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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1924
Page
35
A scanned 1924 Princeton Mercers County tax roll lists residents and businesses alphabetically with amounts due. The document includes prayerful attestation by City Treasurer Shepherd and sworn signatures of local officials and trustees.
One hundred twelve prisoners occupy the county jail, many federal inmates from the U S court in Bluefield. The overcrowded slate roof jail holds unfamiliar sights like electric lights and a trolley car, with women among the inmates reacting to utilities and daily life inside.
IS ELECTED PRINCIPAL OF SCHOOLS AT GARY Mc Dowell county for next year. Principal Kimble has served six years at East River district high school and helped raise its standing. He and his wife will move in August, leaving a strong civic legacy and community involvement behind.
Chautauqua week in Princeton starts Monday afternoon with opening exercises at 3 o clock followed by a Pan American Marimba band concert and the junior Chautauqua. The evening features another Pan American Marimba band performance and a lecture titled Crime and Punishment by Frank Tannebaum. Season tickets go on sale at Hale's pharmacy tomorrow morning until noon, after which single admissions apply. The program's strength prompts expectation that many without season tickets will buy at the last minute.
Ticket sales are needed tomorrow to meet the guarantee for Chau tauqua events. Superintendent Mr. Lapid arrives in Pyince ton today as Princeton anticipates a varied program of music lectures games and stories for boys and girls.
A morning raid left a gallon keg of whiskey spilled at the front of Justice W. T. Biven’s office on Walker street. Crowds gathered as the scent lingered, with many attempting to scoop up the liquid from the street and gutters.
Claude Belcher and Kelley Burgess were held on a $5,000 bond each after a warrant by federal agent J H Gadd charged conspiracy. Police found eight and a half gallons of moonshine at Belcher s Park Avenue home. The pair await federal grand jury action at Bluefield county jail. Belcher and Burgess were taken to Justice W T Bivens office. liquor destroyed by gutter pour and fire.
At a Friday meeting at the Methodist church residents decided to beautify Princeton Cemetery. A revival of Cemetery Association activities was planned to guide the effort.
At the June Home Economics Club meeting hosted by Mrs. J W Samson and Mrs. Hi W Shannon plans were set to provide supervised recreation for Athens youth. Miss Edna Perkins outlined a system used by the Pour H Club and urged support from the Athens Community Club. Concord State College President C C Rossey praised Athens as a premier college town and suggested a future survey of work. Chautauqua ticket sales continue with a five day engagement to open in Athens on Tuesday. locals expected to buy season seats.
Under Mrs. E W Hale the committee appointed by vice president J B Chambers will canvass Oakwood to raise funds for walks cleanup shrubs and trees. Dues start at six dollars with larger donations welcome as volunteers begin early warmup before Chatauqua programs.
Chicago June 21 A and two aviators Henry C Cook and Ben Timm both of Chicago fell from seventy five feet into Lake Michigan while testing a hydro plane Their trousers leg fouled the rudder causing a wing slip They climbed from the cockpit through wires and were rescued as the plane rose to the surface a mile from shore
Myriads of wild geese invade Aberdeenshire towns and countryside eating young grass and clover and stealing corn seeds already planted in fields and gardens.
New students at Concord State College were officially welcomed at a Friday evening reception in the gymnasium hosted by the college Y.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. Attendees were greeted by a receiving line and names attached to clothing, then enjoyed games and refreshments.
Registrar Miss Ethel Dean reports 536 students enrolled at an early Friday start for the summer session. Last year’s summer term neared 700, and current indications suggest enrollment will closely approach or reach that figure as new students confirm intent to attend.
A large June storm battered Western New York with gale winds up to sixty eight miles per hour. Lightning started numerous fires in Buffalo and surrounding towns. Akron suffered $200000 in losses at the General Crushed Stone plant while Wayne County and Dunkirk areas reported heavy damage. One death occurred in Rochester as residents faced uprooted vegetation and power outages.
Misses Martha and Bessie Theakstone, lifelong companions, died on the same day in Weatherby England at age ninety two. They lived together all their lives and were fondly remembered by their family and neighbors.
United States Lines announces affordable veteran tours to France aboard ships like the America Leviathan George Washington and President Harding. Tours start July 12 with costs from 275 to 300 dollars including ocean voyage rail and hotel expenses, extensive France visits, and Paris sightseeing arrangements.
A man was severely beaten and several American flags were torn from cars as a crowd identifying as Knights of the Flaming Circle conducted outbreaks tied to a tri state Ku Klux Klan conclave. No arrests were reported as the disrupted parade was canceled ahead of time. The gathering shifted to DeForest west of Niles with participants from West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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