The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-24


Temple Bowling Alleys Monongah
Glass league bowling Wind Jam
mere We. Birds.
Armory Poultry show of the Fair.
mont Poultry association.
Meeting Postponsd-The annual di.
rectors' meeting Of the Cook Hospital
Association, called for last night. was
postponed until February %. The re
storation OF the damaged building is
expected TO be complete by that time
and viii permit Of more definite action
teing taken by the board.
Speaks at Wheeling-"The Things
That Worry is the subject OF talk
Is NJ. JACOBS, of the Jacobs Hutchinson
Hardware company, Is making this aft
ernoon before the twelfth annual con.
vention OF the West Virginia Retail
Hardware DealerH' Association In the
Hotel Windsor at Wheeling,
Flnea Five Dollars - Frank Hood,
charged with drunkenness, was found
Euilty n police court this morning and
ef . fine Of IS.
Goes 70 Charleston - Prof. Walter
Barnes, of the Fatrmont State Normal
school, lett this afternoon for CHARLES.
ton where he will attend meeting
Of the State Board Of Education to be
held there tomorrow and Friday. Mr..
Barnes will also attend the county sN'
nerintendents' meeting which is in SEES
sion there today and Thursday.
Squire Flemins's Report-A total Of
s2,76i.52 was collected in fines by Jus.
tice r. Leigh Fleming last year. In
addition to this sum which was collect
ed. there was $3,591.SS in fines uncol'
iected. When man is fined before
Justice but gives bond for later set
Element of his case. the fine Is figured
as being uncollected.
Game Called oft-Because of the
quarantine the basketball game seized.
uled between the Summer High school
Of Parkersburg and the Dunbar High
school of Fairmont for Friday night
at Petersburg, has been postponed
TO later date.
Coal Embargoes - Embargoes on
Shipments of coal east, with the e%.
ception of those to st. Georges Pier,
will be lifted tomorrow according to
adyices received by Secretary Lawson,
OF the Central District Coal Operators
association. The embargo on st.
George is expected to be, raised next
Monday. hipments west to Chicago
were released yesterday. The Read
ing and Cumberland Valley lines are
the ones opened for shipping.
Y. M Kirk Here-F. NJ. Kirk, aecre'
tary and treasurer of the Norway Coal
company was in Fairmont yesterday
inspecting the property of his company
opposite the Country club. The Nor
way mine has now been in operation
about two months and in the estima-
ton of local coal men is valuable
opening,
Home From clarkshurs-H. ]. Ross
and g. w. Evans returned last night
from Clarksburg where they had been
representing the Fairmont Chamber of
Commerce at the Baltimore and Ohio
Industrial meeting called by II. o.
Hartzell, OF the b. & o. industrial de-
partment. A general discussion on
matters pertaining to the improving
OF the Monongahela valley was taken
ups
Date For Special chanaed-An.
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Ohio Industrial special would be in
Fairmont "Wednesday Of next week in
stead of Monday, was made to Secre'
tary Evans of the Chamber of Com.
merce by Vice President A. W. Thomp.
son this morning. Wednesday even
ing Mr.. Thompson and the other mem.
bers of the specials party, will meet
With the business and professional men
Of Fairmont either in the Chamber OF
Commerce. rooms or the assembly
room at the Watson building.
BoetIeaaer sentenced-otis Fps, col
ored was sentenced to serve 90 days
and pay a fine Of 500 on a charge oil
bootlegging. He was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Robin Hood.
Meeting Postponed - The meeting
Of the Christian Endeavor Society o!
the Central Christian church which,
was TO have been held Friday eTer-
ing Of this week and for which great
preparations have been made, has been
postponed until later Gate, not vet
selected an account of the infan';ls
paralysis situation.
4 d 4
Fined for Flshtine-Joe Husti and
Zoe Chrusho, of Rivesville were each
fined s. this morning by Justice OF the
Peace W. w. Conaway on q charge of
assault ON the person OF Boreas Grn
tee, of that village. Charles Knss
member OF the party that was doing
the fighting, will be triea at z O'Clock
this evening on a charge of pulling q
gun.
Ttreatened WIfe-Jlm Skinner Ii II
fine county jail on a charge preferred
by his wife that he pointed q gun a.
Her and threatened her. Trial wiz
be held later.