Thursday, February 28, 1924
The Carpenter boys have been doing a great business killing red foxes near their home on the head of Williams River. In about a week they got seven red foxes, and in one day their hounds put no less than five wild cats into the rocks. One of the red foxes was classed a cross between a collie shepherd dog and a fox. Its body was like a fox, though not as well furred and of a light color. The head was more like that of a collie dog, and the tail was that of a dog with a white tuft of hair on the end. The feet were heavily padded with hair like feet of wild cats, and the toes and nails were longer than those of a fox. The skin was shipped before this writer heard about it, but a foot was sent to State Game Protector George W. Sharp, in hopes that some animal specialist could identify it. It evidently was a young animal and in size was larger than the average big fox. It has been suggested that this animal might have been a coyote, the small wolf of the western plains. This is not so far fetched if the reports are true that the coyote is gradually increasing its range and has of late years been seen in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York states.
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The venerable W. M. Moore came in from Williams River one day last week to claim the bounty on a big wildcat he had trapped. The cat was four feet long and over two feet at the shoulder.
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Jesse Beverage, on Stony Creek, lost a fine cow last week. She slid several hundred yards downhill on the icy ground, and through two fences.
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Captain A. E. Smith will be a candidate to succeed himself as Justice of the Peace of Edray District. The Captain as Squire in this town is an institution, he is a man of his own mind, without wavering or shadow of turning; tender-hearted and merciful to the unfortunate, but a terror to the evil doer.
DIED
In the death of Josiah Osborne Beard at his home at Greenbank January 26, 1924, Pocahontas county and this section of the State lost one of its substantial and influential citizens. … Surviving him are his wife, Evaline Yeager Beard, daughter of the late John Yeager, and seven children, Irb Leslie, Monroe, Sheriff Brown B. Beard, Mrs. W. M. Snedegar, Mrs. Don Harper and Mrs. W. A. Arbogast, also one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Burner. Six children preceded him to the grave, Blanch, Fannie, Cleveland, Arthur, Joe, Quade, Mrs. Bertie Clark and Mrs. Ruby Everlyn Kerr… The funeral service was conducted at the home after which he was lain to rest in the Arbovale cemetery… A man’s great heritage to his country is the noble sons and daughters his home gives to the citizenship of the country. Our county is enriched in business life, in social and spiritual life by the noble sons and daughters of our deceased friend and brother. We all treasured his friendship. He was big-hearted, kind and true…
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Maryanna Tibbs, aged 15, a promising colored girl, daughter of Walter Tibbs, died at University Hospital at Charlottesville February 15, 1924. Her body was brought to Marlinton and laid to rest in Brownsburg Cemetery.
She is mourned by her father, three brothers, three sisters and numerous friends who thought so well of her.
Maryanna’s mother died nearly four years ago, leaving seven children. Though but a child of eleven years, Maryanna tried to take a mother’s place and served the home faithfully…