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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1919

Page

2

Annual Tolored Sunday School Union Convention Program

The Toleigh County Tolored Sunday School Union Ebenezer Baptist Church Beckley West Virginia hosts its first annual convention August 16 17 1919. Events include morning song services led by J O Payne Sylvia and Brown W Payne Beckley prayer address welcome Gipson registration and delegate assignments. Afternoon sessions feature devotions lessons by D F Merritt Walter Snow and Mrs Walter Snow plus committee appointments and a men and women class discussion. Evening programs spotlight young people Miss Mary Schroeder Prof Byrd Prillerman and Epistle style talks leading to Sunday daily sessions and final reports with parade and new presidency.

Toleigh County Ebenezer Baptist Church Beckley W. Va H. C. Hargrove J. O. Payne Sylvia Brown W. Payne T. A. Martin C. N. Harris J. P. Gipson Lester D. F. Merritt Cameron Walter A. Snow West Virginia Sunday School Association Mary Schroeder Erie Penn Lake Geneva Byrd Prillerman W. C. Wright Ebenezer Baptist Sunday School Dr. McGee Clarksburg J. Wm. Eldredge

Raleigh County Sunday School Association Convention Beckley 1919

Delegates from distant schools to be entertained at the Raleigh County Sunday School Association annual convention in Beckley West Virginia August 19-20 1919. Program lists addresses devotional Bible studies and committee appointments with a 5 cent per member apportionment and reports to schools. Mrs Walter A Snow serves as superintendent of the Children's Division West Virginia Sunday School Association.

Department of Raleigh County Sunday School Association J. WM. Eldredge Gen’l Sec’y Beckley W. Va County Sunday School Association Raleigh County Guyandotte Pike Giles Fayette and Kanawha Logan Turnpike Trap Hill Marshes Surveyor Road Shadywae Ae Giles Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike Ghent-Odd Slab Fork Advisory Committee

Prohibition Subcommittee Alters Cider and Wine Rules

A senate judiciary subcommittee approved allowing individuals to make cider and fruit wines for family use and stated misfermentation would be a natural freak not a crime. It also barred enforcement officers from search and seizure and set one half of one percent alcohol as intoxicating. The house judiciary bill mirrors these features including beverage transportation.

Senate Judiciary Committee House Judiciary Committee

Licensed to Wed Couples in Regional Notices

Licensed to wed list includes Less Hunter 21 and Dora Lilly 17 of Princewick. Wm Parnell 47 and Kate Dab ney 30 of McDonald. John B Schmidt of Sylvia and Termesia Phillips 45 of Beckley. Henry Joseph Meardy 27 and Mae Mildred Brooks 27 of Cranberry colored. John H Zimmerman 23 Basie and Nettie Hawley 23 Lester. Harold Hunter 24 and Esther Perry 21 of Dorothy. Kelley Cook 22 and Bertie Goode 21 of Tams. Eric Arthur Bower 20 and Vau die Eva Loflin 17 of Mabscott. Eric Curtis Robertson 21 of Raleigh and Maggie Fritz 17 of Glen Morgan.

Less Hunter Dora Lilly Princewick Wm. Parnell Kate Dabney McDonald John B. Schmidt Sylvia Termesia Phillips Beckley Henry Joseph Meardy Mae Mildred Brooks Cranberry John H. Zimmerman Basie Nettie Hawley Lester Harold Hunter Esther Perry

Glen White News Full of Visitors and Local Sport

Glen White hosts visitors from West Virginia Ohio New York and Virginia while the town celebrates a Sunday ball game versus Winding Gulf. Notables and business figures tour the Glen White operation and inspect its mine features as local social ties grow with church and Sunday school events and new hires.

Geo. Noble McLellan Biedenmiller Ellen McLellen New England States Nova Scotia Wm. MacTaggart Beaver Coal Company Paul Glen White Ernest M. Merrill Beckley Merrill Engineering Company J. E. Coleman Richmond Pemberton Carl Martin New Commercial Hotel Lester Glen Whiteeboys Sprague G. W. Baire Baire James Jerry E. E. White Coal Company Canaday Glen White Sunday School Hugh McMillian Uncle Sam Horse Marines Eula Alma Price Old Dominion T. J. Davis Mary Blake Virginian Ww. C. Blake Monroe County Wallace Broyles Powell Newport Mary Worsham Glen White Inn Glen White Baseball Club Blake Weaver Roanoke

Stark’s Bat Stuns Powhatan After Tough Loss

The article notes Glen White’s team had five shutouts in nine straight wins while lamenting Winding Gulf manager’s grief and disappointment. Stark’s behind the plate was praised as exceptional as Powhatan was limited to one hit by the losers’ defense.

Powhatan Stark Glen White Gulf

Young Man Meets Death in Lego Mine

Roscoe P. Harris 22, a Lego mine worker and sole support of three sisters, was instantly killed by a fall last Saturday. An esteemed community member and Odd Fellows lodge member, his body was interred at Alderson after a procession from his former home. His father died in a train accident at Alderson about a year earlier.

Roscoe P. Harris Lego Odd Fellows Lodge Alderson

Lanark Woman Dies at 41 in Lanark

Mrs Laucretia Crite a Lanark resident and colored woman aged 41 died Friday Aug 8 from complications Her husband and seven children survive Interment was in Lanark cemetery the following day

Laucretia Crite Lanark

Gold Medal Haarlem Oil for Elderly Health Claim

An old time home remedy advertises GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil capsules claiming to delay aging by cleansing kidneys and digestive organs. It promises renewed vitality and warns that the oil aids kidney action, expels poisons, and maintains vigor, with money-back guarantees and urging purchase now.

Haarlem Oi Haarlem Aioe

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C. C. Roe Rose & Turner Co. Bldg Beckley, W. VA Ginger Raleigh Grocery Co Mabscott, W. Va Wholesale Distributors Raleigh County Sunday School Association Christian Church C. L. Beckner M. H. Cummings C. E. Rostofer C. O. Dunn Rip Tucker J. C. Child International Standard— Round Table Walter A Snow Children’s Division West Virginia Sunday School Ass Congress Senate Jackson Smith West Virginia Co. L. Scott, JR Wdsburgh Itsburgh P. G. Hedrick Company Tobiklyt Eatonic Beckley Drug Company Philip Schaffer Kanawha National Bank Charleston H. H. Hunter J. B. T. Cummings M. D. Hinton Hospital Hinton West Virginia Engineering & Drilling Company WEST Diamond Core C. S. Shepherd Covington Rouse, Hempstone & CO Baltimore Virginia Chichester S Rand A. T. Dennis & Son City Nat'l Bank Canton Ohio John S Kanawha Beckley Ord A. A
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