Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-12-09


'cident, may have suffered serious in
ternal injuries, hospital authorities
say. 4s g;.la RI
Martinsburg.-Wh Samuel Lefe-
kger returned from his barn on his
place near Kemp's Mills he found his
wife unconscious on the floor. She
died shortly afterward. Heart trouble
sas given as the cause.
"a sAsn-4is 49, M 'fnaAt
Martinsburg The bodies Of George
Sheig. saged 81, and his wife, Mrs.
Amelia .Sheig, aged ~, were discover
! I'd instheirehome here, the former re-
clining on n couch and. the latter sft-r
hing in . chair ~ AZ bright santhracftep
are was burning at the time The
verdict Of the coroner was asphyxia-
ton from coal gas.
harleston.-George Brown, arrest
I'd in Wheeling on charge Of passing
worthless checks, is wanted in this city
IN number of charges Of the same
kind. He was arrested here for issu-y
ing checks Of more than one thousand
dollars after he had made sensa-
aonal escape from local hotel and
rent to Huntington.
Wheeling.-The office building Of
he Wheeling Steel Casting Company,
1t North Warwood, was totally de-
,troyed by fire The loss is estimated
1t about $4,000, fully covered by in
;urance. A large cement vault had
been constructed in the building, which
held valuable records and drawings
| It was impossible to foretell the dam
tge 10 the contents of the vault.
Charleston. damage estimated at
100000 was done to the property Of
the Carbon Fuel Company in Carbon,
". Va, according to reports reaching
aere Three large haulage motors, sew
.ral picking tables and other ma
.hinery was destroyed. The fire was
discovered in the headhouse. and In or
IRE to prevent its spread 1,000-foot
.onveyor was Gynamited. The origin
s undetermined. =. s,t5 =
Wheeling. riding a motorcy-
lie to work, Ross Walstrom, aged q,
eollided with a freight car. OF the
Wheeling Traction Company at Stop
10 near Short Creek and was almost
Instantly killed Eye witnesses say
the motorcycle skidded in the snow
md plunged toward the car, sideswip-
ing it. Walstrom was hurled from the
motorcycle and was dead when the car
rev reached him.
CharleSton.-JOseph R. Curtis, Of
Goghean, Ia, arrived here in Charles
ton to visit his daughter, Mrs. William
Williams, but could not find her home
and as result, he was taken to the
Salvation Army headquarters by the
Travellers Aid. Mr.. Curtis is SO years
Did and did not know the address Of
| his daughter. He said she lived on
4 farm in the vicinity of Charleston,
but all efforts to locate her brought no
results.
Charleston-Little Billie Dawson,
son of the late Governor W. NJ O
Dawson, was run down by an automo-
bile while riding his bicycle in Hale
street, between Quarter and Lee
streets. He escaped injury, but his
wheel was badly smashed, much 10
his grief, and his lamentation, ooh, my
bicycle, "Oh, my bicycle speedily
attracted little gathering of passers-
| by. The sympathizing pedestrians
we're relieved to learn that the; lad
was not hurt. ,va
| Charleston.-Theodo Ehman, a
prominent farmer of Newhouse
Branch, was killed when the horse he
had just hitched to wagon ran away
and dashed him into a fence, crushing
his. skull and breaking the cheek
| just returned from a trip to the city
and had hitched the horse to farm
| wagon preparatory to going to The
field for a load of grain Frightened
at something, the horse dashed away.
Mr. Gilman seized the animals bits in
the attempt to stop him when the
| horse crashed into fence, Mr.. Gilman
being crushed between the animal and
the fence'pest.
| Charleston,--West Virginia farmers
and fruit growers made good Increases
over last year's production of potatoes
and apples, but the production Of
buckwffeat and corn was less than in
1919, according to the November crop
report ISSUED here by +the United
States Bureau of Crop Estimates in
co-operation with j. H. Stewart, state
commissioner of agriculture The cora
mercial apple crop of the state this
year is 1,167,000 barrels, or 100000
bushels, as compared with 64S,000 bar
rels, or 1,944,000 bushels, last year.
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