Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-09-05
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Polling, Of Route
), were in town today shopping.

Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Polling, Of Route
8, were in town today shopping.
H. B. England, of Valley, was a
business visitor here Wednesday.
Geo. Serpell left Monday for Farms
vile, Va, where he will spend the
coming winter.
Miss Margaret Butt, of Washing
ton, D. c., is here visiting Miss Jessie
Teter.
Mrs. S. R. Russmisell and daughter,
Miss Pearl, of Enon, Okla, are here
visiting friends and relatives. Mrs.
Russmisell is sister of Messrs Mon
roe and Cisero Phillips of this city.
Miss M. E. Clothier has just re-
turned from the cities with full line
of all kinds of new millinery.-Watch
for the Opening on and after Sept.
10th. (adv.
W. H. Coontz, of Fairview, was
here Sunday seeing relatives. "BilP'
is on his vacation and goes from here
to Logan, w. Va, to attend the M. E.
South Conference.
NJ. L. Halter has recently taken
charge Of the Luzerne hotel and has
been crowded with trade Clean beds
and good wholesome grub viii catch
the travelling public.
Oliver Stoneking has accepted the
/ management of the Grafton Fuel Co.
Store at Lillian to succeed Lyman
Stempie who goes to Galloway with
the Simpson Greek Coal Co.
Britton Skidmore, of East Liver
pool, Ohio, who has been here visit
ing friends ana relatives for the past
week, went to Grafton Monday morn
ing for short visit before returning
home.
Our town seems to have been much
better than it was commonly supposed
to be as state prohibition officers
with one cast of the net pulled in
about so qaurts of the valuable pro-
duct of the worm of the still. And
there may be other wet spots in "the
desert"
Jas. Keller seems to have paid no
heed to the high cost of leather Sat
urday when he cleared up the ware
room of the B. & 0. station in burn
ing the contents of the waste baskets
he consigned very fine pair of $3.50
shoes belonging to Newt McCauley to
the flames.
Among the ready to wear styles
are the newest and most desired
shapes including the Blue devil tams
can be found at the Style Shop, Bridge
ST., Belington, W. Va. (adv.
Rev. bud" Smith has rented his
residence on Dayton Boulevard to
John Scrimgeour who occupies it at
once, Rev. and Mrs. Smih will take
rooms and boarding out during the
fall and winter as this will be much
easier on them, especially for Mrs.
Smith.
DR.. E. I. Woodford and bunch Of
other fisherman spent Friday on the
Buckhannon river. "Dock" has quite
a Ford story to all on the subject,
"Of what a half gallon of gasoline
Will do" The story sounds "fishy"
but guess it is true, the smell is only
| due to the large number of fish they
caught.
| 1t is reported that even the cats in
some communities are violating our
state game laws, as they may be seen
dragging squirrel hides into their lairs
not having learned the art of using
firearms, of course, they must be
climbing the trees to capture their
prey in the light of day. Too bad
that there is no law to control the
cats.
A few days ago when Elihu Ware
went to pull few bananas from
newly unpacked bunch of the fruit
Central American rebel copied out
his tongue in Mr.. Wares face. The
rebel was shaken from the bananas
and killed. Proved to be a tropical
snake about 2 feet long having all
the appearance of young python
1t is evident that man does not al
ways have to drink 'horse wine" to
sec snakes.