New Graham council to enlarge town limits and take office
Incoming Graham council members are named with H C Callaway as mayor and eight councilmen to start September 1. The old council will wind up this week and officials including treasurer, attorney and city posts will be sworn in. The group may tackle extending corporate limits to include surrounding territory. Trials include Mrs Charley Davis in a June shooting case involving Hattle Heath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Callaway
N. Hufford
J. R. Anderson
Grat Bailey
C. T. Benbow
R. L. Longworth
J T. Spracher
R. H. Matthews
J. H. Gillespie
Graham
Charley Davis
West Graham
Hattle Heath
Heath
Deskins Arrested for Whiskey Transport in Tazewell Case
Melvin Deskins of Cleveland was arrested yesterday afternoon on transporting whiskey. He claimed innocence until Chief J B Wilson opened his suitcase to reveal four half gallon jars of corn liquor. Deskins arrived from Russell county on No 12 and was taken to Tazewell to be jailed. the liquor will be disposed of in a sewer. Circuit court convenes at Tazewell.
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Melvin Deskins
Cleveland
Deskins
J. B. Wilson
Russell County
No. 12
Tazewell
Karlsbad
Peace Springs Company
Huntington
West Va
F. C. B. Pence Springs
Pence Springs Company
Accident near Gratton ends in death of Sam Belcher
Details reach Graham of a threshing scene at Needmyer place near upper Cox Branch. Belcher, aiding John Shufflebarger, was killed when a flying cog struck him as governor broke. A man named Needmyer was lightly hurt by flying Lees. Shufflebarger laments he may thresh no more grain. The piece also notes home-seeker interest in Graham and local happenings including honey theft, a new Graham Lumber Company tipple, and residents changing jobs and visiting relatives.
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Graham
Sam Belcher
Gratton
Matoaka Community News Highlights and Local Moves
Community notes cover Labor Day plans with special trains to Algonquin Piedmont and Arista and a First Aid teams demonstration from Goodwild. Local figures from Mercer County Coal Mining Institute promote events while feeding five thousand attendees. many residents visit Princeton for roads and business, plus new moves by Matoaka Hardware and local firms.
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Algonquin
Piedmont
Arista
Widemouth
Goodwild
Mercer County Coal Mining Institute
Methodist Suunday
C. A. George
Dorothy Bailey
Rock
Matoaka Hardware Company
M. G. Steel
Doctor Steel
W. W. Lilly
Athens
H. Lolly
Montgomery
C. J. Thompson
Jamison Cook
Arkansas
Donald White
Thos, Jones
Corlis Taber
Thomas’ Mines
Order of
Edeo
Chas. Wheeler
Ghent
W. A. Cooper
Princeton
C. J. Thompson's
First Wireless Message Sent Around World
Secretary Daniels received the first wireless message to be heard around the world from the Lafayette radio station in Bordeaux France.
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Washington
Daniels
Lafayette
Bordeaux
France
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Graham Daily News
West
Harman Broyles
Mandat
Beverege
WasCott
Supreme Security
Tazewell Manufacturing
Morth
Eprings
Shufflebarger
Belcher
Rev. H. B. Brown
Emory
Graham Lumber Company
J. W. Wade
Bertie Ruble
Angrist-Lameth Co
Bluefield
Honaker
Lanton Brothers
Danehter
A. Sutter
Joe Davidson
J. M. Smith
Highland Avenue
Ruth Lacy
Graham Music
Richmond
Ernest Trice
Lacy
H. S. Dickey
Bristol
J. FE. Wagner
Tazewell Avenue
Dickey
Wagner
Stetson University
DeLand, Fla
Matoaka and Vicinity
Business
McNew
Methodist Ladies Aid
Sam White
Megdames C. I. Butte
H. F. Jaialson
F. J. Dye
Loraine Privett
Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters
Charleston
Old Pythian Building Company
White Company
Bluefield Ave
V. P. S. Dairy Herd
Disston Law
U. S. Army
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