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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1925
Page
8
News items from Princeton social circles include U D C meeting chaired by Mrs Ball to fund a Confederate veterans memorial at Oakwood cemetery and plans for a Gen birthday Patriotic Tea. Local classes and auxiliaries meet for Christmas plans and pageant rehearsals amid personal notices and travel.
Sheriff Crumpecker Deputy Reynolds and State Police found forty five gallons of moonshine in five and one gallon containers hidden in corn shucks and hay on a Princeton area farm. The bootlegger fled while six gallons were used in car radiators and the liquor was later poured out. A purchaser who bought a gallon complained it tasted of weak first run mix.
The Elks basketball team is ready for a charity benefit game on the high school court against the Tazewell quintet. Expected starters include Bock at center Rhodes and Mahood at guards Pendleton and Rice forward. Dusty Rhodes returns to form as guard for the Pika team. Proceeds go to the local Elks charity fund. advance ticket sales aim to load the gym with fans.
Springfield Illinois December 16. Dr Carl Case former Oak Park minister named corespondent was denied permission to intervene in the divorce of Albert and Charlotte Leland of Chicago when the state supreme court refused to annul the decree. Case sought to defend his honor after a court confession by Mrs Leland who said she had been intimate with him. Mrs Leland said she chose to leave her children a heritage of adultery rather than insanity.
County court clerk records show marriages for Clarence Williams and Nellie Preston of Springton, Solomon White of Weston to Flora Dobbins of Athens, and Sanford Peak to Alice Williams of Springton Essies. Also notes local officers, lectures, obits, and theft attempts in Princeton with various community notices.
Judge Herndon in the circuit court lectured the numerous alleged Royals of Mystery in contempt proceedings. He noted most fraternal orders support the law, but the Royal Riders’ conduct violated state statutes and duties of citizenship. The grand jury will investigate and indictments could delay further proceedings. Several motions and judgments were handled before adjourning until Monday.
Hollie Pitzer and husband transfer lot 46 section 886 Bluefield to R. P. Bird and wife for 2760 dollars. R. G. Meador trustee transfers to Mrs. E Hugh Ogstoner and G. F. Shockley 54 acres Wolk Creek for 775 dollars. A D Harrah and wife transfer interest in Jumping Branch tract to Blue Jay Lumber Co for one cent.
Pocahontas patrons thronged the Merry Widow premiere presented by Erich von Stroheim for Metro Gloria. New York critics, famed for severity, raved over the production praising Mac Murrow John Gilbert as a masterful vehicle.
Chicago December 16 The United States railroad labor board set aside one of its own decisions awarding time and a half for Sunday work for certain employees of American Railway Express Company. The board upheld the express company in the dispute involving drivers chauffeurs conductors and helpers. In a second ruling the board overruled a protest by more than 100 telegraphers of Atlantic Coast Line Railway supporting a committee the management recognized as representing the operators. A telegraphers strike is in progress and the protesters call the committee “company union representatives.”
Prominent attorney George H. Howard and family depart for Miami for several weeks with son Beno, who is assistant prosecuting attorney. County clerk records show four marriage licenses: Kyle Saunders to Annie Cardwell, Jackson Jones to Rose Matney, Josh Keen to Louise Braden, Luther Harmon to Adaline Curry. A tall forty-two inch candle at Steller Jewelry remains lit after a week. Wade Colter, a Ke m son worker, injured by his wife in Keystone. wife jailed. Probation Officer Farley seeks homes for orphaned children, including Douglas Shaffer nine, and four other siblings, all in need of foster care and schooling.
Welch High School students stage the Pageant of Patriots tonight in the school auditorium to support the athletic fund. Tickets are on sale or at the door, with proceeds aiding Welch’s athletic program and covering past deficits. Notable attendees include Rev Ben R Roller and Scout executive O B Roberts, plus several local figures from Welch and nearby towns.
A high-class pharmacist promotes Joint-Ease a topical remedy said to soothe rheumatic swelling and stiffness. The ad claims quick relief for ankle knee hip elbow spine and fingers and notes availability at Hale Pharmacy and druggists for 60 cents a jar.
An overnight camp of the Scoutmaster's training school was held Monday night about a mile and a half above Carswell. In the afternoon a display of camp fires by the patrols explained the uses of each fire. A potato trench was also made by O.
Mrs A J Bartlett of Marytown spent Wednesday shopping. FE L Berlin of Coalwood was a business visitor yesterday. Patsy Marinari and Jake Shore were among War citizens visiting Welch Wednesday. Eugene H Lepinsky and Graham Sale are spending a few days in Lynchburg and Washington on business. WEB Williams of Bluefield was a business visitor yesterday. Mary Twain quit school at age 12.
Police chief says Dewey Hollingsworth, driver of the death car, is under arrest after a crash that killed Lacy L. Faulkner of Shannon Branch. A suitcase with broken glass and odor of whiskey was found in the car, and Faulkner’s death is linked to transporting liquor. Faulkner’s widow and three children survive. Hollingsworth was injured but released from the hospital.
Patrons of Ashland Crumpler School held a significant meeting Friday December 11 with Mrs. S. J. Jenkins presiding. They discussed plans tied to the school and related activities.
To break up a overnight or to cut short an es of grippe, in fl influenza, sore throat or tonsilitis, physicians and druggists are now recommending Calotabs, the purified and refined calomel compound tablet that gives you the effects of calomel and salts Combined, with out the unpleasant effects of either. One or two Calotabs at bed-time with a swallow of water.
The text records Ashland meetings held on the second Friday each month, noting January 16, 1926, attendance and enthusiasm. It mentions Dr. J W Coger visiting, Rev R R Henry’s sermon to the Juvenile Club of Crumpler, a program with Ten Virgins, two girls receiving crowns, and music by Rice Baptist choir. It lists gatherings at Mrs C W Donley’s, a James Worth Donley birthday, hospital updates for Miss Donley, visiting friends, and sick list members. It also describes Juvenile Club recruitment, a warehouse incident in Wheeling with a medicine shipment confiscation, and a dynamite-related stump blasting note on ground moisture effects.
Federal agents arrested A. G. Bonzer of Wheeling after a carload of Jamaica ginger was seized today at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad port of entry across the Ohio River. The probe traced 150 cases to a distribution point in Wheeling as part of the prohibition enforcement action.
A sensational healthcare pitch promotes a free trial of a rupture treatment offered by W. A. Collings, Inc. It urges ruptured individuals nationwide to mail name and address to Watertown New York for a no cost trial. The ad claims it can push internal contents back and reduce dependence on trusses or supports. It promises people can return to any occupation after using the method.
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