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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
2
West Virginia sees partly cloudy skies Friday with unsettled Saturday and rain follow. Temperature remains moderate. Virginia forecasts fair Friday then cloudy Saturday with moderate temperatures.
Mrs Lena R Owen wife of W T Owen died yesterday at 11 o clock at her Earle street home after a lingering illness. Born January 30 1876 in Bassett Henry county Va she was the daughter of Joseph T Millis and survived by her husband seven children Ernest Avis Elsie Ruth Grace Anna and Leonard her mother Mrs Elmira Lee of Henry county Va and a grandmother. She was active in church work with Bland Street Methodist church and had united with the Southern Methodist church in Richmond. Funeral service will be at Bland Street Methodist church Saturday conducted by Rev T S Hamilton assisted by Rev Samuel W Moore with interment in Walnut Grove cemetery.
E. J. Terry and family from Peterstown visited the city yesterday. T. Frank Mastin left to visit his mother in Winston-Salem. Miss Mary Jim Strother of Welch is staying with Miss Lillian Shott in Raleigh Terrace. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Aston and daughter of Lebanon Va are visiting friends in the city. Walker Burnham of Lynchburg visits cousin Hugh I. Shott Jr. Frank Kell of Baltimore, formerly Bluefield, is in town with friends. Mrs Waters at St Luke's Hospital welcomed a daughter. Ben Becraft and Kirkwood James returned after holidays. W. M. Black of Lynchburg spent the night here en route to McDowell County coal interests.
Telegrams signed by Herbert Hoover chair the European Relief Council urge Mercer county citizens to donate to save 3 6 million European children from starvation. Aimed at a campaign raising 33 million dollars, donors are asked to mail ten dollar gifts to J L Alexander in Pruefield W Va with acknowledgments printed by the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
A new Presbyterian church was formed in Matoaka with 23 of 26 petitioners present. Rev A A Rachal preached the sermon as Rev Peter Clark presided, declaring the church organized under the U S Presbyterian constitution. Deacons A A Hadden and A A Grant were elected. Elders postponed.
Washington December 30 Colonel George C Rickards of Oil City Pennsylvania was named by President Wilson to head the militia bureau of the war department He is a Pennsylvania national guard officer attached to the infantry reserve officers corps and will assume duties tomorrow succeeding Major General Jesse Mc Carter who moves to a line command
Elkins High School crushed Matoaka 68 to 3 on the local floor last night. Matoaka managed only a single field goal and one foul goal as Elkins dominated from the start. Johnson led Elkins at forward with strong support from Brown Kochenderfer Holsberry and Wolfe. Next, bikini—likely Elkins—faces Graham in Beaver High School gym this afternoon in a highly anticipated matchup.
Mercer County Bar Association held its annual meeting and banquet at the Matz Hotel with 32 attendees including visitors. Judge Harold A. Ritz gave the principal address as president of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Hon. John Kee presided.
In London England old women at the Colchester Workhouse complain they should receive cigarettes along with beer during holidays. The cigarettes were denied.
At Washington, George S. Hobbs of Maine Central urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to set arbitrary east of Hudson rates to boost revenue by fourteen to fifteen percent. D S Brigham of Boston and Maine cited coal cost rises from 6.28 to 7.19 per ton and a roughly $3 million annual deficit, arguing coal costs, not rate divisions, drive the deficit.
Des Moines report states Iowa two cent railroad passenger fare law was ruled unconstitutional by Judge Martin J. Wade. Officials were enjoined from enforcing the law on traffic entirely within the state.
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