Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-10-02


They viii retire April / Of next year.
Martins Ferry.-A Wheeling Oak
land Six touring car went over the EN-
bankment on the Coerail pike, east
OF Harrisville. when the steering APP
paratus refused to respond. The ma
chine was travelling at fair rate OF
speed when the accident occurred.
Charlestown.-Th supervising arch
itect of the treasury department has
advertised for bills for the erection of
the new government building TO be
erected here on the site where the old
Jail stood. The old Jail building was
torn down last winter, and the location
has been ready for several months.
The amount appropriated by Congress
several years ago was $4,000.
Huntington.-Just where the Hunt
tngton post of the state constabulary
will be located is the subject of the
conference In Charleston between Col.
jackson d. Arnold, state superintend-
.ent, and Capt. John Esque, commander
of Company B, of Huntington. Since
rifle ranges and cavalry drill grounds
are necessary, the post will probably
be established outside Of the city linn
ats, 1t has been indicated.
Huntington-City Finance Commits
Sioner Ira c. Roe has begun the prepa-
ration of 1919 tax tickets at the city
hall. Eighteen thousand of these are
to be written by Mr. Roe's staff. He
expects to have the task completed by
November /. Record of capitation
taxes of the city omitted on the rec
ords furnished by the county, Is now
being made on the books furnished the
city.
Huntington.-A concrete mixer to be
used in the construction and repair of
county roads was ordered purchased
by the county court, and an order di-
rected to the clerk authorizing the ex-
penditure of $500 for the purpose.
an international road machine was
also ordered bought at cost Of $1,070
The mixer will be bought from w. w.
Williams, of Columbus, and the ma
chine from the International Road Ma
chine Company.
Wheeling-When foreign woman
saw her expensive gill Of coffee boil
ing over she became SO excited at the
loss of the precious java that She
screamed fire and another equally ex-
cited foreigner pulled Box So at 9th
and Market streets. There was only
the smell Of the aroma from the burn
ang coffee to greet the fire companies
intermingled with the voice of the an.
CRY husband who lost his supper cot
fee by a careless wife.
Sistersville.-A coroner's jury was
unable to learn the cause of the death
of Charles Kirberger, well known local
painter, who passed away suddenly al
his home on Charles street on the
morning of the Fourth Of July. The
stomach of the dead man was sent to
Morgantown to have the contents ana
later to Columbus, o., which caused
the delay in receiving the report oil
the analysis The report, which was
signed by the Columbus laboratorier
j. A. Wesener, said that there was
nothing about the stomach which In
any way indicated the cause of death
Huntington.-A G. and O. motor cal
carrying a force of bridge builder.
Inn 70 hri6 hoIa
Ashland hit an auto truck belonging
to the Chinese laundry. company ii
Ashland at the Thirty-second stree
railroad crossing. The foreman of the
bridge workers, r. L. Welman, and
Dyre, of Huntington, were severely in
fured. When the car hit the trucl
these two men and the driver of thu
truck were thrown several feet The
bridge workers had fheir injurie.
dressed and were taken to the c. ant
o. hospital at Huntington. The driver
of the truck was taken to the King!
Daughters Hospital in Ashland.
Parkersburg.-Af electing Officers
and choosing Charleston as the meet
Ing place in 1920 the annual conyen
tion of the Grand Lodge, Knights o
Fythias of West Virginia, closed. TIL,
officers elected are as follows: Gran,
chancellor, J. L. Heller, Charleston
grand vice chancellor, Edward T. Eng
land. Logan; grand prelate, Vester B
Dunn, Kingwood grand keeper of rec
ords and seals, Sam 3. Montgomery
Kingwood; grand master of exchequer
w w. Long, Keyser; grand master-at
arms, 0. ]. Rife, Kenova; grand inne
guard, Harry r. Bell, Wheeling; CRANE
outer guard, John G. Vaughn, Charles
ton; grand lodge trustee, Thomas A
Dixon, Piedmont; president. Pythial
home board, j. Clark Miller, Fairmont
Charleston.-About one-third of tn,
annual income of the state of Yves
Virginia is affected by the test suit
which were brought in tha K9nauh.