Graham Daily News Commencement Exercises Close
The Graham high school commencement exercises closed last evening with an 8 o'clock invocation by Rev A B Hunter. Rev S W Moore of Bluefield delivered the annual address on The Man and Woman of the Future. Miss Rosa Summers led with the salutatory Castles in Spain, and Walter Keister and R M Graham won top honors among the boys while Miss Gertrude Rucker received the medal for Music Its Mission. Several other medals were awarded for music spelling and Latin.
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Graham High School
A. B. Hunter
Methodist Church
Gertrude Rucker
Moore
Randolph
Bluefield
McGuire
George Crockett
Edna Keister
Annie Dudley
Commencement Honors At Local School Class Of 1912
Rev G W Summers presided over the 1912 class commencement noting Lyle Livesay won the latin prize and Annie McCall the spelling medal. He praised Latin and spelling study and urged winners to continue. Three speakers were absent due to illness. Music highlighted the program as the faculty and school community closed with benediction.
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G. W. Summers
Lyle Livesay
Annie McCall
Summers
Survey of ridge road to boost county markets
Surveying has begun on the Graham Clear Fork mountain road to be built under the bond method in Taze wel county. The project aims to connect Graham with the fertile Clear Fork area, opening coalfield markets and spurring a Graham produce exchange. Engineers are on site. S M Graham and Mr. Wright lead surveying efforts on opposite sections.
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Clear Fork
Gaham-Clear Fork Mountain
Tazewell
East River Mountain
Graham
Tazewell County
S. M. Graham
Wright
Cove Creek
Road construction to begin. new dirt highway planned
The project will award immediately and actual digging starts within a week. The court offer describes a modern dirt road. Officials predict the new highway will be open by Christmas.
Resignations Stir Tazewell Republicans Over Summers Action
Tazewell county Republicans discussed the resignation of L. F. P. Summers of Abingdon as collector of internal revenue for the Sixth Virginia district. They doubted Summers shared confidential details of the Ninth district maneuver and believed he sought a better government post, potentially not tied to Taft's renomination.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
L. F P. Summers
Abingdon
Virginia
Summers
Slemp
Taft
Mr. Summers
F. M
Vet) Surader
United States
R. A. Fulwhler
Staunton
Shrader
Graham Daily
L. P. Summers
Revenue Department
Russell
Henry Hagg
Russell County
Virginia Panters Association meets at Old Point Comfort
The nineteenth annual convention of the Virginia Pankers Association will gather June 20 to 22 at the Chamberlain Hotel Old Point Comfort. Bank executives R K Crockett and J K Morton of Graham and The First National Bank are expected to attend and address the gathering.
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Virginia Pankers Association
Old Point Comfort
Chamberlain Hotel
R. K. Crockett
J. K. Morton
Bank of Graham
First National Bank
Graham High School finals draw out-of-town visitors
Mrs. Ethel Dupuy of Pocahontas was among visitors in Graham traveling to the coalfield on business. Dupuy attended the Graham high school finals and returned home yesterday.
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Graham
Ethel Dupuy
Pocahontas
Additional Personalities in Bluefield and Nearby
Mrs J C Turley and sons Joe and William traveled to Columbus to visit relatives. Rev W S Bullard spent yesterday in Tazewell visiting friends. F E Bastin of Narrows, connected with the New River and Holston Railway, was a business visitor in Bluefield yesterday. Dr and Mrs W G Crockett returned to Greenville Tenn from city. Oscar Camper and George Barger leave for Blacksburg for a W P L commencement. Rev KE FE Wiley of Tazewell was a visitor. Geo W St Clair of Tazewell is in city on business. R C Morrison returned from Knoxville. John Greer, Ash store manager, was in city. Lewis Wilburn of Swift Co Elkhorn watched a ball game where locals beat Elkhorn 9 to 5. Mrs Fred Morgan and son Earl, guests of Mr and Mrs C H W Brown, left for Indianapolis Ind.
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F. E. Bastin
Narrows
New River and Holston
Bluefield
Lewis Wilburn
Swift & Co
Elkhorn
Elkhorn Boys
Fred Morgan
Earl
C. H W. Brown
Tazewell Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Annie Mutz
Ida Mae Kwass
Mary Heatherman
Julia
Coozy Saunders
James Greer
Billy Barker
Abbs Valley
Boissevain
Dan L. Smith
Pennsylvania Line
Pocahontas
Dr. Frazier
J. B. Saunders
Chilhowie
James Bailey
Graham
Henry Shufflebarger
Northfork
Lillie
Ronnie
Irma Helen Roth
Raend Lillie Goodman
Lillian Rosengarten
Mollie
Sadie
Carrie Laer
Messrs
Max Goodman
Sol Kwass
IF. Rosengarten
Bob Carffee
Sam Hyman
Louis Raach
Dr. Jones
A. S. Perry
Richard
Tazewell
J. A. Macom
Richmond
Pocahontas Fatal Mine Accident Claims Earl Mitchell
Earl Mitchell was killed instantly by falling slate at the Boissevain mine in Pocahontas. He will be buried from his Water street home. The incident is the lead item, with local social notes and visitors continuing through Pocahontas and nearby towns.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
C.W. Keister
Wister Street
Earl Mitchell
Boissevain
Water Street
Cotton Reduction Bill Moves Favorably in Congress
Washington June 4 The Underwood cotton tariff reduction bill was reported favorably to the house by the ways and means committee. The measure matches the version vetoed by the Senate and president, signaling progress toward enactment.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Democratic leaders tout cotton clothing tax cut impact
President last August and Democratic leaders say enactment would save over 80 million dollars annually for cotton clothing users. The bill is expected to pass the House quickly but may face trouble in the Senate.
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Senate
Reopted Mail Contract With Oceanic for Australia Route
Postmaster General Hitchcock reestablished the Oceanic Steamship Co contract to carry mails from San Francisco to Australia. The line will operate direct trips with calls at Honolulu and Pago Pago, using second class vessels every twenty eight days, four or five days faster than rivals, for ten years starting July 1 1912.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Oceanic Steamship Coompany
An Francisco
Suez Receipts Rise Prompting Tanker Toll Cut Next Year
Paris reports the Suez Canal Company long year totals rose by 866000 to 27762000 dollars. The gain justifies a vessel tariff cut scheduled for next January. China trade lagged due to politics but India and Dutch Indies exports rose while Japan expanded European trade ties.
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Paris
Suez Canal Company
China
India
Dutch Indies
Japan
Europe
First and Second Democratic Delegates Instructed for Clark
Wheeling June 4 first district delegates are Jere A. Miller of Wheeling and Andrew Edmiston Weston who are uninstructed. In the second district Martinsburg John T McGraw and John J Cornwell are instructed for Clark, no congressional nominations in either district.
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McGraw
Cornwell
Champ Clark
Wheeling
Jere A. Miller
Andrew Edmiston Weston
Martingburg
John T. McGraw
John J. Cornwell
Clark
Graft Allegations Hit Government Building Rentals
Washington reports Senator Williams of Mississippi charging graft in rental of government buildings. He cites the appropriations bill as tie to higher rents, claiming government pays four times what private tenants would for certain structures. Also noted is a late afternoon wedding event in town.
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Washington
Williams
Mississippi
Senate
Dreadnaught Arkansas Encounters Accident Off Maine
Washington reports the new dreadnaught Arkansas suffered a dented skin during a voyage off the Maine coast. Navy officials say no hull breach occurred and trials will continue despite the mishap. cause unspecified.
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Washington
Arkansas
Maine
Navy Department
Sheriff Floats Lynching Accusation Case to Baltimore
Salisbury Maryland June 4 Sheriff Tull of Somerset guards Wesley Miles accused of twice attempting to assault the fourteen year old daughter of William J Phillips of Princess Anne Maryland He eluded a pursuing mob last night and is believed to be aboard a train bound for Baltimore with the prisoner.
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Salisbury
Tull
Somerset
Wesley Miles
William J. Phillips
Princess Anne
Baltimore
Money Trust Investigation Set for New York Hearings
The money trust probe will be taken up in New York on Thursday with preliminary hearings in the New York clearing house and the New York Stock Exchange, after a decision by the house banking and currency committee.
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Money Trust
Washington
New York
House Banking and Currency Committee
New York Clearing House
New York Stock Exchange
Mayor Recalled in Hoquiam Amid Industrial Turmoil
The Hoquiam Washington recall of Mayor Rev Harry Ferguson follows recent industrial workers disturbances. Ferguson, known for backing industrial interests, is replaced as civic leader amid unrest and political shakeup.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Harry Ferguson
Ferguson
The Advertiser and Customer Bond for Local Trade
A saying emphasizes reciprocal benefits in advertising and patronage. It asserts that proactive advertisers attract business while loyal customers secure better bargains and favorable terms.
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