The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-03


captain Of the Normal track team for
several years, he says that hts hard
est work is long distance hikes.
Painting WalI0-workmen are busy
Frightening UP the walls on the fourth
floor of the Y. NJ. c. A. building with
. fresh coat OF paint.
eets Jackson Aseney-Boyd Ander.
son, the Main street restaurant man,
left last evening for Pittsburg on a
business TIP, Mr.. Anderson was re-
Gently given the agency for the Jack
son car In Marion county and he has
gone TO Pittsburgh in regard to bus.
mess incident to this agency. He will
return by automobile.
6arraekvIIie w. c. T. U.-Tomorrow
beginning at 2:30 there will be meet
Ing Of the Barrackville W. C. T. U. at
the home OF Mrs. Charles Ice. The
matter Of doing some work for the Red
Cross will come up and all the women
in the town are invited to be present.
Street Torn Up-Sam Polino and his
crew OF workmen are now busy on
Merchant tearing up the street for
the construction OF the East Side
Loop. They are beginning at the
north end Of Merchant street in the
Morgantown avenue section and work.
ing south.
Fire Engine shIpped-The chemical
fire engine that the Monongahela Val.
ley Traction Company recently pur.
chased for use at their Stafford Mine
has been shipped and is expected to
arrive at the mine within the next
few days. Word was received today
from Elmira, n. Y, where the ma
chine was made. that 1t had been ship.
ped on September %. The machine
has a capacity OF forty.hve gallons OF
fire extinguishing liquid.
Hood in ohlo-Smith Hood, vice
president of the Monongahela Valley
Traction Company is in Marietta, O.,
where he will remain this week in
conference with Manager Miller Gal.
Iigher with reference to improve
ments in future street car improve
ments in that section
Strengthening Curve-The big curve
at Prichard's Mills on the Manning.
ton line of the Monongahela Valley
Traction Company has been consid.
erably heightened, and thus lowering
the curve.
Quick Phone Repairs-From 4:sO
o'clock yesterday until noon today an.
proximately 500 telephones on the
South Side were out OF commission,
The entire South Side was discon.
nected with the world as far as tele.
phones are concerned when yesterday
afternoon workmen on the South Side
bridge drove a steel spike through a
400 pair cable of the C. &. p, TeIe.
chone company
Were In C'arksburg-Attorneys p
e. Raymond. Emmett Showa.ter an 1
R. j. AbbattIcho were in Clarksburg
on Tuesday IN rhe interes. OF cases
which they hare in Federal court.
Minister'S Daughter In Limbo
Special officer Bolyard of Carolina
Mines, arrested q woman on Tuesday
night who gave her name as Anna
Payne, the daughter Of a colored min
Ister at Uniontown, Pa. The woman
said she was paid $40 to take the
suitcase of "bootjack" whiskey there.
Twelve pints were in the haul made.
Deputy Sheriff Hood brought the won.
an TO the Fairmont Jail later in the
evening.
New r. r. In Use-The first material
Tor the new South Side bridge over
he Fleming Siding up Coal Run ar.
rived here this afternoon. The new
consisted Of two carloads of
lumber aud one carload Of steel. Tue
Of the railroad now reaches
20 the cement shed just below the
bridge. The additional lumber which
has been delayed will be a big factor
n fastening the work.
Warrant ssued-Justice Conway
IN Tuesday afternoon issued a warrant
,cr the arrest of Meigs McCray. of Wes-
ton, who is charged with bringing
liquor into the state last Sunday. He
ras been in Jail since the time he was
Right Out of TOWN.. W. Right who
has been out OF town for the past sew.
Hral days, is expected back some time
this evening. If plans work out as ex.
pected, Mr.. Right with his staff of as.
iistants will leave the city tomorrow
evening for Montgomery, Ala.
Picture of Moore cIass-E. B.
Moore, sponsor for the 1918 class Of
the Fairmont High school is present.
in geach member of the class with
a group pictu< of the f. B. Moore
class taken at Country club last
spring.
viii Build Next sprins-The High
school building that Lincoln district
is to build at Monongah on the
grounds donated for this purpose by
the Consolidation Coal Company will
not be started until next spring. It
Is the plan to have the building ready
for use for the opening of school
next year.
Ordered into serViee-Harold Hut.
Crimson, son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. E.
has received orders from