Chairman Crump Faces Fire in Corporation Commission Probe
Judge Crump testifies amid rigorous cross examination by Chairman Byrd over alleged wrongdoings in the Corporation Commission affair. The session mixes technical explanation of departmentizing the commission with sharp probing of duties on charters and amendments, highlighting the central figure under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Commission
Beveley T. Crump
Major Lanier
Byrd
Crump
A. S. Lanier
Fatal Quarrel Over a Woman in Riverton
In Riverton, Henry Jackson was mortally wounded by Judson Jett over his attentions to Fannie Ashby. Jett fired twice with a .38 revolver, Jackson dying the following afternoon after the assault that occurred Saturday night. Jett remains at large. Jackson had previously been shot by Jett two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverton
Front Royal
Henry Jackson
Judson Jett
Jackson
Fannie Ashby
Duncan House
Jett
Ashby
Woodstock Church Opens Dedication Planned For New Methodist Edifice
The handsome Methodist church near Woodstock was opened Sunday with A. W. Wilson of Baltimore presiding. The cost nears $20,000 and the Rev. D. H. Kern serves as pastor. Mrs. Jenny Lind Green of Baltimore gave pipe organ recitals on two prior nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Methodist
A. W. Wilson
Baltimore
D. H. Kern
Jenny Lind Green
Sickness and Absence Hit School Attendance Hard
March 5. Mr. W D Lemley of Pennsylvania visiting his old home. Mrs Alcinda Baker widow of Eld Daniel Baker is critically ill and not expected to recover. In addition to grip, many children suffer catarrhal lung trouble. Schools have fallen nearly fifty percent in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steruens Crry
W. D. Lemley
Pennsylvania
Alcinda Baker
Eld
Daniel Baker
Dr Armstrong to Retire as Elder in Roanoke District
Rev James E Armstrong D D longtime secretary of the Baltimore Conference M E Church South ends his full term as presiding elder of the Roanoke district at the coming conference session in Cumberland Maryland He plans retirement from active itinerancy to serve as historian of the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Armstrong
D. D
Baltimore
M. E. Church, South
Roanoke
Cumberland
Winchester Memorial Hospital Board Meeting Tonight
The Board of Directors of Winchester Memorial Hospital will meet at o'clock tonight in the Corporation Court room at City Hall. The public is invited. A three year report of hospital work will be read. Hunter H. McGuire and J. E. Correll sign as President and Secretary. Mrs Holnes Conrad Sr and Miss Bettie Conrad departed this morning for Virginia Beach for a dantances trip.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Eloquent Plea for Young Boys Against Reform School
In a Corporation Court session Judge William M. Atkinson overturned the magistrate's sentence for Pete and Bennett Anderson who, with John Hamilton, burglarized the Beutell home near Kerstown and stole old guns. The boys aged under eighteen, previously ordered to Reform School, received sixty days in jail after pleas from defense and Commonwealth.
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Pete and
Bennett Anderson
Reform School
J. M.e Bentell
Kerstown
Corporation Court
William M. Atkinson
Harry R. Kern
The
Commonwealth
James P. Reardon
Kern
John Hamilton
Beutell
Hamilton
Harford
Reardon
Atkinson
Missionary Service At Bunker Hill Church
Missionary service at the M E Church in Bunker Hill on Sunday featured a program with school songs prayers recitations and music. The pastor Rev A S Crowder gave a short address and the collection totaled a little over ten dollars. Local residents O B LeFever and Miss Margaret Fry visited, James Detter is ill, Ethel Clendening hosted a surprise party, Rev Ashland White preached at the Presbyterian Church, and revival services at Inwood continued with several participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker Hill
M. E
Greenland
Mamie Jenkins
Sylvia Ruble
Heralds of Zion
Raymond Crowder
Gospel Call
A. S. Crowder
King
O. B. LeFever
Washington
Margaret Fry
Martinusburg
Smith Stickley
James Detter
Ethel Clendening
Ashland White
Presbyterian Church
Inwood
F R Kuhn's Father Dead at Hanover
Mr W L Kuhn the cattle dealer from this city returns from Hanover Pa where he attended the funeral of his father Edward J Kuhn a wealthy resident who died February 25 His estate is valued around 100000 The obituary notes his rugged honesty and ties to Adams County St Louis and Hanover communities with surviving children and relatives in several states
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Kuhn
Hanover
Edward J. Kuhn
Kahn
Hanover _Record-Herald
Joseph
Jane Kuhn
Kuhn
Adams County
Missouri
St. Louis
Mary Vincent
Sisters of Charity
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Sarah Hilt
Jacob Hilt
Jane Reiley
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Kuhn
Denver
Colorado
Joseph Kuhn
Port Townsend
Washington
Louis Kuh
George Kuhn
John R.kuhn
New York
Zachary Addison Dies at Home in Winchester
Zachary Taylor Addison a colored drayman and respected man of Winchester died at his Leicester Street home after a lingering illness of Bright's Disease. He was 59. Funeral Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. G. H. Carter officiating. burial in Colored Cemetery. He leaves a widow Mary Addison a stepdaughter Emma Hardin and sister Mary Hale of Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zachary Taylor Addison
Winchester
Leicester Street
Bright
Free Will Baptist Church
G. H. Carter
Mary Addison
Emma Hardin
Mary Hale
Washington, D. C
Addison
Judge Harrison Heads to Front Royal for Warren Court Term
Judge Thomas W. Harrison departed this morning to Front Royal to preside over the March term of the Warren County Circuit Court. He will be away for most of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Harrison
Front Royal
Warren County
Arthur C. Dean Improves After Rheumatism Attack
Arthur C. Dean, confined at home for a week with a severe rheumatic attack, shows signs of improvement and is somewhat better.
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Arthur C. Dean
Friendship Bazar Nears Six Hundred Dollar Profit
Saturday night closed a multiweek bazar and oyster supper at the Friendship Fire Company hall. The final tally was about 600 dollars after expenses, with last night bringing in 140 dollars as crowds filled the hall. A banquet for assistants is planned with an elaborate menu and music.
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Friendship Fire Company
Whooping cough and pneumonia fatal in infant Hartman
John Newton Hartman infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Hartman died yesterday at their Albin home after illness from whooping cough developing into pneumonia. Funeral services were held at 2 PM at the late home and burial followed at Grangers Hall in the county. Mr Hartman is a well known local resident.
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John Newton Hartman
Lewis J. Hartman
Albin
Grangers’ Hall
Mr. Hartman
Arrest at the Beverley Quarries in Halfway Maryland
Deputy Clopper arrested William Bell at the Beverley quarries on the charge of assaulting Samuel Thomas, conductor on the Hagerstown to Williamsport car. Bell, about 18, was drunk and disorderly. he drew a revolver after threats to eject him, and he was jailed.
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Clopper
William Bell
Beverley
Halfway
Samuel Thomas
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Bell
Thomas
Relief Fund Collected For Japanese Sufferers
Eighteen dollars were contributed at the Valley Union Sunday School meeting yesterday afternoon to aid the starving Japanese. Mr. W. S. White spoke, and Market Street M. E. Sunday School plans a collection next Sunday for the same cause with several other societies expected to join.
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Valley Union Sunday School
W. S. White
Market Street
M. E. Sunday School
Leaves For Fame A Moore Goes To Water Cress Farms
Mr A Moore who managed water cress beds at J B Russell’s Merry Man’s Springs and at Fred A Shryock’s Shawnee Hollow left Saturday for home The Grottoes Augusta County He will stay several months to oversee the farms in that area run by the same company His son W J Moore will remain in his place to handle operations.
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A. Moore
J. B. Russell
Merryman’s Springs
Fred. A. Shryock
Shawnee Hollow
Grottoes
Augusta County
W. J. Moore
Minister Talks To Saloon Men In Winchester
The First Baptist Church hosted Rev. FE Northen who spoke on Intemperance As a Disease to saloon keepers and friends. He invited all local saloonmen and bartenders to attend next Sunday at 7 30 p.m., stressing a respectful approach and opposition to liquor traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
First Baptist Church
FE. E. Northen
Gilbert Sent To The Grand Jury
Gilbert a young colored porter at the Clarendon Hotel in Harrisonburg was sent to the grand jury after a Saturday trial before Justice Points. He had been jailed since February 16 on charges of stealing bank notes and his lawyer argued the checks were not proof of guilt. The Commonwealth’s Attorney contended the checks, given to mail and later found in Gilbert’s pocket, provided strong evidence and urged grand jury action.
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Eon Gilbert
Clarendon Hotel
Harrisonburg
Justice Points
Grand Jury
J. B. Stephenson
Gilbert
Commonwealth
Young Woman Held On Serious Charge
Mrs. Lelia B. Keyser of near Stanley Page County is held for grand jury action by Commissioner Harnberger at Harrisonburg on a charge of sending improper matter through the mails. She is sixteen years old.
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Lelia B. Keyser
Stanley
Page County
United States ‘Grand Jury
Harnsberger
Harrisonburg
Ye District School at Blueberry Corner
Community notice for a Tuesday evening event at M F Church on Market Street starring a school program. Admission ten cents with refreshments available and promises a good time. Proceeds support church activities.
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Blueberry Corner
M.F
Pds
Long and Useful Life Nears End at Berryville Hotel Proprietress
Mrs. Ann R. Castleman, eighty, widow of William A. Castleman, lies critically ill in Berryville Clarke County. Born in Jefferson County, West Virginia, she ran the Virginia Hotel for over thirty years and supported the Confederacy during the Civil War era. Her four daughters and three sons survive, with links to Richmond Roanoke Baltimore Danville Kansas City.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Ann R. Castleman
William A. Castleman
Castleman
Virginia
Battletown
States
South
Lee
Jackson
Ashby
Appomattox
Mrs. Castleman
Jefferson County
W. Va
Abram Isler
W. T. Hutchinson
Richmond, Va
I. A. Gibbs
Roanoke
A. R. Showman
Baltimore, Md
J. H. Siler
Berkeley Springs
Frank N. Castleman
T. B. Castleman
Danville Il
Douglas Castleman
Kansas City
C. B. Hancock
Charlie” Hancock
Frederick County
Winchester
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Chairman Crump
R. E. Byrd
Corporation C Mission
Ixplains Fils
Woodstock
Reform
Anderson
Fir
Big
Zachary Addison
Frost Royal
Friendship Bazar
Leaves
E. E. Northern
Old Virginia Hotel
Otia Sartelle
South Market Street
Ida. Clevenger
Kernstown
Bakers
Jordany Springs
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