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In a Hymn contest given by the pupils of Miss
LESLIE'S music class Tuesday in the Methodist church, the prize in the juvenile class was won by Mildred
BLESSING, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.W. BLESSING, of Tazewell and the junior prize was won by Margaret
THOMPSON, daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. W.E. THOMPSON, of Thompson Valley. There were nineteen
pupils taking part.
Tom COMPTON, charged with attempting to kill John H. MULLINS near Raven April 2nd, said not a word in his own defense at a preliminary hearing here Wednesday before Judge Albert
PEERY. His demeanor on the stand was such that the court asked him if he was well, ir had he ever suffered with nerves.
COMPTON was tried also on a liquor charge and fined &50.00 and given two months in jail. On the shooting charge a number of witnesses related the details of the shooting. It appeared that
COMPTON came within sixteen feet of MULLINS when he raised his shot gun and shot him in the face and shoulder, inflicting the serious wounds, requiring two weeks in a Richlands hospital. Witness
WHITAKER stated that he was standing nearby when COMPTON came up the road with his gun, and that when he raised his gun to shoot he yelled and
MULLINS turned his head slightly to one side, and then the shot was ?.
WHITAKER, a one armed man, disarmed COMPTON, who had reversed ends with the gun and was advancing towards
MULLINS apparently to use the gun as a club. There were a few rocks thrown until
COMPTON ran to his house. He was later arrested by deputy Jewell and brought to jail here.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland HUDSON, Jr. of Bluefield, spent the day Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Carl
GREGORY of Shawver Mill.
Mr. and Mrs. W.B. NEEL, Miss Lou NEEL, Mrs. M.E. RICH and children, of Bluefield, Va, were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
GREGORY on Friday.
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