The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-07-10
GEORGE |, NEAL TO
Be SUCCESSOR OF
BARNHART AS D, A.

NASHINGTON. D. C.. July Am.
nouncement of the appointm mt or
George |. Neal of lluntin' on as
! United States district attorn' for the
! southern district OF West Virginia
is expected 10 be sent TO ne Senate
almost any day now by the president.
Mr.. Neal ii Is now stated BY Demo
cratic politicians here, has the en-
dorsemcnt OF all state party leaders
| whose endorsements are necessary
for any candidate for appointment
from West Virginia 10 have 10 win
out. save and except that OF one per-
son In official position here and high
IN party leadership in the Sixth Con-
/ gresslonal district. namely. Repre-
sentative Adam B. LittlepaEn. The
latter endorsed Albert NJ. Bclcher OF
| Charleston for the place. Mr.. Lit
tie page Is said never 10 have for
given Neal for opposing him for the
guhernatorial nomination in 1908.
Neal. It is said here by reliable
party authority. has even the endorse.
ment of ex-senator Chiffon. or
Committeeman c. ". Watson from
the beginning. How the Chiffon en-.
dorsemrnt was secured. party leaders
here claim not In know. and would
like to get the inside" of it, they say.
. Chiffon and Neal had hecn unforgir.
Ing political enemies for years. DEM
ocrats here. without hardly an ex-
ception. say that they feel sure that
some kind Of understanding was
reached between the two as TO future
politics. /
Meals appointment. which is now
regarded as foreEone conclusion.
will enable him to realize an amhi.
tfon which he started out after four
years ago. He lost then TO ". G.
Barnhari Of Charleston. who was Sen
ator Chilton's imam. Barnhart is not
in the running this year. The tenure
for which he was appointed expires
next month, and he is already out OF
the service. tho court having assigned
Richie Mccullough TO the duties OF
the position this month to serve until
Barnhart's successor Is appointed.
The engagement Is announced OF
Miss Janet Newton. daughter of Mrs.
Elsie Eaton Newton Of this city. and
Mr. Beman Gates Dawes. Jr.. of Mari .
eta O. Miss Newton is A student Al
Wellesley college al present She is
granddaughter of the late Gen. John
Eaton. for many years United States
commissioner of education. Mr..
Dawes is a son of former Representa-.
tive Bee" (R g. Dawes Of Marietta
and a nephew Of Charles Gates Dawes
of Chicago. who was comptroller or
the treasury under President Mcktn-
ley Mr.. Dawes is now in France AT
the head Of the Marietta college am
bulance unit.
Miss Virginia. daughter Of Senator
and Mrs. Howard Sutherland. has left
here for Manchester, Vt. 10 visit Miss {
Peggy Bcckwith in the summer home |!
of the latter's grandparents, former
Secretary Of War and Mrs. Robert 7.
Lincoln. Miss Sutherland had just
completed taking her exams TO enter
Easser next winter.
The postoffice department has or
dered the office known as lingo,
which is located in Boone county, dis
continued
Postmasters commissioned - Geo.
X. Fielder. Filhert; Stella Rafferty,
Withers.
Star route schedules changed
Racket TO Smithville: Concord 10
Gore: Chenille 10 Grantsrille; With
ers to Letter Gap: Arnoldsburg 10
Creston; Hight 10 Harmony: Young
10 Sissonsville; Romans 10 Loon;
Dink 10 Isydale.
Senator Sutherland and Congress.
man Cooper are spending day in
New York on business.