Road Commission Details Statewide Bond Road Plan
The state road commission announces a $50,000,000 bond plan to build a statewide system linking county seats in 55 counties except Clay. Raleigh County routes include ties from Mercer line on Flat Top to Princeton and Fayetteville, with extensions via Shady Springs and Beckley toward Summers and Boone counties. Local bankers and officials anticipate bond sales, and Harper road contracts may begin immediately with paving follow-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Clay County
Major Fordney
Raleigh
Mercer
Flat Top Mountain
Princeton
Ghent
Shady Springs
Daniels
Beckley
Prosperity
Fayette County
Mt. Hope
Fayetteville
Summers County
Jumping Branch
Wyoming County
Amigo
Pineville
Tams
Sophia
Crab Orchard
Harper, Eccles
Cameron
Sand Lick
Marsh Fork
Boone County
Jarrolds Valley
Madison
Chamber of Commerce
Shady Spring
Gulf
H. R. Anderson
State Highway Department
Harper Road
Mullens
Bashful Mr Bobbs at Stotesbury church benefit play
A local Stotesbury talent group staged Bashful Mr Bobbs on Tuesday evening to raise funds for the Stotesbury union church. The cast included Georgia Cradock as A Young Wife Wm. Glover as Her Husband Mrs B C Hall as The Land Lady Morris Jones as Obadia L Stump Eula Lilly as an athletic girl Eula McCauley as a society bud C Woodside as the bashful one Clyde Clark as anything but bashful May Woosley as a Delaware Peach Julia Georgia Nicely as the French Maid and others.
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Stotesbury Union Church
Bobbs
Stotesbury
Georgia Cradock
Wm. Glover
Wiggins
B. C. Hall
Obadia L. Stump
Morris Jones
Francis Whitaker
Eula Lilly
Rosalie Oatis
Eula McCauley
Robert Bobbs
C. Woodside
Gene Graham
May Woosley
Marston Bobbs
Clyde Clark
Celestia Vanderpool
Olive King
Julia
Georgia Nicely
Burned by Torch At Bair Brothers Garage
McDowell an employee at Bair Brothers garage suffered severe burns last week while using a gasoline torch. He was rushed home for treatment and is expected to be mobile within a few days.
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McDowell
Bair Brothers Garage
Allen Pack planned Virginia car trip with visits to Norfolk
Mr and Mrs Allen Pack left Thursday morning by automobile for a tour through Virginia. They intend to visit Norfolk Roanoke and other Virginia cities during the trip.
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Mrs. Allen Pack
Virginia
Norfolk
Roanoke
Clear Fork road work payment halted by county court
In the county court session on August 5 an order halted payments to Higgins Construction Co for Clear Fork district road work until Isaiah Kidd the subcontractor is paid 1434.54. Court gave 30 days to settle. Bonds for notary public filed by W. W. Goldsmith and Oscar E. Hall. Notary commission applied for by A. T. Bare. Several bills allowed and adjournment to August 9. Petitions included changing south Sand branch road from Dearing and Short’s store to one mile, Pettition on file. Pemberton Coal and Coke Co licensed to run a pool room. Road engineer ordered to set grade on road between Lester and Surveyor. A county road between Lester and Sophia three and a half miles long placed on file.
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Higgins Construction Company
Clear Fork
Isaiah Kidd
W. W. Goldsmith
Oscar E. Hall
A. T. Bare
South Sand Branch
Dearing
Short’s
Pemberton Coal and Coke Co
Lester
Surveyor
Sophia
Rally at Lillybrook Sunday School Held at Community Hall
The Lillybrook Sunday School held its mid summer rally at Community Hall on August 14 with nearly 150 in attendance despite rain. Speakers included James M. Grace mine foreman and Sunday School superintendent. W A James Beckley Chamber of Commerce secretary. C L Beckner Raleigh county S S Assoc president. Rev H B Boyd Stone Coal Missionary. and J Wm Eldredge county secretary.
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Lillybrook Sunday School
James M. Grace
Lillybrook Coal Co
Siab Fork
Stone Coal Section
W. A. James
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
C. L. Beckner
Raleigh County S. S. Association
H. B.boyd
Stone Coal Communities
J. Wm. Eldredge
Mr. Grace
Lillybrook
Telephone Company reports six months West Virginia gains
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company filed six month revenues and expenses with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia. For the six months ending June 30 1921 gross revenues were 1 687 554 expenses 1 352 178 net revenues 335 376 at an annual rate 670 752 return about 6 2 percent on property value. The company added 6 300 telephones since December 1 1920 and plans extensions costing about 1 609 000 this year.
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Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
J. T. Payne
Payne
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Coca Cola sues Lilly Ice and Bottling Works in federal court
Coca Cola Company of Delaware sues Lilly Ice and Bottling Works in Federal court seeking to stop them from buying Coca Cola fountain syrup and bottling a Coca Cola product with the Coca Cola name and crowns. The case involves multiple bottlers in the state awaiting action, with local attorney W Hi File and Candler Thomson Hirsh of Atlanta for Coca Cola and Ashton File for Lilly Ice and Bottling Works.
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Coca Cola Company of
Delaware
Lilly Ice and Bottling Works
W. Hi. File
Candler Thomson and Hirsch
Atlanta
Ashton File
Lilly Ice and Settling Works
Misses Evendell and McCann Visit Relatives Here
Miss Alma Evendell and Miss Helen McCann of Huntington are visiting relatives here for several days.
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Alma Evendell
Helen McCann
Huntington
Moonshining Arrests Lead to Jail Pending Hearing
Deputy Sheriff J R Gautier captured two moonshiners in the act early Saturday, with a third man escaping. The apprehended men are Car Fain and Bernard Worrell of Slab Fork. They were brought to the city and jailed awaiting their hearing.
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J. R. Gautier
Car Fain
Bernard Worrell
Slab Fork
Freight Rate and High Labor Cost in Smokeless Field
Discussion at Atlantic City Smokeless Operators meeting highlights weak coal production in Winding Gulf District and forecasts less than 50 percent weekly output through August 13. Experts warn high labor costs and freight charges hinder competitiveness versus foreign fields. Participants include G H Caperton and E J McVann. meetings set for Greenbrier August 25 and New River August 26 with C&O Railway President W J Harahan attending.
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Winding Gulf
Feld
Atlantic City
Transportation Committee
Hampton Roads
Shipping Board
Italy
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Lafollette
Nelson Fuel Company
John B. Laing
Lewisburg
Greenbrier
J. J. Tierney
G. H. Caperton
E. J. McVann
FE. E. White
A. J. King
W. Gaston Caperton
Oscar Deverle
S. A. Scott
T. L. Lewis
Sam and
George Patterson
George R. Collins
Thomas Farrell
J. B. Clifton
T. H. Wickham
O. B. Farabore
George Wolfe
J.T. Morris
P. M. Snyder
John Wright
Ernest Chilson
T. H. Leggett
Edward White
Holly Stover
White Sulphur Springs
W. J. Harahan
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Byron Bradley Dies in Huntington Area
Byron Bradley of Mount Hope dies at his father's home near Huntington after a long illness. He formerly ran a drug business in Mount Hope and was a Knights Templar member. Funeral plans set at Ona near Huntington with special train stops arranged by Chesapeake and Ohio for Beckley attendees returning from Thurmond.
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Byron Bradley
Mount Hope
Huntingon
Bradley
Walter Cook
Cook
Huntington
Ona
Knights Templar
Chesapeake and Ohio
Beckley
Thurmond
Bairs Add Filling Station Opens on East Neville Corner
Bair Brothers plan a gasoline and oil filling station at the East Neville and Kanawha streets corner. A large tank is already on the ground and installation will begin within days.
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Bairs
Bair Brothers
East Neville
Kanawha
Professional Men Will Play Baseball in Raleigh
Friday afternoon Raleigh will witness a charity baseball game between the Lawyers and Doctors at Sprague field. Admission is 25 cents with proceeds to the ministers committee for charity. lineups include Richmond Smith Coleman Garrett Stansbury Jarrell Hoskins Grigg. Ashworth Maxwell Kilgore Williams Hatcher McGinnis Smith Blanken ship.
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Sprague Field
B. B. Richmond
S. Smith
J. E. Coleman
C. F
Fred Stansbury
Judge Hatcher
R. F
J. H. McGinnis
F. Aubrey Smith
Lefty Blankenship
Raleigh
A. P. Farley
Robert Winston
C. QO. Dunn
Ministers Committee
Oil Drilling Expands in Brewster County
The Texas Oil Ledger from Fort Worth reports extensive drillings in Brewster County near Alpine Texas. Local residents hold sizable properties as several new wells are drilled with depths planned at 4000 feet and 2500 feet. Oil and gas have been encountered, boosting expectations for the venture.
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Texas Oil Ledger
Fort Worth
Texas
Raleigh
Wyoming
Mercer
Alpine
Brewster County
Beckley Normal Training School Opens This Fall
Beckley will open a normal training school in September with the fall semester. Miss Gatewood Cameron is named to head the new department and additional instructors will be added before classes begin.
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Beckley
Gatewood Cameron
Deaths From Week Include French and Brammer
The week saw the death of George Thomas French in Eccles from chronic nephritis, a Virginia native. He leaves father W French of Pulaski and wife and daughter. Funeral at Mt Tabor Church conducted by Rev W A Cullip with burial at Mt Labor cemetery. Also, Mrs Anderson Brammer died after illness near Daniels at 73, survived by five daughters and one son, burial Tuesday near her home.
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George Thomas French
W. C. Agee
Eccles
Virginia
W. French
Pulaski
Mt. Tabor
W. A. Cullip
Mt. Labor Cemetery
Anderson Brammer
Daniels
Rose Lilly
Charleston
Callie Rogers
Riley
Mollie
Alice
Ida
Henry
John Mellen
North Kanawha Street
Mrs L D Shrewsbury Dies at Daniels Home
Mrs L D Shrewsbury aged sixty died Sunday night at her Daniels area home from dropsy and heart leakage. Survived by husband five sons two daughters two brothers and two sisters. Interment was held Tuesday afternoon near her Daniels home.
Death of Dewey Fleshman at Lego leaves family grief
Two year old Dewey Fleshman, son of Mr and Mrs C D Fleshman, died at home in Lego on Monday. The body was taken to Caffee's undertaking rooms for burial preparations and afterward sent to Graham Virginia for interment.
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Dewey Fleshman
C. D. Fleshman
Lego
Caffee
Graham
Death of Mrs Fannie Bethany at Lanark aged 83
Mrs Fannie Bethany died at her Lanark home on August 13 at age eighty three. Funeral arrangements indicate burial at Lanark cemetery, with interment conducted on Monday.
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Fannie Bethany
Lanark
Local Residents Entertain and Travel in Regional Roundup
Mr and Mrs C C Rose returned from Craig Healing Spring Va where they visited. Mrs H E Phipps and Miss Manetta left Tuesday to attend a Girls Camp season under the Baptist church. Mr and Mrs G C Farley came home from a buying and pleasure trip to Baltimore Md. J M Grace of Lillybrook visited Beckley on business. Mrs T G Floyd of Stotesbury improves after an operation at Beckley hospital. Miss Ruby Martin and Esther Ogden enjoyed a week in Cincinnati. W H Kester went to Martinsville Va on news of J B Bondurant’s death. Miss Mary Zimmerman of Bluefield visits two weeks with Miss Ina Sarver. Mr and Mrs W M Walker and children returned to Spencer NC. Mr and Mrs M F Matheny of Charleston visit relatives here. Miss Lucille Williams visits grandparents Mr and Mrs C W Gore in Athens. Mrs Basil Carter of Resaco visits relatives. June Miller, daughter of Mr and Mrs C A Miller, is ill at home. Mr and Mrs J D Boone of Fayetteville and Mrs D W Boone of Lookout stayed with the Boones last week. Miss Frances Jones of Lynchburg Va visits aunt Mrs J B Keyser. Phil Kimball returns to Charleston after several days here.
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H. E. Phipps
J. D. Boone
Fayetteville
D. W. Boone
Lookout
J. A. Boone
Frances Jones
Lynchburg
J. B. Keyser
Phil Kimbal
Charleston
Pettry Awarded Partial Judgment in County Wage Suit
Louis Pettry former road patrolman won 38 dollars from the county in Justice E P Lilly court. The dispute centered on wages for road patrol work with Pettry claiming four dollars daily versus two dollars approved. Pettry’s side appealed for the full 60 dollars.
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Pettry
Louis Pettry
E. P. Lilly
Petty
Justice Court
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Road Commission
State
Span County
MR. Bobbs
Bush Terminal
New York
Coca-Cola Company
Mr. Hope
Adam
Babe” Adams
Pittsburg Pirates
Pirates
Detroit
Kansas
Babe
News For Investors
Normal Training School
C. C. Rose
Craig Healing Spring Va
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