The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-17
LIVE NEWS OF
WEST VIRGINIA

CHARLESTON. w. Ea.-state High;
/ way Commissioner A. D. Williams VIII
present session esta b!ish a state high
way commission. In a statement IS
sued here Commissioner Williams eX-
! presses the opinion that highway Work
! in West Virginia has grown to such pro-
; portions that It can not be handled CT,
, ficiently by a single commissioner and
! that the legislature should create Il
commission Of highway experts.
BERKELEY SPRINGS. W. va.-The
Morgan county jail has been empty for
| several months. No indictments were
: found by the grand jury at It's recent
/ session and there arc no criminal cases
, on the court docket.
! WESTON, w. va.-Charlrs Hill. a
I Lewis county boy. may be recommended
! for q Carnegie nero medal. Recently
, Lewis is said to have prevented pas
: senger train wreck on the ChcsapesM';
; and Ohio railroad between Lexington
and Ashland. Ky. Lewis discoveries a
broken rail In the track shortly before
n train was due and after running
across a bridge. Tagged the train
! CLARKSBURG. W. Va. - pominlck
! Tinnetta. his brother. Frank Pinnetta'
| and John Beafore. boys in age from IL
/ TO "a years. will never see again ac-
cordIng to musicians. The three ooys
copper wire 10 which dynamite caps
were attached. The caps exploded wheh
the boys attempted to burn the iaSuimd,
ton from the wire. All were burned
seriously. but the sight of the youngest
Of the four was not injured.
FAIRMONT, w. Va-The date Of th::
I special election at which the voters -, ~;
! Pawpaw district Of Marion county VIII
J decide on the issuance OF s37o'ooo m
! Good roads bonds has been changed "a
! February IA. by order Of the county
| court.
CHARLESTON. W. Tn.-Legislaiion
i which the organization desires to have
| Inn present legislature enact In ORDER
| TO improve the conditions or the laD"r-
! ing element will be the princlpal sun
/ iect of discussion which will come up
when the tenth annual conVen!iGi. b %
! The West Virginia Federation or LABOR
! opcns here on February ~. Charles
| Huggins Of Wheeling. president OF lms
| Federation. will preside. The nooy VIII
| be In session until! all maitc[s u "
| brought before the labor leaders uIg
! disposed Of. closing with the ahhuA'
| election OF officers.
MORGANTOWN. W. Na.-Thcrc ar"
! n5S clubs Of farm men and women III
tho state Of West Virginia. according
. tG statistics gathered during the receiit
! farmers week here y campaign WI WI,
! soon he started 10 raise the total 10 ou'
| during the year.
W. Va.-,AnEricc
| drrnir Of measles has developed mere ot
: such serious proportions lhat III ~
/; public schools have been closed ny neat u
!, authorities until the disease mas rui 1,id.
course. Adults are afflicted ana chlio-
r..r ,rr suffering from second attacks.
CHARLESTON. W. Ea.-Ernest 70.
Hughes Of sandyrille representative s0aIrest
| member of the state Legislature. He was
elected at The November election,
rnu ME of weeks after hninE II years
old. Representative Hughes has neen
I princinal of the Sandyville schools LOT
! tho last TWO years. and mas neCn Lta'"
err since nc was seventeen years old
CHARLESTON. W. Va.-Althoush
! West Virginia produces q half mlllion
| 200 900 head of hogs. it has become ne
ccssary this year for meat dealers par
! ticulnrly in tie coal field regions. 10 go
to Cincinnati and Pittsburgh markets 10
huy cattle and hogs to supply lhcir
: nnirons with meat Kanawha county
! produces $4,000 head Of cattle year
! valued at more than third or a mil
( lion dollars. and 1000 head Of hogs. val
, ucd ut s14.n0n hut Cabin Creek dealers
in meats have hern required In recent
months to ship in live cattle anu noEs
from Cincinnati. Some oil ms Stocn
! was raised in West Virginia.
! CHARLESTON. ". Ea.-Th" Exist
cnrc Of the county boards or equhIizh
ton and review in West Virginia are
in the balance. and If some OF the mem
brrs Of the state legislature have thor
way, a, law will he passed doing away
with these institutions. which In some
counties have been termed "pernirious
Colonel John Bnssel of Lewis county. II
is understood, will introduce bill pun
ling tho work now DOM by these boards
in the hands Of tho county court. IN
Monroe county particularly have com
plants been made about the county
boards In some counties il is cln1Ined
by taxpayers thai these boards get re-
vcnge on their pro1crtv-owning enem-
!rs by advancing tho land valuation.
while the valuation placed on property
belonging In personal or POLITICAL trienos
I Is held down TO the minimum.
! CHARLES W. Na.-WeSt Nir-
giuia farmers are learning tho value OF
| advertising. \ great many nf them are
naming their farms. SOM win very A.
| lractiyr nnmes. Many Of these farmers
writ" their correspondents" on neatly
! printed letter heads.
II AlGI ,iN t'.> W tt HF n. VI =
county grand jury recently established
a rcco-t. for rapid work. In two and n
half days it found indictments against
more ihan ~ persons. some OF whom
were indicted I'M more than ono count.
There were eighteen felony indictments.
and the MARTY nf tho others were
against alleged vinlators nf the Yost
law.
CHARLESTON. W. Na.--tepublican
,c VIRGINIA Sn0nt @
have announced that they intend to in
trndurc and support bill providing an
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