Register Installed In Its New Home
After five years in the Bank of Raleigh basement the Register moved to its own quarters on Main street. The two buildings house the printing plant and the newspaper offices with Beckley Office Equipment Company on the first floor. The plant features 23 large windows, modern equipment, and boosted capacity to handle Beckley and coal field orders. The move ends a long, arduous construction and the staff is ready for greater output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Raleigh
Register
Davis
Main Street
Beckley Office Equipment Company
The
Beckley
Zimmerman Seeks Health, Heads to sanitarium in North Carolina
C A Zimmerman Beckley hotel man plans a move to Asheville North Carolina next Monday to enter a tuberculosis sanitarium for treatment. His family stays in Beckley and hotel operations will be run by George W Surbough of Charleston, long associated with the Zimmermans. It is expected Zimmerman will retire from the Beckley hotel business come April 1921 when the lease ends.
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C. A. Zimmerman
Beckiey
Asheville
N. C
Beckley
George W. Surbough
Charleston
Zimmerman
C. F. Zimmerman
Rexall Straw Vote Signals Local Political Pulse
The Beckley Drug Company hosts a Rexall ballot box inviting Beckley women and Raleigh county residents to vote president. Early local results show Cox leading precincts while national tabulations favor Harding, with observers noting Republican concerns for November 2. The Democratic edge is expected to grow as campaigning intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Drug Company
Rexall
United States
Beckley
Raleigh County
Cox
Harding
Register
West Virginia
Rexall Pigeon Race Entrants Believed Lost
Rexall Drug Company entries in the Rexall homing pigeon race are believed missing after a telegram from the St. Louis loft says they had not arrived by Monday evening. The birds began their flight last Saturday morning with many witnesses. the Arcadia Mississippi store sent the first home pair.
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Rexall
Beckley Drug Company
St. Louis
Arcadia
Miss
Mrs Payne Dies After Premature Birth At Sixty Stick
Mrs Helen Payne wife of W M Payne of Big Stick died last Saturday from premature labor aged 38. She leaves her husband and two children. H T Caffee prepared the body for burial and sent it to Spencer Virginia for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Helen Payne
W. M Payne
Big Stick
H. T. Caffee
Spencer, Va
Sullivan Seeks Postmaster in Beckley Exam
Patrons of the Sullivan post office may take an examination in Beckley on October 23 to fill a vacant postmaster position. The office is currently unoccupied and a replacement is needed promptly. Last year’s compensation was $549.
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Sullivan
Sullivan Post Office
Beckley
Political rally in Winding Gulf West Virginia draws large crowd
Riley Wilson a Democratic congressional candidate spoke Tuesday night to a large audience at the theatre. The piece notes ongoing political activity with women urged to be organized in the next 30 days. It also mentions local crops, hunts, marriages, visits, and the death of Miss Mable Rice with funeral details at Meadows cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
Wilson
Congress
Lee Cole
C. C. Lampert
Loco Thompson
Alex Cole
Beckley
Oscar King
Virginia
Brice Foster
Winding Gulf
Martha Kirk
Kentucky
Catlettsburg
Gulf
James Smith
Odessie Ford
Odessie
B. E. Meadows
Mullens
T. K. Bowles
Huntington
C. C. Ellison
Mr. Lamb
Charleston
Miss Robertson
Illinois
Tack White
Mable Rice
Geo. Rice
Amigo
Miss Rice
Rev
C. C. Lambert
Mable
Fisher's Store Robbed on Sunday Night at Oxley
W A Fisher reports his Oxley store robbed Sunday night with about $1000 in goods taken. Entry suspected by skeleton key, door left secured. No clues yet. second break-in in two months. Three Fisher sweaters found on South Kanawha Street hint at the thieves' route. State and county officers investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Fisher
Oxley
Mr. Fisher
South Kanawha
New Theatre Opens in Lester at Commercial Hotel
A new 240 seat motion picture theatre is ready in Lester occupying a renovated hotel room. Opened Saturday night with C R Harless manager, backed by Lewis Brothers and Lacy Trump, aiming for first class entertainment for residents and nearby towns.
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Lester
C. R. Harless
Lewis Brothers
Lacy Trump
Directors Inspect E. E. White Mines
The annual directors visit of E. E. White Coal Company to Glen White and Stotesbury mines featured street paving progress, educational motion pictures, base ball, dances, flag presentations to American Legion posts, and further plant inspections. Notables included E. E. White and other company officials. events spanned Glen White and Stotesbury with community gatherings and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. White Coal Company
Glen White
Stotesbury
E. E. White
Edward Brennen
Thos. H. Wickham
A. C. Gable
Tobias Bickle
John Laing
B. F. Bartholoris Auten
P. A. Vought
F. L. Buck
White Sulphur
White
Recreation Hall
Sherman Horton Post
American Legion
Judge Auten
E E. White, Jr
Weidemeyer
Beckley
Card of Thanks Expressing gratitude to friends after trial
We extend heartfelt thanks to our many friends for their near and ready help during our greatest trial and sorrow. May God's richest blessings dwell with them. Mrs Edmond Cook and Relatives.
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Edmond Cook
Grandview Postmaster Exam Set for October in Beckley
An examination will be held at the Beckley post office on October 23 for applicants seeking the Grandview postmaster position. The office paid $184 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Beckley
Mysterious Find Of A Raleigh Man Skeleton
A Raleigh woods discovery near A L Reed’s home unearthed a human skeleton, likely a murder victim, possibly identifying as a man named Smith who vanished from a Raleigh boarding house last April. A coroner's inquest found fatal blunt force trauma. a murder prosecution was hinted by Prosecuting Attorney Painter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skelton
A. L. Reed
Raleigh
Smith
James Crawford
Glen Morgan
M. L. Painter
Painter
Licensed couples linked in cross town weddings
The notice lists multiple couples from West Virginia towns including Vanwood Pear Hotchkiss Barn Fireco Dry Creek Saxon Oxley Hot Goal Killarney Sylvia Beckley Crab Orchard Mabscott Skelton Tams Banner Coeburn Marfork and Dry Creek with ages ranging from 16 to 49. It records marriages between partners with ages and hometowns.
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Joshaway Fisher
Martha Miner
Vanwood
Cecil Adkins
Sadie Plumley
Pear
Wesley Ball
Myra Browning
Hotchkiss
Roy Meadows
Barn
Mary Massey
Fireco
Joseph Gook
Dry Creek
Martha Acord
Saxon
C. Virgil Houchins
Deliah Ellison
Grace Mahaney
Skelton
James Dishman
Tams
Mary Horn
Banner
Henry Felix Whitehead
Ollie Fielder
Claud Whitehead
Julia Robinette
Coeburn
James Malva Scarborough
Marfork
Florence Louise Webb
Lester Negro Murdered by Bootlegger Leader Grace Young
James Hawkins, a well known Lester Negro, was stabbed to death on Sunday by Grace Young, a bootlegger leader in the area. She is jailed awaiting indictment for murder. Officers say jealousy sparked the attack as Hawkins favored other women, and she struck him in the heart with a single knife blow, causing instant death. Hawkins was a prominent dancer and social figure among the local colored community, with no other visible means of livelihood.
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James Hawkins
Grace Young
Hawkins
Lester and
Mrs Joe Mannix Visit Highlight From Hinton
Mrs. Joe Mannix of Hinton is visiting friends here this week, enjoying local gatherings and social events as she spends time with colleagues and family in the area.
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Joe Mannix
Hinton
Public Speaking by William Edwin Wilson at Court House
Democrat congressional candidate William Edwin Riley Wilson will address voters at the Court House Saturday at 8:30 p.m. The speaker, known as Riley, is praised as a distinguished orator and a forceful campaign voice with many friends.
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William Edwin (Riley) Wilson
Congress
6Th Congressional District
Court House
Wilson i
Riley
Dr. Vermillion Dies at 45 in Athens
Dr. B T Vermillion brother of Mrs R M French of this city died Monday at his Athens home after a long tuberculosis struggle. A graduate dentist who ceased practice eight years ago, he held a prominent community role. H G and James Bird cousins left Tuesday for the Athens funeral.
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B. T. Vermillion
R. M. French
Athens
H. G
James Bird
Stotesbury and Glen White Face Off In 4-0 Victory
In Stotesbury West Virginia the E. E. White Coal nine shut out Glen White 4 to 0 in a decisive league game. Pitcher Eickenhorst allowed a single Glen White hit while Hess yielded four hits and three runs in seven innings. Fred Blake started for Glen White, with Smedler of Blue Jay driving the first hit off him. Gene Blake scored in the ninth on three Glen White errors as Stotesbury celebrated the win.
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E. E. White Coal Company
Stotesbury
Glen White
Eickenhorst
Glen White Boys
Mr. Hess
Fred Blake
Pittsburgh
Smedler
Blue Jay
Gene Blake
Blake
Eikenhorst
Hughes
Raleigh Park
James Rowe
Bill Schumacher
Powhatan
G. E
Mrs. Rowe
Blaze in East Beckley Causes Minor Home Damage
A small fire on South Kanawha street Tuesday evening around 6 30 originated from a defective flue in the residence of Mr and Mrs J T Williams and family. Mrs Williams, milking in the barn, raised the alarm and help arrived quickly. Water from rain barrels and a well sufficed to extinguish the blaze with only slight property damage.
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East Beckley
J T. Williams
South Kanawha Street
District Institute to Be Held in Town Auditorium
Town district teachers plan their first district institute on October 8 in the school auditorium. Speakers on the program include Rev. Gerald Culberson Albert Webb A J Peters Mrs L A Wood Mrs Farmer and Mrs Coooper O F Cook and A Ray Fink. B J Ferguson serves as chairman.
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District Institute
Gerald Culberson
Albert Webb
A J. Peters
L. A. Wood
Farmer
Coooper
O. F Cook
A. Ray Fink
B. J. Ferguson
Woman's Club to Meet for First Fall Session
The first fall meeting of the Woman's Club will be held on October 6 at 3 o'clock. Hosts are Mrs. W. H. McGinnis, with Mrs. McGinnis, Mrs. J. H. Hatcher, and Mrs. Robert Wriston assisting.
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Woman's Club
Woman’s Club
W. H. McGinnis
MeGinnis
J. H. Hatcher
Robert Wriston
Ed Cook Dies in Moonlit Crash at Raleigh Crossing
Beckley mourns Edmund Cook a western city resident killed when his motor truck collided with a Blue Jay logging train crossing near Daniels after a moonlight picnic. The fatal crash crushed him. others suffered minor injuries. Survived by wife and siblings, funeral held at First Baptist Church with Odd Fellows honor.
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Beckley
Edmund Cook
Raleigh
Daniels
Margaret Williams
Carlton Cook
Cook
Memphis
Tenn
Pine Grove
Shady Spring Road
Mr. Cook
J. C. Curtis
Ira Williams
Kansas
Lee Cook
Harriet Dillon
Florence Wood
Topeka
Kans
Nannie Sutherland
Bakersfield
Calif
Walter Cook
First Baptist Church
B. Lacy Hoge
Odd Fellows Lodge
Wildwood Cemetery
Celebrate China Wedding Anniversary in Sylvia
Mr and Mrs H L Richardson a colored couple living in Sylvia celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary last Friday with a reception attended by many friends and neighbors. Music by the Sylvia Star Band accompanied refreshments and showers of congratulations and gifts. The couple hopes to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary with a golden reward.
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China
H. L. Richardson
Sylvia
Sylvia Star Band
Pennington and Tucker Compensation Awards
The state compensation commissioner awarded G. M. Pennington of Wickham twelve dollars for forty weeks after a finger amputation caused by a slipping chain block at Beckley Coal & Coke Company. H. G. Tucker of Rhodell received ten dollars ninety-two cents for sixty weeks after a foot fracture at Rhodell Coal Company.
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G. M. Pennington
Wickham
Beckley Coal & Coke Company
H. G. Tucker
Rhodell
Rhodell Coal Company
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Asheville, N. C
Sanitarium
Winding Gulf, W. Va
Fisher
New Theatre
E. E. White Mines
Glen White and
Lester Negro
Mrs. French
Stotesbury, W. Va
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