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Parkersburg. At an important
meeting OF the Democratic State Cen.
trail Committee Of West Virginia held
here arrangements were made for the
holding Of all State and Congressional
district conventions In the State this
year. A resolution was adopted pro
yiding for the holding Of Senatorial
primary following the November cleo
ton in case the Democrats should be
successful in capturing the Legisla-
ture. At this primary every Demo
cratic voter will be given the oppor-
tnnity to express his preference FOL
Senator, and the candidate receiving
the majority OF the votes is to be
elected by the Legislature. The State
nominating convention, at which will
be nominated all candidates for State
offices and one Congressman at large,
will be held at Huntington on July is.
The State delegate convention will be
held at Parkersburg on June 6. At
this convention there will be named
the delegates at large to the Demo-
cratic National Convention at Balti-
more, the candidates for judges of the
Supreme Court and the national com
decided that all Congressional district
conventions for the election Of dele
gates to the Baltimore Convention will
be held on June 4 at the following
places: First District, Wheeling; Sec
ond, Martinsburg: Third. Charleston:
Fourth, Parkersburg; Fifth, Hunting,
ton.
Parkersburg AT a meeting here OF
about 40 proprietors Of movingpicture
theatres all over the State the West
Virginia branch of the Motion Picture
Exhibitors League of America was
organized The following officers
were elected: President, M. NJ. Wear.
Charleston; first vice-president, F. L.
Harris, Parkersburg; second vice
president, A. N Cottrill, Point Pleas
ant; secretary, L. r. Thomas, Mounds
vile, and treasurer, P. w. Barrett,
Parkersburg.
Chester. Santo Tagliese, an Italian
shoemaker, was held for the grand
jury for acts charged to be Sin re-
straint of trade" Tagliese and John
Aniesia are the only shoemokers in
town, and because of bad business
Tagliese warned his competitor to
leave town under penalty of death.
Tagliese pleaded not guilty before
Mayor j. w. Mcdonald and was held
in $1,000 bail.
Fairmont.-A number Of prominent
speakers will be here for the annual
State convention of the Young Mems
Christian Association March Z, 8,
and 10. Among them United States
Senator Thomas P. Gore, of Okla
homa; United States Senator Clar
ence w. Watson, OF West Virginia, and
DR.. Carl Doney, president of Wesleyan
College, Buckhannon, w. Va
Martinsburg. DR. Henry S. Castle
man, leading member of the State
Medical Association and the Eastern
Panhandle Medical Society, died sud.
denly at his home here of heart dis
case. Death came within an hour after
his return from local hospital, where
he had been under treatment for sew
eral days.
Wheeling George K McMechen,
aged Sc years, pioneer manufacturer,
founder of the big preserving works
that bear his name, died of rheuma
tism He was the son of Judge Will
liam McMechen, of Baltimore, his
mother before her marriage having
been Miss Mary Kennard, of that city.
Bluefeld. Fire at Peterstown de-
stroyed the entire business section of
the town, entailing loss of over
$4,000, partly insured. The fire
started in a repair shop. The family
of Bunch Durm, living over the shop.
barely escaped with their lives.
Washington 1.-THE following post
masters have been appointed in West
Virginia: Bertha M. Mace Hill, at
Hacker Valley, Webster county; Will
liam Henry Smith, at Red Jacket,
Mingo county and Anna Phares, at
Valley Bent, Randolph county.
Fairmont. Charles Sharp, deaf
mute, was struck by a Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad train and probably
fatally injured His skull was frac-
tured. He is at the Miners Hospital
here.
Martinshurg, W. Va<--Josiah w.
| Smith, retired Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad engineer, died at his home in
this city, aged rs years.
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