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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1923
Page
7
Continued rains delayed corn planting in Mercer but the campaign is nearly finished. Much land shifted from wheat to corn after drought and freeze. oats look fair and wheat is below normal. Meantime livestock and poultry surge into markets as prices rise and farm wives anticipate larger earnings. Lilly Land Company offers about 1.25 acres near the courthouse as a cheap home-site option.
An advertisement recounts a woman's severe back pain and illness from birth to recovery after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It promises free information if readers request the book on female health and displacement.
Miss Rudd will lecture on the social significance of Maternal and Infant Hygiene each week during the summer at the Concord Normal in Athens. The note also promotes real estate investments with Lilly Land Company listing Mercer Street lots as promising investments.
Several Shriners will depart Sunday night for Washington to spend the week at the Shriner celebration. Lodging is reserved already and they expect the event to be one of the great Masonry occasions. Fiduciary orders in county court appoint BE W Freeman as administrator of Mike Groh estate with a 3000 dollar bond and Josefa Groh as guardian for her children with a 2000 dollar bond. Paydays in the Virginian were reflected in higher payrolls. Honaker White accompanies coach E R Dunlap to Illinois for a three week visit with his tutor, traveling by auto through Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. Presbyterian services listed for Sunday. Miss Nathalie Rudd spoke on Maternal and Infant Hygiene at Bluefield Sanitarium and will speak again June 14 to local societies.
Mrs. R. W. Hess is home from the hospital after a successful operation. Mrs. R. P. Beard leaves for Randolph Macon College finals in Lynchburg Virginia and will visit relatives there. Marvin Johnson returns home to Huntington after visiting his brother in Princeton. Mrs. E. L. Robinson goes to Mullins to visit relatives. Mrs. C. A. Lusk of Bluefield spends Thursday in Princeton visiting her nephew Essie Bailey and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Woolfork and Rev. L. W. Irwin drive home Thursday from Abingdon Virginia after attending Stonewall Jackson Institute finals.
The circuit court concluded hearings on several issues including two or three chance matters and notices, with judgments and a sale decree in a school land case against I J Rhodes et al. Indications suggest an adjournment soon after Monday, which is set as divorce day. Judge Herndon returns Friday to finish pending matters but will not hear new cases. The jury may be adjourned today as the civil docket clears.
Transfers listed include Lula F. Helvey to C. R. Bryant et al for a Preston street lot in Bluefield at 2250 dollars, Walter L. Johnston to J. B. Compton for Bailey heirs addition Lot No. 1 Bluefield at 750, Thomas J. Jones et al to K. W. Hale tract 34 E. W. Hale addition Princeton at 415, A M Webb to W M and Rachel Trent west part of Lot 5 section 918 Bluefield at 6250. Also a piano rental ad from a music teacher seeking a summer rental. Phone listed 226-1. 2-5t
Miss Gertrude Humphreys preparing to leave Princeton for Clarksburg was honored with a surprise farewell party hosted Monday by the Evening Circle of the Presbyterian church. The event featured progressive courtships, assorted refreshments, and many local guests, with Miss Humphreys expressing heartfelt appreciation for the memorable evening.
If a beautiful country home with modern conveniences interests you, Lilly Land Company can show you one at Maple Acres.
Sergeant Bury soared to 8,700 meters with a 250 kilogram load at Le Bourget France. He began at 10 a.m. and landed at 1 10 p.m. achieving a new world record flight time and height.
Lilly Land Company presents a range of residence lots in Princeton from affordable to premium. The listings emphasize value and variety for buyers seeking an attractive parcel with options to suit different budgets and preferences.
The Princeton Business Men's Club committee on Princeton as a summer resort plans outreach to attract new guests. Returns indicate many past visitors intend to come again, with former hotel guests bringing companions. The piece invites outsiders to Mercer to enjoy the landscape, hills, breeze, and pure water.
Miss Nellie Nash resigns from the Woman's Club after years as city nurse. The civic department credits her with untiring service aiding the poor and schoolchildren. After a month of study in Richmond she will become superintendent of Memorial Hospital.
The executive committee of Welch and McDowell County will meet at 1 o clock Sunday to discuss resignations. No July 4 celebration plans have been made yet and a planned field meet was canceled. Mrs. Hubert Carnes reports about 75 dollars net from disabled veterans poppy sales and notes that crafts by disabled veterans will move from Welch Drug Store to Gary Drug for display Saturday with proceeds aiding the relief fund.
The Northfork blast that killed Sallie Thompson and destroyed her home on May 17 draws in county authorities and the Parson detective agency. Streeter Williams, linked by testimony to the scene, is held for the July grand jury with Ambrose Major guiding the case. Clyde, a man connected to the Thompson home, was arrested and released with a hearing set, while other suspects in Columbus and Galax are considered.
McDowell County Post No 8 The American Legion held a Memorial building meeting to discuss county matters. They reported about 70 from a Welch theatre Memorial Day shown picture and 52 from Graves Endowment Fund, aiming to reach 100 with other contributions. A V Dennen reported signing an agreement with the Cooper Brothers Animal Show. the circus will be on June 9 at the Hemphill lot, sponsored by the Legion. Dennen then resigned as post finance officer prompting a special meeting.
The Welch Rotary Club session featured thanks for L Hanifan Browns Creek district schools superintendent and W H Hake old high school principal. Hanifan departs for Morgantown to teach this summer then becomes Paducah Kentucky superintendent. Hake resigns prompting calls to reconsider. Local board members and Rotarians praised both men as vacancies loom.
Nebraskan J R McCarl, controller general of the United States, heads the general accounting office and can only be removed by Congress. He clashes with cabinet officers but continues presiding over federal spending without a boss, maintaining vigilance over taxpayer money.
A. F. B. Jennings filed a case in mock trials with Henry Tice reading the document to elicit merriment. Trials were continued as demurrers were studied, with visitors including Alex Mahood of Bluefield and several others in attendance, presided over by W. H. McCullock.
The Boy Scouts of Welch departed last Thursday for a week long camp near Bartley arriving at noon. They spent their days in outdoor activities and teamwork exercises under supervision of their leaders.
Welch residents announce visitors and trips to Farmville Virginia and Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Others plan summer travel to Greenup Kentucky and Roanoke. Local officials and educators meet about Browns Creek schools while a body lies at the morgue awaiting claims. Community events include a bake sale and B'nai B'rith and Eastern Star meetings.
Steve Pop aged 20 dies at Welch Hospital from a fractured skull after a mine accident at Bottom Creek Coal Company. Tom Mausen, a miner, dies in Welch Hospital from a personal safety wound. Marriage licenses issued to Irwin White and Gertrude Church. Abe Tabel and Fannie Baron. Robert Sheare and Rathleena Slavey. Harry Poston and Louis Smith. Harry Tilley and Ida Boswell. Funeral services set for Pocahontas on Sunday.
The estate of the late Henry Clews becomes a special partner in Henry Clews & Co for five years with a $1,000,000 cash contribution, announced by the New York Stock Exchange. The piece closes with a proverb about thought and speech.
Two men posing as radio salesmen robbed several country homes in Orange New Jersey area. Telegraph Want Ads helped locate suspects and led to recovery of possessions. Local police caution residents to verify door to door workers and report suspicious activity.
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