Princeton Council Prepares Draft Gas Franchise Hearing Set
City officials and gas franchise applicants prepare for a special Council meeting next Monday at the city building. The draft franchise, prepared by H. E. DeJar nestte and F. W. Hale, would authorize gas provision and require detailed plans, cost accounting, and city oversight with possible future purchase by the city. The ordinance conditions include start of work and delivery timelines to be agreed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornci
H. EB. DeJarnette
Chamber of Commerce
F. W. Hale
Tie Tee
Saal
Poultry and Pet Show Opens Amid Weather Delays
The Mercer County Poultry and Pet Association began its annual winter show with about 200 fowls on display. Cold weather delayed judge Frank Nowl from Allentown, pa, prompting a possible contract change if he does not arrive. The event accompanies Santon Bros dollar days.
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Mercer County Poultry and Pet Association
Curtai
Frank Nowl
Allentown
J. C. McConnel
Wired Nowl
Nowl
Sale of half interest in Peoples Market Princeton
Notice is hereby given that I have sold my half interest in the Peoples Market located at 825 Mercer street Princeton to W. D. Burwell effective December 2, 1929. The market will continue under the same name by Burwell who will collect all accounts and assume all liabilities. H. C. Hambrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Market
Mercer Street
Princeton
W. D. Burwell
Princeton Society Society News and Personal Notes
Mrs. Harry Karnes is requested to call 115-L for society news and personals this week for the Princeton page.
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Harry Karnes
Christmas Card Bridge Parties Hostesses Highlight City Social
Mrs. I C Pearman of Arista chaired a three course bridge luncheon with green and white Christmas decor. High score prize went to Mrs. L Clemens and low to Mrs. Glasscock. Guests included Mrs. Dennis Harrington and many others. Separate notes mention Mrs. D C Rice hosting a Bridge Club gathering with high scores to Mrs. Bodell and Dr. Rice. Vera Epling and others attended a wedding in the office of Dr J C Damewood. Santon Bros advertises big dollar gift days for Christmas shopping today and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Pearman
Arista
L. Clemens
Mra. Glasscock
Dennis Arrington
Princeton
Mra. Pearman
Clemens
J. M. Bradley
A. W. Ashworth
McCorrial
Harry Payne
D.L. Hunt
I. C. Phalin
J. M. Turner
R. D. Tate
Glasscock
Tom Sneed
W. C. Epling
Honaker Avenue
Santon Bros
Teachers Entertained and Community Christmas Plans Outline
Charles McNutt hosted a social dinner for his school teachers at his Mahood avenue home last Saturday from 6 to 7 PM with a three course Thanksgiving meal served by his mother and aunt. Community Christmas club meets at 7:30 PM at the Presbyterian church to plan Santa visits for Princeton children and to solicit toy clothing and other gifts. Notable notices include a Santon Bros gift sale, visitors and illness around Mercer street school, and hospital surgeries at Memorial hospital.
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Charles McNutt
Mahood Avenue
W. B. McNutt
Roberta Larue
Harold Stafford
Norma Herren
Lena Bailey
Lacy Yates
Blanche Straley
Kathleen Kane
Glenn Dowdy
Pete Miller
Mrs. Larue
W. McNutt
Mary Jane McNutt
Santa
Santa Claus
Princeton
Presbyterian Church
H. B DeJarnette
Grand and Petit Jurors for January Drawn
Grand and petit jurors were drawn for the January term of criminal court by jury commissioners O. K. Susong and D. F. Hale. The grand jury list includes J. C. Davidson K E N Albert Harry Kleiman Bluefield J. B. Muffens Nemours and others. The petit jury list contains Walter Cleghon Princeton Jim Cline Spanishburg Paul BreCorest Crystal Charles Caffee Bluefield C. C. Keatley Princeton among many others.
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O. K. Susong
D. F. Hale
Criminal Court
J. C. Davidson
KE N. Albert
Harry Kleiman
Bluefield
J. B. Muffens
Nemours
H. C. Hambrick
W. E. Frances
J. H. French
Princeton
Burnley Boggers
Oakvale
F. R. Jennings
Spanishburg
O. H. Bowling
T. L. Buchanan
Coopers
A. L. Graves
Montcalm
Jew Hite
Lerona
L. M. Farley
Alfred Lilly
L. 8. Meadows
Flat Top
Walter Cleghon
Jim Cline
Paul Brecorest
Crystal
Charles Caffee
C. C. Keatley
C. E. Nee Matoaka
C. M. Jennings
Falls Mills
A. A. Hubbard
W.W. T. Crews
Lanes ¢ Creek
Arthur Lusk
Lane 6
Billie Bowling
George Goode
Gardner
G. T. Went Freeman
Spiller Hicks
Bluefield. Co
Willowton
W. R. Sumner
Carmit Butler
Elgood
J. L. Shanks
W. C. Belcher
Princeton-Bluefield Road
Willis Easter
Daniel Wright
Lashmeet
W. F. Alexander
Emory C. Meadows
R. V. Thompson
W. C. Woodyard
W. F. DeBrick
Arthur Hicks
Walter Whittaker
EB. M. Cutler
R. H. Bowman
Val Neal
Douglas Preston
Beeson
W. L. Crotty
Paul Dickens
Freeman
R. A. Epps
James O. Bird
Bake Sale Planned by Mra Burwell’s Circle
Christian church unit Mra Burwell’s circle schedules a bake sale at People’s Meat Market starting 9 a m on Saturday December 7. Proceeds support church activities.
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Mra Burwell
Circle of Christian Church
People’s Meat Market
Princeton Wild Life League to elect delegate in hotel meeting
The Princeton branch of the Wild Life league meets at 7:30 PM at the Virginian hotel to choose a delegate for the state convention in Charleston on December 9 and 10. They will also decide if they should invite the state league to hold next year’s annual Princeton convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Wild Life League
Virginian
Charleston
State League
Juries Deliberate in Bluefield Circuit Court
Two juries were dismissed until this morning after failing to reach verdicts yesterday in circuit court. Evelyn Collar sues R. Lag Croy and J. E. McMullen for 10000 over her husband Roland Collar’s death from an automobile collision. John W. Hill seeks 10000 from United Auto Service for injuries after being hit by a car driven by F. H. Morrison. A Bluefield docket includes J. B. Kades versus H. C Crews for damages.
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H. M. Tanner
Evelyn Collar
R. Lag Croy
John W. Hill
United Auto Service
F. H. Morrison
Hill
Anderson's Mother Dies in New Jersey
E W Anderson Princeton representative of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph received word of his mother's death in South Amboy New Jersey. He left for New Jersey and Maurey Barret of the Telegraph staff will handle Princeton bureau affairs in his absence.
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E. W. Anderson
Princeton
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
South Amboy
N. J
Anderson
New Jersey
Maurey Barret
Daily Telegraph
Additional Jurors Drawn For Unfinished Circuit Term
In Welch 50 more jurors were drawn for the unfinished December term of the circuit court. Lawyers meet today to elect a special judge to preside, with the court likely to reconvene Tuesday or Wednesday next week. Judge Herndon stills remains as judge until resigning at the start of the year.
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Circuit Court
Herndon Stillls
Funeral for T A Lambert Held in Welch West Virginia
Funeral services for T A Lambert were held at 1 30 pm from the Lambert residence in Welch West Virginia with Rev Benton of the First Sotine East church officiating. Interment followed at the new cemetery in Roderfield with active and honorary pallbearers named. out of town mourners listed.
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T. A. Lambert
Lambert
T. H
Card
A. Daniel
B. E
Welch Visitors and Weekend Education Institute News
Mrs L T Funk of Vivian visited Welch yesterday. Mrs E E Reyburn Miss Mary Calloway and Ruth Daniels spent weekend with Concord students. A county institute for Bis Creek district teachers will be held at War High School on Saturday Dec 7 from 9 to 3 with Dr M P Shawkey and N A Stedman as speakers.
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L. T. Funk
Vivian
Welch
E. E. Reyburn
Mary Calloway
Ruth Daniels
Concord
A Daniels
F. K. Day
Coalwood
Lord
Northcott
Miss Marzella
Corbin
Brinher
Sol Wan
Gr. F. Id
Alex Cab Cantiensis Cheeniake
Bis Creek
War High School
M. P. Shawkey
N. A Stedman
Spewkers
Lusermal
Welch Briefs On Injuries And Charity Plan
Frank Oller of Ford sem Coal at Twin Branch was admitted to Welch hospital yesterday with a back injury from a fall. Arthur Beavers of Carretta sustained severe facial and hand burns while greading mine cars Wednesday night and is treated at Welch hospital. The Presbyterian Sunday school girls class met at Mrs. N A Steadman’s home with Miss Mildred Brewster hosting and agreed to aid a needy family at Christmas, with Salvation Army asked to help select the family. The meeting ended with an ice course.
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Harry Fry
Housatonic
Mass
W. D. Epling
Honaker Avenue
Lewla Gordon Little
Mercer Street
Mollie Craft
J. D. Burgess
Akron
Emil Peters
Ben W
Bird
Elizabeth
Evelyn
Bluefield
Mies Ella Yearout
Concord College
Frank and
Forest Winfrey
Chicago
Ill
Bluefield Road
J. E. Faulkner
P On
Memorial Hospital
Minnie Forbes
Frank Oller
Fordsem Coal Company
Twin Branch
Welch Hospital
Arthur Beavers
Carretta
Wedseaae
Presbyterian Sunday School
Mm. N. A. Steadman
Mildred Brewster
Salvation Army
Sand Trap Victim Was Former Deputy Hinman H Light
Hinman H Light a former Hemphill resident and McDowell County deputy sheriff was killed Wednesday in a sand fall at Huntington. The cave in began after drilling loosened frozen sand and Light was plunged feet first into a small opening. He was buried by sand as the chute was too narrow to pass the body. He was survived by his wife Elizabeth Merecliff of Huntington and one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinman H. Light
Huntington
Hemphill
McDowell County
Light
Mr Light
Elizabeth Merecliff
States enact laws on children's health in recent two years
Washington reports that health and safety concerns for children grow nationwide. The interior department agency notes that in the last two years about half of the states passed laws addressing child health and safety issues.
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Washington, DC
Office of Education
Department of the Interior
Men Search Woods for Girl's Attacker in Tennessee
Several hundred men hunted an unidentified Negro in woods near Middleton Tennessee after a 13 year old girl was slashed and attacked on her way home from school. The victim told officers she was stabbed and her tongue cut but remained able to describe the assailant as the pursuit began. A mob formed as word spread and the girl bore injuries to her chin face and body with clothes torn.
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Newland
Three men held in Belmon t county jail for bank robbery suspects
Three hombres identified as Joe White 38 of Boydsville Ohio William King 27 a Wheeling West Virginia cab driver and Joe Taylor 28 of Chicago were held in Belmon t county jail as suspects in a two month old bank robbery in Spencerville Indiana. They were arrested late last night at White s home.
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St. Clairsville
Belmont County
Suapecta
Spencerville
Ind
Joe White
Boydsville
William King
Wheeling W. Va
Joe Taylor
Chicago
White
President-Elect Ortiz Rubio Shown as Change in Mexico
Pascual Ortiz Rubio, president-elect of Mexico, is hailed as a symbol of a new order that shifts focus from military power to leadership and idealism. In Houston he was feted at a banquet before leaving for Hot Springs, Arkansas for rest, where General Manuel Perez Trevino praised the transformation underway in Mexican politics.
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Ortiz Rubio
United States
Hoover
Houston
Tex
Mexico
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Hot Springs
Ark
Manuel Perez Trevino
Revolutionary Party
Ohio counties pledge $200,000,000 for public improvements
Ohio counties and municipalities pledged expenditures totaling about 200 million dollars in 1930 to speed up building activity following Governor Myers N. Cooper’s plea. A schedule mapped by county commissioners shows roughly 50 million allocated for immediate road construction and a broader program of public works.
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Columbus
Ohio
Myers N. Cooper
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Harvard Observatory
Earth
North America
South America
Europe
DE Traclo
Rata
Princeton Society
Wes
Rice
D. C. Rice
Bridge Club
Forest Street
B. Bodell
S. O. Kegley
R. B. Bodell
8. O. Kegley
Herbert Pearis
A. Ft Kyle
J. W. McNutt
B. W. Cummings
B. L. Pednall
Ner Sartoski
Vera Niday
McComas
J. C. Damewood
Bake Sale
Constable
Wild Life Delegate
Princetonian
West Virginia
Beckley
Amere Gas Utilities Company
J. T. Evans
Mer
A. J. Truman, See’s and
Treas
Beckley Machine & Electric CO
Beckley, W. VA
Amere Gas Utilities
Beckley Machine & Electric Company
Roderfield
J. F. Strother
James A. Strother
Walter A. Via
Rufus Waldron
J. W. Wedgwood
J. Harvey Williams
W. A. Wilson
Joe Wisener
Howard Lambert
Jimmy
Wheeling
R. L. Lambert
Fairmont
James A. Newton
Stone, Ky
Jane Totten
Greenbrier County
J. W. English
Bramwell
Walter Kiser
War
Harriet Bailey
Gary, W. VA
Gary
BK. M. Payne
Ovelia Moss
H. M. Trenor
Andrew Sironko
Augustus C. Mullins
Mabelle Durham
Elizabeth Spear
Caroline En
Lillian Baldock
Ovella
Ofn
C. C. Boughner
Pittsburgh
J. R. Dalton
Peggy Ann
Norfolk
Dalton
L. L. McCormick
Francis
Eunice
H. L. Laughter
Wilcoe
Russell Fowler
Marion
H. BR. Moore
George Hightower
H. M. Allen
Church Street
L. BE. Riffe
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Wall Street
County Institute
Welch Briefs
Freckles
Willie
Munes
Abner
BY Blosser
Happle Magazine
Rubio
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