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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1913
Page
5
The Tazewell County Sunday School Association will meet in North Tazewell July 11 12 13 with a program including Friday evening address social hour and Saturday sessions on enrollment reports rural schools and organization The event grants two delegates per school plus superintendent and pastor.
Rev C H Bass of Bluefield will present a stereopticon lecture at the Christian church this afternoon to attract a strong crowd. Personal notes: Mrs L G Toney of Northfork visits her parents in town. Lucretia Mahood of Burkes Garden visits Miss Mary Ritter and G KEK Mahood before returning to Natural Bridge Virginia. Annie Strader of Giles county visits Graham home of Mrs W L Nash. Mrs C P Greever, guest of daughter Mrs W H Frazier at Roanoke, returns home. Mrs Neel and Mrs Elvira Davis of Bluestone visit Mr and Mrs E H Harmon for a time.
The article describes a vast arid coastal belt from Coquimbo to Guayaquil where rainfall is extremely scarce. It notes Peru’s mud palaces and clapboard facades, the absence of lawns, and the general dryness that shapes architecture and climate as the Panama Canal ties north and south.
Commencement week at Annapolis ended with graduation exercises as twenty graduates received diplomas from Secretary Josephus Daniels. It marked the secretary of the navy first visit to the academy, and he was warmly received by the attendees.
In a Pittsburg-era Kentucky newspaper style note, a rough diamond found near Pounding Mill is examined by a local jeweler and New York expert. The piece, purchased for twenty dollars, is cut into a three quarter and a 1/64 carat brilliant valued around two hundred dollars. The article discusses regional mineral wealth and the global diamond trade history from India to South Africa, hinting a future regional center shift.
Eckman grammar school held its commencement on Wednesday evening at the Methodist church. The program featured Miss Mary Fadler and other performers, with diplomas awarded by Prof. H. K. Barbe. The class included Bessie De Hart, Margaret Fackler, Clara Holbrook, Virginia Jamotten, Cora Kelley, Mary Lewey, Gladys Swers, Carol Tyler, Pice Watson and several masters. The event marked the second largest Eckman class in McDowell county that year.
The Eckman school eighth grade class held its commencement exercises Wednesday at the Eckman church as the county s next largest class to graduate. Prof. G J Roodes and Prof. Henry K Barbe delivered short addresses. Mrs G W Packler and daughter Mary visited Landgraff Sunday. Rev J T Crowe led services at Hotel Landgraff Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Thomas driving toward the government building collided with Francis Ripley’s bicycle near the Law and Commerce lobby. The bicycle crashed, the auto struck a lamp post, and both were damaged but occupants mostly escaped with minor injuries. A crowd formed within minutes.
A rumor circulated that the Spring Coal Mining Company at Springton has been sold to the Solvay Collieries Company of Detroit, which already operates in the field. Spring Coal began shipping in 1914 and produced 5,689,075 tons in the previous year.
A four mile route from the gap of the ridge on the north side of the railroad is being surveyed to this city. The line would run from the gap to the second east end bridge and connect with the current car line at Lee street and Princeton avenue. Surveyors are at work and the project appears increasingly assured.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers holds its annual memorial at the First Christian Church Sunday at 11 AM. The program includes invocation, congregational hymn, offertory, roll call of deceased members, prayer by Division Chaplain Worley, quartet, hymn Life is Like a Mountain Railroad, scripture, sermon on The Power and Significance of Brotherhood, and benediction. Everyone is invited.
The Tazewell board of trade plans a major gathering on the eighteenth of this month with a special train from English to Tazewell for business leaders along the Cedar Bluff to English extension. About two hundred guests are expected. A grand feast is planned and L. E. Johnson, president of the Norfolk and Western, has been invited to speak.
A car driven by Sweeney of Athens rolled onto its side between this city and the county seat yesterday afternoon. The vehicle carried passengers but no injuries were reported. The piece also notes ongoing discussion of diplomatic appointments in Washington with Senator OGorman.
The meeting centered on Justice Gerard being sent to Madrid while Henry Morgan than and William F. McCombe were named as possibilities. Marganthau is considered for ambassador to Turkey and Me Combe may be assigned to France.
A confession reveals how a young man aided Rose Thornton against her stepmother who allegedly forged a will to keep wealth. The narrator spots fraud after handling paper used in the will and confronts the forger, forcing settlement in Rose's favor and a marriage celebration.
Letters from young women praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for recovery from illness and menstrual problems. Amelia Jaquillard of New Orleans and Estella Maguire of Saint Clair Pa report improved health and urge others to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co confidentially in Lynn Massachusetts.
Notice that the United States Coal and Coke Company a West Virginia corporation changes its principal office location. Signed by Thomas Lynch president with attestation.
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