Warrior Mine Ready to Resume After Fatal Blast
The Warrior Coal Co mine at Davy damaged by an explosion early Friday morning, killing three employees, is cleared and ready to operate. Inquest planned for Tuesday or Wednesday with state mine chief R M Lambie present. Funeral services have been held for Robert Burnett. burial for Robert Carter set in Carbo Virginia. Harman returns to lead operations as G D Davisson is expected back soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrior Coal Company
Davy
R. M. Lambie
State Department
Welch
Shannon Branch
Central Pocahontas Coal Company
Robert Burnett
Hartwell
Robert Carter
Carbo
Nathan Kelly
Mississippi
H. E B. Harman
Washington
G. D. Davisson
Welch Briefs: King Injured in Fall at Welch Hospital
Steven King colored and employed by the Norfolk and Western railway lies in Welch hospital with a probable skull fracture after an accident Friday afternoon. His condition was listed as fair yesterday morning. A Welch Redpath chautauqua guarantors meeting with Paul Potts was held at the Welch chamber of commerce. County officials and others are invited to the unveiling of a tablet at Black Wolf to memorialize the Harman Indian fight on Tuesday June 14 at 4 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven King
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Welch Hospital
King
Welch
Welch Redpath Chautauqua
Paul A. Potts
Redpath
Welch Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Black Wolf
Harmans
Redpath Chautauquas
Paul Adams
Gary
Negro caddy shot after caddying out of turn at Highland Park
Eugene Harris a 24 year old caddy at Highland Park golf course was shot and killed by caddy master W H Derrick who said Harris was caddying out of turn. Derrick said he acted in self defense as Harris drew a golf club. witnesses at the first green testified Harris drew no weapon. Funeral rites were held in Charleston for Mr Rowan a longtime West Virginia politician and relative of Col Andrew Rowan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Eugene Harris
Highland Park
W. H. Derrick
Derrick
Harris
David R. Stevens
Welch Area Personal News Highlights Visitors and Travels
J Logan Hill a Welch business visitor from Tazewell. Churchill Brewster of Cincinnati visiting Welch parents in Bluefield. BT Beazley traveled to Bluefield for Weet Virginia Typotherae. Noan Shockley of Coalwood a Welch business visitor. Bert Ellie and Miss Ruth Perdue drove to Roanoke for weekend with Miss Perdue’s parents. Ellie to visit family. Hoagland French and Billy Reeves were in Welch on business. Catherine Rhodes and sister Mrs Eugene Webber visiting Columbus, Ohio, plan return Monday and stay with Mrs Webber in Pikeville Kentucky over weekend. Miss Hinkney Hutton of Glade Spring visiting sister Mrs R L Wheeler. Miss Bess Badgett left for Rocky Mount to visit friends. Mrs Bruce Clark and Mrs Lacy Clark of Pulaski visiting Charlie and Edmond Clark. plan Charleston trip today. Miss Mable Slack, Welch teacher, to Louisville Kentucky then camp in Allegheny Park New Jersey for six weeks. Miss Helen Burton from Caples visiting Lois Harrah. Mrs Ed Blakely and son Eddie left for Alta Vista, Virginia.
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J. Logan Hill
Tazewell
Welch
Churchill Brewster
Cincinnati
Bluefield
BT Beazley
Noan Shockley
Coalwood
Bert Ellie
Miss Ruth Perdue
Roanoke
Miss Perdue
Louieville
Alleghaney Park
N. J
Helen Burton
Caples
Lois Harrah
Ed Blakely
Eddie
Alta Vista
Welch Churches Schedule Spirit and Service This Week
The Welch churches list multiple services led by Pastor H. Carlton Fox and E. D. Worley. Sunday features worship, Sunday school at 9 45, children's day programs, baptisms, and Epworth Leagues. Evening sermons center on themes of truth mercy and guidance.
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H. Carlton Fox
Whitsunday
Mercy Seat
Girls’ Friendly Society
E. D. Worley
Epworth League
Smylie Bible Class Set for Sunday Session
The Smylie Bible class will meet Sunday at 3 pm in the Memorial building with Rev. W. C. Williams as speaker. The lesson, from Matthew 25 on Gethsemane and the Betrayal, invites public attendance.
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Smylie Bible
Memorial Building
W. C. Williams
Gethsemane
Rowan Dies in Charleston at 65 Former Monroe County Attorney
Friends in Welch mourn John L. Rowan attorney and former Monroe county resident who died in Charleston Friday morning after several months illness. He was 65, son of the late Col. J. M. Rowan once auditor of West Virginia during a Democratic era. He moved to Missouri as a young man to practice law.
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Jim Reed
United States
Pete & Dickerson
Monroe
State of Washington and Lee University
Washington County
Monroe County
W. Va
Rowan
West Virginia
Andrew Rowan
Los Angeles
Calif
Garcia
St. John’s Episcopal Church
John L. Rowan
Charleston
Col
J. M. Rowan
Missouri
Berwind Notes on Local Travel and Visits
Dr. J. L. McCarty returned from Ashland Kentucky after visiting his mother. H. B. Johnson and Eugene Thompson traveled to Canada for fishing. Ann Johnston and her father from Bluefield West Virginia visited Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Page. The ten year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Gross is ill with scarlet fever. W. F. Martin’s Ford coupe was found abandoned and hidden near War West Virginia. Mrs. J. F. Kinzer is visiting her sister in Adria Virginia due to illness in the Mitchell family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. McCarty
Ashland
Johnson
Eugene Thompson
Canada
H. Johnston
Ann
Bluefield
W. Va
R. L. Page
P. H. Lawless
W. A. Gross
W. F. Martin
J. F. Kinzer
J. H. Mitchell
Adria
Mitchell
Plum and Braid Daytime Frock by Prominent Designer
Plum colored serge trimmed with black silk braid forms a daytime frock by a noted designer.
New York Society Matron Edith Phelps Attacked at Home
Edith Catlin Phelps, prominent New York society figure and wife of architect Stove Phelps, is recovering from injuries after an unknown woman felled her with a hatchet at her doorway. The motive for the assault is not known.
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Edith Catlin Phelps
New York Society
Stove Phelps
Birds Return to Soissons Battlefield Observatory
June 4 report from Soissons France describes now peaceful scenes around Mangin's La Tour Beaumont observatory where first and second American divisions fought in 1918. Songbirds inhabit the site and a shell hosts a nest as locals recount changes since the war.
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Soissons
France
Solosons
Chateau- Thierry
Mangin
la Tour-Beaumont
Villere Cotterets
Chandunami Bery-le-Sec
Flest
Longport
A Balanced Puzzle Page List Of Word Pairs And Clues
A long list of cryptic style clues and word pair prompts spans many senses. The entries include terms for actions states objects and descriptors from transport to clothing to emotion. The page appears as a dense puzzle exercise with varied definitions and wordplay.
Simulated Two Pieces Mistaken as Two Trocks This Season
A sports note explains that many trocks appearing in two pieces are in fact a single piece this season. The observation clarifies a recurring misperception among readers and fans.
Plans for flood repair progress near New Orleans
New Orleans reports steady repair plans as flood threat diminishes in the lower Atchafalaya basins. Levees near Berwick and several towns along the Southern Pacific rail line are deemed safe, with rescue crews on standby. Within ten days a general exodus from northern flooded camps is expected, while some refugees return as ridges rise. Medical teams will survey areas to confirm safe conditions for homeward movement, and livestock remain in camps until feed is secured.
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New Orleans
Atchafalaya
Plana
Berwick
Southern Pacific Railway
Bayou Des G
Tuscumbia
Rival Baptist factions reach agreement in union talks
In Chicago on June 4 the northern Baptist convention endorsed extending missionary abroad work as leaders announced a reconciliation between modernist and fundamentalist wings amid closing sessions of the annual meeting.
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Chicago
Baptists of
Elizabethton Real Estate Push Promises Rapid Growth
An advertising note extols Elizabethton Tennessee as rapidly expanding due to silk plant construction by the Bemberg and Glanzstaff companies. It touts a 6000‑job outlook within a year, a large subdivision for sale, easy payments, and invites investors to visit or write for a representative to tour the city and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great American Bemberg Corporation
Elizabethton Star
Amercian Glanzstaff Corporation
Elizabethton
Tennessee
First National Bank
J. S. Lilly
Princeton
W. Va
Filbert revival near end as Gary services mark close
Three services today will end the second week of the Filbert Methodist revival campaign. Rev. W. C. Barbary will preach at 11 am and 8 pm, with strong congregations. Evangelistic service at 2:30 pm led by Rev. R. C. Laphew followed by testimonials and altar call.
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Filbert
Belchee-Wall Men's Community Club
Filbert Methodist Church
R. C. Laphew
Wilcoe
W. C. Barbary
Superior
Barbary
Gary High School Bands Earn County Honors
The Gary high school band and orchestra received top honors in the county competition among four districts, boosting school programs. Band director R L Thompson led the group with members including Louie Kaman and Tom O'Toole, while Miss Matilda Martineen directed the orchestra featuring Alton Mann and Herbert Swan among others.
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Gary High School
Gary
R. L. Thompson
Welch
Louie Ka
Alex Bero
Steve Silag
Frances Rboughner
Dante Castrodale
Louis Kaman
Gus Warwick
Pauline Walton
Mary Popp
Elizabeth Silago
Buster Riggs
Ellyn Witten
WILCOE NEWS T P Ashworth Visits Sister In Pocahontas
Pocahontas resident T P Ashworth visits his sister Mrs M McGhee. Local families plan summer trips to Gate City Virginia and Bluefield. Mrs F E Taylor and children depart for Bluefield to stay with her parents. Sunday school class at Wilcoe Methodist marks farewell for Sallie Hambrick and Emma Hilton with luncheon and music. Community updates include visits from Annie Hambrick of Lebanon and health news on a dog bite incident. The Wilcoe Methodist church schedules Sunday services and the third quarterly conference at Thorpe with Rev J B Trent and Dr S D Long presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Ashworth
Pocahontas
M. McGhee
W. B&b. Jamison
Gate City
Annie Wiles
Nora Lewis
William Lindsey
Elmer Laughter
Henry Danner
Leon Price
Henry Burgess
Clarence Hash
Priest Bowman
Arthur Taylor
Annie Hambrick
Lebanon
H. L. Laughter
Charles Meade
Richlands
Carl Tabor
Wilcoe Methodist Church
J. B. Trent
Thorpe
S. D. Long
Bluefield
Paris Trees Count Reveals Lonely Oak Among Vast Green
Paris hosts over 100000 trees with a single oak noted in an official forest report. The sixteenth arrondissement tops with more than 10000 trees due to Haussmann's avenues. The growth reflects Haussmann’s redesign along the Seine and surrounding districts.
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Paris
Baron Haussman
Seine Na III
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Janie
H. E. Harman
Welch Briefs
Negro
Andrew Donnally
Negro Boy
G. W. Brewster
Boaerfield
L. A. Osborn
E. K
J. H. Whitt
Bertie Downs
University of West Virginia
B. E. Downs
Sheriff McGinnie Hatfield
Henry Findelsen
Germany
Siberia
Eugene
Welch Beauty Parlor
Elkhorn Street
Welch Churches
ST. Luke's Episcopal
First Methodist
First Presbyterian
Young People's Conference
Smylie Bible Class
Berwind
Julien Damoy
American Legion
Marne
Horiontal
Tenn
William Daugherty
B. E. Kimble
Morgantown
Mesdames B. EE. Kimble
Edward O'Toole
R. V. Shanklin
H. BE. Swan
William Boardman
A. Gilday
G. C. Mace
J. L. Sullivan
H. C. McKinley
J. H. Barker
G. C. Sledge
R. H. Moore
J. G. McIndoe
Martin Fries
G. C. Mullins
Gordon Beach
Dean Barr
Hubert Baldwin
C. E. Pritchett
A. N. Harris
E. H. Deacon
Anne
Stratton
Rose Robinson
William Shrinner
Anna Stratton
Carolyn B. Eagle
Miss Eagle
Marcene Thalberg
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Thalberg
Europe
Eagle
Sledge
R. V. C. W. Prichard
J. H Shanklin
William Phipps
Coulson
J. G. MeIndoe
H. C
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Epworth
Augusta Riley
Kingsport
Jaunita
Ruth Branscome
Huntington
B. L. Steele
Glenn Taylor
Virginia
Atlanta
C. E. McNew
Sam Bingham
Mildred Crane
Fries
Anthony Halmagy
Bristol
Janie Riley
Monte Vallo Woman's College
Alabama
Catherine Wilhem
Cornellsville
KE. W. Cornett
Paul Duncan
Big Stone Gate
James Buchanan
Mingo County
T. A. Woodson
Lynchburg
W. W. Tabb
Hugh Johnson
Claude Boughner
Eunice
Frances
Concord College
Athens
Tuesaday
C. A. Scott
W. J. Durbin
Mis
Lois Robinson
Marshall College
Richard
James Shanklin
George Barker
Jimmie Sledge
Anna Louise Petty
Randlopff-Macon College
Ville
Ovella Moss
Stephen Conner
Miss Moss
Martin, Tenn
Mary Kate Prater
Havace
Hobart Baldwin
Sprigg
C. H. Deacon
Dora
Wilcoe News
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