Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-02-13
TWO CENTS
s. CHARLESTON GOSSIP.
Augusta County People Own
up to Big Fund.

Admit that They Have Subscribed
$4,000 with which TO ssfee" and
"Retain" People Opposition has
But Beggariy sum which is Used
Legitimately.
The following gossip from
Charleston will be interesting:
In reply to the charge that they
have subscribed a good fat purse TO
carry through their desires, the
Manningtonites who want Augusta
county and its county seat say the
officials of the Marion county Court
the Court House ring--have rails
ed a defense fund of $4,000 1t was
said Augusta people subscribed over
$40, 900 for their campaign In a
sense, the disbursement of these
funds is legitimate, lnasmuch as
parties interested in local fight
could not expect to inspire enthu
siam in others located at remote
points 1t Is rather amusing how
ever, to hear of sfees' and "retain-
ers."
In advancing the novel argument
for removal of the capital from
Charleston that the climate induces
serious colds on first acquaintance,
in many cases pneumonia, and, in
few others death. it is further said
that the doctors, druggists and IN
dertakers of Charleston will laise q
slush fund to keep the Capitol firm
ly anchored here. Quinine is in
constant demand by the lawmakers
fresh TO the mists and catarrhal
breezes Of the fiat lands of the Kan
awha valley, with whisky much on
the side and to the forefront. 1t is
truth that everybody gets cold
on everybody's arrival. The climate
Is certainly bad for the men from
the high and dry lands at this time
of year.
In repeating the ferret law in the
House, the polecat humor of the
Senate was duplicated. Delegate
Hughes. who made common error
by referring to one of the represen
tatives from Monongalia as sthe
gentleman from Monongahela,"
claimed with tears in his voice that
in Jackson county the rabbits we're
chewing down the apple orchards
and that the advocates of the ferret
law feared the ferret would bite the
rabbit. sWell, sir, we in jackson
county want the rabbit bite" he
said, ''and bite hard. 1t has gone
to the point where the rabbit crop
is at the maximum and the apple
crop at the minimum" Mr.. Stanley
wanted to know If the polecats in
jackson were not as great destroyers
of orchards as the rabbits "Both,"
was the reply Delegate Edginton,
who has been honored with the title
of "Hon. Jack Knife Edginton, be-
cause he offered resolution to pro-
vide the members with free pen
knives, said Hughes must belong t.
the beef trust.
"Send your rabbits down into
Kanawha," he pleaded. And he
voted against the repeal clause.
One years imprisonment in the
penitentlary is provided for the liq-
uor seller convicted of q second VIC
latlon OF the liquor laws by bill
presented in the House, a move,
somewhat in sympathy with the SEN
ate's recent acts which the liquor
interests are won't to term "hold-
ups"
Delegate Steel has introduced q
resolution fixing the general State
levy on real and personal property
at % cents per 500 valuation and
Is cents for school purposes
A bill to prevent persons author
lied to buy supplies for State and
county institutions purchasing them
from firms or corporations in which
they are directly or indirectly inter
ested financially has been introduc-
ed by Delegate Handley.
Valentine Social.
A Valentine Social will be given
under the auspices of the Young
Women's christian Association on
Saturday evening February 14th, in
the old library room of Martin Hall