Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-04-06

piVWn OUT NeSys Iounu no money.
Clarksburg New painters wage
scale has not been signed by any con-
tractors
Fairmont- Twenty-four aliens ad.
mitted to citizenship here.
Morgantown--Arn rubber factory
here reopens after having been closed
for more than a year.
Huntington Superintendent of
Schools q. i. Wright has rendered his
resignation effective June 20.
Follansbee--As protest against
school conditions hcre school children
and parents held parade through
the city.
I Clarksburg Local lodge /. o. o. II.
4 accepts challenge Of Parkersburg to
beat It in membership drive.
Chester Robert Parker. lndepend.
/ ent, elected mayor lie defeated NJ.
1 r. Rairymple, Republican incumbent
by 103 votes.
Huntington Julian T., Hagen, Of this
city, wins American Field Service<fcel-
sowship for study in the French uni
yersities.
Parkersburg- Thirteen milk cows
from a herd Of 16 owned by a local
dairyman we're found tubercular and
slaughtered.
Clarksburg- Seven-eighths of the gas
supply Of Harrison and Lewis coun
| ties has been exhausted, Lynn S. Hlor
ner, locel oil and gas man, told Rothr.
club.
Parsons-Local tannery Of Swift
Co, 10 be shut down for an Indefinite
period. One hundred and fifty men
thrown out. High taxes and excessive
freight rates given as reason.
'Morgantown+4-Rev Grin III. Baker,
Senior at Rochester theological semin-
airy, has accepted call to the First
Baptist church here and will assume
his duties about June l.
Huntington-M Marshall college will
With the greatest enrolment in the
history Of the college summer sessions,
according to President Frederick X.
Hamilton.
Morgantown-Judge II. f. l.. Allen
sentenced Dewey Smith, H. to learn
the ten commandments and repeat
them without error after Dewey con
fessed to stealing marbles from a five
and ten cent store.
Montgomery-Fir Of unknown or
| lgin swept the main business block
here. The Odd Fellows building was
destroyed and other. buildings were
damaged The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
Charieston--Ow to tie large mum.
Der Of fires IN West Virginia. last year.
kAre insurance companies had to pay
out for losses about IS percent OF all
the premiums held by $50 such com.
panies on property in this state, It'll
was said yesterday by w. r. White,
81 the state insurance department.
Elkins-The $5o.o0o,0oo provided In
the recent state bond issue will take
care only Of the main highways through.
out the STATE and local citizens should
cooperate to the fullest with coun.
~ courts for permanent Improvement
of highways other than the main ar I
teries, Edward Smith, of state road /
commission staff, told Monongahela I
Valley association here.
Huntington--A year and day at /
Atlanta prison was the sentence given
J. Jerome Haddox, charlottesville 4
postmaster, when he pleaded guilty to /
embezZlement Of postal funds in fed +
eral court Eaddox, widely konwn
throughout southern West Virginia,
was arrested some time ago when a
~shDrtage in his funds was disclosed by |
an inspector. iaddOX said he. had lost
the money.
Charleston-A pedigreed German po-
lice dog has just been added to the
equipment of the Charleston police I
department the gift of DR.. " I. /
Churchman, who has been breeding
dogs for police service for some time
past. The acquisition is seven.
months-old pup weighing about 100
pounds, pronounced a beautiful spec I
linen of the breed. He has been plac-
ed temporarily in DR.. Hershey's vet
Urinary hospital, but will be put in |
training under the care of an expert |
to FL him for trailing burglars at night. !