The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1913-06-06

ties have always to be gained and
maintained at tremendous cost
Morgantown Post-Chronicle. :.
Parkersburg. w. Va. May 3d.
Frank Henthorn, 40 years old, was
killed when sitting at the supper
table tonight by his son, Earl Hem
thorn. % years old. The son then
tried to kill himself.
When young Henthorn came home
his father. mother and sister were
seated at the supper table. An
argument ensued between the faith
err and son, and the latter picked up
shotgun and shot his father.
The women ran from the house
and young Henthorn shot himself In
the forehead. He probably will die.
Charleston, w. Va, May 30.-The
head OF little Marietta Shaffer. the
fcur-year-old daughter of William
shaffer. who resides Is miles from
here. was blown off by load OF
shot fired from a gun in the hands
oil Charles Slaughter, small cousin
OF the girl. The Slaughter boy is
said to be mentally deficient.
Early this morning the Slaughter
boy told the little girl to lie down
on the floor, close her eyes and pre-
tend that she was asleep. The lit
ii girl did as the boy requested.
The boy placed the gun against
her neck and pulled the trigger
Wheeling. W. Va, May 31.-Or-
lando, w. Va, town in the south
ern part of Lewis-co., was the scene
OF a cloudburst Friday. The prop
erty damage is said TO be heavy.
but up to a late hour tonight no
LOGS OF life had beenreported.
A train on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, running between
Redwood and Clarksburg. was stop
ped by the flood waters. Passeng-
ers and crew were forced TO flee 70
the mountain side to escape the
rapidly rising water, which reach
ed height of four .feet in the
coaches of the train.
From Weston. w. Va, comes a re
port of heavy rains and considerable
damage.
Roanyille, fourteen miles south OF
Weston, is practically inundated.
washington, May s1.-The con-
sheraton of plans for Senate probe
into conditions in strike zone OF
West virginia coal fields was begun
today by Senate committee on edu-
cation and labor. After four days
OF effort, advocates of Investigation
succeeded in getting committee to-
| gether. 1t was expected that inyes-
lleation would be begun by sub
committee which will visit strike dis
tr.ct and take testimony of mine
owl ers, strikers and militia officers
at once.
Senator's Swanson, Martin, Shields,
Porah and Kenyon were appointed
/ on the committee to Investigate the
coal fields. No plans were formu-
lated to-day but committee meets
again Monday.
The Bureau of Soils. in co-opera-
ton with the West Virginia Geolog-
ical Survey, will soon begin a Soil
Survey of the Boone-Logan-Mingo
Area, West Virginia. covering APP
proximately 1860 square miles. The
survey will be made for the purpose
OF determining the different tyres
of soil in the area and what crops
they are best adapted to. The sur
vcy will be finished in the fall, when
the report will be prepared and pub
lished later, together with SOIL
map In colors, showing the locations
and extent of the different types of
soil. farm houses. churches. schools,
railroads. public roads, and streams
liz the area.
The field work of the Soil Sur
yey of Kanawha-co., will also be
resumed this spring. and will be
completed at an early date
The Bureau of Soils has made
Soil Surveys of Brooks, Cabell, CAL
houn, Doddridge. Hancock, Harri-
son, jackson, Lincoln. Marion, Mar
she'll, Mason. Monongalia, Ohio.
Pleasant. Preston, Putnam, Richie,
Roane, Taylor. Tyler, Upshur. Wayne
Wetzel, Writ. and Wood counties,
West Virginia, and partial survey
OF Jefferson county.