Express Injunction Over Liquor Packages Dissolved
Judge Goff dissolves injunction forcing Crescent Liquor Co to stop sending C O D liquor by express. United States Express refuses acceptance of C O D shipments, ending a years long mail order whiskey dispute. Crescent’s Morris cites abuse of privilege and pressure to end the practice. Washington dispatch notes WV politics and Charleston convention plans amid editorials on local paper demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goff
Crescent Company
Dayton
Express
Crescent Liquor Company
Clarksburg
Express Company
Ofice
United States Express Company
Morris
The
Francis B. Gessner
Wheeling Intelligencer
Washington
West Virginia
House
Senate
el- Jing
Elliott Northcott
Northcott
United States
Taxes Due for 1907 Urgently Demanded Before June 11 1908
Tax notices warn that all 1907 taxes must be paid promptly. Real estate with unpaid taxes by June 11 1908 will be listed as delinquent under sections 14 to 24 of chapter 931-2wd-4tw. Officials emphasize swift payment to avoid penalties.
Easter observance honors DeMolay Commandery in Grafton
DeMolay Commandery No. 11 Knights Templar held Easter services at Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton with a large audience. Eminent Commander William C. Byers led Knights in a procession from MasonicTemple. Rev. Harry C. Howard delivered a sermon on St. Mark and the choir performed hymns including Onward Christian Soldiers and Rejoice the Lord is King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Templar Masonry
Grafton
DeMolay Commandery
Knights Templar
Order
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
East Main Street
Andrews Church
U. S
Knights of the Temple
Masonic Temple
William C. Byers
John T. Pilson
Jesus
Harry C. Howard
Templariem
Howard
Andrews’ Church
Peonage Horrors Revealed In Russell Report
Assistant Attorney General Charles W. Russell describes a peonage case near Lockhart Alabama involving the Jackson Lumber Company. Foreman used threats and violence to trap workers from New York and Europe, including a Bulgarian beaten and a foreigner tied to a buggy. He argues southern state laws enable peonage and Congress has not provided punishment for enforcing such laws. The report urges action to curb involuntary service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles W. Russell
Bonaparte
Lockhart
Ala
Florida
Jackson Lumber Company
New York
Harlan
Jordmans
South
Congress
Dr Williams Pills Marketing Offer Seeks Agents
Sweet Melody Flour advertises Dr Williams Pills and calls for U S agents to sell 12 boxes at 250 per box. Promises a $3 rebate to receive a set of cooking vessels including 2, 4, and 6 quart pans. Limited vessels available to introduce the pills. Roseville address and date stamp included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Dr. Williams
der Quick
DR. Williams Med Company
Roseville
Judge Ira E. Robinson Seeks Supreme Court Term Endorsed
Judge Ira E. Robinson continues to collect endorsements for a full term on the state Supreme Court bench. On Saturday, the Republicans of Barbour county held district conventions to appoint delegates to the state convention in Parkersburg, with resolutions naming Judge Robinson for the office. Similar hearty endorsements came from eastern counties as from northern and western regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira E. Robinson
Supreme Court
Barbour County
Parkersburg
Robinson
Mineral County
Arnold C. Scherr
Scherr
Mineral
Butcher Sold Corrupt Art on Passenger Trains
William F. Sheler, a news butcher on passenger trains between Pittsburgh and Fairmont, was arrested Saturday on a warrant for unlawfully selling pictures "manifestly tending to corrupt the morals of youth." Detective R C Karnes seized about a dozen pictures and Sheler was remanded to await the next grand jury after failing to post a $200 bond. The offense is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail or a $200 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Sheler
Pittsburg
Fairmont
Shelor
Amos
Supreme Court to decide tax on foreign labor in West Virginia
Judge Poffenbarger grants a writ of error in West Virginia v Johnson and Briggs to determine if foreign laborers in the state must pay a one dollar school capitation tax. Contractors employed Italian workers on railroad grade work and faced tax collection disputes in Cabell County. The case traces errors from Justice Hutchinson to the circuit court, with state urging reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poffenbarger
Supreme Court of Appeals
West Virginia
Johnson and Briggs
T. C. Townsend
J. R. Trotter
Circuit Court
Cabell County
Johnson
Briggs
Cabell
G. W. Hutchinson
Justice of the Peace
Supereme Court of Appeals
Ginla
Died While Sitting Beside Coffin in Huntington
Miss Mazie Kilgore of near Burlington Ohio died in West Huntington while sitting beside the coffin of her deceased friend Mary Mullen. The two had shared illness and companionship. Kilgore was found leaning against the coffin as dawn broke, symbolically united in death with her chum.
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Coffin
Huntington
W. Va
Mazie Kilgore
Burlington
West Huntington
Mary Mullen
Mullen
Miss Kilgore
Grafton’s Oldest Citizen Celebrates 94th Birthday
The venerable Spencer Glasscock, likely the oldest resident of Grafton, is elderly and bedbound at his daughter Mrs Baron’s home on East Washington. He recently marked his 94th birthday, reputed as the town and county’s oldest man. The article notes a local race for social prominence in a center-stage divorce court scene involving the Goulds.
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Grafton
Spencer Glasscock
Mrs. Baron
East Washington Street
Goulds
Delegates From Hardy Show Support for Scherr at State Convention
In Wheeling on April 17 Charles F. Teter of Philippi told reporters Hardy county delegates will back Scherr at the state convention. He noted Swisher supporters left the meeting but the delegates aligned with Scherr remain in influence, confirming a Hardy delegation favoring Scherr.
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Wheeling
Charles F. Teter
Philippi
Hardy County
Scherr
Swisher
Postmaster Love awards two Knotts avenue housing contracts
Postmaster Ernest L. Love awarded contracts to Randolph Construction Co. for two new houses on Knotts avenue one for his own use a ten room modern dwelling on the north side of the avenue and St Joan street and the other a five room cottage for Mrs Elizabeth Baldwin his mother in law both to be built in Salem This is described as among the citys most imposing private residences and the other as neat and up to date.
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Ernest L. Love
Elizabeth Baldwin
Knotts Avenue
St. Joan Street
Knotts ‘Avenue
Randolph Construction Co
Salem
Blueville Citizens Seek Injunction Over Cemetery Land
Citizens through Attorney Sommerville sue to bar Catholic church from using recent Blueville land as a cemetery. The case promises to be interesting. FOR SALE Fifty acre farm one mile from Grafton with seven room house barn outbuildings land in good cultivation and primarily grass. For particulars contact W H Grimes Grafton W Va 45 4tw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blueville
Sommerville
Grafton
W. H. Grimes
W. Va
Merry Widows Are Dangerous Hat Sparks Fire Escape Lesson
A Mercy Widow hat adored by city ladies caught fire under a gas jet last night. A nearby young man quickly removed the burning trim from the hat, saving the wearer from injury, while he received burns on his hands. The incident prompts cautions about fire safety and escape attachments.
Federal Convicts to Be Taken from State Penitentiary
Federal authorities plan to move some prisoners from West Virginia’s state peniten tiary at Moundsville to the oldest federal penitentiary in the United States. The move comes as the state facility, once crowded, reports declines in population due to pardons and commutations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viets
West Virginia
Moundsville
United States
Kansas
Charles ©. Haddox
Dawson
Mt Charleston
State Penitentiary
Taft Likely Endorsed By Republican District
Decatur Alabama April 21 at the Republican convention of the Ninth Congress district Taft appears likely to win endorsement for president tomorrow based on early indications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ala
Wighth Congress District
Taft
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Andrews M. E
Russell
Judge Robinson
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Ross
Flemington
Sentinel
Arnold Scherr
Love
Democratic Party
Bryan
Parker
St. Louis Grove-Democrat
Indy
Fpon
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Alabama
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