Convention Scenes At Fifth Regiment Armory
Crowds pour into the Fifth regiment armory as banners and bunting decorate the hall. Delegates mingle amid revelry while hotels strain to house visitors. A suffrage parade is planned for Thursday night to stress votes for women and a Colored Democratic League plank faces opposition in the resolutions process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Fifth Regiment
Wodrow Wilson Princeton Club
Clark
Underwood
Marshal
Harmon
Burke
Hardwin
National Colored Democratic League
Bishop Walters
Resolutions Committee
Liquor crazed man shoots and murders in Switchback pool room
Waller, described as quiet and unmarried, was shot twice in the heart during a quarrel with Pat Dean, a liquor crazed Black man. The fight began about 10 36 in the Switchback pool room. Dean surrendered and was jailed to face a grand jury. Bullets struck Waller multiple times. one stray shot went wild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Dean
Waller
Dean
Grant
Wales
Beating the Railroad and a Man’s Grudge
A one legged man from Fialy Mills walked to the city to file a shipment shortage claim at the freight office. A local lawyer counters with a grudge tale about a client who avoids trains to Bad Bluefield trials, planning to travel by foot to muster witnesses. Other anecdotes recall a ticket holder who walked home over a dispute, keeping his ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fialy Mills
Graham
Bluefield
Clinch Valley
Thesande
Jed Relief Fund Receives Carnegie Support
F. W. Wilmot of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Pittsburgh, visited Welch to review the Jed Relief Fund Committee’s work. He praised the effort, noted the commission’s 1060 contribution to the Lick Branch Relief Fund, and said he would report to the commission Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Wilmot
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Pittsburg
Welch
Jed Relief Fund Committee
Wilmot
Commission
Relief Committee
Carnegie Hero Fund
Lick
Forgery Charge Faces James R. Austin in County Court
James R. Austin, a Colored man, was jailed on a forgery charge after obtaining a $15 loan from Cunninghams on Princeton Avenue and forging two friends’ names. Officer Walters secured a warrant. bond set under $1,000. The case stems from a loan scam that could have cleared if the endorsements had been legitimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Austin
Criminal Court
Jim
C. Cunningham
Princeton Avenue
R. D. Grimsley
Cunningham
Deed of Fire and Tragic Self Drowning in Mill Pond
In Mount Cameron, Virginia, Mrs. B C Terrill aged sixty, reportedly demented, set fire to her home and drowned herself in a nearby mill pond. Her husband, awakened by the blaze after getting her to bed at midnight, escaped unharmed. Terrill belonged to a prominent Hawkins county family and owned valuable property. Last week she deposited 900 dollars in a Gate City bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mil Pond
Jate City
Mount Cameron
B.C. Terrill
Terrell
Hawkins County
Gate City
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Pedigo's
Sale Ladies
E. S. Pedigo CO
Princeton Ave
John M. Wirgman
Philadelphia
W. M. McCarthy
W. Va
Champ Clark
Missouri
Norman E. Mack
Hounshell Burnett's
Norfolk Suits
Cooost
Hounshell
Burenu
Payne Building
McDowell County Nat. Bank
Meteor
Healing Springs
Athens
West Virginia
Bunk Waller
JED Relief Fund
Carnegie Commission
Alfred Benjamino
New York
Benjamin
Shumate Clothing Company
WM. J. Gaynor
Indiana
Bluefield Ave
Ineerchitect
Bluefield Pharmacy
Renouns
Thornton
Bluefield, W. Va
Strauss Brothers
Baltimore, Md
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