Thursday, November 2, 1924
Boil your drinking water. Owing to the drouth, it has been necessary to pull river water into the town mains.
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The good news comes that the State has taken over the stretch of road from Millpoint to Droop Mountain, and H. L. Kessler has orders to take his force of men and put it in shape immediately.
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The infant child of Lanty Underwood on Beaver Creek has bronchial pneumonia.
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Honor Roll Dunmore School first month: Advanced Room: Gray Grimes, teacher. Sterl Mclaughlin, Lawrence Carpenter, Bryan McLaughlin, Arlie Carpenter, Stephen Pritchard, Martha Hiner, Pocahontas Grimes, Gladys Taylor, Nadine Lightner, Frances Pritchard, Martha Galford, Geraldine Galford, Beatrice Carpenter, Katherine Carpenter, Alma Carpenter, Betty Taylor, Anna Little, Gladys, Annie and Mae McLaughlin.
Primary Room: Jean Pritchard, Teacher: Pershing Arbogast, Oatler Carpenter, Julian Lightner, Nita Arbogast, Katherine Campbell, Virginia Campbell, Virginia Dare Lightner, Virginia Little, Margaret Little, Virginia, Dorothy and Lucille McLaughlin.
VOTE
Your presence is requested at the polls next Tuesday. All political parties unite in the effort to get the vote out. All public-spirited writers and speakers bemoan the fact that a large percent of the voters stay at home. And yet who knows how they are going to vote?
It is related that the greatest mistake that the prisoner made was when he prayed for Justice, for his prayers were answered and he found himself behind the bars.
There will be several votes cast. There has been much hurrying to and fro. Never has there been such a campaign waged in West Virginia as the Democrats put on this year. And the Republicans have been fully as active, but it is their custom. They are trained to go into these fights to win if it takes the last silver button off of Gabriel’s coat.
I do not think anyone knows what the verdict will be. All are hoping for the best and fearing the worst…
DUST USED AS EVIDENCE
The French police are making a microscopic examination of dirt found upon the clothing of suspected criminals. After cross-examination, the suspects are stripped of their clothing whose surface dust is first examined under a strong microscope. A vacuum cleaner is next applied to draw out other dirt into a pan. In some instances, heating is used to separate foreign matter from the dirt. Thus secured, the detectives determine whether the suspect has been telling the truth. One murderer tried to prove an alibi by saying that he had slept in an open field the night of the crime. Microscopic examination of his clothing showed that he had slept in a quarry. A carpenter was connected with a murder by means of sawdust found on a piece of overall which the victim had torn from his assailant and which was found at the scene of the crime. The value of the plan has been in breaking down the bravado of criminals. They frequently confess when shown that their first stories were lies.
DIED
H. S. Rucker died at his home in Marlinton Friday morning, October 24, 1924. His age was 71 years. On Sunday afternoon his body was buried in Mt. View Cemetery, the service being conducted from the home by his minister. The Masonic Fraternity was in charge of the service.
Mr. Rucker was the oldest member of the Pocahontas County Bar. Nearly fifty years ago, he moved to the county seat of Huntersville, and until the last few months of his life he was actively engaged in the practice of law.
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Emmett Ellis Sharp, infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Sharp, died October 9, 1924. Funeral service was conducted by Rev. Elmer Sharp after which the little body was laid to rest in the Sharp graveyard. We know how impossible it is to silence the grief of the father and mother by any words one can say, as this is their fourth child to be taken to live with Jesus…
