Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-03-08


Observation-Disclosures C. Showalter,
for many years state commander Of the
Maccabees, died here.
Misunderstanding shippers here
started move to have new freight
station built in this city.
Fairmont-The Rees Motor Manu-
featuring Company, of Columbus, is
seeking a factory site here.
Mannington,-State police have mo-
titled merchants to do away with
punch boards in their stores.
Huntington.-The Highlawn Presby-
terrain church will break ground 70. a
new edifice within sixty days.
Warwood.-The Warwood Tool Com
pany temporarily suspended opera
tons because of lack of orders.
Princeton.-Rev. w. L. Swope, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church, ac-
cepted call to Richmond, Va, pas
torate.
Clarksburg-Thew wealth of Harri-
son county farmers increased % per
cent in the last ten years, federal sta
tistics show.
Bluefield.-The Kiwanis Club here
refused to go on record as opposing
| or favoring the enforcement of Sun
| day blue laws.
umberport-Lumber dealers hold
the upper hand here over consumers.
The, dealers basketball team defeated
the consumers, % to IL.
Huntington.-A school band is to be
formed here, students from all city
schools being eligible. 1t is planned
to spend 5000 for instruments.
Nitro.-There has been no business
depression in this industrial city. All
plants have been operating full time
and some have built extensions.
Huntington.-The boys department
of the First Presbyterian church held
an athletic carnival. Boxing, wres-
ting and basketball were chief fea-
lures.
Huntington. = Six suitcases filed
with fine bonded whisky were seized
when John Waters and J. ]. Morris,
of Pittsburg, were arrested in a promi-
nent hotel.
Huntington-Local officials of the
G. & o. railway, in answer to sum
mons from President Harahan, at
tended conference of general Off
GERS in Richmond
Clarksburg Standardization OF
| high school girls dresses was advo-
Gated in an address by Prof. q. W..
| Colebank. He says the present dress
fashions are naughty"
| CSlljhdlCo ~
about $1,000 was done when fire broke
out in the Bluefeld Grocery Com
pany's store. Timely discovery of the
| fire prevented greater damage.
Observation-Disclosures Virginia Uni
versity has been asked to send dele
gates to an intercollegiate conference
on undergraduates government TO be
held at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in April.
Huntington-Seve sticks Of dy-
Mantle were found near the porch at
the j. H. Thompson residence by po-
| lice. Officers are at loss to account
| for the presence of the explosive, as
is the Thompson family.
Huntington.-A near-panic was
caused when fire broke out in Ritter
| Park trolley car. The fire was caused
| by a short circuit in the controller
box. No one was injured, but the
motorman had to jump to safety.
Welch.-A man who boarded a y.
and W. train at Williamson, made an
unsuccessful attempt to rifle the
berths of sleeping Pullman passen-
| gers. When he was discovered he
leaped from the train at Jaeger.
Huntington-City council passed
an ordinance providing for the pun
ishment of future Jack the Peppers"
caught in Huntington. The action fol-
| lowed dozens of complaints of per-
sons prowling about and looking in
windows.
CharIeston.-Th organization of
| the New River, Raleigh and Pocahon-
tas Coal Company, capitalized at
| 81, 100000, and financed by Charleston
and New York capitalists, has been
announced. The company will under
take the development of $4,000 acres
| of the remaining virgin tract of the
| New River and Pocahontas coal lands
| in the smokeless field between New
River and the Kentucky state line.
The acreage is situated on the waters
| of Glaze Greek, in the southeastern
cart of Raleigh county, and the north
arm part of Summers county.
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