Settlement set for December twenty ninth at county offices
The county staff works to finalize the transfer of records from Sheriff J C Fanning to Sheriff G H Crumpecker as the county court meets on December 29. Democrats gain control of the courthouse starting January 1 with D M Easley elected circuit judge and H Crumpecker beginning a new sheriff term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Fanning
J. C. Fanning
Fanning
G. H. Crumpecker
D. M. Easley
Circuit Court
Howell M. Tanner
R. C. McClaugh
H. Crumpecker
Lowey G. Bowling
Landon T. Reynolds
Elmer White
Perry Martin
N. A White
Plymouth
Officers Drenched Chasing Suspect in Creek Pursuit
On Sunday night Constable J P McKinney and J C Chinault were soaked when they chased Charles Fultz through Wide Mouth Creek after a report he fired a shotgun toward his wife. Fultz was jailed then returned to Matoaka for a Monday hearing before Magistrate E L Davidson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edwards
E. L. Davidson
Matoaka
Edwards
John P. McKinney
J. P. McKinney
J. C. Chinault
Peace Conservator
Widemouth Creek
Charles Fultz
Fultz
Funeral Services for Joe Heslip Held in Peterstown
Funeral services for Joe Heslip 28 were conducted yesterday afternoon at the Peterstown Baptist church by Rev L D Chandler. Heslip formerly of the city died Saturday evening at Mullens. Burial was in Resthaven Memorial Park cemetery. Surviving are father C L Heslip step mother Mrs Ora Heslip one brother James and two sisters Miss Virginia Heslip and Mrs Lucille Whitney of Coal City W Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Heslip
Peterstown
Baptist Church
L. D. Chandler
Heslip
Samuel T. Zink 60 Dies After Long Illness in City
Samuel T. Zink age 60 of 719 Highland Avenue died Sunday evening at Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Death attributed to complications. He was a carpenter here for many years and is survived by his wife and several children. Body sent to Wirtz Virginia for funeral services today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel T. Zink
Highland Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Zink
Wirtz
No General Store Closings This Saturday Declared
Merchants surveyed by the chamber of commerce report no universal Saturday closing. Fifteen merchants voted to close on a Christmas Saturday, but the decision is left to individual store owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Princeton Personal Notices About Local Residents
Mrs. W R Kidd and two children Billy and Oraleta leave for Miami for holidays with Dr R E Kaffer and family. Maurice Lisagor spends holiday with parents in Mercer. Rebecca Shumate Louise Bowling and Mary Jo Pine meet Lloyd Las author of a Centennial story. Harvey Rice returns from Ohio University where he pursues PhD and assists history head Dr Wilke. Mildred Hadden spends holidays at home in Charleston. L Stuck and Rev Fran family visit New Martinsville Wheeling and Washington then return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Kidd
Billy
Oraleta
Miami
R. E. Kaffer
Maurice Lisagor
West Virginia Ay
Joseph Lisagor
Mercer
Bluefield
Rebecca Shumate
Louise Bowling
Mary Jo Pine
Lloyd Las
Douglas
Cra
County
Virginia
Anna M. Boggs
Morgantown
Gladys Wasmuth
Harvey Rice
Wallace Street
Ohio University
Wilke
Mildred Hadden
Charleston
Hale Avenue
K L. Stuck
Fran
New Martinsville
Wheeling
Washington
Death of Summers County Merchant J H Gore Father of Local Men
J H Gore 86 retired merchant and farmer of Summers County died suddenly at his daughter Mrs E B Robertson's home in Lurich Virginia Sunday night at 6 30. He was born in Summers County and leaves two sons J W Gore of Hinton and Senate Gore of Summers County and two daughters Mrs Robertson and Mrs D M Brown of Lick Creek. Funeral service expected in Lurich this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Gore
Summers County
J. BE
M. Gore
E. B. Robertson
Lurich
Robertson
D. M. Brown
Lick Creek
W. Va
J. W. Gore
Hinton
Senate Gore
Children Invited to Royal Theatre Christmas Party
Children of the community are invited to a Christmas party at the Royal theatre management Thursday at ten o clock. Each child will receive a treat and enjoy a stage program directed by Jesse Smith's dancing class along with Christmas films Bingolo a ventriloquist and a magician will perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Theatre Management
Jesse Smith
Bingolo
Weekend jail commitments dip amid cold weather reports
Few prisoners were sent to the county jail over the weekend compared with the prior two weekends. Saturday saw three drunks two disorderly persons and one non-support case committed while Sunday had none. The article notes cold weather and snow may have reduced activity and reports no automobile wrecks in or near the city.
Officers Expected To Return With Crotty
Troopers C. Ballard and Deputy Sheriff Dale Bailey are set to return from Kansas City with Walter Crotty who escaped Mercer county jail in August 1934 and was arrested there last week. Crotty, sentenced for malicious wounding in July 1934, has been indicated for escaping jail. The officers traveled by train and Crotty waived extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Ballard
Dale Bailey
Kansas City
Walter Crotty
Mercer County
Crotty
Princeton High School to Host Alumni in Season Opener
Princeton high schools basketball team will play the Alumni quintet in a warming up game next Saturday night on the high school court. A new gym entrance is being added near the stairs from the boys dressing room. Bleachers have been added on both balcony and floor and about 1000 may be seated with four hundred on the bleachers around the playing space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton High Schools
Princeton Paragraphs Probate of Leoni A Mathena Dated 1933
The will of Leoni A Mathena dated September 1 1933 was admitted to probate in the county clerk’s office. The widow Lou Mathena qualified as executrix without bond. Appraisers named were C M Goodwyn John Shelton and Luther Brown. A non support charge is mentioned in a warrant issued by a Northfork marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leoni A. Mathena
Lou Mathena
C. M. Goodwyn
John Shelton
Luther Brown
Arrests and Extradition Battles Dominate Mercer News
Pierce Anderson was arrested at Lamar Sunday night by Constable John P. McKinney and is held on pending transportation. Lester M. Barton, arrested in Jacksonville Florida, fights extradition as Mercer authorities pursue him. Sheriff J C Fanning and accompanying officers prepared to travel to Jacksonville while Governor Barton is sought on a forgery charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gistrate
Pierce Anderson
Lamar
John P. McKinney
Anderson
Lester M. Barton
Jacksonville
Florida
Mercer
J. C. Fanning
Paul Fanning
Start
Ieston
H. Barton
Community Christmas Tree Presents Distribution Planned
The Community Christmas Tree Organization announces gifts will be distributed Thursday after noon at the high school building to underprivileged children. The finance committee seeks business district donations for the Christmas tree fund.
Senior BYP U to hold meeting at Eugene Haley home
The Senior B Y P U will meet at Eugene Haley's Trent Street home Wednesday at 7:00 PM with junior and intermediate officers expected to attend for important business. Also notes on Sunday School, Kee Street Woman's Missionary society, and a Christmas cantata rehearsal at the Presbyterian church that night are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Haley
Trent Street
Kee Street Woman's Missionary Society
McAfee
R A. Coonan
D. Anderson
Kle
Workman A. Yesee
We party of the Evening of the Press church called off
An evening event organized by The We party for the Press church was canceled. A planned gift to a capsule sister was also mentioned as part of the disruption.
125 to Spend Christmas in Mercer County Jail
One hundred twenty five prisoners will spend Christmas in the Mercer county jail. Sheriff J C Fanning plans to feed them pork chops mashed potatoes and pie for their holiday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
J. C. Fanning
William J Hantz Funeral Held In Resthaven Park
William J Hantz died after a week long pneumonia at Memorial hospital. He worked in a Princeton lunchroom run by cousin Louis Hantz for five years and came from North Carolina five years ago. He was born in Athlore and leaves a widow a daughter in Athens Greece a son Charles Hantz of Princeton and brother George Hantz of Williamson. Funeral services were at Predeking Funeral Service chapel with Reverend Paul P Martin and burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Jackets and mackinaws sold at drastic reductions at Children’s Mart opposite post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Hantz
Memorial Hospital
Louis Hantz
North Carolina
William Hantz
Athlere
Pythias
Princeton
Bluefield
Athens
Greece
Charles Hantz
George Hantz
Williamson
Paul P. Martin
First Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Resthaven Memorial Park
Cecil H. Kelley Taken by Death at 39
Cecil H. Kelley hoisting engineer for Carter Coal at Coalwood died at home after a brief illness. He collapsed at 6:30 PM while resting after a day at No. 1 mine. Survived by widow, two daughters, two sons, a stepdaughter, and a half-brother. Services set for Wednesday at Green Valley home. pallbearers from Coalwood United Mine Workers local. funeral handled by Fanning Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil H. Kelley
Carter Coal Company
Coalwood
Kelley
Bessie Mitchem
Algoma
Zeb Rigney
Princeton
Mr. Kelley
Pocahontas
Clarence Kelley
J. B. Winfrey
Green Valley
Bluefield
Maybry
H. 8. Hutsell
United Mine Workers of America
Fanning
Welch
Marytown Postmaster Breaks Leg on Slippery Pavement
Marytown postmaster W. D. Joyce, 49, and caretaker for Kingston Pocahontas Coal property, slipped on a wet Marytown sidewalk while boarding Norfolk and Western train No. 2 to collect the mail. He sustained a broken right leg and was taken to Grace Hospital in Welch for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Joyce
Marytown
Joyce
Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company
Norfolk and Western
Trac
Grace Hospital
Welch
Salvation Army Christmas Drive Aims to Reach 2000 Goal
Adjutant John Courtois of the Welch corps reports progress toward a 2000 dollar Christmas fund drive to aid McDowell county families with food and clothing. The drive, started December 1, stood at 1417.03 dollars as the week began and ends Christmas Eve with baskets distributed Christmas morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Courtois
Welch Corps
Salvation Army
McDowell County
Welch Rotary Club
Welch Kiwanis CCC
Panther
Berwind
Youth Recovers After Suspected Lysol Ingestion
Joe Butler a 25 year old Welch youth was treated at a city hospital after reportedly drinking Lysol to end a despondent mood. He refused to state his motive and was quickly stabilized by physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Butler
Welch
Cime Hospital
Butler
Mayberry Youth Hurt in Row at Keystone
Paul Hodges, 23, of Mayberry, is in the Stevens clinic with a head laceration after a Saturday altercation outside a Keystone restaurant. A beer bottle thrown by a woman shattered window glass and a shard struck Hodges. He was outside the restaurant when the incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hodges
Mayberry
Stevens Clinic
Keystone
Hodges
Auction Postponed for Houston Coal Property Sale
The auction of the Houston Coal company assets at Junior Poca and Coney Island near Welch is postponed to January 5 to settle income tax arrears. Deputy collector J Harman Sites announced the delay, previously set for public sale at the Coney Island Filing Station. Belcher Infant Dies in Bartley Peggy Joyce Belcher, one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs William Belcher, died from a throat ailment. Funeral services set for Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Coal Company
Junior Poca
Coney Island Amusement Park
Welch
Coney Island
Monneae
Internal Revenue Department
J. Harman Sites
Internal Revenue Collector
Belcher
Peggy Joyce Belcher
William &B. Belcher
Bartley
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Virginian Maytag Co
Mercer St
J.H. Gore
Ole
Brock’s Cafe
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Philip LaFollette
Frank
Board of Regents
Harold M Wilkie
Madison
Lafollette
Frank Armly
Ween
Pan
Alley
Santa Dancer
Prancer
Blitzen
Moss
Sugar
Earth
ROYAL
Matinee
Gras Ana
Kee Street
W. M
William J. Hantz
Res Children's Mart
Elgin
Virginian Hotel
Post Office
Rennie Hunter
Mercer Street
Jennings House
Center St
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John B. Stetson
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Welch Hour
Peerbags Laundry
Lewis Furnitura Co
Pocahontas Theater
Tempie Theater
Sherman's Pawn Shop
Erskine Johnson
George Scarbo
T Wexas
NAVY
Snur
Jelumphrey Bogart Meiget
Pree Wien
Yuletide Drive
Flapper
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