The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-09-28
TOTEST library
SENTIMENT IN
COUNTY TOWNS
Project May Be Put Up
To Voters At November
Election


an enthusiastic and we'll attended
meeting Of those mtereseo toward
securing a library for Marion
county Eight bodies or the city bad
appoi:.sd representatives TO attend
the meeung and out OF 81 members
OF he committee sixteen were pres
enL despite the down pour OF ram
which visited this sectisn at inc
hour of the meeting.
There were present at the meet
ing, j. r. SpeaSe representing the
tulrmonL CnamDer OF COMMERCE. )
Airs. T.. &. Hutchinson and Mrs.
George DeBolt OF the Woman $
club; o. G. Wilson and Charles
w, Evuns of the Rotary club; c..
NJ. RItchie and T. NJ. Courtney
representing the Iwanis; Harry
Shaw and Kenneth Barnes OF the
Marion county Bar Association: |:
Librarians, Mrs. Beulah Boyd
Richie, Mrs. Emory F. Mckinney,
Miss Margaret Arnett and Miss
Bessie Jane Reed; ayor w. w.
Conaway and John W. Mason.
IN the absence or Mrs. N. II. q
Morrow who was prevented from
being present. by the illness OF her
daughter, Mrs. Homer Bell. Ken
meth Barnes called the meeting TO
order and the following officers
we're named, Chairman, Mrs. N.
r. C. Morrow; vice chairman
Kenneth Barnes; secretary, Miss
Bessie Jane Reed
Following the election OF officers
a discussion was had relative to
ether the library In question
sh .I1ld be a town, district or county
affair and there. was some diversity
Of Onion as to which IT should be.
: Attorney Harry Shaw chanion
ed the County library scheme and
the majority OF those resent seem
dto be in favor OF the County
library. Otis q. Wilson headed enc
oppositJon and stated that he be-
lieved the twon or district library
was the more practical project and
In this view he had considerable
following. On motion OF Attorney
Shaw 1t was decided to suo-diVlde
the committee OF and have hese
smaller committees make arrange
ments to visit the other towns OF
fshment of a countp relative to
the county relative to ascertaining
their attitude toward the establish
ment OF a county lbrary, and. II
possible, to secure their coopeia-
ton in :he matter.
This r1oli,D was put 10 vote
and carried these favoring the
town or district library being
agreeable to any plan whereby tire
library could be secured even
though they believed the other plan
more feasible.
In accordance with this plan
conference will be arranged for
next Monday, October to be held
at Warrington, Fa1Tview, Farming
ton, Worthington, Monongah, Bar
raclIville and Rivesv1lle and to this
end the following committees were
named from these places and they
will be asked to meet with the local
committees at places to be announc.
ed.
Mannington-Mrs. Guy Furbee
F. C. Koen, George w. Bowers,
A. L. Prichard, l.. S. Schwenck,
W. NJ. Hess, A. Snodgrass, F.
3. FuIbee. NJ. F. Hamilton, F. ]:
Simms, Miss Bessie Mocher. Local
versions who will attend and ad-
dress the Mannington meeting Will
be Harry Shaw, j. R.. Speas, Miss
Bessie Jane Reed.
Farmington-W. E. Navel, Mr..
j. NJ. Hagertp, A. V. Lpnch. Mr..
Wells, Hezia Lough, ]. F. Rohr-
baugh The Pennington meeting
viii be addressed by C. w. vans,
W. W. Conaway, Mrs. Emory Nc
Kinney.
Worthington-A. ]. Mcdaniel, L
McIntire, DR.. George L. Howell.
Svenkers, w. Kenneth Barnes,
Simon Goodman.
RIvesvilIe-B. c. Google. Smith
Hood, Jr, Claude cBee Sneakers.
w. A. Hustead, W. l. Lydlc, Mrs
Charles NJ. Ritchie.
Barracl1ville-B. s. Wilson, Dr..
T. ]. Conaway, DR.. E. P. Smith,
Lewis Hall, Duke Brand, Mrs. M.
j. Barraclman John w. Mason,
T. NJ. Courtney, Mrs. Tusca
Morris.
On Tuesday evening, October s
another meeting Of the general
committee will be held in the law
library at which time reports OF
these sub committees VIII be
heard.
A few years ago the West vir:
ginia legislature passed Dill
whereby towns, district or coun-
ties may lay levy of one and a
half cents on the one hundred dol
lars of property valuation for the
purpose of securing funds to es-
tabIish and maintain library. In
Fairmont should 1t come to the
matter OF a town library there
would be available for the estab-
lishment and maintenance Of the
library the sum OF $4,000 annually.
Should the county library material
ize the levy would net a sum Of
between ten and twelve thousand
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