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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1928
Page
8
At the Baptist convention meeting in the convention hall next month candidates for president and vice president were named on two ballots in a spacious venue. Meanwhile, Republican delegates left town as demand dropped for party paraphernalia and noise making devices were packed for shipment.
After the final vote, delegates and staff packed trains and bags as hotel lobbies emptied and campaign headquarters deserted. Hoovers and Curtists ended the day content to call it a day, badges stored and crowds moving on.
A political gathering near Albany faces heavy security with state police guarding against interference. Senator Heflin, in Washington, cited reports that Governor Smith's Catholic allies may try to disrupt the Albany event at Hurstville, as Maj. John A. Warner directs troopers to protect Heflin and attendees.
Chicago reports Tony Strader warned motorists to avoid colliding with trains after a November incident with a Grand Trunk train left his car in a twisted wreck. He later received a letter demanding 29.18 dollars for damage to the railroad’s locomotive number 6038.
Republican lawyers of Taylor county met in Grafton to reaffirm support for Judge Warren Kittle of Philippi. They rejected claims of a split bar and reaffirmed their 1927 endorsement, with Hugh Warder presiding and J Guy Allender secretary.
Mrs. Mattie Whittaker widow of Fess Whittaker the jailed Jailer of Letcher county in Kentucky mountains announced yesterday her candidacy to succeed him in the jailer post. She is expected to face no opposition. Whittaker served short jail terms for drinking and was sentenced to six months for attacking county officers. While jailed he announced for county judge and was elected, then died in an automobile crash last year.
In Albany on June 16, Senator Heflin of Alabama and Governor Al Smith headline a political exchange. The session centers on orders to protect certain measures and includes remarks on state leadership and national policy.
Frank Lowther was arrested early this morning by City Officers Mays and Morris for drunkenness behind a Latrobe Street building. He was found clutching a half full gallon jug of spirits and was fined $5 by Mayor Thomas H. Cather before being turned over to state authorities.
At a meeting in the Y M C A rooms chaired by L L Loar the Bluemont cemetery improvement committee reaffirmed confidence in Lear’s leadership after he offered to resign. They directed plans to extend the roadway around the hilltop portion, revise specifications, and raise funds through pledges and subscriptions to finance the work this year.
Real estate transactions show active filings at the county clerk Frank Bennett's office. Deeds recorded include B. W. Verine and wife to Minnie McGwy Warder for two Walnut street lots at a $10.00 consideration and Howard T. Glenn V and wife to Wilbert A. Parkhill.
An advertisement touts cod liver oil and iron tablets as a body builder to add weight and energy. It claims the modern nonfishy extract improves appetite and vitality, urging readers to order Burke's Cod Liver Oil and Iron Tablets at first class drug stores to "build up" quickly.
Governor Gore of West Virginia will keynote the Baptist church memorial service at Simpson tomorrow. A large outdoor program is planned if weather permits, with Gore arriving tonight or tomorrow and unknown subject pending. Also listed are several local land transfers: Lawson Starehor to Mrs John Kinney burial lot for 35, J W Rogers to John Brandabura land in Pennsylvania for 4500, Salvatore Lobisi to Kathryn Morasco on Barrett street for 5, and Morasco to Lobisi on Barrett street for 35 and other considerations.
England's Wightman now leads the women's match count over the United States three to one as Mrs Holcroft Watson defeats Mrs Mallory Mollo Mallory of the U S in today's play 2 6 6 1 6 ?
Delegates from the Jary Club Jed W. Robinson C A Keefer depart for Minneapolis to attend the Rotary International convention. Keefer is club president and Robinson a past president and past district governor of West Virginia. Sessions run Monday through the week in Minnesota.
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