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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1925
Page
9
Kingsport voters will gather at City Hall tomorrow from 9 a m to 4 p m for a biennial municipal election. Two aldermen are to be chosen, Guy D. Pitts and W. E. Brown, with W F Moody and B M Brown as challengers. Voters must have paid 1924 poll tax and be registered.
Dispatches describe a brewing clash in Canton between radical bolshevist aligned followers of Sun Yat Sen and conservative military allied leaders. The split reflects a broader struggle over bolshevist influence amid China’s weak central authority and foreign life protection concerns.
In Washington F. E. Clark speaks of mountain school students at King College. Seven boys from the area attend King College this year and rank among top students. Clark has been made an honorary member of both Kiwanis and Rotary clubs in Bluefield. President Stone reports a favorable Chautauqua ticket sale with proceeds placed in a tubercular hospital fund. Bill Lord bids farewell, delivering an emotional speech. R G Craft reads a letter urging highway inclusion in the U S Highway System. Visitors include Felix Thacker and F E Clark.
The Rogersville item notes dyna mited loads prepared for building and rapid progress by local groups. The Legion offers rooms at Rogersville high school to host an Eastern Star night school, relieving crowding. The notice urges buyers to act now to save with cut prices.
A local column records Sunday school at Bethel, decoration at Pyles cemetery, and singing events with large crowds. Social visits include H C Arnold, R M McCray, J R Lady and families, and Virgil Roller with Hazel Roller. Weather is warm, rain is desired, and plans for Bethel children's day in June are noted.
Several attendees joined Sunday night services at the Green Shed with Mrs Will Phillips leading and John Millis conducting the prayer.
Parishioners attend a Saturday night meeting at Allegheny and a Sunday decoration at Pleasant Hill. Several residents visit kin in Jonesboro and Greeneville as the community notes list visits, illness improvements, and a new Army Store clerk position in Kingsport.
A large crowd attended the decoration at Vermont on Sunday with Rev Grace and Rev Woodyard delivering two sermons. Local families visited relatives, attended cemeteries, and planned attendance at Emory cemetery and Childress cemetery events in June. Typhoid cases are reported in Highland Park and several residents anticipated baptizing on Horse Creek Sunday June 7.
The column records numerous visits and social calls across nearby towns. Thelma Good shows improvement from pneumonia while residents like C H Barger and Jim Isley travel for business or to visit Bristol Blountville and Kingsport. Quarterly meeting set for June 27 28 with several families sharing hospitality and decorations across Bloomingdale and Rocky Springs.
Joe Fields shows recovery after a foot injury as Mrs. R P Depew and daughter Glenna visit Bristol. Mrs. Oscar Hite and Horace Hood with Nellie Hood stay with G T Dotson family. Columbus Hite and Rev Lafayette Hood attend Hite graveyard services. Lillie and Minnie Hood spend Saturday night with local residents.
Dry weather persists in Buffalo. Mrs. Thompson, earlier noted as ill, died Wednesday and was buried in Buffalo cemetery Thursday. Mr. Tom Cross and Mr. Herman Cross visited friends in Holston Sunday. Rev. Jones led services in Buffalo Sunday. Vermillion visited Robert Blizard. Mrs. A W Lindamood Mrs. James Broyles and their young daughter from Bristol attended Mrs. Thompson’s funeral Thursday.
A large crowd attended the decoration at Pyles cemetery on Saturday with many flowers. Several locals also joined a Vermont decoration Sunday and visitors from Piney Flats and Highland met at various homes during the week.
The clipping notes various social items: George Lee calling on Mr and Mrs Jack Devault. Mrs Myrtle Snodgrats of Walnut Street ill. Ed Dickson and family visiting R B Devault. Miss Zella Bridwell and others visiting Blanche Ellen Lee. Mrs Cora Devault and Mrs Flora Ratliff shopping in Kingsport.
Mr and Mrs J E Ramey and son Paul attended church at Sulphur well Sunday afternoon. City returned home Tuesday after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs G W Crussell. Paul and others were guests of Mrs Fannie Lynn and Miss Lucy Rice. Mrs T W Ketron and children of Arcadia visit D F Hicks family this week. Alvin Ratliff and family from Kingsport bought Dillow property on Chestnut Ridge and move. Dillow family relocating to Cooks Valley. Mrs Geo Gaines and Mrs Mollie Lambirth noted for illness and slow improvement. Rev J C Clark preached at Sulphur Well Sunday afternoon.
Old and faded pictures including tin types and daguerreotypes are being copied and renewed as collectors and museums reassess historical images. The effort aims to rescue fragile portraits from decay and preserve visual records of bygone eras.
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