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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1925
Page
7
The eighth annual Mercer County 4-H Camp ended with eighty members attending and surpassing all previous camps. New facilities including a dining hall and assembly hall enhanced activities while campers built, wired, sewed, and swam. The event featured tribal competitions, nightly campfires, and awards for outstanding boys and girls.
Local notices report licenses issued for marriages in Matoaka and Princeton, a Ford coupe stolen from Circle Drive, and a child’s death after ingesting strychnine tablets. Reports cover court activity, revival meetings, a gold sales festival, merchant plans for a county fair, and ongoing legal proceedings.
A Saturday afternoon bridge gathering at J. W. McNutt and Miss Eleonor Booker’s Walker street home featured nine tables of play. Guests included Mrs. S. V. Straley of Orlando and Miss Katherine Koiner of Waynesboro with a formal tea to follow at 5. The guest list spanned local society figures with Mrs. J. G. Barber and Mrs. Ward Sowers assisting in serving a cream chicken mushroom patty menu. An In Memoriam note for darling child appears at end with family sorrow.
The McDowell County Teachers Institute begins in Welch with about 625 teachers registered for a five day session. County Superintendent W C Cook presides as instructors including Dr W H Hunt who spoke on Supervised Study. Miss Frederickson the community nurse will address Health and related topics. Miss Elizabeth Robinson and Miss Bess Badgett serve as secretaries.
A Ford roadster and a Buick touring car collided on a narrow Virginia Street Sunday morning. Willard Wright suffered severe facial and head cuts from windshield glass. George Henry was with him in the Ford, while two men named Jones rode in the Buick. Both drivers face warrants for possible whiskey intoxication as police investigate the crash.
Otis E Linkous Jr of War narrowly escaped serious injury when knocked down by a car driven by Bo Barker of Huntington as the boy attempted to cross the street near the Linkous home. The auto was traveling slowly, and was under control when the collision occurred.
An eight year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Linkous, was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street before rear wheels passed over him. He received first aid from Dr M B Carr and was taken to Grace hospital where he rested better overnight though head and facial cuts remained painful.
Stricken with a severe case of tonsillitis several days ago and is reported to be recovering. Frank Sams has returned from a visit with friends in Bruc el Edward O'Toole Jr. is expected to visit Chi and Cincinnati. Mrs. A C Hufford is a patient in Grace Hospital and will undergo an operation within the next few days. Dr and Mrs G T Eppling and daughters have returned from a visit with friends in Princeton Congressman James French Strother has returned from Pearlsburg where he attended the funeral of his mother Mrs Nannie Strother.
Alfred Francisco, champion .22 public safety item from Keystone, was defeated by Cc. B. Anderson in a two target, fifteen round event at fifty yards. Scores were Anderson 238, Martin 239, Francisco 902.
Welch undertakes sidewalk and curb work around the McDowell County National Bank to create a smoother grade and safer corner for motorists. McDowell County Post No 8 American Legion hosts a dance in the Memorial building on Thursday September 3 to entertain teachers attending the institute. In police court William Kneaid, colored, is fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to three months in jail for assault on Speed Smith, another colored boy.
Mrs Floyd E Cunningham and daughter Lucy of Eckman visited the city yesterday. Miss Dorothy Levinson underwent a tonsil operation at Grace Hospital on Monday. Night Policeman W M Stopper Thompson is confined to Grace Hospital. Patrolman Thompson was hospitalized.
Palmer Ault of Elyria Ohio signs to coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College as assistant to Cecil Ross for the coming season. Announcement by Carl Miller notes Ault a former Bobcat star. Also mentions trainer Louis Colombo arriving and the Flannigan twins invited to Roxbury School camp and Yale next year.
Boots Williams delivered the decisive play for Glen Rogers by a triple followed by a steal of home in the eighth inning. Glen Rogers defeated Tams 5 to 4 as Stanley Guy fanned eleven for Glen Rogers and Pound struck out eight for Tams.
Berwind residents report visits and travels including Mrs BE Coffman and children in Dayton Virginia and Mrs C P Jameson in Chicago. The seven month old Kerley baby was buried at Hartwell cemetery. E W Eisener attended a Clarksburg teachers institute. Will Givens moved to Salem Virginia. Mrs W F Martin returned from Cambria Virginia with her children. Mr and Mrs R L Page are residing at Old Sweet Springs and Wm Singer returned from Huntingdon Pennsylvania due to serious illness.
Automobile fatalities declined in the four weeks ending August. Thomas P. Cooper of Kentucky was sworn in as chief of economics. Rear Admiral Lucius A. Bostwick was named chief of staff of the U S fleet. Bert F E Haney was asked by President Coolidge to resign and refused. United Mine Workers officials assured Secretary Davis of protection for lives and race during the anthracite situation amid family concerns.
SAEGER, W. VA, R. G. Bailey of Williamson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Bailey. Diffenderfer and family return from Cincinnati after weeks away. Dr. and Mrs. T. C. Matney visit in Monroe county. Burl and Edger Harman travel to Bluefield for their father’s death. Bruce Cooke and daughter visit Grundy, Virginia. Mrs. John Garner and baby visit Keystone. Mrs. John Dennis of Mohawk calls on Mrs. Bruce Cooke. J. S. Hoddleston visits on business. Mrs. Dewey Lester of Hurley visits W. M. Slarman’s. Lite Nina Hatcher shows improvement. E. H. Jennings of Athens spends weekend with Slarman family. Mrs. Frances Dotson visits her parents in Swords Creek. Mrs. Aubrey Martin returns home at Matoake.
Washington announced the second public viewing of 1924 income tax records. At 9 a.m. local internal revenue collectors will open the lists in all districts, remaining accessible for thirty days starting September 1. Newspapers may publish the records without fear of lawsuits.
The article notes tax lists must be open to public inspection after an initial 30 day period and then at least three days weekly for three hours daily. Each collector sets days and hours while avoiding interference with officials. It mentions prior uncertainty over publication limits and a Supreme Court test confirming publication is permitted.
New York August 31 revival of activity in the steel industry is growing more pronounced according to reports from Pittsburg received in Wall Street bookings by the Carnegie Steel Company in the met twenty eight days of August
The report notes that production was twenty percent higher than the corresponding period in July, with many plants reporting similar gains across the sector.
Six year old John Devine of Philadelphia swam the Hudson River today in thirty seven minutes. He dived from the 126th Street ferry on the New York shore and swam to the New Jersey shore covering about one mile.
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