The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-22
MOUNDSVlLLE
ACCIDENT VICTIM
CONVICT s WIFE
Howard Cox, Inmate Of Prison. Admits
Mrs. Lovenia Cox. Killed tuesday
Els wife

Mrs. Lovsnia Cox. Killed Tuesday
His wife
w.. Lovenia cox who was killed in
an auto wn-n rne car w2S struck Ey
q fast Georgia tlrr Tuesday afternoon.
was the wife nf Howard Cox. "a convict
confined in the state prison here. accord
Ing 20 admission made by him TO War
/ den Joseph T. Terrell and Captain ID.
+. shifts. OF the prison guards. We'd
ncsday.
Cox also said that the young baby,
also killed Was his child. he was sent
. up 10 the state pen here May II. 1870
To serve nine years for unlawful cut
tiug He was seemingly undisturbed
about the accident when apprIs"d OF
: The awful affair by Warden Terrell
Wednesday.
Psrr4ott In Panhandle
Hon. James n. Parriott. Of this city,
candidate for congress from the First
district. IS spending this week IN tn"
Panhandle counties looking over the
political grounds Mr.. Farrtott spent
Wednesday at WellsburG.
Open Safe Prom Bottom
Postmaster \. f.. LjnCh has a number
81 men at work tearing The base from
IN. postofrice safe. The vault would
no, unlock when the postmaster ap-
oiled the touch Tuesday morning. some
thlng occurred to the inner parts OF the
lock when L was closed at the end OF
the day Monday This IS the second
time the lock on the safe has rallied
10 work and a new lock will likely De
installed.
Paint Phone Poles
club -
having the telephone poles between the
Crave Creek bridge and Wheeling ave
nue Glendale. painted white Ia ana
motorists at night In passing others,
The white on the poles - very iIIumIA-
atinS and Is quite an aid 70 drivers oil
autos alonS western avenue.
Field Meet Tuesday
Tho field meet which was 70 nave
been held Tuesday evening. and Wn'ch
was postponed on account OF rain. 'H
Tire Roy Scouts. will he held next IueS-
day evening on the Fifth street Dali
lot. Arrangements TO- ~,e event nave
been completed and a good i'm" - as
sured all scouts attending
Get Automobile Here.
Michigan owners Of the ''ardhet
automobile. which was found on farm
several DAYS ago. came her" Wednesday
and claimed the auto. Sheriff John
Hazlett. after being given the creden-
. tIaIs OF the claimants. allowed the Mi'h-
iran folks 10 TAX" IN" ear. They iet'
late yesterday AFTERNOON IN their re'"'"
. home.
ShIpman Named.
lanes r Shipman. local attorney
was named ballot commissioner by Inc
Marsha llcounty Democratic executive
hn' Nadn v.
Other matters OF routine nature were
also brought up anu diSp"S"d OF ~
the committeeman.
Body TO Arrive Here.
The hody Of Mrs = l.. smith. who
died Sunday at the home Of her son.
Frank Smith. at Arcadia. O.. Will arriT"
here This morning and will be taken I"
he home OF her daughter, Mrs. J. w.
Marry on oak avenue. with whom
,h, deceased had made her HON" prev
,,,.s 70 going 70 Arcadia. Funeral ar
ranccmsntS viii be made later.
Miners Funeral Held
Funeral services web" led Yesterday
afternoon from the GriSen Undertaking
home for ,hs late NaSSii'a '. lSSaN.
Russian coal miner. VIII" was "iectr"cu-
ird Tuesday morning Huria! was made
Al the Greenlawn cemetery.
Issak was killed AZ the mine or ihe
Woodland Coal company at Whitake.
near Round Bottom. instead "f The Nc
\ecfrey mine. as was first reported.
Buys Much Lumber.
The Hood Lumber company c"nrI"'-
sd A deal Wednesday withTthc John
Martin heirs. for the purchase "t 80 =
400 of lumber, which is said 10 II" the
largest tract Of OAK timber In MarshaI'
county. Tho actual cost o.: the timber
was not made public.
Ten In County Jail
AS a result Of i've men being gwen
their release Wednesday, only ten in
mates are left In the Marshall county
1astIle. When all the men were in prison
ne Jail was about tlled up.
Assistant Resigns
c. r. Knapp. assistant {" ths post
master for the past eight years. re-
nEred his position yesterday to take
,rrect July !. and will accept 4 position
With the Eeadclad Wire company. a:
Glendale. A successor TO Knapp has
rot yet been named but il is thought
hat Sumner L.nch will BE- made the
lew assistant.
Complete Coal Shaft
The F. NJ. WiChert company has COM
aleted the sinking OF the coal shaft at
Round Bottom for the McKeetrav coal
company The job was begun IN Luiy
/. 1921 A steel ripple Is now being con
structed at the McKeefrey mine and the
contract has been ler for a power house
and boiler rooms These buildings will
be OF faced brick.
Club Moves Rooms
The New Trek cub has n.'N.' rs
HEADQUARTERS from the Hend"r~"i Ijld
ling on Jefferson avenue {" 1904 S"c'nd
street The new quarters are much
larger than the former Ones. Ross
Kerer will remodel and repair N" old
quarters and keep rooms for rent.
Death Was Accidental
Vassilia V Issak came 20 his death
bv accidental electrocuti"n. Coroner !.
IT McCombs verdict read. after h" had
completed an Investigation of III" place
ins death "Wednesday afternoon. IsSak
was CARRYING an augcr IN IN" mine Of
ithe Woodland Coal company At Whit
iaker when IL accidentally cam" N con-
tact with high voltage c'"ctri" wire.
Garage Has Agency
The Overland Garage compauv on
Tenth street. has accepted tho Marshall
county agency for the distribution ~
Eeo speed was CONS. The company now
has the county agency FOR WHY'S
knight. Overland and REQ cars.
Highway Is Opened
Following the hardening ot In" CO
men, on the new inns Run bridge the
highway between M"undSv'il" and