The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-28
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house. It is understood that this is
to mean three hundred feet of street
4 frontage.
4 No. s, by Hughes, of Jackson, no
I license to be issued to an applicant
| who has ever been convicted of felony
| or has violated any of the liquor laws
OF. the State.
No. 9. by Mccoy, of Ohio, license to
| operate roller coasters or scenic rail-
way to be reduced to s25 for one week.
| Reynolds, Harmer and Carlin, as
sisted by Dayton and Hubbard. were
appointed committee to prepare
draft AL bill for adoption by the Leg
/ islature.
Mr. Hubbard at this afternoons
! meeting corrected prevailing impress
| sion that the removal Of the direct
State school tax would reduce the
funds available for public school pur-
poses in some of the poor counties.
Such is not the case. If the revenue
of the State continues equal in amount
to the present revenue, every county
under the Parkersburg plan will re-
ceive as much if not more than at
present.
The new law provides that the free
school shall receive two-sevenths of all
license privilege and franchise taxes
collected by the State, which is the
same percentage now received from
the State taxes used for school pur-
poses.
The Republican members of the
Legislature are again in conference
considering the other bills proposed
by the Parkersburg committee.
If appearances count Tor anything,
the Republican party in this State are
certainly getting together" in a way
that is apt to carry CONSERVATION to
their political enemies who, by the
way, have been prophesying general
decentralization in the ranks of the
grand old party. The party presents
to-day the appearance of a pair OF
small brothers who, having made up
after a slight mix-up, stand unitedly |
and coura geously bidding defiance to
the entire universe.
The conference of the Republican
oSA . u lAAC A1VSiS1oIu1C uSSueAS
night was the embodiment of harmony.
The members seemed to vie with each
other in a desire to accomplish useful
and speedy legislation for the benefit
of the people of the State through the
instrumentality Of the political party
they represent. The speeches of the
evening were short, earnest and vigOr
Gus, an index of the zeal and sincerity
of the speakers making them.
AS the legislators faced Speaker
May on that eventful evening of the
conference, they presented splendid
appearance. A general survey of the
assemblage carried with it the impress
sion of unusual mental vigor. Strong
character and rugged honesty were the
types of many countenances, intel
lectuality in frequent instances light
ed up the faces of the men composing
this very interesting group.
J. Davis Billmyer, sheriff of Jeffer
son county, West Virginia, leaves
to-day for Moundsville for
the purpose of conveying George w.
Williams, a negro, to Charles Town.
West Virginia, where he is to be tried
next Tuesday for the assault made on
Miss Laura Knode, which occurred in
Jefferson county on June 81, about one
and one-half miles east of Harper's
Ferry.
Owing to the state of feeling in JEFF
ferson county, this negro will undoubt-
eddy be lynched on his arrival at
Charles Town unless prevented by ex-
precautionary measures.
In view of this state of affairs, Gov
arnor White will furnish Sheriff Bill
myer and prisoner with a military es-
cort of about ninety soldiers compOs-
ed of troops from the State militia.
These troops will come from Clarls-
ourg and Kingwood and will join Sher
IF Billmyer and his prisoner al Tun-
lelton, who will leave the peniten-
,iary on Thursday of this week.
From this point the escort will ac-
the sheriff to Charles Town
and return. The trial OF the negro
viii not last more than half a day,
md death will undoubtedly be the pen {
alty. Billmyer, who is a native of
Jefferson county and lives at Shep-
lerdstown, says that he wishes the t
turned niger had been hung Ions |
LgO," but that he will defend the mai t
Of tho low Pi11p,rey &c ,,I1,oJ-1y