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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1926
Page
9
The revival tonight at College Avenue Baptist features a blind evangelist presenting a nanovative talk titled The Cure for Fear. He argues fear of bodily harm, mental illness, death, or the unseen future can be cured, with rain failing to deter a growing crowd.
Report says Robert Pruitt was arrested in Charleston by Bluefield police for stealing and renting a car from the U Drive It company on Bluefield Avenue. He allegedly left town and will be returned to Bluefield for trial following police action.
Chief S. W. Lewis released three patrolmen from the force on December 1 as part of cost cutting. Patrolmen C. P. Bailey J. C. Kitts and C. Hill were among those discharged, Bailey being off duty due to prior injuries while another officer had recently left the department.
W H Stickley age 54 of Menwa died yesterday morning at 9 in the Bluefield sanitarium from cancer. He was husband of the deceased and associated with the Coal corporation. The body was taken to the Undertaking company in Mon, Va, for burial.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets for costive bowels headaches colds and general cleansing. It claims a 10 cent box cleanses sour undigested food from the system, promotes regularity, and keeps the liver and bowels clean for months, even for children.
The Bland Street Methodist pastor calls a Wednesday 7:30 p m conference at Hamilton hall for listed members on an important matter. Included are many named congregants and residents as well as notes on services, sales, and community notices in Bluefield segments.
Mountain State Transportation Compan buses depart Bluefield Union Bus Terminal for Tazewell Lebanon Abingdon and Bristol at 8:00 am 10:30 pm 1:30 pm 5:30 pm For Matoaka 6:30 am 9:30 am 11:50 am 2:60 pm 5:00 pm For Beckley 7:30 am 1:30 pm 5:00 pm Bristol buses connect at Bristol to Johnson City and Knoxville Beckley buses connect at Beckley to Thurmond and Charleston Schedule subject to change without notice
A chaotic local notice reports a shooting match set for Saturday December 4. Albert B Debart of Akron trades his Essex coach car to Sergeant Zimmerman at the Blue field recruiting depot as he enlists in the United States Army for four years, with all vehicle and fuel worries vanishing. The ad also notes price cuts on Quaker steel furnaces and a candy sale by Mrs. D H Rector’s circle at Bland Street Methodist Church.
Defense asserts aggressive questioning in the big oil trial. The record includes a Fall to Bain letter dated November 30 1921 indicating the navy department’s familiarity with the Pan American bid and potential objections to the contract under review.
The First Presbyterian church plans a midweek prayer service at 7 45 PM with Rev H Barron D D of Charleston possibly speaking. Barron formerly led Elkins First Presbyterian for about 25 years and is noted for influence at Davis and Elkins College, with strong Southern Presbyterian ties. a large congregation is expected if he attends.
Navy department officials backed a plan outlined to Bain by Fall and Finney states the blueprints used in December 1921 were drawn in the Navy Department. Doheny lent $190,000 on November 30, 1921, with the loan linked to the Pacific coast oil proposition presented to oil companies.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Woodell toured from Clarksburg to St Petersburg Florida via the new North and South highway, staying at the West Virginia hotel in Bluefield. He praised southern West Virginia scenery and Bluefield climate, predicting northern tourists will use this route southward and noting Bluefield could become a major tourist center. He formerly managed the Waldo hotel in Clarksburg and pushed tourism, with Bluefield as a climate draw and gateway.
The Presbyterian discussion centers on transferring five Mercer county churches from Montgomery Presbytery Virginia to Greenbrier Presbytery West Virginia and three McDowell churches to Abingdon Presbytery Appalachia. A general assembly panel has studied views after Neckley talks failed to reach agreement.
A committee meeting of the General Assembly faces a split over annexing churches to new territory. Representatives from Kanawha, Greenbrier, Montgomery, Princeton Matoaka Bramwell, and Bluefield presbyteries attend with opposing views on whether the move benefits church work. The gathering includes pastors Ernest Thompson and J Layton Mauze, among others, and is tied to home missions efforts in the Synod of Appalachia and Virginia.
An error noted that only three Mercer and McDowell churches were in the Synod of West. It is learned there are thirty three eastern panhandle churches in the Winchester Presbytery of the Synod of Virginia. No move has been made to transfer them to West Virginia Synod.
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