The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-18
REVENGE sought
BY FAIRY||'||E| n N |. nine i L.
Pop shriver May Be Brought
Here for Second Game
With Waynesburg.

FAIRVIEw. Aug 1s:-Smarting
under defeat administered mem
last Sunday afternoon by the faSt
going Waynesburg Independent
baseball team, the Fairview Athle-
tic Club is making determined 81
fort to turn the table when the
same team is met on local grounds
Sunday afternoon, August 81 Man
tager Pete Yost of the local indie
pendents is making a heroic effort
to have a line up. for that engage
ment which will send the visitors
back scalpless. Negotiations have
begun to secure Pop Shriver, who
has been one of the Brooklyn Ma
tionals' leading pitchers the past
season, to fill the mound position
for the locals on that date. II the
plans materia1ize. not only-will the
pitcher but also the catcher be I'M
ported for the game. In addition TO
this battery, some of the best stars
in this section of the country viii
be secured to fill various positions
on the team. Waynesburg will like
~ lineup the same list of players
who succeeded in giving the locals
such drubbing in last Sundays
contest.
Seriously III
w. D. Yost is i'll at his home on
Madison street with an acute at
tack Of indigestion. Mr.. Yost, in
company with several other local
baseball fans, motored to WayneS-
burg Tuesday to see the Indepen-
dents Of that town wallop Wash
in cton team by . to 3 score. but
suffered the attack while enroute
home. While he is still confined to
his bed his physician reports that
he is slowly. improving.
A Camping Trip
Fred Stewart Aldene Miller, Mary
Stewart, Byron Miller, Dorothy
Dodd and others are spending a
two weeks vacation in a camp near
Antioch. Bathing will be the prln-
cipal amusem ent.
Cool Reception
1t is ruored that billiard Basnet'
and clyde Shuman are circulating q
petition for the lowering OF the
school levy, which has necessarily
been made high to care for congest
ed conditions in certain sections OF
the district These men, it Us salc
are meeting with rather cool re
ception in Fairview, where the tax
payers are noted for their generous
support of schools.
Buildings Going Up
The Rivesville addition to the
high and graded school is rapidly
nearing completion, and according
to H. u. Tenant, who is in charge
Of the construction, Will be ready
for the opening ofschoo1s. Septem'
tinp Voc
the Fairview addition and the plans
have been sent to the state super
intendent of schools for approval
This addition will be completed by
January unless its enemies
should succeed in delaying TIN
work.
Slight Increase.
Local taxpayers were more OF
less surprised because of the slight
increase in valuation of the pro
perty in Paw Paw District this
wear. While other districts OF the
state had increases ranging from,
so to 90 percent, this district hao
a bare rs percent. Real estate
jumped from five to over sever
million dollars, while personal prop
erty and public utilities increased
only by thousands. All public utili
tiles III the district are assessed a
! a little more than three millior
dollars as against two and one
half millions last year. 1t is in
teresting to note that the valuation
totaled more than seven millior
dollars in 1914.
Personals
With the recent acceptance OF
Miss Ruth McCombs of Wheeling