The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-10-02
West Virginia NeighbOrs.
XXX

Peter Fisehbach and family, VIII
have been residents of Wayne count
seat for many years, moved 10 H9l
den, No., last week. Mr.. Fischbacl
was splendid citizen and Yves
Virginia's loss is MissJurrs gain.
Elias Hatfield, one of the hes
known, and respected citizens of Lo
gan county was in ,he Enterprise Of
flee this week. and asked us 20 max,
s note of the reunion of the Con,
federate veterans of this region tC
take place at Logan Tuesday, DC.
6, Every preparation will be mad,
to make a success of the gathering
Ct the now thinning ranks of the
men who wore the grey. 1t is ear
nestly hoped that as many as pos,
sible will make an effort to be pres.
ent-Winiamson Enterprise,
xxx
A correspondent of the Wayne
News fires this shot at the teachers
ofthat county:
"A great number of the teachers
of Wayne county just simply go to
the school house at 10 O'Clock in
the morning, ring the bell and sleep
until pay day comes, Examine the
condition of number Of Wayne eoun.
~ schools today and you will see
why we need a change.
The session Of the West Virginia
Conference of the NJ. E. Church
South, held at Webster Springs dur
ing the past week, resulted in two
very important changes for William
son church; the first, which will be
much regretted, is that Rev. ].
Pennybacker was sent to Philippi
The other is that this church was
transferred to Holston Conference,
the strongest In the whole church.
Williamson Enterprise.
An experiment, conducted by the
West Virginia Experiment Station,
showed that the earning power OF
ben was $1,O1 a year. At this STA
ton 600 hens were kept during the
year and 1t was found that the cost
for feed per head was so cents, while
the total for feed and labor was $142|
The average number of eggs was 1l3,
valued at 2.43, leaving a net profit Of
sl.O1 for each hen.
The Farmers Institutes for Wayne
county have been called as fallows:
Dunleith, October IA and Is, Forks
Of Hurricane, October 16 and II,
and Dickson October 20 and n,
w. B. Garrett has been the County
President for the Farmers Institute
for the past several years, and under
his guidance the meetings have
been most successfully conducted.
Many hints on practical farming
that have proved of lasting benefit
are suggested at these meetings. No
farmer can afford to miss the In
stitute. :
1t may not be generally known that
George Washington was once quite a
teavy owner of coal land in the New
River-Kanawha district Of what is
now West Virginia. But in the first
ssue Of the Maryland Journal, pub
ished August2O, 1775, and reproduced
4 few days ago by its successor,
he Baltimore American, he used
half a column of advertising space in
setting forth the advantages of TO-
700 acres of land he owned on the
Jhio and Great Kanawha rivers, one
lalf on each stream. The father Of
lis country wanted to sub-divide this
acreage and lease It to settlers; and
while he pointd out the excellence
II the soil and the favorable location
II navigable waterways no mention
was made of the great coal deposits
hat underlaid part Of the territory.
they were not discovered until later
they we're not discovered until later
when the land had passed into other
lands. ..