The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-21
STATE: NEWS

CHARLESTON. W. Er.--One Of the
most III Usual mine accidents ever re-
corded hy The rtate department OF mines
was one included in the report for No
ve1nber, which occurred outside the mine
Of: the Proctor Coal company. OF Logan
county. in which four men. Harold Ham
tlton. Isaac Walker. J. ". Bear and
WIngfslt Enucha all lost their lives
These men. together with three others.
were changing the wires from a tenn
porary substitution to a permanent. ro-
tary sub-station which had just been
completed and In stretching the neccs-
Sary connecting wires. allowed the line
to swing TO Huch nm extent that It came
in contact with the high voltage wires
Of the Logan County Light s. Power
company which carried $4,000 volts. The
four men were killed Instantly and the
thrte others were badly burned
CHARLESTON. w. Vn.--EGrl Henry.
chief Of the state department OF mines
has written letter to all the district
inspectors in the state, urging them. In
their visits to the mines Of tho state.
to use every influence with the minors
and labarers to continue at work and
produce every ton OF coal possible. as.
at this time. contentious and strikes
would curtall the production.
PARSONS. w. va-Nlth the close OF
the year. the Mountain State Patriot.
state organ Of the Prohibition party.
will go out Of existence. II has been
published here for many years. Rev. J..
". Bedford. state chairman Of the party
who has been LIS owner and editor for
sixteen years. has sold It's subscription
list to the Patriot PEalanH Of Indiana
polls. Ind. q national paper OF the
party.
CLARKsBURG. w. Va--The Harr!-
son county court has passed nm order al
lowing sheriff Lloyd n. Gr:itcn TO spend
s15.500 during the coming year. ns sal
aries for assistants. He was allowed
$4,000 for the current year.
BCCKHANNOE w. VAN. L.
IIymeE will be the next mayor. and Guy
Ross the next city clerk OF Buckhann"n.
fhey will have no opposition at the an
nual nun'c'Hal election to be held Janu-
airy s, The Republicans nominated them
and the Democrats endorsed them.
NORGAETOWN, w. WA commit
ten from the faculty. to Investigate and
collect information pertaining to mill
tary affairs for the benefit OF students
has been appointed by F. 3. Tro;tcr
president Of West Virginia University
It consists Of Professors c. r. Jones. j.
II. Callahan. John Lee Coulter ana
T:noch H. Vickers.
prcpnratIon ms are under way at West
Virginia University for the annual
Farmers Week meetings. which Will
take place January I'll. inclusive. AErl-
cult lral experts from several states
and from the federal and stnte depart
nen:s Of agriculture will be on the pro-
gram.
HUNTINGTON. W. Na.-Sctentif'o
agriculture has taken such hold among
o. .lI hnt =
have started the publication OF a month
~ magazine for its furthcrance. II Is
called the Rural Co-operatnr and J. f.
Wcthington, county agricultural agent.
Is ~ editor In chief,
WELLSHCRG w. Ea.-EraSperated
over the slaughter Of sheep by dogs.
brooks county farmers are getting UP
q petition asking the state legislature
10 amend the dog license laws so as TO
raise the tax on these snnsls to 50 a
head This heavy tax. II is believed.
would ultimately eliminate The worth
less ours ar1 sheep killers.
PARKERSBCRG. w Ho.-The Essex
Glass company. operating n plant al
roarmaco, near here. has suspended on
erat!ons indefinitely, owing to tho M
tural gas shortage. II employed lSU
men ut q weekly aggregate wage of
S5.nnn.
BCCKUANNON. W. Ea.-orEaniza-
ton Of tho newly formed lIucEhannon-
.TyCur;s Valley Coal Operators nssocia-
tlon is TO be perfected at meeting /"
be held here January !. Preliminary
meetings have already been held here
, and st Phllippl and some twenty opera
tors have taken membership. J. L. Shlnn
of this city, Is temporary chairman and
Fl. b. Kramer Of Uniontown, Pa, tenn
porary secretary.
: HUNTINGTON. W. Va.--Preparations
. ARE under way for the holding Of West
. vlrginia's state poultry show january
21.26. Inclusive. In the Chamber OF COM
, merce building here. This city was re-
, Gently awarded tho show by the Vest
Virginia division Of the American Poui'
try association. II IS expected that
. 600 fowls will be exhibited.
HUNTINGTON. W. Fu.-Eightceu
thousand cans Of vegetables, worth APP
proxirnately $1,000. wcro canned In Ca
hell county homes and n three COM
inunlty canncrics during the month OF
, November. according Ia the report Of
J. f. Wellington. county agricultural
agent The vegetables are finding II
ready market IN this city. the report
says
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