The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-12-31
LAWSON GETTING
HIS NEW OFFICE
WELL ORGANIZED
Coal Men to Meet wednes.
day to Organize a
Club.

The office of D. R. Lawson, who is
combining the duties of Deputy Dis.
tributor of the National Fuel Admins.
tration and secretary of the Central
West Virginia Coal Operators Asso'
citation, will be moved from the third
floor to the fifth floor of the Jacobs
building tonight The phones are be.
ing changed this afternoon. Mr.. Law.
son will enlarge his clerical force for
Els additional duties as representative
,of the government entail lot of cor.
respondence. ~
The coal men of Fairment and vicin.
lty will dine Wednesday evening on
The mazzanine floor. OF The Fairmont
hotel and permanent club will BIO or.
sanized to meet weekly in the future,
The topics Of discussion will be such
as are of general interest to the coal
trade. ,a
Coal trade Journals have not been
On sale at local news.stands which
must have given visiting coal people a
bad impression of the city. Two copies
of "The Coal Age" came to operators
through the Union News Co. stand in
the Watson building but no coal paper
has been on sale at The Fairmont .ho'
tel stand, operated by the Sc /, e com
pany., The Central West Virginia Coal
Operators Association arranged today
for the sale of BLACK Diamond" and
Goal Trade Journal" at The Fairmont
hotel newsstand
Will Boom w. S. S.
Tho Consolidation Coal company will
give material aid to the War Savings
Certificates and the. Thrift Saving
Stamp campaigns, f6.S that company Is
much interested in this work on It's own
account and in aiding the state and
county organization will only. be ad
yancing interests 1t had already decid
ed to encourage. 1t will be easy to gel
war sayings stamps and thrift stamps
for the Consolidation will put them or
Gale at every store and it will be easy
to get them in another way for the coal
company means to encourage their buy
iLg in every nanner.it car.
The Consoidation employees proved
their patriotism in the first and second
Liberty Loans, the. Red Cross cam
raigns and the Y. M. C. A. campaign
besides by those Of draft age going tt
the front. In the first Liberty Bond
loan the Consolidation employees sub
scribed S230.0000O and the subscrip
tons .tolthe second loan made the tota
exceed half million. Subscriptions tc
the second loan were 10 per cent
more than to the first.
Many employees Of foreign birth evi
denced their loyalty and allegiance Il
their adopted country by subscribing
literally. One Hungarian prednceC
the cash for $500. bond. Employees
from all departments OF the company
responded literally.
In the recent drive for membership
by the Fairmont chapter Of the Red
Cross 1856 new members were Sc
cured at nine mines in three days, al
average Of sl7e.Sa mine. This did MOI
include the town OF Monongah which
has It's own auxiliary.
Coal Notes.
John T. Smith. chief engineer Of al
divisions OF the Consolidation Coal com
any, left Fairmont this morning fol
Clarksburg and goes from there Il
Kentucky.
The February issue Of the Consolida
TONS Mutual Monthly Magazine" vii
have star on the front page for ever,
employe in the service and the name.
of "the boys" will be given elsewhere
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