The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-24
BITS OF
STATE NEWS

IN LOo8o June uSys Wien tue DAsg
war gardener looks out Of the window
the first thing in the morning TO see
IL his tender vegetables escaped Jack
Frost during the night the following
item which is going the rounds OF the
wesklies is interesting: 1T is recalled
BY certain Old Timers that the big
frost tust before the war which caused
such damage 10 the crops occurred on
June 5th, 1859. II was on . Sunday
morning and the people everywhere
thouht that they were ruined and
faced sure famine and starvation. The
destruction OF wheat and fruit was
total. But later planted corn, pota-
toes and especially buckwheat brought
forth sufficient for the people 10 live
fairly well"
The oil reporter Of the Parkarsburg
Sentinel notes that the Hope Natural
Gas company has completed its No. !
on the Hillman futile farm to depth
OF 3,40S feet and got gas IN all three
sands, 4th, 5th and Bayard. Located
on MIRACLE run, Battelle district, Mon
ongal!a County"
All the pool rooms in Logan county
will 90 out Of business at midnight,
June ~, for the duration of the war.
This condition was brought about by
the action OF the county court az their
meeting last Friday, when a resolu-
ton 10 refuse to grant licenses after
July / was passed by that body. All
pool room licenses now in erect ex-
pire On that date This action is in
line with similar action being taken
throughout the country, with a view
to putting every able bodied man at
some necessary and useful labor to
help win the war
Col. R. P. Camden has returned TO
his hcme in Parkersburg from a two
months visit to San Domingo, where
he is interested in mining property
and ether enterprises, getting away
from there before the regular periodi-
cal revolution was started. On for
mer visit to that country a revolution
was started while he was there, and
II meant a trip to the hills for safety
and a stay in the brush for some time
before the existing government was
overthrow and quiet was restored.
An interesting feature Of the printed
program for the thirty.fouTth annual
meeting Of the West Virginia Bar As
ISOLATION, which will be held in Elk
ms, July IS and H. is the publication
of an honor roll Of the association.
showing the lawyers OF the state
known to be in the active military ser
vice Of the nation. The list includes
the following: Lieutenant Colonel
George s. Wallace, of Huntington; Ma
jor A. r. Stallings, Of Parsons, and
Major John Baker White, Of Charles
ton, all in the Judge advocate generals
department; Captains George NJ. Alex
ander, OF Fairmont; Rollo ]. Conley, OF
Fairmont; Louis A. johnson, Of Clarks-
burg; Charles McCamic. OF Mounds
Vile; ]. c. McManaway, Of Clarksburg;
BIrk s. Stathers, of Weston, and Glen
F. Williams, of Clarksburg; First Lieu
tenantc Joseph R. Curl, Of Wheeling;
A. g. FOX, OF Bluefield; George r.
Jackson, Of Clarksburg; William G.
Stathers, OF Clarksburg, and Z. H. Yost
OF New Martinsville; Second Lieuten-
ants Louis A. Carr, of Clarksburg; JOS
eph NJ. Crockett, of WEIGH; ]. W. Cum
Minis, Of Wheeling: Kent B. Hall, Of
Wheeling: Roy E. Parish, Of Clarks'
burg; o. e. st. Clair, Of Bluefield, and
Thomas T. Trapnell, of Bluefield; Ser
geant Major Frank c. Raymond, of
Fairmont: in the National army-A. E.
Bryant, Of Wheeling and L. G. Harri'
son OF Charleston; and unclassiiield,
Carl o. Schmidt Of Wheeling and
Howell NJ. Tanner, Of Bluetield.
Others are believed to be in the ser
vice, Of which the secretary has no
record.