Tax Reform Debate in West Virginia Legislature
Tax officials claim new rates will raise revenue fairly and reduce overall tax burden. The 1907 law set maximums for county, municipal and school taxes, with Staunton bill proposing lower limits for 1908 and beyond, while officials note rising valuations complicate the effect. Local leaders warn against confiscation risk if rates are not adjusted to new assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Townsend
Wirt County
Supreme Court of Appeals
Staunton
Tax Commissioner's Office
Black Hand Man Convicted in Local Extortion Case
Fulco an Italian immigrant from Romney New York was found guilty in circuit court of extortion. He and Francesco Chiarravalotti, a fellow countryman, drank together on Thanksgiving Day then Fulco demanded five dollars with a gun. Chiarravalotti borrowed the money from Mrs Bruto and alerted police. Witnesses spoke of the Black Hand fear while language barriers hindered testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Averio Fulco
Francesco Chiarravalotti
Fulco
Romney
N. Y
Chiarragalotti
A. Furcelli
Latrobe Street
Chiarravalotti
Francesco
Carlo Bruto
Rom
Black Hand
Italy
Louis Picado
New York City
Gone To the West With Thayer Family to Pueblo Colorado
Mrs A B Thayer Jr and two daughters Madeline Mildred and Mrs Kate Kirk leave for Pueblo Colorado to join Mr Thayer a Baltimore and Ohio timekeeper who went west about a month ago They have many friends who wish them a pleasant journey to the Rockies and success in abundance Administratrix Notice to Ira McDonald estate readers are told to call prove claims and settle accounts Emma V McDonald administratrix 12-12-6tw
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A. B. Thayer, Jr
Madeline
Mildred
Kate Kirk
Thayer
Pueblo Colorado
Monongah
Baltimore & Ohio
Rockies
Ira McDonald
Emma V. McDonald
Claims politics crowds out new legislation in Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia January 31 the Legislature’s special session focuses more on politics than new laws as Democratic factions jockey for control. Key figures include McGraw aligned groups, with Littlepage, Fisher, Wetzel and Cornwell discussed as possible nominees. Bryan supporters Osenton and Neale signal a Bryan delegation, while Stewart of Berkeley is clear he will not run.
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O. B. Smith
Charleston
W. Va
MacCorkle- Chilton
John T. McGraw
Adam Littlepage
Littlepage
Bryan
Daniel
Virginia
Ben
Miners’ Organization
Virginias
Jake Fisher
Fisher
Braxton County
McGraw
C. M. Wetzel
Jefferson County
Wetzel
House of Delegates
John J. Cornwell
Hampshire
Cornwell
Dawson
Chilton MacCorkle
Henry
Gassaway Davis
Charles W.osenton
Fayette County
George I.neale
Huntington
Stewart,burg
MacCorkle-Chiltons
West Virginia Patents and Trademark Registration
West Virginia inventors receive patents including EH W O Kauffman Keyser gun-cleaner A D Purtle and I Rowland Salem apparatus for carbon black and B F Webb Sistersville wrench. Trade mark registration filed by Vance Shoe Company Wheel ing for leather boots and shoes for women's wear.
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West Virginia
EH. W. O. Kauffman
Keyser
A. D. Purtle
Rowland
Salem
B. F. Webb
Sistersville
Vance Shoe Company
West Virginia Senate Introduces Club Liquor Control Bill
Senator Sam B Montgomery of Preston County introduces Senate Bill No. 20 to amend section 24 of chapter 36, 1907 acts, to declare all places storing selling or distributing intoxicating liquors as common nuisances and subject to court injunctions. The bill, backed by business leaders in Parkersburg Wheeling and Clarksburg, is expected to pass both houses. It would revoke prior licenses and impose a ban of one to three years on sale or distribution, with broader Sunday prohibition seen as reflecting rising southern anti liquor sentiment reaching West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Staunton
Galley West
Supreme Court
Elkins
State Board of Trade
White
Montgomery
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Courts of Equity
South
Wireless line opens for private messages to London and Montreal
Clifden Ireland February 1 The Marconi trans Atlantic wireless system opens to the public for private messages between London and Montreal via Poldhu Cornwall and Glace Bay Montreal chosen as the American terminus due to Canadian subsidies of 80000 dollars. Private message rate 12 cents a word, half the cable rate. No private wires to wireless terminals planned.
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Clifden
Ireland
Marconi
London
England
Montreal
Opposition 10. Liquor Traffic in West Virginia Controversy
George A. Laughlin of the Wheeling Intelligencer argues that flagrant saloon violations of excise laws spark strong anti liquor sentiment in West Virginia. Lawmakers face bills to curb Sunday sales and saloon practices, carried by Senator Samuel Montgomery and Representative Walter Holle, with support from Wheeling ministers urging enactment.
A Card From Senator Bailey
Charleston February 2 1908 Tam reports false rumors that I gave O C Thomas fifty dollars for a mayoral candidacy I deny it I did not discuss his bid Republicans should nominate a good representative slate and they will be elected The remark on Harry Thaws behavior at Mattewan follows noting the public mood on his case and the jury’s impact on public opinion
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Bailey
Charleston
the Sentinel
Tam
O. C. Thomas
Harry Thaw
Mattewan
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Tax Commissioner's
Ofice
John H. Gerkin
What Is
Castoria
State
Senate
Sam B. Montgomery
Preston County
Marconi Trans-Atlantic
Charles H. Brendel
Chas
H. Brendel
Grafton
Taylor County
G. W. Ford
Harry Friedman
Chas. H
Roxie
Uae
George A. Laughlin
The
Wheeling Intelligencer
Samuel Montgomery
Walter Holle
House
Wheeling and Vicinity
Western
Canada
Acs
Saskatchewan
Alberta
St Hest West
Ottawa
M. Williams
Toledo
Candian
Pittsburg
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