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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1920
Page
13
The Graham Daily News reports the Tuesday gathering will nominate delegates to the Bristol congressional convention on September 21 and form a new county committee. Rep Co B temp is the likely Republican nominee and may face no opposition this fall amid Democrat uncertainty.
The current council prepares for a final regular meeting with the incoming June elected body to assume on September 1. The finance committee is expected to settle town finances by month’s end, guiding the new council on fiscal standing.
An article urges avoiding crowds and keeping clean to prevent influenza. It promotes a home remedy using mentholated arcine for nasal relief, claimed to stop colds and catarrh within days, and notes many druggists stock a similar preparation.
Reports from Cleveland indicate landlords are using the railway wage award to raise rents for railway employes. Four railroad brotherhood executives debated government inquiry but tabled the issue pending broader reports from general chairmen nationwide.
In a sermon titled The Kingly Kindness of David the speaker notes David’s act of mercy to Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, after restoring spiritual vision to the people. He cites Samuel’s record of justice and righteousness and the removal of remnants of Saul’s house as part of a peaceful, orderly reign.
Oakvale community notices include visits by Mrs. W P Boggess to her mother Mrs. Morinda Boyd, and travel by W L Donally to Henry County Virginia. Local obituaries report the death of Bennett Wiley Hill in Coblenz Germany and burial in Oakvale, with a salute to Private Hall of Camp Lee. The section notes a fine blackberry crop, rains improving land, labor thoughts, and several health updates from Mercer Sanitarium and Lomax hospital. It closes with medical trivia and a call to advertise.
Uncertainty over permits and coal payment guarantees marked the week as operators sought clarity. Fairmont area shipped about 185 cars daily to loading points, aided by an increased car supply in northern West Virginia. Idle mines reduced and service order No 10 largely met, while smaller railroads faced variable car availability for a balance of the week.
Eastern Kentucky field reports last week shows shipments to take points totaling 460 cars and tidewater shipments at 160 cars. Production reached 149000 tons, about 43 percent of capacity, down 2 percent from the prior week due to an eighteen hour blockade on the Chesapeake and Ohio line limiting car supply.
On August 4 a detachment accompanied the deputy sheriff to execute arrest warrants. While at the Auburn bridge on the Kentucky side they were fired upon by men on the West Virginia hill. Fire continued until firing ceased. A man fired at a store then shouted loudly as he moved with rifles up the hill. Corporal Dorsey R. Smith of the West Virginia constabulary was named in the night of the shooting. The deputies’ horse was struck and a member of the detachment fired at close range. Statements are supported by noncommissioned officers’ reports. Signed by Captain W. KE. PROCTOR, Infantry Ky. N. G. Commanding First Provisional Detachment.
Commander Kentucky troops recites incidents of fighting at Auburn Bridge as Capt Proctor issues a statement re opening hostilities and cross border firing across the state line.
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