Preston Nominated by Acclamation for Raleigh County Judge
A Democratic convention in the Raleigh county courthouse nominated Alfred D. Preston by acclamation for the vacant criminal judgeship created by the death of Judge J. M. Anderson. W. H. File spoke for Preston, praising his honesty and service. Preston pledged fair, fearless administration after election. Columbus Ward endorsed the nomination and council adjourned after brief remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred D. Preston
Court House
Raleigh County
J. M. Anderson
Preston
W. €. Thurman
Beckley
W. H. McGinnis
Criminal Court
Shady Spring
John R. Smith
W. H. File
File
Columbus Ward
Socialists Nominate Local Candidates at Elkins Meeting
District and state platforms of the socialist party were formed at a recent Elkins meeting. J. C. Chase of Ridgely was nominated for Congress in the Second district, Sam H. Goodwin of Elkins for state senator from the Thirteenth district, and Loman Hartsaw of Beverly for the house of delegates.
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Socialist Party
Elkins
J. C. Chase
Ridgely
Congress
Sam H. Goodwin
Loman Hartsaw
Beverly
House of Delegates
E B Wray Wins Golf Meet at Raleigh County Club
At the Raleigh County Country Club last Friday a large crowd attended the picnic dinner and the afternoon golf tournament. Prizes went to E B Wray for first with a dozen golf balls, R D Watts second with a woolen sweater, Joe L Smith third with a golf iron, and J L Bumgardner fourth with a golf iron.
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E. B. Wray
Raleigh County Country Club
R. D. Watts
Joe L. Smith
Golf Iron
J. L. Bumgardner
Clifton mine battle indictments sweep 216 in Wellsburg
Brooke county grand jury returned indictments against 216 men last week in connection with the Clifton mine clash in Wellsburg. Seventy eight indictments accuse first degree murder and the rest conspiracy. About 50 defendants remain at large or unarrested.
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Brooke County Grand Jury
Wellsburg
Clifton Mine
West Virginia Serenaders to Perform at Beckley Hotel Dance
Beckley hosts another subscription dance by the West Virginia Serenaders tomorrow night at the Beckley Hotel. Only invited guests may enter, with invitations required at the door. The ensemble promises high quality dancing on a refined program.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Allen Trial Delayed Over Witness Nonappearance
The treason trial of Walter Allen in Charles Town was postponed to Wednesday after defense counsel failed to secure sufficient witness attendance. Attorney Townsend said 103 witnesses were issued and only 16 appeared, forcing the court to demand affidavits of materiality or a further continuance.
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Walter Allen
Charles Town
Townsend
J. M. Woods
Logan
William Blizzard
Republican
Kanawha
Woods
Allen
Dollar Day promotion in Beckley co op sale
The issue announces a Dollar Day event in Beckley with many merchants offering one dollar items and deep discounts. Readers are urged to note advertised goods, compare prices, and list desired items from Deem's Cash Store, Watkins Drug Store, Raleigh Hardware, Beckley Hardware and Supply, The Beckley Drug Co. and other partners for the one day sale across local shops.
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Beckley
Real Money Sawyer
Deem’s Cash Store
Watkins Drug Store
Home Tailoring Co
Petit Electric Co
Self Service Grocery
Miss Oakes Marries in Beckley City
Miss Gill Oakes wed Mr. John Hicks of Gad Nicholas County on a Saturday evening. Rev. B. Lacy Hoge of the First Baptist church officiated. The couple will reside in Beckley after their marriage attended by a small circle of friends.
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Miss Oakes
Miss. Gill Oakes
John Hicks
Gad
Nicholas County
B. Lacy Hoge
First Baptist Church
Grading Princeton Road for new state road contract
Reporters say engineers survey and grade the Princeton road from Princeton to Flat Top. They are surveying Flat Top mountain and will reach the end of the hard surfaced road in Shady Spring district, signaling a likely state road contract soon.
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Princeton Road
Princeton
Flat Top
Flat Top Mountain
Shady Spring
Kanawha Miners Reach Wage Pact With Union
Charleston based union claims 6000 to 8000 miners on strike will return to work after Saturday agreement with Kanawha Operators Association. Most operators remain non signatories, with 15 to 20 percent having individual contracts, and 80 to 85 percent standing firm on check off. New 1920 scale set near pre strike wages, applied August 16 in Kanawha and New River fields. Operators form policy committee to boost production and reopen idle mines. Association sent letter to President Harding opposing union check off and closed shop.
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Charleston
Kanawha Operators’ Association
West Virginia
Kanawha
Union
Keeney
Cleveland
District 17
Kanawha Operators Association
New River
Harding
Beckley Chief Pursues Suspect to Charleston
Beckley Chief of Police A W Harris traveled to Charleston to return Gene Johnson who is charged with burgling a Beckley cleaning and pressing shop. Johnson allegedly stole a suit of clothes and was captured after a call from Beckley police. One other suit and the suspect were reported missing.
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A. W. Harris
Beckley
Charleston
Gene Johnson
Craigo
Johnston
Howard Meadows Wounded in Accident at Nitro
Howard Meadows, a Beckley national guardsman at Nitro, accidentally discharged his 25 automatic gun, wounding his left leg below the knee. He received medical care from an army surgeon at Nitro and returned with his company to Beckley, expected to be incapacitated for several days.
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Howard Meadows
Beckley
Lincoln district votes 150000 road bonds for state road
State Road Lincoln district in Wayne county voted Tuesday of last week to issue 150000 dollars in road bonds for completing a state road through the district. The state road commission will appropriate a like amount and oversee the building of the road.
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Lincoln
Wayne County
State Road Commission
Guard Companies Back in Beckley
Beckley national guard units returned Sunday from a two week camp August 6 to 20 with intense training at Nitro and Barricksville near Fairmont. Company A earned praise as best all around at Fairmont while Headquarters company faced equipment delays but showed strong spirit and quick acclimation to army life under Major H M Kilgore and Capt Arthur Jenkins.
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Beckley
Fairmont
Nitro
H. M. Kilgore
Arthur Jenkins
W. H. McGinnis, Jr
Carlin Bibb
Roswell B. Monroe
Howard George
Raleigh County
Beckley Tennis Association Formed with 40 Members
The Beckley Tennis Association was recently organized in Beckley with 40 members. It operates two well kept courts in South Beckley where members enjoy games. Driving force behind formation were F. S. Kitts and Robert Goldsmith. C. H. Meador furnished the courts in the South Beckley addition, credited for securing them.
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Beckley
South Beckley Addition
Deputy Sheriff Robbed After Joy Ride in Charles Town
Logan county deputy sheriff Holly Smith testified in the miners trials at Charles Town. He was taken for a joy ride last week, robbed of his gun watch and money and beaten then left on the street. Three suspects have been arrested and are held on $1,000 bond each.
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Holly Smith
Logan County
Charles Town
Real Estate Transfers in Beckley and Raleigh County
J W Harper and others transfer land to R P Richardson in Town district for a nominal sum. Roxie C Bower and others sell to Beck Electric Light and Power Co in Mabscott for 50 dollars. Lilly Land Co sells multiple Beckley lots for 450 dollars to W T Tabor. A P McKinney transfers Raleigh county tract to H G McGraw and E W Worrell for 5200 dollars. Ross & Bowling Land Co to F P Smith: several Beckley lots for 10 dollars. Wilton Smokeless Coal Co to Shady Springs Board of Education: land in Shady Springs District for 1 dollar. F G Lilly and others to Shady Springs Board of Education: lot in Shady Springs District for 125 dollars. Lilly Land Co to Josse Denby: Beckley lot for 200 dollars. Lewis Allen and wife to G W Foster: Beckley lot for 175 dollars. FE Huddleston and others to J P Clay: two Beckley lots for 1 dollar. William Brown and wife to Myrtle Walker: two Marsh Fork district lots for 50 dollars. Lilly Land Co to E T Berger: Beckley lot for 150 dollars.
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J. W. Harper
R. P. Richardson
Roxie C. Bower
Beck Electric Light and Power Co
Mabscott
Lilly Land Co
W. T. Tabor
Beckley
A. P. McKinney
H. G. McGraw
E. W. Wo
Moonshiner Wilburn Crashes Through Fire During Manhunt
Nate Wilburn, a Lewis county resident and alleged moonshiner, fought a posse until his home burned and he plunged to his death amid flames. He had shot Policeman Brown and seriously wounded Chief Skinner as Sheriff White and Mayor Harrison led a posse to arrest him.
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Nate Wilburn
Lewis County
Weston Hospital
Wilburn
Policeman Brown
Chief Skinner
Weston
White
Harrison
Complaints Over Slaughter Pen In Sylvia
Residents of Sylvia in the eastern part of town protest the condition of E. P. Lilly’s slaughter pen. Bones and entrails were left scattered near the lot, prompting health officers to order cleanup and disposal. Petitions were sent to State Health Commissioner W. T. Henshaw. his action remains unknown as he was away.
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E. P. Lilly
Sylvia
W. T. Henshaw
Charleston
South Kanawha Street
Henshaw
Service Man Underwood Arrested on Grand Larceny Charge
Walter Underwood, sent by veterans' vocational training to Beckley Office Equipment, was arrested yesterday and to be sent to Chillacotne Ohio on grand larceny charges. He is accused of stealing automobile parts and supplies there. A wounded former service man, he has been in vocational training under government supervision. The training department will replace him at the office in the coming days.
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Walter Underwood
Veterans’ Vocational Training Department
Beckley Office Equipment Company
Chillacotne
Ohio
Underwood
Vocational Training Department
Office
Sweeney Family Arrives in Beckley to Start New Home
Locating here, Mr. and Mrs. R C Sweeney formerly of Charleston arrived in Beckley a few days ago with the expressed plan to settle. They are the daughter and son in law of Mr and Mrs Allen Pack of Beckley, and Mr Sweeney will enter business as the local agent for Rickenbacker cars.
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R. C. Sweeney
Charleston
Beckley
Allen Pack
Mr. Sweeney
Rickenbacker Cars
Wayne County to Hold Third Removal Election This Year
Another removal election is scheduled in Wayne County for November 7 after petitions filed by the removalists. The county court granted the election Friday. It is the third courthouse removal election in the county this year.
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Wayne County
Gazette Boner Mixup Causes Beckley Mix of Names
Letters from Hinkle explain a Charleston Gazette error that swapped secretary names for Beckley Chamber of Commerce. The piece notes population growth in Raleigh County and seven districts instead of six, with Beckley’s town district omitted. Hinkle apologizes and credits W A James for chamber work, correcting George Williams as the wrong name.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
Charleston
George W. Williams
W. A. James
Chamber of Commerce
Gazette
Frank Hinkle
Hinkle
Hinton
W. Va
Register
Charleston Gazette
George Williams
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Williams
Mr. James
James
Marriages Listed for Numerous East Kentucky Pairs
A column lists multiple marriage intentions with names ages and residences including Howard Sherman 24 Beckley and Bertha Ellen Wright 21 Maben Aaron Brevard 45 and Henrietta Smith 50 both of Tams Felix Patton 25 and Estelle Younger 25 Raleigh Charley Hamlett 22 and Nannie Webb 21 Winding Gulf Albert Webb 34 and Chloe Hudson 18 Montreal Johnnie Lawrence Bailey 24 Hot Coal and Laura V Phillips 23 Maynor John Wesley Breeden 53 Sullivan and Della Pate 42 Glen Morgan Elmer Brown 24 and Della Jackson 22 Amigo Evans Buffington 25 and Maggie Gilbert 22 Beckley Peter Pietkoski 28 Eccles and Martha Ann Atha 16 Harper Robert Elmer Smith 21 and Leslie Mae Willis 16 Beckley Wm Hays 23 McAlpin and Hallie Eller 21 Fitzpatrick Monroe Pharr 35 Pickshin and Laura Peterson 25 Vanwood Will Boone 43 Lillybrook and Virgie Robertson 36 Lego John Hix 34 Gadd and Gill Oakes 35 Beckley Dixie Davis 22 Tams and Pence Stairston 20 Tais.
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Howard Sherman
Beckley
Bertha Ellen Wright
Maben
Aaron Brevard
Henrietta Smith
Tams
Felix Patton
Estelle Younger
Raleigh
Charley Hamlett
Nannie Webb
Winding Gulf
Albert Webb
Chloe Hudson
Montreal
Johnnie Lawrence Bailey
Hot Coal
Laura V. Phillips
Maynor
John Wesley Breeden
Sullivan
Della Pate
Glen Morgan
Elmer Brown
Della Jackson
Amigo
Evans Buffington
Maggie Gilbert
Peter Pietkoski
Eccles
Martha Ann Atha
Harper
Robert Elmer Smith
Lessie
Mae Willis
Postoffice Still Unsettled After Lease Expiry
No word from the postoffice department on selecting a building for the office after the current lease ends next October. Bids were submitted about a month ago and H. E. Baker took them to Washington for consideration by the department. No announcement has been made regarding the five proposed sites.
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Postoffice
Postoffice Department
H. E. Baker
Department
Washington
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A. D. Preston
Painter
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