The Raleigh Herald from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 1

THE XLX. BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1917. NUMBER 15 AUXILIARY AT BLUE JAY. church Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at her home on North Kanawha Of Local Red Cross Organized by "street. The meeting was well at- Tuesday.

and a very enjoyable af- ternoon was spent. Mrs. T. E. Mrs.

C. IL Mead aiHl.Mrs.J ibb led the devotional exercises. Baker, members of the auxiliary wnich were followed by a business committee of the Raleigh County Sess 0 n. Several of the ladies Ked Cross, completed the organi- vere biitily engaged with their zation of 'an' auxiliary at Blue Jay Red Cross knitting during Tuesday, with thirteen paid-in and progress of the meeting. The snrolled as yearly members; next meeting will be with Mrs.

H. at her Home Soldiers Seventy-Six More Entrain at HarveJ. This Afternoon. A number of Raleigh county soldiers in the making; is scheduled to leave here this afternoon at 5:09 over the C. 0.

for Camp Lee, at Petersburg, Va. This in- The meeting was held at the T. in two weeks, ioine of Mrs. J. W.

Shepperd, who home on Third avenue. ierved delightful refreshments to- ladies at the close of the busi- OKLAHOMA LAND. Many Sections Sold by Demon- sen from this Bounty. The naine: stration Car Stationed Here. men have been furnished us for publication; leaving two uri cremcnt of 76, makes the 'Walter Moyer.

Tlie two last named had been no- tified1 by the local board for service earlier, but had failed to receive their notices. When notified by special letter, they came to and presented themselves The new auxiliary will meet ev Thursday afternoon at the M. 8. church South, at that place. Pol- Several thousand dollars worth certified at the time of receiving third or 8er vice.

Six men yet remain at large who were to go with the big draf Imperviously. They arc now owing are the names of the mem- government land was sold to the copy elected to office citizens of Beckley and vicinity Chairman, Miss Grace Lynch. They are as follows this wee by Manager J. W. Gil- ff er son Thompson, Sylvia.

Dr. W. H. Cun- espiei Oklahoma demonstra- Walter Dickinson, Glen White. iingham.

tion ear No. 9, which has been sta- Rrnest Paul MoleS; Artie Treasurer, Mrs. P. C. Lynch.

tioned here for a few days. This Leslie Bowling Secretary, Mrs. W. J. Shepperd.

land is part of the few remaining Chas Cameron Lewis Wh itesville. An auxiliary was also formed at Indian tracts still in the hands of Thomas Newman Glen White larches, Sept. 20th, by Mrs. J. C.

the federal government and sells OII BHeboieh 'ficcles aker and Mrs. H. J. Morrison, from $4 to $7 per acre. It is Andrew Little 'Sopliia ith eleven paid-up members.

-thought underlaid with coal eo rge Clear' Creek Ta mcr Sniith i ndinff Crockett nstoI 'hey met at the home of Mrs. J. H. aiid oil. Keller Jpteet, where a very pleasant af- The government gives each pur- 1( was spent.

The organiza- chaser four years to pa.y for the on will be styled" The Marshes land in. The increase in value Liixiliary No. 4." The following after development has started fre- fficers were elected: quently liquidates the indebted-, hco Prosper.ty. Chairman, Mrs. E.

G. Gregory, i ness. Several sections were pur Vice chairman, Mr. J. H.

Poteet. chased by Beckley citizens. Secretary, Mrs. Ella Poteet. hospital ofViglity beds is already will become Mie etiiiter.

of the American Red For' Beckley Cross welfare work for he entire department at Meurthe et Moselle. work heartily endorsed by the prefect of the department. DEMOCRATIC MAYOR to Head Council Partly Republican Elected. municipal election held Tuesday resulted in the election of "The need of such work is over- a democratic mayor, a republican whelming, and the American Red recorder and two councilmen, Cross is directing from this center while the democrats took the treas- at Joul an educational campaign n.ryship and landed three council- on child hygiene and preventive men. measures that is reaching all the The election was very quiet, villages and big refuge asylums for tie interest being shown on the'sur.

children at Nancy and Pompey face, while it was evident the demand other neighboring towns." ocrats were not asleep, the republican candidates were lulled into a belief that' they intended to let the election drift and made no effort I to get Out a large number of voters who would have put a different A letter received from Earl face' on the returns. Sampson, a Beckley boy, stationed The vote cast stands as follows: Camp Shelby, near Hattiesburg, For A. Dunn, gives some interesting facts 175; Herbert Staiisbury 282. coal tonight completed'concerning the conditions there. For 0 Smith preparations to start a fleet of He says that it is a mistaken 237; B.

E. Bibb, 203 000,000 hiishels of coal to southern idea to believe that members of For L. Lilly points at midnight on an artificial -the which he is 147; R. D. Watts, 287 by does-not have to work.

He says For Wriston deserters and a reward each case have been posted for delivery. COAL GOING OUT. Gallipolis, Oct. RALEIGH COUNTY BOY of Life Where West Va. Guard is Stationed.

of upper Ohio and Kannwha -river dains by Government engineers. METfWITH MRS. PHIPPS, Auxiliary of the Presbyt.oriijai church met with Mrs. that so tired that he 262 Joe L. Smith, 258 Geb did not fiiid lime to write, but that Bair, 234; C.

H. Header the minor details were finished 232; Terrence Conway' now and they could take a breath- L. Galloway. 228- c'ca'llo ing spell from work, which he says wny 2 07 'lledrick W. BUinkenship; Fitzpafrick.

B. PJiippte Wednesday afternoon l)Ilml 1)0 vs Treasurer, Miss Tressie Snuffer. Charge of knitting, Mrs. Mary Morris. Charge of sewing, Mrs.

G. arne) FAYETTE SENDS 120. About 120 more Fayette county William William M. IJnnii. Beckley.

Richard M. Fulcher, Winding Gulf. Bone, Pine Knob. MEN NEXT. dications Are That They Will Be Called Soon.

i boys will take their departure for H. L. Parker, Fi.t/.patrick. Camp Lee training station today. James E.

Christiansburg. The call is for 20 per cent of the Virginia. quota in the two divisions. Only Jones, Riley. white men are to go and it may Wallace Graham, Stotcs- not p.os.sibj/^ to from the available list in d'i-' LonnV P.

ins. Orr, Ky. LonnV vision 1. With the arrival of this' -JM'ey Meadows, Oxley. third contingent; at the camp, Fay- 1 B.

G. Ward, Wi From advices received by the ette will have over 400 in train- cal draft board, it. is said that ing. TYPHOON SWEEPS JAPAN. Tokio, Oct.

than one hundred persons are dead as the result of a typhoon which swept Hobart Daniel, Surveyor. colored men of Raleigh county II probably be called for service out October 10. The call may come until, later date, but any event it will come soon. ere is now about, 150 colored tins citv and other parts ot Japan. certified for service in this inty.

fra Franklin Wriston. Artie. IiOe Koyal, Amigo. Marsltall, Lanark. n.

M. Goodwin. Stotesbttry. Roland W. Clay.

Damron. Luther R. A iiss, Cirtsville. Willie S. Duncan, Stotesbnry.

iam Elain, Wright. was almost entirely new to all of 2 00; B. F. Tolbert, 188- Ynple, 170. C.

C. Galloway and Terrence i Co democrats, tied, both re- session, refreshments were 1 Hattiesburg, on low lying ee villR 22S where pleasant time wag! Cllnl Shelby, nccorcling to his At the close of the ottel is sitmltc(l auout miltis by the hostess. Mrs. P. AV.

Rider 'S I 3 111 and will he hostess to the next mwi 8rifiVOS for those "West; Virginia -Ho ing. M. Z. LADIES AID. The Ladies Aid of the Methodist; EpisconH.i^hurch held an important husincss meeting at the lionie i if Mrs.

B. J. Shumate on Wednes- ilay iii'turiionnt 2:30 o'clock. Ke- were served by the.lios- (ess at the close of the business Tlie next, meeting will be ill; the home of Mrs. Mont, Maiikin.

near Miibscott. They will either agree as to which shall servo or leave it to a vote of the newly elected members. CONWAY SARGEANT. The local draft board has been vised by Francis L. Conway, of s'city.

who was made command- 1 in charge of the 12!) men who nt, to Gump Lee recently from county, that he had been thousand people are home- 11 L. 11. Maynor, Cirtsville. less in this city, and property 7 xr i John Bowyer, Nesco. damage will run into the millions.

rn IT. G. Foster. Glen Morgan. Charles L.

Rakes, Oxloy. Quince Akers Tnmroy. TWO TRAINS OFF C. 0. Locals 19 and 1 Out ofTfitirmo.nd II M.

Woods, Glen Will Be Discontinued. B. Akcrs, I -lames Carl Cook. Dameron. The C.

0. lias been given per- Lee Allen, Lorado. do first sargciint, in charge of ss on jy 0 i( public service Mntelon Farley, Winding Gulf. men. Sargcant Conway has Commission to discontinue local John Arthur, Glen White.

informed by higher tnAls im mmiing between Oscar Ervin I'ersiuger, Lillj if he makes good as a "noir Thurmond and Allegheny. brook. 'that a higher commission The commission also sanctioned Gilmore Griffith, Winding Gulf, 'its him. identification of second section of Wil(l(i jotters from the Raleigh boys in tl a (ls No um( S(M (m ('litlr Miller, Harper, np to home indicate that. 4 alu 0 Paris Meadows.

Oxley. of them are well and taking Louis Rarale, "Whipplo. I to the 'training required of ILL WITH DIPHTHERIA. i Win. Birch field, Lego.

in. Rosalcc, the litl.le, daughter of Gooch Crawford, Glen Morgan. Mr. nnd Mrs. Tobin Stover, who Lester C.

Huffman, Beckley. lias been quite ill since Monday at Win. E. Bragg. Sandstone, their home on Kanawha Bruce Deputy, Knoxville, Teim.

Clarence C. Stroud, Beckley. MOTOR TO GETTYSBURG. Mrs. W.

11. McGinnis and child- Mary Nan, Sarah Eliza-, Diphtheria, to be tip and Holroyd left Thursday gct tiiig along nicely. The attend- a motor trip to Washington, D. illg ys i i an administered AMERICAN RED CROSS Establishes Refuge for Children in France. that there are already completed five Y.

M. C. A. buildings and that many more will be need- DEARIEN WILL LEAVE SOON ed when the cantonment, fills up troops. to Will Be, Succeeded Hereby-Rev take eare of 40,000 or 50,000 men.

Stroemeyer of Pennsylvania Sampson and his band gave a concert lasl Saturday night at. .11 at- Rev. Dearien, who has tiesburg, which is ten miles from been pastor of the Methodist Bpis- efiinp. He also enclosed money for copal church here for the past, the Raleigh Herald that he might three years, will leave in the near get news from home. What is being by FRENCH BOMB CITIES.

Frankfort on the Main, 125 Miles from Border Attacked. take charge of his pastorate at Fiirmington, to which he appointed by the conference lust, week at Clarksburg. Mr. Dearien will be succeeded here by the Rev. 11.

C. Stroemeyer, Pennsylvania. Mr. Stroemeyer London. Out, big Ger- is here to the people anVl the American Red Cross for man cities, one of them informant could not, give us children is indicated in! oii-tlie-Main, more (ban .125 miles concerning him.

the following cable received Oe-j from the French bonier, were t.ober 1. from Major Grayson M. P. bombed by French aviators last Lc.e Jackson, of Cincinnati, rn- Murpliy Ked Cross Commissioner night in the greatest reprisal raid eenlly withdrew his exemption to France: "The medical work for children which the American Red Cross has'day night a throng of 50.000 men, undertaken at Ton I had its formal! omen and children clamored foi- laim in the national army ami It was in Frankfort that on Sun- left for camp. His wil'c declares be did so because she failed to i "'ash a silk shirt, for him on the opening in the presence of the pre-j il( mo i mass meeting, day she promised to do so.

Hie oldest imilo in led, of fho department, two gen-! Addresses from six different plat- ends of the French army, the fm lis 1( ator of I be department and several Th( ot i(i( )y 1(; American doctors and nurses. The flags went new brick Collins, Dry Creek. Mays, Riloy. where they will be joined by )ox Ils sooll as cn et i lllt Tramel AVhite, Celina, Tenn. Bi-eford McGinnis and proceed.

pcetc(l that Rosiiiec will soon be riliH lclivcs 17 to be certified for the quota leaving Friday. The local board expects to have these certified today from Charlcs- am there to Gettysburg, for OI1 the roail to rceovcry visit to the latter, who is an of- cr at the national, cantonment! MOOSE TO HELP PATRIOTS. there. Holroyd, Moose members- were notified ton. Honly accompany the party as Wednesday of appointment of a Howard Blcvins, Surveyor.

here 'commission to look after the wcl- KeiinoHi J. Luna, Pembcrton. a few days. fl ft of members in service in Stephen'Mitchell, tlotcoal. France.

A war emergency fund, John Edward Cook, Dorothy. to which the Loyal Order of Moose Nuccia Pictro, Slab Fork, ZOULIKOLASLONKIVIC. 'Jiek Zoulikolaslonkivie, 22, was appropriated $500,000 last -liily, George led by a fall in the mines will be expended in erecting club Joseph E. Va! the Solvay Collieries the front and provid- Charley Ed Kahne, Rilcy. jngaton, Friday.

other comforts, Hollic Cook, Ashland. Laccy Milam. Kinjfston. MIMIONCaOLIMEITS. SAILOE'8 CLUB OWAHIZED.

i Bcachy, Slal, Fork. C. George wan hostess to Vincent has opened Arinan V.Starr, Glen Morgan. Mission Cimlfr of the Bdptist sailors' club in Newport, 1. Charley Pediatrics in (he University of.

0 is Minnesota. A large district buck of Mass, the lines at, that; has bcenj forced to remove all children to places 1 of.greater safety, and several hundred children at Pompey and the towns nearby which arc under almost constant bomb attack, have been examined nnd are.bcing removed from their Bessie. Kiupire mine, al Grass Valley, in Ciilil'ornia. lias been exonerated of French fliers were Trevcs, nil blanie I'oi- Icicking her driver, and Stuttgart. Tlie latter town Fred Wales, and breaking his arm.

was bombed by French "Aveng- All responsibility has been taken ers" Sunday night. i by Wales to save the life of his companion for 15 years. "I guess JOHNSON CAUGHT. i sllc ow Wils 10 sllc wlls Joliimy -lolinson, kil "-i' sili(i "'I' she did, she kicked because 1 bad forgotten to give her the usual chew of tobacco. It was all my fault, anyway." Bessie had been condemned to die, but the of Wales saved her life.

The mule is known to every one of the 450 employees of the mine and disliked I by 449 of them. She has no friend TWO FATALITIES MONDAY: but Wales. Every morning the Two fatalities wore reported to mnl have her chew of t.o- Ihe workmen's compensation bacco. bureau Monday. French and American raised in front of the barracks given by the French government for the children's refuge.

I'lie prefect warmly thanked the American Red Cross for its help with the children. "Till! new staff, consisting of' (1 1)v lll( Charleston police for several specialists in children's' complicity in the criminal assault, diseases and fifteen nurses and com mi I ted by several negroes on aides, are at work under the dii'cc-j Nellie Kcllenberger, a little 13 tion of Dr. Sedgwick, Professor of, old white girl about a year is under in Boston, refuge in caves to the Asilc at Toul as quickly as 'The work of the infirmary es- John Groiniko, of Cokctoh, was when a motor bumped THE OKLAHOMA WAY. Oklahoma officers capt.ui'cd a against, some coal cars, catching priest's shipment of sacramental- him between the cars and the coal, wine and will explain why they djd Gluck Taylor, of Pcnushoro, so as soon as they get sober enough htblished by the American Red while hauling lumber was killed (.6 Post. has boen greatly augmented wlion the liorses backed, precipi- )y the gift of a children'((hospital toting the wggoii and load upon' T.

J. Williams; of-Lester, was a from an American coinmittcc. Bocklcy visitor today..