Thursday, August 20, 1925
S. L. Brown, local weather observer, reports one clear day in the month of July: 3 cloudy days and 27 partly cloudy. Thunderstorms on 2,5,6,7,8,9 and 14th. There was 6.40 inches of rain. The hottest temperature was 88 degrees on the 4th and 11th and the coolest was 49 degrees on the 29th. The greatest range in temperature was from 52 to 86 degrees.
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Floyd Moats, a woodsman, who imbibed a little too freely of forbidden alcoholic stimulants, was in Squire Sutton’s court on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. He drew $23.85 fine and costs for the fruits of personal liberty.
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Albert Barlow and Harvey Mallett were before Squire Smith last Saturday on charges of violating the prohibition laws. The were sentenced to 60 days each and fined $100.
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Three State Constables are at Marlinton this week. They are equipped with motorcycles, and they are handling the traffic on the crowded Seneca Trail between town and the Fairgrounds. They are doing good work. While we are always glad to see these effective conservators of the peace here at any time, their presence is especially welcome at this time on the road which is being used daily by thousands of automobiles.
BOOTLEGGERS THEN AND NOW
Ex-Governor W. A. MacCorkle, in a letter to the state prohibition commissioner, called attention to the great amount of bootlegging carried on in license days, saying: “Now people have forgotten this thing. They do not know that in the old days of practically free whiskey in this state, West Virginia, at one time furnished one third of the moonshine and one third of the illicit whiskey selling in the United States. At one time, 35 years ago, there were 922 indictments made at one term of court and there were in attendance upon the court – 1,700 witnesses. Every hotel was swamped with them. There were more people and more indictments in the old days when prohibition was unheard of and there was very little attempt to enforce the revenue laws of the United States. In other words, there were more people in attendance upon the court in revenue cases, and more indictments twice over, in the whiskey days then there are in prohibition days. Any old member of the bar will confirm this statement.
MOUNDS
What is needed in the county is an expert on mounds. The one at the forks of Deer Creek, a mile south of the town of Greenbank, is shaped like the famous Grave Creek Mound at Moundsville. The city has grown around the Grave Creek Mound but there is an old drawing executed of that mound before the city was built and in shape and general appearance it serves perfectly for a picture of the one at Deer Creek, which will hereinafter be referred to as the Warwick Mound…
It is a singular thing however that the ancient drawing of the Grave Creek Mound might serve for the Warwick Mound also. The Grave Creek Mound has been explored and found to rest upon and cover a natural hillock. It contained two burial chambers, one in the natural hill, and the other directly above it, separated by thirty feet of earth. In these vaults were found skeletons, some four thousand beads, and a large quantity of mica, copper and stone ornaments and articles.
That mound was 320 feet in diameter at the base, and seventy feet high and contained 1,800,000 cubic feet of solid contents. Without taking measurements, a rough guess would be that it is about the size of the Warwick Mound. Since I first mentioned it, I have made a second trip to the Warwick Mound and found that it has suffered from erosion on the north side, the side on which the North Fork flows. This side has lost its smooth appearance, and it looks on that side like a cake at which the mice have been nibbling…
MARRIED
August 15, 1925, Mr. Hubert Andrew Lewis and Miss Nella Madeline Hultz.
BIRTH
Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Miller on Elk, July 27, a daughter.
DIED
Hugh M. Grimes died at his home near Frost on July 24, 1925, aged 79 years. He had been in failing health for some time and finally took typhoid fever… After the funeral service, his body was taken to the family graveyard and laid to rest.
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Luther Morrison, at his home near Jacox, Wednesday, August 5, 1925. His age was about 65 years. He is survived by his wife and a large family.
