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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1925
Page
18
Local coal firms advertise Raven Red Ash and standard coal with weighed loads and prompt service. Notices urge payment of 1924 taxes to avoid lists, while various ads promote tire sales, dry cleaning, and barber services. Community events include church services, dances, and lectures with several local personalities noted.
Frank T. Beazley resigns as vice president of the Three States Coal Company and becomes general agent for The Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company with Spiller Hicks of Bluefield. He previously ran the Matlock Coal and Iron Corp in New York, moved to Bluefield in 1921, and helped organize Three States Coal. Spiller Hicks General Agency here since 1925 shows strong early performance, ranking highly among agencies by April 20 and May paid-for business.
A windstorm toppled a fence trapping a little girl and her father, Geo W. Whitley, age forty three, near Olga Virginia. Firefighters freed them but the girl died at the scene and her father died shortly after at the hospital.
Miss Aida Heywood was found dead in a locked second floor room of a vacant cottage near Lake Maranook. Police seek Harry A. Kirby of Watertown Mass after an earlier attack that killed Miss Heywood’s aunt Mrs Emma M Towns and a cottage fire. Kirby’s location and his wife’s whereabouts are being probed as a manhunt continues.
Memorial Day ceremonies are planned in Bluefield on May 30 led by the American Legion. A parade forms at 9:30 a.m. on Raleigh Street, moves to the Colonial Theatre for services, then returns to cemeteries for graveside tributes. Organizers expect large crowds and urge cars and flowers. The speaker has not yet been announced.
R. L. Ireson of Richlands, a Norfolk and Western freight conductor, was injured at Cedar Bluff Virginia while boarding a moving locomotive. He was hurled to the ground, suffering a badly mashed right arm and a fractured knee cap, and was taken to Richlands hospital.
Pensacola Florida May 23 five Calhoun and Bay county turpentine operators were convicted in federal court today of violating the peonage act by arresting holding and returning Negro turpentine workers.
James Boylen, former student at National University of Sciences, sues the school for 100000 damages claiming he paid 186 for a bacteriology course but could not study as there were no germs at the school.
Negotiations for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to buy the Coal River and Eastern Railroad will resume in Washington next week. C and O offered 260000 dollars plus 120000 in improvements. Officials also press Interstate Commerce Commission to reopen a hearing to declare the road a common carrier to share freight rates.
William Roy vice president of the Ohio miners reports attorneys for the United Mine Workers have been in touch with Charles Evans Hughes to interest him in the suits here. Lawyers Warrum Townsend and Gardner plan to travel to Washington or Richmond for court business, with return expected Monday. Hughes previously represented the UMW in a case in Indianapolis and, after his Supreme Court appointment, left Warrum as chief counsel.
The Electrification team of Bluestone defeated Bluefield Shop 20 to 8 on the Norwich Western diamond. Early play showed steady offense as Bluestone pulled away, leaving Bluefield to adjust.
The American Legion band from Post No. 9 quickly assembled to play for visitors and delegates at the Southwest Virginia regional meeting. With a last minute cancelation by another band, the Legion’s rapid response showcased their community spirit and earned praise as a civic cornerstone in Bluefield.
Bluefield to Beckley road will be passable all summer with paving underway on the Princeton to Spanishburg section. Detours begin Tuesday as work continues, guiding motorists via Princeton to the new overhead bridge or via Mercer Healing Springs and Athens for the four miles to Spanishburg.
Jury convicts M. B. Davis and four others on twelve counts of aiding and abetting peonage. Sentencing set for Friday. appeals planned. Trial dates for five more indicted postponed until after sentencing. Defendants say they fled cruel treatment, were captured, and a fourth man forced flogging. Also notes a soda crust lake in Africa.
The Mur Mun Paving Company advanced several city jobs yesterday including completing asphalt topping on a Commerce street strip beside the Law and Commerce building. Work lagged earlier due to half the street being blocked for a six story addition.
Huntington May 23 The Chesapeake and Ohio railway reports week of May 11 to 16 with total loadings of 19 863 8 cars and a daily average of 3311 Logan led all fields as loadings rose nearly 600 cars from the prior week. Fields listed include New River Kanawha Coal River Loman Kentucky Long Fork Millers Creek and A C and I with 38 cars.
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