Four Stills Are Captured Poor Whisky Made In Them Says Officer
Fayetteville reports state and federal officers captured three operating stills in Fayette county in March. Dewey Adkins was found at Hamlet with nine gallons of liquor and 25 gallons of sour mash. Walter Humphreys was found near Long Branch with four gallons of whiskey and half a gallon of mash. Herbert Baker and his son James were arrested near Fire Creek with four gallons of moonshine and 30 gallons of mash. The whiskey was described as poor quality and sold at under a dollar a pint to affordable buyers. more stills were found but prosecutions blocked by unidentified operators.
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Register
Fayetteville
J. J. Ryan
United States
Southern District of West Virginia
Fayette County
Hamlet
Dewey Adkins
J. Rowe
Speck
Davis
Virgil Lyons
Walter Humphreys
Long Branch
Humphreys
Mt. Hope
Herbert R. Baker
James
Fire Creek
Charleston
Ryan
Marriage license totals rise in March to seventy three
A final check by R. Lee Graves of the county clerk's office shows 73 marriage licenses granted in March. This is seven more than March 1936, indicating a sharp rise in marriages for the month.
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Fayetteville
R. Lee Graves
House Erected In Short Time In Pineville
John K Bowman owner claims rapid construction by E H Crouch Lumber Co. The 28 by 32 foot dwelling with four rooms and bath downstairs, unfinished upstairs, four lighting outlets, shingle roof, 11 windows, nine doors, a nine by 28 foot porch, four built in closets, a pantry, and two brick flues.
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Register
Pineville
John K. Bowman
E. H. Crouch
Vawter and Shipe Attend State Principals Meeting
Fayetteville educators E R Vawter and Frank Shipe will depart Friday for Morgantown to join the state principals meeting at the University city this weekend. Several Fayette principals were invited to attend the statewide conference.
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Register
Fayetteville
E. R. Vawter
Fayette County
Frank Shipe
Morgantown
University City
Fayette
Florida professor urges men to take home economics course
Dr. M R Hinson of Florida State College for Women advocates a home economics course for men, arguing most men do not recognize a well balanced meal. The Midland Bank of London holds the largest private bank deposits in the English speaking world, with Chase National Bank of New York second.
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Tallahassee, Fla
M. R. Hinson
Florida State College For Women
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London
Chase National
New York
Health Causes Teacher to Quit at One-room School
ALTAMONT Katharine Lichliter has accepted a post teaching the one room school in Altamont replacing Oliva Hobson Boyd who left for Parkersburg due to failing health. Mrs Boyd plans to return to Fayette school system when health improves. She hails from Mt Hope with family now in Parkersburg where her father serves as a Methodist minister.
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Register
Altamont
Katharine Lichliter
Oliva Hobson Boyd
Parkersburg
Lichliter
Boyd
Fayette
Mt. Hope
Six Juveniles Found Guilty In Fayette Court
MT. HOPE G. L. Hinchey Fayette school officer escorted six youths to the county jail after convictions for trespassing on school lawns and destroying a pine tree. Each was fined $5 and $26.48 costs. all but one released, the remaining boy serving ten days as a trusty in the courthouse basement. One boy under 12 was not fined but $20.48 costs were imposed. Magistrate Walker also heard truancy cases for Nora Coffmann Thayer P E Lewis Meadow Bridge and William Swanson Laurel Creek with $3 fines and $6 costs each.
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Register
MT. Hope
G. L. Hinchey
Fayette
H. S. Walker
Walker
Fayetteville
Lookout Justice
Hinchey
Nora Coffmann
Thayer
P. E. Lewis
Meadow Bridge
William Swanson
Laurel Creek
Three Killed By Early Blast at Rock Quarry
Winchester Kentucky report by Associated Press says ten dynamite sticks exploded at a rock quarry killing three workers and injuring two others. John Redman fifty described as powder man was probing a hole with an iron bar when the blast occurred. Victims were Lem Kirby fifty three Major Rice seventy eight and Milton Hoathen sixty one. Kirby and Hoathen were WPA employees while Rice worked for the county. Injured Mack Hawkins twenty five suffered serious head wounds.
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Associated Press
Winchester
John Redman
Clark County
Lem Kirby
Major Rice
Negro
Milton Hoathen
Kirby
Hooten
Rice
Mack Hawkins
Rabies Conference in Fayette County Proposes 90 Day Quarantine
Dr. H. M. Newton of the U S Department of Agriculture arrived in Fayetteville to confer with county officials on a countywide rabies outbreak. Attendees included Z. H. Legg C F E Watkins J Haynes Miller Clyde Warden and other county leaders. They discussed a 90 day quarantine within Fayette County and planned to seek action from the state commissioner of agriculture.
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Register
Fayetteville
H. M. Newton
United States Department of Agriculture
Fayette County
Z. H. Legg
C. F E. Watkins
J. Haynes Miller
Clyde Warden
Fayette
Newton
Agricultural Department
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Rabies Advisory Visit Planned for Fayette County
Dr. Newton, a federal rabies expert, plans an immediate Fayette County visit to advise on steps. The committee bans random shooting of stray dogs and enforces new dog laws by bonded county officers while government and state departments pledge aid to control the rabies prevalence. He will confer with Commissioner McLaughlin upon returning to Charleston.
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Fayette County
Newton
McLaughlin
Charleston
Clothing Man Here Friday Saturday
W. H. Corkrean for A Nash Company will be at Hotel Commercial Friday and Saturday with a full line of spring and summer woolens. Have your next suit made to measure at wholesale prices.
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W. H. Corkrean
A. Nash Company
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