Neely Brothers Sentenced Six Years Each in Prohibition Case
Claud and Grat Neely of Lerena Mercer county were found guilty on five counts of illicit distilling. Judge McClintic sentenced them to six years in federal prison plus a $10,000 fine each, with appeal noted and suspension for 60 days. The case is noted as the largest liquor sentence in Bluefield court history and tied to a fatality and injury of prohibition officers.
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Federal Court
Claut and Grat Neely
Lerena
Mercer County
Mliet
Federal Union
Atlanta
MecClintic
United States Supreme Court of Appeals
Blucefield Court
Neely
Neely Brothers
Still
Bluefield
Bird H. Wade
Northfork
Roanoke
Magic City
High Street
McClintle
Huntington
Victor Minnon
Walter Murphy
Fred C. Smith
Pearce White
Clarence Akers
A. Sweker
Howard Sweker
Allen Lewis
Charleston
Andrew Day
Dave Johnson
W. C. Dodd
Jess Reed
RK. BH. Burnop
Thomas Pressley
A. W. Jefferson
J. E. Wheeley
Citywide garbage and rubbish collections twice weekly
Beginning Monday June 23 the city will collect garbage and rubbish twice a week in six collection zones. Zone details list North Side West End East End Central District Southwest District with specific streets and days. Containers must be drainage free, paper wrapped, in metal fly proof bins. rubbish in boxes or barrels placed on the morning of collection for visibility. Public cooperation urged to keep service on schedule.
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North Side
Kent Street
Carter Street
West End
South Mercer Street
City Limits
Norfolk and Western
Midway
Bramwell Road
East End
Mercer Street
City Lmits
Princeton Avenue
Federal Building
Central District
Union Street
North Street
Jeferson Street
Roy Avenue
Southwest District
Jefferson Street
Lewis Street
Cumberland Road
Trooper Crawford Shot. Speight Search Continues
In West Virginia mountains state trooper J. L. Crawford is shot dead while a search for farmer G. E. Speight continues with fifty state police and special officers involved. Meanwhile Democratic pre-convention maneuvering intensifies as Mrs Ivetta Jewell Brown backs John W. Davis. Elmer Wilson pleads guilty to assault, facing seven to fifteen years. Rome reports Amerigo Dumini confession linked to the Matteotti murder. Pershing arrives in London to lead the Battle Monuments Commission inspecting American cemeteries in France.
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Associated Press
J. L. Crawford
West Virginia
Berkeley
Morgan County
G. E. Speight
Speight
Ivetta Jewell Brown
John W. Davis
McAdoo
Smith
Elmer Wilson
Hilda Mark
Sever
The
Messagero
Amerigo Dumini
Matteott
Rome
County Parties Organize For Campaigns In West Virginia
Democratic and Republican committees meet at the Matz hotel and county courthouse, electing officers and planning early campaign activities. Democratic chair Wim. BE. Poss and associate chair Mrs. P. W. Post lead with other officers named. Republican chair J. C. Pack and campaign chair E. W. Hale coordinate preparations amid vacancies filled.
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Democratic Committee
West Virginia
Anl
Wim. BE. Poss
P. W. Post
Nettie Vass Steele
Thos. BE. Cofer
Matz Hotel
J. C. Pack
Thos. H. Scott
Jim Shott
J. E. Woodson
E. W Hale
Princeton
Presbyterians Hear Rev Lardner Moore Missionary Visit
Rev and Mrs Lardner W Moore, awaiting funds to go to Japan, arrived yesterday and stay until Monday. Moore, a Union Theological Seminary graduate, has preached in Caddo Oklahoma. They will sail for the foreign field July 18 from San Francisco and Moore preaches at 11 AM at First Presbyterian and 8 PM at Westminster tonight.
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Lardner W. Moore
Japan
Moore
First Presbyterian Church
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Doubles Title Won By Emmerson And Chapman
R Lindley Murray of Niagara Falls and Sam Hardy of New York defeated Gerald Emmerson of Summit New Jersey and A H Chapman Jr of Springfield Massachusetts in the Great Lakes doubles championship final. The score was 6 2 7 5 1 6 6 2 completing the annual tournament after William T Tilden II of Philadelphia won the singles title yesterday.
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Buffalo
N. Y
R. Lindley Murray
Niagara Falls
Sam Hardy
New York
Gerald Emmerson
Summit
N. J
A. H. Chapman, Jr
Springfield
Mass
William T. Tilden, II
Philadelphia
Great Lakes
Reading announces Connelly sale to Baltimore for Pitt and cash
Reading in the International League reports the sale of outfielder Tommy Connelly to Baltimore for outfielder Clarence Pitt and cash. Pitt led the IL in hitting last season. Bethlehem is noted as the center of the mother of pearl industry.
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Reading
Reading International League Club
Today
Tommy Connelly
Baltimore
Clarence Pitt
Pitt
Bethlehem
Trustee Sale Notice in Mercer County West Virginia
Public auction of the West Virginia property will be held at 1 o clock PM on July 1 1924 at the Mercer county court front door. The sale covers the described lot in Bruefeld with improvements, conveyed to Axel Boyd by L G Bowling and others. Cash in hand at sale.
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M. B. Boyd
Joxie Boyd
Mercer Ie
Ain
Court Court
Mercer County
West Virginia
Oaly Alle
Shenandoah Avenue
Aremaing
L. G. Bowling
Mercer
Keystone Seeks to Rebuild Baseball Team and Town Spirit
Keystone and adjacent towns Landgraff and Eckman rally prominent businessmen to organize a local baseball club. The piece notes flood recovery work by Norfolk and Western with road and rail improvements, traffic cautions, and upcoming Chautauqua starting June 25. It also lists church services, social visits, lodge events, and notices about community leaders and residents.
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Keystone
W. Va
Landgraff
Norfolk and Western Railway
Elkhorn Creek
Welch
Northfork
Methodist Church
B. F. Sells
Boyer
Sunday School
Reforms Under Ezra and Nehemiah Focus of Sunday Lesson
Sunday School lesson surveys three religious service phases material spiritual and social as Nehemiah and Ezra lead congregants to read the law and rejoice. The lesson highlights the people reading the law from morning to midday and the joy of the Lord as their strength. Directors meet York Masonic Investment Company praises Negro enterprise and notes stock value above par.
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Ezra
Nehemiah
Malachi
Israel
Jehovah
York Masonic Investment Company
Masonic
Jones Street
Comany
H. J. Capert
West Virginia
Uncle of More Than One Hundred People Arrives in Section
Bent Tabler of Monence near Chicago visits relatives in this area. He is a seventy seven year old half-brother of the mother of the late Alex St. Clair and the uncle of many prominent locals including the St Clairs Hopkins and Thompsons.
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Bent. Tabler
Monence, Sr
Chicago
Setcion
Mr. Tabler
Alex St. Clair
St. Clairs
Hopkins
Thompsons
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Cincinnati
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Christiansburg
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Wilco
Bluefield Woman's Improvement Club
Effie Scott
Ampiio
Ducing Pianos
Kurtzmann
William Knabe & Son
C. Kurtzmann & Co
J. & C. Fischer
Schubert
Lester
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Holland
Stodart
Alden
Bradmann
Bluefield, W. Va
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