Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-02-17


case was set for trial January % in
Ohio county criminal court.
Parkersburg.-J. w. Crotty. III. ].
Crotty and J. F. Alexander, partners
doing business as Crotty 6 Company,
have brought suit In Circuit Court I
against the Director General of Rail-
roads. 1t is an action in case, dam
ages $1,000. William Beard represents
the plaintiffs.
Observation-Disclosures fatal and |
1900 non-fatal injuries to workmen in
West Virginia industries were report
ed in December TO the compensation
department; 25 Of the fatalities occur
red in coal mining districts. The larg
est number of non-fatal injuries oc-
Cured in metal working industries.
the total being TIP.
Clarksburg.-Federal agents swoor.-
ed down upon counterfeiring den In |
the Glen elk section Of the city. ar
rested two men who were jailed and
confiscated complete counterfeiting
outfit, which had been turning out spu-
rious S. and 81 bills. The identity of
the prisoners is unknown and they re-
fused to give their names.
Wheeling. - Failure of Circuit
Judges Sommerville and Addleman to
hand down decision on the dissolving
of the Greater Wheeling injunction
granted by Superior Court Justice
Poffenbarger, leaves eight suburban
towns without municipal government
of any kind. 1t is expected decision
will be given soon, however.
Charleston.-Judge George Poffen-
barger, of the Supreme Court of APP
peals, allowed an appeal and super
sedeas in the consolidated cases of M.
]. and NJ. A. Mcmillan against G. L.
Mcintosh ond others and T. ]. Sayre,
receivers, against Virginia Mcintosh
and others, from jackson county. The
appeal bonds is fixed at $500.
Charleston.--A little girl. II years
Shelter for sometime. was adopted by
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank IT. 1'yrce, of Hunt
ington. Mr.. Tyree Is deputy state
tax collector. He visited the shelter
and was attracted by the little girl.
He returned with Mrs. Jyree and they
decided to take the child to their home
In Huntington.
Charleston.-R. A. Marshall and Val
truth, Charleston grocers, and presi-
dent and secretary respectively, of the
Charleston Retail Grocers' Associa-
ton, were arrested here by deputy
United States marshal on warrants is
sued at the request of District Attor-
ney Lon H. Kelly, charging them with
collecting unjust and unreasonable
prices for necessaries.".
Charleston.--Two questions of i'm
portance to the coal industry of West
Virginia will be presented to the COM
mission appointed by President Will
son, District President, c. X. Keeney,
Of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, stated. One will be the applica-
ton Of the wage increase i'll the. Kama
wha district, and the other. matter Of
union recognition by the Penn Mary
Coal Company, operating six mines of
the Morgantown and Kinewood Rail-
road.
Charleston.-The first arrest for vio-
lation of the health ordinance since it
was made known that the administra-
ton would no longer tolerate the keep
ing of hogs within the corporate linn
its of the city came when A. j. Holden,
who is said to be maintaining a num-
Der of porkers in sixth street, was ia
ken on that charge. He appeared in
police court and Judge w. w. Wertz
placed the case on the open docket,
pending the removal of the hogs from
the city.
Charleston.-The deficit of STE, 1922
% in the state fund general revenue in
the state treasury on December 1, hal
been reduced at the close of the month
to deficit of $22,130.72, according to
the report Of Treasurer w. S. John
son showing conditions, though to &C
complish that the sum of 100000 was
transferred to that fund from the state
road fund and receipts for the month
were $2S1, 675.34. The disbursements
for the month were $528, 4S2.S1. The
actual deficit in the state fund, there
fore, was $422, 1902. The Virginia
debt sinking fund, out Of which a pay
ment of $675,000 was due, but which
was not paid because of the alleged
failure Of Virginia to meet one of the
conditions of the debt settlement,
showed balance on December 81 of ]
$S64.9S. +;
Charleston.-The state board of edu-
cation, before adjourning its meeting
here reaffirmed its former policy of '
bringing about the elimination as
quickly as possible of all high school
work from the curricula of the state !
normal schools. The schools affected
are Concord Normal, at Athens; Glen
vile Normal, Chenille; Shepherd Col |
lege, at Shepherdstown; West Liberty
Normal, at West Liberty; Fairmont !
Normal, at Fairmont, and Marshall
College, at Huntington. In some of
the schools part of this work already
has been dropped. I
Charleston. - West Virginia high
schools last year graduated 2.36S stu
dents, of whom TIT are in college This
year. The high school of the state ;
raised S53,752 last year for various
kinds of school equipment from enter
tainments and private contributions {
1O5 of the schools maintained literary
societies; 35 athletic associations: 81