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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
12
A Raleigh County Sunday School Association conduct session organized by the Department of Raleigh County Sunday School Association. Participants gathered for instructional readings and communal activities. Local church leaders and volunteers led the event to foster community religious education.
Va Raleigh County Sunday School Association notes strong growth at Sylvia with 194 enrollments and plans to split large classes and form men women and youth groups. 11 students earned Training for Service certificates at Central Street Baptist, plus 266 attended Ebenezer Baptist graduation. Projected Negro Baptist class graduations, Y P Conference plans, and 200 delegate cap announced. Real estate transfers listed across Beckley and surrounding districts.
A Raleigh News and Observer opinion piece notes that some members of Congress still view pork barrel spending as a national emblem and marks a 35 cent per bushel tariff on wheat as a method the Republicans use to curb the cost of living.
Alfred Clark jailed six months for carrying a pistol and sixty days for moonshine after a $50 and $100 fines. Emmett Winston, Arthur Bedford and Mary Daniel each fined $50 and given six months for adultery and fornication. Sam Membrado fined $100 and sixty days for moonshine. Willie Owen jailed for grand larceny after pony theft. Deputies seized a complete still with 13 gal 3 qt corn liquor and 500 gal peach mash on Slick Run Mountain. several other liquor finds reported nearby.
In a quirky note from era papers, several women reportedly secured hunter licenses amid rumors of leap year peculiarities. The Los Angeles Times notes the trend as curious social chatter while the Washington Post cites a sharp barb about Austria and Germany reflecting wartime tensions.
President Hovhannes (Chandjanian) of Armenia cables Near East Relief secretary Charles V. Vickrey seeking urgent flour shipment of up to 50 000 tons from America to avert starvation as harvests failed due to hail rain and mice amid Turkish advances. Refugees flee Sarikamish and Kars regions while Bolsheviks and famine fear spread across Armenia and neighboring areas. The government pleads for continued Near East Relief assistance.
Billie Hart toll-taker at Eagle Pass Texas is famed as a weather prophet surpassing official science. He predicted the Galveston and Corpus Christi floods, drawing wires from sheepmen ranchers and a Wall Street broker for cotton data. Omaha police to wear armor. Nebraska stick up men buy can openers.
Beckley High basketball suffered a 40 to 15 defeat to Clendennin Friday evening in an uneven game. The first half was fast with Beckley holding to 15 16 at halftime, but the second half saw Clendennin surge ahead as Beckley could not score. Despite the loss, Beckley remains eligible for the state meet at Buchannon.
News comes of the death at Chelyan West Virginia after a short illness of Mabel Ellen Nell, the only daughter of Henry Ashton Fulkes. She was well known in Riley where the family lived for many years.
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