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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
3
Secretary Glass announced the Victory Liberty loan terms totaling 4.5 billion dollars. The 4% notes are tax exempt except for estate and inheritance taxes, with 3% notes fully tax exempt, and both series convertible under conditions. Maturity is four years, with possible three year redemption, and past Liberty bonds remain nonconvertible.
W. J. Hash, once active in Beckley as a purveyor of unpaid bills, faces federal charges for mail fraud. Vivian L. Hash's December arrest in Montgomery led to another continuance, with Hash ill allegedly due to drugs, though a doctor testified the illness was drug related. The case, moved to Charleston in June, features a $1,000 bond and claims Hash operated in the New River coal field with aliases, shipping goods to Pax and deceiving farmers and mail orders.
A week after a devastating tornado crossed northern Texas southern Oklahoma and parts of Arkansas authorities report about a hundred deaths and several hundred injuries. Most casualties occurred as homes with sleeping occupants were crushed by collapsing walls.
Court house real estate transfers list multiple Beckley trades. Clara Houchins to W H Ford and others exchange lots with appurtenances for sums ranging from 10 to 100 dollars. Packages include Mabscott Shady Spring Town district Piney and Paint Creek tracts with various buyers and prices.
Classy bronze buttons made from melted German cannon were issued to legal advisory board members who aided registrants with questionnaires and complex selective service issues. Each lawyer who served receives one, with the top inscribed Legal Advisory and U. S. at center, and Selective Service System along the lower edge.
The state road commission reports Director General Hines announced a ten percent per ton reduction in freight rates for all road materials. The discount starts May 1 and runs through December 31 to support federal road improvement efforts.
One of the Watts twins born to Mr and Mrs R D Watts on Saturday April S died last Sunday at three. The infant was laid to rest in Wildwood Cemetery on Monday.
Reports received by Chairman Gus Farris show Raleigh county has not yet “gone over the top” due to many communities not reporting. Total raised so far is 3022.25 with 1690.16 from Sunday schools and 1332.09 from other sources. Urgent calls go out for reports to finish the county’s quota before the Victory Liberty Loan campaign begins next Monday.
More than 42,000 automobile licenses have already been issued by the state road commission this year, excluding taxi cabs and trucks. It is estimated that the revenue from this source will exceed half a million dollars this year, all of which will go to the road fund.
W. V a business visitor C R Stahl toured Bluefield as Stotesbury Athletic Club begins work on a new baseball diamond atop a hill to become among the finest in the region. Local social notes mention Misses Cook from Beckley visiting at Mrs L E Warden, and Mr and Mrs G E Rowe visiting Fitzpatrick. A large crowd is planned for Friday night’s Stotesbury dancing club event while a bowling contest between McAlpin and Stotesbury bowls runs eighteen games with prizes for the victors. G E Rowe scouted timber for E E White Coal at Sophia while Beidenmiller of Glen White visited Stotesbury. Stahl moves into a new home as grounds are prepared. Thrift adages appear with a note on S S value and dollar efficiency.
An advertisement touts Graythol Strop as a safe cough tonic combining syrup of tar cod liver oil extract and menthol. It markets it for coughs colds whooping cough croup and throat and lung troubles. Available for 50 cents at Beckley Drug Co and other drug stores.
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