Charles Reid Former Mercer Resident Dies at 85
Charles Reid, 85, died at 6 am Tuesday in Princeton hospital after illness. He moved from Mercer to Monroe after marrying Fannie Booth. she preceded him in death. Survived by three sons, two sisters, three brothers. Funeral at Lindside today with Rev. G W Bradley officiating. interment Freedman Cemetery Lindside at 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reid
Princeton Hospital
Neild
Mr. Reid
Campbell County
Mercer County
Fannie Booth
Joshua Booth
Monroe County
J. B. Reid
Union
G. B
J. H. Reid
Lindside
Alice Shelton
Princeton
Julia Brown
Ingleside
Bob Reid
Thomas Reid
Oakvale
G. W. Bredley
Dunkard
Freedman
Lindaide
Brief Session of Circuit Court Held
A brief circuit court session led by Judge I M Tanner disposed of several chancelry matters and motions before adjourning to next Tuesday. In the condemnation case against FE L Wright and others the defendants objected to a commissioner's price of 300 for land taken for the Princeton Oakvale road but accepted a 100 tender, and Blyee was named guardian for the children with bond of 709. One final decree was entered in Lala Welch v Samuel F Welch. The county court contracted with CL Johnston and Brennen of Oakvale.
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Ciircuit
I. M. Tanner
FE. L. Wright
C. A. Wright
C. G. Wright
Aaron Wright
Princeton
Oakvale
Blyee
Lala Welch
Samuel F. Welch
Pipe Organ Pupils Limited Special Course Offered
Mrs Maxine Dow ney White will take a limited number of pipe organ pupils for a special course. Call 231 1 between 9 am and 5 pm for appointment.
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Maxine Downey White
Removal of Graves for Road Right of Way
About thirty two bodies will be moved from Kelleyville cemetery to Oakvale cemetery. The contractor will be paid 55 dollars for each grave relocated. Kelleyville cemetery land is being taken as a right of way for the Princeton-Glen Lyn road.
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Kelleyville
Oakvale
Kelleyeville
Princeton-Glen Lyn
TWO ESCAPED PRISONERS RECAPTURED IN VIRGINIA AND INDIANA
News notes prisoners Gibson Langhorne and Walter Atkins, who escaped Goshen county jail May 27, have been recaptured. Langhorne reportedly shot in the leg. Roscoe Mitchem believed hidden in Mercer county. Sheriff Bowling and Deputy Bennett will travel to Goshen Thursday to pursue extra actions.
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Gibson Langhorne
Walter Atkins
Goshen
Indiana
J. Otie Bowling
Langhorne
Atkins
Roscoe Mitchem
Mercer County
Roanoke
Lillie K. Sutton
Salem
Bowling
J. Sam Bennett
Look Wonderful Eugene Permanent Waves Offer
Special this week only eight fifty dollars. Given by Mrs Starkey of Richmond Virginia an expert in beauty culture. Evening appointments available.
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Eugene
Starkey
Richmond
Fay Reynolds Graduates Top Mooseheart Class at Mooseheart
Fay Reynolds of Princeton, among Mooseheart’s 1929 graduates, left Mooseheart at nineteen with strong commercial course results and athletic and dramatic activities. She arrived December 1, 1919, after her father’s death, to join her four siblings and mother.
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Princeton
Mooset
Illinois
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Fay Reynolds
Mooseheart
Princeton Moose Lodge
Fay
Rinceton Moose
Camp Fire Girls
Mouseheart
HH. Richards
Princeton Lodge of Moose
Miss Reynolde to Visit Princeton For Open Meeting
Mise Reynolds will visit Princeton and appear in public at an open meeting. Officers hope she can attend the Moose picnic at Glenwood Park on July 4, to report progress and school achievements to lodge officers and keep in touch with local representatives.
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Princeton
Mise Reynolds
Miss Reynolde
Glenwood Park
Show Boat at Royal Theatre Heads Four Day Run
Accompanying a chorus of Negro singers Show Boat starring Laura La Plante and Joseph Schildkraut opens at the Royal Theatre for a four day engagement. The production blends Ziegfeld musical comedy with Universal film making and features extensive extras work and lavish sets. A separate circuit court case reports a $10,000 damages suit by J B Fades against H C Crewe for trespass on the case.
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Edna Ferber
Royal Theatre
Laura la Plante
Joseph Schildkraut
Universal
Estir
J. B. Fades
H. C. Crewe
Crews
Eades
Conley
Bluefield
Florenz Ziegfeld
Ziegfeld
Helen Morgan
Bill
Jules Bledsoe
Jemima
Feller
Otis Harlan
Alma Rubens
Emily Fitzroy
Jane la Verne
Harry Pollard
Carl Laemmle
Masons Elect Officers For The Coming Year
Princeton Lodge No. 134 A. F and A. M. elected officers for the year starting July 1 at the Masonic temple. Installed June 24 will include Worshipful master H. K Osborne senior warden Paul Bonham junior warden Clinton Bonham treasurer J. H. Evans and secretary S. F. Cleghon. Appointed were senior deacon FLOC Stinnett junior deacon R. O. Secrest and tier D. L. Beldler.
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Princeton Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
H. K Osborne
Paul Bonham
Clinton Bonham
J. H. Evans
S. F. Cleghon
Floc Stinnett
R. O. Secrest
Tier
D. L. Beldler
For Rent Five room apartment with both over Western Union
Five room apartment available near Western Union with garage space at two dollars monthly. Contact phone 24-L or arrange via J. L. Caldwell.
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Western Union
J. L. Caldwell
Princeton Society Notes Highlight Dinners and Meetings
Social items from Princeton cover dinner guests at Mrs Ward Lowergs on Honaker Avenue and a Sunbeam band meeting at First Baptist church. Reports include a large gathering hosted by Misses Maxine Woodyard and Lauree Stinnette for Miss Phyllis Nichol, the United Daughters of the Confederacy event at the Bargers home, and plans for a Confederate veterans dinner. A Matoaka marriage and a Church Heavenly Rest auxiliary gathering are also noted with hostesses and attendees listed.
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Maxine Woodyard
Lauree Stinnette
G. B. Daugherty
Forrest Street
Phyllis Nucho
Welch
Buford Tinder
Harriet Woolfolk
Louise Stinnette
Margaret Rich
Maidie McGlothlin
Caroline Rich
Dorothy Kelly
Herniece Kelly
Frances Robertson
Phyllis Nichol
Bus Hall
Shine” Ridenour
G. M. Bowling Jr
Fost Austin
Henry Baum
Dick Keeley
Hale Fry
James Stinnette
Alton Stinson
Thomas Hedrick
Buster Woods
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Princeton
Minnie Sue
Nita Barger
Walker Street
Bess Barbour
Mra. F. S. Tinder
Mra. J. HH. Ball
R. N. Vermillion
H. B. McNutt
McDonnell
Davidson
Hau
Effie May Bailey
Watter PB. Casey
Matoaka
First Church of Christ
Dr. Perry Jr Cook
Bailey
Pickshinn
Woman's Auxiliary
The
Church of Heavenly Rest
E. W. Cummings
L. J. Sheppard
Reynolds Avenue
Spanishburg Bridge Opens To Traffic In Morgantown Area
The Spanishburg bridge over the Hivestone river opened Monday replacing a one way street that caused crashes. Frank Hughart and Miss Viola Hoyt married Monday evening in Athens by Rev. A B Moore. Mrs Hughart from Ellendale Delaware taught in Morgantown. Hughart with Bel Oil Products Service now in Morgantown. They will live with Mr and Mrs EF Witten in Honaker Avenue.
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Spanishburg
Hivestone
Frank Hughart
Viola Hoyt
Athens
A. B. Moore
Hughart
Ellendale
Delaware
Morgantown
Lewisburg
Bel Oil Products Service
EF. H. Witten
Honaker Avenue
For Sale or Rent Six Room House with Outbuildings
For sale or rent a six room house with garage and other outbuildings at a low price. Good terms offered. One storehouse with living quarters overhead. Call or see Arrington at Arrington Grocery Store, phone 177, near courthouse.
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Arrington
Bear Courthouse
Cremation Case Defendant Speaks in Court
The defendant testified he could not recall if he had been with someone but said it was to obtain Mrs Mowrys savings. He was unemployed and desperate for money. Mrs Campbell described her husband as wonderful to her and their three children and noted his limited medical activity aside from a neuralgia tablet. She recalled a decline from wealth after Campbell lost his 25000 job in Chicago.
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Campbell
Chicago
Welch Refunding Bond Passes By Tremendous Majority
The Welch vote on the refunding bond issue stood 319 for and 7 against, with 387 citizens casting ballots. Proceeds will pay 46,400 to the state sinking fund and retire older bonds. 150,000 is authorized for thirty years. Padgett of the Baptists church will conduct services.
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WELCH
Vt 1 Agarret
Padgett
Bapties Church of
Moody
Dewey Moody Obituary Dies of Pneumonia at 13 Months
Dewey Eugene Moody, 13 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Moody, died yesterday morning at 6:30 after a two week illness from whooping cough that developed into pneumonia. Funeral services planned for Wednesday afternoon in the Presbyterian church.
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Dewey Eugene Moody
H. L. Lloody
Nervous Headaches Relief Advertisement
An advertisement offers Capuchine for nervous headaches and nerve pain. It claims quick relief without stomach upset and notes liquid capuchine acts almost instantly. The copy emphasizes cost 30c and other sizes.
Local notices from Welch and McDowell county
Daily items list births travels and visits in Welch and surrounding towns. Horn a son born to Mr and Mrs Julius Goodman at Grace hospital Monday night. Several residents travel for illnesses funerals and family visits. Kimball man held on wife beating charges. McDowell county superintendent meeting scheduled for 10 AM today.
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Welch
Johnson
Andrea Douglas
Robert Johnson
Roscoe C. Jennings
Hunt
Jennings
Huntington
Ralph Haynes
Saltville
Loomie Haynes
G. C. Sexton
McDowell County
L. C. Anderson
Death follows restaurant owner Lee Jackson stabbing
Lee Jackson, known as a small restaurant owner in War, died from wounds after a dispute. Joe Carroll, also from War, is at large following the stabbing near the heart about 2:00 am. Jackson, rushed to Welch Hospital, died soon after. Survived by a widow and his father.
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Lee Jackson
Joe Carroll
Carroll
Jackson
Welch Hospital
Raymond Steadman Weley Correspondent
Raymond Steadman Weley is listed as a correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, with contact by All Hours Phone 87.
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Weley
Daily Telegraph
Railway freight loadings drop after Memorial Day pause
Washington June 11 A revenue freight loadings for the week ended June totaled 7 192 cars a decline of 9 496 from the prior week attributed to Memorial day observance. Compared with the same week last year total loadings rose 37 247 cars coal loadings reached 147 4 cars up 5 951 from the year-ago week.
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Washington
American Railway Association
Martial law declared to prevent new raids at Curacao
Willemstad Curacao Dutch West Indies June 11 martial law proclaimed to guard against replication of a raid by Venezuelan revolutionists Saturday night. The governor who was kidnapped as a hostage until raiders landed in Venezuela said further precautions would frustrate more raids. Dutch warships were en route from Holland. A note adds that a bamboo tree grows visibly under a microscope.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Dutch West Indies
Venezuela
Holland
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Mercer
CL Johnston
Brennen of
Sarah Johnson
Mount Regis Sanitarium
Dr. Faulkner
Miss Johnson
Frederick
Vermillion
Vermont
Frances Vermillion
Anna
Howell
C. R. Hawley
Josephine Hawley
Duncan Hawley
Louisville
Bessie Brown
Olivia Isabelle Brown
American Trust Company
Hale Beauty Shop Vhone
Cease
Squire J. O. Mangue
Montcalm
Rh. M. Largin
L. C. Webb
T. C. Akers
Masons
John R Pendleton
A. L. Bowling
City Recorder
E. B. King
FB. B. King
Hugh G. Woods
H. FE. DeJarnette
Princeton Society
Harrieyt Woolfolk
Sunbeam Band
First Baptist Church
Alchols
Tp. C. Meeting
Robert T. Hopkins
Great Britain
Confederate States of America
Judah Benjamin
M. G. Harper
A.fudge
F .S. Tinder
Sky Straley
Peggy Booker
Mre Critaker
Casey-Bailey
J. Casey
Mr. Casey
Mateoaka Motor Company
Episcopal Auxiliary
Hanover
Res. Reaves
Woody Bowling
Mercer and
Center Street Corner
L. Meron
Mercer St
W. A. Simmons Ve. Elkhorn Grocery Company
Ira J. Partlow
Rimmone
Elkhorn Grocery Company
Welch-Coalwood
Norfolk and Western Railway
Coney Island Amusement Park
PY Ahern
England
Gage
Sue Posit
Penently
Longmire
East Tennessee
Helen Partsow
Lexington
Andrew Bsironko
Andrew Sironko
Bridge
Emma Duncan
Big Stone Gap
Paul Duncan
WH. M. Baldwin
H Baldwin
Gordon Beach
William Daugherty
Ann O'Toole
Gary
H. M. Baldwin
Sprigg
A. Wyland
Annawalt
Kimball
W. F. Stover
Mr. Stover
Stover
L. K. Crue
Fred Moore
Kim
Lee Jageson
J. W. Slack
Billy Mitchell
Rhodes Apartments
R. H. Tyson
WC. Mitchell
T. A. Lambert
Lambert
J. H. Mitchell
O. E. St. Clair
Virginia Avenue
St. Clair
Rs. N. G. Perrine
Charleston
W. Va
Fred JL. Teal
Wheeling
Teal
Schoose
E. Weber
Pittsburgh
Raymond Steadman
McCormick & Co
Baltimore
Mays
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