The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-31
West Virginia Briefs

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LEwIsBURG: For the purpose
Of converting Lowisburg Seminary
into standard woman's college OF
first rank, campaign to raise fund
OF 100000 for endowment and $780,
600 for equipment has been insti-
tuted. Tho seminary. century old
school. is n denominational institu-
tion OF the southern Presbyterians,
WHEELING: Mrs. c. ]. Proud
food, president OF the City Union OF
Kings Daughters, has called commit
tco meetings to make arrangements
for the nineteenth biennial meeting
OF the West Virginia branch OF King s
Daughters. which will be held No
yember 16 and IL at st, Luke's
Protestant Episcopal church here.
BETHANY: Announcement is
made that tho new railroad to con
meet Wollsburg and Bethany with
Washington, Pa, will be in operation
TO the extensive coal fields at Tits
run from Wellsburg by January /.
Tho road is to be a branch OF the
Pennsylvania.
CHARLESTON: with an author
lied capital OF 100000 the Four
States Coal Company, of Clarksburg.
has been granted certificate of I'm
corporation by the secretary of state.
The concern proposes to operate ex-
tenslve properties in the counties OF
Raleigh and Marion. The incor-
porators are Melvin G.. Sperry. Clar-
ence b. Sperry, q. d. Deison, v. i.
Highland and John c. Southern, all
OF Clarksburg,
WHEELING: The Wheeling AS
sociated Charities has engaged Miss
Lois Van Meter. graduate nurse OF
Cleveland. o., who is prominent in
social work, to serve as visiting nurse
in Wheeling. She will begin her
duties November 10.
CHARLESTON; Navy beans have
been advanced in price by local
wholesalers to $7.75 a bushel, the
highest price this commodity has
commanded IN the history OF Charles
ton wholesale houses.
CHARLESTON: Ed. Sweeney,
charged with shooting and seriously
wounding Harry Daniels, mine SUI
perintendent at Quarter, Sunday,
has been captured and brought to
this city. The quarrel was a result
of Sweenoy's discharge by Daniels.
J. |. Norris, who assisted Sweeney to
escape, was also arrested.
WEST LIBERTY: Work viii be
started this week on the $4,000
dormitory for tho West Liberty nor
nal school. ltd will be fnishe
July L.
CHARLESTON: Judge B. r. KeI-
Ter announces that q special session
OF tho United States court for the
Southern district of West Virginia
will be held here Tuesday, Novem-
Der II, at which the Judgments
Will be called for the regular torn
which will convene one week later,
issueE made and cases set for trial.
CHARLESTON: In payment Of tax
es for the transfer of stock in West
Virginia corporations belonging to
the estate of the late Charles w.
Hardness, Of New York, check has
been paid to the state tax commits
sioner for 1926. The poyment was
made by Edward Hardness, q son,
who inherited the greater part OF an
estate valued at $49,0OO,O00.
HUNTINGTON: Mrs. J. r. Dlcker-
son of this city has received word
from San Antonio. whore the Second
West Virginia infantry is encamped,
saying he'd son, Private Clarence
Clark, Company r. died there Satur-
day. 1t was stated that Clark had
been Ill aimee he arrived ut the mobll
ization camp.
CHARLESTON: The water gauge
at Radford, on the New River, has
been changed under orders from the
war department, The zero mark
now is 3.4 feet lower than that OF
the former gauge. so the stage at
Radford In river reports from this
time will be Just that much higher
than former records showed, River
men both on the Kanawha and Ohio
rivers express displeasure over the
change,
WHEELING. Local horsesheers
have raised prices twenty per cent,
effective November i, They say ma
terIal has SCARED beyond reach,
CHARLESTON Because he claims
that the state department Of schools
refused him q No, 4 teachers' certifl-
cate, when he says he earned In the
uniform examination, Victor Shelton,
Is year old Lincoln county teacher,
has brought suit In Kanawha county
court against M, r, shawkey, state