Miner Shot In Wash House At Madison Mine No 12
Sheriff Melvin Thaxton heard the statement of miner Kerley at Herrin hospital. Kerley, dying from wounds, said two men entered the wash house at Madison Mine No 12 Saturday night and shot him after ordering him to raise his hands. He described the attackers, tall and smaller man, with face coverings. Two suspects were arrested, Howard Ree and Olan Wingate, from Parsons Illinois, held in Marion jail. The miner’s condition remained critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Thaxton
Herrin Hospital
Kerley
Madison Mine No. 12
Thaxton
Norman Walker
Herrin
al Richardson Brot Howard Ree
Olan Wingate
Marion
Parsons, Lll
Big Friday Morning Fire Destroys East Main Shops and Homes
Four buildings on East Main street were destroyed in an early Friday morning fire that started in the H. H. Davis store around 1 a.m. Wind and fallen electric wires hampered firefighting, with 450 feet of hose burned and many lines damaged. The Watkins home and store were insured. other structures suffered partial coverage. No injuries reported.
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East Main Street
H. H. Davis
Narl Watkins
F. W. Shineman
Watkins
D. H. Davis
Shineman
Davis
Cash
Marion Gazette Item: Local Notices and Moves
Mrs. Charles Gowan remains ill though not as poorly as yesterday. G A Thompson of Benton takes a lead dispatcher post for the C L P S Company and started this week. Thompson, formerly of Marion, returns home to glad friends. Secretary C R Edrington of the Greater Marion Association visited St Louis over the weekend. Mrs. Frank Milligan Mrs. Luther Penley and children visited Mrs. Rafos Hustler on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gowan
G. A. Thompson
Benton
C. LP. S. Company
Thompson
Marion
C. R. Edrington
Greater Marion Association
St. Louis
Frank Milligan
Luther Penley
Rafos Hustler
Young Man Hurt in Auto Collision on Herrin Road
Frank Jackson of Herrin sustained internal injuries and a foot wound when the truck from John Heaton Produce company, loaded with apples and en route to Herrin, was struck by a car driven by Fran Johnson of Johnston City on a dark road east of Herrin cemetery. Johnson’s car overturned. Jackson was hospitalized.
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Herrin Road
Herrin
Frank Jackson
Fran Johnson
Johnston City
John Heaton
Johnson
Jackson
Hertin Hospital
Marion High Wins First B. B. Game
Marion Township High School opened its basketball season Friday night in the local gym, defeating Carterville High 19 to 16. Marion, short on practice after football, relied on Captain Luke Johnson and Stanley as Carterville struggled with shooting. Johnson scored 15 of Marion’s 19. fouls were high with 29 total and both captains fouled out in the final period.
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Marion Township
Carterville
Marion
Midovde
Herrin
Luke Johnson
Stanley
Boren
Johnson
Mrs E Gulley Died Friday In Marion
Emma Gulley wife of Elmer Gulley of North Van Buren Marion died at 7 30 am Friday funeral at home 3 pm Saturday led by Rev Clyde Balley of the Pentecostal church burial in Pulaski county She was born November 30 1883 in Marion aged 39 daughter of James and unknown Ball s She lived in the area all her life educated in local schools married June 7 1902 at Anna to Elmer Gulley Surviving: husband son Lester Carl Gulley died in infancy brothers and sisters Mrs Fred McBerry Reynolds ill Arnold Robert Goley DuPo Mrs Charles Darwell St Louis Mrs R E Dennis Grand Rapids Mich Martin Balls Marion Edd Balls Reynoldsville half brother John BE Copher Marion.
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Emma Gulley
Elmer Gulley
North
van Buren St
Clyde Balley
Pentacostal Church
Pulaski County
Gulley
Marion
James Balls
Anna
Lester Carl Gulley
Fred McBerry Reynoldsville
Ill
Robert Goley
DuPo
Charles Darwell
St. Louis
Seven Are Dead As Lake Rages Near Calumet Coast
In Calumet Michigan a coal carrier broke apart in a fierce gale three miles west of Portage Lake, leaving seven crew missing or dead and others rescued. The storm began yesterday and moves northwest driving ships to shelter, with fears more wrecks inland.
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Calumet
Mich
Portage Lake
Rufogales Sells Interest in Gem and Crystal Cafes
Tony Rufogales longtime Gem Cafe owner and Crystal Cafe founder retires after disposing of his interests to partners. Arrived Marion 26 months ago from Galesburg and helped build the Crystal with Gravannis Azemis and Karathanos. A World War veteran, he plans a short absence but hopes to return here.
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Tony Rufogales
Gem Cafe
The
Crystal
Tony
Marion
Galesburg
Gem
Mike Gravannis
John Azemis
Achilles Karathanos
Crystal Cafe
North Market Street
Illinois
Rufogales
School Girl Is Dead Funeral This Sunday
Grace Elizabeth Roberson aged 14 died at home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Roberson. A student at Douglas school she belonged to Pauls Chapel Baptist church. Survived by parents and one sister. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm at Baptist church Rev J D Davis officiating. Interment Maplewood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Elizabeth Roberson
Ed Roberson
Douglas School
Paul's Chapel Baptist Church
Baptist Church
J. D. Davis
Maplewood Cemetery
Three Fords in Latest Theft
The story recounts three Ford coupes tied to Thanksgiving news. Hartwell’s coupe vanished from in front of the Elks home. A 1921 Ford coupe near Holmes Concrete works was found and held for a claimant MacDowell of Rossclair. Traffic Officer Don Goodall’s Ford was damaged when two youths, Anderson and Miller, allegedly steered it away at Herrin. they later bought him a new steering wheel and apologized.
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Ford
Casey” Hartwell
Hartwell
Elks
Kerrin
Holmes Concrete Works
Holmes
MacDowell
Rossclaire
Don Goodall
Goodall
Herrin
Marion
Anderson
Miller
Mr. Goodall
Marton
Death of G F Furlong at Crab Orchard
George Freeman Furlong died Thursday at his Crab Orchard home after an appendicitis operation. He was 63, born October 5, 1859, a farmer, and survived by his wives Mary Ann Willeford and Frances Jackson Witleford, children Dennis, Oza Barfield, Roy, Ralph, Cecil, and Wilma, plus siblings and relatives across Illinois and nearby states. Funeral is Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Shed near Crab Orchard with burial there.
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George Freeman Furlong
Crab Orchard
George Furlong
Furlong
Furlong Professed Religion About Six Years Ago Mr. Furlong
Mary Ann Willeford
Dennis Furlong
San Barnardeau
Cal
Oza Barfield
Pine Bluff
Ark
Roy Furlong
Kankakeé
Ralph Furlong
Kate Edwards
NEW CABLE WORKS FOR MURPHYSBORO PHONE CO
Plant Superintendent Turner of the Murphysboro Telephone Co oversees a nearly completed 11 000 foot cable installation in Marion. The office may move from Carbondale to Murphysboro. A new common battery switchboard will be installed at the West Frankfort plant, ending crank calls for numbers.
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Turner
Murphysboro Telephone Company
Marion
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Union Church Services Held
Union Thanksgiving Services at Warder Street Baptist drew large crowds from six city churches. Dr. Herman A. Goff of First Presbyterian delivered a masterful sermon shaping present conditions and concerns. An offering for the needy totaled 27.75 dollars, placed with Brother Goff for proper distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Warder Street Baptist
Herman A. Goff
Preseria
Goff
Three Dead in Hotel Blaze in Portland
A fire at the Ben Hur Hotel in Portland, Oregon, killed three people and trapped others. Firefighters rescued about fifty occupants from the second and third floors as smoke and flames overwhelmed the building. Two unidentified Filipinos and white men were among the deceased.
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Portland
Ore
Ben Hur
Death at Herrin From Accident
Miss Hazel Schoonover daughter of Fred Schoonover superintendent of Madison Mine No 12 died in Herrin Hospital after a car driven by Ray Chitty turned over near Herrin. She lived only a few hours after the crash and was taken to the hospital.
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Herrin
Hazel Schoonover
Fred Schoonover
Madison Mine No. 12
Herrin Hospital
Balance and Forest Conservation Message from Railroad Agent
A railroad purchasing agent notes that an oak rail lasts twenty years and takes twenty years to grow. He warns that balance is lost when a tree is not replanted for every one cut. He urges teaching children forest conservation wisdom.
England Aid Against Turkey Stir Over Paris Documents
Paris documents show former British premier Lloyd George and his government backed Venizelos in the Greek war against Turkey, promising aid to Greece. The issue will be raised in the House of Commons when Bonar Law is questioned if evidence exists.
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London
Paris
David Lloyd George
Venizelos
Greece
Turkey
England
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Inquest Clears Auto Crash Death of Miss Schoonover
Coroner in Herrin held an inquest into the death of 22 year old Hazel Schoonover who died from injuries after an auto crash near Brush Crossing. Ray Chitty drove the car. the steering gear failed and the vehicle turned over, trapping her beneath. Chitty was injured and the jury found death accidental.
Great Fire Strikes New Bern and Nearby Towns
A devastating blaze in New Bern, North Carolina, last night left between six and seven hundred homes destroyed, about eight thousand people homeless, and two African American residents dead. Damage is estimated at three million dollars. In Quebec, Canada, a separate inferno rendered four hundred homeless and destroyed seventy five buildings.
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New Bern
N. C
Tare Bonne
Quebeck
Mrs Roy Oliver Dies After Short Illness At Home
Mrs Opal Gladys Oliver wife of Roy O Oliver died yesterday morning at 114 South Ewing street after a short illness due to heart leakage She was born May 16 1898 daughter of Robert Broomfield and is survived by her mother Mrs Alice Chandler step father Joel Chandler Robert Broomfield a brother two sisters Mrs Everett Taylor and Mrs Lola Gill and a half brother Burn Chandler as well as her husband and infant son Robert LeRoy Jr The Olivers married in February 1920 She taught at Marion township high school and later in county schools for eight years in the Second Baptist Sunday school She was an active member of the Second Baptist church Funeral services will be held at the Second Baptist church at 130 pm Saturday with Rev P A Hill and Rev C G Allen officiating The choir will sing and meet at 630 tonight to prepare music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Gladys Oliver
Roy O. Oliver
South Ewing Street
Oliver
Robert Broomfield
Alice Chandler
Joel Chandler
Everett Taylor
Lola Gill
Burn
Second Baptist Church
P. A. Hiil
C. G. Allen
Second Baptist Choir
County Officers Take Office Now
County officers complete term and new officials qualify to begin Monday. County Clerk EMH Scobey passes duties to E.B. Storme. Sheriff Melvin Thaxton becomes county treasurer. Sheriff-elect George Galligan succeeds Thaxton. Judge W. W. Slater exits after 22 years, to be succeeded by A. D. Morgan. No change in schools superintendent J. W. McKinney term persists to August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emh. Scobey
Storme
Scobey
Melvin Thaxton
Court House
Ed M. Spiller
George Galligan
Thaxton
Randall Parks
John Layman
Harris Burns
Marion
Herrin
W. W. Slater
A. D. Morgan
Slater
John R. Tanner
Rufus Neely
J. W. McKinney
Thanksgiving notices await publication due to mechanical delays
Owing to mechanical difficulties, the edition could not set as much type as usual and many Thanksgiving dinners and parties were not prepared for this issue. Readers are asked to bear with the delay as items will appear in the near future.
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Osaul
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BIG
Marion High
Carterville Quintet
Floy
Johnnie
Ava Nell
John William
Corinth
Owen Stolar
Champaign
West Main Street
Rion
Hima Stotlar
Eugene Morri
Maing
Frank Morrison
South ‘Street
Tidwell
Spiller
Felts
Walker
Il Lauder
Tally
Riley
Wee
Sanenenrs
Summers
Wohn- Scot
Watson
Harris
Ker
Boren Clark
Mt, Vernon
E. Gulley
North van Buren Street
G. F. Furlong
Warders Street Baptist Church
Madison
William McCowan
Miss Schoonover
Ray Chitty
Madison, No. 12
Brush Crossing
Chitty
Lie Chitty
Kuth Fouter
A. M. Trogmorton
W. T. Wiggins
A. T. Pace
Quy F. Strickland
L. G. Little
Elbert Reed
Carolina
M. Boles
Lia
L. Heaton
East Marion St
West Frankfort
Herbert Mosley
John Murphy
Son
Mary Blades
Bertha Stone
Lesser
Robert Stone
John Carida
Clarence Chamness
Roy Oliver
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