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NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
ALABAMA
TUSKEGEE. —W. G. Mitchell, of
AHanta, buys Tuskegee railroad,
short line connecting with Western
of Alabama railroad at Chehaw, and
also spur running from Chehaw to
government hospital.
TUSCUMBIA.—Survey shows 36
r»*:d«nces, costing $75,000, are being
built here.
ATHENS. Limestone county
commissioners appeal wheel tax law
recently passed. This Law has caused
more comment than any road tax
law ever enacted.
G RE EN VILLE.—At preliminary
hearing, Alvin and Gordon Miller,
brothers, charged with murder of
Richard Lee, near Georgiana, are
held without bond.
GRADY. —Hays Fannin is deao
and David Knighton is seriously
wounded, as result of fight with
knives and pistols here.
MONTGOMERY.—WiIIiam Brown,
•of Birmingham, is elected president
of Alabama Federation of Rural Let
ter Carriers, at annual session here.
John R. Stuckey, of Tuscaloosa, is
vice president; W. H. Bruce, of Mont
gomery, vice president; H. F. Mc
7Carty, of Dothan, vice president; G.
C. Herrin, of Tuscaloosa, secretary
treasurer.
ATTALLA—Boy Scouts of Gads
den, on way home from camp, see
home in flames, and rush in at risk
of their own lives, and rescue baby.
GADSDEN. —County commission
ers will erect alms house SOxSO feet,
to be steam heated and electric light
ed, at cost of $1.5,1)00,
TUSCALOOSA. —Five white per
sens and three negroes are under
treatment here, having been bitten
b£ la dog suffering from rabjes.
XXARBON HILL.—J. H. Brasher,
of Kansas, who owns valuable prop
•eijties in Fayette and Walker coun
ties, is planning to build SIOO,OOO
hotel here.
' OPP.—Allen J. Nix, senior in Opp
High school, receives appointment to
United States military academy at
West Point.
GADSDEN.—-A. J. Day, SO, pio
neer citizen of Calhoun county, dies
of old age. • ‘
MONTGOMERY.—George Peabody
scholarships are awarded to Miss
Ruth Head, of Montgomery; Miss
Katherine Bickerstaff, of Eufaula;
Miss Florence Ezell, of New Castle,
ad L. E. Snyder, of Hartselle.
CULLMAN. —Second avenue and
Third and Fourth streets, in busi
ness section, are being paved.
UNIVERSITY. —Twenty-first sum
mer session of University of Ala
bama opens June 4 and closes July
15.
MONTGOMERY.—Succeeding S.
A. Eororn, Minnie W. O’Hara is nom
inated as postmaster for Hurtsboro,
Hurtsboro, succeeding S. A. Borom,
and Alden M. Wallace is nominated
as postmaster of Tuskegee, succeed
ing B. C. Gibson, who resigned.
Nomination of Anna H. Kinney as
postmaster at Elberts is confirmed,
j CULLMAN. Coach Harvey S.
Pugh, who coached Cullman county's
champion high school football team
jiast year, goes to the state univer
sity this fall.
. MONTGOMERY.—New fertilizer
Tates, for most part representing
reduction from former rates, are in
effect in Alabama on all railroads,
commencing June 1.
FLORENCE. Alabama editors,
accompanied by their wives, meet
here in annual convention, June 13-
14. F. G. Stephens, of Oneonta, is
president.
ANNISTON. —After naming Mobile
as 1925 meeting place and electing
officers, annual meeting of Alabama
branch of United Commercial Trav
elers adjourns. W. F. Bridges, of
Birmingham, is elected president.
HUNTSVILLE.—James M. Titus,
51, well known farmer of Capshaw
community, is dead.
' GADSDEN.—CharIes Adams, Jr.,
13, touches lighted match to dyna
mite cap to see what it would do.
Thumb and two fingers of left hand
are blown off.
ROANOKE. —Work will soon com
nience on erection of three-story an
nex to Bonner hotel.
EUTAW.—Rew R? T. Henry, of
Memphis,. Tenn., accepts call to Eu
taw Christian church.
MONTGOMERY— Governor W.
W. Brandon is elected honorary vice
president of southern exposition of
chamber of commerce, to be held
in New York in February, 1925.
HEFLIN.- —Hundreds of acres of
bottom lands which afe. planted to
corn will have to be replanted, ow
„ng to continued heavy rains.
THORSBY.—Miss Emily C. Wheel
er, of Brooklyn, N. Y., for 16 years
missionary In Turkey, delivers bacca
laureate address at closing exercises
of Thorsby institute.
- FLORENCE.—Dr. George Petrie,
professor of history at Auburn, vis
ts Florence and other north Ala
bama cities, collecting data for his
rhry of Alabama, which he is writ
ng.
MONTGOMERY. I. T. Quinn,
game and fish commissioner, an
nounces he will commence campaign
his fall for “a fish pond on every
Alabama farm.”
CORDOVA. —First consignment of
jetton shipped via Warrior river
Une^since recent agreement effected
1 with Frisco railroad leaves here for
Mobile and thence to New Orleans.
■ MONTGOMERY.—AIabama public
service commission overrules appli
cation for rehearing of petition of
SpiriN
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THE ATLANTA TKI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
Mobile Gas company for authority
to issue $J85,000 worth of bonds,
which had been denied.
M ONTEVALLO. Alabama's
greatest need today is mothers and
home-makers, according to Dean O.
C. Carmichael, of Alabama college.
JASPER. —T. H. Tubbs, miller and
poultry raiser, says 300 Plymouth
Rock hens neted him on average of
$2.60 per hen for twelve months.
FAYETTE.— B. E. Kenney, gener
al manager of W. P. Brown and Sons
Lumber company, is building $50,000
planing mill, which will soon be com
pleted.
GREENVILLE?—WaIter J. Dunk
lin, 65, well known citizen, dies aft
er several months’ illness.
FLORENCE. Colbert county
farm bureau will organize co-opera
tive egg market association, as part
of state-wide plan.
MONTGOMERY.—Sheep raisers
of western Alabama sell 500 lambs
at Union stockyards here.
MILLPORT. • Enormous dredge
ditch under construction in Fayette,
Marion and Lamar counties is near
ing completion.
BAY MINETTE. —Cucumbers are
moving from here in carload lots.
Estimates place this year's crop in
Baldwin county at 800 carloads.
MONTGOMERY—Judge Henry D.
Clayton will hold federal court in
New York city, from June 9 to July
15.
FAYETTE.—Sipsey river over
flows, giving farmers much concern
and ruining hundreds of acres of
crops.
FLORENCE. —New building and
loan association is being organized
with capital sfock of $560,000.
ROANOKE.—Handley High school
graduates 59 young men and wom
en. Professor George W. Yarbrough
delivers graduating address.
CULLMAN.—WhiIe at Kamp Kill
Kare with party of friends, Harry
Parker, well known business man,
slips and breaks leg.
BIRMINGHAM.—WesIey Downs,
21, of Haleyville, Ala., night watch
man at Iron City plant, is discov
ered by firemen burned to death, as
plant is being destroyed by fire.
MONTGOMERY.—Department of
archives and history is searching for
carbines, made at Tallassee and
Montgomery for Confederate army.
Up until ten years ago several of
those rifles were stored in building
at Tallassee.
high pow
er electric reflectors will be placed
in dome of state capitol, which may
be seen for many miles.
ONEONTA.—-J?~B?~Sloan has filed
his papers as Republican candidate,
to oppose I. T. Quinn, Democratic
nominee, for state game and fish
commissioner.
OHATCHIE. —Barn and contents
belonging to E. L. Turner, Jr., near
here, is destroyed by fire.
ATMORE.—This place ships 13L
cars of new Irish potatoes and many
snap beans, beets and other vege
tables.
GADSDEN.—Cbunty commission
ers will spend $15,000 on enlarging
and improving county court house.
ALABAMA ClTY.—Great Council
of Red Men will hold annual meeting
here, June 7.
WELLINGTON—A. J. Day, 80,
pioneer citizen of Calhoun county,
dies near here.
TUSCALOOSA?—R?chard M. Ma
lone, 45, well-known Tuscaloosa mer
chant, is dead.
BESSEMER.—Andy Gilbert, 79,
dies after three months’ illness, at
hjme near Prune's chapel.
MOBlLE.—MelvinMcCreary, 16,
dies from double fractured skull,
caused by being struck by auto.
ENSLEY.—MoreI han 1,200 resi
dences are erectetd in Ensley during
first six months of year, according
to statement of water works offi
cials.
ENSLEY.—W?~Jack Kelly, vice
president and general manager of
Superior Lumber company, dies sud
denly at his home.
EUFAULA. —Gaston Carr, killed
by auto falling through bridge, and
little Matilda Reeves, killed by auto
striking her, are buried same after
noon.
SOUTH CAROLINA
ROCK HILL. Recause recent
cold weather has killed much cotton
in upper half of state, County Agent
L. W. Johnson issues statement urg
ing farmers not to thin cotton.
. GREENHLLE~Raven I. Mc-
David, announcing retirement from
legislature, issues statement regard
ing taxation, and Governor McLeod
replies, advising that he proposes to
call state conference for discussion
of tax situation, with view to map
ping out program for 1925.
COLUMBIA. Weevil infestation
in cotton of state is light, says state
ment of American Cotton associa
tion.
SUMTER. —Baby born in Lee
county with two heads is brought
to hospital here, where operation
removes one head. Both heads were
well formed, one being on baby's
buttocks.
BAMBERG. Efforts are being
made to get Carnegie medal for Sam
Bryant, colored man, who has just
left hospital, where he suffered brok
en shoulder, fractured collar bone and
other injuries, suffered when he res
cued baby from in. front of speeding
locomotive. He snatched child and
hurled it to safety, but was himself
picked up by engine’s pilot and car
ried some distance.
SALUDA.—John E. Smith, promi
nent merchant and former legisla
tor, dies after long period of poor
health.
COLUMBIA.—John U. Moak, of
Blythewood, is stricken with paraly
sis on street and dies at home of
relative few minutes later.
ST. MATTHEWS. American
Cotton association from its offices
here issues its first cotton condition
report for 1924, showing condition
of 64.9, as compared with govern
ment’s figure of ,71 for May last
year. South Carolina's cotton con
dition is given as 61.
LEXINGTON. Albert R. Taylor,
prominent, planter and member of
leading family of central South Caro
lina, dies on farm near here.
GREENVILLE. Ground is brok
en by Hunkin & Conkey, Cleveland,
0., contractors, for new million dol
lar hotel, the Poinsett, here, on site
of “Mansion Hduse,” hostlery fa
mous quarter century ago.
COLUMBIA—Marion Paul, Co
lumbia High school youngster, goes
to Atlantic City as South Carolina's
marble “king” to participate in na
tional marble championship “shoot”
week of June 1-7.
WINNSBORO.—Capt. and Mrs.
John W. Lyles celebrate fiftieth an
niversary of wedding, with proml
nent members of family for sev
eral points in state gathered in re
union.
CHERAW. —River Hill Spinning
mills, of Cheraw, are chartered by
secretary of state, with capital stock
of $150,000, H. M. DuVall, presi
dent.
ORANGEBURG?=6ffice of clerk
of court is put in Democratic pri
mary for this year by county com
mittee, at. request of Clerk of Court
J. W Gillam, appointed two years
ago to fill unexpired term of G. L.
Salley, and who wanted to clear up
point as to whether he < held for re
maining portion of Salley term or
for four years.
M. Hemphill,
of Chester, heads Knights of Pythias
of state, elected at annual conven
tion here.
ORANGEBURG!.—CarIoad of poul
try, ten thousand pounds, shipped to
northern markets. Shipments ar
ranged by Farm Agent J. C. Miller.
COLUMBIA. —Special train is ar
raiged for delegates to national
Democratic convention in New York,
leaving h e re over Seaboard June 22.
GREENWOOD.—Major Henry C.
Tillman is elected superintendent
and general executive head of Bailey
Military institute here, succeeding
Major W W. Benson, recently elect
ed 'principal Greenwood High school.
COLUMBIA.—u7s. Senator Dial
announces from campaign headquar
ters here that he Cannot come to Co
lumbia at this tinje, due to pressure
of business at Washington, despite
fact that he is opposed for re-elec
tion by Congressman James F.
Byrnes, of Aiken, and Former Gov
ernor Cole L. Blease.
COLUMBIA.—CaroiI Orr, col
ored, convicted of murder of Madison
Heape, 80-year-old Confederate vet
eran, white, and sentenced to elec
tric chair, but later given new trial
by supreme court, is transferred
from state penitentiary here to
Charleston county jail, to await sec
ond trial.
CLEMSON COLLEGE. State
judging contest, for selection of win
ners in crop and horticulture produc
tion and also in animal raising, is
held at Clemson college, June 4
and 5.
SPARTANBURG.—J. D. Hender
son, graduate of Columbia Theologi
cal senwirary, is received as pastor
of Second Presbyterian church here.
COLUMBIA.—Present, day attacks
on church and efforts made to tin
dermine bedrock of Christianity will
not prevail, says Bishop Dickey, of
Methodist church, In Columbia col
lege baccalaureate sermon here.
PIEDMONT. —Mrs. Nannie Smel
lie celebrates ninetieth birthday and
relates incidents of three wars.
ANDERSON. —Mary Anderson,
baby of family which was wiped
out by tornado here on April 30th,
who, though losing hand and suffer
ing other injuries in storm, was ex
pected to live, dies.
COLUMBIA. —Jake L. Weinberg,
who is charged with having run down
and killed Mrs. W. R. Koon, and
three-year-old daughter, Mary, not
stopping but speeding on at fast
speed, and who was brought from
Kingstree, where tragedy occurred,
to state penitentiary here for safe
keeping, violence being feared, is
await trial.
taken back to Kingstree jail to
COLUMBIA. —Crosses of service
are bestowed by U. D. C. on five vet
erans of World war. Dr. Marion
Wyman, Dr. John R. Boling, Claude
Girardeau, James Girardeau and
Howard Beard.
COLUMBIA. —Twenty-four candi
dates for state offices and for con
gress have filed campaign pledges.
Leading interest is in race for United
States senate, with Senator Dial op
posed by Congressman James F.
Byrnes and former Governor Cole
L. Blease.
COL UM B TA?~— Tozer Engine
Works, one of city's oldest manu
facturing plants, is sold at auction
for $22,000.
CO LU M BIA. —County Democratic
committee votes to submit to people
in primary question of abolishing fee
system for county offices, and also
question of popular election of rural
policemen.
WOODRUFF“Body of Dr. R. T.
Beason, prominent druggist and
business man, is found floating on
Enoree river, and cause of death
is mystery, though relatives believe
h? was sandbagged.
FLORENCE.—George Siskron, 30,
is killed by wife, following argument
on husband's unemployment and al
leged attack on wife.
COLUMBIA.—Thomas’ B. Madden,
postmaster, is reappointed by Presi
dent Coolidge.
COLUMBIA.—Damage done by
tornado of April 30. when 84 lives
were lost and property damage ran
into many thousands, is practically
all repaired, says statement from
Red Cross relief headquarters.
COLUMBIA.—One hundred end
forty-nine from senior class apply
for degrees at University of South
Carolina, according to announce
ment from institution.
GREENWOOD.-F. A. Stephens,
twenty-nine-year-old white farmer, is
taken to state penitentiary in Co
lumbia to serve eight months’ term
on prohibition conviction.
DENMARK.—DanieI S. Hartzog.
Confederate veteran, one of commun
ity's most prominent men, dies at
age of eighty-four.
CLEMSON COLLEGE.—Bishop
William N. Ainsworth, of Macon,
Ga., delivers baccaulaureate sermon
here.
SUMTER.—John R. Quinn, na
tional commander of American Le
gion, is announced as speaker for
state legion convention to be held
here July 3 and 4.
SPARTANBURG.—John Blalock,
prominent farmer of Boiling Springs
section of Spartanburg county, dies
of skull fracture caused by blow
with rock, inflicted by son, Clar
ence Blalock, who is held for mur
der.
GREENWOOD—Mrs. Lala. Grayd
don, widow of late Ellis Graydon,
head of prominent family of state,
dies here suddenly.
SUMTER. —W. D. Rhodes, promi
nent planter of Mayesville section of
county, dies at age of seventy-seven
after several months’ illness.
COLUMBIA. —Plans are announc
ed by state education department
for two “opportunity schools” for
adults at Lander college, Greenwood,
and Erskine college, Due West, dur
ing summer months.
LANCASTER?—Joseph P. Hunter,
who has been sheriff of Lancaster
county for thirty-seven years, is op
posed for re-election by H. J. W.
Mosier.
NEWBERRY.—WiIIiam F. Ewart,
who has been probate judge of New
berry county for, ten years, age sev
enty, is stricken at office with acute
edema of lungs and dies within few
days.
WALTERBORO. Rev. Capers
Satterlee, of Walterboro, is ordained
to priesthood of Protestant Episco
pal church in special services here,
Bishop Guerry officiating.
NORTH CAROLINA
NEW BERN. Senator Simmons
arrives at home from Washington to
give attention to business matters
connected with his plan, in co-op
eration with Leonard Tufts, Pine
hurst capitalist, to develop winter
resort on several hundred acres of
land recently obtained.
ASHEVlLLE^—twenty-six stu
dents are awarded diplomas at
Weaver college commencement ex
ercises, when H. E. Stacy, of Lum
berton, delivers address, stressing
value of college graduates’ efforts
for. further educational development
by state.
NORTH "WILKESBORO.—District
Attorney Linney is astounded when
J. W. Shepherd, H. W. Walsh and
T. A. Walsh appear before him and
swear out warrants charging them
selves with making whisky, it de
veloping that neither knew the other
to be engaged in illegality. Each
attributes action to prickings of con
science. Called to trial next day,
Judge Webb suspends sentence and
orders them to report on good be
havior at next term of court.
RALEIGH. —A. S. Womble, mer
chant, sustains fracture of skull
when he falls 15 feet from ladder
in building in rear of home which
was being converted into garage.
He may recover.
GOLDSBORO?—Given hearing on
charges growing out of allegations
that they kidnaped Alice Rose, 19,
of Princeton, from her home and
held her prisoner in secluded house
two days, Claude Sullivan, Fitzhugh
Lane and P. Cade, all of Goldsboro,
are hound over to superior court un
der bond of $2,500 each.
RALEIGH. —Air rifle wound grow
ing out of play of two boys, each
aged eight years, three years ago,
is basis of $15,000 suit for damages
filed by G. E. Morgan for son, who
lost an eye, in Wake county supe
rior court against son of J. H. An
drews, Southern railway district
freight agent.
RALEIGH. —Eighty4hree nation
al banks in state as of March 31 had
total resources of $185,454,000; loans
and discount aount to $124,000,000;
combined capital is $13,240,000; sur
plus and undivided profits total $12,-
590,000; demand deposits. $68,071,000;
time deposits, $52,818,000.
CHARLOTTE?—James F. Barrett,
editor of the Labor Herald, breaks
with central labor union over politl
cal matter. Union, in stormy ses
sion, tables resolution to withdraw
support from Barrett’s paper, but
Barrett announces intention to con
tinue supporting candidacy of A.
W. McLean for governor, against
J. W. Bailey, and ignore union.
CHA RLOTTE.—o7 Max Gardner,
of Shelby, former lieutenant-gover
nor, delivers Memorial day address,
following parade of war veterans.
WILMINGTON. —More than 10,-
500 cars of fertilizer and fertilizer
materials have been shipped from
Wilmington over Atlantic Coast Line
to interior points since January 1,
comparing with 7.500 for same period
last year, according to railway an
nouncement.
STATESVILLE.’— R. B. Joyner. 98,
town’s oldest citizen, native of Camp
bell county, Virginia, Confederate
veteran, dies after long period of fail
ing health. He was member of Meth
odist church 87 years. (
CHARLOTTE. —Christ Episcbpa,
church, of Raleigh, gives $22,000 for
girls’ dormitory at Thomson orphan
age, here, and Mrs. A. L. Baker,
member of that congregation, gives
$20,000 for boys’ dormitory, in con
nection with state-wide Episcopa
lian campaign to raise $150,000 for
its only orphanage in state.
WINSTON-SALEM.—John Oliver,
inmate of county home for aged, who
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will be 100 years of age In fall, is
one of group of Confederate veterans
of Winston-Salem, who expect to at
tend Confederate veterans’ reunion
at Memphis.
M C'CKS VI LLE.—Pos tm asters, pos
tal employes and rural carriers from
Davie, Davidson, Rowan and Stan
ley counties attend Memorial day
picnic, n hen several addresses are
delivered.
ASH EVI LLE?—-Resolu tio n u rging
Governor Morrision to call special
session of legislature to act upon
favorable report of state commission
investigating advisability of state
embarking upon ship line and port
terminals operation, is adopted at ini
tial meeting of newly appointed di
rectorate of Merchants’ association.
RALEIGH. Farm labor and un
skilled workers continue in heavy
demand throughout state, and short
ages exist in various sections, ac
cording to reports to M. L. Ship
man, commissioner of labor, from
state-federal employment service of
fices throughout state.
RALEIGH. Opportunities con
fronting American women and girls
are greater than those before wo
men of any other country and great
er than at any other period in his
tory of world, graduating class of
Peace institute js told by Miss Mary
Anderson, chief of women’s divi
sion, federal department of labor,
in commencement address.
ASHEVILLE. —Judge J. G. Adams
is chosen to deliver principal ad
dress at special meeting in June,
date yet to be chosen, of Merchants’
association, when tribute will be
paid to E. W. Grover, of Asheville
and St. Louis, multi-millionaire med
icine manufacturer, hotel owner and
real estate operator.
ASHEVILLE. Though railway
fares have been paid for several
years, Asheville and Buncombe
county Confederate veterans attend
ing reunion at Memphis. Tenn., ride
this year in Pullman cars, cost of
which accommodations city and
county share.
ASHEVILLE. —Buncombe county’s
modern prison camp, providing ac
comodations for 100 prisoners, is
nearing completion. Camp cost
$40,000. _
WILMINGTON. Federal engi
neers begin investigation, expected
to require several weeks, into un
explained fall in tides at this port,
mean low level of tides, as recorded
at two stations, having been foot
below normal since last December.
Experts intimate sinking of ocean
floor in connection with severe
earthquakes of last fall may have
caused phenomenon.
CHARLOTTE. Statewide cam
paign of Episcopal church to raise
$150,000 to meet expense of pro
posed building program for Thomp
son orphanage, at Charlotte, is suc
cessfully concluded after few days
of intensive effort.
ASHEVILLE. —Mrs. George W.
Vanderbilt announces that, on their
return from their honeymoon, she
expects to turn over Biltmore es
tate, here, to John F. A. Cecil,
former first secretary to British
ambassador at Washington, and his
bride, formerly Miss Cornelia Van
derbilt. Mrs. Vanderbilt also an
nounces purchase of 90 acres in Bilt
more forest, where she will develop
estate.
RED SPRINGS. —Special election
is ordered for June 30 for vote, on
proposal to issue $75,000 in bonds,
which will be expended for construc
tion of high school. _
RALEIGH. —Six children and one
grandchild are beneficiaries named
in will of late Chief Justice Walter
Clark, of state supreme court. Es
tate, valued at $50,000, consists prin
cipally of lands located in Halifax
courty.
WINSTON-SALEM.—WiII of Mrs.
Katherine Smith Johnston, late wife
of J. E. Johnston and widow of R.
J. Reynolds, tobacco magnate, filed
in Forsyth county court, disposes
of estate valued at $60,000,000. Fath
er and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Zachary
Smith, of Mount Airy, each receive,
$2,010 yearly during lifetimes. Hus
band and five children receive great
er part of estate, one-tenth of in
come from which may be expended
by trustees for religious and chari
table purposes.
CHARLOTTE. —J. F. Barrett, ed
itor of Charlotte Labor Herald, and
Rev. Tom P. Jimison, of Spencer,
labor leader, agree to joint debate
at Raleigh on gubernatorial cam
paign, Barrett espousing cause of A.
W. McLean, Lumberton banker, ana
Jimison speaking for J. W. Bailey_,
Raleigh lawyer, opposing candidates
for Democratic nomination.
LEXINGTON. —Unusually largelj
attended meeting of Carolina's Coun
cil of United Textile Workers refuses
to accept resignation of J. F. Bar
rett, of Charlotte, Mecklenburg coun
ty textile union president, recently
under attack by elements in organ
ization, and unanimously adopts res
olution defending Barrett's attitude
toward matters held basis of con
troversy.
WILSON.—State ship and water
commission’s report declaring for
Governor Morrison’s proposal that
state embark on ship line and port
terminals operatio nis indorsed by
].residents <rd secretaries of cham
bers o, commerce in eastern North
Carolina at conference here, ad
dressed by State Senator Joseph
Brown, member of commission. Con
ference urges special session of legis
lature to create necessary machin
ery to carry out plan.
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ROCKY MOUNT.—John Anthony,
white youth, of Cadiz, Ohio, submits
(o second degree murder charge in
Nash county superior court in con
nection with shooting of Roscoe
Wheeles, Atlantic Coast Line special
officer, and is sentenced to eighteen
years in state prison.
NORWOOD.—Schools of city hav
ing outgrown present facilities, city
school board orders construction of
additional facilities to cost $30,000.
REIDSVILLE.—E. B. Ware, tax
collector, is elected city manager, de
feating dozen opponents.
STATESVILLE.—R. L. Caldwell,
driver of car which ran down and
seriously injured Elmer Closer, is
fined SSOO in Iredell county superior
court and forbidden to drive car for
year.
MOCKVILLE.—Joint councils of
welfare associations of Rowan, Da
vie, Davidson and Stanley counties,
hold annual picnic here.
GREENSBORO —Controversy over
new city hall and Its location is end
ed when city awards contract for
construction of building to cost $312,-
000 and contract for equipment to
cost SBO,OOO. Completion in year is
stipulated. Building will be located
at corner of Greene and Gaston
streets.
CHARLOTTE. —Edgar Pharr, can
didate for re-election to legislature
from Mecklenburg county, says he
has definite promises from “almost
enough” members of lower house to
insure his election as speaker when
next legislature meets in January.
FLORIDA Ml
FLAVS DR. BUTLER
HI MERCER'S ME
MACON, Ga., June 4.—(By the As
sociated Press).—The “distinguished
president of one of the great educa
tional institutions of the country’
performed “a disservice to human
ity” when he recently “lent himself
so far to the reactionary forces of
the nation as to condemn prohibi
tion as contained in the eighteenth
amendment to the constitution and
predict its repeal within five years,”
declared Governor Carey A. Hardee,
governor of Florida, in the com
mencement address here today at
Mercer university.
The Florida governor declared "we
should have no sympathy with the
activities of that element of society
that would emasculate the effective
ness of those laws intended for the
moral uplift of our people.” It was
not his idea, however, that the coun
try should indulge in a narrow prud
ishness that would apply a sumptu
ary regulation to almost every act
of life, but “the majesty of the law
will prevail,” he said, “notwith
standing the assaults upon it from
some men in high places.”
Eighty graduates of the various
departments received their diplomas
following Governor Hardee's ad
dress. Dr. Rufus Weaver, president
of the college, delivered the bacca
laureate address and the diplomas.
At the annual meeting of the Mer
cer University Alumni association
held yesterday afternoon, Hugh M.
Willett, of Atlanta, was re-elected
president; T. E. Ryals, of Macon, was
re-elected vice president and George
Sparks was made secretary with J.
K. Williams. Macon, secretary at
large. The association appropriated
SIO,OOO for general expenses this
year.
The annual banquet was hold last
night at which Congressman W. D.
Upshaw of the Fifth district was
unanimously indorsed for the vice
presidency of the United States on
the Democratic ticket. J. S. Lawson,
of Eatonton, Ga., oldest living alum
nus of Mercer and graduate of class
of 1874, was among the speakers. He
talked on Mercer’s traditions and
read some poetry. ■
Among the Atlanta men at the
meeting were John T. Boifeuillet, R.
L. Batts, Hugh M. Willett. C. E.
Brown, editor of the Cordele Dis
patch, was one of the main speakers.
Honorary degrees were conferred
upon the following at the graduation
exercises Wednesday morning:
Judge W. H. Felton, Macon,
degree of LL. D.; former Governor
William Dorsey Jelks, Birmingham,
Ala., LL. D.; W. Harvey Clarke, To
kio, Japan, D. D.; William A. Wray,
Elberton, Ga., D. D.; J. W. R. Jen
kins, Zebulon, Ga., D. D. degree.
HONORARY SCHOLARSHIP
SOCIETY AT MERCER
MACON, Ga., June 4.—An honor
ary scholarship society at Mercer
university has been authorized by
trustees of the college in semi-an
nual session, when they designated
as the charter members of such fra
ternity, Roy W. Davis, of Kenwood
and Claude M. Coalson, of Rock
mart.
Davis is to become an instructor
in the Joe Brown Junior High
school, of Atlanta. Coalson is pre
paring for the ministry. Davis and
Coalson held the highest records of
the graduating class of 1924 in
scholarship and both have been ac
tive in student life at Mercer. Davis
was president of this year's student
body.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1924.
CHARLOTTE —Memorial services,
arranged by James A. Lockhart,
committee chairman, are held by
Mecklenburg County Bar association
for late Chief Justice Walker Clark,
of state supreme bench.
SALISBURY. —Announcement is
made that dividend of 20 per cent
will be paid without delay to deposi
tors of Peoples National bank, of
Salisbury, which closed its doors in
June, 1923. . _
ALBEMARLE.—James Smith, of
Millingport section, and father-in
law, Crawford Lowder, are serious
ly injured, when explosion of charge
of dynamite' placed in stump is de)
layed. Smith, perhaps fatally in
jured, is horribly lacerated and much
of flesh is torn from face.
WINSTQN-SALEM.—Rev. J. A.
Snow, of Lincolnton, accepts call to
pastorate of Calvary Baptist church,
Lincolnton pastorate having accept
ed recently tendered resignation.
GREENSBORO.—Prettier clothes
and more luxuries than his income
permitted are stated in answer by
J. R. Weatherly to wife’s complaint
in suit for divorce. He resists ac
tion and seeks to retain custody of
their children, aged three and eight.
Wife’s complaint alleges non-support
and .harsh treatment.
RUTHERFORDTON. Ruther
ford county commissioners award
contract for construction of new
county home on site of present
home, low bid being $60,000, submit
ted by C. A. Mauney, of Alexis,
North Carolina.
SOUTHERNBAPTISTS
OUTLINE PLANS FOR
CLEAN-UP OF DRIVE
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. June 4.
Plans for raising between, now and
the end of 1924 the sum of $21,000,-
000 in cash to complete the goal of
the Baptist 75-million campaign were
outlined here by the conservation
committee of the Southern Baptist
convention. Dr. L. R. Scarborough,
of Fort Worth, Texas, who was gen
eral director of* the campaign, will
return to Nashville and direct the
task, in which an effort will be made
to enlist every Baptist church in the
south, along with every individual
member.
At the same time the committee on
the future program of the denomina
tion, which will succeed the 75-million
campaign during 1925, elected Dr. C.
E. Burts, of Columbia, S. C., sec
retary of the general board of mis
sions of the South Carolina Baptist
convention, as general director, and
Frank E. Burkhalter, of Nashville,
as publicity director. The canvass
of the churches in support of the 1925
budget will be made the week of
November 30 to December 7, when
an effort will be made to subscribe at
least $15,000,000 for the Southern
Baptist program for next year.
Illuminated Gold Star
In New York to Honor
Men Who Died Overseas
NEW YORK, June 4—To the
lights of Broadway and Fifth ave
nue will be added on Saturday
night an electrically illuminated
gold star which it is planned to
keep burning forever as a tribute to
the youth of New York who died
overseas, an announcement from the
mayor’s office said yesterday.
The star will be mounted on a
staff 120 f.et high to be erected in
Madison square, and will be known
as “The Eternal "LighL”
Husband Kills Self
After Seeing Wife’s
Newly Bobbed Hair
HAMMOND, Ind., June 4.—Bob
bed hair on his wife led Stanley
Czajkowski, East Chicago, to com-
Steiff ihg
Golden-Egg Gooses
Farmers are vitally interested in the life
and well being of the railroads. Like the
good old goose that laid the golden eggs,
the railroads have brought prosperity to
the farmers.
Pondering over their present troubles (troubles
for which the railroads are in no wise respon
sible) some farmers may be misled into being
influenced by the present agitation in the public
mind over the proposed legislation which would
further restrict the practical operations of the
x. railroads. Sober second thought will not let
intelligent, level-headed, fair-minded farmers
take any hand in this. In their
fflcarKr own interests, they won’t aid
’’aKgvK,. fwrWjKyK in killing the faithful and help
ful railroads—their "Goose of
V Golden eggs.”
MILLERIND SCORNS
RESIGNATION.PLANS
BITTER-END BATTLE
PARIS, June 4.—President MRe
rand summoned Paul Painleve, for
mer premier and newly elected pres
ident of the chamber of deputies, to
the Elysee palace today for a con
sultation in regard to the formation
of a new cabinet to succeed Lhe out
going Poincare cabinet headed by
Poinca,re.
Painleve was elected over Andre
Maginot, former minister of war,
by a vote of 296 to 209.
President Millerand made known
to his friends today that he was
determined to remain in office under
any circumstances unless there
should be a majority vote in both
the senate and chamber of deputies
asking him to retire. Furthermore,
this vote must be in open session,
with the vote of each senator and
deputy recorded.
A resolution was adonted yester
day by 122 senators of the demo
cratic left, declaring that President
Millerand must resign.
Millerand's friends declare. he
would ask nothing better than to
go at once, but feels that he would
betray all the duties of office in vio
lation of the constitution he is
sworn to maintain if he abandoned
the post to which he received the
mandate for seven years.
The adversaries of the president
are credited with the intention of
forcing events, however.
It is understood that a motion
will be introduced in the chamber!
today raising the presidential ques
tion and giving the house an oppor
tunity to pronounce its verdict at
once.
Failing this, the decision will have
to be postponed until tomorrow
when M. Millerand. in accordance
with customary procedure, summons l
Edouard Herriot as leader of the
new majority and tenders him the
premiership vacated by M. Poincare.
M. Herriot, it is believed, will re
fuse and then ask the house to In
dorse his course of action, solution:
of the crisis being dependent upom
the ensuing vote. .
Youth, Made too Happy!
By Parents’ Millions,
Fires Bullett in Brain
QUEBEC. June 5.-r The body of an
unidentified young man, who appar
ently hmad committed suicide be
cause wealth had made him “too
happy,” was found beside a
limousine bearing a New York stata
license, near St. Come de Beauce,
close to the Maine border. A note
pinned to the coat read:
“Do not mind me. My name would'
be useless to you. But I wish the
world to know that I committed sui
cide because I was too happy. I
always got what I wanted in my.
life. My parents are millionaires.
“I realized all that it was human-'
ly possible to wish. I do not find
life good enough to remain in it. I
have a strong longing to find what*
there is in another life and I am
going away.”
There was a bullet wound in the
head. ; ,
Shenandoah Anchored ;
After Hours in Fog
LAKEHURST, N. J., June 4.—|
After having drifted for four hours
in a fog between Trenton and the
naval air base here, the giant navy
dirigible Shennandoah was placed!
in its hangar soon after 8 a. m., i
today. ?
It was the fourth attempt to land
the huge navy aircraft, three others
failing because the dirigible had
become light through using so much!
fuel in its flight over New York anl
Pennsylvania Tuesday;
mit suicide yesterday. When he re
turned home from work and saw
his wife’s hair bobbed he said to.
her “You’ve gone crazy, too.” Ho
retired into another room and shot!
himself, according to his wife’s tes
timony at the inquest.