Poe Case Opens In Circuit Court With Klansmen Tale
The State versus Steve and Virgil Poe from Gatton opened in circuit court with H R Duval a Western Union employee and Klansman testifying. Prosecution portrays Poe as ringleader on Thayer hill cross burning and gunfire during August 12 1925 clashes. defense claims self defense and denies Klan membership. Jury impaneled amid testimony from Duval Goff and other witnesses detailing cross burning and shots fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve
Virgil Poe
Gatton
Mber
H. R. Duval
Western Union Telegram Company
Bulets
Fred Fepmracun
Steve Poe
Delenge
W. Merle Watking
J. Guy Allender
Lene W. Ford
Grafton
Mapes W. Roinson
Clarks
Wat 5
Steve Toe
South ‘Grafton
Islan
Poois
Wat
Poe
Hi P
Hives
H.R. Duval
Duval
Thayer Hill
Permiskloy
Foe
Stave Pov
Kun
Bruce Goff
Arantion
Ku Klux Klan
Goff
C. D. Harris
Ku Klus Klan
Knights of the
Janes Comp
Comp
Por
Virgil Pos
Virgil
Croas
Poo
Camp
Oscar Kirkpatrick
South Grafton
Thayer Farm
Fred Shingleton
Kirkpatrick
Tie
President Coolidge signs tax reduction bill
Washington February 28 President Coolidge signed into law the new tax reduction measure at 10 24 am. The bill cuts over 387 million dollars from the tax burden for the current year, signaling swift enactment aided by the administration and supporters in Congress.
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Washington
Coolidge
Ffidhs and Battery
Cam
Ford Dominates Taylor County Vehicle Fleet In WV Report
West Virginia State Automobile Association’s annual report shows Taylor County with 2341 passenger cars of which 9266 are Fords and 1405 other passenger cars. The county has 182 Ford trucks, 88 other trucks, and seven motorcycles. State totals list 173745 passenger cars, 26453 trucks, and 857 motorcycles.
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Taylor County
West Virginia State Automobile Association
Mr. Ford
Detroit
Ford Trucks
West Virginia
Tate
County
Tos
Movement to reestablish Grafton Y M C A planned
Grafton Y M C A plans to reopen after five years of inactivity with J P Stubbs as acting secretary and W Arnold in conference. Directors seek funds to enlarge and remodel the building for religious educational and social use and to serve as a community center. A March 11 meeting will decide on relaunching efforts with local businessmen and war veterans backing the move.
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J. P.stubbs
Grafton Y. M. C. A
W. ©. Arnold
Charleston
J. P. Stubbs
Stubbs
Arnold
Williamsone
TR. W. Auvil
C. Richman
Jed W. Robinson
GA. Evans
W. Merle Watkins
Q. . Noble
W. L. Keddick
F. 8. Suddarth
Lawson Stareher
Fred Watkins
Grafton
American Legion
War Veterans
Y.M.C. A
Main Street
Senator Edwards Accuses Prohibition-Era Decadence on Radio
Senator Edward S. Edwards of New Jersey claimed on a radio address that young girls still in high school are frequently seen staggering through near the national capital in a drunken state in the early morning hours, asserting this proves prohibition failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Edwards
New Jersey
Edwards
Stewed Chicken and Ham Supper at United Brethren Church
The B R Reese Bible Class of the United Brethren Church stages a ham and chicken supper on Tuesday March 2 from 5 to 6 at the church on Dewey Avenue. Menu includes stewed chicken or baked ham beans potatoes celery mokles salad hot rolls butter pineapple cake and coffee. Proceeds go toward the pledge to Otterbein College Westerville Ohio.
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B. R. Reese
The
United Brethren
Dewey Avenue
Otterbiew College
Westerville
Ohio
Eleven Dead Scores Hurt by Bad Storm
A severe midwestern wind and storm swept from the northwest into Texas, killing eleven and injuring many. Destruction hit Chico County Arkansas with four white residents and a negro dead. Levi Lyson and three children perished as their home collapsed. Tie Dale Mississippi and Jennie Mississippi areas reported deaths. Chicago areas flooded, schools used boats, and disruptions occurred across several states.
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Chicago
Middle West
Northwes
Texas
Chico County
Arkansas
Levi Lyson
Jennie
Altho
Tiedale
Miss
Lena Martin
M. C. Spencer
Ludlow Falls
Ohio
Cruger
Greenwood
Greenville
Rivera
Oscanaba
Mich
Coolidge Names Stone To Serve As Advisor
President Coulidza appoints W. E. Stone of Wheeling West Virginia to the national advisory commission for the Philadelphia centennial exposition. He replaces FH G Coden who could not serve. Other appointments fill previously unfilled positions as the commission personnel were announced.
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Washington
Coulidza
W. E. Stone
Wheeling
W. Va
National Advisory Commission
Philadelphia
Appropriation of 79 Million Reported Out
The House appropriations committee reported a bill for $79,847,000 covering state, justice, commerce, and labor departments. It tops last year’s by $2,253,000 but falls $39,000,000 short of budget estimates. Highlights include $16,478,000 for State, $24,096,060 for Justice, $29,735,000 for Commerce, and $1,536,000 for Labor, plus $190,000 for Alderson federal industrial institution operations. The bill also funds Chillicothe reform facility at $269,000 and authorizes prison expansion to address overcrowding. The act from June 7, 1924 outlines site selection for a female industrial institution.
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Washington
Departments of State, Justice, Commerce and Labor
House
State Department
Justice
Commerce
Lnbor
Bureau of Immigration
Federal
Alderson
West Virginia
Industrial Reformatory
Chillicothe
Ohio
Industrial Institution For Women
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Labor
United States
Divorce case and inheritance motive dominate local notices
A report on the first semester shows 1,321 elementary pupils with 56 withdrawals leaving 1,268. High school enrollment near 400. Attendance across all schools at 96.6 percent. A divorce petition in probate court seeks dissolution so Mary Heath Mettraw of Lattle Creek can claim inheritance from her late husband Howard McGraw. Tearing set for March 16.
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Grafton
Gratt- Providence
Tate
Howard
McGraw
Detroit
Mary
Heath Mettraw
Lattle Creek
Richigan
Zlexfeld Policey
Norlor
Bennes
Mary Limerick
Cockeren
Cameroi
Health club aims to teach pupils healthy living habits
Local schools report health clubs in every elementary building with aims to foster responsibility in health matters. Officers are elected from top hygiene scorers, with detailed rosters for Central School and East, West, South and North Grafton campuses. Weekly meetings cover nutrition and sanitation led by named staff, as families host visits and a Mountaineer note details a visitor from Fairment.
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Soreen
Central School
Carl Naylor
Vivian Hays
Mary Weise
Nancy Summers
Frank Kunst
Ada Davis
Catherine Kiddy
Dayley Stocker
Mary Poling
Billy Wells
Wm. Mosely
Leland Knight
Geo. Hardiman
Anna Mae Castile
Virginia Holland
Catherine White
Jane Cline
Virginia Madera
Robert Remlinger
Dorothy Morgan
East Grafton
Melva Lee Nelsey
Oran Ray Kennnedy
Elizabeth Shafferman
Norma Westcott
Ruby Carder
Elizabeth Arble
South Grafton
Franklin Sixon
Clifford Moran
Frances Poe
Walter Gank
Dorsey Mathaway
Katherine Marshall
West Grafton
Alice M. Holt
Wm. Coffman
Pauline Dixon
Frances Hugill
Robert Lambert
Mary E. Hoffman
Sth
Harold Gall
Clay Robinson
Mildred Hefner
Ith
James Welch
Richard Dean
Winfred Dotson
Jean Murray
James Robinson
Margaret Hoffman
Garrison
Carl McDonald
Roy Wright
Paul Philphot
First Ward
Victor Ringler
Bart Kesling
Louise Heed
Forest Crane
Wm Glenn
Melva Goff
Mildred Moore
Marion V. Lambert
Tarold Snoderass
Eileen Corbin
Russel Robinson
William Crane
Dorsey Groves
Nurree
Edna Gay Magon
Execution Fails to Break Rope in Delaware Hangs Man
Henry Butler, condemned for harming ten year old Eleanor Steinmetz, was executed in Georgetown Delaware with boos and rough crowd scenes during the trial. The trap failed to break his neck, taking twelve minutes to die as public viewing followed under heavy guard.
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Georgetown
Del
Henry Butler
Eleanor Steinmetz
Bridgeville
Butler
Hussex County |Alms Hospital
G Tudten
George Town
New Castle
Wilmington
Robinson
Operator and Watchman Save Citizens Bank in Aledo Heist
In Aledo near Fort Worth a night watchman Tom Grey and a telephone operator disrupted a bank robbery at Citizens Bank just after midnight. A bandit Ed Winton was wounded in a running shootout with a citizen posse led by Grey. two accomplices are believed surrounded by the posse.
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Kort. Worth
Tra Young
Aledo
Tom Grey
Citizens Bank
Fort Worth
Weatherford
Grey
Ed. Winton
Wichita Falls
Former Federal Official Dies In Southern Home
New Orleans February 26 Judge Jamon I Parker of Washington general counsel for the trans Atlantic steamship center and former assistant secretary of the Interior department under seven successive administrations is dead here at his home. Parker and family were spending the winter in New Orleans.
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Southern
New Orleans
Jamon I. Parker
Washington
Cenfer One
Interior Department
Feu
Iis Son, PLC
Parker
Wintore
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Ramen
Mellon
Lord
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Green
Ways and Means Committee
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
White House
Treasury
Representative Green
Senator Smoot
United
Maska
Hawaii
Internal Revenue
Y.M.C.A
Edward 1. Edwards
Judge Robinson
Clarksburg
Tm Gratton
Stone
Alderson Institution
W. C. Kennedy
Fairment
Harry Butler
Delaware Town
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