The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-04-10
MOUNDSV|LLE
Is PRISONERS
To ROAD CAMP
WARDEN TERRELL WILL SEND
HEN TO WORK ON PORK
RIDGE
As Many Moro Will He Sent Out In
Ton Days, Relieving
Congestion

state prison VIII be somewhat relieved
, Tuesday morning when twenty five
prisoners are taken from that !pstitu-
! ton and placed in a Marshall county
road camp 10 construct the Fork Ridge
! road. The work was to have begun
I this morning but owing 10 several
| bitches" OF little or no Importance II
was held UP.
While only twenty-five men are to
! be started II! the morning that number
viii be increa scd TO fifty in the next
! ten days or two weeks, according to
Assistant County Road Engineer Cor
don. a small number OF men are all
that are needed TO start the work and
as 1t increases more will BIO taken from
tho pen and put TO work.
The population Of the penltentiary
has almost doubled in two years and 1t
Is hoped tAat the present high total OF
l,44l will be brought down some this
summer when road camps are located
| throughout the state In the construc-
lion of the new highway system.
Gets Hearing Today
Adam P!ont!tis. arrested Friday eve
ming at the Hitchman mine by Deputy
Sheriff Frank Howard. on a charge OF
aseault!ng non-unton miner. Will be
given a hearing this AFTERNOON at 2
o'clock before Squire W. ". Riggs.
Plont!t!s was the first man arrested
during any of the disorders which have
occurred since tho opening of the coal
strike d little over a week ago.
Didn't Hold Meeting
Interference by county officials
caused the big mass meeting Of non
union miners scheduled for Saturday
afternoon TO be postponed to a later
date. II was understood that the min
ers had been given authority to hold
the meeting but later. the officials are
said to have changed their minds An
attempt will probably be made this
week TO hold the meeting, II is said
To Attend PunsrSl
A body of Legionaires from Earl
Francts Pos. No. 3, the American Leg
Ion. will probably attend the funeral
Of the late Lieut. a. A. Mountain, whose
remains are expected to arrive at NC
Mcchen today. the home of the deceased
Lieut.. Mountain was killed during the
late war.
situation Domains Quiet
The mine situation in the field sur
rounding this city is quiet, according
To Sheriff John Hazlett. Only ono mine
in this vicinity Is working at all that
be,nr the Panama mine Of the Ben
Franklin Coal company, which IS oh'S
working enough men to supply coal ana
keen the United Zinc Smelling Corpor-
o,lon plant, located here Fuh"''is,
| About f,ftcen per cent OF the normal
worl,inr basis OF the mine Is oe'ns
maintained. according to ]. L Ac>Su"o''
Superintendent OF the mine
nearing This Morning
| Louis Games. local man. Was a.
Sunday morning AT an ear
oborgrd with driving an auto while IN
an intoxicated condition he "as
IN m. county Jail whcro he Will re-
Win until this morning at oc1ocA
rI,en he will be taken out for trial oe-
fore Squire e. NJ. Lewis.
Arrange for Memorial
Plane are already under way oy
,>.oJoI ,or nittec from Little Princess
,ad,o NJ 20 knights Of Pythias, Tor
,Leir annual memorial 10 be held on
sunday. June 4th. Several members OF
The lodge have passed away SINCE INC
1901 memorial services. The AFFAIR inns
war is expected /" surpasS any OF pre-
rIous years.
Prepare for Season
Moundsyille automobile owners arc
preparing for n long ana oeau''iui "a.
con ~ motoring Owners have ALREADY
|
e,nr,ro" at their garages and have
,hsm .naintcd. repaired and upholstered
,orrnrdinr 20 ". t. Kinds. who conducts
a, ur-tc-,latc auto top and furniture
Misunderstanding establishment at 3o5 Baker
avenue. Ninds orened up a shop here
several weeks ago. He was Iorenriy
Min the Auto Sales company. OF wheel
Ing.
Best HI Play Yet
Mnnndsvilie folks are much elateo
over the fine play given by the senior
class IF Moundsville high school at the
strand theatre Friday evening. The
general ron"ensus OF opinion runs tnat
!, was tho best play ever given by the
local h,rh school. There Is some talk
Of hay4rg the students give the play
over again n little later on
To Air Sewer ousstiou
Council tonight Will mold ono Of itt
most heated sessions IN recent months
The lonE-talked-ot sewer question
wnit,b has been causing SO much discus
SIGN nro and ron for the past month
WI be brought ZIP for final considera-
ton. other matters OF importance vii!
also come UP a; the meeting and
good attendance IS expected.
Trespassins Charge
Jack Young. arrested Saturday by b.
& q railroad 0cltStlNeS on Il charge Va
trespassing on railway property. VIII
get a hearing this morning at O'Clock
before Squire T.. VI. Lewis Young
was caught. y is said. riding one or
the railroad comrany's many freight
Trains
Half Dozen Drunks
The over the weekend police court
docket To ne cleaned this morning Is
the laryes, IN over n month. Six names
Of drunks are spread upon the books of
tho court Half Of the number are In
jail. while three pu: ZIP n forfeiture for
their appearance today. Al were ar
rcsted Saturday afternoon and night.
Moundsvils Briefs.
| L,it,le Miss MARI Relic infant daugh-
te- 81 Mr. and Mrs James L. Tasker
u.hc has been quite I'll With pleural
nneuro7!a for some TINA. Is reported
70 Re improving nicely.
Hugh and Justus Pickett vii! return
% Dean!son university, At Granville
O TO-DAY after spending over The 1'eeh
end with relatives hsrA
NJ end Mrs Rohard Hsss vii