Thursday, May 31, 1923
Received of C. M. Elliott, of the Huntersville district, fourteen pieces of wampum on the 26th day of May, 1923.
This is the first Indian money that I know of being found in Pocahontas County. The other day when Mr. Elliott was in town, he said that they had been picking up shells with holes through the center and stringing them together, and I said wampum right off the bat. When he went home, he sent some samples in an envelope and they were clearly identified by illustrations and descriptions in the books…
When the white people first discovered America, Indians were important people. They deteriorated later on account of imported vices and diseases. They had an established monetary system and it was a pretty sound medium of exchange. It was made from sea shells and the system was in force from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In this part of the country, the money was sometimes called roanoke from which the city of Roanoke gets its name. Another name was peak. And I am pretty sure that the samples Mr. Elliott sent me the other day are peak for that is the kind of wampum that was made from conch shells and this has all the appearance of conch shell material. Roanoke was from cockle shells…
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Councilman T. D. Moore of the cemetery committee, is carrying out a systematic plan to beautify Mt. View Cemetery by planting evergreens. Scores of Norway spruce and arborvitae have been set out. That public spirited citizen Harvey Cromer, of Cheat Bridge, is sending down a wagon load of balsam, or, as locally known as blister pines, from Cheat Mountain. Good old Joe Buzzard will furnish a lot of fine young cedars. The advice of Mr. Frank S. Labar, expert nursery man and landscape gardener, has also been most kindly available. It does seem that when a body attempts to do a thing that the right kind of people just naturally spring up to give assistance.
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Mrs. William Shearer met with a serious accident Friday at her home on Red Lick Mountain, by the explosion of a dynamite cap. Her right hand was mangled, losing four fingers, and also painful wounds about the face and body.
Not knowing the powerful nature of the explosive, she applied a lighted match to the cap with disastrous results.
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It is reported that the contractors on the Price Hill road below Marlinton have already moved more yardage than was estimated on the contract. If this is correct it means that this grading contract will overrun the estimate by at least fifty percent, and more bad slides and fall-ins are looked for, owing to the friable nature of the soil, altogether this road will be a very expensive one to build and keep open.
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Mrs. C. Forrest Hull, of Durbin, died on Friday, May 25, 1923, at a hospital in Elkins, after a short illness of blood poisoning. Her age was thirty-eight years. She was a daughter of Squire J. L. Hudson. She is survived by her husband and six children. Burial at Wesley Chapel cemetery.
DECORATION
On account of late spring and lack of flowers, Decoration Day services will be held at the Beaver Creek Cemetery on the second Sunday in June at three o’clock p.m. Short addresses will be made by Rev. J. F. Lee, O. P. McNeil and others. This is a service free for all.
LOBELIA
Ross Hollandsworth, accompanied by his friend France Mavis, spent the weekend with home folks.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Vaughan, May 17, a son.
Levana Sizemore is spending a few days at Hillsboro.
Jim Townsend has moved his family to his new home in Lobelia.
Forrest Hollandsworth has finished his job of rolling landing on Hills Creek and has taken a contract with D. R. Vaughan.
Charlie Hollandsworth has finished his contract with W. C. Morgan and has taken a job on Williams River.
Dennis Hollandsworth and Miss Annie Simmons were married May 9, 1923. Their many friends wish them a long and happy life.
FARM NEWS
As an outgrowth of the recent County Life Conference, the Hillsboro commu- nity is doing many things to raise the community score.
Last week was set aside as a cleanup and beautifying week. The Community Council arranged to have the rubbish hauled away providing the people would have waste material in boxes near the road. Over twenty loads were hauled away in all and the community now presents a dressed up appearance.
About thirty shade trees have been set out, over sixty signers in the Better Sires, Better Stock Crusade have been secured, many farmers have signed for cooperative lamb and wool shipping, forty-eight rods of new fencing has been installed or is now under construction, one car of fertilizer was purchased cooperatively, and many old apple trees have been trimmed.
A special committee is busy increasing the Sunday School attendance…
Hillsboro should rank well toward the top of communities in West Virginia at the next scoring…
