Hess Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter in Ratliffe Killing
George W. Hess, who admitted drinking and seeking to kill, shot Shade Ratliffe in Cedar Bluff last Christmas. In Tazewell County Court he was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. Ratliffe died two days after the abdo men shot. A March term jury hung with eleven for acquittal and one for second degree murder.
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Gorge W. Hess
Shade Ratliffe
George W. Hess
Cedar Bluff
St Tazewel
Hess
Ratliff
Busness
Jas. F. Holroyd
Athens
House of Delegates
Holroyd
Bluestone Council No
United Commercial Travelers
E. OU. Sloan
Bluefield Inn
City and coal region news mixed with social notes
W S Crockett and Andrew J Hearn from Princeton visit the city while Sheriff John W Crockett from Tazewell and other locals gather. Weddings announced for Rosa May Ligon and Bernard Tully. a fatal fall on a Norfolk and Western bridge prompts foul play speculation. A Harris Opera House concert and a UCT banquet are highlighted along with several regional visits and society meetings.
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Timper Moore
Williamson
Kenova
Moore
Union Station
Harris Opera House
Putnam Fadeless Dyes Sold by Flat Top Grocery
Flat Top Grocery advertises Putnam Fadeless Dyes that do not stain bands or kettle spots. It also promotes Hester’s Columbus Beer urged for family use and medical purposes.
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Bucklen
Putnam
Flat Top Grocery Co
Hester
Columbus
Campbell Co coal price change notice
Notice from W H Campbell Co announces lower cash coal prices to spot cash three dollars twenty five a ton and one eighty six per half ton while payday prices rise to three dollars fifty per ton and one ninety per half ton.
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W. H. Campbell & Co
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N2& W
Compion and Press
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Met
Loiery Department
Jennie Sullivan
Ewald
Bluefield Mercantile CO
J. G. Meadow
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Princeton
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Tazewell County
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Raleigh
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Chapel Hill
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Lottie Ligon
Baltimore
Mt. St. Joseph School
W. H. Wheelwright
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Bedford City
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Witten’s Mills
Hambrick
Bluefield Avenue
Ladies of Grace Methodist Church
P.J. Hain
Daughters of the Confederacy
White’s
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Bluefield Hardware Company
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Oakvale
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George H. Lucas
Radford
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Mother
Philadelphia
E. E. Kepthart
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Bland Street
W. H. Greever
Hattie Irvine
May Dangerfield
O. L. Alexander
Bluestone Council
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Lanning
Sloan
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Bluvefield
Moliie Rutledge
East Radford
Eugene Blake
Martin
Birefield
Giles County
Hood
Naty
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Tie
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Norfolk & Wesern Railway and
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Atlantic City
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Ocean City
Sea Isle City
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Anglesea
Wildwood
Holly Beach
N.J
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Harris Mnose CO
Postoffice
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Aehene Flat Top Grocery CO
Wluefield
Pedigo
Royal Tailors and
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Centre Street
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W. VA
Pocahontas, VA
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