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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1925
Page
2
A mixed column lists coal prices and service ads for Pocahontas and Red Ash coal with phone numbers, a masqu e rade dance notice at Masonic Temple, and rental offers. It includes theater concert plans for November 20, a memorial for F D Trail, a building permit for Calvary Baptist church, rainfall totals, police court fines, and a Ford coupe fire on the New Hope road.
The article notes the governor warning against injunctions delaying tax collection until court rulings on the act. He argues the state must sustain operations and refund any unlawful taxes, with special counsel and officials ready to defend the revenue measure.
Westminster Presbyterian Church named Morris Watts Witt Hancock C Campbell Clyde Bailey and W L Alley to form a pulpit committee to secure a successor for Rev H DuBose who left for Johnson City Tenn The church said no candidate is yet in view and a temporary supply will be provided by Dr George West Diehl president of Concord College
The Colonial Theatre hosted The Student Prince in Heidelberg with capacity crowds on yesterday afternoon and last night. The young cast impressed in fitting roles, with dazzling scenery and strong musical numbers, making the production a memorable local spectacle.
Judge J Frank Maynard granted a postponement for RL Taylor and Eli Watkins to seek removal to the U S district court. Indictments accuse them of criminal assault on J Counts claim agent for the Virginian Railroad after a liquor search on Oakvale mountain road. Trial was set for Princeton but delayed to prepare the petition for federal transfer.
Arrangements were made here yesterday at the district stewards meeting in the district parsonage on Albemarle street to raise the district total annual expenditures for all Methodist Episcopal Church South purposes. About twenty stewards attended led by presiding elder B D Long. The Bluefield district raises roughly 260000 yearly for salaries, benevolences, and district salaries, with apportionment to charges and contributions to benevolent causes. The meeting was harmonious and hopeful for the coming year.
James G. Litg local agent for New York Life announces his candidacy for president of the New York Life Big Club. The position goes to the agent with the largest volume of business this year, with past presidents ineligible. The sale closes June 30, 1926, and Litg seeks everyone's help.
A protest letter from Mr. Oliver accuses misrepresentation of conditions and states data gathering was directed to support those claims. The report was not presented to institute members or the board. A copy has been sent to J Edgar Pew in Dallas Texas, vice president of Sun Oil and president of the Petroleum Institute.
Mitchell accepts full responsibility for statements made in San Antonio on September 5 that led to a war department order for his trial. He accused the war and navy departments of incompetence and criminal negligence in national defense, citing the Shenandoah disaster and PN 9 No 1 as examples.
Windsor Ont Oct 27 Mrs Ruth A Janine was sentenced to fifteen years in Portsmouth penitentiary for manslaughter in the August shooting of Clayton McMallin a Windsor motor car mechanic. She fainted at the sentence and had been infatuated with the victim, who said he was through with her.
Emergency reports list eighteen killed and scores injured in a multi locality crash. Names span Mississippi Arkansas Alabama Georgia Tennessees and include Frank Anderson P Anderson Margaret Hummer Mildred Hummer David McDowell Andy Minor Tallichet and more with varying injuries from concussions to broken spines and internal injuries.
Mrs Josephine Pancoast Widener Leidy youngest daughter of millionaire Joseph F Widener has filed for divorce from Carter Randolph Leidy of Philadelphia. The suit was recorded last week in Montgomery County and became public today. The couple wed in January 1920 amid social splash and have a two year old daughter.
William Dockery Eunice Dockery Gilbert Emerson and Lee Cooper all of Payne’s men Walker county were jailed on murder charges in the killings of Mrs. William Dockery and Lois Dockery. Eunice Dockery confessed her brother killed his wife and daughter during a late night boating party and cast their bodies into the Warrior river. bodies not recovered.
Police report four teens aged seventeen to nineteen, including Mathena Turner Ward and Hicks, in custody after alleged crimes tied to eight balloon cards rims and tubes worth over 300 dollars. Bail set for two. others face preliminary hearing. The article also details Bluefield American Legion three day carnival ending Saturday with a mass masquerade parade and prize offerings for best costumes and a radio ticket sale contest.
Rockland Maine Oct 27 The schooner J C Webster bound for Miami with three crew missing after a storm. Captain Beryn Bradford reports his son Stanley Bradford washed overboard while two seamen Fred Murray and Clarence Jefferson disappeared after aiding him. Red Wing cutter and seaplane searched the area. Vessel owned in Boston.
A. G. Rutherford, sealer of weights and measures for Bluefield, instructed all local retail coal dealers to install scales and weigh every ton of coal sold. Weight must appear on each bill. He noted five dealers lacked scales, while others are upgrading to first class condition and buyers will see a 2000 pound ton standard.
A canvass of the qualified members for the annual tournament at the Bluefield Gun Club reveals every eligible member will take part on Thursday afternoon.
Eligible members should attend if possible. Traps must be repaired today for a handicap tournament at 1 o clock. Each member shoots 100 times, and the highest average wins a loving cup donated by Herry C. Weller, club president. Public invited to watch. after the match the trap opens to other members for one final shot this season.
The wartime administration praised by Mr Aller is credited with a sound budget and swift business-like management. Demobilization of war time army personnel, Harding's state administration of amaniike procedures, and the arms limitation conference were cited as notable achievements.
Chicago reports forecasts showing continued cold weather across the Midwest for at least another day. Temperatures near or below freezing with some snow expected, as thermometers reach near zero in the extreme northwest and snow remains general in the Rocky Mountain region.
Snow blanketed Iowa as cold weather threatened crops in Billings where seven tons of beets faced damage from the freeze.
Boston October inquiry heard steamer City of Rome officers recounts of near miss with submarine 8 51 off Block Island that led to the sinking and 33 deaths. Timothy Dreyer of Savannah California testified that the red signal was the first warning on September 25. The naval board heard accounts from the engineer first and other officers during the resumed hearing.
Atlanta Ga Oct 27 Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr wealthy newspaper publisher and nationally known newsman is confined to his room at a local hotel with an infected jaw bone. His condition is not believed serious physicians say. He has been under Atlanta surgeons for a week and the infection is said to have been caused when he was gassed in the World War. While his condition improved today he will probably be unable to leave his room for several days.
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