The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-11
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| STATE NEWS II
Charleston: On the occasion Of his
birthday anniversary, and the compile.
ton Of thirteen years service as pas.
tor of the First Presbyterian church,
Its congregation has presented the
Rev. DR.. Ernest Thompson with fine
automobile.
.Parkersburs: The G! I. Foglc com.
pany, river construction contractors
Of st. Adams, has been awarded a con.
tract by the United States govern.
ment for the rebuilding Of the wing.
wall dam No.. /, in the Muskingum
river, at Marietta, o. The wall cayed
in some time ago.
WheeIins: When the automobile
OF Carl Carlson, OF SMoundsyille, start.
ed sto9climb telephone pole at Eoff
and Thirty:third street hero, John
Roedecker, John Carlson and Patrick
Jones were badly hurt. William
Green, a deputy sheriff who was close
at hand, placed Carl lCarlsonSunder ar.
rest for reckless driving. i
cameron:sA. L. Durbin, Sweli
known citizen of Cameron and clerk
of the South Penn Oil company drop.
ped dead Of heart disease IN the com.
pany's Office in the Cameron Bank
building. 2
huntington 7. L. Harbour, 81, dairy.
man and proprietor Of Valley Farm,
was perhaps fatally injured when an
automobile he was driving was struck
by west.bound Huntington.Ashland
street car near Seventh street and
Washington avenue. He received a
fractured skull, confusion OF the brain
and internal injuries and was taken
to the Huntington General Hospital in
a critical condition. rs
Parkersburs: Fire of unknown or.
igin destroyed G. w. Wells dry goods
store and Farrell and .Company's gen.
eral merchandise store at Brooksville
at a loss of $4,000.
Huntington: A company is being
organized here. by Huntington ana
Williamson business men for the pur.
pose of introducing five.cent natural
gas into Williamson. The promoters
control 5000 acres Of rich gas pro-
ducing land in Mingo county, which
already has two. producing wells with
capacity of two million cubic feet
daily.
Huntington: The Huntington Gram.
mar School Athletic union has been
organized and acommittee on con.
duct of athletic exercises and con.
tests among the different grade
schools Of the city. has been appoint.
ed.
Charleston: Prof. E. H. vickers,
head OF the department of economics
and. sociology at West Virginia Uni.
versity, has been appointed by NJ. P.
Shawkey, state superintendent. ofsfree
schools, as this states representative
in the contest for the best written
code on juvenile morality, for which
/ the, National Institution for Moral In.
struction, Washington, D. c., has Of.
fered $1,000 in prizes. The codes
written by representatives Of the va.
rious states will be submitted to a
committee Of judges who will decide
on the best ones. u slsi.s.
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Bluefield: Criminal court convened
here yesterday morning. The dayEwas
taken up in empaneling a Jury, and II
is likely that the next couple of days
will be given to this work, after
(which indictments will be returned
and the prisoners arraigned for trial.
\ slueteld: I. A. Lambert has re.
turned from Roanoke, where she has
been at the bedside Of her mother,
Mrs: Geo; w. Cartwright, Mrs. Lam;
bert reports her mother as improy,
ing, and hopes for her recovery are
now entertained by the family.
Martins Ferry: Officials OF the Ju
nior and Senior. Mechanics and the
Bridgeport board OF education have
been unable, as yet, 70 come to any
decision as TO the date for the dedi
cation of the new Kirkwood Building
But little progress has been made IN
outfitting and equipping the building
land 1T Is Sprobab that the school may