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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1925
Page
10
Local ad notices bargain Raven Red Ash and Pocahontas washed nut at cut rates. Coal grades offered with full weight claims and contact number 29. Also listing of various local services and small notices from Bluefield area, including tailoring, florists, plants, and a sheriff notice.
City health and welfare offices announce the semi weekly garbage collections begin for spring and summer. Citizens have asked when collections start. the days will be the same as in prior years.
Nearly 1,000 Klansmen staged a lengthy street parade through Bluefield on Wednesday drawing thousands of spectators. The event ended with a ceremonial at the fair grounds where about sixty candidates were initiated amid a fireworks display after a White representative from Atlanta spoke on clan principles.
Mrs Anna Hedrick of McComas died Tuesday evening at 6 after months of tuberculosis illness. Born Beckley Jan 11 1871 she was 54. Widow of Philip Hedrick she left eleven children: John and Alex Hedrick Hickman Hedrick Mrs Brooky Foster Mrs Minnie Armstrong Dors Shupe Alice Hedrick Ruth Elizabeth and Eileen. Funeral service at home then burial in family cemetery Friday.
W G Baugh of Tazewell former assistant cashier at Farmers National Bank confessed to a $9000 shortage in his accounts before the U S district court at Big Stone Gap National Bank Examiner D R Wood said Baugh was sentenced to two years and six months in federal prison in Atlanta Ga The shortage was made good and the bank sustained no loss according to reports received ere
The Bureau of Coal Economics says weekly bituminous coal production for the week ended May 2 was about 1,000,000 net tons, roughly level with the April 25 figure. The USGS published 8,016,000 net tons for that prior week. Current pace sits about 1,000,000 tons higher than last year but more than 2,000,000 tons below the typical rate for this time of year.
New York May 6 The American Sumatra Tobacco Company was placed in equity receivership today by Judge Goddard of the federal court.
Viscount Leverhulme died at 4:30 this morning of pneumonia after a claim holder sought recovery against the tobacco company. TheGeorgia incorporated firm with a $17 million capital faces inability to refund $2.65 million in gold notes due June 1. Louis Leopold cites charter restrictions and unanimous preferred stock consent as hindrances to refinancing. A reorganization hopes to relieve charter limits and secure operating funds.
General Patrick did not arrive as expected at 4 10 p m on his air tour with the air service chief on the St Clair Street leg from Little Rock Arkansas He stated the machine had no trouble on the trip and that he was on a country wide inspection tour of landing fields and aviation facilities
Nashville Tenn May 6 The Methodist Episcopal Church South board of missions elects two treasurers and adopts a 1 4 million minimum budget for missionary work in 1926 A night session honors deceased missionaries J F Rawls of Suffolk Va elected treasurer filling vacancy from J D Hamilton Nashville Mrs Ina Davis Fulton Sherman Texas named to succeed Mrs F H Eros Nash vill resigned as woman department treasurer effective July 1 A December 10 special meeting is set to allocate budget funds to fields of mission work
John L. Lewis and Lee Hall are billed to address a mass meeting in Pomeroy Ohio protesting the opening of the Dark Hollow Mine owned by Pittsburg Coal Company. The mine has been idle 18 months and 110 workers are active now with coal loading since Monday. The company seeks to bring other unions into a lake trade contract while workers have been dropped from the miners union.
At Eldorado Arkansas on May 6 a riot erupted eight miles north of town as Standard Oil brought eighty eight Negro laborers to build a 100 mile pipeline. Oil men ordered the workers to leave and shooting from ambush followed, then county officers dispersed the factions. No wounded reported through the night though ambulances were summoned.
Walter Brown of Wheeling was elected state consul of the Modern Woodmen of America at the final session of the West Virginia state camp convention in Martinsburg. M L Daniels of Elkins was chosen state clerk, succeeding N T Virgin. Seven delegates and alternates were named for the head camp meeting in Milwaukee next month, with the next state convention planned for Marlington in May 1929. An initiation class of 50 candidates closed the meeting.
Oslo reports Captain Amundsen detailed his north pole flight plans and said an auxiliary ship Farm would sail northwest to ice limits while the Hobby would head northeast as conditions allow. Premier Lochkie sent a brief message expressing full support and cautious optimism amid weather updates.
A report mentions Spitzbergen and a low pressure system moving eastward from Labrador that may recall zber gen but is not expected to interfere with the flight. The fragment notes uncertainty about atmospheric conditions and potential effects on travel.
A large crowd attended the Bluefield Colored Institute Music Week program. The event featured the Girls Glee Club and boys quartette, with solos by Truxie J. Warren and Bernard L Walton. Highlights included Dett's Music in the Mine and crowd requests for Oh Didn’t It Rain and The Last Hour.
Sam L. Emsweller, ex WVU athlete and Bluefield College athletic director, organizes a sectional track and field meet for group seven at the Incal fair grounds on Saturday. Schools Northfork Welch Bramwell laeger and Princeton will attend. Expect improved calibre from southern schools and potential records as local athletes look to bolster WVU varsity prospects.
Mayaguez Porto Rico May 6 7 After flying around Porto Rico and across the Virgin Islands the United States naval dirigible Los Angeles returned to Mayaguez shortly after 6 pm and moored to a tender Patoka. The airship was aloft eight hours in all. Before takeoff Captain Steele said there was no change in plans to start the return flight to Cherst at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
New York May 6 The brothers of sock Jack Dempsey and Babe Ruth met at St Vincent s Hospital before Ruth s boxing emphasis left for Europe. Ruth recalled he has seen Dempsey sock one at the Polo Grounds during the Grante world series. The pair talked for an hour and Ruth produced a poetry book before Dempsey ended the visit.
The United States naval dirigible Los Angeles circled over St Thomas Virgin Islands at 3 35 this afternoon and then returned west The weather was beautiful and large crowds gathered to watch the air ship excite the city but it did not go to St Croix
Nashville Tennessee May 6 The southern Methodist board of missions today elected J F Rawls of Suffolk Virginia as treasurer succeeding acting treasurer W M Cassetty.
The Covenanter boys of the First Presbyterian church plan a picnic this afternoon at 4 30 after a rain postponement. The losing team hosts the lunch for two per boy while the winning team enjoys the eats with no basket. Expect hot dogs marshmallows ice cream and a moonlit tramp home after ball games from 4 30 to 6 30 at the fair grounds.
A Wednesday afternoon blaze, likely sparked by a short circuit in a floor light, caused extensive damage to the apartment of Mr and Mrs George Brown in Akers Apartments on Ramsey Street. Mrs Brown arrived home in time to avert a more serious fire as a lamp ignited a large upholstered chair and the blaze intensified.
A blaze caused loss of light and a chair, with extensive smoke and heat damage across several rooms. One room in the apartment was notably damaged. The building is owned by Cc. W. Akers.
The West Virginia Ramblers eight piece band will provide the music for a dance and banquet tonight at the West Virginian Hotel. The Lions Club event is expected to be a premier social affair of the season with the superior brand of music promised.
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