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New Britain herald., 1925-07-30

restaurant in town. You are going 10 face your problem . that's the only thing for you to do. And I'm going 10 mako you do it"
 May drew in her breath with a hissing sound.
 Indeed I'm not going to do any such thing" she said. Not on your daily dozen. I've been going around this town yelled ever since l got here, so nobody would recognize me! l never would have come here except to sec you and Dick Gregory on business, And I'm going 10 get away again just as soon as l can tomorrow perhaps,
 She picked up her gloves, tucked her little, damp handkerchief into her handbag, and rose. She had a feeling that if shc stayed q moment longer, she would obey this torce- tul, middlr-agcd man who talked to her as if she were q small, naughty child.
 After she had gone, Ulysses x. Forgan sat q long time at his desk, staring at the chair where she had sat. It seemed still 10 hold the fig uro of pale, slonder woman with lovely face that was all the love- ljrr for ifs pollor and the look of wcarnoss in the hlue-gray eyes.
 Ulysses was not a protane man. but presently he sWore.
 "Ncll, dammit" he said. "A beautiful, sweet woman like that eottin' herself talked about the way she has, Upon my word. don't be- licve she ever did a wrong thing In her life, either, There must be some mistake, somewhero!"
New Britain herald., 1925-07-30
% Indictments in
 Fresh Fish Monopoly

New York, July 30 Pl-Chaged with conspiracy to restrain and mon opolize the interstate commerce in fresh water fish, IS corporations and il individuals were indicted yester- day. The indictments were returned by a special grand jury impanellcd 10 inquire into conditions in tlie fresh water fish market of New York. It was charged that the de- fendants In their efforts to stifle competition circulated false credit reports as to the responsibility of wholesale fish concerns which were not members of the combination, at tempting to force independent con- cerns into bankruptcy.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-30
TWO KILLED IN
 CHICAGO HOLDUP
Three Get S10,0O0 Haul in
 Hotel Fight

Chicago, July 30 (Pl-In movie thriller style, a robber crew, masked and bristling with pistols and shot guns, invaded the exclusive Drake hotel in Chicago's gold coast" at tea time yesterday, enacting scenes of killing and sangulnary gun fight ing that extended subsequently, for an hour over north side bouevards. When the spectacular affray was over, of live robbers, two were dead and one captured; a hotel clerk had been killed; two women had been injured; two robbers had escaped with S10,000.
 Early today one of the escaped holdup men was found and the one previously arrested confessed fully.
 The robbery was staged within a stones throw of the residential man. sions of Chicago's 400" while hun dreds of guests thronged the lob bies and heavy traffic crowded ad- Jacent Michigan avenue. A dozen policemen were within call.
 One Was Indian
 Tor IS minltes the robbers, one of them a full blooded Cherokee h. dian cowboy from. Texas, terrori2ed employees in the hotel offices on the meZzanine floor and had crammed the loot into a black satchel when their retreat was cut off by James Murdie, house detective.
 Summoned by an excited guest the detective confronted the robbers and began firing with two pistols. While guests ran for cover amid whizzlng bullets, the robbers returned, shot for shot, with the detective, retreat ing through an entrance.
 Policemen, attracted by shots and called by employees, fired on the crew as thew left the hotel and the Indian, "TeX" Cortz, or Ted Court. wounded by the detective, was killed.
 In the first outburst of shooting, one of the robbers guarding Frahk Rodkc, assistant cashier, who stood helpless with hands upraised, shot and killed him. Witnesses later told the police the robher was Jack Hofmes, of New York and also a former Brownsville, Texas, cowboy
 Holmes fled to the kitchen during the battle with McMurdie. He ter rorized employees there until he was captured after snapping his empty pistol in the faces of two policemen.
 The third robber, Eric Nelson, a former employe of the hotel, com- ntandccred a taXicab and dashed through the congCsted traffic through the exclusive North Shore boulevard exchanging shots with pursuing policemen and threatening Mrs. Mai2ie Larson, occupant of the cab. After the taxi driver dcliberr Iatcly wrecked the cab, injuring Mrs Larson, Nelson fled on foot and was killed by one of the policemen when he took refuge in basement.
 Of the two robbers who escaped lin an automobile left running at the hotel door, Jim Woods was seized when ne applied at hospital early Itoday for treatment for a wounded hand. He admitted connection with the hoIdup and augmented the con Ifession of Holmes.
 Holmes said the fifth man was Jack Nugent. The police believe INugcnt was the stranger whc brought Woods to the hospital and who left unnotiCed while the injury was being treated.
 The dead Nelson was the leadei of the crew, some of whom were in. ltoNiCated or under the influence ot
New Britain herald., 1925-07-30
Counterfeiting Gang
 Has Circulated 100000

Detroit, July 30 R-Secret service operatives believe counterfeit treas ury certificates totalling S200,000, largely in SEQ bills, have been circu- lated here and In other middle western cities during the past year by five men and two women arrested here yesterday in a raid by federal agents. The suspects are believed 10 be members of a nationwide gang who have flooded the country with more than s1,OO0,O0O in spurious bills during the past year.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-30
"GoLD HEELS" AT CAPITOL

If rip-snorting. lam-bang horse race makes your blood jingle, you are due for thrill when you go to See Gold Heels" which opened to- day at the Capitol theater. It Is a William Fox screen version of Henry Blossoms celebrated play, "Check- ers' and an, excellent adaptation 1t is. The Keith vaudeville bill has five very good acts featured headed by Roy Harrah and Go. in "satires of 1925"
New Britain herald., 1925-07-30
LIONEL BARRYMoRE-LYCEUM

Lionel Barrymore, famed for his great acting on stage and screen, never was better than in the current Lyceum production, T Am the Man. Dynamic acting, great emo ton heights and story that is in- tensely interesting feature this pic ture. The companion feature is just as entertaining, but of a .different type. It presents Johnnie Walker in The Slanderers."
New Britain herald., 1925-07-30

He shook his leonine head. And then he began to wonder whether he had told Mav to hang on 10" her house because 1t was good bust ness to keep i' or because he want cd her 10 go back and live in it .. here in tho town where he knew he would live so long as he lived.
 Sure. I'd like to see her every now aud them" he said de1antly to himself. "f don't know when I've taken 10 woman like I did to her right off the reel, tool"
 The cold truth was that in all his mattcr-of-foct life, Ulysses never had taken to" a woman as he had to May Seymour He was complete " bowled over by her, but he didn't know 1t yet.
 He settled down 10 hls interrupt ed work. forgetting that he had not had his lunch.
 May" Dick Gregory began that night at dinner. I'm afraid that If I sell those railroad bonds now. I won't get much for them. The mar kots sagging.'
 "Wen sell something else then. I've just got to have some ready money" May answered airily.
 She leaned forward, crossed her arms on the table, and half closed her eyes.
 "All I want is enough money to buy me room at good hotel and plenty of pretty clothes for the next year, Dick" she said frankly.
 Then she turned to Gloria with crooked little smile on her red lips.
 Glory will understand what I'm going 10 say to you, Dick" she said. Tt may sound brutal to 8 man, but .. I've made Up my mind. whether by hook or by crook, to get a hus- ! hand. There are thousands of wom- en in the world In exactly my state of mind .. but they won't admit 1t. They'll say they're lonely and let 1t go at that. What they want is a man of their own they want marriage"
 She looked at him with impudent defiance.
 "Wel?" Dick asked. And then what?"
 And then" May finished, T want bait to catch 8 man with money. I want the clothes to make me look beautiful, and the jewels to make me look as if l were a very rich widow instead of poor one. Men have never been fair and square with me. Why should I be fair and square with men? l ask you"
 Gro Be Continued(
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Gro Be ContinuedC
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Believe Settlement of
 Riff Problem Near

Tetuan. Spanish Morocco, July 30 Petain left for France last night. His return home is in terpreted here as an indication that affairs in Morocco have reached a conclusive stage-that an agreement has been arrived at between Spain and France concerning the tactics to be adopted to inflict defeat or force peace upon the Moors.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-30
EXPLOSION OF STILL
 CAUSES BOMB SCARE
Tenants in Eive.story Building Dash Into Street Following Detonation
 in New York.

New York, July 30 R--EXplosion of a still in a five-story tenement in Mott street sent occupants panic stricken to the street yesterday with cries of Bomb explosion."'
 The building In which the eXplo- sion occurred adioins a public school. Pupils attending summe- session had left about an hour be- fore.
 The occupants of the apartment in which the still was found escaped.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-30

haven't been here for a year ?" Ulysses interrupted, He drew a large, old-fashioned gold watch from his pocket and looked at 1t. "You haven't tried to face things"
 Tt is now exactly one o'cock," he went on slowly. You arc going
New Britain herald., 1925-07-30
TORONTO BUYS INFIELDER

Jackson, Miss, July 80 P-Henry F. Turner, second baseman of the Jackson club of the Cotton States league, has been sold to the Toronto club of the International league and will report at the close of the Cot tn States league season.
New Britain herald., 1925-07-30

to hathe your eyes, or powder your nose, or whatever it is women do to themselves when they've been
 crying - and then, you're going out to lunch with mo in tho biggest
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-11-19
THE MAGIC CARPET

Once upon a time in the mystic land
of Persia, there was found among the
treasures of a king, a wonderful car
pet. One had only to sit on 1T, wish
to be somewhere and away the car
pet would fly to the wished for place
was reached. For numbered of years
it carried kings and princes upon the
most amazing adventures. No one
knows what finally became of it, but
it may be that its last threads went
into the make up of the first Youths
Companion For like the magic car
pet, The Companion for 1926 carries
you to the land of your hearts de-
sire-up into the main woods with
the lumbermen; out on the western
where the war like Navajo Indians
live; far up into the gold regions of
Alaska; and away on the Southern
Seas in search of treasures and lost
islands. All you need for such extra
ordinary adventures is a young heart
and Youths Companion Don't lose
time in getting starting; subscribe
now and receive.
1. The Youths Companion-52 is
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issues of 1925.
All for So
3. Or include McCall's Magazine, the
monthly authority on fashions. Both
publications, only So So
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-11-19
MExICo,S az INDUSTRY

Scince the first well was drilled in
Mexico quarter Of century ago
Mexico has produced more than 1850,
GOO barrels of petroleum The Min
lister Of Commerce says this has been
sold for more than $L000,000,000 and
has netted the government about $65,
G00,O00 yearly In addition other bus
inesses have come into existence d.
rect due to the oil production, that
adde's another $25,0OO,00O to the gov
eminent income
Today petroleum, in addition to
furnishing close to one-third OF the
governments income, supplies large
sums of money for the construction
and maintenance of highways With
in the past month the construction
of more than 1000 miles of highways
will begin at cost of $10,000,000
This mony comes largely from a tax
on gasoline and oil royalties.
Government surveys and explora-
tions indicate that not more than one
tenth of the prospective oil fields of
Mexico have as yet been opened.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-11-19
COMMUNITIES grow only in pro-

u portion to the support they re-
ceive from the people who make up
the community. Belington has no
chance to improve in quality and SIZE
Nv the inhabitants investing their
money or buying the necessities OF
life in other localities People who
cling to the misguided policy Of do
ing better" away from home often
lose dollars in trying to save pennies.
The home merchant is honest and
offers honest values. He can't afford
to be otherwise, though he might be
inclined to- He depends for his liv-
ing from the community which ne
serves and he must give the COM
munity what it wants at a fair price.
When you are tempted to trade out
side and buy something 'just as
good" at lower prices you should
think twice before acting. If you are
disappointed in merchandise bought
at home, you can always get an ad-
iustment. The merchant himself may
have been cheated and he is general
Nv willing to take the loss rather
than have dissatisfied customer.
But the out of town merchant is not
personlly interested in you. His only
hope is to sell you once and he does
not have to take precautions to pre-
,.o-x,o xyo1,r eyood will
More than owing it to your COM
munity to trade at home, thus keep
ing your money in circulation at home
you should give the home merchant
the first opportunity to serve you, from
sound economic viewpoint.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-11-19

Mr.. A. l.. Proudfoot, cooperating
with E c.. Sherwood, plant disease
specialist of the Agr'l Extension
carried out busting demonstration
of potatoes to prevent two Of the
worst enemies potatoes have, Tip
Burn and Blight The busting mater
ial is made out of the same material
that the spray is made of. Results
Of this demonstration is as follows:
The plot busted containing about one
ninth acre had a yield of 1877 lbs or
approximately 1913 bushels per acre.
The undusted plot that did not re-
ceive any treatment to prevent the
Tip-Burn or Blight off of the same
amount of ground and same kind of
soil had yield of Sal lbs. or approx
mately Sc bushels per acre. In other
words the yield was more than
doubled in this experiment. Out Of
some Twenty Thoundsand acres ex-
perimented on by using spray in
Pennsylvania, the lowest increase was
a third. Mr. E. S. Humphrey of
Bellville, w. Va, Wood County, who
grows Is acres every year, increased
his yield this year 70 bushels per
acre, by carrying out definite spray
schedule recommended by the Exten-
sion Specialist, on potatoes. Seventy
bushels increase and potatoes selling
around $500 per bu. means $40 90
per acre Figure that on Is acres
and YOU have $350000, more than he
would have harvested had he neglect
ed to spray. You can not look at it
fer Just one season, because the spray
machine will last him several years
with proper care What would it
mean to him in or 10 years. The
spray outfit that he used only cost
him $275.00 and his spray materials
only cost him l cent per gallon.
Farmers it is an evident fact that
you can not afford to. grow potatoes
without using spray or dust to pre-
vent diseases. Grow potatoes, they
are the best cash crop for Barbour
county farmers, but don't forget to
spray.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-11-19
HOFFM -ERN EST
A PARENT

A beautiful home wedding took
place at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
j. l.. Ernest on Friday November
the 9Th when their daughter Miss
Jessie Bosserman Ernest became the
bride of Rev. Joseph c.. Hoffman,
formerly pastor of the Belington M
E. Church but, now living in Rainelle
w. Va.
The color scheme was green and
white and was attractively carried
out throughout the entire house.
While the guests were gathering
Miss Virginia Eib played Thru the
years" by Carrie Jacobs Bond
Promptly at 10 o'clock amid the
sweet strains of Lohengren's Wedding
March, with Miss Virginia Eib at the
piano. Miss Nellie Hoffman sister
of the groom, who was maid of honor
and the bridesmaid, Miss Gladys
Thornhill preceded the bride down the
stairs, where she was met by her
father Mr.. j. L. Ernest, who escorted
her into the closing room She was
met here by the groom and his best
man Ralph Thornhill.
The bride wore beautiful satin
gown of the new pansy shade, and
carried BRIDES boquet of Sweetheart
Roses.
The Methodist Episcopal ring cere-
mony was conducted by Rev Wells,
District Superintendent of the M. E.
Church.
After the wedding ceremony, the
guests were invited into the dining
room, where a delectable luncheon
was served The bridal cake with the
miniature bride and groom formed
the center piece of the handsomely
decorated table.
At 1890 the bride and groom were
accompanied by many well-wishing
friends to Philippi where they took
the train for Rainelle which will be
their future home.
The ceremony was witnessed by the
immediate families and a few friends.
The bride is a popular young lady
of inestimable worth. She is a gradu-
ate Of the local high school and at
tended school at West Virginia Wes-
leyan College and was teacher in
the Belington graded school.
Rev, Hoffman is graduate of
West Virginia Wesleyan College and
attended Theological school at Bos-
ton He has been a very popular
pastor of the Belington M E. Church
for the past four years.
By One Present
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counter, had Best newer been appoint,

counter, had best never been appoint
ed.
The likelihood, however, is that
it will function as the president in
tended.
Certainly it should ever lose sight
of the fact that it has great respon-
sibility-that of assuring America IS
air strength adequate for years to
come. The air service is on trial be-
fore the commission; the commission
is on trial before the American
people, whose experience with air
matters has been both bitter anc
costly. and who are in no mood tc
brook further nonsense in a matter
SO vital to national defense.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-11-19

B. w Schoonover is champion Po-
tato Grower in Barbour County for
1925.
Mr. Schoonovers yield was 105812
bushels on 3A acres of ground, or a
yield of 28O bushels per acre.
The potatoes were planted in a
mixed clay and sandy loan soil. A
crop of soy beans were harvested off
of this ground last year, thus leav-
ing the soil in good mechanical condi-
ton as we'll as adding some organic
matters and nitrogen to the soil. Mr..
Schoonover was careful in following
out mixture of fertilizers, including
1871 acid phosphate, murate of Pot
ash, and nitrate of soda. He also
sprayed his potatoes to control tip
burn and blight. We are glad to learn
of this exceptionable high yield for
this year, and feel confident that
many more farmers in Barbour Coun-
ty could be producing like yields of
potatoes if they would only go in to
it and give it the same attention that
Mr.. Schoonover and his son did.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-11-19
ARMIsTIcE DAY PROGRAM

One of the best programs that the
writer has attended for some time,
was given by the pupils of the fourth
B., fourth A., fifth and sixth grades
of the Belington Graded School, on
Armistice Day, Nov. IL.
The program was well selected and
each child in it had his or her part
perfect. Principal Melyin Roberts,
who served one year in France, in
the noted Rainbow Division, was
dressed in his Uniform and gave
some explanations between each num-
Der, which were greatly appreciated
b. visitors md pupils.
There were four fathers and about
twenty others present, and they all
spoke words Of praise for the child
rem, and the noble way they pe form
ed their parts. The children enjoy get
ting up programs OF this nature, but
the thing that pleasas them most Of
all is to see papa and mamma there
to witness their performance I think
the Children would have more inter
est, and their teachers would enj7,
their work more, if we parents would
visit these programs and show by
our presence that we are really in
terested in them and their work
Following is the program:
The Star Spangled Banner-5y all
Scripture Reading and Lords Praye,
Sorg-America- sang by all
Re tasicr- v Delina Roberts
Recitation BY Maysell Phillips
Soa@--Tae Boys in Blue-4th A and
5th. Grade
Recitation-"In Flanders Fields >
By-Russel Miles
Recitation - BY Paul Shomc
The Trees Pauline Day
Songs of Camp and Trench-6th
Grade pupils
The Rivals Reta Shahar
America The Beautiful By all
Recitation Virginia Sturn
Duet-"The Big Drum-By Edga,
Elder and Jimmie Thornhill
Soul So Dead -Poul Day
Reeitation-The Ship of Stately
Odbert Wilmoth
My Flag and Your Flag-By 4th
B Grade.
The Battle Hymn Of the Republic
sang by all.
Play @The Melting Pot BY 9Th
Grade
Song BY All.
The Flag Salute By all.
A PARENT
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veyors of the arist0cratic hclses of
tried them. and then wanted more
London tradesmen were asked the
name of the fowl, and. because every
thing then was brought from Turkey,
those asking for the information were
told that they came from Turkey, and
they We're known for many years in
the London markets as those Turkey
birds. This is one of many tales
told II account for the strange nam
ing of the American bird. and is prob
ably as good as any The turkey has
been domesticated, as far as it is pos
sible, and long ago became large
factor in domestic commerce
Once Turkey State.
Rhode Island for many years held
chief prominence as the turkey-raising
state.
Now Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Ne
braska and Kentucky dispute suprem-
acy and literally send millions of these
birds annually to market to be con
sumed largely at Thanksgiving and
Christmas feasts.
The scientific name given the tur-
key is Meleagridae. Meleager, in an
ancient Greek legend, was leader of
the Calydonian hunt, who saved the
beautiful Princess ATLANTA from tue
savage attack of wild boar, and
thereby gained fame. This scientific
aarss seems just about as applicable