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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1919
Page
3
The article argues that elective county offices fragmented power, citing Los Angeles Chicago and Omaha ballots as examples. It claims democracy suffers when many local posts are voted separately, reducing policy debate to personal rivalries and urging reform to empower direct citizen control in county government.
Rain cut attendance for the Stotesbury celebration with an indoor hall overflow as speakers Bumgardner of Beckley and Nutter of Charleston addressed the crowd. The Heart of Humanity war film played again with Beane's orchestra returning for a free show to accommodate those outside.
Notice items from Glen White Beckley and Slab Fork detail a wife leaving her husband, a license application to carry a pistol in Raleigh County, and signatures from professionals Lacey Carter and March Gillenwater with job roles, all dated 1919 in West Virginia. The notices reference civil matters, property, and public safety filings across Raleigh and Fireco areas.
Striking Chicago butchers opened a large retail shop to prove profiteering by employers. They priced porterhouse at 18 cents per pound veal chops at 16 cents and hamburger steak at 10 cents, claiming profits justified by undercutting most retailers by 30 to 75 percent.
Shady Spring district teachers plan a district institute at the Shady Spring post office on Friday November 28. The draft program lists speakers including County Superintendent O. F. Cooke L. L. Lilly C. R. Lilly Estle Miller Orel A. Phillips Jennie Lilly Walter Bragg P. J. Wood Christy Snead May Massie and Cinna Wagner delivering principal addresses.
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