West Virginia Gov Declines Extra Session on Woman Suffrage
Charleston Aug 29 AP dispatch reports Governor rejected calls for an additional session to pass special legislation allowing women to vote in November. He blamed the legislature for failing to enact needed laws and stated he did all possible to avoid a new session, noting newspapers and advocates urged action.
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Presbyterians to Convene at Botany Meeting in Virginia
The sixteenth annual Women’s Auxiliary of the Synod of Virginia Presbyterian Church will open in Botany on Wednesday and adjourn with ministers on the program including T. K. Walthall of Waynesboro and Dr. Gene Petrie of Charlottesville and E. Egeleston of Winchester. The Winchester meeting closed with officers elected: Moderator W. Taylor of Martinsburg, vice moderator Charl Adey of Winchester, clerk R. W. Grizzard of Martinsburg, and treasurer John W. Wood of Linden. A separate note from Fredericksburg reports Dr. Charles S. Webb named president of the Hermon Association, a 25-church group in several counties with about 4200 members. In Winchester area W. W. Clark of Roanoke is said to have paid 6 a barrel for No 1 and 4 for No 2 Grimes Golden apples in Frederick and Berkeley counties, first prices of the season.
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Coast guard cutters rush to aid distressed yacht Kanawha
Manning and Seminole sped from Norfolk and Charleston to assist the steam yacht Kanawha, now completely disabled off Beaufort. Wireless signals from the Kanawha say power is gone. crew of 38, all colored, and master Adrian Richardson. Kanawha was formerly a yacht of H. H. Rogers and recently acquired by Black Star Line for New York Havana service.
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Navy Department
Charleston
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Ulank Star Line
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Knights of Pythias elect officers in West Virginia
The Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of West Virginia adjourned in Charleston and set next year’s meeting in Clarksburg electing officers for grand chancellor and other key posts. Women’s Pythian sisters also elected officers for the Grand Temple. Independent notices of local weddings and engagements in West Virginia and nearby areas follow, including marriages in Tennessee and Virginia with dates and registrant names.
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Nettie Stallings
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Anna Keller
Williamson
Mattie Owens
Parkersburg
Sigisy D. Reeves
Morgantown
Dora Trimmer
Huntington
Grand Protector
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Fairmont
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Wheeling
Democrats nominate Morton for State Senate in Kanawha district
In Charleston the Eighth senatorial district comprising Kanawha Logan and Boone counties named HH Kemp Morton for State senator to replace the late A K Scherr. In Follansbee Roy Suddeth, 18, was killed when a sand pit wall collapsed burying him as he worked on a dredger, witnessed by his foreman father. In Cumberland an auto crash near Hancock injures Mrs Henry Jaeger, arm broken when a car driven by Dr Jaeger overturned on the National Pike.
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Stweral
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Washington, D. C
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Central
National Pike
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Epworth Leaguers to Assemble in Frederick
The thirty first annual Frederick district Epworth League convention of the Baltimore Conference Methodist Episcopal church will be held in Frederick on September 2. Bishop John W Hamilton will deliver the opening address.
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E. Carl Duncan Dies Former NC GOP Committeeman
E Carl Duncan a former Republican national committeeman from North Carolina and Raleigh businessman died after a stroke. He left Baltimore hospital to attend the Chicago Republican convention and returned to Raleigh to recuperate.
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Beaufort
N.C
E. Carl Duncan
Maryland faces special session over polling place shortages
Maryland lawmakers debate emergency actions to cope with insufficient polling places after the nineteenth amendment expands the electorate. Senator Oliver Metzcroft proposes two ballot boxes and doubled poll staff per site, with use of school buildings to save tax money. Due to late advertising requirements, emergency action is deemed necessary. Also reports the death of Mrs. Sarah Van Lear Shriver and Morgantown planning to house students in army barracks to address anticipated housing shortages at West Virginia University.
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W. Va
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Shooting at Oil Fields township leaves pair wounded
In Oil Fields township Alvista two residents Luther Boykin and his wife were shot at home, with Boykin wounded in the hand and back and his wife lightly injured. Edgar Holland and Matthew Joyner are held as witnesses as authorities await wound outcomes. The incident follows a dispute over a whisky still related to Mrs Gaykin’s decision.
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Gaykin
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Wanted Houses to Sell Immediatly Demand Big
The F. H. Smith Company seeks houses for immediate sale. A large demand exists and an agent will call at once. Call office Main 6464 or representative W Malin 464 at 16th Street NW to arrange listing.
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