Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-12-02

| has commenced investigation of the in
| cording to reports from Washington,
| there will be large number of delin-
quents in Charleston and vicinity.
Williamson. = Lewis Maynard, of
| Blocton, twelve miles west Of Viii
hanson, is at an Huntington hospital,
| seriously wounded, following quarrel
with Wade Evans at Blocton, in which
Evans was shot and killed. Maynard
was taken to Huntington by members
of the state police on duty here.
| C1arksburg.-In a pistol duel with
two unknown foreigners in road near
Lost Creek, John Stephen Singleton,
10, coal miner, was killed and COM
/ panion, Ray Longenette, IS, was
wounded in the left hand The battle
began when the foreigners met the two
young men and are said to have insalt-
ed them.
Sistersville.-Two New York avia-
tors were injured when the seaplane
In which they were riding turned over
during a windstorm and fell into the
Ohio river about Is miles from here.
A. L. Prichard and B. X. Ringsdorf,
occupants of the machine, were In
jured painfully. The seaplane was de-
stroyed.
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES children, be-
tween the ages of six and ii, who have
been living at the Union Mission camp
in Kanawha City for some time will
be transferred to the mission home in
the city, Superintendent Withrow an
| nounced Mr.. Withrow at the same
| time said that persons who desire to
adopt children may do so by applying
| to him.
| Charleston-A writ of error and SUI
persedeas was awarded by the SUI
preme court of appeals following
petition from the American Railway
Express Co., appealing f:om the Kama
wha circuit court. The lower court
had allowed damages of $916.15 to A.
|
Is, after he had sued for damages al
lowed to have been sustained by goods
expressed to Charleston from Indian
apolis
| Charleston.-The report of all tho
| fatal accidents during the year from
July l. 1919, to June 80, 1920, sent out
by the Department of Mines, shows
that the total fatal accidents during the
year had been decreased by 55 from
the total number during the CORE
| spending period of the year previous.
From July /, 1918, to June so, 1919,
there were 375 accidents and from July
l, 1919, TO June 30, 1920, there were
800.
| Williamson-The Norfolk & West
! ern Railroad trestle over Grapevine
Creek, Mt Thacker near here and the
| farmhouse of the Malta May Coal
Company at Ajax, few miles from
Williamson, were blown up. The ex-
| plosions took place in the heart of the
coal strike zone, in Mingo county, and
mark a renewal of violence in the dis
| trict after a period of "a hours OF
quiet. Federal troops recently were
/ removed from the fields
| Wheeling.-Under an order issued by
| Judge Charles A. Woods of the United
| States District Court of Northern
West Virginia, United States Deputy
Marshal John NJ Short made the big
| gest seizure of edibles ever made in
! this part of the country. Acting I'M
der a complaint to the effect that pre-
servatives had been used in canned to-
m&toes, that confficted with the pure
food laws, Ala cases of tomatoes,
known as Collins brand of Red Ripe
Tomatoes, were labeled and held for
the United States Government
Characterization boys and girls
! In this state are recognizing their
! savings clubs, according TO an an
nouncement by the educational di-
vision of the district War Loan Organ
ization. More than eleven thousand
savings clubs have been formed in the
! schools of the federal reserve district
since the beginning of the work i'll
| 1918, and through these~records it is
shown that many youngsters saved
pennies who never thought of saving
! before. Members of saving societies
/ pledge themselves to earn and save
money regularly no matter how small
the amounts, and invest part of their
! savings in Thrift Stamps.
! Parkersburg.-Mrs. Sarah Wilt. of
Walker Station, was burned to death
in a fire which completely destroyed
q house which was occupied by Mrs.
John Mendenhall and herself The
house and contents were completely
destroyed and Mrs. Mendenhall sus-
tanned slight burns about her arms.
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