Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-30

Yesterday the local internal revenue
officers received the first installment OF
war revenue stamps. and they will be
on sale at the Custom House on ana
after to-day. The stamps so far re-
ceiyed are one and two cent documen-
tary stamps, and 1sc, 3se, 3sc, lie, &c
and &c proprietary stamps. A good
MANY thousand ordinary postage
stamps have also been prepared for the
emergency by having the letters Il. X.
printed on the face. and these will be
sold for revenue PURPOSES until proper
stamps can be supplied in quantities
Ordinary postage stamps will not be re-
ceiyed for revenue and all persons
affixing revenue stamps must bear In
mind that they must cancel them by
writing their initials upon them. The
new stamps received are of the same
general shape of the Columbia EXPOSE
ton stamps, but are much smaller,
each denomination is of different
color from the others, and they are
very handsome.
The following letter and accompany
ing information, from Collector A. b.
White will be of great interest to the
public, and should be attentively read:
internal Revenue Service,
District of West Virginia,
r. collectors Office,
''Psrkersburg, w. Va, June %, 1898.
"EditorWheeling Register, Wheeling, W.
Va.
for the benefit of your patrons, that post
age stamps are not receivable under any
circumstances, for Internal revei ne taxes,
also announce that anybody can sell in
ternal revenue stamps who desires to do
so by purchasing them from the Coliec-
tors Office, at Wheeling or Parkersburg,
but that the only commission allowed is
In hundred dollar lots paid for in advance,
on which one per cent commission is al
lowed. I have secured the cooperation
of a number of banks throughout the
State for the immediate distribution of the
stamps. The supplies at first are some
what limited, but as fast as the govern
ment can tuEn them out Will become
more abundant. All retail merchants hav-
ing stocks of proprietary medicines and
articles, as enumerated in schedule b of
the law, must procure proprietary stamps
of the proper denominations, and aftix to
the articles before selling them. Stamps
can be purchased at the following points
throughout the State on and after June
30th:
Braxton county-Sutton Bank, Sutton.
Cabell county-Huntington National
Bank, Huntington.
Fayette cOunty--MOntgomer Banking
and Trust Company, Montgomery.
Gilmer county-Gilmer County Bank.
Chenille.
Greenbrier county-Bank of Ronceverte,
Ronceverte; Bank OF Lewisburg, Lewis
burg.
Hancock county-Citizen's State Bank,
New Cumberland.
Hardy county-South Branch Valley Ma
tional Bank, Mooreheld
Harrison county-Traders National
Bank, Clarksburg; Merchants National
Bank, Clarksburg-
jackson county-Bank of Ravenswood,
Ranvenswood; Bank Of Ripley, Ripley. :
Bank, Shepherdstown.
Kanawha county-Kanawha Valley
Bank, Charleston.
Lewis county Citizens Bank, Weston.
Marion county-Exchange Bank of Man
nington, Warrington; First National
Marshaii county-Marshan County Bank,
Moundsville.
Mason county-Merchants National
Bank of West Virginia, PIT. Pleasant.
Mercer county-First National Bank,
Bluefield: Bank of Bramwell. Bramwell;
Princeton Banking Company, Princeton.
Monongalia county-Second National
Monroe county-Bank of Anderson, AL
derson; Bank of Union. Union.
Mineral county-Davis National Bank,
Morgan county-Bank of Berkeley
Springs, Berkeley Springs.
Pendleton county-Farmers Bank,
Franklin.
Peasants county-Pleasants County
Bank, ST. Marys.
Preston county-Bank Of Kingwood,
kingwood
Randolph county-Elkins National Bank,
Elkins.
Roane county-Bank of Spencer, Spen-
Taylor COMMUNICATION Bank, Grafton
Tucker county-National Bank of Davis
Davis.
Tyler county-Tyler County Bank, Sis
tersville; Bank of Middlebourne, Middle
bourne.
Upshur county-Traders' National Bank
Buckhannon.
Wayne county-First National Bank
Ceredo: Kenova Loan and Trust Com
pany, Kenova.
wetzel county-wetzel County Bank
New Martnsville.
Regular Stamp Ofices:-Deputy Collec-
tor A. r. Campbell. Wheeling; Deputy
Collector e c. Henshaw, Martinsburg;
Collector A. B. White, Parkersburg.
VERY truly yours.
"A. B. WHITE
COLLECTOR
The fact that stamps would be sold