Confessed Wife Slayer Lynched in Fayetteville Mob
A mob in Fayetteville lynched William Bennett Jr who confessed to killing his wife and unborn child. After sentencing to life, masked men abducted the jailer, moved Bennett to a car and hanged him along a road near Lochgelly, tying his hands and feet with improvised cords. Local figures including editor J Alfred Taylor were connected to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
William Bennett, Jr
Babe
West Virginia
Bennett
J. Alfred Taylor
Te Bennett
Mt. Hope
Oak Hill
Court House
Charles Huddleston
Huddieston
Huddleston
Henry McGraw
Lochgelly
State tax levy to rise from four to ten cents
State board of public works has finished utility assessments and will certify them to counties and districts. The proposed state levy may rise to ten cents for state purposes and ten cents to cover the Virginia debt, up from ten cents debt and four cents state last year. The change is tied to a gas and oil tax law dispute now before courts, United Fuel Gas Company versus Walter S. Hallanan and Eureka Pipe Line Company versus the state tax commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Public Works
Virginia
Itc
United Fuel Gas Company
Walter S. Hallanan
Eureka Pipe Line Company
Ewart Farm on Realty Market Near Beckley
The J A Ewart farm northwest of Beckley covering 110 acres and fronting Harper road will be subdivided into large lots and truck farms. Buyers Herbert Stansbury Dr Fred Stansbury and Dr C L Callaway closed a 850 000 deal with most acreage kept by Col Ewart for a home site, with improvements planned to total about 100 000 before fall.
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J. A. Ewart
Beckley
Harper Road
Ewart
Herbert Stansbury
Fred Stansbury
C. L. Callaway
Ernest Ewart
Col. Ewart
Stansbury, Callaway and Associates
Ewart Farm
Mabscott and
Crab Orchard
Ewart Home
Call for Democratic state convention in Wheeling
The Democratic state convention will be held in Wheeling on August 14. R F Dunlap, new state chairman, announced the gathering to formulate the party platform and nominate presidential electors. Governor Cox and Governor Cornwell are to speak. Raleigh county will send 34 delegates based on votes last November, signaling a major Democratic gathering in the state.
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Wheeling
R. F. Dunlap
Cox
Cornwell
Raleigh County
Fatal Mine Accident Claims Robert Lee at Pemberton
Robert Lee, 23, a miner at Pemberton, was instantly killed last Monday in a motor accident. He had married three months ago and is survived by his wife. Interment occurred at Pemberton on Wednesday the 28th, with H. T. Calfee in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee
Pemberton
Young Lee
H. T. Calfee
Dry Creek Citizen William Bane Dies at 59
William Bane, of Dry Creek, died at his home on Tuesday evening July 27 after a complication of diseases. He was 59 and survived by his wife and five sons. He was buried near his home on Wednesday afternoon July 28.
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Dry Creek
William Bane
Phone Company to Improve Service in Beckley
Secretary W A James of the Beckley Chamber of Commerce says the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company will greatly improve Beckley facilities. Plans include doubling switchboard capacity, remodeling exchange quarters for better air and movement, a new circuit to Charleston within sixty to ninety days, and an additional Beckley to Oakhill line. Higher salaries for central office operators aim to attract skilled staff, plus efforts to extend express delivery service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. James
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Co. M. Boren
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Beckley
James
Charleston
Oakhill
Beckley Electric Rate Hearing Sparks Water Increase Concern
A joint chamber of commerce and city council hearing on Beckley Electric Light and Power Company rate increases showed little opposition to higher electric rates but objections to a steep water rate rise. City Solicitor J W Maxwell was instructed to appear before the Public Service Commission to represent the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Electric Light & Power Company
Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Maxwell
Public Service Commission
Bryan Refuses Prohibition Party Nomination
William J. Bryan declined the Prohibition party’s presidential nomination offered at the Lincoln Nebraska convention. He telegrammed his refusal, saying he remained in the Democratic party and could advance reforms there. The convention, still in session, instead nominated Aaron S. Watkins of Germantown Ohio. Ohio gains another presidential candidate.
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Bryan
William J. Bryan
Prohibition Party
Lincoln
Nebro
Democratic Party
Aaron S. Watkins
Germantown
Ohio
Increased Power Rates Approved For Appalachian Power
The Public Service Commission granted Appalachian Power a thirty percent rate increase last week. The utility serves Raleigh county mines along the Mercer and Wyoming county borders, affecting local electricity costs and operations.
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Appalachian Power Company
Raleigh County
Mercer
Wyoming County
Public Service Commission
Mrs Everett Lilly Dies of Tuberculosis at 35
Mrs Everett Lilly, longtime tuberculosis sufferer, died on the 24th at her home in Lillybrook at age 35. Her husband and several children survive.
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Everett Lilly
Lillybrook
States Run More Cars Than West Virginia Due to Roads
Three states New York Pennsylvania and Michigan show six to eight times more registered automobiles than West Virginia. New York 830000 Michigan 345000 Pennsylvania 448413 West Virginia 59100. Advocates push a comprehensive state highway system and argue auto registration funds could cover bonds without direct taxes, with revenue expected to rise to 250000.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
West, Virginia
West Virginia
Good Roads Federation
How Harding and McKinley Differ
The piece contrasts Harding with McKinley, noting both were Ohioans and front porch campaigners, but argues true measure lies in deeds. It traces McKinley’s ascent from unknown Ohio congressman in 1877, his deep study of tariffs, and leadership roles, contrasting Harding’s rise in Ohio and later national questions.
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Warren G. Harding
McKinley
Washington
League of Nations
Congress
Harding
Ohio
Ebbitt House
Blaine
Ways and Means
Republican
McClung Rampage Ends in Arrest and Mixed Verdict
George McClung of Cirtsville attacked his wife with a hoe and ax and later fired a pistol at his son and stepson. Neighbors say the shots missed. Mrs. McClung suffered the worst injuries. He was charged with pistol toting, tried by Magistrate Wheatley, but the jury could not agree. He remains held for the grand jury.
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George McClung
Cirtsville
McClung
Frank Feazell
J. M. Wheatley
Roads Progress Across Raleigh County Districts
Four years of bond funded work across Raleigh County has expanded graded dirt roads in all four districts. While hard surface paving is limited, the improved routes include the winding Gulf highway and substantial grading in Trap Hill Town and Shady Spring, with drainage and grades kept within practical limits.
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Raleigh
Dale
Gulf
West Virginia
Slab Fork
Trap Hill
Beckley
Skelton
Shady
Mid-Summer Meeting of Winding Gulf Operators Assoc
Members of the Winding Gulf Operators Association plan a mid-summer meeting at White Sulphur Springs next Saturday. The program features President Huntington of the Virginian Railway, President Stevens of the C and O, Traffic Manager Adsit of the Virginian, and Superintendent Rockwell of the C and O on transportation problems. Vice President Morrow of the National Coal Association speaks on coal problems today, with W B Reed on standard coal cost accounting. Major W P Tams discusses the American Legion aims and ambitions in Raleigh County.
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Winding Gulf Operators Association
White Sulphur Springs
Huntington
Virginian Railway
Stevens
C. & O. Railroad
Adsit
The
Virginian
Rockwell
Morrow
National Coal Association
W. B. Reed
W. P. Tams
American Legion
Raleigh County
Measles Claim Two Year Old Basil Moderwood
The Moderwood family of South Beckley mourns as two year old Basil Moderwood dies from measles and pneumonia. Survived by his parents Mr and Mrs William Moderwood and brother Ray. Services were held at home and burial followed at Wildwood cemetery with undertaker Rose in charge.
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William Moderwood
South Beckley
Basil
Ray
Wildwood Cemetery
Undertaker Rose
March on Logan Was Propaganda by Mine Workers
A state panel led by Major Thos. B. Davis found the United Mine Workers used propaganda to spark a Logan county armed march in September 1919. The commission blamed no armed guards by coal operators, noting payments to Logan County deputies via the Logan Coal Operators association. It concluded the miners were not unionized and would resist union efforts, while deeming reports of beatings unproven as a basis for broad condemnations of Logan county conditions.
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United Mine Workers of America
Logan County
Thos. B. Davis
John J. Cornwell
Guyuan
Logan Coal Operators Association
Logan Field
Mitchell
Logan
Huntington
C. F. Keeney
Anderson Farber
Taplan
Forber
Keeney
Charleston
United Mine Workers
Pemberton Woman Dies After Childbirth
A sad death occurred at Beck ley hospital Sunday morning with Mrs. George T. Humphreys dying at 20 after giving birth to her first child. Survived by her young husband, a bookkeeper for the Pemberton Coal Company at Affinity. Body to be buried in Grafton after services at Caffee undertaking with husband and mother.
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Pemberton
Beckley Hospital
George T. Humphreys
Pemberton Coal Company
Affinity
Caffee Undertaking Establishment
Grafton
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Fayette
Silent Mob
Stansbury Brothers
Dr. Callaway
Cox and Cornwell
McLung
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