Evening star., 1915-11-28
BIG BUILDING BOOM
ON IN WEST VIRGINIA
Operations Totaling Thousands Of
Dollars Attest Returning Pros.
perity Throughout State.
Preston County to Vote on Road
Bonds 1ssue-News Paragraphs
From Many Points.

special Correspondence Of The star.
tLAkkSBCRG. W. Va. November p.
-heturhihs prosperity is manfestinS
itseif in marked activity in buildins
throughout this state. The contract
Tor the Morgan School of six rooms
ana auditorium in Stealy district, this
county, has been awarded to the Kerr
Lumber Company, East Liverpool,
ONO II will cost $4,000 The boar
OF education awarded the contract to
puiid two-story brick and hollow
tie grade school addition here to the
Rachards Construction Company at a
cost of about $1,000
B. F. McGinnis is to erect a ,hree-
story and basement cement block hotel
at Pennsboro to cost $4,000 The
Adamstown council awarded Clsler A.
Morris. Marietta, Ohio. the contract for
paving Pike street at a cost of $4,000
George Strong will erect a three
story brick store and apartment build
ing at Parkersburg. The board of edu-
cation of Ravenswood will erect two
story and basement school building to
cost $4,000. The Ritter-Nickers es-
tate VIII erect at Huntington a three
story brick, terra Gotta and reinforced
concrete store and motion picture
theater and apartment building TO cost
$4,000 The Princess Theater Com
pany has started the foundation for
one story brick motion picture thea
ter at Huntington to cost $4,000.
George r. Gates is low bidder on con-
brick and stone courthouse addition at
Charleston for the county commission
ers to cost about $4,000.
Neu Ruildip~ ~ T,e%;%,4.
A three-s story brick and hollow tile
building is to be erected at Institute
for the state board of CONTROL at "A
cost of $4,000. 1t will contain twenty
classrooms and an auditorium. Brown
Bros. are to erect a threestory brick
and concrete store and apartment
building, 80 by 10i, at Princeton. The First
National Bank of Bluefield is arranging
to erect a two-story brick and stone
building, so by 100 feet. to cost $4,000.
The Il. S. Pedigo Company, Bluefield.
proposes to erect a three e-story brick
and stone department store. 13O by lS4
feet. to cost about $4,000.
Town Hall Completed.
Redwood has completed a town hall
building at a cost of $4,000. The Odd
Fellows of Redwood will have their
new three-story brick building COM
pleted about the first of the year. The
new brick post office building at Rich
wood will be ready for occupancy about
January i. The Post ONCE Department
has secured a ten-year lease. The Sar
graves & Richardson Hardware Com
pany, Redwood, has erected a three
story building at cost of $4,000. The
new jail and sheriffs residence being
erected at Beckley will cost $4,000.
- Scientist
proposes to erect a church building at
Charleston at cost of about $4,000.
II. l.. Whitney and w. S. Mason are ne
gotiating for the Myers property, on
purpose of erecting a theater and con-
cert hall to seat l.5o0 persons.
West Virginia Happenings.
TERRA ALTA, w va.,-December
the people of Portland and Kingwood
districts, in Preston county, will vote
on a bond issue of s250,0O0 for each
district for the construction of model
roads to connect with the roads of
Maryland and those of Monongalia
county, w. Va. Preston county ad-
joins Garrett county, Md.
COLLIER, W. Va-For robbing the
Pennsylvania railroad station here of
80 cents and box of chocolate drops
last July, William Burton, colored.
aged thirty, was sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va.-The con-
gregation of St. Navier's Catholic
Church has purchased the Dils proper
ty on Levassar street, east of Mount
Olivet cemetery. as the site for new
cemetery. The consideration was
$500.
ELklNS W. Va.-The executive COM
mittee of the public health council of
West Virginia will meet here November
30. instead of November %, as first an
nounced. DIR. w. w. Golden, ElkinS, is
president of the council. The other
members are DR.. w. j. Davidson, Par
kersburg: DR.. J. f.. Robinson, Charles
ton: DR.. J. l.. Pyle. Chester; DR.. +. r.
Farnsw orth. Frenchton, and DIR. W. b.
Stevens, kimball.
PIEDMONT. W. Na.-The coroner's
Jury at Clarksburg. which investi gated
the shooting of William r. Bell. Balti-
more and Ohio employe of this place.
known as skinny" at Ziesng, near
Clarksburg, returned verdict of Justi-
fable homicide. Bell is alleged to have
drawn a knife on Policeman Frank
Corbin, who had attempted to arrest
him.
CLARKSBURG, w. Na.-Rev. J. ".
Bedford of Parsons. chairman of the
state prohibition executive committee,
has issued a call for a state confer
ence of the prohibition party to be
held here December to plan the CAM
paign of 1916.
CHARLESTON, w. Va.-The semi
annual meeting of the West Virginia
Coal Mining Institute will be held in
Fairmont Thursday, December 9. Gov.
Hatfield will address the meeting. He
has also accepted an invitation to ad-
dress the EIks of Elkins on the an
nual memorial Sunday, December o.
WESTON. W. Var. A. Hall, former
postmaster of Weston and former ed
ltor and publisher of the Weston In
dependent has arranged to re-enter
the editorial field here with a new
weekly newspaper to be known as the
Lewis County Free Press. This Will
make four newspapers published there.