The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-02
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

Women of Hunting ton and Charles.
ton were recently yicHmixed BY the
ISwholesale through 3 scheme worked
by a Detroit concern. In the former
town there are 800 women benz gaming
the loss OF money and in the latter
about 1000! Through agents the De.
,troits concern Organized d club in, each
town OF women who were to pay so
much each week for q suit Of clothes
a wrap, furs or some other article OF
wearing apparel. When the full
amount had been paid up they. were
to receive as q premium 9 rocking
chair or something else that they
might select. The solicitor was fol.
lowed by letter from the firm. VI
When the time came for the pre-;
mius to be distributed the concerns
notified their patrons that they were
financially hard up and the presenta-
ton Of premium must be deferred.
Most OF the women are still waiting.
In many instances they have paid In
as high as $40.
The people Of Wellsburg are con.
graduating themselves over the fact
that during the entire month OF Jan.
uary not an arrest was made In that
city.
William Lang deserter from the
United States army wandered into the
Union Mission at Charleston the other
day and met Pat Withrow the superfn-
tendent. The following day he went
back and told Withrow that he want
ed to lead q decent life but a guilty
conscience dampened bis enthusiasm.
He said he had served three years In
the military service in the Philippines
and had been honorably discharged.
After visit to his home in Brooklyn,
N. Y, reenlisted and was again sent
to the Archipelago. Seven months ago
he deserted after serving one wear.
Since then he has been hobo. With
row encouraged the fellow to surren-
der and when he consented he was
given some money and ticket to go
to the barracks at Columbus.
Three boats will make the trip
down the rivers to the Mlrdi Gras ft:'-
tiyities in New Orleans late this
month. The big excursion boat HON.
err Smith, the Joe Fowler and the st.
James. All these boats will leave
Pittsburg about the same time, pick
ing up passengers at various points.
and number Of persons have already
booked passage. It Is said that the
hurricane decks of each of the boats
will be enclosed in glass to protect
the passengers from the inclement
weather. The return trip will con-
sumo about ten days, as it Is the In
tention to give the passengers an op.
portunity to visit some Of the cities
along the river.
A Parkersburg oil company, COM
posed OF DR.. H. b.! Depue, w. E. White.
w. ]. Dent, ]. H. Oatey and several
others, have drilled in a fine well in
the upper end Of Washington county,
near Newport, which, It'll said. Is one
OF the best ever developed In that
field. The members Of the company
have gone to the field and will be pres.
ent when the well Is given q shot. The
payIwas found in the Second Cow. Run
formation. a. we'll on the +. adjoining
lease made three thouslId barrels In
ten days and the reports from the
field were to the effect that the new
well is even showing up petter than
the gusher mentioned.
In one OF his hints to housekeepers
on how to get full dollars worth
Of provisions for each dollar expend-
ed, j. H. Nightingale, state commits
sioner of weights and measures, gives
the following caution: when order
ing groceries, meats, vegetables or
other commodities, order them by
weight, measure or numerical count;
for example, order give pounds of
lard" not "a pail Of lard, )" "a me.
dfum pail" or ga number five pail"
Order "a quart of milk" not "a large
bottle OF milk, Order "a peck of pc.
tatoes," not thirty cents worth of
potatoes" Order ten pounds of su.
gar" not fifty cents worth of sugar."
order "a pound Of oatmeal" not "a
package Of oatmeal" Order meat at