Education Meet at McKinney July 27 in Raleigh County
Letters sent to Raleigh county boards of education inviting all members to a July 27 informal meeting at Woodrow Wilson School in Beckley. A tentative program outlines general work phases, with speakers including Judge Hugh A. Dunn and C S McKinney.
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Boards of Education
Raleigh
Woodrow Wilson — School
S. McKinney
McKinney
W. E. Griffiths
D. W. Anderson
Lessie Phipps
R. E F. Langfitt
Secetary
Beckley
Slab Fork
C. BR. Stahl
Stotesbury
W. BR. Harler
Eccles
Alfred Larens
Suveyor
Albany Milam
Glen Daniels
Marsh Fork
J. F. Scarbrough
Dry Creek
F.C. Colcord
Pineknob
C. C. Pettry
Clear Fork
Burne Osborne
Ameagle
Marshal Stover
Clear Creek
Lee Maynor
G S Williams
Colcord
Richmond
W. W. Richmond
Madam Creek
A. M. Meadows
Brooks
J. N. Bennett
Pear
J. A. Meador
Slate
Hugh A. Dunn
W. R K. Harler
Trap Hill
Board of Education
Mr.Calloway
Fayette County
C. RB. Stahl
Slab Fork Board
C. S. McKinney
Pax Collieries Declared Bankrupt in West Virginia
Pax Collieries of Pax in Fayette County was declared bankrupt by creditors in a southern West Virginia district court. Creditors E S Cyrttle Canterbury A L Hunter and O Trump filed the petition, with debts listed against the company and individual claimants for merchandise wages and professional services. A trustee is named, with Stickney as receiver for Raleigh County claims, amid the bankruptcy proceeding.
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Pax Collieries Company
Pax
Fayette County
West Virginia
Charleston
E. 7
A. J. Sourmon
Hunter
Cleve Trump
Tickney
Credito Pwirler
Raleighye
Beckley
J. C. Cugg Promers Kert
Milton
Stickney St Company
Leigh County
Eigh County
Stickney
Innin
Paris
Hay
Vico
Coal Loadings Decline 32,000 Cars Week Ending July 9
Coal loadings for the week ending July 9 totaled 115 318 cars, down 32 240 from the previous week, amid Independence Day. Total loadings for the week were 839 308 cars, a drop of 181 954 from the prior period, per the American Railway Association with detailed by class and year over year figures.
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American Railway Association
Akers Given Sixty Days and 150 Fine in Prize Liquor Case
Stant Akers, alleged owner of five thousand dollars worth of prize liquor, was sentenced Tuesday to 60 days in jail and a $150 fine after Justice C C Callaway heard the case. State Police had seized ten ten-gallon kegs and nine pint bottles from Akers’ Glen Hedrick property, discovering kegs in a coal bin and bottles spread about. Akers, declining counsel, later pleaded not guilty and appealed the sentence with bond set at 1000. Officers suspect Virginia origin for the confiscated stock, which was destroyed except for one keg sent to the city for disposal.
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Stant Akers
C. C. Callaway
Akers
Glen Hedrick
Old German Bible Believed Raleigh County’s Oldest
Mrs Clarkson Phipps of Harper Road holds a probable Raleigh County relic a German Bible dated 1734 brought from Germany by her great grandfather. The worn publisher date and German text deter re binding with the owner preferring to keep it as is rather than restore.
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Clarkson Phipps
Harper Road
Raleigh County
Germany
Ipps
Smokeless Coal Edition Highlights West Virginia Area
The Register presents a Smokeless Coal Edition defining the West Virginia Smokeless Area of about 200 square miles. It argues for improved merchandising and sales promotion to stabilize markets, links Beckley as the smokeless coal capital, and urges cooperation among operators, readers, and coal consumers across the nation.
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the Register
West Virginia
Beckley
Alleghany Mountains
America
Churches to Hold Six Union Services
The Beckley Ministerial association and five churches will host six union services starting July 24 and continuing Sundays for six weeks. Participating churches are Presbyterian Baptist Christian Methodist Episcopal and M E South with each hosting music or a preacher as listed.
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Beckley Ministerial Association
Presbyterian
Baptist
Christian
Methodist Episcopal
M. E. South
Presbyterian Church
Ritchie Ware
Methodist Temple
J. L. Lineweaver
Playground Fund Gets a New Lease on Life
After a lapse early this week with no contributions, the Playground Fund revival received several checks. A $300 contribution boosted the total toward a $1000 goal, though the Legion’s fund remains about $506 short of breaking even. The Register invites further gifts as every donation is welcomed and useful.
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Playground Fund
Legion Playground
Legion
Csss
Moose Meet Plans Parade and Banquet Saturday
Kanawha Valley Moose Lodge No. 123 prepares for a Saturday event inviting lodges from Charleston Montgomery Ansted Fayetteville Scarbro Hinton Thurmond Richwood Mullens Mt. Hope and others. A 1 o clock parade opens activities followed by an address by Reverend Bubb on the courthouse lawn. Banquet at 6 pm in Moose hall, degree work at 8 pm with Charleston band and local high school musicians. State president and vice president among expected luminaries.
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Kanawha Valley Legion No. 123
The
Moose
Charleston
Montgomery
Ansted
Fayetteville
Scarbro
Hinton
Thurmond
Richwood
Mullens
Mt. Hope
Court House
Bubb
First Christian Church
Moose Hall
Heber Street
Ackerman to Preach at Mt Tabor Church Sunday
Rev Frank J Ackerman, noted preacher in the region, will deliver a sermon at Mt Tabor church Sunday evening at 7:30 oclock. A large congregation is expected to attend.
Stromp Hosts Group of Company Officials
E T Stromp manager of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone company of West Virginia hosted a party of Washington officials including M D Sedam W B Clarkson J A Remon Hanse Hamilton C A Robinson W T Williamson W B Fitzpatrick W G S Dublin and W J Carto on an inspection trip around the state. After arriving Beckley they planned visits to Bluefield Welch Williamson Logan Huntington Charleston and other cities as they toured local plants and composed the group for further travel.
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E. T. Stromp
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
West Virginia
Washington
M. D. Sedam
W. B. Clarkson
J. A. Remon
Hanse Hamilton
C. A. Robinson
W. T. Williamson
W. B. Fitzpatrick
W. G. S. Dublin
W. J. Carto
Charleston
Beckley
Bluefield
Welch
Williamson
Logan
Huntington
Old Timer Seeks Admission To Rhinelander Home
Mike Rish, a Bavarian native aged 111, appears spry for a man of 70 and has requested admission to the Oneida county home at Rhinelander Wisconsin. His application will be granted.
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Mike Rish
Bavaria
Oneida
Rhinelander
Wisconsin
Eleven Sentenced In County Jail Sweep To Penitentiary
Eleven men and one woman were moved from the county jail to Moundsville state penitentiary in custody of a guard. They face a total of 39 years, with sentences ranging from one year to ten years. Names include Steve Craft Roy C Meadows Sam Adkins Louie Fodor Dominick Sagota John Harmon Lewis Wood Will Simmons Will Brown J H Seales John Thomas Lavina Ashford.
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Moundsville State Penitentiary
Steve Craft
East Beckley
Mildred Covington
Roy C. Meadows
Pemberton
Sam Adkins
Adkins
Charlie Adkins
Charlie
Louie Fodor
Ashworth
The First Gas Pipes From Captured War Barrels
A historic note records that the first house gas pipes were crafted from rifle barrels captured during war. The detail highlights resourcefulness in early utilities development and ties to military material repurposing.
Three Held in Kanawha Jail for Federal Court
Three local men Wallace Davis of East Beckley Lewis Hall and F Bassett of Mt Hope were taken to Charleston and jailed to await a federal court hearing on prohibition charges. Hearings were held before United States Commissioner W H Bardin. They could not post bond and remained in jail for safe keeping.
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Charleston
Kanawha
United States
W. H. Bardin
Wallace Davis
East Beckley
Lewis Hall
F. Bassett
Mt. Hope
Young Kentucky boy wed at fourteen elopes to Indiana
Howard Underwood, a minister's son from Gleanings Kentucky, claims to be the world's youngest father at fourteen after eloping with a schoolmate of equal age and marrying in Jeffersonville Indiana.
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Howard Underwood
Gleanings
Jeffersonville
Ind
Fishermen find no bass at Clear Creek opening
Fishermen hoping for fine sport at Clear Creek for the bass season opening July 1st found no fish being cleaned or landed. The scene showed many anglers but little fishing activity and no catches reported.
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Clear Creek
Stolen Child Believed Eloped by Gypsies in Elk Rapids
Six year old Douglas Fairbanks Holmes of Elk Rapids Michigan is believed to have been abducted by a group of gypsies. Police investigate possible kidnapping and seek information from the public.
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Douglas Fairbanks Holmes
Elk Rapids, Mich
Three year old Jonathan Swift could read any Bible chapter
A historical note states that at the age of three Jonathan Swift demonstrated remarkable reading ability by reading any chapter of the Bible, reflecting early scholarly aptitude.
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Jonathan Swift
Railroad purchase to open coal region in Greenbrier area
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway announces buying the Sewell Valley railroad and extending 12 miles up Clear Creek to open a larger coal region. A coal operator is building a plant costing about 1,000,000 dollars with a monthly capacity of 50,000 tons along the line, while others negotiate for tract purchases.
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Sewell Valley Railroad
Clear Creek
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Banquet Planned by Class of 26 at Spinning Wheel
The Woodrow Wilson High School class of 1926 plans its annual banquet for August 2 at the Spinning Wheel with about 88 graduates expected. Invitations are sent and remittances due by July 27 to Hans Lineweaver as treasurer. Officers Ennis Bailey Eva Riner Frances Malone and Dorsey F. Biggs head the alumni committee.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Spinning Wheel
Hans Lineweaver
Ennis Bailevy
Eva Riner
Frances Malone
Dorsey FE. Biggs
Beckley Western Union Reports 25 Percent Rise This Year
Miss W Pearl Nickell, local manager, says Beckley office business is up 25 percent over 1926. A new third wire has been added and the duplex message system installed, a setup seldom found in towns of Beckley’s size.
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Beckley
Western Union Telegraph Company
W. Pearl Nickell
Jury commissioners named by Judge Dunn in criminal court
Judge Hugh A. Dunn named two new jury commissioners in criminal court. A. W. Webb, Republican, begins a four year term starting June 1. W. C. Thurman, Democrat, serves a two year term beginning June 1.
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Hugh A. Dunn
A. W. Webb
W. C. Thurman
Special Grand Jury in Wyoming Starts Friday
The special grand jury to investigate the killing of G. J. Simmons by alleged moonshiners in Wyoming county will convene tomorrow. Judge ER. Bailey set the date for the morning session. Judge W. H. Bardin, administrator of Simmons's estate, will assist in prosecutions of those arrested and held in McDowell and Mercer county jails awaiting grand jury action. The outcome will be watched with interest across the region.
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G. J. Simmons
Wyoming County
ER. K. Bailey
W. H. Bardin
Mr. Simmons
McDowell
Mercer County
Gand
AT&T Reports Over 863 Million in First Half
The American Telephone and Telegraph company retarned in the first six months of this year more than 863,000,000.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Negro of Raleigh Left on Railroad Tied and Gagged
Nathaniel Wilson a Raleigh resident was found near the Raleigh Coal and Coke offices at 3:30 am after being bound and gagged on the railroad Y near West Raleigh. He reported three assailants robbed him of about $18 and left him across the track. He escaped unharmed despite the danger of passing trains. No arrests reported.
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Raleigh
Nathaniel Wilson
West Raleigh
Wilson
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
F. M Draney
Mr. Draney
Mr. Drane
West Virginia Produces Its First Gold Rush Headlines
Parsons, West Virginia, hosts its first gold rush as quartz with high sulfur content draws engineers from New York and eastern capitalists. Negotiations for a smelter and mining machinery proceed, with a contract ready for signature. Hundreds of visitors arrive, tents dot the Clover Fork banks, and farms near Parsons brim with would-be investors as dirt roads fill with automobiles.
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West Virginia
New York
Clover Fork
Cheat Rivers
Washington
D. C
Salt Lake City
Utah
Parsons
Willian Harlow
Auartz
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Smith
Dous
Sal Fan
Bill Smith
Arthur Ferrell
Ferrell
Poe
E Smith
Rell
Rupert Gkn
Ws Va
Voy
Virginia
Akers’ Place
C. L. Calloway
Stromp
Wyoming
F M. Draney
New York Engineers
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