j parents. Judge and Mrs. William
i E. Skeggs, and boyhood friends.
MOBILE. — B. M. Coon, special as
sistant from attorney general's of
fice, Washington, D. C., will assist
in prosecution of several prohibition
cases here.
CULLMAN. • Ernest Naubauer,
veteran of Spanish-American war
and member of one of oldest fami
lies here, commits suicide with re
volver.
BESSEMER.—Mountain View dai
ry barn is destroyed by fire, and 56
' cows and two horses are burned to
I death.
i FLORENCE. lndications are
Florence post office may soon be
| raised to first class. For first ten
months of 1923 receipts were $33,-
! 961.50, as against $26,403.88 for same
I period in 1922.
JASPER.—This is one of fastest
; growing towns in Alabama of its
I size. During past twelve months
over $300,000 has been expended on
J new buildings.
GADSDEN.—Ray Manufacturing
| company, of Girardeau, Mo., is open
ing up handle factory here.
warehouse
; here is being stored with cotton by
i farmers who are holding for high
'er prices. Over 500 bales are now
I stored.
HUNTSVILLE. New buildings
( and extensions in Huntsville during
i past twelve months represent $2 -
J 163,000. * ’
I HARVEST.— Clarence E. Hillard,
I 43, prominent Madison county farm
er, dies from injuries received when
j bale of cotton falls on him.
ALEXANDER ClTY.—This town
had much to be thankful for this
y ea , r ' .. Xew 5100,000 hospital was
; built, sao,ooo sash and door factorv
erected, many residences built and
. ousiness is reported good.
HUN’TSI ILLE.—Madison county's
cotton crop is approximately 10,000
, bales short of normal crop.
TUSCALOOST.-Officers destroy
two stills of over 300 gallons capac
ity each and 5,000 gallons beer and 61
i gallons whisky, on Yellow creek No
I arrests.
I FLORENCE.=p7"c. Hatch. O s .
; Epes, purchases Sweetwater dairy
i from John D. Weeden.
i HUNTS! ILLE.—JaiI is crowded I
owing to many arrests for violating I
prohibition laws.
MONIGOMERY.— Child welfare !
department of Alabama, and Ala- :
I l>ama Children’s Aid society, two !
similar welfare organizations, will I
i be combined.
TRINITY.—J. W. Sherill, 57 dies I
■of injuries received when he was 1
thrown from wagon.
•DECATUR.—J. M. and J. T. Moss, '
(brothers, are plalced on trial, chargea j
1 with murdering Hugh and Clayton i
! Boggs, brothers, by shooting them to
| death on ferry boat here,
UNION SPRINGS.—Georgia field |
trials are run her e on Southern Field ;
Trial club’s world famous course.
BIRMINGHAM.—-Trial of officers I
of M alker Consolidated Petroleum
company, charged with violating Ala
bama’s blue sky law, is set for April
i 1, 1924.
BESSEMER.—Mrs. B. H. Johnson,
W'as badly burned and son badly
bruised in jumping from window,
when their house caught on fire and
was damaged $2,000.
BIRMINGHAM. During past
twelve months 350 new factories
i have located in Birmingham.
MOBILE.—J. C. Batchelor shoots
| Fay Davis, minor, in leg with bird
I shot. Boy’s father, Jack Davis, files
I suit for $5,000 against Batchelor.
SPARTA. —Mangled body as young
man is found near Louisville and
Nashville railroad tracks near here.
In his pocket is army discharge of
George Nefeoros, Greek, Chicago, 111.
MONTGOMERY.—Is man in boat
in middle of navigable stream guilty
of hunting on another’s property
without permit when he snipes squir
rerls from tree s on river bank? This
question is asked by Marsha., county
land o’wfier and is bothering I. T.
Quinn, state game and fish commis
sioner.
HELENA. —Two new coal mines,
with capacities of approximately 700
tons daily each, will be opened here
soon by Paramount Coal company.
SHEFFIELD. Fred Conley,
charged with cutting wife’s throat
with razor, causing instant death,
pleads insanity.
SIPSEY. —Completion of good
roads causes number of automobiles
here to increase from 78 to 111 in few
weeks.
BERRY. —T. J. Harbin, 73, rheu
matic cripple, falls and breaks right
hip.
HARTSELLE. —D. F. Green, sec
retary of state Baptist board, speaks
here on “Baptist Outlook.
GEORGIA OUTPLAYS
CENTRE BUT IS TIED
IN CLOSING BATTLE
The football season closed Satur
day with two southern games of im
portance.
University of Georgia “came back’’
after two disastrous defeats and
completely outplayed the famous
Centre college eleven but was held
by fate to a 3 to 3 tie, each team
scoring a field goal. Georgia smeered
Centre's offense and earned fourteen
first downs against three.
Mississippi‘A. & M. defeated Lou
siana State by the score of 14 to 7.
Georgetown, 6; Fordham, 0.
Boston college, 16; Holy Cross, 7.
Marines, 7; Third Army Corps, I).
Shaw High, 26; Salem (Mass.)
High, 0.
Tulsa, 20; Des Moines, 0.
Mississippi A. & M., 14; L. S.
U„ 7.
South Carolina Freshmen, 6 Cita
del Freshmen, 0.
Charlotte High, 13; Monroe,
High. 7.
Mississippi, 19; Fort Benning, 7.
Washington, 26; Oregon, 7.
Pacific university, 6; University of
Montana, 0.
Paroled Life-Termer
Finishes Syrup Run
Before Quitting Prison
MOULTRIE, Ga., Dec. I.—Under
a parole signed by Governor Walk
er, Joe Carnell, who has served 17
years of a life sentence given him
following his conviction of killing
his wife, has been released from
the Mitchell county chaingang.
When the papers which meant
his freedom arrived. Carnell was
busily engaged making syrup and
because the warden had no one to
take his place, he consented to fin
ish the job before going back to his
home in Montgomery county, where
his aged mother and his own son
and daughter awaited his arrival.
Mitchell county men who interest
ed themselves in CarnelJ's case de
clared he was convicted on circum
stantial evidence and asserted that
at the time he was placed on trial
he was without money or any in
fluential friends. Carnell, since the
day he wag arrested, has stoutly
denied guilt, and when the parolJ
papers arrived said that he knew
he would some time be freed.
Congress to Get Bill
For Stone Mountain
Half-Dollar Coinage
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. I.—A
bill authorizing the coinage of half
dollars commemorating the Stone
Mountain Confederate memorial, will
be introduced in congress within a
few days after the new session con
venes on Monday-
Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, will
sponsor the measure in the senate,
while Representative Louis T. Me-
72-Year-Old Suicide
Disappointed in Love
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Dec. I.
Tom Parkin, deputy tax collector of
Pinellas county, came to his death
by taking a corrosive poison with
suicidal intent, according to verdict
of a coroner's jury at the inquest
held here today.
A note left by Parkin, who drank
poison on the grave of his wife here
yesterday, indicated that' he had
taken his life because he had been
disappointed in love. He was 72
years old.
Appeal to High Court
For Alf Winchester
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Nov. 29.—An
appeal to the supreme court will be
taken from the decision refusing a
writ of habeas corpus to Alfred Win
chester, held without bond, charged
with the murder of a young white
girl whose burned body was found
in the ruins of a negro church here,
attorneys announced today.
Fast Eaters Save Money
BERLIN.—SIow eaters are penal
ized in Germany. A diner starting
to eat at 3 o’clock and finishing at
4 will find the prices have increased
during the meal, following the new
official mark quotation. The usual
question asked with each other
nowadays is: “Will I pay the morn
ing rate or the afternoon rate?”
“The Three-in-One handbag re
ceived, and it is just fine. Some of
my neighbors want one just like it.
I am more than pleased.” So writes
Minard Smith, Route 3, Salters De
pot, S. C.
The Tri-Weekly Journal for one
yefr and the Three-in-One shopping
bag, for only 51.35. Or we will send
the bag and the paper for eighteen
months for only $1.50.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, IMWL
JASPER. —Fred D. Guthrie raises
3,000 cabbages on half acre. Some
weigh 10 1-2 pounds.
REFORM.—During absence of T.
D. Harper and family fire of un
known origin destroys home and con
tents.
CROSS ROADS. —Professor George
T. Sargent, of"Millport Vocational
I High school, closes successful six
' weeks’ night school for adult farm
ers here.
| MlLLPOßT.—Epidemic of diph
theria here closes schools
FLORIDA
NEW YORK.—First shipment of
new crop of Florida strawberries.,
consisting of 80 quarts, arrived in
New York Wednesday and sold
promptly at $2.50 per quart.
LAKELAND.— Four and one-half
mills is fixed at city tax rate. It is
believed it will be lowest millage of
any city in state.
Two years ago millage here was
twenty-six and last year it dropped
to 13.8.
TALLAHASSEE. —Supreme court
has granted writ of error to United
States supreme court, in case of
Burnard Whitten, of Arcadia, sent
enced to be hanged for murder of
wife. State board of pardons declined
to grant Whitten’s plea lor commu
tation at the same time is denied
plea of Aubrey Lee Nickles.. In pe
tition for write Attorney W. D. Bell.
counsel for Whitten, alleges errors
in trial and also by supreme court
in upholding circuit court.
TITUSVILLE—Deputy Shell, Fish
Commissioner C. H. Van Auken, as
sited by S. W. Richardson, captures
practically new seine about two
One Dead; 4 Wounded
In Beer Runners’ Battle;
Bystanders Also Suffer
CHICAGO, Dec. I. —One man is
dead in Joliet, another seriously
wounded, and a Chicago man and
his wife and their two-year-old
daughter were wounded in a beer
runners’ battle early today near Le
mont, 111.
Three heer trucks and two auto
mobiles filled with men are believed
i to have been involved.
I Besides Tom Keene, who died in
Joliet, and “Shorty” Egan, seriously
wounded; Mrs. Virla Triebull, her
husband, Erwin Tribull, Sr., and
their daughter, Jane, two years old,
were wounded by buckshot.
The Triebulls and their two chil
dren and Robert Brown, a friend,
were returning home from a Thanks
giving day visit. Their automobile
broke down in Morris, 111., and the
driver of a furniture truck agreed to
tow them into Chicago.
When approaching Lemont, he
said, his car, in tow of the furniture
truck, came upon the two beer
trucks, which had • stalled. There
was a third truck moving ahead of
the two others, Triebull said, and
just as the Triebull car was being
pulled alongside of the two trucks,
there was a terrific discharge of
guns.
The Lemont police say the shoot
ing evidently marks a resumption of
i he beer war which reached its crest
in September, when three men were
assassinated in Chicago, supposedly
the result of a fight between two
rival bands of beer runners.
High Price of Syrup
May Result m Large
Cane Acreage in ’24
THOMASVILLE, Ga., Dec. I.
With syrup up to 80 cents, and prob
ably going higher, there may be a
large acreage planted in sugar cane
in south Georgia next season. Not
since the early part of the season of
1919 has syrup brought as fine
prices, it selling then for a dollar a
gallon, th" highest price ever known
for it. This, of course, applies to the
A-l quality, but it has the effect of
stimulating the desire to make only
the best quality, and make as much
of it as possible.
Thomasville people have almost
forgotten the days when everybody
was at liberty to visit “sugar boil
ings” and drink as much cane juice
and chew as much cane as they
liked, and when a general invita
tion was supposed to be extended* to
the public. Nowadays syrup is too
valuable a product for juice or cane
to be wasted on the public.
MOTHER!
Child’s Best Laxative is
"California Fig Syrup”
Hurry Mother! Even a bilious,
constipated, feverish child loves the
pleasant taste of “California Fig
Syrup” and it never fails to open
the bowels. A teaspoonful today
may prevent a sick child tomorrow.
Ask your druggist for genuine
“California Fig Syrup” which has
directiohs for babies and children
of all ages printed on bottle.
Mother! You must say “California”
or you may get an imitation fi&
syrup.—(Advertisement.)
Old nmert tell y° u McCui- |
■HTK lough Ed Tumbach pay every cent ■
jST |A\ a skin is worth, based on honest I
|F/ grading by fur men who know I
k; the market. That’s what you want!
w '[( - And we send cash the day your ship-
. j ment is received. You want that, too!
.1,1 \ You want the service that has earned
/lik the trappers’ confidence for McCul-
fi lough id Tumbach during JO year* of
th Ji ' 1 / buiuun-
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KS? z-~ McCullough & Tumbach
176 N. ..
dgA? ' <—aWjl A St. Leoia, Me.
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thousand yards long, together with
windlasses, dip-nets and other unlaw
ful equipment, also three boat loads
of small fish, mostly trout, in Mos
quito lagoon,Volusin county, Seiners
flee upo napproach of officers.
SANFORD.—Fire of unknown
cause, completely destroys entire
plant of historic Holy Cross Episco
pal church, rectory, parish house
brotherhood of St. Andrew’s build
ing, as well as residence of J. Breck
on on Magnolia avenue. Loss ap
proximately $75,000. Loss suffered
by the church is $50,000, covered by
insurance.
TAMPA.—In spite of fact that this
season’s Florida citrus crop is about
two weeks later than last year, ship
ments up to November 24 were 2,-
187 carloads in excess of last sea
son’s movement at same time, says
George A. Scott, general sales man
ager of the Florida Citrus exchange,
in weekly review. Heavy shipment
of oranges, totalling 2,162 carloads,
has brought this movement up to 4,-
754 carloads for the season.” Mr.
Scott reports, "Grapefruit shipments
during the week dwindled to but 364
carloads ,with the total for the sea
son now 4,400 carloads. To date, 9,-
154 carloads of both varieties have
been moved from the state, as com
pared with the movement of 6.967
carloads at this time last year.”
DELAND. Professor Litchfield
Colton, athletic director and instruc
tor in mechanical engineering at
Stetson university, is suddenly
stricken with attack of heart in
downtown section of city, and dies
■within few minutes. Professor Col
ton had served twenty-one years on
faculty of university.
INVERNESS. Mrs. E. O. Hay,
postmistress at Inverness, dies at
Tampa hospital of cancer of intes
tines.
Mules’ Reputation
Protects This Owner
From Damage Award
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. I.—The
disposition of Missouri mules is
“onen anl notorious,” according to
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an opinion of the Oklahoma supreme
court, and for this reason persons <
who suffer from the temper of the
animals are not always able to re
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The court so held yesterday when'
it reversed a decision of a jury in
district court at McAlester which
had awarded L. G. Vie a judgment
of $1,500 against the Fort Smith and
Western railroad because an army
mule bit him on the leg.
The case originated when a. train •
loaded with mules was wrecked at
Quinton, Okla., while the World war
was in progress. Vie, aby stander,
attempted to extricate one of the
animals from the debris and found
him in a bad humor.
The high court held that “the
vicious tendencies of mules are open
and notorious to the plaintiff” and
that he assumed all risks when he
approached the animal.
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