Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-01-03

Elkins here as proprietor and owner
of the Holbert Garage, comes into our
midst highly recommend as busin-
ess man and gentleman of high stand
ing.
When you see A. #. Rohrbough mix
ing around the business houses, you
can figure that merchants and bus
mess men are placing orders for 49,
Is calendars, he was in town the past
week going from here to Elkins.
A deer was recently seen near the
park at the steel-plant, it is hoped
that greedy hunters will not kill this
animal out of season as it is sup
posed to be one of the herd of rs
some of which are reported to have
recently escaped from the John Davis
farm beween here an Elkins.
The Old Fiddlers contest at Elkins
a few weeks ago was won by a young
fiddler, who played the old-time tunes
in the old time way, a young man by
the name of MCGEE won first prize,
Barbour County was represented by
Bryan w. Gamer Of Vinegar Ridge,
but we are told that he dances much
better than he fiddles.
It looks as though the popularity
of Hon. Troy Hardman of Elkins as a.
candidate for State Senate will elimin-
ate all others who might have heard
the buzzing ~of the Senatorial bee, it
looks as though he will have clear
field for the nomination, after which
he will remove all other obstacles in
his way at the general election.
The Old Valley House, one of Be
lington's landmarks has been moved
back of the city building on vacant
lot. The late Bill Hulderman made
the Valley House famous as a hos
tilry, as in Bills days the Knight of
the Grip always knew where to find
Bill as his place was always consid-
cred place to eat.
B. Reale, prominent Italian mer-
chant who spent many years at Wea-
yer during its days of prosperity, left
here several weeks ago with his wife
for the sunny cline of Italy. He was
very successful in business at the a
bove named town and it is said that
he returned to Italy with enough A
merican dollars to make him one of
that country's rich men.
T. E. Williamson knows what it is
to be almost flint lammed, as one of
the go-getters almost got him for
few berries a few days ago, but in
spite of free advertising. The fell
low probably thought he was getting
even with the as Company for what
they are trying to do to the gas con-
sumers If he had only tried his game
on them instead of Tom and succeed
ed, there would have been another le-
gal holiday.
Practically all the vast coal depos-
its at Weaver have been removed at
this writing, the old tipples have fall
len to ruin and old No. 1-2 and 8, only
a small amount of coal being mined
there now. The hundreds of inhabi-
tants which used to throng that little
town have migrated to other fields,
the houses are being dismantled and
ere long the steel of the old B. & B.
c. R. R. will be torn up and Weaver
will be thing of past history, but
old Beaver Greek which used to a
bound with mountain trout will con-
tinue to pour her waters of fire-red
sulphur into Tygarts Valley an will
never in our time run with pure cry
stall waters.
During the past months several
moral outrages have been reported
from the fraternity cemetery just be-
low town, where rough-necks, rowdies
outlaws, law-breakers and I'm princi-
pied louis gather by twos and crowds
and pull stunts that could not we'll
be put in print, of course they cannot
harm the silent sleepers who are
sleeping the sleep that know no wax
ing, but they are desecrating sacred
ground and showing a fools disres-
pect for the dead, it is high time that
the officers look after these vandals
who are no better than the grave
robbers who broke the rest of old
General Booth few years ago in the
hope of finding gold.
AS election year draws near the two
great parties are beginning to cast
about for political timber for the var
ious offices, as usual the G. 0. P. has
the woods full of desirable men for
the various offices and the Democratic
Party of this State are practically in
Political bankruptcy, among the pro-
minent men spoken of on the Re-
publican side Of the house as pro-
bable canoidaes for governor of this
State are Hon. Chas Hiner of Buck