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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1926
Page
2
A jumble of names, addresses, and offerings fills the Bluefield section from Mineral Street to Princeton Avenue. Carload strawberries, coal and supplies, piano lessons, repair shops, plant sales, and transit schedules share space with police blotter notes, church notices, and a Royal Arch Masons invitation timed for June.
Twenty five or thirty members of Gary Lodge Junior Order United States American Mechanics traveled to Bluefield Virginia on Sunday to decorate the graves of GC W Bowling’s father and mother. W J Murray led the party. Gary Lodge with 254 active members ranks among the largest lodges in southern West Virginia. The delegation underscores the esteem in which Mrs Bowling is held by the order, having visited Maple Hill Cemetery on Memorial Day.
Mico Ruble and C. McGregory, two young men from this city, were arrested Sunday by city police in connection with the theft of a car reported stolen on Bluefield Avenue. The vehicle owned by T. M. Bhrowsbury of Welch had been left on Bluefield Avenue. They were arraigned before Squire D. B. Killian and released on $1000 bonds each, awaiting a hearing at 10 this morning.
Tazewell county farmer Tickl e, a well known Bluestone Valley resident, died Monday at his Shannondale home after a brief illness. He collapsed while at work in his hold and died shortly after reaching home. Survived by his aged mother, three nuns, and two daughters, Charles, Sidney, and William Tickl e, Mrs Will Scott and Iva, Mary Lewie. Several arrangements incomplete at press time.
The American Civil Liberties Union report proclaims California as the worst state for civil liberty, noting 71 of 77 political prisoners are confined there, with few elsewhere. It cites heightened vigil restrictions in West Virginia amid coal miner conflicts as contributing context.
Athens Tennessee preacher R K Fennell, who went blind at twenty five, has converted 4458 prisoners in sixteen states. In Bluefield he spoke at Grace Methodist Church with many local endorsements. He tours the mountains lecturing in streets and churches, sharing his funds with inmates and traveling with his guide dog Dude.
Wheeling hosts the thirteenth annual convention of the West Virginia Branch of the National Association of Postmasters and the West Virginia Association of Letter Carriers. Ralph Wyan was named president of the letter carriers. Konoke was elected postal clerks president. Next conventions set for May 30 1927 in Hueckhanton and February in Fairmont.
Federal and state prohibition activity surged over the past weekend in McDowell County. Citizens were arrested for whiskey and moonshine with multiple bonds set at 1000 or more, including two gallons of whiskey and 490 gallons of mash. Several others faced fines or were jailed in Welch and Bluefield under federal and state orders, with officers from federal agents to Welch police contributing to enforcement.
An elderly man, seventy eight, Dave Heedy, was struck and killed by a Norfolk and Western pusher engine backing from a water tank near Richlands Virginia on Sunday at 1 55 pm. He was walking along the tracks when the train hit him. He lived with his son in Westlands and left a generational family history at Stratton near Norwich England.
Heavy rain hindered identification of the newspaper wrapping an infant's body discovered in the floor of a Norfolk and Western hopper at the Davy Pocahontas Coal Company tipple about one mile from Davy in McDowell County. Autopsy planned in Welch to determine viability.
Senator Borah of Idaho will be asked by the Anti Saloon League to visit New York and campaign for the drys before the fall election. Orville V. Poland, league counsel, stated today.
Denver racer Pye rt Walker died when the five mile Memorial Day program at Overton Park see the automobile she drove overturn during the event. She entered the race on the Manked Marvel. Her husband competed in other events on the same card.
Tennessee through counsel argued before the state supreme court to uphold the anti evolution measure banning any theory denying divine creation in public schools. Ed Z Seay led the defense after five attorneys challenged the law in the Scope case, asserting state power over education.
Louis Spanos, formerly proprietor of Victory Lunch and Bakery, announces he is now a proprietor at the Busy Bee Restaurant. The Busy Bee invites customers with a warm welcome, reasonable prices, and a reputation as the most popular place in Bluefield.
The article recounts the Scopes trial era debate over teaching evolution in schools. It notes Dayton teacher Scones faced a $100 fine under a law attacked as unconstitutional, with Bryan and Darrow leading the major legal arguments. Also mentions Howard T. Neal filing for the Republican nomination for West Virginia state senate.
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