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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1922
Page
5
Methodist pastor Rev. S B Vaught preached a kind yet forceful sermon on dancing Sunday evening. He urged listeners to raise standards and abandon worldly amusements not contributing to intellectual or spiritual betterment. He reviewed dancing history and motives without offense or resentment.
For sale listing offering a seven room brick residence with garage, a five room brick with basement and heat, a four room cottage on seven large lots, and a new two story brick with store room 65 by 25. Specialty in selling business places.
Fred Wheby was held for the grand jury in county court after a hearing before Justice W T Bivens. He faces felonious assault charges and a $1,000 bond with $1,000 on the assault count and $500 on the knuckles charge. West struck by West and Wheby disputes over a butcher sparked the incident May 31. West seeks $10,000 in a civil suit.
Sixty five people from Hinton attended a gospel tent revival on Mercer Street Sunday. All three services were well filled with many standing outside. Evangelist Yelton spoke on Saving Faith and The Necessity of the New Birth with songs like Have Faith in God and Ye Must Be Born Again. Testimonies highlighted salvation and the gospel’s power. Evening crowds were the largest yet, prompting plans to add more seats and invite singers to the platform.
Funeral services were held for George aged seventy at his home near Pisgah with burial in Walnut Grove. John Gartin, nine, died of uremic sepsis and was buried at Oakwood. Business Men's Club plans for the Fourth were outlined at the Virginian Hotel. Ernest Meadows was fined 200 after a liquor possession and transport conviction. Royal Ambassadors were entertained on Walnut Street. A fight scene between Sting of the Lash leads at Royal Theatre involved Belmore and Fillmore. Licenses were issued for two marriages in Duhring and Matoaka. Lawsuits totalling 10,000 dollars were filed against C W Harry. Rev Lester preached dedicatory sermon at Primitive Baptist church. Knight and Pythian Sisters held a district banquet at the New Grand Hotel.
The article notes attendees sought Christ over form and ceremony. A Miss Rachel T. McClaugherty shared her conversion and future plans, stirring listeners. Rev. W D Woodrum leads the financial committee and strengthens the gathering with influence.
A parade of names travels through Princeton with trips to Washington Bluefield Charleston Beckley and Roanoke. Families visit relatives attend court attend chautauqua and tour cities while many return home from short trips and searches for kinfolk and friends.
Turtle Avenue, along Crawfish Valley, undergoes its first major repair in memory. Workmen dug three feet deep, unearthing a goat horn and remnants of a tonopolus device, buried beneath sea clay near the concrete bridge as a road machine operated.
The piece contrasts Herrin violence with Mingo and West Virginia mining conflicts, noting shootings, stabbings, neck weights and drownings. It argues federal takeover would have followed in West Virginia, but Illinois shows muted national attention as the Herrin episode subsides.
This afternoon the Swarthmore Chautauqua begins a week of music entertainment and lectures in the tent at Mercer and Center streets. It promises to be the center of interest for Princeton and nearby communities as opening exercises begin.
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