The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-14
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where their Importance was not felt.
In Ambulance 70 Court House-Joe
Ceemuloo. an Italian injured some time
ago in a brawl on Washington street,
was carried to the court house in an
ambulance to testify before the grand
jury yesterday.
offices Rearransed - A rearrange-
ment OF the offices of the Monongahela
Valley Traction company was effect.
ed yesterday afternoon. The office
formerly occupied by General Mana
ger Z. B. Moore and Vice President
Smith Hood, is occupied by President
j. o. Watson; Mr.. Watson's office Is
tenanted by Mr.. Hood; Frank Pryor,
head of the Gas department, and Dan
Maurer, head Of the Electrical depart
ment, have removed their office to the
second floor from the third, their office
now being occupied by Mr.. Moore.
Feast for AthIetes-A Training Ia
BILE banquet" will be served to the
members of the Fairmont High basket
ball squad by their coach, H. e. Moore,
this evening. the affair to wind up
with talks and toasts. The boys will
leave at 7:10 in the morning for their
battle field at Buckhannon on which
they are confident they will be victor
ious.
Shoppers out-Main street was
crowded with shoppeds this afternoon,
1t being the first day which has been
suitable for that purpose because of
the past several days bad weather.
Vacant Lot saseball-The summer
baseball season is on for this after.
noon back OF Cook hospital a bunch
OF youngsters had their baseball para.
phanalia out and full six-inning game
was staged. Teams to represent the
various wards are already being organ.
ized.
New Pocket Money scheme-High
school boys are finding employment
almost every evening in clearing off
back yards for persons who are plan.
ming to turn useless and unproductive
spaces about their houses into neat
little vegetable gardens this summer.
One boy made SO last week, working
for 10 cents an hour after school, BY
offering his services to neighbors for
garden preparation.
Bricks for oeveny BulIdlna-Bricks
which are to be used in the construc.
tion of the Deveny building were be.
ing stacked along the curb on Monroe
street today.
Auto Turns over-A Ford automo.
bile from Warrington, was turned over
on the Cleveland avenue hill toward
Hill Crest this morning. The street
was very slippery and the car skidded
over the bank. No one was hurt and
the three men in the car, with the aid
of block and tackle, righted the ma
chine.
viii Accompany Team - Principal
G. H. Colebank, of the High school,
will accompany the basketball team
of that school to Buckhannon on Fiji.
day where the team will participate in
the basketball tournament. A number
of students of the school are also plan.
ming to attend the tournament which
begins on Friday and lasts through
Saturday.
supt. Wilson to Speak - Superin.
tendent Otis C. Wilson, of the city
schools, will go to Clarksburg on Sat
urday morning where he will address
a district teachers meeting to be held
there on that morning. He will return
here in the afternoon.
Got Good Water-The we'll drilled
on the site Of the Fairmont Window
Glass company plant with the hope of
striking gas, was decided as being a
dry one this morning, when after the
drillers had practically penetrated the
Big Injun sand they had found not a
trace of gas. The present plans Of the
company is not to drill the we'll fur
Their, but pipe out the excellent water
which was found.
At Gasoline Plant - Frank Pryor,
manager of the gas department of the
Traction company, spent the day today
at the gasoline plant on Ounkard Mill
run.
sixty Days for Florence - Florence
Adkins, colored, is serving 60 days and
has been ordered to pay fine of 500
on being found guilty of selling wills.
key. She was sentenced by Justice OF
the Peace Conway.
Buckley Captures Noates - Deputy
Sheriff T. v. Buckley returned from
Bellaire last evening with Will Noates,
colored, prisoner whom Buckley had
been sent to get. Noates is in the
county jail awaiting hearing on a
charge of assaulting George Washing.
ton, colored, with intent to kill. By
the assault Washington lost the sight
of one eye and the other is affected.
Money Recovered - John Jackson.
colored, of Enterprise, was arrested
as he alighted from the Z o'clock car
from Clarksburg last night by Polio.
man Thomas Ford. Jackson's descrip-
ton and the fact that he stole $z4 was
telephoned ahead of him and when ar.