Princeton County Officers Arrest Twenty Seven for Gambling
State police raided a Princeton house at Piedmont uncovering ten African Americans. Each was fined five dollars plus costs after appearance before Justice P Haller. A second raid on Crane Creek led to seventeen arrests including thirteen Black men and four white men with fines of twenty dollars. A man named Ples Lane faced liquor charges with sixty days on the county road and a one hundred dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creasy and Hawkes
Princeton
Piedmont
Matoaka
Justice of the Peace
P. Haller
Horse
Joe McKenzie
Joe Neal
Wade Huff
Jess Woody
Charles Saunders
George Lacy
Cen Ford
George Heston
Scott
Tom Taylor
Charles Bailey
Montcalm
Crane Creek
Pegroes
F. D. Wagoner
Ples Lane
Moonshine raid nets large still in Italian quarter shack
Sheriff Crumpecker’s raid in the Saga more coal operation of the Poca hontas Fuel company seized a forty-gallon still and forty-five gallons of peach brandy from a two room shack. About 350 gallons of peach mash were found. two operators fled. The raid, with State Policeman Hawkes and Deputies Doss and Craig, yielded brandy in jugs and first run stock. Moonshine was poured out. stoves and utensils were confiscated and the case was taken to the courthouse. Hundreds are later expected at Lake Shawnee despite no special train service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crumpecker
Sagamore
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Craumpecker
Hawkes
John Craig
Jim Doss
Princeton Social Notes and Local Developments
Licenses issued for May to several couples in Princeton and nearby towns. Fiduciary orders appointed guardians and administrators with bonds. A busy Lake Shawnee and Clover Bottoms draw crowds, and Princeton sees ongoing building, turtle soup mentions, and varied local notices. Rotary Ladies Night plans and several local officials attend meetings as community life buzzes with commerce and chores.
Virginian Employees Picnic at Shawnee Lake
The Virginian Railroad plans its annual picnic at Lake Shawnee Princeton's playground on Saturday July 17 with an expected attendance of 1500 to 1800 employees and family members. Activities run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. E A Hutchinson foreman of the blacksmith shop leads entertainment with committees formed at the shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginian Railroad
Lake Shawnee
Princeton
E. A. Hutchinson
Voters of Werder County announce candidacy for county clerk
The voters of Werder County announce candidacy for the county clerk post subject to the Democratic primary on August 3. The candidate pledges to run the office efficiently and satisfactorily and asks for public support and influence based on a proven record.
Child Struck by Auto Seriously Injured in Princeton
Ernest Brown six year old son of D D Brown of Bluefield Avenue Princeton was struck by a Chrysler sedan driven by E H Hannah opposite Lanton Brothers Department Store. The boy stepped from the curb while returning home with his brother after airing a tire at Sudden Service station. He was rushed to the scene by T M Thomas. turn to page fourteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
D. D. Brown
Bluefield Ave
Princeton
E. H. Hannah
Lanton Brothers
Hannah
T. M. Thomas
Princeton Social Circles and Community Notices
Miss Virginia Bailey and William Linkenhoker eloped to Bristol and were quietly married weeks ago. The Kee Street Methodist Junior Missionary Society picnicked at Mercer Healing Springs with many members named. The First Baptist Woman's Missionary Society plans a Wednesday meeting at 3 pm with Mrs. T. M. Johnston. Various residents travel, visit relatives, or recover from illnesses. local society reports include hospital stays and trips to Hampton, Welch, and Winston-Salem. Also announced is a campaign bid for Rock District Board of Education in Mercer County by W H Green in the Republican Primary August 3 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Bailey
William Linkenhoker
Bristol
Junior Missionary Society
Kee Street Methodist Church
Mercer Healing Springs
A. L. Griffith
Selvey
E. B. King
Hoge Johnston
I. B. Johnston
Elizabeth Claytor
Lois Cheatham
Ia Noble
John Cheatham
Walter Griffith
Constance Cheatham
Frank Griffith
Kathern Thorn
Stella Holt
Garnet Cooper
Francis Ramsey
Ruby Johnston
Filda Wheeler
Kate James
Nancy Grady
Madeline Lambert
Madge Johnston
Woodrow Johnston
Rebecca King
Sarah King
Mary Ellen King
Carl Grady
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
T. M. Johnston
Memorial Hospital
Erma Riner
Latha
Nashville
Tenn
North Carolina
P. M. Poster
Sulpher
Clifton Forge
Covington
Mary Alice Pruett
Princeton Hospital
J. Reystall
Park Avenue
Hampton, Va
Carl McClaugherty
June
W. A. Fielder
Winston-Salem
N. C
Cheeley
Columbus
Ohio
BE. A. Carson
W. R. Wimmer
Welch
Board of Education
Rock District
Mercer County
W. H. Green
W. Va
Notice to voters of Mercer County announces Easter on Democratic ticket
A candidate letter from W H Easter contests a published round of three Democratic candidates for Mercer County commissioner. Easter states he announced and qualified for the nomination and will appear on the August third ballot, asking for voters support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Daily Telegraph
W. H. Easter
Auto crash kills Hiawatha boy as car goes over bank
Paul Bailey ten year old ecotoree boy of Hiawatha was killed when the automobile he rode in went over a fifty foot drop on Sand Lick road Sunday evening about 7. The mother and a Negro driver escaped with light injuries. The car was wrecked and driver lost control on a curve. Willsley and Gaylord Baker, traveling behind, helped free the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bailey
Hiawatha
Sand Lick
Willsley
Gaylord Baker
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Sheriff's
Prente
Inceton, A
Mullens
Kegley
Gay Mills
Kula Mills
Frank J. Daugherty
Athens
Nannie F. Brown
John Walter Fuqua
Elsie Charline McNeer
Bluefield
Carl E. Rader
Ellett
Mona M. Veisell
Noah Siner
Stellan Tobert Lancaster
L. KE. Gadd
Mra
E. J. Robinett
W. F. Pierce
Fair Vale
Clover Bottoms
Mercer
Spanishbure
John D
Virginian Hotel
Rotary Club
Presbyterian Church
W. H. Roberts
Jacksons Mill
Lewis County
Co. F. Austin
Armour Fertilizer Co
Northfork
West Virginia
Blacksburg
Soil Improvement Committee
National Fertilizer Association
Walter C. Byrd
Evening Press
Mullens Advocate
Quality Printing Company
Ceell Hicks
Clare Maxwell
Gardiner
G. H. Crumpecker
Creasy
Hicks
Maxwell
Bethel Church
Leonah Hall
Sydney Hall
Sam Tabor
T. C. Hubbard
J. D. Reese
Bluefield Telephone Company
Cedar Bluff
Shawnee Lake
Werder County
KODAK
Mortons
Morton Salt CO
Chicago
Morton
Spangler
RED Cross
Spangler's
Spangler’s
Women’s Shop
Mercer Street
Princeton, W. Va
Waterloo
WWE
Ewater
Mweel-Barrow
Sweetser
Pope
Bailey Linkenhoker
R. T. Bingham
Elbert Male
Mead Rice
Yellowstone Park
George Jr. Halstead
Frank Lee
Alpeca
Bishop R. L. Strider
Wheeling
Lee
San Lick Road
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Emery Shirt Sale
Palm Beach
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