The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-10
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS NOTES

There IL an abundant potato crop this
year. but the harvesting and saving is
yet TO be done. with all the recent
rains care should be taken that the 20
tstoes do not rot in the ground or dhat
they do not take the second growth.
Where they are wcedy. the leeds should
be cut and removed to give the sunshine
"A chance To dry out the earth. one
ounce OF prevention IL worth a pound
OF cure. So little precaution taken In
time may save the pOtatOes.-Foint
Pleasant Gazette.
\ tract OF $500 acres OF virgin timber
has been sold by the At. Carbon Conn
Iany, Limited. Of Mt. Carbon. Fayctts
county. TO the -. T. Hewitt Lumber
Company. a Huntington operator The
timber is located on the headwaters Of
Armstrong creek. ana contains poplar.
oak. hemlock and some Of the rarcr
woods. and has been kept on the mar
net Tor years. The purchasers Will start
cutting forthwith. and will ship the logs
10 Huntington TO be sawed there.
John } Thayer. prominent Kanawha
self as candidate before next years
primary Tor nomination as congress-
man from the sixth district.
Missing for three DAYS Alvin Adkins.
aged 20. a Lincoln county farmer. was
found dead IN the forest near his home.
~ lightninE Adkins was wealthy and
highly respected.
Some OF the largest tomatoes ever
seen IN Martinsburg have been grown by
Mr.. @. .. Dudrow. baggage agent AZ
the local Cumberland valley station.
Two - them. one weighing ~ pounds
ana the other q pounds. are on display
az KS Pharmacy.-Martin Journal.
The loss Of nearly $4,000. 900 on the
assessed valuation Of property In Roane
stream 81 judgments that are being
MED for record speak elogucnty Of a
,nSae,t9,%r deT period OF Democrstic
GUS that they viii have o. vote the
democrats out next year iu order 90 re-
wealth.-spencer Timos-Rccord.
At his home in Berkaiey county. D.. p.
Keedy stepped on "a blow adder. aud the
serpent instantly coiled itself around MS
leg. lie yelled for help. and his son with
2 club struck the snake mighty blow.
Tie killed ~ but at the same time he
came near breaking his fathers leg.
a band 81 men 10 said 20 Do causing a
rclEn or terror around Fittman. Fayette
county. Ben White was recently taken
out ard whipped and others have in the
past two weeks received threatening let
ters. it is said there are about twenty
men In tho band. which r short time ago
burned the house ~ Mrs.. vs.. Dean tho
woman narrowly cscaping death.-Al-
AIva ana Peter shovcn are ENGAGED ir
y r'''N"tf iAhA NNNeN NANN' NI NHIN GOV m IN
Logan county. a courle o. weeks ago
these proRresgfve Uaane county boys
went down 10 DharwarVIitr and eIFref
contracts 10 teach school The board
decided fo build new school house 20
Nlva and Peter set 90 work helping fo
put ur. the building Aiva ia foreman N
mo job while Potter ia helping other
wise Hoane Reporter.
Monroe county.s progressive berry
man. Mr. D. D.. Egl.nE ~ Sinks Grove.
picked sfvtv-two bushels o. raspberrIoa
from three-fourths ~ on acre fhis sea-
a0n.
Confederate veterans throughout the
state viii regret 10 learn OF the death ~
Gen John Floyd King which occurred in
~ nHhinn ton. IT.. I.. on MAY sfh Ue ia
vel rememhsred as = Gallant artillery
officer fr the Army ~ northern virginia
commanding battalion made up ~ Bry-
nn.E. 'hnrmnua and Lowrya batteries
Zach ~ There cuwranles vas composed
mainly &C Monroe county men since me
var be rff rcseute1 Louisiana district
in thH ffth. f7th. fsth. and fsth COM
stresses.
r o. Davis writing 90 the pocar9nfaa
Times. from -kyles. ~ Va. cave n
have on mY place potato tops that are
.f ID inches tHlI. nice and green and rtiII
CROWNS 7 have UafH that measured fffA
inches ln height and corn stalks that ~
hfr iu 'IrrHmference four inches
o. D.. Nrri ~ Cap Mills Monroe
c ,slg1r' s.,d p ismhs ~ Pc rs,slng
gai - them ayeraEsi ono hundred and
IT, Wiley. Of Union. raised 30 March and