\ ; Oh it I could see you, Mother
If I could Mgg you on the cheek.
ii l cooia oniy near you speaK,
?.- If I could hear you nay, "My son"
3j I'd feel your work on earth was
||p . Maybe soon before the end.
% . Before Hfes Jouraoy you shall wend
BHD I'll return to- hear you say
/ "We shall meet some other day."
' But, alas, It was to lute;
F As I. passed the rustic gate.
Doctor met me told me low
.That It was her time to go.
There they stood the old arm chairs i
fej ' Vacant of their loving cares t
" 'But they met, each hand In hand *
, In that golden promised land.
|trv'i. The physic students In the Labora- 1
SjSl tory experiments have found that the 1
humidity of the laboratories Is u good
1 deal below normal. By humidity we
| mean the moisture of the atmosphere .
J- In the, rooms. It has been proven I
? that the functions of the human body
I are carried out to the greatest degree ;
V of efficiency when the gir Is 60 per
IHKcfillt flfttUratAfl. TIlO Phvolf nltlfli n?a :
Iavn found that tho air in the labora-; j
orlea la only about 20 per cent sat- j (
We' 'low humidity' o? the physics;,
lepartmcnt probably accounts for the
[act that a fuw drowsy students ocaslnaly
tall asleep in class.
The officials ot the school have al- |
vuys aimed to give the students the j
test advantages for study; so Supt. (
.Vllson has asked tie physic students j
ntsto find the humidity of all the t
lass rooms. When this Is correctly 1
'ound Mr. Wilson will have the vent- .
iatlon system adjusted so us to raise '
the humidity to the proper percent MTrldny
morning at the chapel per-1'
lod Rev. Mitchell, of the Episcopal;
:hurch, gave a short tnlk. Two luu-j
ileal numbers were nlso given, one ,
by. the Girls' Glee Club and the other !
by the Boys' Glee Club.
jKS.'.'. ' 'Since the Are at Cook's hospital,
B-the High school has ben preparing i
HK1..; ;.o( ra lllte occurence. Several Are j
; ;-drills have demonstrated that the '
BHf: .- building can bo emptied In about two 1
, . iund one-halt- minutes, and. strange ;
MB-, " ;.-"ak"lt may seem, without any attend- i
ing excitement whatever. In fact, in- <
H,stead o fsome fainting front fright, <
Vthe teachers And It dilticult to excite t
"the students enough to get them to 1
r j.; move quickly. i
V In addition to the drills, a new Arc
i gong has been put up which has a
'. clearer, more distinct tone than the
" old gong. The new gong can be heard
' In all parts or the building, and thus
the danger of some not hearing tho
fire signal in case of a real Are is rcGntertatnmcnt.
*
" Miss Oldham and Miss Newman en- .
' tertaincd some of the women of a >
High school factulty at the home of!
Et&Mftp Newman on Fourth street, in!
! /-honor of Miss Olive Hodges, who has
'recently returned from Japan.
.' First Semester Drawing to n Close,
j.' a The first Bcmester Is fast drawing
! 3 to a close, ending February 2d. The
; first half of the school year has been
I Stt disapolntiuent to-a few of the stuWdents,
but yet thero have been a numii
Sfcet of excellent grades recorded.
tPhe faculty of the High school has
-been rather disappointed in the atji
'tendance and punctuality of the studonts
for the beginning of this school
jP^.ear: 'Quite a number, in fact more
> jjthan ever before Tor the first half of
J'the yegr, have either been absent or
tardy. This has bec-n due, in a large
t -measure, to health conditions.
Ej>V- Evryone has in some way made a
l.fvoenl 11Hnn *r\ dO r * -
- - . .. v. vu uw UCUC1 1UI Lilt* I'C- I .
; rtan/dnder of the year and everyone has t,
JjSUng, eveft the teachers, that they |
do better work; so watch out for i
^ Saomethiiig to happen in the grade I'
| ;line tor the eocond semester.
ftHhETIC NEWS.
Fairmont Won.
The 'Fairmont High school basket
liall team returned homo Sunday
..'from New Martinsville and Sisters- ,
n; ville, where they played and defeat- ,
two ot teh strongest teams In that
MK&'v :P?rt of the state. The first game
./Was very rough and neither team ,
<fV;A.v;a.v;A v
IP" m?- a iw_ ic I yg:
Me'Gslsjr Quick!"
2 Drops Make Corn "fall" Off!
Tve Joined the Ncver-Agaln Club. ,
Never agafn will 1 use anything for
Ik chrna but 'Gets. It' Put n drops
of 'Gets-It on, and from that sec. 1
end the corn begins to shrivel,
?0h, Don't Touch It! It'* So Sore!" I
Be^Sore! ""If and If WJUI NeTer 1
white sponge. loosens from j
corn comes of? S?t2oush?yoi?d take
a Rlove off your h.iml!"
IT; see. "Gets-It" In the corn dlecovt-H
ery of the age. More "Oets-It" la
old by many times than any other
jcorn remedy In existence. Try It i
/wand you'll know the reason why. It
l takes two seconds to apply it. and
. It dries at once. That's all. Don't
experiment?follow the experience i
Of millions and use "Gets-It."
"Gots-It" Is sold everywhere. SSo a
: bottle. or sent on receipt of price by
IS. lawrence & Co., Chicago. I1L
Sold in Fairmont and recommended i
as the world's best corn remedy by l
6; Fairmont Pharmacy, Crane's Drug
Btore. J. H. McCloskey & Co., and Holt i
AUXILIARY CRUISER
1^ rrs* -| ...,< -^/// *
THE BKITISM AUXILIARY CIII.TI!
BY A MINE OR A SUBMARINE. OI
dayed real basketball. but the game ;
ras very Interesting. Score: Slstersille
High 14; Fairmont High 27.
Fairmont's next game will be play d
at home when the strong Buck-!'
tannon five will pley here tomorow:
tvenlng.
Illg Hume Postponed.
Because of the few cases of Infan-i
ile paralysis in this city, the basket-'
'all game between Parkersburg Hfgh :
ind Fairmont. High was (postponed
ill a later date. This game without
i doubt will be one of the most lui(ortant
of the local schedule.. When
he two earns meet it looks us though !
heer will be a close battle, but with!
A'llson back in the game .the local
earn Is expecting a great vietoiy. J
Kiickliaimon Tournament.
Ait the day's roll by. the lovers of:
tasket ball of West Virginia are be-'
- inning to rise up and tark about the
ilflerent teams of the state, and all
re wondering who will take home
he silver cup. That Is' a question.
IVill Parkersburg repeat again this!
A RAW, SORE THROAT:
Eases Quickly When Vou Apply j
a mtue Musterole
And MUSTEROLE won't blister like
the old-fashioned mustard plaster. Just
iprcad it on with your fingers. It penttratcs
to the sore spot with a gentle
ingle, loosens the congestion and draws
jut all soreness and pain.
MUSTEROl.E is a ch-an, white ointncnt
made with oil of mustard. There's
tolhing like it for quick relief for Sore
rhroat, Bronchitis, Tonsilitis, Croup,
stiff Neck, Asthma, Neuralgia, Headlche.
Congestion, Pleurisy, Rheumatism,
Lumbago, Pains and Aches of the Back
jr Joints, Sprains, Sore Muscles. Bruis:s.
Chilblains, Frosted Feet, Colds on the
"best (it often prevents Pneumonia).
Nothing like MUSTEROLE for croupy
children.
LEGAL NOTICES
TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE
Pursuant to an order cntnrod in the
District Court of the United States
for the Northern District of West Vlr5lnia.
in the matter of Fairmont Dairy
Company, bankoupt, In bankruptcy, on
tho 22nd day of January. 1917. by the
Honorable B. L. Butcher. Referee, the
jndorslgned trustee will offer lor sale
ind sell to the highest bidder or bidders,
at tlie front door of the Court
House of Marion county. West Virginla,
1917, beginning 17th clay of February.
1917, beginning at the hour of
two o'clock p. m., all of the personal
sstate (except the accounts due the
bankrupt) and all the real estate xof
the said Fairmont Dairy Company,
bankrupt, free and acquit of all liens
thereon.
Said real estate consists of a certain
lot situate at the corner of Cleveland
avenue (formerly Barney street)
tnd Locust avenue, in the city of Fairmont
in said Maion county, fronting
31.G feet on said Cleveland avenue
ind fronting 95 feet on said Locust
avenue and adjoining tho property ol j
Fannie J. Shore and C. E. Muniford. i
respectively, on the East and South. |
respect ively, and being the same real |
estate which was conveyed unto the'
said Fairmont Dairy Company by \V. i
J. Rowland and wife and others, by (
rlanrl rloltnl Vitvnmhor 1 1007 ?nil r? I1 I
record in the office of the Cleric of the
County Court of said Marlon county
In Deed Book No. 151, page 444, reserving
and excepting a certain parcel
subsequently conveyed by said Fairmont
Dairy Company.to C. E. Mum ford
by deed dated February 28. 1908. und
if record In said Clerk's office in Deed
Book No. 155 page 238. There is j
situate upon said real entate a twostory
brick business building and base-!
nient, in which are various fixtures,'
tppllances and machinery used in the I
lalry business.
Said personal property consists ofj
Dfficc furniture, horsos. harness, wagons.
ice cream tubs, milk bottlos, ice
creatn packers, etc.
The undersigned trustee in offering
ihe property above mentioned for sale
will offer the real estate and personal
property separately nud will then offer
both tho real and personal estate
together as a whole and will sell the
samo at the highest hid he may be ofred
subject to the approval of the
said Refcreo.
Terms of Sale
The real estate will be Hold for one:hlrd
or as much more as the purchaser
may elect to pay. cash In hand on
lay of sale and balance in two equal
Installments payable In six and twelve
months, with Interest from the date
3f sale, the purchaser executing his Interest
bearing notes for the deferred
Installments, and as a furthor security
Ihe undersigned trustee will retain a
len upon the property sold to further
secure the payment of said notes.
The personal property will be sold
ror cash In band on day of sale, and
will be then exhibited to prospective
purchasers on the premises of the
bankrupt above doscrlhed.
Tnrivr Trwvau a tit
?J unii nm^ioiiAu,
. Trustee.
UNITED 8TATES OK AMERICA.
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST
VIRGINIA, SS:
I, B. L. Butcher, Referee, do hereby
certify that the above named trustee
has executed and filed a bond In
the penalty of Ten Thousand Dollars
with security theroon approved by mo
is sufficient. B. L. BUTCHER,
L-27-Feb 24-J.ti, Referee.
(. - , ' J v / 1 * * 'J
IS SENT DOWN NEAR!
Mill* ?7~ ...,., ^ V^i,aMifii
ys'vlXJ :
< >' ' -*1 .. ., ., wvv,*,v .'r
: ' '-SeeSprM:; ,;:.^ ,-* *? - ..
3r.lt LAl KbNTIe. SHOW.N HfcKE. V
' ITS CREW OF 300. 121 WERE HI
year or will Charleston come back
.ith another championship team?
The writer ot this article will tell you
who has the best team in the state
on March 18. The people of the City
of Fairmont wish that the tournament
ma ybe more successful this
year than In any previous one.
High School Improving.
Since the referee's whistle blew for
the first game of the season the local
SPECIAL NOTICES
Notice of Holding o
Paw Pa\
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
County of Marlon, ss;
At a Uegulur Session of the County
Court held In and for the County of
Marion at the Court House inereof ,i.n
Tuesday, the inh day of Januaiy A. I).
in 17, the following order was entered:
This day came J. I.. Tennant, and
tendered a petition In writing signed
by himself and one hundred and
thirty-l'our other legal voters ana
freeholders in the Magisterial District
of l'aw Paw, County of Marion
and State of West Virginia, which
said petition was filed in the Clerk's
office of tills Court ou the 21st day
of December, liilti, praying for the
permanent improvement oi certain
public roads in said l'aw l'aw District,
and asking leave to file the
same, 'and said petition having been
inspected by the Couit and found to
be legal and proper, it is ordered that
the said petition be and tlie same is
hereby filed; the said petition being
in the words aud figures following:
"To the Honorable County Court of
Marion County, West Virginia;
Wo, the undersigned, who art. legal
voters and freeholders witliin the
.Magisterial District of l'aw Paw, in
the County of Marion and State of
West Virginia, believing that the
public interest demands the permanent
improvement of the main public
toads of said district liercinatter enumerated,
hereby request and petition
your Honorable Body to cause to be
submitted to the legal voters ot said
district the proposition of bonding
said district for the sum of $220,000.00
at a special election to be
held for that purpose, and that the
proceeds arising from the sale of said
bonds be, by said Court need
for the permanent improvement of
such roads by lite use of asphaltum,
brick, concrete, macadam, stoneblock
or other process of equal merit,
as is provided by law, the roads to be
so Improved by said proceeds of said
bonds being, to-wit:
1. The Fairmont and Wheeling
Turnpike beginning at the Fairmont
and l'uw Paw line on Finches Itun,
by way of Gray's Flats and thence
through the Town of Fairvtew and
following generally Paw Paw Creek
to the Paw l'aw District line at the
Monongalia County line, a distance
of 7.2. miles.
2. The Benefield Foil; Road lead
ing from Falrview near the Burns
Hotel, thence up the Benelield KorK
to the Intersection of the right ami
left fork at Jones Corner, 1.1 miles.
2. The Taw Taw Koail beginning
at a point in the Fairmont and
Wheeling Turnpike at or ueur Cray's
Flats, thence by way of Grant Town
down the Taw Ppw Creek to the
Town uf Baxter, a distance of 2.0
tii.les.
1. The Little Paw Paw Iload beginning
at a point at or neur the
'lown of Baxter and running thence
up the Little Taw Taw Creek and
crossing the same at Hoodsvillc, a
distance of J.4 miles.
5. The Big PiiW Taw Road beginning
at Baxter and running thence
down the Taw Paw Croek to a point
nt nf" nmir thn vnnrl InfnrconlInn- (Lo
Ohio River, and Maryland Turnpike
in South HlvesviUe, a distance of 2.1
miles.
0. The Ohio River and Maryland
Turnpike beginning at the Paw Paw
District and Morlougalla County line
and running thence down Phn.'ouli's
Run to the Town ot Rlvesvllle. crossing
Paw Paw Creek, and thence up
the Monongahela River to the Fairmont
District line, a distance of 6.1
miles; that the said pike be built on
the same road leading from Rlves\ille
to Fairmont District line or a
relocation thereof to be determined.
7. Parker's Run Road beginning
at a point in the Ohio River and
Marylaud Turnpike near the Town of
Rlvesvillo and thence down the river
to Parker's Run, a distance of 0.8
miles, on the present location of said
road or a relocation thereof to be
hereafter determined.
Said roads and pikes are to be subject
to any revisions or changes necessary
to make satisfactory grades
and cui out curves.
We further petition and request
that your Honorable Body, in the
nvnflf thn eotrl Knnrl In
er, appoint ten freeholders and legal
voters within the said Magisterial
District of Paw Paw to be recommended
within ten days after the
election to act as an advisory committee
to your Honorable Body in all
matters relating to Bald road improvements,
Including the salo of
said bonds, the employment of engineers,
determining kind of road to be
built and materials to be used, letting
of contracts, approval of work
and materials used, etc.
Respectfully submitted.
Reason Fox Jesse D. Wilson
W. H. Coontz Androw Varner
C. F. Hamilton * $ jgggV
J. K. McCay VV. D. Yost
A. L. Darrah D. O. Hanes
J. Y. Hamilton A. M. Hanes
B. F> Batson T. E. Michael
SffltfeiikWcK* tJSrv.':
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,Y 200 LOSE LIVES.
t * ' ' " * V**?:
.\-wS St .\K OFF THE IRISH COAST
SSCUED.
1 team has steadily Improved under the
1 direction of Cqaqh Moore. The play!
era like Mr. Moore very much and all
I have great confidence in hint.
Girls Practice.
The High school girls will continue
I their daily practice at the Miller
i school gymnasium this week after
jseveral days 'absence because of in
fantile paralysis. This is the first
(Continued on page twelve.)
I SPECIAL NOTICES
f Special Election in
v District
\V. S. Swigev James Bethel
I L. It. Toothman II. C. Snider
I Barney McBec S. T. Burr
jit. K. Price Barney Morris
J U. M. Price G. 1>. Bowman
Clark Jones David' Evans
|G. I.. Sine c. i?. Snider
j l.ott Austin J. A. Snider
Albert Amnions S. O. Amnions
A. C. Parrish C. C. Billingslca
W. D. Moore C. S. Jarvis
Jesse C. Yost Elihu Y'ost
Ira C. Yost .Marion A. Gilmp
; D. II. MclJee J. S. Greaser
J. S. Tennant J. 1'. Williams
; J. E. Parrish C. F. Sturm
J. N. Weaver C. S. McElroy
:G. 0. Dietrich L. 11. Underwood
jF. M. iirookover P. W. Y'ost
J. L. Sutton G. S. Basnott
Dr. G. it. Miller J. G. Eddy
.V. B. Yost It. A. Gump
Dr. J.W.P. Jarvis W. A. Amnions
J. II. Snodgrass U. \V. Boor
; W. W. Mason J. H. Brewer
!T. N. Wilson J. D. Arnett
' P. A. Gump John F. Phillips
;B. D. Satterficld E. S. Phillips
i Smith Jlood, Jr. D. T. Diekersou
iT. L. Thorn Kiley Davis
I A. It. Neely Webb Auios
YV. It. Clayton Dr. Geo. Yost
i D. W. Clayton S. L. Toothman
'J. S. Freeman Z.K. Itawkinsberry
. H. C. Satterficld D. N. Musgrave
IJoliu Bossi Frank Hood
1 B. C. Coogle it. C. Musgrave
,C. it. Amos H. A. Flllt/i
J. A. Hess ' J. C. Matheny
Vrnnlr Xmnii IV IT PHdit
jC. K. Cunningham Mulilon Eddy
Wni. Sloan L). D. Cunningham
G. F. Mahaffey J. A. McCoy
i Hal G. Cumniius K. F. Floyd
I Tliur. R. Inghrtm W. D. Ice
i Chas. H. Clayton H. B. Amos
j Walter Lough I. W. Boor
I W. M. Knlsely J. J. Barb
Levi Tennant John Collins
J. M. Short W. I). Barb
W. E. Core H. K. Hill
J. W. Gump C. R. Martin
B. T. Fordyce J. C. Michael
Gideon Thompson B. F. Toothniau
A. J. Snider Alpha Toothman
Elier Robinson L. O. Toothman
Ellis Toothman U. F. Straight
E. G. Rricc W. J. Barth
I R. B. Moorchead J. N. H. West
I John J. Mitchell Win. Fast
And upon consideration of the said
' petition the Court is of the opinion
I and doth so find that moro than fifty
15 u J of the signers of the said petl!
tion are legal voters and freeholders
j of Hie Magisterial Diatrlct of Raw
I Raw, County or Marion and State of
West Virgiuia, and it further appearing
to the Court aud the Court doth
sd liud that the amount of ihr eari
rent road levies upon the nronertv
I assessed in said Paw Paw District tor
; road purposes is insufficient iorvthe
' purpose o' said permanent Improvement
prayed for in said district as set
forth in said petition.
And it further appearing to the
Court and the Court doth further
'find that the total valuation of the
taxable property in said Patv Paw
District, County and State aforesaid,
is $7,471.SIO.SO asehown by the last
assessment of the property in said
district for state and county purposes;
and the Court doth further
luul that the said Magisterial District
of Paw Paw lias no indebtedness as
such district, either bonded or otherwise;
ami that the said County of
Marion lias no indebtedness, either
bonded or otherwise; that the
] amount of bonded indebtedness au
i thorized by Ikw, which said Paw Paw
District tuay Incur, la In excess or the
u&sregntu amount or $330,0011 for
Lu purpose aforesaid.
And it further uppearing to the
Court and the Court doth ao find that
the common councils of the Towns
ot Fairvlew and RIvesvillc, through
which municipalities a part of the
roads in and by said petition is proposed
to be permanently improved,
nave each, by a resolution entered of
record on the minutes of their respective
meetings, consented to the improvement
of said streets and roads
within said respective municipalities,
by the County Court of Marion County,
under the proposed bond issue
and have authorized said County
Court to build and construct the said
streets and roads within said municipalities,
in the ovent said bond Issue
be authorized at said special election,
out of the proceeds ot said bond issue
in the manner prescribed by law, and
as set forth in said resolutions respectively
of the Common Cornells
of said towns.
Now, on tills day, after mature
consideration of said petition the
Court Is of the opinion that the prayer
of said petition should be granted,
and the Court doth hereby grant the
same.
And the Court deeming it advisable
and being of the opinion that the
feald Paw Paw .District aforesaid
should appropriate and use the sum
of $330,000 for the permanent improvement
of tho roads mentioned
and described in said petition, and
that to this end the said district
should be bonded in the said amount,
and that the proceeds arising from
the sale of said bonds should be used
. n~ i iii i'i ' full
SPECIAL NOTICES
in the permanent lmporrement.pt the
raid roads mentioned and described
in said petition by the const ruction
of asphaltum, brick, concrete, macadam,
stone-block, pr other process'
of equal merit as Is provided by law.'
and In such manner as presclbed by!
law; and the Court doth therefore or-!
der and direct that a rote be taken
by the legal voters of said Paw Paw
District. Marion County. West .Vir-j
Kinia, on the question of the issuance!
of the bonds aforesaid at the several
voting places in said District ot Paw;
Paw at a special election to be held for
the purpose of taking such vote, and
said election Is hereby ordered and
directed to bo held on Wednesday,
the 14 th day of February. A. D. 1917.
upon the question of the Issuance of'
bonds In the amount and for the purposes
and uses aforesaid, and the pro-1
ceeds of which said bonds so author-1
lted and Issued shall be used for the:
purposes set out In said petition.]
which said bonds shall draw interest:
at not to exceed Five Per Centum
(5%) per annum, payable seml-an-1
Dually on the first days ot June and
December of each year and be payablo
serially on each annual Interest
period within twenty-one years commencing
one year from the date of
sa!<^ bonds.
For the purpose of holding such
election tile Court doth hereby appoint
the following Commissioners of
Flection to take the poll and asrer-!
tain the result of such election in,
such manner as is prescribed by law!
for ascertaining and certifying the
election of County and District officers
as is provided by Chapter Eight
of the Acts of the Second Extraordinary
Session of the Legislature of
West Virginia, convening on the 18th
day of May, 1915, namely:
At Precinct Number 1, J. D. Arnett,
Custer Satterfleld and Ray
Amos.
At Precinct Number _2? Fl->ai
Toothman;- Bert Amnions and J. C.
I Michael.
! At Precinct Number 3. J. E. McCoy,
Alpha Toothman and H. A.
j Fultz.
| At Precinct Number 4. J. L. Tcnnant.
Will Swiger and Rlghter Rice.
At Precinct Number 5. Worthy
Post, D. D. Cunningham and Larncy
Morris.
Also the County Court appoints
the following challengers of the election
to assist in carrying on said election
in such manner as is prescribed
l.y law, namely:
At Precinct Number 1, Smith Hood
and Dave Clayton.
At Precinct Number 2, Shannon
LoBlond and Jarvls Parker.
At Precinct Number 3, W. D. Ice
and H. 15. Amos.
At Precinct Number 4, B. M. Chal-j
fant and Lee Michael.
At I'recinct Nuinbor 5, Mllas
Smith and Riley Davis. \
Said Commissioners of Election
holding said special election at the
said several precincts in the said District
of I'aw l'uw shall cause to be
taken and ascertained the result of
said election at said several voting
places for which they were appointed
.respectively, and the said vote
polled at said voting places shall be
taken and the result ascertained and
cert'fled according to the regulations
prescribed by law for ascertaining
and certifying the election of County
and District officers as aforesaidSund
the ballots used in taking such poll
shall be the same as those used for
voting for officers for County and
District purposes and shall have
printed thereon the following words,
namely:
"Special Road Bond Election in
Taw Paw District held by order of
the County Court of Marion County,'
West Virginia, entered and spread on|
the records of snid Pnnrt I
?- wuui b UU bUU ?lbU
day of January, 1917, in compliance
with the petition of fifty or morej
freeholders of said district, filed with1
the Court praying for a special election
to authorize the issuance of
bonds to the amount of a-30,000.00
to improve certain main public roads!
of said district, according to the laws
of the State of West Virginia:?
FOR BONDS
AGAINST BONDS."
It is further ordered that the said
ballot may be voted and marked in
the manner prescribed by law.
It is further ordered by this Court
that this order be published throughout
the said district thirty (30) days
at least before said vote is taken as
follows:
The Clerk of this Court shall cause
as many copies of this order to be
made or printed aB may be necessary
and sign the same, and he shall forthwith
post one of said copies in a conspicuous
place in his office, ono of
nmu V.UIMCD in cue iruni aoor or tne
Court House or said Marion County,
and the affidavit of said Clerk showing
said posting in his office and at
the front door of the Court House
shall be recorded by the Clerk of this
Court in the order books of this
Court, and the Clerk shall also deliver
the other copies to the Sheriff
of said Marion County, who shall
forthwith post one of said copies in
a conspicuous place at each voting
place in said district. The said Sheriff
shall make his return showing
that such order and copies thereof
were duly posted which shall be recorded
by the Clerk of this Court in
the order book of this Court, and the
Court doth further order and direct
that a copy of this order signed by its
Clerk shall be published once each
week for four successive weeks In
the following newspapers, published
in said Marlon County, prior to the
dale of said election, namely:
The Fairmont Times and The West
Virginian, and the certificate of the
editor or mihHnhei* of ?,J
.. W4 VMVU ui oaiu
papers under oath showing the publlcation
thereof, shall be recorded b>
the Clork of this Court in the order
book of this Court,
It is further ordered that the Clerk
of this Court do forthwith prepare
poll books, ballots, etc., as may be
necessary for the purpose of taking
and certifying said special election;
the same to be delivered by him to
the said Commissioners of Election.
It is further ordered that, in the
event of the electorate of said district,
at said Special Election, authorizing
the issuance of said bonds, that
the President of this Court be, and1
he is hereby authorized and directed
to execute the bonds of said' Paw
Paw District for and in the name of
the said district, add to sign the
same as President of this Court, and
the Clerk of this Court Is hereby dljnflSjftnHHKHDBBKiHHHMDKaR
1
8PE0IAL NOTICES |
rected and authorized to countersign;
said bonds and attach the seal of this.
Court thereto, which said bonds shall i
be by the President of this Court sold >
and delivered to the purchasers
thereof upon receipt by him of the
proceeds thereof as provided in Sec-I
Hon Five of Chapter Eight of thcl
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia,
Second Extraordinary Session,
1915; said bonds shall be sold and,
disposed of to the best advantage of
the said district in such manner as
the said President of this Court may
deem best, but In no event shall said
bonds be disposed of for less than
their face or par value. Said bonds
so to be issued, shall be serial-coupon
bonds of the several denominations
of $500.00 and $1,000.00, respectively.
but not to exceed in the aggregato
$330,000. and shall be Issued
and dated as of the first dny of June,
1917, and be payable serially to the
bearer at the office of the Clerk of
the County Court of said ilurlon
County in the City of Fairmont, State
of West Virginia, or at the National
City Bank, in the City of New York,
in the State of New York, at the option
of the bolder, and all within
twenty-one (21) years from date.
Said bonds shall be payable serially
on the first day of June, becinnlnc
with tho year 1018, and every year
there after on the same day and date
thereof; the said bonds shall show
011 their face, their serial numbers to
be paid on each annual period and
shall bear interest at tho rate ot Five
I'er Centum (5%) per annum, payable
semi-annually at the office of
the Clerk ot this Court, In the City of
Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia,
or at Guaranty Trust Company
of New York, In the City of New
York and State of New York, at the
option of the holder, and that said
interest be evidenced by coupon attached
to said bonds and the said
coupons to be executed by tho facsimile
signatures ot the President of
this Court and the Clerk thereof.
Said bonds Hhall show on their
face, the serial numbers of bonds,
and the date each becomes due, and
the holder thereof shall present such
bonds for payment when they respectively
becomn due and Ihe failure to
su present such bonds wheu due shall
cause the interest thereon to ceuso
and no Interest shall be paid after
said bonds as shown on their face
shall lull due.
It is further ordered by the Court
that said serial bonds shall be respectively
number, and of the respective
denominations and respectively become
due and payable us follows:
llonds 1 to 9 Inclusive of $1000
each, on June 1, 1918.
Bonds 10 to 19 inclusive of $1000
[each on June 1 1919.
Bonds 20 to 29 inclusive of $1000
each on June 1, 1920.
Bonds 'JO to 40 inclusive of $1000
each on June 1, 1921.
Bonds 41 to 51 inclusive of $1000
each on June 1, 1922.
Bonds 92 to Gil inclusive of $1000
each on June 1, 1923.
Bouds 04 to 75 inclusive of $1000
each on June 1, 1924.
rionus iu to as inclusive or 1000
each on June 1, 1325.
Bonds 83 to 102 inclusive of $1000
each on June 1, 1326.
Bonds 103 to 116 inclusive of
$1000 each on June 1, 1327.
Bonds 117 to 131 inclusivo of
$1000 each on June 1, 1328.
Bonds 132 to 117 inclusive of
$1000 each on June 1, 1323.
BondB 148 to 164 inclusive of
$1000 each on June 1, 1330.
Bonds 165 to 181 inclusive of
$1000 each on June 1, 1331.
Bond 182 or $500 on June 1, 1931.
Bonds 183 to 200 inclusive of
$1000 each on June 1, 1332.
Bond 201 of $500 on June 1, 1932.
Bonds 202 to 220 inclusive of
$1000 each on June 1, 1333.
Bonds 221 to 240 inclusive of
$1000 each on June 1, 1334.
Bonds 241 to 261 inclusive of
$1000 each on June 1. 1335.
Bonds 262 to 283 inclusivo of
$1000 feacli on June 1, 1936.
Bonds 284 to 306 inclusive of
$1000 each on June 1. 1337.
Bond 307 of $500 on June 1, 1337.
Bonds 308 to 331 inclusive of
$1000 each on June 1, 1338.
Bond 332 of $500 on June 1. 1338.
It is further ordered by the Court
that in the event of said bonds being
disposed as aforesaid the proceeds
shall be by the purchaser thereof
placed by him or by the President of
the County Court in the hands of the
Sheriff ol' this County, and it is further
ordered that the Sheriff for receiving
and disbursing said proceeds
shall receive no compensation or
commission therefor and tho said
Sheriff shall deposit said proceeds in
banks designated by this Court in the
manner prescribed by law, said banks
to be required to give security therefor
as provided by law.
yhe plan to meet the accruing interest
on said bonds and to pay thom
serially at maturity by said district
is:
It shall be the duty of the County
Court of said Marlon County to, and
the Court 'Shall each year, at the annual
levy for road purposes in said
Paw Paw District provide, by district
lovy and taxation as is required by
law in such cases made and provided,
for the interest on said bondB, together
with an additional fund as a
sinking fund sufficient to be set apart
and to be used to pay and retire said
bonds serially as they respectively
become due.
It further appearing to the Court
and the Court being of the opinion
that the maximum rate of lew in
the said Paw Paw District which the
Court is authorized to lay. as provided
it may in Sections 2, 2 and 4, as
the case may be, of Chapter 3 of the
Acts of the Legislature of West Virginia,
Extra Session, 1908, will not
produce sufficient funds to pay the
Interest on such proposed bonded Indebtedness
of {330,000. herein provided
for said Paw Paw District and
to provide a sinking fund for the discharge
of the principal thereof serially
as said bonds respectively bocome
due; and it further appearing
to the Court and the Court doth further
And that the maximum levy necessary
for any year during the said
twenty-one (21) years to pay the
said interest and to provide for each
serial payment to discharge said proposed
bond issue of {330,000 for said
j^aw Paw District is 35 cents on each
8100.00 valuation of taxable property
of said Paw Paw District;
The Court doth therefore hereby
| order and direct inat a vote of the
legal voters be takeu in the said Magisterial
District of Paw Paw in said
Marlon County and State of West
Virginia, on Wednesday, the 14th
SPECIAL NOTICES 3
day or February. 101?. on the Question
of authorizing the maximum
special bond levy of 35 cents on each |
5100.00 valuation of the taxable *
properly in said Paw Paw district to m,
pay the interest on, and provide a
kinking fund for each serial payment 9
to the discharge of said proposed i
bond issue hereinafter provided; and
that said vote shall be taken on the j
question aforesaid' at the several
voting places in the said Magisterial
District of Paw Phw at said Special
Election to be held on Wednesday,'I j
the Uth day ot Fobruary, 1917,' ?
wliich has been heretofore heroin di- ?
rected to be held for the purpose of ; ,B
taking u vote on the said proposed
bond Jssue ot 533U.U00 for said Paw ?
raw uiwinci, ana me v-ourt uoia xur- wy
ther order and direct that the uid J<
election commissioners and cltnlleng- Sj
tra hereinbefore appointed do take :JH
the poll and ascertain the result o(
said election on the question authortaint;
a maximum special bond levy
| of 36 cents on each 1100.00 valua kg
tlon of taxable property ot said P?w
I Paw District to pay the interest and ;
provide a sinking lund to meet each
: serial payment la the discharge of
said proposed bond Issue, and it It /H
j further ordered that the Clerk ol
this Court shall forthwith prepare' '&SS
' poll books, ballots, etc., aa may'be -vuH
necessary for the purpose ol taking t
and certifying said special election . ^
on the question ol authorizing said J)
1 maximum special bond levy as alore- P0I
' raid, to bo delivered by him to said 'Wffljj
immissiraeis ot Election; and said r*S|B|
; Commissioners ol Election holding
raid special electlou at the several . ".9
' voting places In said Magisterial
1 District ol I'aw Paw shall cause to
| lie taken uuil ascertained the result Aflj
of said election on the question ot i
authorizing sniil maximum spoclal .'^SS
liond levy in the several voting places
lor which they ure appointed, respeclively,
and the vote and poll be laken
at the said several voting places
on the said maximum special bond %jj
levy and the results ascertained and 31
certified according to Ihu regulations ?
concerning general elections and JS
elections under the provisions ot -3
Chapter 9 of the Acts ot the Legls- 1
lature of West Virginia. Extra See- 9
slon, 1306; which vote shall be taken
on a separate ballot on which shall JM
bo printed:
"Special election to authorize a
maximum special bond levy ot 35 |
cents on each 3100.00 valuation ot :wa|
taxable property In Paw Paw District V?
to be iucreased or diminished as the, 1
case may be sufficient to at all times
piovide for tho payment ot Interest WM
and principal of $330,000 ot bond^ - TH
according to the order of tho County ..Jk
Court ot Marion County entered ou
the 3d. day of January, 1917."
Directly underneath ot which shall
be printed in two separate lines; '
!U FOR THE LEVY
u AGAINST THE LEVY
It is further ordered that the said
ballots may be voted uud marked In
tin! manner prescribed by law. jS
Gut it is further ordered th&t the
County Court in each year shall by
District Levy always provide sufticient
special bond levy but shall not
at any "levy period provide a greater j
special bond levy than is necessary 'S
to pay the interest on said bonds and
to provide an ample sinking fund to ?
pay oft the said serial bonds as they
lespcctlvely become duo.
It ii further provided that the voters
of l av- 1'aw District be listed and
registered by this Court as provided
for by Section 98-A111 and Section / 'a
98-A-VH of Chapter 28 of the Acju
of the Legislature of West Virginia,Regular
Session, 1915.
And it is further ordered that this
Court do sit the fifth day preceding |
the date of said special election foi'
| the purpose of hearing any and
; maltcis as 'o the registration of vot^|
ers and of doing any and all thlndH
TiArnniinrv onrt rnnnlrorl Hin
oi thlB slate.
And it is fmther ordered by the
Court that in the event the suid bond -M
flection Is curried, that the plans and
specitications and tbe contract lor
said work be approved by the State
Road Engineer, and that the work
shall not be paid tor in lull until Inspected
by said State Koad Engineer. si
It is rurther ordered that in the
event Bald bond issue shall carry, 'rfl
that th^ Advisory Committee in said i
petition mentioned shall be appoint-,
cd by this Court to act as Advisory 13
Committee to this Court, in all mattcrs
relating to said road improve- IF
ment, including the sale ot said i|
bonds, the employment ot engineers,
determining kind ot roads to be built 3
and material to be used, letting ot . jfl
contracts, approval ot work and material
used, etc.
STATE OP WEST. VIRGINIA. S
Marlon County Clerk's Office.
I, A. G. Martin, Clerk of the County
Court of Marlon Countv. West Vir.
Glnla, hereby certify that the above STs
1s the true and correct copy of an prUer
ento'od by the County Court' or '
said Marlon County this 9th d*J of
January, A. D. 1917,
A. G. MARTIN, % ,3
Clerk of Marion County Court.
[ ^clDcstBirftinian |
The West Virginian Is on sale ? > '
ery evening at the following places:
UNION NEWS CO., Street Car Station
and B. & O. Station.
WAT80N BUILDING NEWS STAND, *
Main entrance Watson Building.
FAIRMONT NEWS CO, 12414 Matu
Street. (AMU
CLYDE S. HOLT. Main Streat.
MORAN ?r PRUNTY, corner Bridge
and Water streets,
J. H. M'CLOSKEY, corner Sixth and
I.ocuat avenuo.
A. Q. MARTIN. Main street
HAMILTON DRUG CO.. corear
and Virginia avenue.