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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1922
Page
4
Listings include a Legion dance at Bragoat with 9 to 2 hours of foods and fruits, a lodge installation in Red Men’s Hall, moving services, lamp ad, and New Year dance at the Dugout. Also births, funeral news, and a hospital to home transfer noted for local families.
A West Virginia forecast calls for Friday with fair skies and a warm Saturday as clouds increase. By Saturday night unsettled weather arrives with rising chances of precipitation.
Mrs William Mowry and children spend holidays with relatives in Bluefield while Miss Carpenter and Miss Carpenter head to Alabama and Kentucky to visit family. Mr and Mrs Marcus return from Virginia, and other locals travel to Tav ares and Washington for winter plans. Several residents seek medical care or business trips, with updates on former teachers, friends, and relatives in the Bluefield region.
J L Hypes, a pioneer resident of Princeton and known across Merett county, died last night at 10 50 at the home of his daughter Merc A W Nixon on Iaghington street. He had been ill with double pneumonia after several days of illness and his advanced age ended hopes of recovery. Funeral arrangements to be announced in a future Daily Telegraph issue.
Captain Reese Bowen, veteran Norfolk Western Mallway line motorman between Bluefield and Norton, asserts prohibition has little effect. He claims over 25 years, only one trip failed to run during Christmas, noting among about 700 passengers per trip only one intoxicated man and three others drinking visibly. He dismisses critics who say prohibition works against conduct.
Following the Tuesday arrest of Sam Jones, a fugitive for over a year, deputies yesterday arrested Willie Dorsey, reported partner in moonshine manufacture. Dorsey, son-in-law of Jones, fled the state after the still was seized near Bethel last year and was found in Giles County.
Ryverett Digs and Willie Diga, both colored, were arrested at Joyce Napper’s Cowper Street home for violating the prohibition law. Napper escaped during the arrest. Captain Cartier and Patrolman Bowen led the raid and a small quantity of whiskey was recovered.
State Prohibition Officer RL Watkins and Federal Officer RL Taylor seized a trunk of liquor found at the Passenter station. With no owner present the liquor was dumped into the sewer at Kelley and Moyer corner. The trunk held fourteen gallons of contraband in hot water bottles.
Peart Godsey a miner for Boursevain Callery CGompenhy narrowly survived a slate fall yesterday. He suffered serious injuries but is expected to recover.
Beaver High School alumni met Thursday at the school building to organize a new alumni association. Principal Prof. CW Jackson led remarks praising the school’s talent and growth from one graduate in 1906 to about seventy five in 1923 with many graduates entering college. Officers elected were Ralph Miller president, Margaret McCue vice president, Elizabeth Bond secretary and treasurer. The gathering fostered fellowship and is expected to grow, helping bring Beaver High’s total student groups to about thirty.
Dances held in the dug-out this week for Christmas vacation crowds are nearly finished. Tonight’s event is expected to attract one of the largest turnouts. Last night drew a good crowd with enjoyable music. The big dances occur tonight and Monday, with a matinee tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 5 o'clock.
Westbound passenger trains have been heavily loaded for the past two days with many travelers returning home after Christmas. The report notes a reversed travel pattern as residents who went east for holidays now head west, an unusual shift for this section. Passenger train No. 3 has carried more passengers than before Christmas for two nights.
Berlin reports Germany delayed meeting timber demands from the Entente due to late notification of requirements. The war burdens commission seeks an extension to April 1 as most demands arrived March 31 for Britain and April 20 for others. The result was contract delivery delays and open market purchases amid the mark’s June depreciation.
City officials report reduced staff focus on routine work and future projects aligned with orderly growth. Supplies arrive for the Fer Colored Library with shelves being installed and a January opening tentatively set at Geneva street school.uffs
Incendiary origin suspected in Astoria Oregon fire that damaged the business district. State and federal investigators with marshals plan arrests as secrecy limits details. Water service was cut to the area and the water superintendent’s home telephone lines were cut during the investigation.
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