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2 - Hinton News Tues. Apr. 3, 1990
i ..................... - ......... Letter To
! More a,d more people are reading our newspaper I
I I the Editor
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• Because a recent survey found that I
The HINTON NEWS is the favored I MURDERAT~N Bowles was brought to Covington requested the hangman not to delay DearFred:
[ source for three out of five for local I FORGE: and placed in jail to await his trial the hanging by reading the death The ChamberofCommerceRadio
' • • • | John A. Ruff, a native of Rockbr- thatwascalledforTuesdayApri119, warrant. Bowles and the negro Auction was a big success! The
! news and advertising ~tems. ! idge County, Va., as a young man 1904. ministers sang a hymn, ~Nearer My Chamber made nearly $2300.00.
I " I attendedVirginia Polytechnic Insti- Bowles claimed that Ruff struck God to Thee~, and, in unison, recited The money is designated for office
[ f-] SIGN ME UP.E [ expenses(telephone, postage, etc.)
tute but dropped out and migrated at him with a coal pick and the the Lord's Prayer. His last request
I Send me a full year of T HINTON NEWS | to C]il~n Forge, Va., where he se- shooting was done in self defense, was that his clothes be given to his and for the support of Chamber
cured employment as a fireman for No such weapon was found at the mother, thanked the jail officers for
I (52) issues at the low basic subscription | projects such as the upcoming
, rate of $9.54. I the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway scene, however, and all evidence their kindness and expressed the Candidates" Forum.
; I Company. presented showed that Bowles shot hope they would meet again in The Chamber thanks you for all
| Name Robert Lee Bowles was a young Ruff without provaction. Heaven. of your support. The articles you
| '*" ~" I colored yard brakeman, five feet, After a two day trial, the jury was The noose was adjusted and the have been running, about the Auc-
I Address . | eightinchestallweighingl60pounds out only eleven minutes finding drop fell at 6:37 a.m. He was allowed tion as well as other issues, have
| (Lit , ....... State = Zip________ | with rather black skin andhad been Bowles guilty of murder. Presiding to hang thirty minutes before being been a great help to the Chamber
! Y . | workingfortheC&OatCliRonForge JudgeGeorgeK.Andersonsentencedpronounced dead at 7:07 a.m., his and we feel for the entire county.
I [-] My payment is enclosed | only a short time. him to be hanged by the neck on the body taken down and sent to the Thank you.
| " ~"~'~w~ | Fireman Ruffhad been employed gallowsinthejailyardatCovington, University of Virginia at Charlot- Sincerely,
Pl~tse allow up to 3 weelm for delivery of the first copy. I for several years and was working Va., until he was dead. tesville. Lynn M. Sanders
| TEAR AND MAIL TO: THE HINTON NEWS | the Clifton Forge - Gordonsville run The case was appealed and he In a nine page statement to the Executive Director
[ P.O. Box 1000 | regular, one of the better paying was granted a second trial but was public, prepared the last few days
Hinto,, W.V. ~I | jobs. About 3:00 o'clock in the morn- again found guilty as charged, before he was hanged, Bowles con-
.....-~ ......................... ,J ingofMarch 21, 1904, Fireman Ruff Shortly after 6:00a.m., March 18, fessed that he killed Ruffbut main-
Dear Editor.
Efforts are underway in Kanawha
County, W.Va. to record historic
events, places and things, plus you
and your families roots'.
Kanawha County history is rich
and abundant. You can leave a
unique glimpse of the past for those
of you who will take the time to jot
down their family history and sub-
mit it to the Kanawha County Family
History Committee, Inc. - Post Of-
rice Box 2465, Charleston, W.Va.
25329.
Leave your footprintsin the sands
of time by submitting your family
history to be published in 1991.
Stories of 500 words and one picture
will be printed free for each house.
hold, It is a great opportunity and
has been likened to %aking part in
Dear Sir:
With what hasbeen hap,peningin
local politics, county bumnesses,
clubs, and organizations we are to
question why certain directions and
actions are taken.
In modern society governed by
laws, without which is anarchy. In a
club, organization, board of direc-
tors, etc. the law is summed up as
(Robert's Rules of Order), without
which all is lost to whoever is the
most intimidating or whoever has
the biggest mouth, DICTATOR-
SHIP.
With what I have been made
aware Of, all good intentions, all
proper thinking, and all co~eensus
of opinion is lost to self appointed
leaders on occasion and not neces.
sarily being the chair person having
their way by intimidation and or big
mouth tactics and the chair person's
ignorance of RULES of ORDER.
I believe that we concerned citi-
zens of Summers County need to
take a half step back and survey the
situation, resolve to join the twenti-
eth century, and expel the
intimidator's educate the ignorant
concerning THE RULES Of ORDER
and move forward with a consensus
ofopinions, rather than sideways or
backwards with the one person
wishes.
It has been my experience that a
REVIV.z SEaWCES
Revival Services at the Meadow
Bridge Missionary Baptiat Church
Apr. 1-6; Guest speaker Wayne
Chambers; Special Singing Nightly;.
Service| are at 7:00 PM each eve-
ning; Pastor Rick Henderson and
church congregation invites every-
one to attend.
filling a time capsule with messages
to an unborn generation.~
and his engineer were assigned
engine number 427 to handle their
train over North and Blue Ridge
Mountains to Gordonsville. Proceed-
ing from the roundhouse ready track
with engine 427 to the east end of the
yard, the engineer stopped at the
switches blocking the yard tracks,
and went into the yard office to
pickup his train orders and instruc-
tions.
While the engineer was away, the
yard engine came up wanting to pull
The past belongs to all. Will your by and move west into another yard
grandchildren have a chance to l(>ok track but was unable to complete the
and touch yesterday? move being blocked off by engine
Contact the Kanawha County 427.
FamilyHistoryCommitteetodayand Yard brakeman Robert Bowles,
preserve your families history, in a very gruffmanner, called out to
Books will goon sale in the spring fireman John Ruff to move the an-
of 1991. The price is $39.50 if picked gins forward. Ruff replied that the
up in Charleston or $42.50 if mailed engineer was in the office and would
to your home. You may place your soon return and do so. Although
orders now. Bowles was enraged, Ruffremained
Sincerely Yours, calm about the situation and not
Carol Fouty expecting any problem, got off the
President engine to talk with Bowles while
Kanawha County Family History they waited for the engineer to re-
Committee
P. O. Box 2465 ....
Charleston, W.Va, 25329
as
a
successful independent business
person is not necessarily the best
candidate to govern or direct a pub-
lic or political entity, since he has
had only himself to answer to there-
fore an opinion other than his own is
alien and in many instances unwel-
come.
Even with the Rules of'Order
strictly followed any club, organiza-
turn. Ruff no more than reached the
ground when Bowles drew arevolver,
shot him three times and ran from
the yard into the darkness.
Yard employes rushed up and
carried fireman Ruff to the C&O
hospital where Dr. Wysor examined
him and decided he could hardly
recover, having been shot once just
over the heart, another time in the
side and a third time, a slight flesh
wound. Ruff lingered for several
hours and died of his wounds.
The shooting caused intense ex-
citement at Clifton Forge and by
daylight over one hundred armed
men were searching for the fugitive
and, if found, no doubt would have
executed him.
It was believed that Bowles fled to
W.Va. and an intense lookout was
1905 Bowles ascended the thirteen tained it was done in self defense,
steps of the scaffold at Covington declaring that on the verge of star-
and the death sentence carried out. nity he felt he was justified and that
Just before the noose was ad- he was the victim of the laws i us-
justed, the condemned man calmly tice.
IN THE LIBRARY
The 10th annual Charity Ball is over! What an affair! We
want to thank the Moose for so generously letting us use their
building and Mrs. Richard Meador and her daughter Debbie
Cole for all those wonderful decorations. As soon as all the
accounting has been done we will report that, but I am sure Ole
Inchy will make some real headway up his chart.
While we were busy making plans for the Ball last week,
three boxes of new books arrived. It was just like Christmas !
Among the new arrivals were the following npvels:
The Horse Latitudes by Robert Ferrigno
by Anita Brookner
~by Michael Peterson ( the war being Vietnam)
~~L~ by Philip Friedman ( as you might guess
this is a "courtroom drama~
The Queen's Secret another historical novel by the ever
popular Jean Plaidy
The Scions of Shannara. an epic fantasy, by Terry Brooks
by Wilbur Smith
New among the nonfiction were:
The Horn9 Landscaper. Mother Earth's Hassle-Free Indoor
~ant B~k. and a set of four Instan~ Guide(s) to Healthy ....
Flowerin~ HouseDlants. Palms and Ferns Windowbox & Bal-
cony Plants ~nd Indoor B~]bs & Annuals for all our gardeners.
American Airlines Guide(s) to the .... Northeast and New
England. Midwest and Rocky Mountain Re, on. West. South-
east: Fodor's Canada's Atlantic Provinces: New World of Travel
by that world famous expert Arthur Frommer - all of the
aforementioned just in time to help plan summer vacations.
And for the traveler of more modest means there's
Tent Camvin~ Guide and Consumer Guide's 1990 Edition
We have From Ramshackl to Resale about fixing up old
houses for profit and the Hi story of the Greenbrier. There's The
~omvlete Book of Do~ Health. Resumes for Better Jobs and
finally The Orvis fly Pattern Index.
~IJ3ydy_there's a little something here to appeal tojust~about
every reading taste.
LEVY FOR SENIOR
PROGRAMS
Citizens Programs.
If passed the levy would allocate
tion, or board of directors can still
make mistakes, but I have to believe
there will be less mistakes made
with the equal input of opinions and
consideration by all concerned.
I have always found it difficult to
progress forward while trying to look
backward.
My opinion for what it is worth.
Yours Truly,
Leonidas R. (Leon) Moten
Route 86 Box 20-A
Jumping Branch, W.Va. 25969
kept until he was found andarrested The Senior Citizens programs are
at Huttonsville,W.Va. brought to requesting citizens of Summers
Ronceverte, and from there secre- County to support the upcoming
rely conveyed through the country to
Lynchburg where he was placed in spaciallevyproposedbythe County
Commission. The levy proposes
jail.
Owing to the excitement and bad
feeling, the officers decided not to
bring him to Covington or Clifton
Forge until they were assured by the
citizens of those cities that he would
have a fair and impartial trial. This
was finally agreed toin writing, and
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The Senior Programs urge citizens
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Types of Earaches
Earache is one of the most pain-
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middle ear infections (otitis me-
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The treatment of this infection
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Infections in the external part
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Aluminum acetate solution, for
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Some authorities recon'/ aaend
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Hold the top of the ear up and back
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