The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-07
BT OF
STATE NEWS

aEne peSRkB0Hu uOELulA p1AO04 S9eSSI
efs In west virginia, has announced
her intention Of resigntng her position
d az head Of the department Of ednca
ton OF Marshall college at the end q
the present school year, according %
Al announcement from the state boau
81 regents. Miss Cummings is carry
Ing ont a theory Of hers to the effect
that a teacher should have a rest OF
a change once in seVenayears. AT the
end Of her first seven years OF ser
vice In Marshall college she asker
FOR 4 leave Of absence which cont1nn-
ed two years. This year completes az
4 other seYenyear period and now sne
feels that she should make cnange
{ IN her work and environment Tor the
present at least. Throughout the state
Mss Cummings has become known az
q teacher Of fine scholarship and PED
sonality who has welded state
y vide influence through her classroom
instruction, and institute work.
Under the home protection meas
IRA enacted by the Legislature empoW'
sefing sheriffs to appoint no fewer
than ten citizens and not more than
one hundred men to serve during the
war as special police deputies, sherlLf
w. ]. Elliott, Of Mercer county, mas
announced that he was enllsung Ior
this county one hundred officers. He
has already listed fifty and when he
gets his one hundred picked men they
are to be approved by the county court.
The men he selects must be over
thfrty-one years Of age and persons
who are in any way identified with
detective agencies or police organl'
cations are ineligible. Employees un'
der this act are to be paid So day
and expenses while on duty, to be
paid by the executive council OF de
fonse. The governor is given the right
to command these deputies to protect
the lives and property not only OF
their own county but, If necessary Oh
other counties.
In one of last week issues the Hunt.
tngton Herald Dispatch printed the
following: Frank Peck, the we'll
known Kenova business man, claims
first honors, locally on the raise your
own potatoes" program. On yester'
day he brought to Huntington sack
full Of new potatoes, raised In his gar
den near his home in Kenova. The po'
tatoes were planted March II, and cor
reatly cultivated so that Mr.. Peck is
now reaping the fruits Of home agrl'
culture such as he government IS now
urging on eli citizens Of the United
States.
Cant. Cam Langfitt, Senior Colonel
OF Engineers, who went to France with
the 900 engineers, is to be followed
by his son-in-law, Capt. Wildly, station
ed at wheeling, he having been order
ed to France with Pershing, says the
Wellshurg News. Col. Langtitt, who
is nephew Of Ex-senator W. H. Tarr,
was a former citizen Of Wellsburg.
within few weeks two seams OF
coal viii be mined in Green Sulphur
district, Summers county. This will
he the first commercial mining In
that county. Each Of the seams Is
a little more than four feet In thick
ness. The openings are to be MADE
ON the property Of the Beury heirs.
The tipple will be on the Sewell Val
lev railroad near CIaypool. Work on
construction Of the incline is prac'
tically completed.
u. s. G. VIM Of the Big Laurel
valley, was cash caller at this office
while here Friday, says the Nicholas
Republican. Mr.. Gwinn informs us
that he recently sold flock of sheep
ten ewes and lambs for the sum Of $3.50
sum equivalent to the value of as
many first class calves in the war
period.
A contract was let last week by
the County court of Jackson county
for the repair Of the old court house
which amounts practically to the con-
struction of new building. The con
tract for the improvement calls for
the expenditure of $4,000. Jackson
county has magnificent site for Its
court house in Ripley which is pretty
firmly established as the county seat
after the fight of last year. The funds
for the improvement were provided
by anticipatory leVies as in the case
of Roane county.
The following paragraph from let
ter from J.. P Willis, who is division
superintendent of schools Of Oriental
Negroes, Philippine Islands, is quot.
ed in the current issue Of the school
Journal and Educator:
II wish you and the journal and the
schools of West Virginia prosperous
year. l would enjoy few county
institutes this year, but will not be
able to attend any. However, we
have our own chautauqua among the
mountains of Luzon. / shall go there
about the middle Of May for about
three weeks. Mr.. W. A. Simmons is
still with me- He also expects to speno
part Of his vacation at the summer
camp. Mr.. Minor Smith, Of West I'm
ion, Doddridge county, now OF Capiz
Providence, P. l., will return to West
Virginia for visit this year. Minor
has done good work, and has reached
high rank among the teachers. ALI
our West, Virginia boys have mode