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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1908

Page

6

Tipple Boss Shot and Fatally Wounded

Arthur Green a 17 or 18 year old tipple boss was shot in the abdomen near the Crozier Coal and Coke Company tipple by Charles Wallace a 19 year old railroad section hand. Wallace fled toward Greenbrier and remains at large as doctors in Welch operate and struggle to save Green with a pulse of 138. Detectives pursue Wallace for the shooting following a quarrel over tools.

Arthur Green Crozier Coal and Coke Company Charles Wallace Green Wallace Greenbrier Welch

Personal notices mark social visits across Bramwell and Bluefield

Mrs. George A Thompson visited Bramwell with friends. Col L B Tierney of Powhatan toured the city on business. George Nash attended his brother J s funeral in Falls Mills. Dixon returned from Lynchburg to visit home folks. A N Harris of Gary resumed home duties. Mrs D M Schoppert of Sheppards Town visited her sister Mrs R K Samuels. Mrs S L Bourne of Graham stayed with her brother L J Johnston on Adama street. Hulda Spencer ill at home in South Bluefield. Mrs L A Singleton returned from Heckley visiting son R B Singleton. Mrs George P Hall of North Ta ze well visited and rode back in the afternoon. Mr and Mrs Will Hetherington moved to a new home in South Bluefield. Mrs Edward Cooper of Bramwell and Mrs Alexander Irvine of McRewell shopped in the city. Miss Mattie Cooley of Tazewell and Miss Thompson of Newport News visited yesterday on Lacy Shirey’s trip to Waynesboro for a few days. Mrs W C Pendleton’s wife, editor Pendleton of the Tazewell Republican, visited with daughter Mrs C F Tines.

Virginia Senate race notes highlight Chase opposition candidate

The piece profiles Senator Chase and a Republican rival in a Tazewell Dickenson Russell Buchanan district race. It praises the challenger’s 1257 margin, national reputation, and Odd Fellows leadership, while crediting Chase for restoring elective revenue commissioners, defeating a mine tax, and boosting school funding with $100,000 in increased appropriations and free books.

Tazewell Dickenson Russell Buchanan The Odd Fellows of Virginia Chase Senate of Senate General Assembly

Prince Albert of Monaco Celebrates Sixty Birthday

Monaco marks the sixty year reign of Prince Albert while noting the principality's revenues rely on Monte Carlo gambling. The ruler, away on a scientific expedition, earns 250000 dollars annually from the syndicate. His heir is Prince Louis, son of his first wife, Lady Mary Hamilton. The report also mentions oceanography work and a vessel built for scientific observations. Separate items reference farm tenants leaving due to a threat and Henry Evans fleeing after being summoned by a 50-man group.

Paris Monte Carlo Monaco Prince Albert Prince Louis Mary Hamilton Duke of Hamilton Duke of Richelieu Alice Heine New Orleans Place Edward Guston Henry Evans

Night Riders Drive Negroes From Cheatham County

Nashville reports a gang of night riders in Henrietta near the Montgomery county line has driven several negro families from Cheatham county, with warnings issued two weeks prior. Ed Williams fled after a warning a month earlier. his old home and barn were burned, and shots were fired in the area.

Nashville Tenn Henrietta Cheatham County Montgomery County Ed” Williams Williams

Rumors of AFL leadership contests surface

Reports from Denver on November 13 indicate budding rumors of contests for AFL offices ahead of next week’s elections. No opponent is named against Samuel Gompers for president, but Thomas L. Lewis may challenge John Mitchell’s successor for second vice president role.

Denver American Federation of Labor Samuel Gompers Thomas L. Lewis John Mitchell United Mine Workers of America Mr. Mitchell

DeWitts Little Early Rivers and Kidney and Bladder Pills

Pleasant easy safe liver pills and kidney bladder pills sold by all druggists. DeWitts Little Early Rivers promise quick relief and act promptly for weak back back ache inflammation of the bladder and rheumatic pains.

DeWitt

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