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NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
k NORTH CAROLINA
I ELIZABETH CITY.—Mrs. Pene-
■p." lope Lyon, young widow, files suit
I in superior court against Fidelity
P. an! I deposit company, of Baltimore,
R ■ tor $2,700 with interest from July,
F* ,1923, tor her betrayal of John D.
Bh Sykes, Jr., now serving three-year
E' Term in Atlanta federal prison tor
e-«t>aazlement of more than $25,000
g from the First National bamk. of
..this city. Mrs. Lyon spent eight
K months in Montana hills with Sykes.
She claims SI,OOO reward and 10 per
K cent of amount recovered.
K FAYETTEVILLE. Remarkable
train of deaths which has carried
p’ - Off all members of her immediate
family culminates in death of Miss
Anna McMillan, beloved and well-
Ki, known dies at hospital thir
teen months after first series of
deaths, that of Charles S. McMillan,
t nephew, dies at Savannah, Ga.
| CHARLOTTE.— Damage, estimated
|- at $20,000 is caused by fire of unde
nt termined origin in warehouse of D.
| -X A. Hargett, Inc., manufacturers Os
I feedstuffs.
CHARLOTTE. Charlotte. Mer
chants' association membership holds
annual banquet. Dr. Paul W. Ivey,
| professor of marketing at University
of Nebraska, being on program as
? principal speaker.
CHARLOTTE.— Largest and best
equipped textile school in world will
be. built at Lubbock, Tex., says John
■ J W. Carpenter, member of Texas
state commission, here after trip to
State college, Raleigh, where he in
spected North Carolina state’s tex
| tile school. Ultimate cost is ex
pected to be $20,000,000, he says.
GREENSBORO. —Special inter-de
; nominational committee, represent
ing eight Protestant churches, is
called to meet February 5 at Chapel
Hill for discussion with University
I of North Carolina authorities of
Bible courses of institution. Later
meetings will be held with faculty
members of state college, Raleigh,
and College for Women, Greensboro.
GOLDSBORO’"—"shotgun, sup-
Y. posedly unloaded, is accidentally dis
charged by six-year-old son of Mrs.
Anderson Gurley, widow, living near
£• here, while lad was playing with
group of children, small daughter of
I Tom Radfoyd, neighbor, being fa
k tally wounded, and. Herman Gurley,
g brother, suffering loss of, three fin-
* gers on one hand.
■ ASHEVILLE.—Sheriff John A.
Lyerly dies of self-inflicted pistol
wounds. He was found in dying
condition at county garage, building.
B Despondency over death of wife is
thought to have caused suicide of
f- this fearless officer.
CHARLOTTE.—Survey by Carle
»ton Collins, newspaper man, dis
s', closes retail business generally has
< shown marked improvements since
y Billy Sunday began six-week evan-
gelistic campaign.
CHARLOTTE? MeckJertburg
County Bar association, at annual
dinner, holds mock court, Judge
b ‘ W. F. Harding, of superior court,
| presiding; John J. Carpenter, acting
k solicitor. Fraricis Clarkson, promi-
j? nent attorney, faced charges, is con
g- victed; appeals to supreme court,
and case is thrown out of court by
I opinion written by his father, As-
B?- soclate Justice Heriot Clarkson, of
state supreme court, from which
■Chief Justice Clark dissented.
CHARLOTTE.—City government
I enacts ordinance under which its
mi - Cfi)3y t may impose SSO fine on any
* ~ ' engineer who goes to sleep while
g pulling whitetie cord as curb for rail
waymen who blow whistles longer
E than 10 seconds.
LEXINGTON.—John Gosnell, 11,
son of J. R. Gosnell, employe of Er
langer mill, returns home from "West
Durham, N. CL, after week’s absence
and tells strange story of having
been kidnaped by stranger in motor
car when he went on errand for
parents. Says he was taken through
I numerous towns of state, forced to
sleep in car at night and was poorly
L fed.
CHARLOTTE.—Ivey's department
£ store' suffers loss estimated at
■' $25,000 from fire on third floor and
| water damage to stocks on lower
floors.
CHARLOTTE.—Declaring men
should be asked to quit ministry
if they fail in soul-winning.endeavor,
Rev. Oliver Montgomery, president
of North American conference, im
presses on delegates at quadrennial
convention of Southeastern Union
I. Conference of Seventh-Day Adven
tists that time has come when in
competent ministers should cease
to be burden to treasury of church.
CHARLOTTE.—ReIigion of engi
neers is “to co-ordinate all agencies
that mankind has devised for his
comfort and pleasure and to find
| others undreamed of,” says Fred R.
Low, president of American Society
for Advancement of Science, editor
of “Power,” in address to Charlotte
chapte r of Carolina section, Amer
ican Society of Mechanical Engi
£, neers.
WILMINGTON.—John Melton,
74, white, chief of police here when
race riots occurred in 1898, in course
g of which he was escorted from city
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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
by mob, is held for superior court
without bail after hearing in police
court on charge of criminal attack
on white girl, aged 10. Police of
ficers say several othe r white girls
of about same age will appear in
superior court as state witnesses.
In recent years he has been huck
ster.
CHARLOTTE. —Before shovelful
of dirt is moved from Rhodhiss site
of newest water power development
of Southern Power company, with
headquarters here, contract for con
struction of which was awarded few
days ago. every horse-power of
available 50,0(10 horse-power of elec
tric energy from that development
has been applied for, power com
pany announces.
of six
tracts in High Point for $150,000 in
"valuables” and $150,000 in notes,
by Henry Harris, Lewis Harris and
their wives to Mutual Investment
company, is recorded at court house.
GASTONIA.—Rev. W. A. Lam
beth, pastor of Main Street Meth
odist church, is transferred from
western North Carolina conference
to Baltimore conference and is ap
pointed pastor of Mount Vernon
church, Washington, D. C., to suc
ceed Dr. Clovis Chappell, who, on
February 1. became pastor of First
Methodist church, Memphis, Tenn.
GASTONIA.—Dr7~ J. H. Hinder
lite, pastor of First Presbyterian
church, receives call to pastorate of
First Presbyterian church, Colum
bus, Ga., which pastorate has been
vacant more than year, since res
ignation of Dr. 1. S. McElroy, now
preaching at King’s Mountain, N. C.
ASHEVILLE. —Resignations of
eight women teachers at veterans’
vocational school at Waynesville,
near here, have been asked for, ac
cording to statement of one of teach
ers. A. B. Thomas, head of school,
refuses to discuss situation there,
other than tn explain surplus teach
ers will be eliminated. Report from
Atlanta headquarters of veterans’
bureau tends to contradict statement
attributed to teacher.
CHARLOTTE?—Perhaps 9,000 per
sons hear Billy Sunday preach on
"Amusements,” in which sermon he
declared movies have become petting
party parlors; “the auto has taken
the redlight. districts into the coun
tryside;” “passion is the basis of
popular dances;” that “hottest place
in hell, if there is any variation in
temperature,” is reserved for those
who refuse to help back to morality
and Christianity those girls who fall
because of* temptations afforded by
dances.
Franklin, of
Leaksville, will serve six months in
prison for killing Sadie Saunders,
aged six. Franklin submitting in su
perior court to manslaughter charge.
Child was killed under wheels of au
tomobile.
REIDSVILLE.—W. A. Carroll, 63.
farmer, widely known, dies after a
short illness at home here.
SALlSßUßY?—wiiliam (Bill) Pitts,
Southern railway engineer, of Ashe
ville, who suffered stroke of apoplexy
just after completing his run from
Asheville, N. C., dies at local hospital.
Body is taken to Glenn Apline for in
terment. General Manager Simpson,
of Southern railway lines east, sent
private car from Charlotte head
quarters for use of funeral party.
GREENSBORO.—President Clyde
Armstrong, of Gastonia, issues
through headquarters here call for
annual meeting of Carolina Motor
club at Charlotte, March 6, in con
nection with automobile show, which
will be held March 3-8. Club will
discuss motor laws, speed limits,
mail-order arrest and taxation.
CHARLOTTE.—Ten fires in one
day established record fqr 24-hour
activity for city’s firemen, total loss
being placed at $55,000. ’
WILLIAM.—After more than year
of continuous work, United States
coast and geodetic survey steamer
Lydonia completes re-survey of ocean
bed off Frying Pan shoals and re
moves her base to Charleston, S. C.
WILMINGTON?—With 75.000 feet
of lumber removed, divers continue
salvaging operations on sunken dere
lict schooner Josephine.
WILMINGTON.— Steamer Poly
bius arrives from South Atlantic
ports to take on 4,000 bales to com
plete cargo of 14,000 bales of cotton
destined for France.
CHAPEL HlLL.—Average individ
ual loss by sickness each year is
nine days, making 2,500,000 years of
illness for population of United
States each year, according to
Charles W. Brown, tor twenty-five
years head of educational depart
ment of H. K. Mulford company, in
address to University of North Caro
lina branch American Pharmaceuti
cal association.
ASHEVILLE.—Eighteen negro
convicts escape from recently estab
lished camp near Marshall. All of
ficers of Madison county engage in
search and within two days rearrest
seven. Negroes sawed way out by
using smuggled saw.
L. Hanes,
61, dies suddenly while engaged in
work at Taylor Mattress factory'.
RALEIGH. —Charged with series
of thefts, ranging from chickens to
motor cars, L. R. Poole, aged 18; Jim
Allen, aged 17, and E. K. Johnson,
aged 16, are lodged in jail. Poole de
clares “1 guess it was the movies
that started me stealing.”
RALElGH.—Students of Baptist
educational institutions in Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina will meet here February
29-March 2 in second annual confer
ence, as guests of Meredith college
and First Baptist church.
RALEIGH. —Silver service of his
toric battleship North Carolina, ie-
I cently scrapped, wheih was present
led in 1908 by people of state, is sent
back to North Carolina, and Colonel
Fred Olds is preparing to make
proper display in-Hall of History of
silver he delivered to once-proud
fighting ship off state’s coast.
HENDERSON. —Continental Plant
company, Shields M. Black nail, own
er and manager, loses offices, ware
house and shipping sheds in fire
with loss of $50,000, partly covered
by insurance. Shields says plant will
be rebuilt immediately.
RALEIGH. —Petition to have for
mer Congressman Hannibal L. God
win declared bankrupt is dismissed
by Judge Henry G. Connor.
GREENSBORO. —Miss Mary J.
Cate, 71 white, is held tor higher
court after hearing in city court on
charges based on allegation that she
placed oil-soaked quilts about her
home and set fire to them in effort
to burn building.
WILKESBORO.—Abner Lowder
milk and son-in-law, Van Jennings,
are each sentenced by Judge Webb
to five years in Atlanta federal
prison after trial on charges of rob
bing Banner Elk, N. C., postoffice in
October, 1923.
WILSON.—H. B. Johnson, super
visor of sales reports tobacco sold
on local market to January 24 was
66,595,692 pounds, which sold for
$14,832,373.03, averaging 22.39 cents
per pound. Market closes February
28.
RALEIGH.—Insane department of
state prison is overcrowded and
prison officials begin hunt for new
building plans authorized by last
legislature, SSO 000 having been ap
propriated year ago for negro in
sane asylum at Goldsboro and like
amount for institution for white
prisoners at Raleigh.
ASHEVILLE.—CoI. Joseph Hyde
Pratt, president of Western North
’Carolina, Inc., loaves for Savannah,
Ga., to attend sixth annual session of
Southern Forestry congress, fromer
here six years ago of which Pratt
was firse president. From Savannah
he goes to Atlantic City to attend
meeting of American Ceremaic So
ciety.
ASHEVILLE.—Mayor Cathey an
nounces construction of incinerator
to cost about SIOO,OOO will be under
taken within fortnight.
GREENSBORO. —Lunsford Rich
ardson, president of Davidson Col
lege Alumni association, announces
receipt of letter from senior class
dealing with dissatisfaction among
students and suggesting alumni
might do something to remedy con
ditions. Storm, recently breaking
among students, centers around Dr.
W. J. Martin, president.
DAVTDSON.VDr. W. J. Martin,
president and other officials of
Davidson college, Presbyterian insti
tution flatly decline to comment on
surprising situation developing when
members of student body let it. be
known removal of Dr. Martin would
be favored. Senior class officials,
who are described as leaders in fight
on Dr. Martin, likewise /decline to
comment. /
SOUTH CAROLINA
SPARTANBURG.—SimIey Pruitt;
sixty-one, of near Campobello,
boards train for first time in life,
rides to Spartanburg and sees first
movie.
CONWAY.—AH dogs ordered off
streets, as result of scare, one dog
having gone mad after biting sev
eral others, some of which later
went mad.
COLUMBIA. —Governor Cameron
Morrison, of North Carolina, and
Frank Page, chairman of North
Carolina highway commission, ad
dress South Carolina legislature on
taxation and roads.
CHARLESTON.—Mayor Thomas
P. Stoney, after illness of two weeks,
returns to official duties.
COLUMBIA.—Men of Presbyte
rian church launch movement to
raise emergency fund and later to
organize endowment drive to retain
Columbia Theological seminary,
which Is supported by synods of
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and
Alabama.
ANDERSON.—Virginia Wilson, 5,
is probably fatally injured when, in
attempting to dodge auto, she runs
in front of another driven by Rev.
W. W. Sadler, and Is dragged for
several yards.
COLUMBIA.—Rev. P. D. ,Brown,
leading Lutheran divine, announces
his church has formed corporation
tn buy Sumner assembly ground in
North Carolina, mountains.
GREENVILLE—J. W. Kirkpat
rick, owner of large department
store here, announces he will sell
interest to Belk brothers, merchants
of Charlotte.
ROCK HILL. Arthur Crowder,
alias J. J. Holland, under arrest, in
Decatur, Ala., for isuing false
checks, is wanted here on similar
charge, according to detectives.
DARLINGTON. Otis Lewis. 14,
who lived with uncle, a farmer, near
here, leaves home, presumably to I
spend night with friend in town, but
does not return. Whereabouts are .
nuw unknown.
, ROCK HILL.—L. G. Prentice.
York county farm agent, resigns to
take up similar work in Alabama.
YORK. Sheriff Quinn says he
believes skeleton found in forest
near here is that of itinerant jeweler,
probably murdered, theory being
based on finding of number of pieces
of jeweav in clothes and traveling
kit
COLUMBIA. First Presbyterian
church here. Rev. R. A. Lapsley.
pastor, votes to issue $250,000 bonds
for new c.hurch plant.
COLUMBIA. ’—Tlucio Ernest F.
Cochran, recently elevated to federal
bench, is dined by Columbia Bar as
sociation.
SUMTER.—LittIe Louise China. 11,
adopted daughter of late Dr. and
Mrs. Archie China, both of whom
died here recently. Dr. China killed
by a gun in his wife’s hands, Mrs.
China a victim of pneumonia, has
gone to Columbia to live with aunt,
Mrs. P. H. Lachicotte.
COLUMBIA. Charles H. Moore
field, chief engineer of state high
way commission, announces com-
I mission will offer no more than fifty
per cent of cost of eliminating grade
crossings. Railroads recently turned
| down proposition, asking cominis
-i.-n r,-. more thin half.
COLUMBlA.—Military court re
ports to Governor McLeod result of
investigation of alleged shortage in
accounts of Captain Witt S. Fore,
commanding officer of Co. “E,” 118th
Infantry, South Carolina national
guard, who is now fighting with reb
els in Mexico, wearing D. S. C. won
by bravery in World war. Governor
will announce decision shortly.
GREENWOOD, Twenty - five
Greenwood citizens subscribe SIO,OOO
of $25,1000 wanted tor new dormi
tory at Lander college, for which
unnamed friend of college has pledg
ed $25,000 conditioned raising equal
amount.
GREER—Fred Cannon is arrested
by Spartanburg county officers who
catch him in woods, in act of pour
ing whisk 1 into smaller vessels.
SPARTANBURG.—Janies Switzer,
19, dies of injuries received when he
jumped across a ditch. He lived a
month.
NINETY-SIX.—Fa rm er s p rom ise
co-operation with canning plant pro
posed for town, for which business
men raise $3,000 capital.
BATESBURG. —Mr. and Mrs.
James W. Cooner observe their
golden anniversary.
COLUMBIA. Miss Gertrude
Walker, twenty years clerk in office
of secretary of state, announces can
didacy for vacancy caused by death
of W. Banks Dove.
BE.NNETTSDLLE.-W. E. Salt
er, of Columbia, is re-elected presi
dent of Columbia Pee Dee Baptist
Young People’s union, at large con
vention here.
COLUMBIA. —State tax commis
sion announces itinerary of special
field agents, who will visit 66 cities
an dtowns, beginning February 18,
to assist tax payers in making in
come tax returns.
GREENWOOD. Controversy
rages between Rev. W. M. Vines,
pastor nf First Baptist church, who
made pulpit statement that city does
not need Salvation Army, and Major
W. H. Barrett, of Charlotte, regional
commander of the Army, who directs
campaign for support of organization
here.
CORONACA. —J. Reid Pinson,
prominent merchant, found dead
in bed in room over store.
LYNCHBURG. —W. J. McLeod is
re - e ]ected president of Peoples bank,
and directors declare four per cent
dividend, on report of president that
deposits increased over 100 per cent
last year.
HONEA PATH.—A. F. Mattison
is re-elected president of Bank of
Honea Path, which declared 16 per
cent dividend last year.
COLUMBIA.—State Young Men’s
Christian association announces
older colored boys’ conference, tn be
held at Benedict college, here, Feb
ruary 8-10.
COLUMBIA. —Harry G. Kaminer,
president, and Harold C. Booker,
secretary of South Carolina Cotton
Growers Co-Operative association,
will attend second annual meeting of
national council of farmers’ co-op
erative marketing associations,
Washington, February 7-9.
COLUMBIA. —Carroll Orr, of
Charleston, negro, is lodged in
death house of state penitentiary to
await electrocution on February 15,
for the murder last December of ,J.
Madison Heape, Confederate vet
eran.
SPARTANBURG. —Converse col
lege announces annual choir compe
tition with handsome prizes, to be
held during the Spartanburg music
festival, April 12.
COLUMBIA .—Governor McLeod
flays purchasers of bootleg whiskey,
in address before state Young Men’s
Christian association convention, de
claring them to be as guilty as boot
leggers themselves.
George C.
Bowen resigns as prohibition direc
tor for South Carolina, after hot
fight is made on him by anti-saloon
league, but he declares that he is
quitting; that he is “not being driven
from the field.”
NEWBERRY. —Trustees of New
berry college authorize erection of
new dormitory, work to start Feb
ruary 15.
COLUMBIA. Senate committee
on railroads announces public hear
ing on Senator Pearce’s bill to pro
hibit Pullman company from contin
uing surtax in state,
GREENVILLE. Delegation of
business men ask legislature to au
thorize survey of county, with view
to putting untaxed property on
books. L. O. Patterson leads move
ment.
COLUMBIA—Judge Mendal L.
Smith directs verdict in circuit court
clearing J. B. Lewis, young rail
road man, of charge of man
slaughter, in connection with find
ind body of grandmother-in-law.
Mrs. Minnie Hook, who lived with
him, in Columbia canal last July.
CHARLESTON.—Francis Marion,
new hotel on “Battery.” will be
opened on February 9, William R.
Seeker, manager, announces.
O. Kelley
announces candidacy for sheriff of
Darlington county.
SALUDA.—D. Frank Forest, 53,
prominent business man, dies in Co
lumbia of pneumonia.
LAURENS.—Mayor W. IT. Dial
announces candidacy for re-election,
and Clarence M. Babb, a former
mayor, enters race against him.
CHESTER.—F. G. Pooser and J.
H. Carnes, young white men, are
arrested in charlotte tor theft here
of automobile, belonging to a negro,
while owner was in church.
GAFFNEY.—Women voters mee.
and plan to put out slate tor city
offices.
ALABAMA
DECATUR.—Morcan countv is I
spending $400,000 on chain of high- j
ways, connecting every part of I
county with state-aid roads.
MONTGOMERY.—EIectric system
of state captiol building will be
made new throughout, greatly re- j
ducing insurance rate.
ALEXANDER ClTY.—American-
La France fire motor truck is pur
chased by council giving city mod
ern fire fighting equipment.
ATHENS.—Mrs. W. T. Clay, one
of best known school teachers in
Limestone county, dies at home
here.
PRAIRIE—S. E. Porter, well
known farmer, falls from silo, break
ing leg.
MARION.—Perry county farmers
decide to pay more attention to
dairying and poultry raising in co
operation.
MONTGOMERY?—Hog raising de
creased during past two years, ac- I
cording to official records.
HARTSELLE. First National
bank moves into new home and
housewarming is held.
BESSEMER—Robert J. Lancas
ter. given eighteen years in peni
tentiary on charge of murderinc
William Baird, at Hamilton is
moved from Hamilton jail to Besse
mer jail.
MONTGOMERY. Almost one
third of prison population of Ala
bama are seeking 'paroles from Gov
ernor W. W. Brandon.
FORT DEPOSIT. —Latimore Lum
ber company, of Georgia, installs
large saw and planing niifi here
and increases population 500.
FAYETTE. —Tax assessments in
Fayette county increase 40 per cent
over 1923. '
MONEGOMERY.—Roy Tw. Nolen,
■member state convict (board, re
ceives letter from H. [Lecoq, of
Paris, France, police department,
saying Roy Dickerson, noted Ala
bama bank robber, is not in Paris,
as reported.
OPELIKA.—By use of parts of
bed springs 12 prisoners, confined
in Lee county jail, almost cut way
to liberty but are discovered.by dep
uty sheriff.
JASPER. —Charles" M. Sartin,
chairman of Republican executive
committee of Tenth Congressional
district. calls committee meeting
here February 2, for purpose of or
dering district convention.
ALBERTVILLE. Agricultural
school has made mountain section,
heretofore almost uninhabited, one
of richest agricultural sections of
Alabama.
GADSDEN. —By use of convict
labor county saves $12,000 in con
struction of Rainbow drive, hand
some new highway leading out of
Gadsden.
ATTALLA.—WaIter Jones, pris
oner, who was confined in Gadsden
hospital with bullet in foot, and
who escaped from hospital, is cap
tured near here at home of friend.
CENTRE.—Theron Nolan, 15.
charged with shooting and killing
father, will be tried here February
2, on charge of second-degree mur
der.
ANNISTON.—WhiIe cutting large
hollow tree near here, C. M. Mead
ows makes curious find. Tree is
full of some unknown black mineral
resembling coal. How this mineral
came there is unknown.
MONTGOMERY.—AIabama public
service commission sets hearing on
railroad rates on fertilizer fo r Feb
ruary 5.
DECATUR. Arrangements are
made to bring large numbers of
tourists here from Indiana, Ohio, and
Michigan during February and
March.
BESSEMER.=?R?“j. Hughes. 75,
pioneer citizen _of Bessemer, is dead.
BIRMINGHAM. Burglars enter
Gus Mayer’s store on Fifth avenue
and get away with $3,000 worth of
furs, notions and wearing apparel.
MONTGOMERY. Montgomery
county farmers organize co-operative
marketing association, and obtain
long time on credits on beef and
dairy cattle and farm products at
low rate of interest.
GIRARD.—A. W. Hargett, federal
prohibition director for Alabama,
and Walter K. McAdory, state law
enforcement chief, confer on liquor
situation.
HARTSELLE.— Small daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Wallace is
seriously injured when heavy road
wagon runs uver her.
HARTSEI/TjE. Alabama Water
.company, with headquarters at Bir
mingham, will soon commence work
of installing water works plant here.
DEMOPOLIS. Janies Freeman,
assistant general passenger agent,
and several other officials of South
ern railroad, come here with view to
arranging better passenger service
on this division.
SHEFFIELD.—ReaI estate and
building- are more active in Muscle
Shoals district than ever before. Peo
ple here are confident Henry Ford
■"ill get Muscle Shoals project.
FORT DEPOSIT.—Many acres of
plowed lands in. vicinity are badly
damaged by heavy continued rains
causing soil to wash badly.
MARION.— Mrs. Elio Miree, for
mer resident of Marion, dies at Rome,
Ga., and remains, are interred
ANDALUSIA.—Judge W. L. Parks
will convene three weeks’ term of
circuit court here on February 4.
MARBURY.—Survey of state
highway from Marbury to Mont
gomery is being -made. It is esti
mated road wi'l cost $50,000.
MONTGOMERY.—AIabama’s per
capita, wealth is $896, while state’s
reources are valued at over one
billion dollars more than in 1912, ac
cording to official figures.
FORT DEPOSIT.—Many citizens
of Lowndes county are disfranchised
by failure to pay poll tax.
ALABAMA ClTY??—Claiming he
heat and shot her, Mrs. Dave Erwin
files suit for $25,000 against her
wealthy husband, who Is real estate
man.
HYTOP.—Nearly 3,000 pounds of
fine sugar is confiscated near here,
when found at largest whisky still.
ever captured in Jackson county.
WEAVER.—Charles F. Wilson
dies at home here.
OPELIK/V.—Cotton mill with capi
tal of $500,000 is seeking location
here.
club, or
ganization of young business and
professional men, will assist deserv- 1
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
By J, P. Alley,
[pat PIG-STAN' man
’ wANTER ; HIRE> MB AT
4500 P wA<SES, But I AIN'
STup'in' bout pei wages
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1924.
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cation.
DORA. —Dora Banking and Trust
company enlarges banking rooms
and will install savings department.
will Install
fire alarm system, at cost of $4,500.
ONEONTA.—Methodists are erect
ing new church building here, to
cost about $50,000.
RUSSELLVILLE?????-Harry H. Hol
der, late of Huntsville, publishes new
weekly newspaper here called the
Russellville Banner.
SHEFFIELD???-a. p. Thomas, 66,
pioneer citizen, dies after extended
illness.
NATURAL BRlDGE.—Broken rail
causes wreck of southbound North
ern Alabama local train, near here.
No one is injured, but train is de
layed eight hours.
ONEONTA.— W. S. Wile
mon, together with household goods,
located eight miles from here, is to
tal loss by fire.
ATHENS —Mrs. Sarah Taylor, 112,
oldest person in Limestone county,
dies at home east of Athens.
MOUNTON.—A?~W. Walker, tax
collector of Lawrence county, and
M. B. Mackey, manager Lawrence
county farm bureau, are seriously
injured when their automobile turns
over.
ONEONTA. James A. Reid, 63,
one of most prominent citizens in
Blount county, dies suddenly at home
near here.
MOULTON. N. Sandlin,
94, oen of best known citizens of
Lawrence county, is dead at home
near here.
PELL CITY.—O. L. Ekwurzel is
elected president of Pell City Bank
and Trust company.
BIRMINGHAM.—FederaI narcotic
agents are making clean-up of viola
tors of .Harrison narcotic laws. Sev
eral druggists and others are ar
restde.
MONTGOMERY.—Hugh H. White,
secretary state Democratic executive
committee, mails to various counties
official notice of Democratic presi
dential preferential primary, which
will be held March 11.
ANNISTON. —Anniston merchants
file protest with city council against
foreign dealers selling fruit here, urg
ing prohibitive license against out
of-town dealers.
DORA. Railroad avenue, Dora's
main street through business section
of town, will be paved.
PARRISH. Northern Alabama
and Southern railroads are requested
to build new passenger depot here.
BAY MINNETTE. Methodist
church here is planning erection of
new church building.
STEELE. WiTiiam M. Shaw, 78,
well known citizen of St. Clair coun
ty, dies.
W E A V E R.~—Charles F. Wilson,
67, for 20 years engaged in dairy
business here, is dead.
LOACHOPOKA.—Two men giving
their names as Dr. E. M. Finney and
Dr. Swartz, of Atlanta, Ga„ swindle
J. W. Slaton, farmer, out of $550.
These men claimed to have very ex
pensive medicine which would cure
Mrs. Slaton's eyes. Medicine is found
worthless, .but alleged doctors are
gone.
SELMA.—Public dances in Selma
are condemned by Dallas county
grand jury. Several prominent young
society men are questioned by grand
jury, but no true bills are found.
TOWNLEY.—TownIey theater and
restaurant and Nix grocery stone are
badly damaged by fire.
HUNTSVITJ?E?????Fire causes dam
age of $3,000 to S. W. Webster Lum
ber company’s planing mill.
BIRMINGHAM?????Dr. J. E. How
ard, 68, well known physician, dies
at home at East Lake following
stroke of paralysis.
COLUMBIANA. —Special session
of Shelby county grand jury is con
ducting probe of recent state .con
vict munity at Aldrich mines, with
Solicitor W. W. Wallace in charge.
HUNTSVILLE.—OfficiaI figures
give Madison county birth rate at
27.9 per thousand, and death rate at
14.2 per thousand.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 30.
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