Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-03-19
VIRGINIA
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Most Important Events of
Entire State Covered By
Our Special Correspondents


organtown.-David s. Reay, prom.
inent young attorney, has given up his
practice here and moved to Washing.
ton, D. c., to take an appointment as
auditor in the Federal Department OF
the Interior.
West Union.-By the terms of an
agreement recently entered into be,
tween the county court of Doddridge
county and the county court of Tyler
county, two important concrete
bridges are to be constructed. Both
will be located near the line between
the two counties.
ngton.-Uniforms have been
ordered for the Huntington high
school military company and as soon
as they arrive the high school boys
will hold military parade through
the city. The boys are quite enthusi
astic over the introduction of military
training in the school,
by A. Lurry, coal operator and mer.
chant of Bentons Ferry, Marion coun
ty, that his son, Wiley V. Curry, has
been wounded at the front in France.
He enlisted with the First Canadian
D, A. G. some time ago. The extent
of his injuries have not been learned.
demonstrating under tie orders
of Mayor Anthony Bow N, he police of
Fairmoht began whc,c-la arrests OF
persons said to be y3,- ing the state
idlers law, which proTiacs that every
physically able mar must work thirty
six hours each week The police say
the arrests will be continued until the
city is cleared of Migrants.
Morgantown.-A .eferendum Is be-
ing taken among r.-mbers of the Ca
Diet Corps and other students interest,
ed, at West Virginia University, On
the question of conducting summer
military camp projected by the ma.
tional War Department The camp
will be authorized if there is sufi-
cient number of volunteers.
Charleston.-Sixteen of the 81 store
keepers called for by Captain Breck.
inridge Jones for special duty in the
army service have been indicted by
local boards, according to information
received by Captain Jones from two OF
-
unteers for this division of the service
are expected largely to overreach the
states apportionment.
Wheeling.-Potatoes as bread sub
stitute are advised in the weekly re
port of the price Interpretation com
mittee submitted to the Food Admin
istration for West Virginia. They are
plentiful at present and with the enor
nous saving of wheat that must be &C.
complished, the use of more potatoes
Is urgently requested A marked de.
cline in price is cited owing to the
great production.
hunting lOu-I ldHS lOI luG UISdul
cation of a 100000 corporation to op.
crate a feet of towboats between
Parkersburg and Cincinnati were per
fected here at meeting of repre-
sentatives of river towns between
those two points. Committees on ways
and means and organization were ap
pointed and it is hoped to begin opera
tions within the next few months.
Clarksburg The alarm given by
ta5o other prisoners in the county jail
was all that prevented Meigs McCray,
who is charged with being connected
With the shooting s1l robbing of II
Griffin on Christmas morning, from
making his escape. McCray had in
some way obtained several steel saws
which he had used to saw his way out
of his own cell and was cutting through |
the heavy bars in the outside corridor
when he was detected.
Charleston.-Fir in West Virginia |
during the past three months in |
creased to such an extent that more
than $1,250,000 loss was sustained, |
whereas the annual fire loss for the |
state at large per annum is approx |
mately $2,000,000, according to state |