The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-23
STATE news.
MAIL CARRIERS 70 MEET.

MORGANTOWN = The West virS
ginia Association Of Rural Mall Car
riers will hold its annual meeting at
fMorgantown on August l and 2, and
this Is expected to be the largest meet.
ingy held by the association In this
State. Among the distinguished speak
ers who will be present will be Gov.
ernor Hatfield, Fourth Assistant Post.
master General Blacklie, Editor Brown
| Of the R!SF. ID. News. OF Washington.
Congressman William G. Brown and
Others, Besides these other men OF
prominence will be present. Mr.. Sarl
| c. rnwell, Of this city, is secretary OF
tire State organization.
UGLY CHARGE.
WHEELING - William WEIGH. a
prominent B. and o. engineer, of Nc.
Mechen, was arrested yesterday morn
ing by United States Marshal Ellie
Williams, upon a charge of white sla.
very, preferred by James Forbes. OF
McMechen. This morning he was ar.
raigned before U. S. Commissioner
George Boyd and held to await the
action OF the federal grand jury under
! S., 900 bond.
1t Is charged that Welch took his
17-year.old cousin. Miss Mary Forbes.
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. James
Forbes Of McMechen. to Newark.
Ohio. for immoral purposes, and 1t Is
understood that he accomplished the
purpose, and 1t is stated that nothing
was known af the affair until the. girl
sought aid from a physician in this
city who informed her father.
Man Killed.
| HARDWOOD.-An unidentified man
was struck by a passenger train heer
this morning and instantly killed. An
i eyewitness to the accident said that
the man. who appeared TO be deaf.
stepped in front OF the oncoming
train, which knocked him several
yards in advance OF It, and then ran
over him. There was nothing on the
i mans person TO establish his identity.
Received Certificate.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hotel lnspec
tor A. D. Sees Of this city, and one OF
4 the best known travelling man In the
state for years, only yesterday receiv.
cd his hotel inspection certificates. en-.
abling him to begin his work Of in.
speeding every public lodging house
run under license in West Virginia.
4 Large Timber Deal.
HUNTINGTON. = Twenty.s g vel
thousand acres og valuable Island
4 Creek: coal land, leased for immediate
development of gigantic proportions
by John Laing. state mine inspector.
from Coll and Crane, Cincinnati CAPT.
talists. and the timbermen. was a
deal disclosed here yesterday. .r.
| Located in the heart OF one OF West
Virglnia's finest tested coal fields. the
operations soon to begin will involve
millions and will be OF vast CONNER.
cial benefit.
Vicious Attack.
| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. a COLI.
sion between automobile numbered 3. :
720 and whce! ridden by Harry Ro'
mine, 10, but very. small, on sharp
turn in the Eighth street hill road.
about 10 o'clock last night. four men
in the car leaped out and viciously
assaulted young Romine. beating him
almost into unconsciousness before II.
nally leaving him and continuing on
their way toward the country beyond
the hill
Young Romine was on his way home
from his days work on the new hill
top residence Of Attorney John Shep.
herd. when the accident took place
| Body on Trot Line.
b Observation-Disclosures Adaline
EThompson. a West End fisherman was
running her trot line in the Ohio riv'
or at the foot OF Seventh street, west
about eight O'Clock last night, she
1rfeund human body swinging from
the hook attacked 10 one Of the stag
Ing. AT glance she saw that the
body was In a horrible shape, all
swollen and distorted from the ef-
fects Of long EMERSON in the river.
1t was the body OF large man dress.
led In blue clothes.
II When she tried 10 reach the body
Il 10 4