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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
2
A collage of classifieds notes rental and sale offers for autos including Ford roadsters from Mercer Garage and Auto Sales, car painting from Auto Paint Shop, and Degreed dealer Easley Perkins items. Also promoting traveling accommodations at The J. M. England place and various public notices, jobs, and events such as baseball at Glenwood Park and music at The Music Shop.
Stop! The Real Thing highlights Silly Clothing Co offering 25 percent off men s fine suits with a call to shop early. The afternoon baseball at Bluefield Fair Grounds features Princeton versus Bluefield in a 4 PM game. lineup includes Ray Prince Boots Williams Ernest Looney Shorty Anderson Buck Walters.
Capt. L. M. Pettyjohn is ill at home on 695 Carolina avenue. Mrs. Anta Sproles of Pocahontas returns home after visiting Bluefield. Lucile Leister and Amnella Theever from Tazewell visited Bluefield Sanitorium Wednesday. Dr. N. B. Rierson and family on extended auto tour through the southern states. Miss Mozelle Leister, nurse, returns to Bluefield after recovering from influenza. George Wolfe of Beckley, secretary of the Winding Gulf Operator's Association, is in the city on business. John Clayton Hambrick, lately with the U S Navy on the receiving ship New York, transfers to U S B Gusport. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Woodrum Skeen of Clintwood invite relatives and friends.
Rev. Sidney B. Vaught of Morris Harvey College addressed the Holston Epworth League Conference on World Evangelism and called for volunteers to serve in ministerial and missionary work. Thirteen young people, including Miss Mary Sue Tynes of this city, answered the call with kneeling consecration. The day featured prayer, enthusiasm, and a motor tour of Glenwood Park and Pinnacle Rock before continuing today with a church program and addresses by Rev. J. E. Benton.
A posse of revenue officers with Sheriff Ben Ratliff raided Knox Creek Buchanan county Virginia early this week. They killed Boyd Blankenship and wounded another man slightly after border outlaws opened fire. Blankenship was later found hidden in a bed with a revolver and rifle. The posse also arrested his son Walter and others involved.
Real estate notices list several homes for sale with varying rooms and features. Prices range from 2500 to 16000 dollars with options for cash down payments and monthly terms. Readily available properties include Albemarle Penn Mar North Jefferson Spruce Pearls Fourth Rogers Burton and others. We invite buyers to inquire before purchasing.
The late Mr. Driscoll, long time representative of the Robinson of Company in this territory, is survived by his widow and four children, two sisters and two brothers. The sisters are Miss Abbie Driscoll of Washington and Miss Edith Driscoll of Maben, with Edward Driscoll of Baltimore and W. D. Driscoll of Richmond among the brothers. Parents preceded him in death. Funeral plans were not set early this morning. services will be conducted by the United Commercial Travelers and the Modern Woodmen, groups in which he was an active member.
Speech by Franklin K. Lane emphasizes teacher pay as critical to Americanism and national progress. He argues the teacher’s social status and salary affect how well children are educated and how the nation shapes its future. He cites rural schools, hopes for federal support, and calls for dignifying the teaching profession.
The West Virginia state board of dental examiners completed a three day session. Twenty nine applicants sat for practical work and will learn their results within two weeks. Officers were re elected for the year: H H Smallridge president. R Mason Hite secretary. L L Belcher L George Beerbower and D C Clark as board members.
The death occurred at 1 o'clock this morning of W R Driscoll at his Edison residence on the Bluefield Princeton road. He had been ill for weeks with a complication of troubles. A native of Monroe county aged forty nine he spent most of his life in Mercer county and was long a Bluefield resident.
A stark accusation centers on the school for failing to provide life quality respect and dignity. The remark frames the institution as bearing the most justifiable grievance among those criticized.
A historical report notes that in one state, within the last few years, the ordinary farm laborer earned more pay than the school teacher, highlighting wage disparities between educators and agricultural workers.
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