The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-03-14
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STATE NEWS

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STATE NEWS 1.
Club women of the state who with
the police chiefs advocated bill be-
foro the recent regular session OF the
Legislature making wife desertion q
felony claim that the committees have
destroyed the effectiveness Of the
measure which becomes operative
within ninety days from passage. The
(, bill as originally drawn by the State
Association OF Police Chiefs and Po-
lice Officers, and endorsed by pratci.
catiy every civic club in West Virginia,
defined wife or family abandonment
as felony, required men convicted
under II to be placed at remunerative
employment in the penitentiary and
stipulated that the earnings OF the
convict be given to his family during
hts period OF imprisonment. The legis
lhtive committee reduced the penalty
TO that OF a misdemeanor. and gave 10.
cal courts power to place the wife OF
deserters at work on the county ROADS.
{ The latter provision is not compulsory
More than half Of the female wards
OF charity bureaus throughout the
state are said to be women who have
been deserted by their husbands.
Every West Virginia county that
has, reported the cost of feeding Jail
prisoners during the last two months
brings out evidence that It is possible
TO feed men on less than thirty cents
a day and give them nutritious food In
Z as great quantities US ara necessary 10
maintain their health. The average
cost of feeding these men Is about 81
cents day in the moro pnpUlous cGun.
ties where the population of the jails
Z II above the average. 1t is impossible
to keep few prisoners at such low
rate, but when there are from twenty
to fifty prisoners. 1t is found thst by
& exercising care In making purchases,
their food only costs % cents day,
notwithstanding the high cost of liv-
ing under ordinary circumstances.
Preparations are being made to or.
ganize military company at West
Virginia Wesleyan. A committee has
been appointed to arrange for the or
.TauiSadon Of q company and secure
a drill master. An effort to obtain the
services of a regular army officer will
probably be made.
The Harrison county Mix Producers
and Dealers Association has a,nounc-
cd that the present price Of milk, 12
cents q quart, will be maintained DUR
1ng the six months beginning April 1.
The cost of production will make that
price possible, IL was declared.
While "clean up" week in West Vir-
ginia has been an important institu-
Ition for the last several years, moro
general and concerted effort will be
made TO make 1t more effective this
year than ever before. Civic and COM
mercial organizations in nearly all cit.
les are joining with the state board OF
/. health, the medical societies, and the
local and county health boards in
showing the public what 1t means TO
carry out a sensible program, during
this week, and rid all homes and other
premises Of the refuse that may have
accumulated over winter. Get rid
OF the old cans" is one of the most per-
-sistent injunctions offered by those
behind the Cleanup" movement. An
official status is lent to the project by
the fact cleanup day" has been pro-
claimed by Governor Cornwell on
Monday, April 16, followed by gen.
eral renovation throughout West Vir-
ginia covering the entire week.
Barboursvtlle municipal government
has found itself unable to make neces.
sary extensions to what the water
works owned by the municipality, and
will sell the plant probably this sum.
rner with the understanding that the
private company making the purchase
viii make big Investment and pro-
vide an ample water supply for all pur.
poses at q nominal cost to the con-
sliners.
The coal tonnage from the New Riv.
er field during February over the Ches'
apeake & Ohio railroad was 10000 tons
short of the tonnage hauled in Janu.
airy. The total output hauled over that
road in February was $4,000 tons. The
greater part of this was sent to tide.
water. although over 1000 tons were
sent to eastern places inland. Almost
$4,000 tons we're shipped west and g.
$40 tons were used for locomotive fuel.
1t required $500 cars to move this
coal.
Attorney General E. T. England
upon request of NJ. q. White, warden
OF the state penitentiary. has given an
opinion in which he sets forth that
as the term OF Warden White began
August /. 1914, and is under the law to
extend four years from that time, the
time of expiration of the present war
denis term vii! be July 81, 1918.
Application for the incorporation Of
the National Farm Loan Association
OF Cabell county has been filed for rat
.itication with the Federal Farm Loan
Board with more than SO charter ap.
plicar1ts for loans registered for an ag-
eregate loan OF more than $50, 900. The
national board will pass on the indi'
yidnaI qualifications for membership
u. tkn aauociatiOn ,.atify the loans