Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1921-01-27

Charleston.-E. S. Hinkle, aged %,
son of Samuel Hinkle, of Redwood, is
dead; 0. b. Borgess. is in the ST Fran
els Hospital suffering from severe in
juries and Eldridge Nichols is under
$1,000 bond facing charge Of honi-
eide as a result of joyride in Vir-
ginia street which eliminated in
smashup near Morris street about mid
night. How the accident occurred and
what preceded the crash is not abso-
lutely known TO the police.
Morgantown.-Jame F. Brown, of
Charleston, member of the West Vir-
ginia University class of 1873, has in
vested $1,000 so that the yearly inter-
est may form prize for the best es-
say offered by university seniors or
graduates of any college of the school
within one year after receiving any
bachelors degree. Holders of graduate
degrees are barred The subject is
''What are the Privileges and Immuni-
ties Guaranteed to Citizens by the Fed
eral Constitution"
Charleston.-Th jury in Kanawha
circuit court that tried the damage
case of Jarrett Peters, an infant by his
next friend, against the Eureka Coal
Company, after being out only short
time brought in verdict for the plain
tiff, awarding him $4,000 judgment
against the defendant company. He
had sued for S25, 900 damages for ply
steal injuries in getting caught by a
fall of slate in the mine He is mere
lad anS had to have suit Drought by
--oper legal representatives.
Morgantown.-A voluntary petition
in bankruptcy was filed in federal
court here by DR.. c. A. Steepleton, sec
rotary of the Y. NJ c. A. of West vir-
ginia University Liabilities are listed
In the petition as $107,000 and assets
S32, 600 A major portion of the liza
bilities consist of joint liability ON
notes and obligations incurred in con-
nection with the University million dol
lar memorial campaign conducted last
OF the remainder, $1,000 is
due to Morgantown merchants and
others for supplies for an eating house
in Morgantown, promoted by DR. Stee-
pleton.
Charleston.-Plans to introduce LIB
bey-Owens sheet glass machines in Eu-
rope was announced at d meeting Of
the stockholders of the company in To
ledo. The first plant, which will be To-
Gated in Belgium, will be duplicate
of the first Libbey-Owens plant in
it was announced, the
plant to be of - machine capacity.
This insures competition on European
soil with hand and cylinder methods
of the old world, it was said. When
the first plant is in operation in Eu-
rope, Libbey-Owens machines will be
glass not only in
Charleston but in Japan, Canada and
Torrance, Cal.
Charleston.-H G. Scott, president
of the Charleston Industrial CorpG IA
ton, has returned to Nitro from New
York where he has been on business.
With his return and the opening up Of
the new year it is expected that new
industrial activity viii be noted in Nj
tro. The Charleston Industrial Cor
poration has a number of factory prop
ositions on hand that have been held
up awaiting the turn of business con-
ditions. Several large companies have
had their representatives come to Nj
tro during the past six months 10 go
over the situation here with the idea
of locating when industrial conditions
throughout the country warrant it.
Montgomery With the appearance
of the fall issue of the West Virginia
Law Quarterly, the official organ {
the State Board association is 4n-
teresting to note that the faculty of
the West Virginia University College
of Law now has the assistance of a
staff of student editors in the prepa-
ration of the Quarterly. These stu
dents. selected from the leading sec
ond and third year law students, in
clude the following: A. w. Laas, Ben
wood, chairman s. c. Morris, Morgan
town; W. E. Glasscock, Morgantown:
w. F. Keefer, Wheeling; w. F. Ball,
Grafton; NJ. T. Valentine, Parsons.
The editor is George E. Osborne, as
sistant professor of law
Clarksburg- find homes for girls
now IN the Industrial Home for Girls
at Industrial Harrison county and to
follow them up after they leave the
state home SO that they win not be-
come the prey of designing men, is the
purpose of the Woman's Club of
Clarksburg, especially since a recent
address made to the club by j. Walter
Barnes, treasurer of the state board of
control Mr. Barnes urged the mem
bers Of the club to cooperate in every
way with Miss Jennie Sutton, the su-
perintendent of the school Miss SUIT
ton reports that the average daily
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