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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1925
Page
13
Mrs. Vermillion hosted a bridge afternoon honoring Mrs. Beckwith and Miss Hammond with prizes and Yuletide decor. Numerous locals were noted visiting, traveling, or returning, with church services and New Year events planned at Presbyterian and Methodist churches.
An old advertisement touts Bronchuline Emulsion as a strong remedy for lingering harsh coughs. It claims rapid relief after the first doses with several doses often ending the cough, and cites testimonials from a worn out user and a community pharmacy network.
Bishop W L Gravatt head of the West Virginia Episcopal diocese will confirm a class and teach at the Episcopal church in Inceton at 7 30 tomorrow evening. The choir will perform the Christmas musical program. Gravatt is known in Princeton for twenty five years of service and as chaplain of the West Virginia Grand Lodge Masons.
In Princeton Monday both the criminal and circuit courts will convene. Judge Herndon will adjourn the circuit court for decrees from the November term and rule on motions, while Judge Dillard opens his criminal term with a possible month long session. The docket is large and expected to grow after the grand jury's work, with about one hundred witnesses summoned so far. The new sheriff and deputies handle process serving across the county, adjusting to January term duties.
R O Boggess, assistant supervisor of census in Charleston, travels the county supervising the agricultural census. He cites slow progress due to trouble securing enumerators for districts. The census, tied to federal legislation, is now taken every five years with farmer cooperation sought nationwide.
County court issued marriage licenses to seven couples including Theodore Cannon and Beulah Jackson and Edward Wright and Maude Wright. Woolworth ten cent store eyeing Mercer street site with Hadden department store nearby. Royal theater features William Farnum in The Man Who Fights Alone. Legion post hosts a three hour dance with Linderman's Bluefield band. A Roanoke arrest ties to Texaco burglary as Wilmer Ballard faces charges.
An advertisement promotes a home made cough syrup using Pinex and sugar syrup claiming fast relief within 24 hours. It touts soothing throat and chest benefits for coughs hoarseness croup bronchitis and asthma and urges asking a pharmacist for 244 ounces of Pinex with directions.
Rotary club members spoke on the objects of Rotary during a weekly luncheon at the Virginian hotel. G. H. Brown W. S. Dangerfield S. W. Gentry Rev C. H. Phipps and L. H. Swaim shared talks with Dr. D. H. Thornton arranging the program. Mrs. Levi Vermillion sang with Mattie Bowling on violin and a Rotary sign project was assigned to a committee to place on a main city highway.
Two close basketball games drew a good crowd as the Fighting Five defeated the Alumni 20 to 1 and the Tigers toppled the Cubs 15 to 10 in the gym Thursday. Proceeds benefited the Tig program. details continued on page eight.
William Farnum’s debut for Paramount presents the beloved star in a high-grade production. Lois Wilson and Edward Everett Horton support in this opening release alongside “Telephone Girl” No. 9.
At Welch Rotary Club Father and Son Day a Bluefield Boys Club speaker EB Waterman gave an engaging talk on Captain Jack for boys and guests. Judge James A. Strother joined as Baby Rotarian, sharing an interesting address. Guests included Waterman, P D Woods, Lew Kaufman, and A C Buchanan.
Deputy Sheriff Harry Franklin reports Harris waived a hearing and is held for the grand jury on bigamy charges connected to marriages in Wise Court House Virginia and Welch. Frank Williams of Roderfield was jailed six months on the county road and fined 1990 for unlawfully carrying a pistol. Lambert Memorial Class to meet. Judge M Litz receives WV supreme court commission. Oscar Nicewander fined 10 for reckless driving. One marriage license issued to E D Waller and Carrie Gathver of McDowell.
George Swope traveled to Ashville North Carolina to visit until January 20 and plans to return to Welch. B Waterman of Bluefield visited the city Friday. M Burgess left last night for another destination.
Testimony centers on Mrs. Scott alleged flirtations with an army officer nicknamed Jazzbo and a hotel clerk affair before the December 1922 separation. A diary entry about a dinner party at Jazzbo’s apartment is disputed as "No guests" or "twenty guests." Mrs. Scott expected to testify.
A McDowell County taxi drivers meeting at Welch discussed forming a statewide organization of taxi drivers and automobile men with over 6 000 members. The move follows a legal battle with Pocahontas Transportation Co which holds an injunction against about 126 jitney drivers. The road commission has not yet acted on permits, and attorneys predict a quick settlement.
In the January 1 election M. K. Murphy on both Republican and Democratic tickets defeated F. A. Weaver of the Citizens' Democrat line. Murphy 207 votes to Weaver 70. The Republican Democratic slate won all offices and will take duties February 1.
Terra Alta West Virginia January 2 4 With one ticket in the field Frank Jenkins was elected mayor without opposition Leland Whettell recorder and councilmen Russell Kelley first ward M A Benson second ward Charles Han stead third ward Walter Frazee fourth ward Ed Cuppett fifth ward
A forestry official with a small party reached a hidden fortress city in Upper Langkat, Sumatra. They found a rock wall, interconnecting alleys and cave dwellings, a central open space with a lone tree, and inscriptions in unfamiliar characters suggesting an ancient settlement.
Silence hung over the site as traces of wild goats appeared but no humans were seen. The identity of the ancient rock-dwellers and why they left their formidable shelter remains a mystery.
B. F. Billings 22 a Monarch Coal and Coke Company miner at Deegans was found dead about 1 pm on a moving mine car. Officials believe a blow to the head caused a fatal neck fracture while riding the load. Survived by widow and one child. Burial arranged by J. t Luther. sent today on train No. 10 to Matoaka.
Mrs. Rudolph Lowe found her husband missing at work and used his dictaphone to hear him calling his stenographer pretty. She secured a divorce the next week, recounts a Berne report in a terse domestic tale.
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