State Department heads address county clerks at Princeton
Three staff department heads spoke before the West Virginia County Clerks association at Princeton in its two day session. Fred L. Fox, tax commissioner, outlined tax duties and revenue figures while stressing debt control and expenditure limits. Ernest L. Batley, state road commissioner, spoke on secondary road needs and rural prosperity. Edgar B. Sime, state auditor, urged delinquent tax collection to lift burdens on compliant taxpayers. Lowery G. Howling, county clerk, participated in the discussion.
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West Virginia County Clerke’ Association
Princeton
Hugh G. Woods
John R. Penditton
Charles Burben
Salem
W. Va
Association
Woods
Court House
Clerks’ Journal
Tax Commissioners Office
Tax Commissioner's Office
West Virginia
Fred L. Fox
Tax Commissioner
Theross
Fox
Sinking Fund Commission
Ernest L. Batley
Bailley
Edgar B. Sime
Lowery G. Howling
Be Beautiful by Elsie Pierce
Summer focus on small details that create a cool, collected look. Dress in crisp cottons, maintain neat hair, avoid heavy makeup, and keep clothes free of stains and wrinkles. Mind personal grooming, fragrance, and purse neatness to deter perspiration and project polished summer style.
Clerks Convention Guests and Officers to Be Elected
Mercer presided exchange and speakers urged clerks to cooperate with farm credit administration on recording waivers from Senate bill No. 78. Clerks to elect officers. attendees include Fred A. Ware Huntington and J. G. Tambert Wayne. A luncheon, banquet, and Elks club dance followed prior events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
John R. Murphy
Baltimore
Farm Credit Administration of
Casto and
Harris
Johnson-Watson
Elks Club
Lowery Bowling
Marty Anderson
Fred A. Ware
Huntington
J. G. Tambert
Wayne
J. G. Simmons
Rol Williams
St. Mary's
Ralph Jones
Parkersburg
Frank
Mercer Farm Bureau Directors to Meet Saturday
Mercer county farm bureau directors meet Saturday at 1 20 p m to form a committee for relocating a Nma manufacturing plant and PERA project. Cooperative Farm Services stockholders plan a Saturday court house meeting to appoint an advisory committee for the local store. The bureau continues its two week membership drive, hampered by wheat harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Farm Bureau
Nma
PERA
Cooperative Farm Services
Iocal
Farm Bureau
New City Council to Announce 1935 37 Appointments
The 1935 37 city council will meet next Monday at 10 pm to announce appointments. Rumors point to changes in the police force while Recorder R N Vermillion City Attorney W B Johnston and Health Officer Dr Frank Holroyd are likely to stay. Mayor B H Witten says a five Democratic member meeting occurred last Monday to discuss appointments. In Tegucigalpa Honduras a Negra worker was killed by a jaguar dragging him into the river at Lancetilla.
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Jobn
R. N. Vermillion
W. Broughton Johnston
Frank Holroyd
B. H. Witten
Cay
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Lancetilla
Asia
Notable Masons Funeral Service for Albert Mooney
Princeton Lodge No. 134 A F and A M will hold a special communication at 9 15 this morning at the Masonic hall to attend the funeral of Albert Mooney. All members urged to attend and bring cars.
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Princeton Lodge No. 134
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Albert Mooney
Funeral services today for Albert Mooney in Princeton
Albert Mooney, a Virginian Railway electrician and local resident, was killed when struck by a reversing yard engine near Elmore. Funeral at the First Church of Christ in Princeton at 10 a.m. conducted by Rev. W. J. Lyons and others. burial in Monte Vista cemetery with Masonic lodge and Farm Women's Bureau pallbearers. Mooney, born October 12 1871 at Spasiahburg, leaves a widow Lula Tyree and children Kenneth, Perry, Morris, Marjorie, Imma Louise, Thamag, and R. B. Griffith, plus siblings and relatives. He had lived in Princeton since twelve years ago, with prior work in coalfields and Roanoke Coal and Coke.
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Fiist Church of Christ
Albert Mooney
Virginian Railway
Elmore
W. 3. Lyons
River
Frank J. Black
Princeton
J. J. Yeat
Kimball
Masonic Order
Monte Vista
Bland Street
M. B
Bluefield
Scottish Rite
Rose Cross Lodge
Huntington
W. Va
Masonic Iodge
Algoma
Kenneth A
Perry
Morris
Marjorie
Imma Louise
Thamag
Welch
R. B. Griffith
Charleston
Suit Entered In Circuit Court Against Fletcher
Ada Dew filed suit in circuit court yesterday against Ida B Fletcher and Ben Fletcher in chancery returnable to July rules. A prayer meeting is set at the Presbyterian church this afternoon from 2 30 to 3 30. Archie Muse was fined 265 and costs and sentenced to twelve months in county jail after arraignment before Magistrate W S Reynolds at Montcalm. Robert Jenking, colored, held under 3000 bond to await grand jury action for breaking and entering Buckeye Coal and Coke Company store at Simmons and slessing scrip. arrest by Constable John Hurat.
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Ada Dew
Ida B. Fletcher
Ben Fletcher
Presbyterian Church
Thabublle Fa
Archie Muse
W. S. Reynolds
Montcalm
Hond
Buckeye Coal and Coke Company
Simmons
Slessing
Robert Jenking
W. 8. Reynolds
Jenkins
J. M. Harrison
John Hurat
Princeton Society and Forum Club News
Community notices from Princeton report the Intermediate B P U meeting at 6 pm at First Baptist, a piano recital by Princeton School of Music pupils at First Methodist at 7 pm featuring Pendleton, Hoke, Deitz, Pendleton, Crumpecker, and a Myrtle Lane circle bake sale food donation drive to Laundera Electric Shop by 10 am Saturday. The Forum Club met at Mrs George McDonnall’s home on Douglas Avenue with programs on West Virginia and Revolutionary Heroes and Heroines of West Virginia presented by Cody Fletcher and I H Fry.
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Princeton School of Music
First Methodist Church
Joyce Pendleton
Leola Hoke
Fraida Deitz
Princeton Pendleton
Mary Elizabeth Crumpecker
Auyrtle Pane Circle
Myyrtle Bane Circle
Laundera Electric Shop
Princeton Personal Notices Mention Local and Reach Abroad
B Santon spent several days in Mullens on business and, with Mrs. B Santon and Jacob, plans to return to Harrison Street from Camden next week. N E Santon, local merchant, arrived safely at Blerut Syria as his brother B Santon was advised by cable. Mrs Willie Peek of Detroit visits Oakvale road this week while Miss Kitty Crews returns to Pineville after time with Mia PI Litty. Mrs Nora Durham of Morristown Tenn arrives to spend time with aunt Fanie Dulaney. Eddie and Howard Crews of Pineville spend Wednesday with aunt P I Lilly on Center street. Howard Crews studies at Morgantown Medical School. Paul Martin Jr and Mark Barton camping at Glen Lyn for several days.
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B. Santon
Mullens
Gon
Jacob
Harrison Street
Camden
D. C
N. E. Santon
Blerut
Syria
Santon
Willie Peek
Detroit
L. H. Johnson
Oakvale Road
Kitty Crews
Pineville
Mia
PI. Litty
Center Street
Nora Durham
Morristown
Tenn
Fanie Dulaney
Highland Avenue
Eddie and
Howard Crews
P. I. Lilly
Morgantown
University
Paul Martin Jr
Mark Barton
Glen Lyn
Bake Sale at Saunders Electric Shop Saturday
Myrtle Bane circle of First M. & church plans a bake sale at Saunders Electric Shop Saturday morning. Items are described as good to eat and featured for sale to raise funds.
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Myrtle Bane
First M. &, Church
Saunders Electric Shop
Miss Lottia Sowers Vacation in New York City Home
Miss Lottia Sowers of Pellevue hospital New York City spent three weeks vacation at her home on Eighth Street. Mrs J M Barton Straley Evanna returned Wednesday from Huntington where she took the state board examination for beauticians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottia Sowers
Pellevue Hospital
New York City
Eighth Street
Amalgamated Steel Workers Ordered Reinstated Lodge
Federal Judge Nelson McVicar ordered the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers to reinstate the Bank and Fire Riverside lodge in Cleveland after expulsion over alleged subordination and law violations. The reinstatement date is February 5, 1944, potentially affecting about a dozen other lodges expelled with the Cleveland group. Aaron Sapiro represented the rank and file in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Nelson McVicar
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
Bank and Fire
Riverside
Cleveland
Aaron Sapiro
New York
Rum Stolen From State Store in Martinsburg
Police seek clues after two men and two women fled the Martinsburg state liquor store in a smashed front door burglary. An automobile involved is under investigation as officers list missing about a dozen bottles pending inventory. The store opened in the downtown area on June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Lquor
C. A. Roush
New angle drops out in shooting of Illinois girl
Peoria Illinois reports a dramatic shift as Edward Herdlicka, a Chicago attorney, announces representation for Henri Dupius of Philadelphia in the Thompson case. Herdlicka notes Dupius, a leading politician, collaborates with Thompson, his grandmother, and Thompson’s defense, following the death of Mildred Hallmark found slain in a cemetery.
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Illinois
Peoria
Gering
Mildred Hallsark
Edward
Herdlicka
Chicago
Henri Dupius
George Thompson
Dupius
Thompson
Miss Hallmark
Five Clay County Residents Sentenced for School Official Killing
Five residents of Clay County were sentenced to ten years in prison for fatally shooting Hugh Spurlock during a dispute at a school near Oneida Slay County on July 14, 1934. The defendants include Kelly Sama Theo Sama Harvey Sama Virgil Sama and Sidney Holliday whose defense plans a motion for a new trial followed by an appeal.
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Lexington
Clay County
Kelly
Theo
Harvey Sama
Virgil Sama
Sidney Holliday
Hugh Spurlock
Wengdon School
Oneida
Slay County
Court of Appeala
Spurlock
Lexington Se
Hospital Involvement Triggers Local Trial Context
A hospital connection led to the case being tried locally, establishing the court as the venue for proceedings. The readable fragment indicates the facility played a pivotal role in the jurisdictional path of the case.
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Sims
E. A. Hutcheson and Sons
Straley Avenue
Elsie Pierce
Helen Gamagan
Hollywood
the Bell Syndicate, Inc
K. Thorn
Lizabeth
A. R. Martin
Idx
S. Given
Guest
A.D. Marke
Phillipp
Tray F. Henderson
Middlebourne
D. G
Stewart
New Cumberland
Charlotta Chalderwood
Wellsburg
Hazel Kemp
Wallsburg
Hala Max‘well
West Union
Shores
Weeton
John 8S
Coplinger
Viking
Mercer Farm Bureau
O. L. Alexander
Harry Bowen
R. Hawthorne
Arthur J. MacBride
Saleq RL. Wallace
Salon
Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated
One Broadway
Pocahontas
Tidewater
Great Lakes
United States
Atlantia Coase
Lambert's Point
Sevwell'a Point
Norfolk
Newport News
Tab
New Befford
Mass
Mystic Wharf
Mena
Sandusky
Cha
Bowton
New Hedford
Manz
Fortiandy
Plusfield
Cincinnati
Ohio
TE Moxey
Bavon & CO
England
Frederick Gundersen
Bergan
0 Co.,ltd
Lisbon
Portugal
Henry Lomelial
Genoa
Arthur Feludin
Biveden
Artiebolaget Bergbrun
InTeq Guall
NEW City Council
Masons
W. L. Hunter
W. M
West Virgina
Sarah McConnell
George McConnell
I. H. Pry
Cody Fletcher
M. S. McClung
R. N. Vermbltiton
J. H W. Herring
J. C. Fanning
W. R. Worthington
L. F. Compton
J. M. Smith
J. L. Hart
Stanley Hayes
Guy Ritter
W. R. Smith Jr
Mra
C. T. Brice
Mra. C. V.bates
Christie Avenue
Amo Bs
Chiatia Avenue
Jesse Houchens
Aun
Douglas
N. P. James
Ell
Knoxville
Tenn. R
Shelton
Miases
Elizabeth and
Cleo Shelton
This City
Federal Housing Administration
Memorial Building
Woman's Civic Club
Better Homes
Herbert Brown
Woman's Club
Twne
H. H. Hall
U. D
Princeton Society
Harry Karne
P. U
Bake Sale
Marinette and
Bradley
Oe Steel Union
Royal Mat
Clue Club
Aya Sunnounoer
Allegany Insurance Agency, Inc
H. L. Glenn
Allegany Insurance CO
Princeton Bank & Trust Company
Princeton,w. VA
Hadden
W, VA
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