Thursday, February 20, 1924
Charles Young, a prominent farmer of Buckeye, was before Squire Smith on Monday afternoon and confessed to charges of driving a car while drunk and having liquor. In the one case, he was fined $25 and sentenced to 60 days and in the other $100 and 60 days, the jail sentences to run concurrently.
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John L. McLaughlin, aged about 75 years, died at his home at Mustoe, Highland county, Sunday morning, February 10, and was buried the same evening. Mr. McLaughlin had been blind for several years. He was well known in Bath, Highland and Pocahontas counties.
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Anna Tibbs, about 16 years of age, daughter of Walter Tibbs, died at Charlottesville last week, following an operation for appendicitis.
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Cases of smallpox are reported at Seebert and Buckeye, also at many other places throughout the state. It is a filthy disease and before the discovery of vaccinations, most dreaded and fatal of all eruptive diseases. Due to partial immunity, most cases at the present time are comparatively mild. State health laws require quarantine of houses where cases occur, and vaccination of all exposed persons.
WEDDING
A very pretty and interesting wedding took place February 6, 1924, at high noon, when Ivan Sharp, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Sharp, of Slatyfork, and Miss Gen-evieve Orndorff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Orndorff, of Arbovale, were united in marriage at the home of the the bride’s parents…
After the ceremony the party repaired to the dining room where a bountiful dinner was served to about 30 guests. The bride and groom left on the afternoon train for a trip to Washington and other eastern points. The bride and groom are excellent young people and we wish them all the happiness this life affords.
STORE ROBBED
A burglar entered the store of Wise Herold Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. The safe was opened and about one hundred dollars in currency was taken. No goods were taken, so far as known. Entrance into the store was had through a back window. Tracks showed that the robbery was done after the snow had ceased to fall.
As this paper goes to press Wednesday afternoon, a warrant was issued for Stat Weatherholt, aged about 20 years, charging him with the robbery of Mr. Herold’s safe. He is now in jail. He was formerly employed by T. D. Moore. He was preparing to leave town on the afternoon train.
LETTER
Dear Calvin;
I wish you would send me the Times to Gap Mills, W. Va. Mr. C. C. Pierce, of Kingwood, and myself have bought a piece of timber in Monroe county – about 18 million feet of white oak and rock oak, a fine piece of timber, never had an axe in it and it lays in a fine country where there are lots of good Democrats. We will take it off with small mills, have two on it now, and will put in two more shortly. We have also bought another piece of about 300 acres. This is a beautiful country, lots of big farms. They raise mostly hay and grain. I expect to pay you all a visit this summer. I was very glad, as well as the whole family, to get back to good old W. Va. I have been here since the last of December, and brought the family in yesterday.
J.H. Phelan
PETER HILL DEAD
Mr. Peter Hill, one of the pioneer citizens of Jacox, Pocahontas County, reached the end of his long earthly life at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, February 10, 1924, at the home of his son, George Hill, at Hillsboro, from feebleness and infirmities incident to old age. Mr. Hill had been in a feeble condition for some time, but recently suffered a stroke of paralysis and never recovered from same, but gradually became weaker until the feeble cord of life could no longer hold him here and it snapped, and he departed from this earthly life to enter into life eternal…
On April 11, 1867, Mr. Hill was united in marriage to Miss Margaret J., daughter of Ebenezer and Sallie McMillion Whiting, and they spent almost 56 years of wedded life together, Mrs. Hill dying March 16, 1923. To this union five boys and three daughters were born…
Mr. Hill, during his active years, was an energetic, useful business man and built up home and farm and accumulated quite a wealthy property being stockholder in some of his county banks, also having shares in the Telephone Co., and interested in the business of his county.
He united with the Methodist church, and for nearly 70 years remained a member… On Tuesday, February 12, which would have been his 87th birthday, his remains were brought to his home church and thence to the graveyard and laid to rest by his wife…
