Toll feature blamed for defeat of bridge bonds
Post mortem by Charleston real estate men on Kanawha bridge bond defeat cites toll feature as the largest factor. Judge J M Simms and others argued voters rejected bonds to avoid higher taxes and urged city to fund and own bridges. They discussed roads, tourism, and the impact of real estate booms on values and mobility.
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East
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Kanoa
Withers
Sabin Creek
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Opia
Mike Jermes
Kanawha
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Ws Company
Kanaha,City
Meharleston
How- M.lore
Fennivania
Virginia State Lines
William C. Thomas
Clenden
West Virginia
Bugh W. May
Virginia
L. B. Shannon
Joseph Webb
W. B. Carson
Florida
Pricga
State House Corporations Chartered by Secretary of State
Several corporations were chartered yesterday including Workmen's Finance of Parkersburg with 100000 capital stock by local investors M W L Brown J P Snyder Dallas Snyder Frank S Smith and A J Kehoxy The Clay County Fair Association of Henry Clay county was incorporated by W Hobbitt EB BR NcGovran J W McCune of Clay A V Bossett Precious and A J Pugh of Glenn The Wesley Corporation of Bluefield with 50000 capital stock to trade was formed by John F Land John Kee Albert Baldwin Jr and H Baldwin of Bluefield CW Freeman of Bramwell Russell-Miller Milling of Worth Dakota and Lester Plano Company of Pennsylvania were chartered to operate in the state Notary commissions were issued to L H Graybeal Rainelle A H Knox Parkerspare C M Sharp Huntersville Pocahontas County Don Clifford Marfrance Greenbrier F B Adkins Harts Lincoln County A B McCutcheon Huntington and C I Van Pelt Morgantown.
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George W. Sharp
Workmen's Finance Corporation
Parkersburg
M WL Brown
J. P. Snyder
Dallas Snyder
Frank S. Smith
A. J. Kehoxy
Clay County Fair Association
Henry
Clay County
W. Hobbitt
EB. BR. NcGovran
J& W. McCune
School salary question taken to supreme court
A board of education appeal in Mingo county seeks supreme court review of nine teachers’ salaries from last school year. Judgments ranged from 3435 to 1116.67. names include Morris Vinson Merde Richmond Fleming Miller Kirk Baker. Writs of error and supersedeas were granted in three cases, and a writ in ejectment for Rolfe Coal Mining against Redden et al was allowed.
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Kermit District
Mingo County
Circuit Court
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Garnat Vinson
Amanda Merde
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Richmond
Rosie F
Supreme Court
M. G. Lite
J. H. Hatcher
Beckley
Rolfe Coal Mining Company
Matt Redden
Raleigh court awards fee simple possession of tract
Court awards possession in fee simple of a 500 vote tract. Defendants represented by Price Smith Spillman of Charleston and Walter Perry. Perry sentenced to seven years for forging a check of 99.06. Boone county elrewit court grants writ of error. Judgment 58,565.55 with interest and costs against Lake Export Coal Co for J J Rose and Lincoln Smokeless Coml Co. Cabell county heart case twice tried. plaintiff seeks 150,000 for breach of contract. Contract called for entire output of plaintiff mine for one year from October 1920 at 8 per ton. John Holt and John Meek for petitioners.
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Cult Court
Raleigh County
Price
Lake Export Coal Company
J. J. Rose and
Lincoln Smokeless Coml Company
Cabell County
Heult
Plaintiff
John M. Holt
John H. Meek
Marriage Licenses Issued In Kanawha County
The county clerk issued marriage licenses yesterday to Scott Lanham 60 and Fanny Lanham 58 of Kanawha county. Eilig Murphy 18 and Martha Porter 17, also of Kanawha county, received licenses. A misstated climate note about Finland follows.
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Scott Lanham
Fanny Lanhham
Kanawha County
Eilig Murphy
Martha Porter
NAMES RECEIVER FOR BENWOOD BANK APPOINTED
Hayes Picklesimer of Charleston appointed as receiver for the Bank of Benwood after its June 10 closure following cashier Leach’s arrest and Ward’s disappearance. State and Ohio county authorities chase Ward. governor alerted to prior clean bill amid 1927 irregularities. Depositors’ protest cites state liability.
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Charleston
Mullens
Bank of Benwood
Wil
Liam S Leach
Joseph Ward
Ficklesimer
State Banking Department
Ward
Ohio
Taigsing Bank
United States
Howard M. Gorehem Boon
Henwood Bank
Govermor
Paul Riedel
Beriwood
Stat
Gore
Dunbar to Finish Fourth Celebration With Fireworks
Dunbar to finish its Fourth of July celebration with a fireworks display at 8 p.m. in the western end, as announced by Mayor W. T. Moore. The program resumes after Saturday night’s storm with airplane stunts and maneuvers to follow, lasting about one hour.
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Plana
Dunbar
W. T. Moore
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