Thursday, June 5, 1924
John C. Cover, of Richwood, arrived here Tuesday, on foot, from Rockingham county, and he expects to go on to his home in Richwood next week. His health has not been of the best and he is taking a walking trip to improve it.
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Mr. Arnet “Delicate” Yeager was elected unanimously by the student body of Concord State College as President of the Student Association 1924-25. Concord students expect to follow his able leadership through a successful year. Pocahontas county was further honored when the students elected Mr. Guy Bambrick as the Junior representative in the senate.
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There was no clear day in the month of May 1924, according to the report of local weather observer S. L. Brown. Cloudy 9 days; partly cloudy 22 days. Hottest 78 degrees; coldest 30. Total rainfall 6.49 inches.
WEDDINGS
Rev. George J. Cleveland and Miss Agnes Louise Price were married in the Marlinton Presbyterian church June 3, 1924.
The groom is rector of the Episcopal churches at Marlinton and Cloverlick. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Price and a member of the faculty of the Edray District High School.
After the ceremony, a reception was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Price on Seneca Trail. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland went to Washington and other eastern cities on their wedding trip.
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Married, Andrew Beale and Miss Sadie Warwick June 4, 1924, at the Presbyterian manse. The bride is a daughter of Jesse Warwick, of Cass, and a graduate of Greenbank High School.
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Married, Samuel Brindle and Miss Mary A. Rucker.
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Married, William Lyle Nottingham and Miss Dorsie Jane Geiger May 27, 1924 at the Greenbank.
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Married, John Loyd McCoy, of Pocahontas County, and Miss Mattie Cathleen Brown, of Greenbrier county, May 28, 1924 at the Methodist Parsonage.
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A wedding of interest took place at the Presbyterian manse, when Mr. Wm. Hanson Moore, of Huntersville, and Miss Gladys Grace White, of Minnehaha, appeared before the Rev. H. H. Orr on the evening of May 29th, 1924 and were united in marriage.
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Samuel Lee Davis and Mrs. Annie F. Cochran from near Hillsboro were married in Marlinton May 30, 1924.
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Married May 29, 1924, John Waugh and Mrs. Gertrude Reynolds.
DEATHS
The columns of this paper last week carried the news of the death of Edgar Watson Cochran who passed away early the morning of May 29th at the Ronceverte Hospital. His funeral service was held in the church at Stony Bottom. His remains were laid to rest in the Stony Bottom cemetery in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Leva Buzzard Cochran, a father, Lincoln S. Cochran, of Cass, four sisters and three brothers.
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Died, J. J. Eckley, aged about 70 years, at the Marlinton Hospital May 30, 1924. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and came to the Greenbrier Valley at the beginning of the lumber developments. Burial at Lobelia.
FAIR PLAY
Said the Coal Man to the Miner,
“My profits are too small;”
Said the Miner to the Coal Man,
“My wage won’t do at all.”
Said the Coal Man and the Miner,
“There surely is a way,”
And they nodded to each other –
“Damn the people! Let them pay!”
Said the Rail Man to the Train Man,
“We’ll make a raise in rates;”
Said the Train Man to the Rail Man,
“I’ll take my share, my mates.”
Said the Rail Man and the Train Man,
“They dare not say us nay;
“We’ll tie up all the traffic and
“Make the people pay.”
Said the Farmer to the tractor,
“My living needs more cash;”
Hummed the tractor to the Farmer,
“If there’s little wheat to thrash
The prices will go higher” –
As the Farmer rode away,
He whispered to his tractor,
“Gosh! Let the people pay.”
Said the Chieftain to his Minion,
“We’ll make a grab for wealth,”
Said the Minion to his chieftain,
“It must be done by stealth.”
Said the Chieftain to his Minion,
“We’ll oil where e’er we may,
“It may not be just honest, but –
Who cares? The people pay.”
O! You long enduring people!
Rise up and play the game,
The game sure needs an umpire
To tell it who’s to blame.
Your part is plain before you,
You need to do and dare,
And call with voice decided,
“Come on, you boys, play fair.”
