Sale of Trust Deed Auction Notice in Kanawha County
Legal notice for sale of property under trust deed in Kanawha County West Virginia. Includes dates, amounts, property parcels, and election details for bondholders and local commissioners.
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1925
Page
9
Legal notice for sale of property under trust deed in Kanawha County West Virginia. Includes dates, amounts, property parcels, and election details for bondholders and local commissioners.
A long historic legal notice enumerates precincts and assigned commissioners for an upcoming election. It lists multiple precinct numbers, locations like garages and schools, and names such as Mrs. O Hy Spencer, Leonard Bewla, J. Thuan, John Conter, Henry Calderwood, and others, outlining official roles and the election process across many precincts in the city. The notice states the election hall locations and the task of determining votes and certifying officers as required by law.
City officials order weekly publication of the ordinance before a special election. The City Clerk must post notices and prepare ballots and election supplies, safeguard voter lists, and arrange registration updates through several dates. They authorize selling bonds to fund city needs, with sale by mayor to highest bidder, cash, three weeks’ notice, and state oversight. The treasurer will manage proceeds and maintain funds with banks offering security. interest coupons will be handled per law.
Legal advertisement from Charleston calls a special election on July 25, 1925, to authorize a 25 year special bond levy of up to 1.5 cents per $100 of taxable property to fund 145,000 for interest, sinking fund, and principal payments tied to a proposed Elk River bridge and city improvements. The measure requires voters to approve or reject via a ballot marking yes or no, with details on the bond terms, annual levy, and sinking fund.
National Guard units from several stations arrive in Kanawha City for the annual encampment. An appropriation totals 52,000 plus 14,008 in armory drill pay, with about 1,000 guardsmen expected. Local groups pledge funds for entertainment and river activities to welcome the visitors and encourage return next year.
A Huntington meeting of real estate leaders launched a push to organize a taxpayers league. Speakers including L. B. Poiret and I. Woody urged branch formation, discussed state tax policy, and argued for revenue from indirect taxes while opposing direct taxation.
Real estate transfers recorded in Kanawha County include multiple parcels in Charleston and surrounding areas. Transfers feature Lida Allen to Nancy Manley, Wygal to Charleston Company, Henry P. Greene to WP Gare, McChesney to W.D. Reedy, George Johnson to Matthew Vander, and Homer Glover to Beulah Huffman among others. Also listed are numerous additions, blocks, and streets within Charleston, Dunbar, and surrounding towns, with prices ranging from 500 to 3 000 dollars. Local residents including Anna Summers and Gladys Summers were noted in a separate social mention.
Treasury officials expressed hope for a 409 million dollar tax reduction. The Ku Klux Klan announced that chapter 600 would take part in its parade tomorrow. Three RoSUsery trunk railroads protested a proposed new line merger in Pennsylvania.
Police Chief Jown Britton of Huntington was reported confined to bed after an illness, forcing him to vacate his desk. Captain Ian Stirhin led the department during the chief's absence for two to three days. Also noted were commissions for local notaries and power of attorney, and a Weston fund establishing $2000 for worthy students.
The circuit court docket lists cases of C A Gay v Lewis Buckland v Buckland and others, trustees appointed for First Kaytiat Church in St Albans, and a Kanawha Banking suit against Mary Keith Rune Wailer Bes in common pleas court. A London street crash injures one.
Bloomsburg, Pa Aug. reports say Harry A. Chandler, a piloted mail plane, will recover from a skull fracture after his craft fell into the Susquehanna River. The plane struck a field then plummeted, fourteen sacks of mail were recovered and sent west by the Bellefonte mail official.
Mr Howard Andrews who will soon race again is improving. Mrs Les Sav is ill at Kanawha Valley hospital. Mr and Mrs Joan Nelson have returned to Chelyan after visiting in Kentucky. Mr J W Calvert spent days in Charleston last week. The young ladies of the M E church held a bake sale on Saturdays. The new basement of the Hirst Baptist church will be dedicated on Sunday August 16. Mr and Mrs Z H Keffer host Mr Cecil Williams of Btony Creek formerly of Chelyan. The following girls are spending this week at camp at Sisakune: Priscila Exkins Carrie Dungerbory Kathryn Vickers Victor Bryant Alice Adkins Weather and Lacy Williams Edna Myers. Mrs Z H Keffer took her class of Sunday school girls of the M F Church on a picnic to Pat Withrow's invasion yesterday. Ruby Keffer 34 chaired Mrs Cecil Williams of Virginia. Mrs Canterbury entertained the radical Bible class of the Methodist church. Rev T M Miller and family of Madison were guests of Mr and Mrs Willan Vickers on Sunday. Mrs dG Anelle and children visit her mother at St Mars tomorrow. Mr and Mrs Hugh Shepherd have guest Mr Hagen of Chicago.
The Charleston City Council approves a bond issue totaling 1 146 000 to finance a bridge across Elk River at Spring Street. The plan includes principal and interest details, tax levies, and a sinking fund, with bonds issued at 1 000 000 par and installments scheduled from 1927 through 1950.
Unclear ad offers large savings on complete house furnishing and individual items. It promotes credit on old-fashioned terms, allowing payments while keeping furniture at affordable weekly or monthly rates.
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