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NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
NORTH CAROLINA
. HIGH POINT—Semi-annual show
jF Os Southern Furniture exposition
opens, to continue two weeks, with
I record number of buyers, salesmen
and manufacturers attending. Man
ufacturers claim interest indicates
best business in history of southern
market will be done in 1924.
RALEIGH. State corporation
commission issues order allowing
Southern Power company to in
crease its rate from present charge
for electric power to basis petitioned
for three years ago, petition for
which recently' was renewed, effect
ive February' 1, 1924. Increase is
estimated to be ten per cent.
CHARLOTTE.—Southern Power
company’ announces authorization
by state corporation commission of
ten per cent increase in rates for
electric power to industrials clears
was for immediate beginning of con-
• struction of two projects to require
E expenditure of $5,000,0.00— steam
plant at Duncan, S. C„ and hydro
electric development at Rhodhiss,
N. C., to develop total of 90,000
horsepower.
GREENSBORO.—Petition asking
r that state highway commission be
g. enjoined from paying funds to El-
Hott & Son, paving contractors,
i, it'and that money due them be applied
■ C" to claims under terms of $146,000
F “ bond is filed in federal district court
by Maryland Casualty company, of
Baltimore. Commission yet owes
contractors $17,382, against which
’ appear $12,361 in claims.
CHARLOTTE.—About 150 cases
are disposed of at superior court
f * term presided over by Judge A. M.
I- *■ Stack. Grand jury concludes de-
E liberations without returning indict-
lr ments on 'bills against number of
Ih so-called bucket shops operating
|£ here.
K' CHARLOTTE—J. H. Cutter, mil-
Hr L lionaire cotton broker, announces
abandonment of plan to build $300,-
p 000 theater, for which he bought
.$75,000 site two years ago, explain
tt’jng he found it impossible to sell
& ' lease at satisfactory price.
£*'?. WILMINGTON. Forty divorce
' " ‘actions were begun in New Hanover
be- iV county superior court in 1923, while
R id: 415 licenses to marry were issued,
.--J’" according to records.
’ ■- ASHEVILLE.— Three-story addi
{ion to Central Methodist church, to
cost $200,000, is authorized by board
of stewards. October 1 is date set
by board for completion of building.
b , ASHEVILLE—In second near-
tragedy of kind this year, three
p Zgirls, each aged about 10, are run
down by motor car. Willie Mae
Towe, Ada Phillips and Oralee Mays
suffer painful’ injuries when struck
fc. by car driven by F, M. Hamrick,
held under $2,000 bond, charged
'•With reckless driving.
WILMINGTON. Large factory
| Vbf B. J. Hughes, at Mount Tabor,
J . manufacturer of strawberry crates,
L .. is destroyed by fire of undetermined
origin, loss being $50,000, with
$6,000 insurance.
g, ’ RALEIGH.—Co-operative Totfacco
B \ growers’ association completes pay
dng members for 1922 crop when
By tfchecks aggregating $5,000,000 ’ are
K to old belt and east Carolina
ZTfrrowers. West Carolina and Vir-
growers divide another $4,000,-
' -4)00, leaving small balance due them.
I I*-*'-' HICKORY. Anthony Rollick,
| ..aged 78, Confederate veteran, is
* £*. brought here on special train from
'XXlollettsville, to have broken leg
' "given surgical attention. Same
'train brought three sons of C. P.
of Adakp, who were injured
toHEwii' car struck Carolina and
Ig Northern train.
• RALEIGH.—TotaI of 11,183 crim-
Inal cases were cleared from dockets
Kp of North Carolina superior courts
I during year ending July 1. 1923, ac-
’cOrding to records filed with Attor-
K .. ney general, 61 crimes being charged,
convictions including seven corpora
tions charged with violating criminal
statutes.
• NEW BERN.—Joint* board of
charities votes to disband, because of
B board members’ lack of interest, after
. twelve years of active service.
RALEIGH—Dr. Julian H. Baker,
66, arrives in airplane from Tarboro,
- after 70-mile flight in response to
f emegency call from one of his pa
tients. Baker is devotee of aviation.
RALEIGH,—Joseph W. Bailey, for
g many years editor of state organ of
Baptist denomination and later state
collector of internal revenue, writes
■ John G. Dawson, of Kinston, chair
t- man, St«ite Democratic Executive
Bfe committee, he expects to immediately
H announce Candidacy for governor and
■ “* ‘“’ criticises ’ attitude of at least one
prospective opponent to party poli-
H cies fixed by Dawson.
/ GASTONIA. —Homo near here of
M 8. P. Stowe, recently completed at
W cost of $150,000, which never was
s Occupied, is destroyed by fire of un-
K known origin.
WILMINGTON.—American stearn
: ' - er Springfield, which cleared Wil-
t mington for Bremen wtih 6.500 bales
S pf cotton, goes aground on bar at
| mouth of (Sipe Fear river and an-
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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
nouncement is made part of cargo
must be lightered before tugs can
pull her off bar,
RALEIGH. —Wake county grand
jury returns two indictments against
Lawrence Gatling, charged with mur
der in connection with killing his
young wife and hex’ companion,
Owen Stevens, December 29, at Gat
ling home. Gatling fled and has not
been apprehended.
NEWTON. —Sale of bankrupt As
bestos Yarn Mill to Julius W. Aber
nethy is confirmed by federal court.
Abernethy incorporates plant as Fi
bre Manufacturing company and an
nounces operations will be resumed
within few weeks.
RALEIGH. —Yeggmen blow safes
in offices of Texas Oil company and
Coca-Cola company, S6OO being ob
tained from oil company’s safe, noth
ing from other company.
TARBOR. —Infant girl Is left on
porch of home of Mrs. Alice Cobb,
who temporarily gives baby into care
of hospital. No clue to child’s parent
age is found.
GUILFORD.— Commercialism of
politics has “prostituted world’s gov
ernments,” says Joseph W. Bailey,
former editor and state official, in
address to audience at Guilford col
lege.
LENOIR.—Mrs. J.’ P. Blackwell,
wife of leading citizen, dies at age
of 57 years following stroke of paral
ysis. \
MAXTON. Thomas B. Pace,
prominent citizen aged 73, dies after
extended illness. Widow and five
sons survive him.
CHARLOTTE.—WfiIiam A. (Billy)
Sunday, famous evangelist, conduct
ing revival here, announces receipt
of “invitation to appear in Madison
Square Garden, in New York, and
refute arguments pf Grant and the
rest of the modernist crowd, and
I’m going to accept. I’ll skin that
gang.” Modernists, he said “are the
devils, I W. W.s the radicals, the
bolshevists of religion.”
NEW BERN.—New Bern Banking
Trust company, capitalized at SIOO,-
000, and Bank of Pamlico, at Bay
boro, capitalized at $30,000, are merg
ed under name of Eastern Bank and
Trust Co., O. W. Lane being presi
dent.
COLES STORE.—Mrs. s W. D. Gil
liland, 66, dies suddenly of heart
failure.
GREENSBORO.—GasoIine explo
sion partially wrecking Pierre’s dry
cleaning establishment results in ne
gro employe being fatally burned.
HIGH POlNT.—Children play war
and Howard Baird, aged eight, son
of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Baird, loses
sight of eye when hit by bullet.
HIGH POINT.—Guy Cook, well
known young white man, is held
under $250 bond after hearing on
charge of stealing hog from pen
near home of City Health Officer
Claude Hussey, hog having been
slaughtered in pen.
RALElGH.—Expressing distress
that “recent utterances” about state
finances had been construed in some
quarters as “censure and condemna
tion” of R. A. Doughton, commis
sioner of revenue, Governor Morri
son writes Doughton letter in which
he says, “If I have displeased you
in any way lam truly sorry.” Con
ference following governor's state
ment that Doughton's figures were
susceptible to “false interpretation”
gave rise to rumors Doughton in
tended to resign.
ASHEVILLE?^-Robert R. Reyn
olds retires from law firm of Reyn
olds, Reynolds & Howell, prepara
tory to more activity waging cam
paign for lieutenant governor.
ASHEVILLE.—Bundombe County
Bar association S. G. Bernard
to succeed R. R. Williams, retiring
president.
CHARLOTTE. Hiram Johnson
campaign committee for/North Caro-’
iina is formed at all-day conference
of Republican leaders and George
H. Payne, of New York city, John
son's eastern manager,, announce
ment saying Jake F. Newell, of
Charlotte, lawyer, is chairman for
state.
ASHEVILLETHPurchase of Ka
nuga lake as summer assembly
ground for Episcopalians of south
eastern states is declared practically
assured as result of action taken
here at meeting of special commit
tee of churchmen to select location.
Tract unanimously chosen tenta
tively includes 1.000 acres, 125-room
hotel, 70-acre lake and auditorium.
Campaign will be undertaken to
raise purchase money, amount need
ed not being announced.
ASH EVI L L E?—Assoc fated Chari
ties reports to chamber of com
merce, after inquiry, that white and
negro women prisoners are confined
in section of Buncombe county jail
intended for insane persons, women
prisoners being discriminated against
while male prisoners are accorded
reasonably satisfactory treatment.
ASHEVILLE.—Commerce Union
Trust company, affiliated with Na
tional Bank of Commerce, is or
ganized. with $250,000 paid-in capi
tal, principal aim being to bring to
western North Carolina additional
outside capital for development pur
poses, J. G. Adams, president of
bank, announces.
GREENSBORO. —Pastors and cen
tenary campaign treasurers of 75
Methodist churches in western
North Carolina and Carolina con
ferences meet here January 14-15 at
call .of Bishop Collins Denny, of
Richmond, Va., to discuss mission
ary movement, with Bishop W. B.
Beauchamp presiding.
HICKORY. H. Barkley,
prominent Republican, declines ap
pointment on Johnson campaign
committee for state, writing Jake
Newell, of Charlotte, chairman, that
activity for Johnson would tend to
“divide Republican party in state.”
WILMINGTON. Representative
Homer S. Lyon advises chamber of
commerce that little hope is felt war
department can be influenced to re
consider decision to abandon Fort
Caswell.
CHARLOTTE.—Addressing mem
bers of Kiwanis club, Billy Sunday,
evangelist, tells them to “make love
to your wives,” adding “only time
some men say anything good about
their wives is when they are telling
some duck what to carve on her
tombstone.” Man who makes wife
beg for money “is worse than infi
del,” says Sunday.
CHARLOTTE. M. G. Knox,
prominent business man, is occu
pant of closed car which plunges
from bridge fefrty feet into Catawba
river at Rozzell’s, being trapped
within car, where he was forced to
remain several hours until rescued,
near frozen, by passers-by. Physi
cians/ say he will recover.
CHARLOTTE.—Dr? E. C. Brooks,
president of State College, Raleigh,
confers with prominent men" in tex
tile industry relative to enlargement)
of textile school at college, cost to
be paid from fund of $1,350,000 ap
propriated by last legislature.
-HOLLY HlLL.—First National
Bank re-elects J. Francis Folk as
president.
SWANBORO—Mrs. Harvey Cana
dy, 36, attempts to kindle fire with
kerosene. Explosion follows and she
receives fatal burns. Room was
wrecked. ->
RALEIGH.—City ad mtn ist rat ion
announces its attitude toward boxing
matches will be determined by out
come of cases in superior court at
Charlotte, where dozen principals in
boxing matches there are facing in
dictments charged with violating
state law prohibiting prize fights.
CHARLOTTE?—SarnueI Neal Mc-
Ginn, 70, prominent business man,
dies as result of stroke of paralysis
suffered two weeks previously.
WlLMlNGTON.—Unidentified ne
gro, attempting to force entrance in
to home, is met by revolver fire
from Mrs. A. D. Sellers, negro be
ing wounded when he attempts to
grab gun. He then fled.
RALEIGH.— Wake county board
of commissioners felt compelled to
place obstacles in-Cupid's path when
denying request of E. R. Rose, 62,
inmate of county home, to take as
his wife, Mrs. Ila Taylor, 42, also
inmate of home. Board told Rose he
would have to make living for two,
and Rose decided against marriage.
SALISBURY. Rowan county
board of education votes to spend
$140,000 on new schools, first con
tract to be $60,000 building for Spen
cer.
CHAR LOTTE.—n7~ E. Winters
formerly of Charlotte, former Meck
lenburg county farm demonstration
agent, recently connected with fed
eral farm work in South Carolina,
accepts offer of Argentine govern
ment to promote culture of cotton,
at salary of SB,OOO gold per annum.
WINSTON-SALEM.—Creditors of
! Bailey Brothers, Inc., tobacco manu-
■ factuiers, which recently filed bank
; ruptcy petition in Greensboro Fed-
I eral district court, elect M. S. Lyon,
iof Winston-Sa lent, as trustee, who,
1 with Frank Henderson, of Hickory,
i will continue as receivers until
i January 28, when creditors indicate
| decision to sell plant will be reached
1 at conference.
SOUTH CAROLINA
■ SALUDA.—Representative Sam C.
; Blease, of Saluda county, announces
1 he will be candidate for railroad com-
I missioner before present legislature,
term of Commissioner Wade expiring
this year.
I GREENVILLE.—Furman campus
is buzzing, .subject being that ninety
■ per cent of class of 200 in physics
laboratory “flunked” on first semes-
; ter examination.
I Ernest F. Cochran makes statement
(vigorously denying that he entered
into any trade whereby he received
appointment to judgeship, as charged
by Congressman W. F. Stevenson.
GREENVILLE. Criminal court
convenes here with Judge E. C. Den
nis, of Darlington, presiding. Judge
Dennis is quoted as saying that in
the year he has served he has not
imposed a death sentence and hopes
I he will never have to do it.
PENDLETON.—Mrs. A. F. Warley,
who died in Houston. Texas, is
brought here for burial. Before mar
riage she was Miss Bell Huger, of
Charleston.
; GREEN D. Gilreath,
; sheriff for number of years, an
j nounoes he will again be a candidate,
i COLUMBIA.—State printing com
hnittee recommends to legislature es
! tablishment of state publication
1 house, for printing all state docu
; ments and stationery and reports
and also for publishing school books
• for free distribution.
CHARLESTON. Charleston’s
j first shipment of freight from Jugo-
Islavia arrives. 1.000 tons of cyanamid
i for fertilizer manufacture.
CHARLESTON. Bishop William
A. Guerry is improving from sick
ness that caused much concern.
COLUMBIA. Mrs. Bessie Rogers
Drake, Chicora college faculty, is
appointed to congressional commit
tee of Democratic party on nomina
tion of Congressman James F.
By rnes.
SPARTANBURG. Announce
ment is made by R. I. Burkholder,
1 vice president of Southern Power
company, that corporation will build
at Duncan, near here, steam plant
to produce 40,000 horse power of
electricity.
GAFFNEY. L. F. Allison, cap
tain of county chaingang, and Ben
Matthews, a friend, are waylaid on
highway and sevorly beaten by four
men. Three arrests have been made,
T.e? Quinn, Roddy Quinn, said to
have been in party and who recently
completed term on chaingang.
BETHUNE.—Ernest Stokes. a
student of Bethune High school, is
shot and instantly killed by Lang
Hartfield, who is said to have been
recently sentenced to chaingang on
a liquor charge. Ernest Stokes and
brother Walter were at Hatfield's
home, and they are aaid to have
been drinking. S'OKes was standing
between txn women, one of whom
was Hatfield's wife, when shot.
Young Stokes was popular high
school athlete.
COLUMBIA. lnterest is taken
here in a bill introduced by Senator
N. B. Diel for appropriation of $300,-
OOOfor new federal court building
here.
ORANGEBU RG. Harold Smith,
who has been until recently chief es
tate tax officer for the federal gov
ernment in South Carolina, but who
has recently been transferred to the
Boston district, on his own request,
issues statement in which he denies
that he insulted a lady at Beaufort,
for which alleged act Mayor R. V.
Bray, of Beaufort attacked him, and
was sentenced to serve a year in At
lanta penitentiary, but for which he
was recently pardoned by President
Coolidge.
CAMDEN.—Two large monuments
are being prepared for erection at site
of Cleveland school, eight miles from
here, where last April seventy-sev
en lives were lost in fire that fol
lowed school play. One of monu
ments will be erected where school
house stood and one where bodies lie
buried, about seventy in one grave
and others in individual graves, two
shafts to cost when completed $5,000.
COLUMBIA.—Tax on soft, drinks
and cosmetics is being considered by
special legislative committee,appoint
ed to investigate new sources of state
revenue, of which Senator Robert M.
Cooper, Jr., of Lee county, is chair
man.
CLlNTON.—Directors of First Na
tional bank report prosperous year,
report showing assets of $833,000, de
posits of $563,000, and surplus and
undivided profits of $63,000. George
M. Copeland, active president of
bank.
AIKEN.—Big liquor raid is made
here by Officers Robinson, Sheppard,
Styron, Wright, Lprn and Hart, who
destroy three huge stills. Near one
of them 100 gallons of beer found.
COLUMBIA. Federal court con
venes here. One of principal cases
is that against Mrs. E. O. Ingram,
of Columbia. She is prominent and
is charged with sending letters to
numerous prominent men and wom
en, in which she made obscene re
marks about a wedding which united
two of city's leading families.
YORK. Town of York and
Southern Railway are joint defen
dants in suit for SIO,OOO, brought by
Newt Anderson and Walter Burris,
negroes, who allege that their auto
plunged through overhead bridge on
outskirts of town and fell on South
ern’s tracks below. Anderson suf
fered broken leg and Burris claims
internal injuries. They allege bridge
was rotten.
ORANGEBURCh - Fire starting
in B. B. Owen’s blacksmith shop
spreads to W. C. Wolfe building and
entails a loss of approximately $25,-
000, with practically no insurance.
Edith Paden,
whose family Bible gave her #ge as
114, is buried at Fountain Inn., fol
lowing death from burns at home
here. Among relatives attending
funeral is son who is 76.
YORK. Magistrate E. M. Dick
son’s car and one driven by son of
Le© Ferguson, run together, and are
wrecked. James Lily, youth riding
with Mr. Dickson, suffering a brok
en arm, and Mr. Dickson severe
bruises and cuts. Boy driving Fer
guson car is said to admit he was
dnving on left of road.
GEORGETOWN. - Col. J. R.
Sparkman, for years colonel in
South Carolina national guard, dies
at home of brother here, Dr. W. E.
Sparkman, in 77th year.
SUMTER.—Body of Mrs. Louisa
Davis China, who died of pneumonia,
is laid to rest beside body of husband,
who died five days earlier frojn a
pistol ball fired by Mrs. China her
self, when two scuffled in Dr. Chi
na's bathroom. Mrs. China con
fessed that she fired shot.
COLUMBIA.—MrsT John A. Wil
lis, head of prominent family here,
dies of heart trouble.
FLORENCE. —Josephus Daniels,
o" Raleigh, secretary of the navy in
Woodrow Wilson cabinet, is speaker
at annual banquet of men's Bible
class of Central Methodist church.
DlLLON.—Special Policeman Earl
Jackson shoots and ’kills M. H.
Mathis, when latter throws two pis
tols in his face and orders him to
surrender weapons. Officer started
to obey the command, and when he
got gun at the right position he
fired into hold-up man's head, two
balls taking deadly effect.
COLUMBIA.—L? P. Newby, of
Knightsboro, • Ind., grand master of
grand encampment, for Knights
Templar, will visit Columbia, on
January 18. to be guest of the Soutii
Carolina commandery.
COLUMBIA. — Dr. Henry Clark, of
Nashville, general secretary of the
Tennessee Baptist educational sys
tem, will deliver commencement ad
dress before mid-winter graduating
class of Columbia High school on
Febuary 1.
BENNETTSATLLE. Body of
Thomas F. Mcßae, Jr., who died of
pneumonia, in Montgomery, Ala.,
hospital, is brought here for burial.
He was thirty-two years of age, vet
eran of World war and member of
prominent family.
COLUMBIA. —State supreme court
sits in January session, with a dock
et of cases covering six days.
COLUMBIA. ’—Funeral of Ernest
S. Kohn, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Kohn, of Columbia, who died in Tuc
son. Ariz., is held here, with inter
ment at Prosperity.
ANDERSON.—City council adopts
a resolution that the city abattoir
must be made sanitary, that it no
longer could prove “eye sore to
city.”
COLUMBIA. Recepits from
South Carolinia’s new tax acts, com
bined business license, documentary
stamp, amusement, admissions and
manufacturers’ and miners’ tax
laws, will approximate $950,000, ex
ceeding what was hoped for accord
ing to statement by Chairman W.
G. Querry, cf tax commision.
GREENWOOD. —First survey of
proposed extension of Georgia and
Florida railway from Augusta to
Greenwood, byway of Edgefield, in
making progress, surveyors now be _
ing near Edgefield, and preliminary
surveys will be completed in few
days.
SPARTANBURG. —Episcopal dio
cese of Upper South Carolina holds
annual convention in Church of Ad
vent here, with Bishop K. G. Finlay,
of Columbia, presiding, ffl
G R E E N WOOD.—F r a ti k A u br e y.
taxi driver, shoots “Red” Williams,
another cab driver, in hand and
bavrivades himself in basement bar
ber shop, threatening to kill per
sons in the shop and firing several
wild shots, before he is captured, by
police. ♦
COLUMBIA.—Circuit court con
venes here with five murder cases
on docket, Mendal L. Smith, of Cam
den, presiding, alleged murderers in
clude two white men and three ne
groes, one of white men being Wil
liam B. Haithcock. charged with
killing Arthur Pedins, other -being
J. B. Lewis, indicted, in connection
with finding of body of mother-in-law
on Columbia canal.
LAURENS.—C. ~L. Rounds, 64,
prominent contractor, dies in auto,
while en route with his wife from
Clinton to Union.
ABBEVILLE. S. J. Hester,
known all over the country as breed
er of fine fighting game chickens,
dies at- home at Hester, near here,
in sixty first year.
SPARTANBURG.— Episcopalians
of Upper South Carolina dioteese, in
annual convention, discuss plans to
purchase Kanuaga Lake, at Hender
sonville, N. C., for summer confer
ence grounds.
SPARTANBURG.—City board of
; water commissioners investigates
possible sites for location .of new
water system.
ALABAMA
MOBlLE.—Carrier pigeon, bear
ing leg band marked “C. No. 59,”
takes refuge on steamship Manta, 50
miles off Tortugas, Captain R. F.
Goodman reports.
MUSCLE SHOALS?—Many houses
are being built here to take care of
rapidly increasing population.
ALBERTVILLJS?—MarshaII coun
ty branch of Alabama farm bureau
is erecting large concrete cotton
warehouse.
MONTGOMERY—Major James G.
Cowan, for 55 years citizen here
and prominent in local politics, is
dead.
I TROY.—Large citizens meeting
here declares license tax on farm
wagons unjust, and request repeal
by commissioner’s court.
MONTGOMERY. Contract for
erection of maternity ward for
Methodist hospital is let to Ander
son Lumber company for $58,000.
GROVE HlL?L—After three years’
service as home demonstration
agent for Geneva county, Miss
Bertha Lee Ferguson resigns and
accepts similar position in Clarke
county.
MANCHESTER. Manchester
Coal company is building many
houses for miners here, and pre
pares to dig coal on large scale.
MARION. — .J. Marvin Moore,
president of People's bank, is elect
ed president of Civitan club.
SUGGS VlLLE.—Handsome home
of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bumpers is
destroyed by fire with loss of $20,-
000. Barn of H. E. Langlo is also
burned with loss of $5,000.
JASPER.—Train on Alabama Cen
tral short line, from Jasper to Sun
light, is wrecked and considerable
damage is done to tracks.
OAKMAN. —Farmers of section
are preparing to sow largest crop of
oats.
CORDOVA. Dozen residences,
costing from $2,000 to $7,000, are be
ing built here.
NEWTON. Bank of Newton
closes doors and is taken over by
state banking department, at request
of directors.
SELMA.—Morris Hohenberg, one
.of largest cotton merchants in Ala
bama, is elected president of Cham
ber of Commerce.
DECATUR.—Member of Tennessee
Valley Shrine club will erect new
wing to Benevolent Hospital.
ITIO E NIX ’CITY.—T we n t y-f ou r
veterans or Sjanish-American war or
i ganize camp here.
OPELIKA.— Hubbard Howard is
arrested at Columbus, Ga., on charge
of forgery at Phoenix City.
-MOBILE. Unidentified thief
sticks hand through money order
window at postoffice, and gets away
with S4BO in currency.
AN DALUSIA. —Boney Adkinson.
I 4>, well known farmer, is crusHfed
to death by single car loaded with
coal running over him. in Central of
Georgia, railroad yards here.
SHORTERS.-T. L. Weaver. 75, is
■at home of daughter, Mrs. Noble.
' OPELIKA.—Farm club women of
I Lee county entertain Miss Isabel
| Bevier, head of home economics of
| University of Illinois.
BAY MINETTE— Satsuma and pe
can growers of Mobile and Baldwin
■ counties protest against tree tax,
| imposed by legislature.
IRO 5 . —Miss Charlotte Busey,
home demonstration agent for Pike
county, is co-operating with United
States department of agriculture in
nation-wide study of farm cost of
living.
MONTGOMERY.—AIabama Power
(company withdraws petition for right
to construct power plants on Coosa
river between locks 2 and 3, but
opposes People's Hydroelectric Pow
er company in development at al
most same place.
GASDEN.—City National Bank
new institution, with SIOO,OOO capital,
is being organized here by G. C.
King, of Tullahoma,. Tenn., and R.
A . Davidson, of Gadsden.
TUSCALOOSA.— Chamber of Com
merce is placing guitfe signs on high
ways into Tuscaloosa.
MONTGOMERY. Dixie Poultry
show draws many to see large en
: tries of fine birds from all section
of Alabama and adjoining states.
TROY.—Dog suffering with rabies
1 bites Miss Glennie Penn. Miss Penn
I will take Pasteur treatment at Mont
; gomery.
TL SCALOOSA. Unjiad States
government is testing new Diesel
electric towboat, built at Charleston,
j ”. Va., on Warrior river, near here.
BESSEMER.—T. C. I. Co., is plan
; ning extensive improvements at rol
| ling mills here.
• DECATUR.—Merchants offer prize
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SATURDAY, JANI’ARY 1»,
to farrficr of Morgan county raising
biggest hog in 192 I.
COLUMBIANA. —Shelby county,
for several years regarded as one
of biggest whisky counties in Ala
bama, is being made “dry” by fed
eral and state officers.
FAYETTE.—Mm#} than GO school
teachers of Fayette county enroll
for Florence Normal extension
course.
HAYNEVILLE.—Morgae Brazzel,
of Montgomery, will ptfl&sh new
weekly newspaper here, commencing
January 24.
LINEVILLE.—C. W. Bell, Con
federate veteran, merchant 4nd
farmer, dies at home here.
COLUMBIA. —County co mm i ssfo n
ers of Shelby county adopt resolu
tion that cattle must be dipped
under inspection.
BEATRICE. —Parent-Teacher as
sociation erects modern fire escape
for school auditorium.
UNIONTOWN.—Two banks here
report biggest business and heavier
deposits than they have ever had.
UNION SPRINGS. Alabama
Power company opens general of
fice and-store rooms here.
TALLEDGA.—Jeff _ M. Hobbs, ar
rested "here on warrant from Mis
souri, is released on habeas corpus
writ.
ATHENS. —First National bank
here is being enlarged.
UNION SPRINGS—M. E. For
syth, acting postmaster, is appoint
ed postmaster and nomination is
confirmed by senate.
HUNTSVILLE. John Hughes,
77, for many years well-known mer
chant, dies of pneumonia.
BREWTON.—Mrs. J. M. Wind
ham, 62, dies here just two months
after husband’s death.
FORT DEPOSIT.—BIock signal
system is installed by Louisville &
Nashville railroad on Montgomery
and Mobile division.
W. Letson,
principal of secondary' agricultural
school, launches rat-killing cam
paign. Prizes are offered for larg
est number of rat tails.
MONTGOMERY.—Owing to se
vere cold weather there is shortage
of cabbage plants in Alabama, ac
cording to N. H. Brown, chief of
markets for Alabama.
MONTGOMERY?=Passage of ad
justed compensation bill for ex-serv
ice men by big majority in congress
is predicted by John Thomas Tay
lor, vice chairman American Legion
national legislative committee for
Alabama.
11UNTSVILLE.—Roy Gurley, who
was arrested here for larceny and
escaped jail, is re-captured.
UNION SPRINGS. —Work is pro
gressing on new Comer cotton mill,
which will be one of largest in this
section.
FAYETTE. —Crossties are being
sold here by farmers from ail sec
tions of county.
JONES MILL. Blanche Stall
ward is, elected cashier of People’s
bank, succeeding D. M. Maxwell, re
signed.
Ella Walker,
65, dies at home here.
GADSDEN. —After serving 53
years as fireman and engineer on
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
railroad, Nelson A. Jolly - is retired
on pension.
ATHENS. Mid-winter poultry
show here proves successful, with
many Alabama and Tennessee birds
on exhibition.
MONTGOMER Y. ~Police believe
I burglars set fire to combination
store and dwelling, owned by Dr.
George Hodge, causing loss of
$5)000.
I’l 'SKEG E E. —Unidentified burg
-1 lars enter Lewis drug store and
• steal money - and goods valued at
S2OO.
I LITTLE OAK.—Mrs. M. J. Skin
ner, 84, pioneer, dies at home here.
TUSCALOOSA. —New curb mar
-1 ket will be superintended by com
! mittee of well-known women.
GADSDEN. —Gadsden city council
is experiencing difficulty in finances.
City’s income is not sufficient to
meet requirements for 1924.
MOBlLE.—Mobile county - grand
! jury breaks s> -1 record when it
examines 300 witnesses in five days.
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intendent, announces.
FLORENCE.—Capt. H. C. White
hurst succeeds Major Butlei" as di
rector of construction work on Wil
son Dam, at Muscle Shoals. Major
Butler is transfered to Panama.
ATTALLA.—J. L. Marks, of Chi
cago, is here with view to refinanc
ing Brown Milling company, one of
largest flour and corn mills of this
section.
HUNTS VI LL?E?—C? A. Brantley,
former clerk at Hotel Twickenham,
charged /with embezzlement of SSOO
hotel funds, and absent some time,
appears here and surrenders to offi
cers.
GURLEY.—Alabama Power com
pany installs 22,000 volt line to this
place from Huntsville, and will sup
ply Gurley with electric lights and
power."
MERIDIANVILLE? Charles W.
Jenkins, 72, well known planter, dies
here on his birthday - .
FlSK.—Eugene Y. Miller, 45, well
known planter, dies after long ill
ness.
FAYETTE. —People of this place
are elated over prospects of another
highway, built across county soon.
GIRARD. —“Aunt Mollie” Thomp
son, aged and highly respected negro
woman, is found dead in her bed
here.
TUSGEGEE. Town in Macon
county raising most money for en
tertainment will get county school
fair this spring. \
FORT DEPOSlT?—Practically all
cabbages, peas and other vegetables
in this section are killed by cold
weather, but another crop is being
planted.
PHOENIX CITY.—Home coming
day is observed by Trinity Methodist
church, and large congregation is
present.
• MONTGOMERY—State forestry
commission will meet here soon and
elect state forester.
TALLADEGA—TaIIadega is plan
ning big home coming at early date.
M’ELDERRY.—Jj7 W. Shirling,
51, well known citizen, dies at home
here.
MONTEVALLO.—United Daugh
ters of Confederacy and students of
Alabama college will observe Lee-
Jackson day here, January 18.
MOBlLE.—Liquor forces in Uni
ted States champion hopeless cause
when they seek destruction of na
tional prohibition statues, J. Fritz
Thompson, attoreny for dry leaders,
says. z
MONTEVALLO.—The Van Guard
is name of new students poblication,
issued by - students of Alabama col
lege.
PHOENIX ClTY.—Miss Bessie
Harbuck, 43, dies at home here.
ATTALLA.—J? A. Todd, well
known capitalist of Memphis, Tenn.,
and Fort Worth, Tex., is building
large factory here for making wire
specialties.
COLUMBIANA.— Shelby county
grand jury - will commence probe of
convict mutiny at Aldrich mines,
January 28.
SEALE.—Six negro prisoners -es
cape from county jail here, by cut
ting large hole through brick walls.
MARION. —Radio set for benefit
of public is installed in Perpy county
court house.
, BIRMINGHAM. Republic Iron
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BY E. R. EGGER
(Special Cable to The Atlanta Journal and ’
Chicago Daily News—Copyright, 1924.)
TOKIO, Jan. 16.—Several Amer«
icans escaped death or severe injury
by leaping to safety when Tokio
and the surrounding districts were
hit by another severe earthquake
yesterday morning.
Frederic Leclerc, of Washington,
second secretary of the American *
embassy, suffered severe
of the body when he leaped from •*
window of the Imperial hotel.
John Harrison Gray of Syracuse,
third American secretary, jumped
from a window of his home when
the walls crashed in. He grasped a
telephone pole and escaped injury. •
Jefferson Gaffery. of Louisiana.
American charge d’affaires during
the absence of Ambassador Wood,
and R. 11. Norweb. of Cleveland-
American first secretary, narrowly
escaped injury by leaping to safety.
The writer, sleeping on the second j-|
story of a Japanese home, >
went experiences similar tq thoW
of September 1. The dwelling swayj
ed perilously and he leaped from thq #
balcony with Frederic Taylor, o£
Sacramento, Cal. Linton Wells, LoS
Angeles newspaperman, suffered
a fractured ankle and serious bruises
when he fell from the stairs of hia
home, which was badly damaged. '
The latest reports place the num'
ber of dead in Toio at eight.
Twelve are known to have lost
their lives at Yokohama, and two at
Hommoku. Others killed in outly*
ing districts bring the total death
toll to fifty. Five trains were de- *
railed, with many casualties.
The Hakone region was badly
shaken. The quake lasted 12 min*
utes, according to meteorological ex*
. perts.
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SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Jan. 17. 4 -
Although a current of 50,000 Vol.J
of electricity passed through hu
body, stopping breathing and heart
action for several minutes, Arch'.J
Branahi, an electrician employed bj?
the General Electric company here,
is still alive. When repairing an eled -*
trifying set today the current in
some unexplained manner, was turn* 1
ed on. Robert McCadden, a 1
workman, saw what had happened,
turned off the current and applied
first aid methods. Branahi will To*
cover, physicians said.
Mrs. John T. West :
Dies in Thomson
THOMSON, Ga., Jan. 16,—Mrs.
Laura F. West, wife of Colonel
John T. West, died Wednesday
morning at 12:05 o’clock at herhonij
here. She was one of Thomson’4
most prominent women.
She was born April 9, 1863, and »
married John T. West in 1884. Shd
was a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E.
C. Hawes, late of MfcDuffie countv,
She is survived by her husband and
two sons and one daughter, J. Quin’i
West and Roger H. West, of Thom*
son, and Mrs. T. F. Fleming, of *
S pa rta.
ments. This company has working
capital of over $26,000,000.
BIRMINGHAM.—G. 1£ Bragg, 4
traveling salesman of Atlanta, Ga.,
is shot in neck and injured,
by Basil Kittrell of Tlttersville, who
is in jail. Robbery is motive.