Sad Scenes At County Jail Visitors Draw Deep Emotions
Princeton residents witnessed emotional scenes at the county jail with over 300 visitors from across the southern district. Twenty six federal prisoners were moved last week to federal institutions after sentencing in Bluefield, including four women sent to Alderson. A separate report notes a boy struck by a car on Park Avenue, bruised but not seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. H. Sparks
Paul M. Swindler
Chartie Wolf
George A. Steele
George Extine
William Purt Garrison
Lee Gould
Buster Jones
Earl Pierson
Shirley Murdy
James Carter
Louis Eldher
Harvey Lawson
Charley Curry
Grayson Dillon
Robert B Booth
Tom Noe
Douglas Thompson
Aaron J. Scarberry
Arthur Green
A. L. Green
Park Avenue
W. A. Powell
Princeton Notices and Social Whirl Fill Local Scene
The Kee Street Womans Missionary Society met in June at the church with several speakers including Rev. A. S. Clear. The Forum department of the Womans Club meets June 26 at Mrs. Sadie Hendersons. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed, with illnesses, travels, funeral attendances, and social visits noted.
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Kee Street Womans Missionary Society
A. 8
Clear
W. B. Grady
Rey
Lilly
Wowan's Club
Sadie Henderson
Bee Street
Mercer county board to review assessments Friday
Mercer county intends to review and equalize county assessments on July 5 1929 in Princeton W Va at the assessor R C McClaugherty’s office. The event is announced by Lowery G Bowling county official. Also reported are circuit court suits begun yesterday including Belcher and McClaugherty v Hambrick McNutt trustee and Hambrick Christie v Christie and Austin v Barrow Motor Co and City of Bluefield. A collision at Mercer and South Ninth street injured two drivers.
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Katie Stull
Princeton
Stull
Young People’s Convention
The
Southern Baptist Church
Ridge Crest
Camp
Ashville
N. C
Alfreda Fry
Charles H. Walmsby
Glouchester
N. J
K. B. Williams
Princewick
W. A. Johnson
Bee Street
Fred M. Corley
Kilsythe
Concord College
J. H. Mitchell
Welch
Henry Nelson
Athens
Memorial Hospital
Rhoda Pauley
Virginia
Emma Eaton
Thorn Street
H.C. Hambrie
Aon
Todd
Highland Avenue
G. W. Lawrence
Harrison Street
K. W. Lawrence
S. T. Lawrence
Roanoke
Billy Lawrence
R. L. Dugan
Elizabethton
Tenn
Jacksonville
Fla
G. W. Eddy
Weat Bluefield Avenue
D. A. Johnston
Oakvale
Mercer County
Thomas Casey
Salisbury
PD. L. Casey
Bluefield Road
Clark Thornton
D. L. Casey
Mountain Lake
W. G. Meadows
Logan
Board of Review and Equalization of
R. C. McClaugherty
W. Va
Lowery G. Bowling
J. M. Belcher
W. B. McClaugherty
J. C. Hambric
C. R. McNutt
M. 4. Hambric
Ada Christie
Pverett Christie
Bernard H. Austin
Barrow Motor Company
Bluefield
Hays Belcher
Nash
Mra
George M. Taylor
Mercer
South Ninth Street
Belcher
South Ninth
Mra. Taylor
Kimball Stull 84 Buried Today After Colum Bus Death
Funeral services are held at 2:30 PM at the Presbyterian church for Matthew Kimble Stull 84 killed in an accident at Columbus Ohio. Interment in Oakwood cemetery with Princeton Lodge No 134 A F and A M in charge. Stull a Waugh Construction fireman left widow several children and grandchildren.
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Presbyterian Church
Matthew Kimble Stull
Columbus
Ohio
Charles H. Phipps
Perry J. Cook
First Church of Christ
Oakwood Cemetery
Princeton Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Stull
Waugh Construction Company
Charlies Stull
R. Andrews
Durham
N. C
Katie Stull
Charles Stull
Phillip Stull
Billie Stull
M. K. Stull Jr
W. A. Stull
Frank Stull
Jacksonville
Fla
Fla. Johnson
Hinton
W. Va
BF. R
Naishapur Finishes Second in Major Races
Naishapur, the West's equine ace, has a habit of placing second in key events. He was runner up in the Coffroth Handicap last winter, second to Clyde Van Dusen in the Kentucky Derby, and finished second again in the American Derby at Washington Park last Saturday. Analysts note his slow break and strong finish suit the one and a half mile distance, with stake events typically at nine furlongs.
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Clyde van Dusen
Washington Park
For Rent Five Room Apartment with Western Union
Five room apartment offered for rent with Western Union facility. Monthly price set at $25. Private age restriction noted. Apply J. L. Caldwell or call 24 L. for more details.
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Western Union
J. L. Caldwell
Five Room House for Sale on South Avenue
For sale a five room house with bath on South Avenue. Will accept a small car as first payment. Bargain for quick sale. See J W Arrington at Ideal Partner Shop in the Post Office block.
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Bath
South Avenue
J. W. Arrington
Ideal
Poetoffice
Burial service for Brother M. K. Stull scheduled
A special meeting of Prince ton Lodge No. 134 A F and A M is called Tuesday at 1 30 PM to conduct the burial service for Brother M K Stull Secretary S F Cleghon announces the session and details
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Princeton Lodge No. 134
A. F
A. M
M. K. Stull
S. F. Cleghon
Chautauqua Opens Here with Cosmopolitan Program
The Chautauqua season starts Wednesday in the new Temple theatre. Attendance is expected to rise due to the location and ticket price. Highlights include six instrumentalists from a Movie company, Nipo Strongheart.m Madame Tamaki Miura and geisha girls performing on night three, and Waldo Stephens detailing foreign affairs.
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New Temple Theatre
Nipo Strongheart
Tamaki Miura
Madame Butterfly
Waldo Stephens
Wreck Injures Four On Premier Roderfield Road
Ernest McKinney and Edgar Green were injured when their touring car went over a bank on the Premier Roderfield road Sunday afternoon. Calvin Smith and Cecil McKinney suffered only bruises, with McKinney hospitalized for a cut eye a fractured rib back injury and a leg wound. Green sustained a severe back contusion an arm injury and a mashed thumb after the vehicle skidded on rain slicked mountain road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest McKinney
Wyoming County
Edgar Green
Caples
Premier-Roderfield Road
Calvin Smith
Cecil McKinney
Grace Hospital
Welch
McKinney
Green
Judge Returns From Wayne County Bench Amid Trial Delays
Judge Herndon has spent two weeks on the Wayne county circuit court bench hearing the Dan Jones murder case. The jury was hung and dismissed. trial will resume at the September term with Jones posting 16000 dollars bond. An injunction blocked state police and officials from interfering with Ceredo Kennel Club dog races at the Ceredo track. An unrelated note reports Judge Herndon adjourned court with an amputated left-hand procedure following axe work. Puckett, a married man with three children, reports his wife missing since June and seeks any information on her whereabouts.
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J. C. Herndes
Hamilton
Cornell
Hobart
A. G. Free
Harry J. Capehart
Criminal Court
Raymond Colley
English
W. T. Farley
W. T. Farley, Judge Counts
Albert Hatfield
Dry Park River
Colley
Young Colley
H G. Camper
Herndon
Wayne County
Wayne
Dan Jones
Asbury Adkins
Jones
Ceredo Kennel Club
Ceredo
Judge Herndon
Puckett
Mia
Willie May Puckett
Marriage Licenses Issued by County Clerk
The clerk of the county court issued marriage licenses to Ray Jackson 24 and Goldie Stanley 22 of Coalwood Al bert Mitchell 23 and Bel Jewell 20 of Dan Wiley Davia 2% and Pansy Murphy 21 of Amawali Alfred Marton 22 and Vera Poindexter 20 of Elkhorn William Mike Short 19 and Clara B. Roberts 17 of Litwar Clarence Boggs 25 and Pearl Lester 21 of Pageton Beecher Beages 1 and Della Sizemore 18 of Mohegah Hobart Scott 22 and Artie Anderson 21 Switchback James Elliott 33 and Sarah Tenbenshin 23 of Bradshaw Joe Shivak 25 and Thelma McClure 25 of Caretta
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Ray Jackson
Goldie Stanley
Coalwood
Albert Mitchell
Bel Jewell
Dan
Wiley Davia
Pansy Murphy
Amawali
Alfred Marton
Vera Poindexter
Elkhorn
William Mike Short
Clara B. Roberts
Litwar
Clarence Boggs
Pearl Lester
Puckett Suffers Loss of Left Hand in Mine Accident
G. B. Puckett, 32, of Canebrake, lost a hand in a No. 4 mine accident at Canebrake Friday at about 9 o clock while setting up timber when a clip released. He was almost severed.
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Puckett
Canebrake
Maurice Shrewsbury Dies After Coal Bin Fall
Maurice D. Shrewsbury, 29, an employee of Keppers Coal company Carswell, died at Grace hospital Saturday night from injuries suffered when he fell from a cage into a coal bin. He fractured his spine and sustained additional injuries.
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Maurice D. Shrewsbury
Keppers Coal Company
Liquor Interests Rise in Wilcoe Section
Justice of the Peace J E Whittle tried three men on charges of operating a still. Jim Barnes was fined 200 dollars and costs and 60 days in jail. Frank Phillips received a similar fine and sentence. Walter Scales, arrested for suspicious actions, was fined 100 dollars and 30 days in jail after state police and deputy sheriffs found about one and a half gallons of liquor in his car.
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Ligor
Wilcoe
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Whittle
Ncoe
Jim Barnes
Frank Phillips
Thomas Bar
Charlie Thompson
Gary
Walter Scales
Washington Park crowd consumes vast race track refreshments
At Washington Park race track the concessionaire reported 60,000 spectators drank 24 000 glasses of beverages 9 740 bottles of near beer 19 258 glasses of orangeade and ate 12 300 frankfurter sandwiches and 9 500 bricks of ice cream The other line notes Anaximander the Greek made the first man of the world.
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Chicago
Washington Park Race Track
Gibson Dawes Meet in London for Conference
Washington reports Hugh Gibson American ambassador to Belgium and Dawes head of the League of Nations reparations and disarmament commission may return to the U S for talks with President Hoover and state officials on disarmament questions before the next preparatory commission meeting.
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Washington
Hugh & Gibson
Belgium
League of Nations
United States
Hoover
State Department
Basane Dor
London
Dawes
Preparatory Commission
Gibson
Ambas Dawes
MacDonald
Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted for Mrs Refki
Charleston West Virginia June 24 The state supreme court granted a writ of habeas corpus directing the state to show cause why Mrs Parnes Refki of Marion county should be held in the state penitentiary The writ was returnable September 28 Mrs Refki was indicted with her husband on a charge of offering a bribe to Host Co Myers policeman She faced two years in the penitentiary.
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Charleston
W. Va
Parnes Refki
Marion County
State Supreme Court
Refki
Co. Myers
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Princeton Society
Harriet Woolfolk
Kee Street
W. M.S
Forum Club
R. A. Coburn
Maud Eaton
A. J. Johnson
City
Lois Phipps
Rev. Phipps
John Cunningham
Frank
Virginia Jones
Lewisboro
Society of the Convention
Gordon Kyle
Christian Endeavor
J. K. Sowers
Stotesbury
Bell Prings
A. W. Sowers
Bill Sowers
Sowers
Bell Springs
H. L. Phillips
Winding Gulf
John Hancock
Julian Graverly
Wadell Turner
Sidney Deaner
Kent
Albert
J. E. Sowers
Santon Bros
First Baptist Church
E. B. Hughes
Lynchburg
A. B. R. Harris
B. C. O'Brien
van Court Apartments
John Chariton
Illinois
Concord
State Road Commission
Princeton-Glen Lyn
Kimball Stull
Odd Fellows
Orary
Ed Neal
EF. B. King
Bill Mann
D W. T. Carr
Arthur Bowling
Deweyss
C. W. Peck
E. B. Spangler
E. W. Mason
W. &. Francis
G. V Bruce
Leonard Hoke
R O. Secrest
G. C. Haeh
T. C. Weatherford
M. G. Rule
Co. H. Gott
G. D. Lusk
B. Fry
EM. Fry
A. W. Hoback
W. A. Sandige
H. L. Spotts
H. P. Johnston
J. L. Shanka
K. N. Noble
FE. BE. Cain
W. A. Noble
G. W. Blankenship
L. J Davis
W L. Sarver
R W. Hess
FE. M. Hale
P J. Lang
C. C. Martin
R. N. Walthall
J. FE. Williams
H. B. Wells
H. A. Johnston
A. I. Spangler
J. Sam Bennett
J. H. Price
Lakin
Naishapur
New York
Chafee
Aristotle
Lake Shawnee
Edharis Collagians
Masons
Princeton Norfolk
Virginianry
Norfolk
KK. C, Sutherland
National ‘Cold Control
Ation
Radiola
Princeton, W. Va
Hamilton Boys
Youtha
S. M. Burgess
Counta
Reno F. Howard
Reform School
Freckles
BY Blosser
Trey
Cikevus
Lindy
Cprachrs
M’dowell
Maurice Shrewsbury
DERBY
Anaximander
Man
Gibson and Dawes
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