Judge Dillard Must Set Bond In Slaying Case
William R. Foster of Hardy is held for action by the January grand jury after admitting shooting Harry Aliff, 23, in cell defense near Hardy last Friday. Bonds were set for others. Aliff’s father M. A. Aliff posted 1000 dollars and two men, Elmer Terry and Cecil McClenahan, face charges of attempted murder. Death caused by two bullets, third shot contributed to the fatal wound, ending a feud between Foster and Aliff’s father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Damewood
William R. Foster
Hardy
Foster
Harry Aliff
Bond
George L. Dillard
Criminal Court
M. A. Aliff
W. R. Foster
Damewood
EB. &. Reed
Henry Brown
Suretha
Elmer Terry
Cecil McClenahan
Terry
McClenahan
Applications Filed for City Postmaster in Princeton
Receipt of applications for the five postmaster positions in Princeton will close January 13, 1931, per L H Johnson local civil service secretary. The current term of R E L Holt ends February 28 1931. Competitive examination announced by the United States civil service commission follows a May 10 1921 order and ignores civil service rules. Applicants apply to Mr Johnson at the local post office or to the commission in Washington for forms 2241 and 2213. Examinations assess education training business experience and fitness with veterans bonus points. Other offices in Hinton and Beckley also list January 13 closing with salaries 2900 2800 and 3200 respectively. Among candidates are incumbent Holt Ralph Shrewsbury Karl M Hale and Mrs J H Hoge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
L. H. Johnson
Civil Service
R. EB. L. Holt
United States Civil Service Commission
Johnson
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Atashington
Hinton
Funeral for G. W. Crabtree in Welch
Funeral service for G. W. Crabtree 54 of Ritchie street was held Monday at First Baptist Welch conducted by Dr Edward Stubblefield. Burial followed at the Cook's mountain cemetery near Welch. Crabtree formerly operated a taxi business in McDowell county and recently ran two filling stations in the city. He is survived by his wife and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Crabtree
Ritchie Street
First Baptist Church
Edward Stubblefield
Cook's Mountain
Welch
Crabtree
McDowell County
Princeton Branch Sets Delegate for State Convention
A Princeton branch meets tonight at 7:30 at the Virginian hotel to choose a delegate for the West Virginia Wildlife League state convention in Fairmont on January 6. Several local arrests are noted with fines handed out by Police Judge E B King and Mayor W A Brown before their trip to Clarksburg. Six men fined 14.50 for fighting and five men 9.50 for drunkenness. a couple fined 24.50 each on a statutory charge. Arrests were made by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
West Virginia Wild Life League
Fairmont
Virginian Hotel
E. B. King
W. A. Brown
Clarksburg
R. J. Lowe
Gerald Wimmer
Wilbur Ballard
Lonnie Sizemore
Slim Repass
John Doe
Lowe
Billard
Sizemore
Repass
Doe
Man Arrested After Alleged Family Runaway Incident
Ben Wirts was arrested by Deputy Sheriff John H. Price after reportedly driving his family away from their Athens home. Price forced Wirts outside where he made him drop a club. Wirts appeared before Magistrate I. C. Damewood the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ben Wirts
John H. Price
Price
Wirts
I. C. Damewood
Wirts Fined Thirty One Dollars For Drunkenness
Wirts was fined $31 on a charge of being drunk and, after payment, released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirts
Death of Mrs. Virgie Tabor Moore at Mercer Street
Mrs. Virgie Tabor Moore, 44, died at her home 1103 Mercer Street Monday shortly after 3 pm after Christmas day illness. Funeral plans await relatives. Born 1886 in Coopers Mercer County. Widowed J. W. Moore, she leaves children Lindsey Bedell of Milwaukee plus Aaron Buck Frankie of Princeton, mother Amanda Tabor of Coopers, four sisters R J Moore Marvin Adams Gullion and one brother Elmer Tabor. Burial planned in Coopers family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgie Tabor Moore
Mercer Street
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Howard
Aaron
Buck
Frankie
Princeton
Amanda Tabor
Coopers
R. J. Moore
Boissevain
Melvin Adams
W. Va
W. H. Gullion
Bluestone
Elmer Tabor
Watch Meeting at Smiths Chapel New Hope Wednesday Night
A watch meeting program is set at Smiths chapel in the New Hope section for Wednesday night December 31. The program includes child recitations and dialogue by the young people's class, with refreshments served by the ladies' aid. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith's Chapel
New Hope
Formal Announcements and Local Notices from Princeton
Nancy Elizabeth Thomas announces the marriage of her daughter Elizabeth to George Lewis Hall on Saturday December 27 1930 in Winston Salem North Carolina with at home after January 1 in Princeton West Virginia Also Ruth Louise Hutton daughter of Mr and Mrs O B Hutton marries Ernest Hampton Day on December 25 1940 at the home of Mr and Mrs H S Fry in Bluefield Rev Charlee S Wright officiates The Episcopal Guild sets a 1931 meeting at 2 30 PM January 8 and requests pledges for 1930 The Mercer county courthouse hosts the marriage of Robert Lee Crotty and Alma Jane Dill on December 10 Justice G W Talbert officiates The Princeton Woman's Club contest rewards Christmas lighting with winners including Princeton Nurses' Home for best outdoor display and Mrs Ira Walker for best indoor display Local person notices report residents visiting from nearby towns and returning home over Christmas with several names and addresses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. B. Hutton
Ruth Louise
City
Ernest Hampton Day
Bluefield Road
H. 8. Fry
Bluefield
Charlee S. Wright
Church of God
Robert Lee Crotty
Peterstown
Alma Jane Dillon
Mercer County Court House
G. W. Talbert
Princeton
Woman's Club
R. M. Yeage
Appalachian Power Company
J. Evans
Rotary Club
BE. F. Peters
Kiwanis Club
G. H. Brown
Chamber of Commerce
W O. Sowers
Princeton Nurses
Center Street
E. M. Brown
Ira Walker
South Ninth Street
Brief Session of Circuit Court Held
A brief session of the circuit court was held by Judge Howell M. Tanner. Writ of habeas corpus granted for E M W Harry seeking possession of infant Virginia M. Ball against Mr and Mrs Rufus Wright of Mercer county. Hearing set for January 5 at 2 PM. Also an order confirming a $3,500 settlement of Virginia Elizabeth Smythe's claims against D D Smythe and Norman A Smythe, paid by Aetna Life Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell M. Tanner
Habeas Corpue
E. M W. Harry
Rufus Wright
Mercer County
Virginia M. Ball
Tanner
Virginia
Elizabeth Smythe
D. D. Smythe
Norman A. Smythe
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Rich Creek Briefs: Local Burns and Holiday News
Carl Guynn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Guynn, was badly burned on his leg while working on the Rich Creek Narrows highway project when gasoline on clothing caught fire as a lantern was lit. He is under Dr Carr’s care in Narrows. The column notes holiday visits, hospital stays, and road work delays due to weather, with families from Rich Creek and nearby towns gathering for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Tiller
Rich Creek
Carl Guynn
Joseph Guynn
McArthur and Company
Narrows
Guynn
Dr Carr
Nell Bonham
W. S. Coburn
Chatham
Walter Morrison
Ben Morrison
Memorial Hospital
Richmond
M. M. Herndon
Norton
A. A. Adair
Lindside
Narrows Road
McDowell County National Bank Names Directors to Fill Vacancies
At a McDowell County National Bank board meeting held Saturday Isaac T. Mann presiding, two new directors were named Edwin Mann of Bluefield and Robert L. Page of Berwind. The board now includes nine members with Ernest G. Otey of Meadeville slated as vice president in charge. T. A. Johnston remains cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County National Bank
Isaac T. Mann
Edwin Mann
First National Bank of
Bluefield
Robert L. Page
Berwind
James Ellwood Jones
Harry G. Camper
Harry Bowen
Joseph M. Crockett
A. F. Leckie
George W. Howard
Ernest G. Otey
Meadeville
Otey Haseen
Meadeville National Bank & Trust Company
T. A. Johnston
McDowell Bank
Maniac Surrenders After Cabin Siege by Morton Grove Deputies
Deputies from Morton Grove Illinois used tear gas and grenades to capture John Redeker age 30. Redeker an armed suspect barricaded himself in a log cabin with a machine gun rifle and shotgun. The posse dragged him out as tear gas overcame him. Photographs show Sergt Laverne Rowder Robt Schanbaum July Borella and Anthony Knues nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Grove
John Redeker
Redeker
Sergt
Laverne Rowder
Robt. Schanbaum
July Borella
Anthony Knues
Nine Boys Brought Before Magistrate Over Sled Interference
County Traffic Officer Hub Herndon charged nine boys with interfering with traffic on the Superior hill Sunday. The youths were said to swing on approaching cars to add weight, forcing vehicles to turn back on the slippery slope. Magistrate S. M. Burgess heard the case Monday night and a warning was issued to parents to keep sleds off highways or face court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Burgess
Hub Herndon
Herndon
Dickens Child Dies After Short Illness
Letty Jane Dickens two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Dickens of Caretta died at home last Friday after an illness of about an hour death attributed to pneumonia body sent to Carroll county for burial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letty Jane Dickens
Martin Dickens
Caretta
Carroll County
Welch Cotillion to Host New Year Tea Dance
The Welch Society will entertain with a tea dance at the Sore Country Club New Year's Eve. Jimmy Flinn's Knoxville orchestra will provide music for the Women's Club Charity ball honoring Jean Leckie of Columbus and Frances Reeves, guests of Miss Reeves. Prizes were awarded during the evening. Invitees include Jean Leckie Frances Reeves Edith French Alice May Gay Elsie Cooper Mildred Benton Mary Louise Lyon Virginia Reece Martin Suter Jack Summers Chandler Curd Bobby Miller Billy Leckie Billy Armour Strother Crockett Charles Southern and Billy Swope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch Cotillion Club
Sore
Jimmy Flinn
Knoxville
Tenn
Womans’ Club
Jean Leckie
Columbus
Ohio
Frances Reeves
Miss Leckie
Miss Reeves
Edith French
Alice May Gay
Elsie Cooper
Mildred Benton
Mary Louise Lyton
Virginia Reece
Martin Suter
Jack Summers
Chandler Curd
Bobby Miller
Billy Leckie
Billy Armour
Strother Crockett
Charles Southern
Billy Swope
Mrs Shanklin Hosts Buffet for Sons at Gary Home
Mrs. R. V. Shanklin hosted a Sunday evening buffet at her Gary residence honoring her sons Richard and James, University of Virginia students. Welcoming guests from Welch were Elizabeth Henritze Frances Henritze Mary Lee Epling Evelyn Sale Elenor Armour Alice Reedy Helen Partlow Virginia Partlow Mary Harris Kermit Hunter Harold Epling Wilson Anderson Charles Harris Abner Harris Joe Stevens Richard Stevens Bobby Trent Walter Seegars. Mrs T A Johnston and Miss Rachel Gravely attended at Mrs Johnston's home Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Shanklin
Gary
Richard
James
University of Virginia
Welch
Elizabeth and
Frances Henritze
Mary Lee Epling
Evelyn Sale
Elenor Armour
Alice Reedy
Helen
Virginia Partlow
Mary Harris
Kermit Hunter
Harold Epling
Wilson Anderson
Charles
Abner Harris
Joe
Richard Stevens
Bobby Trent
Walter Seegars
Welch Personalities in Brief Family Updates and Travel
Mr and Mrs Joseph M Crockett depart for Roanoke with daughter Alberta for a minor operation at a hospital there. Jean and Sonny Leckie visit friends with their father A F Leckie from Columbus Ohio. A J Smith Gary recovering from Grace hospital operation. Zeb Herndon and Ray Buckberry return from Nashville after visiting friends. Lacy Price and others also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Crockett
Roanoke
Alberta
Jean
Sonny Leckie
A. F. Leckie
Columbus
Ohio
Frances
Robert Reeves
Sonny
George Leckie
A. J. Smith
Gary
Grace Hospital
Zeb Herndon
Ray Buckberry
Nashville
Tenn
Mrs. Lacy Price
Local visitors and relatives noted during the week
Mrs L J Brindley Welch and Daily Telegraph staff note visits by relatives in the past week. Jim Summers from Cleveland and W B Beal from Columbus were business and social visitors. Mr and Mrs Goodrich Sale and daughter return from Richmond Virginia. Julius Goodman from Christiansburg visited over the weekend. Miss Rachel Gravely heads to Columbus after staying with her sister Mrs T A Johnston. Jim Bernheim and Reese Hel mandollar accompanied friends in Tazewell Sunday. Mrs Eugene T Webber spent holidays with her parents I J Rhodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Summers
Cleveland
Ohio
W. B. Beal
Columbus
T. A. Johnston
Jim Bernheim
Reese Helmandollar
Tazewell
Eugene T. Webber
I. J. Rhodes
Raincoat sales to farmers during drought cited
A sales manager asks for recommendations while an applicant recalls selling raincoats to farmers last summer amid drought conditions. The brief exchange highlights field experience and adaptability in challenging markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathfinder
Welch salesman injured in collision near Welch
Alvin Hall a salesman for Dor Motor Sales in Welch was injured Sunday afternoon when another car struck his Ford coupe at the Locust Street and Bluefield Avenue intersection in Bluefield. He received treatment at a Bluefield hospital then traveled to Welch to Grace Hospital. He suffered a badly injured arm. The other car was driven by Dr. Welch England. Hall’s car was badly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Hall
Dor Motor Sales Company
Welch
Locust Street
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield
Hall
Grace
Body of T. A. Bryant Sent to Tennessee
The body of T. A. Bryant, 29, one of two men shot to death at Coalwood on Christmas Eve, was sent Sunday by O. J. Douglas, undertaker, to Johnson City, Tennessee for burial. Mrs. Bryant, who was in Lindsey, Montana, when her husband was killed, arrived to claim the body and recalled his plans to move to Coalwood. He had come to Coalwood to work while she studied for a degree. Jesse Neldefer, accused slayer of Bryant and J. M. Jackson, remains in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Bryant
Coalwood
O. J. Douglas
Johnson City
Tenn
Jesse Neldefer
Bryant
J. M. Jackson
Box Fighter Skips With Judge's Daughter
Miss Marshall 20, re united with her parents in Pittsburgh after eloping with former prizefighter Cuddy Demarco 27 from Charleroi. They were halted in Cumberland, Md, jailed in Uniontown, Pa, while Demarco faced no charges. Judge Marshall refused to comment as police and city chiefs denied holding him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Miss Marshall
Common Pleas
Elder W. Marshall
Cuddy Demarco
Charleroi
Cumberland
Uniontown
DeMarco
W. T. Walker
Udge Marshall
David McDonald
John Dyer
Edgewood
Marshall
Hero of Miami boat disaster saved passengers aboard Eureka II
Lorenz Neuhoff of Atlanta and his family were depicted after the glass–bottomed Eureka II sank during a Miami excursion. Neuhoff, son of a manufacturing company president, saved several other passengers and became a local hero in the unfolding disaster report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenz Neuhoff
Atlanta
Miami
Neuhoff
Smooth Way for Action on Aid Appropriation
Washington December 29 members of the house appropriations committee cut vacation plans to smooth passage for a Monday vote on a 45 million dollar drought loan appropriation. A subcommittee heard Secretary Hyde argue that twenty five million would meet seed feed fertilizer loan demands yet lawmakers favored the full authorization. Hyde urged not prolonging the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Hyde
Hoover Committee Estimates Public Works Loan Plans
Chairman Wood indicated a loan fund of 25 million dollars may be approved next Monday with a probable House pass. Hoover’s emergency employment panel reported a nationwide survey showing 800 million dollars of public and semi public construction ready to start within months. Franklin T Miller led the survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
House
Hoover
Franklin T. Miller
Earthquake Cause Linked to Mississippi Delta Sediment
Dr William Bowie of the U S coast and geodetic survey says the slight New Orleans quake was caused by millions of tons of sediment depositing around the Mississippi delta. He explains a soft soil shift in underlying layers of the earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Orleans
Mississipi River
William Bowie
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Daniels Speaker at Wilson Dinner in Staunton
Josephus Daniels editor and former secretary of the navy praised Woodrow Wilson at a birthday dinner in Staunton Virginia calling Jefferson and Wilson militant champions of government by the people. He argued Washington to Hoover produced greatness through the right of self government and stressed the need for nations to reject arbitrary force and pursue world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Wilson
Staunton
Elijah
Elisha
Woodrow Wilson
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
Washington
Lincoln
Jackson
Roosevelt
Hoover
Daniels
Welcome Home Turns to Farewell Tragedy in Erie
In Erie Pennsylvania on December 29 a homecoming for Lt Harold Sherwood 28 ended in disaster when his plane crashed on a farm near Waterford killing the pilot. He was en route to Fort Riley Kansas from Langley Field and had stopped over to visit his parents who witnessed the fatal crash. Witnesses believe a wing struck a tree during the greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
William Sherwood
Waterford
Harold Sherwood
Fort Riley
Kan
Pont Langley Field
Wag
Nee
Also Mentioned on This Page
WGN
BY Williams
Mima
Pat. Off
Holt Oo
Cwuss Club
Am' Ick
Wurtia
Hain
Jes
Fuller
Desevere
Pine
Trmilliams
Beckley
R. E. L. Holt
Ralph Shrewsbury
Karl M. Hale
J. H. Hoge
Princeton Society
Harriet Woolfolk
Nancy Elizabeth Thomas
Elizabeth
George Lewis Hall
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
West Virginia
Episcopal Guild
Mise Bess Barber
Frank Winfrey
Martineville
J. F. Winfrey
Hallie Riner
Maliens
Erma Riner
Elizabethton
Nell Campbell
Cincinnati
W. H. Beavers
Martinsville
J. E. Winfrey
C. Christian
Fifth Street
Garland Mills
Charleston
D. V. Wickline
Lucille
Anna Marie
P. L. Thompson
Annoceostia
D. C
C. B. Ridenour
J. C. Ridenour
Highland Avenue
Russellville
Lena Hummell
Mount Hope
S. H. Fry
Wal- Out Street
W. Carner
Philadelphia
Ella R. Robinette
West Princeton Avenue
Bob Hoke
New York City
Jimmy James
Ernest Dennin
Pearisburg
John D. Gott
Agnes Snow
Elkhorn
Adept
Hale Fry
Walnuwatreef
Princeton Business College
W. R. Bonham
B. W. Tiller
Carl Dillowe
Robert Miller
Bland County
Glornie Miller
Beather Miller
K. G
Paul Comer
Betty
Maye Martin
Kozo
Bluefield and
Beaver Pond
Law and Commerce
East River and
Rock Districts
Plymouth
J. H. Price
Jumping Branch
I. E. Kessinger
Camp Creek
J. Otis Bowling
M’dowell County Bank
Otey
Dickens
Welch Society
Mrs. T. A. Johnston
Rachel
Mrs. Johnston
L. J. Brindley
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Tennessee
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