The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-12-04
.GLASSCOCk
WILL MOVE TO
CHARLESTON
viii Take Rooms
at Kanawha
Hotel

CHARLESTON, Dec. Alt noon
Thursday Goyernor-elect VIM. E.
GIasscock, VINO came to Charleston
last Saturday and has been the guest
Iof Governor and Mrs. VIM. NJ. o. Daw.
sen since that time, left over the Ka,
nawha and Michigan railway for his
home at Morgantown.
The governorelect had intended
starting out from Charleston on his
tour OF the State institutions but
after talking WITH Mrs. Giasscock
over the telephone he changed his
plans and left for his Morgantown
acme where Mrs. Glasscock and Mas
ter William E. Glasscock, Jr., eleven
years old, want to get acquainted
with him again.
Mr.. Glasscoek has spent but little
time with his family since that late
day in September when the RepubJi,
can State Central Committee sslect.l
ed aim from field of candidates %
make the fight for governor. And
with only thirty days ahead Of him
for a campaign he made sizzliug
fgnt and won against the big odds.
During the campaign the Repub-
lican candidate had little time t,I
spare with his family. and when the
campaign was over, he remained a
week at home at Morgantown, before
going to Hot Springs, but there was
little time for his family. And now
he is going home again to stay with
Mrs. Glasscock and Master Billy
Glasscock until the first of the week
Next Monday the governOr.elect
mas accepted an invitation to accom-,
pany the better farming train
through the central portion Of the
State and the agricultural special
will take him with the State Boar,i
OF Agriculture to the towns of Phil.
ippi, Belington, Weston, Buckhannon
and Clarksburg
On Tuesday the governor-eelct will
go to MoundsvllIe where he will visit
the State penItentiary, the first of the
State institutions he will visit It be-
ing his, intention to visit all these in.
stitutions before the session of the
Legislature.
Will Bring Family Here.
Governor-elect Glasscock told a
newspaper representative, before his
departure from the city, that he was
considering bringing Mrs. Giasscock
and their son TO Charleston about the
first Of January and would probably
make their headquarters at the HS.
tel Kanawna. While at Hot Springs
he and Mrs. Glasscock had some CORE
spondence regarding the matter and
will determine the same when he ar.
rives home. BY moving to Charleston
before the new year. their boy can en-
ter school here on the first Of the
school year. This course is being
discussed, also, for the reason that
the governoreIect will be here during
the session of the legislature.
Wants Home for Children.
The next Governor discussed free.
ly. Wednesday morning. his desire
to see the State make an approprta.
ton for the erection of a home for
dependent children. and also talked
very pleasantly If his visit to Charles
ton.
81 am very anxious to see thu
coming session of the State LeglsIa-
ture," said the governor-elect, "pro.
vide nome for the dependent chill.
dren of West virginia. Governor
Dawson, also, has ben an advocate
of such an Institution and consider
it is one of the needs of the State
There are many of the States SUP.
porting such homes and tney are
Estates no better prepared than West
Virginia. There are a great many
boys and girls taken care of by the
Humane Society the best they can,
but there are a large number Of
otners who do not receive any atten.
tion. II seems to me that II we look
after the boys and girls when they
grow to be men and women they will
be less expensive. expect to be here
almost all the time after this month.
"Yes. believe and want to see all
the promises in the platform carried
out, and I am going to try to make
good every promise 1 made to the
people of West Virginia whether
contained in the platform or not. n
Impressed With Charleston.
Before leaving the Capital / want
to say that have spent much time
in viewing the city as well as getting