Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1917-01-25
STATE NEWS

few persons are susceptible to
/ infantile paralysis but that the
ravages of the malady are not
! confined to children by any
means. Every case that hA
been reported to the departures
is kept on chart which shows
! that by taking immediate steps
the disorder is always kept Con-
fined to small area.
Members of the Legislature :
who keep in touch with their
constituents say that nearly ev-
cry communication they receive
from back home contains suA
gestion about good roads legiS-
lation. Senator Elmer Hough
of the First district says: "Ev-
erybody wants more permanent
roads built and nearly every tax
payer is willing to pay his share
J if given the assurance that the
money will be honestly expend-
ed" The farmers as well as
the surban residents who own
automobiles or who are interest
ed in the success of the FARMERS
for personal reasons are work
ing toward better roads and
talking better roads every day.
The Weston Free Press in it's
issue of last week said: '"The
Baltimore and Ohio railroad
company's agents have been bu-
sy closing up options on rights
of way from Clarksburg through
the Elk and Gnatty creek val
legs to the Barbour county line
and rumors had it that the rail-
road company intended starting
construction work Immediately.
The proposed line has been >ar-
veyed through the county by
way of Quiet Dell, Romine's
Mills, Johnstown and across the
border into Barbour county. 1t
is understood that the line wllh
connect with the squirt built tp
Century.
And this comes from the Hold
gesville correspondent of the
Buckhannon Delta: We learn
that new railroad has been
surveyed up Gnatty creek, and
Charity Fork, the blue prints
are made and the right of way
/ is being secured. This promises
to be quite development in that
locality.
According to the Cabell Coun-
ty News, which, by the way, is
edited by J. Jerome Haddox,w who
made the Logan Banner famous,
says: Recently, while his home
was being destroyed near
Branchland, up the Guyan val
ley, Lucien Adkins fell in theN
we'll and broke three ribs
In last weeks issue of the
Braxton Central the following
was printed: "Mr. and Mrs. A.
G. Herold, Of this city, will leave
here on Thursday, January 26,
for New York city. At that
place they will join a party of
Charleston people, and on the
31st the party will sail on the
steamer Parma for point in
Dutch Guiana, South America.
Their itinerary will include
many points of interest-where7
time will be given for sight-see-
ing. Their destination will be
Nickerie, Surinam, Dutch Guia-
ma, S. A., which will be reached
the fourteenth day out. The trip
will combine both business and
pleasure as all the members Of ;.
Mr.. Herold's party are interest
ed in a prospective timberland
deal in Guiana. We wish Mr..
and Mrs. Herold bon voyage
A good joke, says the Charles
ton Mail, is going the rounds in
the senate, which had it's origi-
nation in the remark Of a clergy
man who was visitor the other
morning. A member of the
senate greeted the minister with
Good morning sir, have you
come to pray for the senate this
morning.
ooh, no., was the reply, II
came to pray for the people"
Fire caused some slight injury
to the Jail at Kingwood Satur-
day before last at noon, but tie
blaze was discovered before il
had gained much headway, and
was extinguished in short time
by the Kingwood fire depart
ment. The fire originated at the
| top of the steps leading to the