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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

The day of shingles is passing and
that OF slate, tile or metal is coming
A roof which fire cannot ignite is want.
ed In all towns.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

Massachusetts, proposes to impose q
tar on bachelors. and some OF the
bachelors In that state claim the free
dom is worth II.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

Justices OF the peace can no longer
perform the marriage service in New
Jersey and the clergy are reaping a
harvest.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

Missouri girl wants $4,000 for sew
en- kisses. This is case where the
law OF supply and demand doesn't ap-
ply In any sense.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

Pennsylvania is 10 build a new peni-
Tertiary with the labor OF convicts.
That seems like adding insult to in
fury.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

A European physician says ne can
graft hair on bald head. but 1t Is
better and cheaper to conserve our
natural resources.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

A California woman who marries an
alien loses her right TO vote. Cali.
fornia girls are becoming cautious as
well as alert.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

dozen young women in a Pennsyi-
vania town have organized a non.
swearing club. This is a good idea II
it's absolutely necessary.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

Camden. N. j.. girl has been sent
TO Jail for 80 days for kicking a police
man on the chin. thus furnishing an
other argument for tall policemen.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

About once a year the Ohio river
proceeds to show that II could foat
the navies OF the world
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

" there is one thing more than any
thing else that kills poetic fancy. II Is
to zee a motorcycle plugging along
the countryside.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16
No. v. 8. Vessel In Thsme. In , Yea,

w. ~ ~ 'essci w names IN q wear.
New York, May IA report by the
medical officer OF the port OF London.
England. discloses the fact that no
vessel flying the stars and stripes ar.
rived in the Thames In the whole Of
last year.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

China's republic is going through
many OF the troubles that come to
every newborn babe
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

The destruction OF the peach crop
will take place next July and many
will have a hand In II.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16
MEMBER OF

The sociologist who estimates that
the value OF a baby is s2.S00 clearly
ne.er had a baby.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

Somebody has written a poem about
The Little Sod Shanty." The little
sod shanty is very poetic-in a poem.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

When one prices handbags he be-
gins to think Florida alligator farm
would be a good investment
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-05-16

A Washington woman says her
clothes cost her s49,930 year. Evi-
IDENTIFY marked down from $4,000.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Aviator Dashed to Death.

Grafton. Charles Morok, in at.
tempting his second aeroplane fight
met with another accident. When
at height of several hundred feet
the engine refused to work, and the
machine fell. Morok was not badly
injured. but the machine was com
pletefy wrecked. There will be no
more attempts~at flying here. 1t was
the only feature to mar the. biggest
event of the home coming celebration
that was observed here as never be-
fore. Twenty thousand people
thronged the streets and enjoyed the
festivities. The Reno Post G.
A. r.. marched to the cemetery
with the school children headed by
Vincents band and drum corps, and
decorated the graves. The local post
and fraternal societies met at the
Willard and with Vincent's band lead.
ing, Arnold's band and the drum corps
bringing up the rear again went to
the cemetery, and listened to an ad.
dress by General jackson, of Kansas.
Congressman Brown presided and in
troduced the speaker,
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Launch y. M. C. "A. In Capital clty.


No organization of new activity
in Charleston, 1t is safe to say,
has ever met with the hearty
response and the great enthusiasm
that attended the combined business
and social gathering held at the First
NJ. E. church in the interest Of the
Young Women's Christian Associa,
ton. At this meeting reports Of the
most encouraging nature wera made
by the several provisional commit.
teas, an executive board of "a mem.
bers was created to choose the exeeu.
tive officers OF the institution whose
success seems now to be assured be-
yond doubt II size of audience is any
indication OF the interest and the sup
port to be counted upon, then the
more than GOO persons who attended
the meeting gave ample evidence OF
that interest and support. In enthus.
lasm as well numbers, the meeting
was record breaker for Charleston.
Mrs. G. G. Lewis, jr, presided over
the gathering, while Miss Hughes.
field secretary for the district com
posed OF West Virginia and Ohio,
spoke andexplained fully the plan OF
organization. Reports were submit.
ted by the several comcittees. The
committee on finance reported 100
pledges of financial aid, the total
amounting to $2,259 and number OF
the pledges being made for periods OF
three to five years. The committee
on nominations reported the following.
nominations for membership on the
executive board OF a. Mesdames
Frank Woodman, g. T. Thayer, j. s.
Cunningham, w. &. r. Byrne, Graves
Hubbard, ]. w. Roche, M. T. Brown,
James Flynn, l.. Judson Williams,
George Coyle, w. B. Matthews, w. O..
Daum, w. T. Shelton. Stuart F, Reed,
James L. Montgomery; Misses Min
ME McWhorter, Anna P. Stark, Ella
Craig. Eleanor Hopper, Hattie Will
son. A reception in honor of Miss
Hughes closed the meeting. Refresh
ments were served in the basement
when the big meeeing dissolved, with
all pleased with the initial step taken
to organize Y. M. G. A. in the Cap.
ital City. It is expected that the in
stitution will be opened about Septem-
Der first. The quarters will be in the
building now In course of erection,
which is being built specially for this
purpose In connection with business
stand. In this building are being al.
ranged % rooms for dormitories, e.
large gymnasium, reading room,
rest roo mand cafeteria. When
complete, this will be thoroughly
equipped Young Woman's Christian
Association institution.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Sig Warehouse Tor Frankfort.

Plans for large loose-leaf
tobacco warehouse in Frankfort
to be owned and operated by the
Burnley Tobacco Society, were per
fected at a meeting of the board OF
directors of the society. 1t was de-
cided to build q steel frame concrete
foored warehouse, covering an acre
of ground, at cost of $4,000 Work
will begin at once and during the next
season the society. which found the
sales last year very satisfactory, will
conduct business on larger scale. Az
against capacity last year of 35 900
pounds the new warehouse will give
a capacity Of 100000 pounds of to-
bacco. The president of the society
Clarence LeBus, was at the head Of
the visiting committee, the others be
ing A. L. Ferguson, vice president;
Lister Witherspoon, G. G. Patrick and
]. d. Clark. They were accompanied
by Fred Ballard, press representative.
Gcott Brown, chairman of Franklin
county, met with the visiting officials.
From Frankfort the party went to EN-
inence and Shelbyville and then will
go to Carrollton. 1t is planned to build
and operate loose leaf warehouses at
each of these places. A chain Of ware
houses is to be operated during the
coming season over all Of the Burley
district.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Bankers to Meet.

When the West Virginia Bankers
Association meet at White Sulphur
Spring July II and II, it is expected
that one of the most representative
assemblies ever gathered under the
same auspices will be present. Prom
Use has been made Secretary J. s. Hill.
of this city, who is cashier of the Ma
tional City Bank &C Charleston, lat
the majority of the members of the
association will be there and prepared
to soeak on matters pertaining to
subjects Of interest to the bankers
Of the state and county. Secretary
Hill has extended invitations to sew.
eral persons of note who are ac-
quainted with the banking business
among who mare Congressman r. A.
Hefflin, of Alabama Hon. Charles
p. Light field secretary of the Ameri.
can Association For Highway Improve
ment, will be another of the speakers,
while DR.. e. D. Sanderson, will adj
dress the bankers on the subject OF
"A Neglected Industry" DIR. Sander
sson is at the head of the department
Of agriculture at the West Virginia
University and will probably confine
his talk to matters tending to agri-
culture and to the fact that farming
industry has fallen into the rear in
the West Virginia development.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Champions w. Va. Coal.

Reports have been received here
that Congressman Littlepage led a
fight in the national house at Wash
ington against an amendment to the
naval appropriation bill, which re-
suited In a saving of business amount
ing to about twelve or fifteen million
dollars year to the coal operators
of West Virginia, Virginia and Mary
land. Representative Humphreys Of
the state of Washington offered an
amendment to the bill providing that
no part of the appropriation carried
by it should be used for transporting
coal fro .mthe eastern part of the
United States to the Pacific coast for
use in the navy. Mr.. Littlepage, whose
district furnishes the greater part of
the coal used by the navy in the Po-
cific ocean, lead the opposition to this
amendment and opposed it vigorously
on the floor of tie house He showed
that the coal was of such character
that eastern Goals could not be sub
stituted for it and that it was much
cheaper to ship this coal from the
cast than to undertake to use Pacific
cost coal.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
A Glasscock Boom.

Governor William e. Glasscock for
vice president That will be the slo-
gan of the West Virginia Republican
boosters and of the host of Roosevelt
boosters who will go on the special
train from Charleston on June IA,
which is due to arrive some three
days before the national convention.
Besides boosting Roosevelt for the
presidential nomination the West Vir-
ginians will carry along with them a
red-hot boom for Governor Glasscock,
Of Charleston, for the second place on
the national ticket, and this boom
they hope to get well agoing before
the convention starts. Governor
Glasscock is the original Roosevelt
man" and is the only one of the seven
governors who prevailed on Roose-
welt to run who has carried his state
solid for the Rough Rider in the re-
cent contests for delegates between
the latter and Taft for the nominal
ton. This, the local Roosevelt lead
ers claim, gives Glasscock a decided
standing.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Mrs. underwood Badly injured.

Wheeling Returning from d long
automobile ride over the national pike
recently Mrs. A. c. Underwood, of ITO
North Huron street. while standing
on the stone steps of J. p. Eagleson'c
residence at Washington, Pa, lost her
balance and fell to the cement pave
ment below. Two ribs were fractured
and deep cash inflicted on her head.
She was also Injured about the limba
and is in a very serious condition
Mrs. Underwood is the mother of ii
C. Underwood, at present Republican
candidate for sheriff Mr.. Underwood
was called to Washington. For the
past several months Mrs. Underwood
has been in critical condition. Sh,
was just recovering from this i'll
ness when the accident occurred and
In her weakened condition, her physi,
clans say the accident may prove ia
tai. She is in her 6Sth year.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Attaches Goods.

Wheeling.-In order TO complete his
collections on delinquent taxpayers,
Sheriff Clemans has been forced to
adopt stringent measures and this
was was recently started. A deputy
sheriff was sent out with wagon with
instructions to levy ON household
goods of the delinquents. Union dis
trict was taken first and four famil-
les were compelled to see their house
hold effects removed because they
had not complied with the law re-
garding the payment Of taxes. The
furniture was hauled to the city
building, where it will be stored and
later sold in order to raise the neces-
1sary amount to cover the tax bill and
costs of the transaction.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
". VA. NEWS NOTES
Bomb for Girl Cashier.


Huntington.-A new kind or an In
fernal machine was used by jealous
admirer of Miss Emma Dick, aged
nineteen, a pretty cashier in a local
cafe, in an unsuccessful attempt to
end the life of the young girl 1t was
an unusual but effective device that
sent 32-calibre cartridge whizzing by
the young lady's head and created a
panic among large crowd in the
cafe. On car track the would be
assassin had placed cigarette box
inside of which was the cartridge by
means Of tinfoif the bullet had been
trained at the proper angle and when
the car sped along the track the cart
ridge was exploded and the bullet
went through plate glass window
Of tho cafe. At first it was thought
some one had fred directly into the
cafe but this theory was later dis
PEELED when an investigation revealed
the device on the track, the police
are working on several clues and ex-
pect to make an arrest shortly.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
REVIVE THE TALK
OF INTERURBAN
NEW ENTHUSIASM SAYS THAT
SURVEY WILL SOON BE MADE
TWO ROUTES PROPOSED.
INSPECT INSTITUTE FOR BLIND
Board Of Control Notes Decided I'm
provements In the Contest Of tho
Asylum-Harsis Has Heart
Trouble.

Frankfort The proposition to build
an interurban line from Shelbyville
to Frankfort, which has been seri-
ously considered several times in the
past three years, has been again re-
vived to point more strongly to the
actual building of the road than ever
before. A message from Shelbyville
announced that surveying corps had
already begun the work of locating a
feasible line to Frankfort. This fact,
coupled with thu announcement made
some months ago by officials of the
louisville Railway company, that it
intended to build It's line on from
Shelbyviile to Frankfort, seems to in
dictate that there is something doing
this time. 1t is understood that be-
fore the line is built, the property
owners along the proposed route must
agree to donate the right OF way. as
the company says 1t cannot afford to
pay high prcies for a right of way
and make any sort of profit on the
investment The routes for the cleo
trio line have been suggested, one
from Sheibyville along the Louisville
pike, entering Frankfort by the way
OF the rayine that runs back Of the
hill just in the rear of the capital in
lineSouth Frankfort and one coming
into Frankfort by way Of the Benson
valley. It is believed that there will
be no trouble about getting the right
OF way free by either route.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Buried Silver Coins -PIowed Up.

William Turner, Woodford county
negro has specimens of silver coins
he plowed up in a field few days
ago. Some were Spanish dollars
made in 1910, all Of them we'll pre-
served, as if they had been buried
soon after they were coined. Turner
says there was a trace of rotten wood
about the coins when he plowed them
UP, showing that they had been placed
in wooden box, which had rotted.
He found 95 pieces of silver In all,
there being quarters and half dollars
of United States coinage and Spanish
dollars in the lot.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
CHARLESTON HAS
A Big OIL BLAZE
MAN, STEPPING ON MATCH, Io-
MITES OIL IN TANKS AND De-
sTRoYs 1900 BARRELS.
ALL QUENCHING EFFORTS VAIN
Most Strenuous Work Was Done to
Stop the Destruction of Property,
But Without Avail--Adjoin-
Ing Tanks Saved.

Charleston.-One of biggest blaZes
in West Virginia resulted when four
600-barrel tanks of oil on the farm of
Col. A. E. Price in the Blue creek de-
velopment caught fire. The tanks
were connected with the No. well on
the Price farm and were the property
of the Ohio Fuel Oil company They
contained approximately 1900 bar
rels of oil, and the total loss is esti-
mated at $4,000, The blaze started
when one Of two workmen on the
deck of one of the tanks stepped on
a match that had dropped from the
pocket of one or the other, the match
igniting and setting fire to the gas.
which Is always present about an oil
tank, and the flash from the gas in
tdrn setting fire to the oil in the
tank. The whole tank was ablaze in
few seconds. The tanks were quite
near to one another, and In another
moment the fire had spread from the
one to all the others.
1t was soon apparent that efforts to
extinguish the blaze and save the oil
mot already destroyed would avail
nothing, and attention was turned to
the preservation Of other and nearby
property. A little way below the blaz-
ing tanks were 13 tanks belonging to
the William Seymour Edwards Oil
company and only a few rods away
was the Edwards company's $4,000
barrel tank, the largest in the fed.
As the wooden sides Of the tank
were eaten away by the deyouring
element the oil flowed in stream to-
ward the others. A dam was hastily
constructed across the depression in
which the oil ran in continuous
stream, and by this means the blazing
fluid was held back until it had all
been consumed. There was stream
Of fire from the tanks nearly all the
way to the Coal & Coke railway, 800
feet away.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Brakeman Sues for s2s, 900.

An action involving the sum OF
$4,000 has been instituted by e. e.
Cline, of Eskdale, against the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad company,
and is now on trial in the circuit
court Cline lost his right arm and
sustained broken leg when he was
run over by one Of the defendants
trains on the Cabin Creek branch, on
which he was employed as brakeman,
in April of last year Cline sustained
his injuries when, owing to a breaking
of ilandhold alleged to have been
defective, he fell from his position on
the rear of the tender. The train was
crossing a trestle at the time, and
Cline, after his arm was ground off
by the car wheels, fell to the ground
and broke his leg He asks damages
to the amount Of $4,000
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
FeII From Banlster.

-Tarwood. While crowd of young
men was sitting on the sidewalk ban.
sster at Fifth and Main streets, South
Warwood, 1t suddenly broke down, the
occupants falling backward over the
Street-a distance of about 16 feet
Ill Of the six were painfully hurt.
~hile Raymond O'Donnell and Boyd
Hilton were the most severely injured
sustaining a number of Commissions
about the bodies and hands. 1t was
thought at first that both had been IA
tally injured. as they lay motionless
on the ground for few minutes.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Inspect the Dairies.

Inspection Of diaries in Franklin
county. with a view to the prosecu-
ton of those owners who refuse to
remedy existing evils. has been con-
cluded by E. z. Worthington, of the
Kentucky Experiment. Station, in con-
junction with DR.. c. A. Fish, county
health officer. A great improvement
in the physical condition of the dair-
les has been noted, but several diaries
were not up to the standard, and the
owners have been warned. A supple
mental inspection will be made
shortly and If the evils complained of
have not been remedied, the grand
jury will not be asked to return in
dictments.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
THE PROGRESSIVE
WEST VIRGINIAN
A KENTUCKY AND WEST VIRGINIA NEWSPAPER

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will be neutral nothing and stand firmly rights
the of the people
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Kentucky
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We shall endeavor Virginian
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Those who would like have such newspaper should give
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Read this number, and you will catch the drht
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Watch grow and work FOR better conditions.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Collections on Whisky Large.

There was big increase in whisky
tax collections for the month of May
at the Office of Deputy Collector G..
l.. Roberts in Frankfort. The total
amount taken in during the month
was 1921, .0.33, while the total col
lected last year during May was only
s186,597.95, the aggregate for May
this year being $4,000 more than in
the same month last year. Whisky
tax collections in Frankfort have
grown steadily in the past fifteen
years For a number of years the col
1ections amounted to less than $1,000
900 a year, but now that the demand
from other states for Frankfort
whisky has increased SO largely, the
government collects considerably over
$2,000,000 year. The distilling sea-
son Is drawing to a close and most of
the Frankfort distilleries will shut
down this month.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Buys Bankrupt Stock.

At price less than was paid for
the fixtures only, the entire stock and
fixtures Of the Mcclure Cooperative
Store company. recently declared
bankrupt, were sold, being purchased
by w. E. Ambrose. OF New York. Only
two bidders contended for the stock.
which was sold by the trustee in bank
ruptcy. Louis Rosenstein Of Frank.
fort, bid against Mr. Ambrose, run.
ming up the bids to $1,000, Mr. Am
brose's bid of $1,000 was accepted.
The stock and fixtures were APP
praised by three business men at
more than 100000, the fixtures being
put in at $4,000, less than what the
fixtures cost The price paid for the
stock of goods is regarded as unus-
ually low. Mr.. Ambrose will not sell
the stock in Frankfort, but will ship
it out of town at once, 1t is expected
that the store room in tie United
American building soon will be occu-
pied by large department store.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Inspect Blind institute.

Members Of the board Of control Of
charitable institutions have just COM
pleted thorough inspection of the
Institute for the Feeble-Minded, To-
Gated at Frankfort. and in their re-
port say that under the administers
ton OF DR.. G. w. Armes, superintend-
emit for the last two years, the institu-
ton has made rapid progress. The
board is pleased with the way the
place here. has been conducted. At
the institution there are now being
completed a model sanitary kitchen,
a bakery and cold storage room,
which will cost $4,000. The improve
ments are being paid for out Of money
saved from the per capita allowed
the institution. The saving has been
effected, the board says, without de-
nying the patients in the institute any
of the things that they should have.
All have been well fed and well cared
for in every way. but economics have
been practiced by DR.. Armes that al
lowed big saving. the body found.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-06-13
Bowman Named.

Huntington. 1.-THE Democrats of the
Fitch Senatorial district and at the
Sixth Judicial district met In conven-
tion here. Hon. Stuart H. Bowman.
ST Huntington, former leader of the
Democrats in the lower house, was
unanimously nominated for state SEN
ator Hon. d. E. Wilkinson, OF Ham
In. Lincoln county, was unanimously
dominated for judge Of the Sixth Jul
Hcial district.