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Moorsfisids-TkS West virginia
Board Of Trade adiourned its session
here after the banner meeting Of its
seven ySsta' sxIStshcs. The session.
was featured by addrensss bv a. M.
Wenlsef, q Huntington, VINO made
= sstone appeal TOT the Improvement
~ tne 1nlo lfiFers
ioenL-eiect Inomas ~ Hoogess
o. the state University, had - MS
subject, me University ana its RE-
la1ion 70 uur Development DIT.
Hodees referred 70 the state 'Vni-
YeLsisx a VITAL eseentiel 70 tine
enterprise gI the state
ormer senator Henry Gassaway
Davis TOOK ~ his subject, The Value
81 commercial OFsanizattons.' His
Aoarehs was largely an appeal 20 the
people 70 treat the RAILROADS. larry.
ne declared tnat the present pros1
perity 81 the country Is largely due
70 the advent Of the railway
Morgantown was selected az the
place OF meeting Ior lSlz.
the important ofncers elected are
III. =. y. White, OF Morgantown.
president; Davis, OF Elkins,
If ParEersburg oenersl cornsel ana
Pow Navlor ~ yUbaolfnp saacra-
tarv
BeckleyA number OF large TIM
per deals nave been contaminated:
10 this vicinity IN the last week, the,
most important being the purchase
OF 5V,0uU acres on the Guyandotte
river, IN wyoming county, from the
Pocanontas Coal and Coke Company
Dy the hitter Lumber Company LOT
consideration said to pc about III
100000 The Dominion Power Com
pany, OF virginia, transferred Tour
tracts OF land on New river 70 the
dominion POWER Company, OF West
virginia. me consideration was
500, 70. On SATURDAY Mankin q
crouch became the owners OF Valua-
taJr nrsr,onsIv IN rronar,v r. r
a Earwond ~ Reck,ev This finn
har .dioins +be . 5nnSsore +rsc+ "a
oo,tIv r,,robasad ~ MonLin 81
Crnn.t frn,n Ir5ra Mcm,rnis
and aasoc3afas4 tor $40 mn
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ParKersDurg. Ioigate, HltcnIe
county, where the noted Frank Mel
drum murder case occurred two
years ago, Is the scene OF another
murder mystery sunday morning
the, dead nodys. Of BUD Iootnman,
OF WestforK, was found lying IN the
front yarQ OF the residence OF marry
Maxwell at Tollgate, Toothman
had been shot through the heart the
night before, evidently dying IN
stantly, and his body was allowed TO
lay all night IN the yard. where e
49, lvs - noes 80 49, s,,snio,an IN ~
conractirn v,th Az rorrder b,,+ n
orrests 5oya baan made Tba co.,
anay,. i,,r,, randarad uardic+ ~
dastb - az hands ~ narson. IN.
known
ciarKsnurg.-former SnerlH joan
NJ. FlaR1gan PAID into the county
treasury 9dt'ouo 81 ene amount ioe.t the
recent auoH % Inc s il'i oln !. T.
snoMsu ~ ,lau Ialiel - accouns ~
IN ms ses. ..s VIII Ing coaa = =
900 charged against him. Another
former Sheriff and the administra.
tors Of another paid $4,000 due
from their administrations earlier In
the, week. making $4,000 refunded
last week. The County Court did
not accept these payments as full
settlement, and 1T is understood that
considerable more than $4,000 In
terest on the amounts paid will be
demanded. It is not settled vet
whether criminal proceedings will
be brought in some cases.
Wbaeling w va when the case
~ Mrs I,aur. scbenL charged With
admin istariTe noison in an attemnt
- n,nrsiar, 8 + bar husband John q
scbenL was callaa IN Criminal Cont
Fridav q vas na.sad and No hond
haing rens MOD for her Il was the
ganarol1v accented aninion tbat No
original trial resulted in a disagree
ment OF the Jury. Mrs. schenk did
not personally appear in, court and
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