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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1913
Page
5
Graham officials insist the automobile ordinance was enacted in self defense and not to antagonize Bluefield. They acknowledge costly new roads and limited revenue, urging Bluefield residents to know license funds will maintain roads, with no antagonism toward Bluefield.
A sensational health warning urges readers to treat impoverished blood and spring ailments with Swift's Sure Specific 8.S.58, claiming rapid relief from fever chills headaches and general weakness. The ad touts a blood cleansing remedy manufactured by The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta and promises a free book on blood-related disorders.
A Graham notice invites locals to come down and inspect the new rock roads, promising no trouble if town laws and ordinances are observed. The call encourages residents to get a Graham tag and participate, signaling a community event related to road improvements.
Beginning Wednesday morning Graham will switch to 24 hour electric service under the Appalachian Power Company. The system, already installed over six weeks, includes fifty two street lights and tungsten lamp upgrades, with power expected to attract new manufacturing industries to the area.
The Graham concert band plans to debut blue coats and brass buttons this week with uniforms arriving by Tuesday. A big send off is set for Wednesday at the Gem theatre where members will speak from the stage. They rehearse The West Virginia Hills for Bramwell’s semi centennial June 20 and will perform for the Bramhwell celebration with many West Virginians in attendance. The band lists Edgar McCray as director and members include Lawrence Edwards Ailen Samuel McMullin Robert Karl Mahood Clarence Robert Greever Vernon Burress Robert Roy Yost Ray Hart Bill Adkins Clarence Burton Walker Portis Harry McCray and ten brothers total.
Mrs. Wiley Lambert of the Harry place a mile and a half from Graham brought four young chickens to town for 2.75 dollars cash. Spring chickens sell for about 25 cents a pound in Graham. Hatchery was done by a hen, with no incubators. She says chicken income beats farm work and pays her bills, indifferent to tariff or sugar policy.
A local poultry scene notes young chickens continuing to sell at twenty five cents per pound. A woman boasted that her four chicks earned more money than the hogs Wiley used to sell. Before departing, Mrs Lambert bought her daughter new slippers to wear to Sunday school today.
Nine brick masons and as many carpenters are at work on the new Graham School on College Hill. The sixteen room structure sits on the hilltop with drainage around it and its own electric plant lighting. Architect G. R. Ragan guides the project with T. K. Leedy and W. P. Barnett supervising on-site. completion aimed for the fall term opening.
Taxpayer readers argue that a Waxewell county highway is planned to run through Clear Fork district and would be paid by its taxpayers. Bluestone Wrights Valley and Tate Weil county residents would also use it, raising questions about excluding others. The writer urges reexamining the original seventeen year old route and questions engineer choices and responsibilities in bond issues and courthouse orders.
The report notes a Sabbath gathering at Harry's school house Midway where Thos Mowbray preaches and many hearts were touched. Harold Burton and Terry Burton head to Pontotoe Miss to wed Miss Minnie Hall Knox at First Baptist church. The bride is a former Graham high school teacher.
T. Mann of Bramwell and H. G. McCall of Tazewell were in the city yesterday on business.
The Clear Fork road injunction proceeds see no new action beyond state highway engineer Wagner instructing lawyers St. Clair and Hicks to seek dissolution. Tazewell county supervisors ratified hiring, while discussion notes that the Hockman road remains tied to the dispute. The item sits alongside community notices about Sullins College, church meetings, and local travels.
R H Palmer Graham’s city treasurer is the theater’s devoted patron who has not missed a Gem show since opening. He even bought the first Gem ticket last Saturday night and can name actors by sight, saying the pictures here are as good as anywhere. The Daily News will feature more local movie fans in a future issue.
The West Virginia Educational Association plans follow up in Circlesville Ohio this summer. Miss Ruth Miller, Latin teacher at the local high school, left yesterday for Chambersburg Pennsylvania and will return in the fall. Miss Ruby Little returned to Bramwell last night, accompanied by Miss Winnie Suees and Miss Mary Woolwine of Narrows who will spend Sunday as her guests. Mina Lucie Gilmore, visiting relatives in Lebanon, stopped in the city yesterday to see Miss Callie Dilner and then continued home to Pulark after the afternoon train.
Testimony from Ralph McNeil and Harry S Campbell describes armed guards and orders to shoot if stones are thrown at trains. Mrs Anna Smith recounts eviction and sleeping on a mattress in a fence corner. Senators question company store prices as miners face restrictions while Lee Calvin faces cross examination.
The New York World notes gravity and drop times vary with latitude. A rifle fired from sixteen feet in Boston hits ground in one second, while the same shot from Mexico City takes one and a half seconds. The piece cautions hunters to adjust timing for local gravity differences.
The New York Sun describes a neutral zone in rivers where neither saltwater nor freshwater fish readily bite. Tides push salt up and freshwater down, creating a mid river area where shad, bluefish, and other sea fish may hover near the ocean side while freshwater species linger near the upriver fringe.
An advertisement extols Peruna as an effective remedy for dropsy caused by thin blood and poor digestion. It features a testimonial from Mrs Randall describing years of suffering, swelling, and pain, claiming improvement after using Peruna and its tablets.
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