Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-04-24
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Directors of the Richie
County Fair Association have desig-
mated September ., 3, 4 and as the
dates for holding the annual Penns-
boro fair. 1t will open the fair season
of West Virginia.
Keyser-The Mineral county court
has decided to honor the soldiers of
the county who died and were wound
ed in the war with a big memorial
arch, to be erected at the entrance of
the court house. Work on the monu-
ment will start at once.
Clarksburg-T Monongahela Val
ley Traction Company has put on two
trains between this city and Fairmont.
The trains are composed of four of
the new interurban cars-two to each
train. In addition the third train is
composed of the old type interurban
cars.
Bluefeld.-Two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars damage was done by
the fire. that destroyed the tipple of
the Sycamore Coal Company at Mora.
The tipple is total loss. The flames
are thought to have caught from a
spark, probably from electric ma
chinery.
Huntington. Miss Harriet Dale
johnson, member of Marshall College
faculty here, has been granted ten
weeks leave of absence to fill the chair
of Latin in Dennison University, Ohio,
while her brother, Prof. w. III. John
son, takes trip to Italy to carry out
special research work.
Parkersburg-A big touring car
plunged over a seyenty-five foot bank
at the end of Boaz Viaduct, between
this city and Marietta, Ohio, when the
steering gear of the machine broke.
The machine turned over several times
and was broken to pieces, but tie driv-
er was only Slightly injured.
artinsburg.-James Mavros, aged
about 81, a native of Greece, but nat
uralized citizen of the United States
and a discharged soldier of the Nation
al Army was killed on the Baltimore
and Ohio bridge at the 0pequon by a
train. The exact details of the acct
dent are not known and may never be
fully ascertained.
Huntington--Dr Ray M. Bobbitt,
q well-known Huntington surgeon now
Serving with the American armies
abroad has been advanced in rank
from first lieutenant to captain. DR..
Bobbitt has been in France for a year
Word of his promotion was received
by Mrs. Bobbitt, who is at her home
here.
Pa7 Eersbu1g-Fred r. Shaafer, OF
Washington, United States drainage
engineer, will be in Wood county from
April 10 to l., and will make a drain
age survey on the farm of G. z. Phil
lips, of Belleville. He will probably do
some other work for several other
farmers in this vicinity during his
brief stay here.
Fairmont.-J. Walter Barnes has
been elected to his thirtieth term as
superintendent of the Presbyterian
Sunday-school. This is by far the
longest record of service in a like DO
sition of any person in this city and
perhaps in the entire state When he
took charge of the local Presbyterian
Sunday-school there were only about
20 members enrolled.
Fairmont-G. G. Hartley and S. w.
Stauv are under arrest, while a num-
her of Fairmont soldiers discover they
have been made dupes of in the selling
of the magazine "Our Boys" The two
boys have been working in this terri
tory and also Clarksburg with sales
men under them. A great number Of
the magazines have been subscribed
for by Fairmount citizens.
Charleston. = William Rowan, a
young boy, suffered the loss of two
toes when a large plank which was
being lowered from the side of build
ing, where it had formed a part Of
painters scaffolding apparatus, slip
ped out of the moose and struck him
on the foot. But for the presence of
mind of Joseph Kibel, who, it is said,
jerked the boy from directly beneath
the falling board, the youngster would
have been killed.
Huntington.-Police Detective Ed
Spencer went to Ashland, where he
identified the guns dropped by the
slayer of Policeman HalsteaG as those