Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-02-10
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observation-disclosures applicants for
licenses as pharmacists appeared to
take the required examination. Presi-
dent 8. NJ. Scctt, Jr, of Terra Alta.
presided at the examinations.
Wheeling.-Jealousy Is blamed for q
murder near Rafferty,. freddie" Ku-
kich shot and almost instantly killed
Mike Kosnovic. The fatal shot was
fired through window as the victim
was entertaining friends at his home.
Wheeling.-Bosley Corta, AZ years of
age, a milliner, Of Fairpoint, O., suf-
fered a compound fracture of the left
leg as the result Of stone rolling from
a cliff near his home. He was hur-
ried to the Wheeling hospital.
Charleston.-Floyd NJ Roach is dead
and his son, Lewis, is in a serious con-
dition In local hospital, as result of
a fall Of slate in small private mine
owned by the former, near PeytOna.
The decedent was CT years of age and
is survived by eight children.
st. Albans-J. HI. TIudnall and Hu-
bert S. Ball, employees of the Naval
Ordnance plant are incapacitated from
duty owing to injuries. Hudnall
sprained an ankle in fall and Ball
sustained confusion of the left knee
In the fall of sheet steel piling.
Charleston.---Plans nave been re-
ceived by the State Road Commission
| for the construction of about three
| miles of road in Clay county from Clay
| Court House to Wallback. The cost
| of the work will be approximately S16,.
| 900 of which half is federal aid.
Wheeling.-Deputy sheriffs, after a
day of searching the hills around War;
wood, a suburb, have been unable to
| find the unidentified negro who held
UP Conductor William Nickerson, of q
Wheeling traction car, and relieved
him of fifty dollars in cash fares.
Wheeling.-State Historian Clifford
r. Myers is engaged in the task of
tracing the origin of names of cities,
towns, postoffices. districts and
| streams in West Virginia. A complete
record of Preston county has been
| made and Mr.. Myers is now compiling
| facts about points in MOnongalii
| county.
Clarksburg.-With the purchase of
q site in East Salem by a group of Sa-
| lem business men, headed by Frank
| Tennessee, Fernand Ducre and Hec-
that plans had been formed to erect Il
new window glass plant there at Il
cost of $4,000. Work of constructing
the new factory will begin ut once.
Paden City.-In the municipal cleo
ti0n, the Peoples-CitiZens party won
| by decisive margin over the hide
| pendent party, electing mayor, re-
corder and four out of six councilmen.
| The returns were as follows: Earl
Grim, mayor, POS votes; J. f. Buck,
recorder, 1876 votes; Councilmen, A. L.
Wagner, 81; William Slider, 81 Chas.
Taught, IS; William Baumen, 49,; Ev-
erett Beaver, 33; JOHN Stull, 80.
Charleston.-Unless the public serv-
| Ice commission should allow increases,
| on proof that the old rates are con-
| fiscatory, all the railroads in West Vir-
ginia which have been operating under
government control will, upon their
return to private control, March 1, be
required TO go back to their two and
two and half cents per mile. West
| Virginia has two-cent passenger fare
statue. Subsequently the legislature
enacted the public service commission
law, giving that body general rate
making powers. The policy of the COM
mission, however, has been not to dis
| turb the statutory rates except on con-
| elusive showing that they are confisca-
| tory-that is that they yield less than
| six per cent on the investment.
Wheeling-The members of the
| GAINESVILLE Calf Club got start In
the dairy business. Forty pure bred
Jersey heifers of Raleigh breeding
| were distributed to the members of
| the GAINESVILLE Calf Club at Barnes
vile, Ohio. The drawing for these
| calves was made at the First National
Bank at GAINESVILLE which is financing
the club. These he;fers ranged in
price from $120 10 $3.50. 1t was Il
| beautiful herd of heifers which await
ed their proud owners who took them
in ones and twos to the various farms
In the vicinity OF GAINESVILLE. Mr..
Tom of the State Boys and Girls Club
department, assisted in making the dis
| tribution. Outside of some of the
| calves and their owners doing some
| fancy stunts on the ice, the activities
Of the day went OIL smoothly.
Charleston. = Organization of the
| west virginia Sneep anu WOOL Grow
ers' Association was perfected here at
meeting of large number of per-
sons interested in the business. The
meeting was presided over by w. H.
| Summers, chief OF the bureau of mar.
kets of the West Virginia State De.
partment Of Agriculture. The pur-
pose of the organization was outlined
to be the Outstanding of the sheep buy
ers in the state to greater degree
| and for the protection of the growers
of mutton and wool who engaged in
the business In West Virginia.
Charleston.-V. L. Hash, who was
convicted In the United State court
here last June and sentenced to the
| federal prison In Atlanta for n term