The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-01-09
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post office department has been doing
away with railway postal clerk service
throughout the country, and West vir.
g.nia has not been overlooked In this
Wholesale effort to retrench. The re-.
suit is that in that state this action
has brought earnest protests from
postmasers whose Offices are affect.
ed. The latest service to he ordered
abolished is that between Ravenswood
and Spencer on the r. S. & G. branch
OF the Monongah division of the Baltl
more and Ohio railroad. The postmas-
tiers affected by this order are evident.
Iy wrought up over 1t judging from the
letters which they hays been writing
to Congressman H. c.. woodward ask.
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dissuade the department from putting
the order into effect. These postmas.
tiers claim that they cannot handle
the additional work without more help.
which the doing away with the natl
clerks will impose upon their Offices.
One OF them threatens TO resign II
the order prevails. All in all, the post.
masters along the r. s. & G. and at
its terminals are very unhappy over
it. Mr.. woodward is putting forth
every effort to convince the depart.
ment that 1t is making a mistake, and
has prepared and presented figures
which show that the new arrangement
will cost the government $4,000 per an.
mum, while the present arrangement
for handling the mails with mail
clerk costs but $4,000 a year.
owen NJ. Blackwood, of Hunting.
ton, has been recommended for APP
as first alternate to take the
examinations for admission to the Nav.
al Academy. His was joint recon.
made by Congressman
Cooper and woodward.
The cadet appointments recommend
ed by Mr.. woodward several days ago
have been made. The names of the
appointees are Marion Clarmont
Thompson, of Spencer, and Howard
X. Hogan, of Parkersburg, for the Nav
al Academy; and Charles Henry Bry.
an, of Parkersburg, principal, and
Frank Albert woodward. Of Parkers-
burg, for the United States Military
Academy.
Congressman Adam B. Littlepage
has recommended to the Post Office
department the appointment of James
A. Neylan as postmaster at Mucklow,
kanawha county.
After working to that end for three
Mr.. Littlepage has been able
to secure an honorable discharge from
the Secretary Of War for Steel A. and
Chiffon Hawkins, sons of Steele A.
of Charleston. The boys
received orders from the Mexican Dor.
der to Join the West Virginia regi-
It would take either match or con
yressional investigation to find
There's little left on the crime calen-
lar that Penrose hasn't called Brum>
oaugh.
In which case Brumbaugh ought to
80 to an Atlantic City hotel and shoot
himself.
Chief Healey, of Chicago, arrested.
And to think Of it-arrest a police.
nan lot orloe, conspiracy and live
'ther charges"
We used to think cops were allowed
o do that sort of thing.
We've been looking for this for
ong time and thanks to The Times
lere it is: Revival Services are In
erestinpn
We'd hate to see the city try eight
'ent meals on Shanghai and Dent Hol-
len.
Bank president who lost $4,000 on
he recent election wants to come back
.fter closing the bank.
And some fools will let him.
There's enough bank officials being
in West Virginia now