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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1925
Page
8
A scattered page item runs coal prices and services for Pocahontas and Raven Red Ash. Multiple ads urge weighed loads, phone numbers, and comparisons among City Coal Co and others. Also notes tax notices, local events, dining, and upcoming community gatherings across Bluefield area.
Mur Mun Paving Company officials arrive in Bluefield to finish several minor tasks from last year's general contract. Work includes a small section on Commerce Street near Federal Street and additional patching projects to be completed soon.
The Watson Salvage Company on Bland Street purchased the stock and fixtures of the Reliable Store at Bland Street and McCulloch Avenue from J S Turk. The building was recently bought by M B E Sameth. Turk ran the Reliable Store at that location for years and built a well established business.
Delta Sigma Sorority of Concord College held a naval banquet at the West Virginia hotel last night. A delightful program featured toastmistress Pansy Humphreys, welcomes by Virginia Karnes, solos by Thelma Dick and Laura Sarvey, a lecture by Charess Anthony on The College Girl, and humorous remarks by Jack Martin. Guests included Tau Omega and Beta Theta sororities, Tri Delta fraternity members, Princeton guests, and many members and officers listed.
Friday marked the best day of the Trinity revival with the largest morning crowd. Dr. Coale preached on dancing and “After Death What” as evangelism offerings supported the cause. The day included conversions, many church additions, and plans for a grand Sunday rally and farewell service.
Picketing in northern West Virginia grows as authorities indict twelve men for conspiracy to halt mine operations. Non-union mines loaded 1,023 cars, with 143 non-union and ten union mines active, and daily totals projected above 1,000 cars. Bethlehem Mines shuts four Cumberland division mines temporarily, with planned Monday reopening.
Hundreds travel to Bluefield for a large gathering involving notable locals from Wise, Norton, Big Stone Gap, Roanoke, Salem, Pulaski, Dublin, and surrounding counties. Delegates include Judge Skeen Clintwood Wise County official D. Hull Jr. and others named in Roanoke City and Abingdon circles.
Roanoke authorities examining the effects of R E B Martin, an aged recluse found critically ill in a rooming house, later died in a Roanoke hospital. They recovered nine $100 post office saving certificates, bank books showing savings from $300 to over $600 across four Roanoke banks, and multiple property deeds. Relatives are being sought but investigators report little progress.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals granted a writ of error and supersedeas on petition by the defendant in the case of James Tillman Salmon versus Norfolk, remanding or staying further proceedings in the damage suit.
In the South Atlantic track meet at Richmond on May 22, Bluefield College sent three men who cleared preliminaries to reach finals on Saturday. McCoy advanced in high jump and pole vault, Foley reached the discus final, as Maryland led the preliminaries with St John’s and William and Mary close behind.
The Mingo county court awarded a judgment of 12 500 in a case involving the Western Railway Company. Tillman sues for 100 000 damages claiming injuries from a freight accident in January 1924 while employed as a locomotive engineer. The defendant contends the injuries were not permanent but a contagious disease affected Tillman. The supreme court required a 15 000 bond.
Ashland Kentucky May 22 justice of the peace C C Lesler known as the raiding justice is sought on a federal warrant for conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws and accepting bribes to protect whiskey runners. Bud Hall George Hall Stanley Morris Charles McLaughlin Jason Fannin and others were jailed in Boyd County pending federal charges after a four week probe.
Local interest grows as Norfolk and Western stockholders meet in Roanoke to vote on leasing the Virginian Railway to the Norfolk and Western for 999 years. Directors of both companies favor the plan. Virginian stockholders have postponed initial meeting until May. Most Norfolk and Western stockholders are expected to approve the merger.
The Pocahontas division of the Norfolk and Western railway will be electrified between Bluefield and Williamson within eighteen months. Electrification teams have largely finished Welch to Jaeger and have begun work on the remaining Jaeger to Williamson segment, a distance of about 47.5 miles.
News of Colored Folk Bethel A. M. B. Church Palm pastor announces Sunday-school at 9 30 morning service at 11 subtitle The Kind of Prayer God Will r Matthew 6 5 8 Evening service 8 p m Rev S M Guncoe native of South Africa and Lincoln University graduate will preach All are welcome
Waterbury May 22 Louis Kid Kaplan the Meriden world's featherweight champion knocked out Steve Kid Sullivan of Brooklyn in the fifth round of their ten round bout in Waterbury Conn tonight.
Dwight Stewart, 23, died after a mob attacked the Dallas jail attempting to reach two negro prisoners Frank and Lorenzo Noel charged with murder and criminal assault. Four others injured as about 130 people exchanged shots with officers during an all night vigil that drew thousands.
National guardsmen state rangers and peace officers guarded the jail after a large crowd. a negro faces trial next Thursday amid drastic precautions to curb mob violence. Frank Noel is indicted in two murder and assault cases, Lorenzo in one. authorities say some negroes confessed.
Norfolk Va May 22 Chief Pay Clerk James P Gallagher of the naval transport Beaufort was found guilty today by a naval court martial on two charges connected with the finding aboard the transport of fifty cases of liquor. A verdict of not guilty was returned on the third charge.
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