Measures made into law in West Virginia special session
West Virginia legislators closed a month long special session with 26 measures enacted into law. Key bills include HB17 redefining tax levy procedures and penalties for illegal public expenditures, Senate bills on public office audits, bank and insurance supervision, and education funding. Several other house and senate measures set salaries, govern school districts, and regulate corporations and public bodies.
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West Virginia
Sclons
House
Staunton
Senate
Baker
Criminal Court
Mercer County
McKown
Farmers’ Mutual Cooperative
Senator Hill
West Virginia Colored Institute
Post
Buckhannon
Upshur
Leftwich
Senator Hazlett
Ohio County
West Publishing Company
Montgomery
McDermott
Murderer Surrenders to Mob After Killing in Gypsy
In Clarksburg on March 4, Frank Johnson, a colored man, killed Mrs. Carl Martin, shot with a Winchester rifle at Andrew Braden's Gypsy home. Johnson fired eight bullets, striking her head, temple, breast, arms, and neck. He later surrendered, safety from the mob guaranteed.
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Johnson
Middleton
Gypsy
Martin
Austice
Gordon
Braden
Perry Mines
Thomas Garrett
Lambert
Two Lick
New Chiefton
Clarksburg
Fairmont Coal Company
Constable Post
O'Neil
James Gawthrop
Wolf Summit
D. Yates
Little
Sycamore
Yates
N. C. Holgell
Post
Ford
Lang and
Knok
Frank Shuttleworth
Flanigan
Duncan Boughner
Co. K
W. Va
Andrew Braden
Carl Martin
Frank Johnson
Legislature Adjourns as Laws Are Passed in Charleston
Charleston March 4 The legislature adjourned last night after a session that approved an appropriation bill including 209.50 for the B and O railroad to transport a Syrian leper from Biking Hast. The house and senate debated salaries for county officials, approved a stronger Good Salary bill, and examined licensing expenditures. The court heard murder and other sentences including Martin Carr to the state penitentiary for life and Thomas Apperson jailed for ten years after his atrocious crime against his daughter.
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Charleston
Wetzel
West Virginia
B. & O. Railroad Company
Hall
Senate
House
White
Mingo Criminal Court
Blue
State Board of Public Works
Virginia
May
Kuykendall
Conference
Martin Carr
Sheriff
State Penitentiary
L. Hansford
Carr
Captain Hatfield
Red Fork
Miller
Hatfield
Richards
Thomas Apperson
Notion
Apperson
Judge sentences in timber trespass case in Randolph county
Special to the Sentinel from Elkins West Virginia reports yesterday in circuit court the defense completed its testimony in the suit of Lord and McCracken versus PocaHontas Lumber Company a Pennsylvania corporation for four thousand dollars. The dispute centers on timber cut by the plaintiff on the defendant ground along Little River Randolph County. The trial has taken a new turn with the defense presenting its final witnesses.
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The
Sentinel
Elkins
W. Va
Lord & McCracken
Pocahontas Lumber Co
Pennsylvania
Little River
Randolphs County
Mount Hope News Local Suffering and Death in Community
Mount Hope reports many residents sick with the grip as March brings rain and mud. Delmar Manear dies unexpectedly while Mrs Newbrough is mourned after three months of marriage. Protracted meeting closes with thirty conversions led by Rev Meredith and Mrs Meredith.
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William Matthew
J. B. Watson
Harry
William Stewart
Lizzie Stewart
Scott
Iea Austin
Kingwood
Archie Miller
Hattie Austin
Joseph Summers
Robert Hunt
Delmar Manear
D. J. Austin
Hattie
Gordon's
Miss Hattie
A. R. Watson
Edith Rogers
James Rogers
Ridles
Newbrough
Grafton
Epworth League
Meredith
Notice of Commissioners Report in Shanley Case
West Virginia circuit court notice sets April 2 1908 for commissioner Hugh Warder to report on real estate owned by Julia Shanley and J W Shanley its location description and quantity the liens and priorities and whether five year rent will cover debts and costs. G W Ford attorney for plaintiff signs the notice dated March 2 1908.
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Earl S. Ford
Julia Shanley
J. W. Shanley
Merchants & Mechanics Savings Bank
G. L. Jolliffe
J. H
Chancery
First National Bank
Grafton
Taylor
West Virginia
Hugh Warder
Notice to Lien Holders in Taylor County WV March 1908
Notice to all persons holding liens on the real estate of Julia Shanley and J. W. Shanley. Claimants must present liens for adjudication by April 2, 1908 at the First National Bank Building in Grafton WV. Hugh Warder Commissioner W Ford Attorney for Plaintiff.
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Julia Hanley
J. W. Shanley
Circuit Court
Taylor County
Julia ‘Shanley
Julia Shanley
First National Bank
Grafton
Taylor
West Virginia
Hugh Warder
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Kown
Forman
Holle
Duty
Holyrood
Boards of Education
Stallings
Gassaway
Braxton
Strickling
West Virginia Hospital
Weston
Y of
Wheeling
Garthan
Beckley
Raleigh
Ashburn
State Normal School
Harman
West Virginia University
Bradley
T Mob
A. John H. Gerkin
Solons
bin of B. & O
Pen For Life
Mount Hope
G. W. Ford
Plaintiff
W. Ford
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
H.M. Williams
Gardner
Toledo
Pittsburg
Gompar
Et Comtereible
Eesmender
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