Thursday, April 30, 1925
Heat records for April for 50 years past were broken the past week. The temperature reached 100 degrees at Hagerstown, Maryland. Normal temperatures for April do not usually go above 78. The thermometer recorded as low as 20 in some parts of this county a week ago.
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Judge George W. McClintic has appointed L. S. Cochran probation officer of the Federal Court for Southern District.
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Born to Mr. and Mrs. Tonnie VanReenan, at Woodrow, a daughter.
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Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. M. McLaughlin, at Rainelle, formerly of Dunmore, a daughter.
A WRECKED CHURCH
On Saturday afternoon, April 25th, a hail, wind and electric storm – almost a cyclone – visited the Flats country north of Marlinton, in which the Union Central Church was being built. The framework of the church had been completed, and the storm wrecked the building and part of the lumber is completely destroyed. Work on clearing up the wreck and rebuilding will begin soon. A community rebuilding day will be announced later in this paper. Help in any way will be appreciated.
BISHOP ASBURY
In the city of Washington, a statue has been erected of Bishop Asbury, founder of the Methodist church in America. It is a likeness of the bishop on horseback, and they call it the 15th horseman to come to Washington. The other horsemen are all warriors of the highest type, being 13 generals and Joan of Arc. They are Washington, Sherman, Sheridan, Scott, Grant, Jackson, McClellan, Hancock, Greene, McPherson, Logan and Pulaski…
Before the days of Asbury, the creed of the English speaking mountain people, so far as they had any creed at all, was Presbyterian. There was a large number of Presbyterian preachers before the Revolutionary War, gloomy, earnest, having much to do with the education and morals of the communities. But the hardy pioneers were spreading everywhere in the rich woods west of the Allegheny, and religion depended upon the traditions kept alive by the good mothers who taught the children at the knee…
There were manifold temptations to backslide in those days of fierce contention, and it was literally a day when they existed by blood and sweat. They suffered terrible injuries at the hands of the Indians, and the pioneers turned on their foes and waged terrible warfare in return.
The pioneers were relentless, revengeful, suspicious, knowing neither truth nor pity; they were also upright, resolute and fearless, loyal to their friends and devoted to their country. In spite of their many failings, they were of all men the best fitted to conquer the wilderness and hold it against all comers.
It was in these wilderness communities that Asbury, a man who was more or less a lifelong invalid, brought his religion. He had the tireless energy and patience to cover a field that other creeds had neglected. He came among a people ripe for organized religion. In their homes were Bibles and dim traditions of churches…
CLYDE NICKELL KILLED
Clyde Nickell, aged about 26 years, of Cass, a C & O RR section worker, was killed near the western end of Mud Tunnel in Alleghany county, Va., by a west bound freight train on April 4, about 8 a.m. Two freights had passed each other in the tunnel. Mr. Nickell was walking up the west bound track and never noticed the approaching train until it was upon him. He was struck on the head and death was almost instantaneous, but his body was not mangled. The remains of the poor fellow were taken to Covington, and thence to Whitcomb where the interment was made. Mr. Nickell is survived by his wife…
DIED
Joseph J. McLaughlin died at his home near Cass Friday, April 24, 1925. On Sunday afternoon his body was buried at the McLaughlin church, under the auspices of the Modern Wood- man, of which order he was a member. Mr. McLaughlin was bout sixty years of age. About a week before his death, he suffered a stroke of paralysis. He is survived by his wife, who is a daughter of the late Lafayette Burner, and a number of children. He was a son of the late David McLaughlin, of Back Alleghany…
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Otis McLaughlin died very suddenly at Dunmore on Monday, April 28, 1925. He was in an automobile when death came. For several years he has had leakage of the heart. His age was about 28 years.
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Mrs. Virginia L. Wooddell, wife of Charlie Wooddell, of Allegheny Mountain, passed into the beyond with the blest April 12, 1925. Her age was 61 years.
Four of the children God saw fit to take away in their youth will welcome mother’s coming. She leaves here in a world of sorrow nine children and her husband to mourn her loss.
She was a kind mother, and may God bless her husband and children and may they pattern their lives after their mother.
Her body was laid to rest in the home graveyard.
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Miss Mattie A. Campbell, aged 89, died at Dunmore April 12, 1925, at the home of her nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Campbell. She was beautifully and tenderly cared for by her Dunmore relatives and friends.
She was the oldest daughter of Benjamin Brown Campbell, who was a son of Alexander Campbell, whose wife was Miss Margaret Brown…
