Raleigh County Vet Heads Victory Liberty Loan Drive
Sergeant Holroyd McGinnis, son of Mr and Mrs W H McGinnis, named chairman of the Victory Liberty Loan organization in Raleigh County for the fifth loan drive starting April 21 and running three weeks. State Chairman MacCorkle and Governor Cornwell address a Charleston convention urging full bond subscriptions to back the effort and national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holroyd McGinnis
W. H. McGinnis
France
Victory Liberty Loan Organization
Raleigh
Wm. A. MacCorkle
McGinnis
Raleigh County
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
Charleston
MacCorkle
Charles Hodel
Register
Assembly
John J. Cornwell
Europe
Victory Liberty Loan
Stanaford Cases Heard In Mine Workers Benefit Dispute
Sixty six Stanaford claimants of $1.40 daily from last year amid coal price boosts face review as hearings before Judge Allison Smith and commissioners Dwyer and Binford seek to resolve unjust claims. Dwyer and Lewis to probe all unsettled mines and agree on settlement bases before submitting remaining disputes to Judge Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanaford
New River
Gulf
Julge Allison ©. Smith
Stamaford
Dwyer
C. M. Binford
Smith
T. L. Lewis
Two Arrests Reported in Ansted Bank Robbery Case
Vester Skaggs a barber of Ansted Fayette county and Ray Coe his alleged pal have been arrested in connection with the robbery of the Ansted National Bank on Wednesday April 2. Skaggs was arrested in Charleston and is held there while Coe was taken into custody at Clothier and is in jail at Madison. The loot totaling about $40 000 consisted mainly of War Savings Stamps and bonds held for customers. The bank was entered by window and the safe dynamited but the inner vault was not entered. The suspects had little on them when arrested and investigators believe the loot was planted near Ansted. The bank faces a serious loss and goodwill risk with unregistered bonds and stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vester Skaggs
Ansted
Fayette County
Ray Coe
Ansted National Bank
Skaggs
Charleston
Coe
Clothier
Madison
Beckley Business College Spring Term Opens April 21
The Beckley Business College will open its spring term on Monday April 21 with Wesley McKinney as manager aiming for higher enrollment. Forty one students are currently enrolled preparing for greater usefulness and earning power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Business College
Wesley McKinney
Influenza Claims Life of Jim Smith at Span gler’s Mill
Jim Smith aged about 45 died Friday at his home near Spangler's Mill after an illness from influenza. He left a wife and a large family of children. Burial occurred Saturday near the home place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Smith
Spangler’s Mill
Twins Born to Wattses at Beckley Hotel
Mrs. R. D. Watts wife of the city treasurer gave birth to twin girls in their Beckley hotel apartment Saturday evening. Mother and babies are reported doing as well as could be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Watts
Watts
Beckley Hotel
Organization Meeting Of The Business Men Thursday Night
Raleigh county business interests plan a county wide organization at the courthouse Thursday night at 8. A previous meeting named constitution and publicity committees. the former will present a draft constitution and the latter will push attendance. The gathering will elect officers, a pivotal step for the group’s success, and attendees are urged to participate, shaping leadership and the future of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Court House
Forts
No Preparation Sermon at M E Church South
Pastor Rev F N Nutter preached on No Preparation last Sunday at the M E Church South. The evince showed difficulty as the choir struggled with an unfamiliar hymn and the lesson urged deeper thought and work for church duties amid the centenary movement and earthly life preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
South
F. N. Nutter
Prohibition Officers Kill Bootlegger in Va Ambush
Raymond C. Shackelford and L. D. Hall were ambushed by four state prohibition deputies on the Valley pike near Fisher's Hill Virginia while transporting whiskey from Baltimore to Danville. Shackleford was killed and Hall mortally wounded, dying days later in a Winchester hospital. The scene drew a mob and troops to restore order as Shenandoah county authorities demand charges. The pair had resisted surrender and exchanged gunfire. Hall denied firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond C. Shackelford
L. D. Hall
Baltimore
Danville
Valley Pike
Fisher’s Hill
Prohibition
Peters
Shackleford
Hall
Winchester
Woodstock
Commonwealth
Shenandoah County
Breezy Point Pleases Home Talent Play at Lyric Theatre
The Young Ladies' Mission circle of the Christian church presented Breezy Point under Mrs. Frank M. Foote's direction at the Lyric theatre Tuesday evening. A large audience attended and a quartet by J. O. Freeman J. C Hutchinson M F O'Delta and R Moss French plus a solo by Mrs Paul B Earwood entertained during intermissions. The circle kept sixty percent of the proceeds totaling about $137 to be used for educational purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Ladies’ Mission Circle of the
Christian Church
Frank M. Foote
Lyric Theatre
Messrs
J. O. Freeman
J. CO. Hutchinson
M. F. O’delt
R. Moss French
Aul B. Earwood
Mountain Cove to Vote on Road Bonds
Road Engineer McGrath of Fayette County will ask the county court to call an election to vote bonds totaling 125000 to build roads in the Mountain Cove district. Fayette and Raleigh counties have used the district unit method of voting bonds, with better results than county unit voting.
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Mountain Cove
McGrath
Fayette County
Raleigh
Griffith and Dooley Plan Beckley Roofing Plant
Griffith and Dooley roofing and sheet metal workers, currently building the new school roof, have decided to establish a Beckley plant. They intend to open a shop soon and will be available for consultation at their Willis hotel rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffith & Dooley
Beckley
Willis Hotel
Mrs. Hinegardner Dies at 68 in Covington visit
Mrs. Nannie Hinegardner wife of J A Hinegardner boss carpenter at Tams died at home Sunday afternoon at 4 30 with dropsy She was 68 years old and is survived by her husband Remains prepared for burial and shipped to Covington Va
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinegardner
Nannie Hinegardner
J. A. Hinegardner
Tams
Covington
Frank Gunnoe Marries Miss Ethel Thompson of Elk Knob
Miss Ethel Thompson of Elk Knob became the bride of M F Gunnoe of this city on Saturday. The ceremony was at Dr J A Fox's residence in Hinton and performed by Rev P Hackney. The bride is a Summers county school teacher. The groom is well known in Beckley, having resided here for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gunnoe
Ethel Thompson
Elk Knob
M. F. Gunnoe
J. A. Fox
Hinton
P. Hackney
Summers
Beckley
Mrs Dearing Visiting Sister in Paris Illinois
Mrs J W Dearing is visiting her sister Mrs Logan Laughlin in Paris Illinois She recently left home and first went to Mooseheart Alabama with the four Collins children whom she placed in the Moose home Mooseheart is noted as the place where Mr and Mrs Collins died within days during the epidemic in town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Dearing
Logan Laughlin
Paris
Ill
Mooseheart, al
Pete Collins
Moose Home
Mrs. Collins
Passing of Aged Lady at Glen White
Mrs. Annie Burtin aged 70 died Sunday at home in Glen White. Cause not learned though likely due to infirmities of old age. Survived by four children. Remains shipped to Danville Virginia for burial after preparation by Undertaker Calfee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Burtin
Glen White
Danville
Calfee
Twins Born to Johnsons on Heber Street
Mr and Mrs Benjamin Johnson welcome twin boys born at their home on Heber Street on Sunday March 30. Both infants are reported lusty and doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Johnson
Heber Street
Raleigh Register Enlarges Staff With New Service Manager
The Raleigh Register expands its executive staff by hiring William N. White from Charleston as service manager. He will lead a twenty piece Safety First advertising campaign in cooperation with mine operators and the state department of mines. The series will run as full page copyright articles starting in early May, with White canvassing coal operators and major county businesses for support.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh Register
William N. White
Columbus
Ohio
Register
Charleston
White
State Department of Mines
Raleigh county Near East relief quota appeal
Raleigh county awaits funds toward a 5582.00 target for Near East relief. Chairman Gus Farris urges citizens to donate to aid 3,900,000 Armenians displaced by the Turkish crisis, stressing Christian duty and WV solidarity.
Sullivan Seeks Oil Interests in Texas Fields
J. C. Sullivan of Jemand left Sunday for Fort Worth, Dallas, and other Texas points to study oil field conditions with the aim of possible investment. He plans to be away several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
J. C. Sullivan
Jemand
Fort Worth
Dallas
Texas
Rock Young Case Compromised In Raleigh Court
The Raleigh criminal court heard Sam Crews’s murder trial this week with a verdict of first degree murder and mercy recommendation, yielding life in prison. Separately Jack Young accepted a four year term after a compromise on voluntary manslaughter, while other cases and indictments move toward later terms.
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Sam Crews
Tom Baldwin
Raleigh
Criminal Court
Crews
C. W. Osenton
Fayetteville
John M. Anderson
Oklahoma
Rock Young
Jack Young
Supreme Court
Young
G. G. Booth
McGinnis
Flora Rhodes
Eli Witchin
Lester
Orville Dailey
Dorothy
Will Hodge
Will Walker
S. D. Karnes
Circuit Court
Union Mine Workers of
District 29
Glen White
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Heth Loan
Workers’ Convention
West Virginia
A. O. Smith
Fayette Institution
Wattses
Nutter
Virginia
New Business Enterprise
Johnsons
Gus Farris
Farris
Syria
Caucasus
Christ
Gregory
Mathew
Union
Sam Grews
Penitentiary
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