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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1937
Page
2
Fayetteville attorney R. T. Hubard will preside at the all county farm jamboree to be held at Beckwith. Farm Agent J. Haynes Miller announced the event earlier this week and said the gathering will rotate yearly as an annual all day picnic inviting farmers to bring neighbors.
Fayetteville affair lists July term cases as prosecutors prepare for court. Six murder indictments are detailed including Norvell McGinnis, Lee Scott, Montgomery Negress, Henry Hitt, Chester Neal, and John Raine. Remaining charges cover burglary, grand larceny, drunken driving, rape, auto theft, and other felonies across multiple towns and incidents.
The senate labor committee approved an amended wage and hour bill setting a minimum wage cap of 40 cents per hour and a 40 hour work week minimum. The panel removed a labor standards board provision and exempted agricultural workers, while excluding any industry from exemptions based on size. John L. Lewis opposed the original plan.
Albert Dyer, 32, confessed sex slayer of three girls, won a sanity examination on public defender’s insistence. He escaped court until Monday to plead to murder indictments. Public Defender Frederic Vercre said doubts about the killer’s sanity exist due to the crimes. Three alienists appointed by the court will examine Dyer and submit written reports before Monday.
Mount Hope Ruth Collins and Sylvia Ridling were honored by a surprise birthday party at the Golden Chain Rebekah Lodge during the regular meeting. After the routine session, refreshments were served and a social meeting followed by the Mount Hope women.
O'Neal from Pax, supervisor of adult education in Fayette county under the Works Progress Administration, will leave this week to attend an adult education conference conducted by WPA leaders in West Virginia at Wheeling.
The article notes that twenty five states contain Indians who are wards of the federal government. It identifies the federal relationship and regional distribution without detailing individual tribes or dates.
The nineteenth Annual Fayette County 4-H Camp opens Monday August 2 at Beckwith Park. County agent J Haynes Miller says 4-H members who have completed projects may attend with a $5 cash fee or $1 cash plus $4 in food. Fees cover camp upkeep and craft materials. A packing list covers bedding, clothing, toiletries, and eating utensils, with life guards and a nurse on site.
Oak Hill reports an outbreak with nearly twenty children affected as WPA nursery school attendance falls from a normal average of about 20. Officials warn fear of the disease reduces steady attendance while whooping cough also affects several local children.
John McCauley was sentenced to 40 days in jail for stealing $1 worth of copper wire from the local coal company. Constable Carl Myers arrested him, and he was found guilty in the court of W. B. Cabell at Gauley Bridge and sent to Fayetteville jail.
Fayetteville Marguerite G Settle piano pupils will present a recital at the Methodist church Friday night July 9 at 8 o clock. The public is invited. Performers include Dolores Jan utolo Ann Stone Lois Daniels Gladys McCluskey Marjorie Wood Betty Frazier Carolyn Neel Boyd Selvey Ruth Easton Janis Gover Hugh Cummings Joan Gover Martha Gaines Josephine Hamilton Janis and Joan Gover Betty Myles Jean Taylor.
Billy Tucker is hospitalized with two fractures in the right leg after a fall near his home in Oak Hill. He underwent treatment and awaits further recovery updates.
Matthew Longhorn of Beckley, a tracklayer at the local mine, was hospitalized Thursday with severe fractures of the left hip after being struck by mine cars while at work. The accident occurred during routine track repair duties at the mine site.
Herman R. Beckelheimer, once a Fayetteville local businessman and former high school coach, has been granted a real estate broker license and will start his business immediately. He is remembered as a Fayetteville coach and Vanderbilt star player in Nashville.
M. M. Mas refused to provide support for his wife and several children, per Magistrate Montgomery Hancock. He will serve six months in jail with an additional ten days for a charge of being publicly drunk and disorderly.
Members of the Presbyterian and Methodist Sunday school classes in Montgomery were guests at the 4 H swimming pools Thursday afternoon.
Texas inspectors who raid moonshine dens may now carry guns under a new liquor regulatory act. Previously they operated without firearms, but the statute allows armed enforcement during raids or searches.
Erskine Phillips, former editor of the Fayette Democrat, is constructing a new residence in the Huse addition of Fayetteville. The project marks a return to the area where he began his journalism career and reflects a steady personal investment in the community.
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