Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1919-05-01

Camp Meade, where he was dis
charged.
Professionalism D. Dot
son states that final arrangements
have been completed to bring the
Neville Dock Company of Pittsburg to
this city to locate about the first Of
May Some time ago it was stated
that the big boat making concern was
considering locating here, but final
plans for the moving Of the industry
have just been made
Marlinton-The mystery surround
ing the disappearance last December
of Bascomb McFall, 10, son of G. III.
McFall, a prominent farmer of Cald-
WE'LL Greenbrier county, was solved
when the youths body was found
hidden under a log, partly covered
with trash, at Cass, near here. That
he was murdered is beyond doubt,
according to the police.
| agnolia.-TrafIic has been resumed
on the 3. & o. Highland tracks,
known as the Magnolia cutoff, which
| had been closed since January 10 by
landslide of $4,000 cubic yards.
More than 200 men were employed to
remove the obstruction, at a cost of
| S130,000. During nearly three months
freight movement was over the pas
senger tracks at this point.
Martinsburg. Frank Rollins,
youth of II, was decaptated at Letart,
w. Va, several miles below Ravens
wood, when he attempted to board
local Baltimore & Ohio freight train.
| His foot slipped as he reached the
side of the train and he fell under the
wheels, his head being severed from
his body. Several persons at the Lee
tart station witnessed the accident.
Fairmont-Steve Butrick died at
Miners hospital as the result of head
injuries received in a fight at Downs.
Deputies Barrett and Beatty went
after members of party who are
claimed to be responsible for the
death of Butrick and the following
men from Downs were brought to jail:
E. Won Marker, Mike Ezurki, Andy
Poper Boris Anderson and 0kum
| koSum.
Shinnston.-A cooperative coal mine
is an idea that has developed in
Shinnston and promises to reach the
performance stage. There is a tract
of IA acres of coal within the corpo-
rate limits of the town and in such a
position that it can be conveniently
mined which progressive citizens think
will solve the problems which confront
the municipality with the possible
shortage of gas in the future.
Parkersburg-H. c. Kirchner, of
Elizabeth, convicted and sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary on. a
charge of violating the espionage act,
and has been in the county Jail since
the last term of Federal court, APP
peared before U. S. Clerk A.. T. Bar
rett in this city, where he gave bond
|
tody, pending the review of his case
by the United States Supreme Court.
Martinsburg. = What might have
been a fatal accident that would have
involved the lives of the several occu-
pants of Hose Co. No. SIS motor fire
truck was averted by Providence,
when the truck, answering to a gen.
eral alarm failed to make the turn on
North Queen street, near Weller's
meat market, and sdeswiped the tele-
phone pole there thoroughly twisting
and wrecking the truck, and throwing
the men on the rear across the street.
arleston-Governor Cornwells re-
capitulation of West Yirginia's partic-
ipation in the Fourth Liberty loan, to-
gether with a comparison with the
three previous loans, has just come
from the press and is being gent out to
banks and others interested over the
state. 1t shows first that OF the $685.
960,650 subscribed, the banks pur-
chased for themselves only $3,240,750,
the balance being purchased for 9TH
ers. There were 227, 2SS bond sub
scribers for the fourth loan in the
state, and 122,704 fifty-dolIar bonds,
and 83,SS7 one-hundred dollar honds
were purchased.
Charleston-Though the Increase in
the minimum salaries of teachers, as
. provided by the new school code, is
expected to bring a number of new and
old teachers into the profession, there
is another reason, in the opinion of
,aaDohoro of tho state dana rtmpnt of