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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1925
Page
6
The Sunday school class led a 75 person picnic from the church to a grove on the Alien Bratton farm with music and old fashioned games. Numerous locals and visitors were mentioned in weekly notices including Mrs. Wim mer’s Florida departure and many social visits to Bluefield Huntington and Charleston.
Fifteen Mercer county farmers plan to travel by auto through Monroe Greenbrier Pocahontas Randolph Upshur Barbour and Lewis counties to Jackson Mill for the West Virginia Farm Bureau Federation camp August 10 15 directed by C H Hartley. The week features wool grading demonstrations and farm bureau program events including council meetings, committee assignments, feed buying talks, and Wool Growers demonstrations led by Colonel E B Shaw. John W Smith will address the department of agriculture and fertilizer topics close the schedule as the Wool Growers Association hosts a special meeting. The West Virginia Co Operative Livestock Shippers Association also meets during the week.
Citizens hope the new stretch between this place and Spanishburg will be finished by September and turned over to motorists. The old road to Beckley remains subpar and could cause embarrassment for Princeton residents until the update is completed.
An editorial notes Honaker avenue and the beginning of the Kley road as a rough dirt path with swampy, rocky, and rutted sections. It warns the unpaved road harms Princeton’s image for travelers and urges paving before the state road to Spanishburg is finished.
Rotary Club heard High Ike Shott editor of the Bluefield Telegraph discuss newspaper history and Mercer county trends. He noted only three of thirty one county papers survive. others and locals to be included in upcoming National release film The Truth About West Virginia.
The criminal court wrapped a long July term with two defendants admitting to indictments for murder and moonshine. Henry Tossey died in hospital as a case was nailed, Inez Stephenson earned probation, and two next week cases were settled by adjournments. J J Dickson of Toronto was elected president of the International Association of Police Chiefs, the first Canadian to hold the post.
For rent eight room house with modern conveniences in Princeton. Also two office rooms for rent in Bank of Princeton building. Lodge drives recruit 150 members in sixty days and plan a Women’s chapter. open meeting Thursday with organizers present. Marriage licenses issued in county court for Totten Rhodes and Farley Griffith. Local tennis standout Woolwine tops state singles. possible trip to Chicago. Land sale on Princeton-Bluefield Highway praised as exceptional. Mosrie building alterations and Straley avenue paving discussed at city council. Also listings for furnished and unfurnished rentals and a sale of prime Princeton-Bluefield Road sites. Dr Gideon Draper and wife complete service in Japan after 45 years.
Presbyterian church in Princeton lists Rev. C H Phipps as pastor with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 a m on the topic As a Man Thinketh. Christian Endeavors meet at 7 p m and an evening service at 8 o'clock. in the absence of the pastor James L Jackson will conduct the morning service. Tomorrow evening Dr George W Deihi of Concord College is advertised to speak.
James Smith, a deaf Black man, was found guilty of murder in the second degree by circumstantial evidence. Judge James A. Strother sentenced him to seven years in the state prison at hard labor. The trial proved difficult due to Smith’s deafness, requiring written questions for witnesses. A second case, Nora Valentine, a Black woman, faced trial for the murder of her husband Manuel Valentine and Will Valentine, with jury selection completed and testimony halted until morning.
The Welch Rotary Club met yesterday with Andrew Leckte and Eddie Gwinn in charge of the program. C. C. Morfit of the Welch Kiwanis Club spoke on How is Business urging clean talks and رفع bad business. C. M. Whitaker of the Chamber of Commerce urged cleaning up vacant lots for parking as part of a city campaign. A Kiwanis challenge to the Rotarians was announced for a forthcoming ball game.
William J. Bryan was laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery. The Day in Washington notes a somber ceremony with visitors and nationwide attention.
Sam Solins and others embark on a fishing trip to Grundy Virginia for several days. J Lincoln of Elkhorn, Dr A N Hodge of Matewan, and Dr J P Kirley of Vivian visit Welch on business. The Shannins of Gary host a dance for their sons Dick and Harry Tots at their home in Welch.
The Raymond City coal mines on the Kanawha river resumed operations today after receivership. The Cincinnati based company employs about 1,500 miners.
A county clerk issued a marriage license to Booker C. Riffe and Horn, both of Sandy, while a separate accident left Dave Collins's eleven year old son bruised after being hit by a car driven by L A Butler. The boy was treated at Grace Hospital with minor injuries.
In Schneidemuh, Germany, July 31, repatriation camps hold thousands of Germans ordered from Poland after the 1920 plebiscite. By midnight, voluntary departure ended and forcible evictions may start, with as many as 20,000 affected. Overcrowded shelters, widespread misery, and looming housing shortages accompany the potential for wider reprisals.
Mrs. Henrietta Holden of Glencoe Illinois died when her foot became tangled in wire and the hedge she was burning brush in caught fire. The deadly blaze occurred as she tended the burn pile.
J W Bailey of PocaHontas Fuel Co went to Pearman's bedside as Pearman remained in poor health. Houston Methodist Church Sun services are set with 9 45 am Sunday school and 11 am 8 pm sermons by Rev B T Sells. The official board meets Monday at 8 pm to decide progress toward closing the conference rear.
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