Thursday, February 15, 1900
The cofferdam put in at the railroad bridge at Knapps Creek went out in the flood entailing a serious loss on the part of the contractors. The rise was so sudden that there was no time to move the derrick or pump, and these were washed out and tangled up in the wreckage. This work is located at a very swift place in time of flood.
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The landings were broken in on Knapps Creek Tuesday. The first logs reached Marlinton about 9 o’clock and for a while they passed at a rate of about fifty a minute.
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The roads between Lewisburg and Hillsboro are almost impassable for teams. It is reported it requires six horses to pull a two-horse load in places.
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A rumor of flood in Swago creek kept the mail at Academy two whole days, Monday and Tuesday. In the meantime, persons were crossing as usual. The mail carriers are a sadly discouraged lot. Better pay would put new life in them and bring the mail in on time. “Money makes the mare go.”
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Fifteen men and 10 hounds were involved in a wolf chase. The wolf started on Elk River near Peter Hamrick’s home. Men were put on the various stands and the first day he was shot at seven times, the day’s work leaving him on Point Mountain.
January 2, the wolf crossed the mountain and was followed nearly to the headwaters of the Back Fork of Elk. January 3, the quarry started back and as he passed near Peter Hamrick’s, six shots were fired without effect, tho the wolf nearly ran over some of the men.
January 4, he retraced his steps and went nearly to Pickens. During the night, he killed a sheep for L. M. Hull. January 5, he went towards Hacker Valley but was turned back by a party of hunters. January 6 and 7, he was hunted over Point Mountain and around the headwaters of Back Fork. January 8, he was surrounded by men and dogs but broke through the lines. A second time, he was surrounded, and all the dogs were loosed. As he was passing out of the circle, Stephen Hamrick shot and killed him.
MEASLES vs SMALLPOX
Editor Times;
Will you kindly allow me space in your paper to correct a report that has been circulated over the county that my son, Massie, came home from the West Virginia University with the smallpox. There is not one word of truth in the report. The facts are that my son had been feeling badly for several days before he left Morgantown. He went to a physician who examined him and told him he was threatened with typhoid fever and advised him to come home at once. He came to Huntersville Saturday, the 20th, where he stayed all night. On Sunday morning Dr. Bosworth phoned to me that he had a genuine case of measles.
I understand that the patrons of Mr. James W. Warwick’s school at Academy fear that he might have carried the measles into this school. In justification of Mr. Warwick, I will say that he left my house before my son came home and only passed along the public road the next day, where he couldn’t possibly have contracted the measles from him. I hope this statement will satisfy the public of the erroneous report…
Respectfully, A. C. L. Gatewood
INDIAN DRAFT
Bill Gay is building a handsome barn which adds greatly to the appearance of his farm.
Billy Gay doesn’t care who builds barns – It’s a girl.
Robert Miller will build a dwelling on the land he recently purchased of the Barlow boys.
John Waugh has lately purchased a pair of Mammoth bronze turkeys.
The measles seem to be the order of the day in this part of the county.
O. W. Ruckman is trying hard to get points for his Allison plow as he wants to turn the soil.
Another enterprise I would mention in the way of machinery is a knitting machine operated by Mrs. Mary A. Landes, which does its work to perfection, bringing out a pair of socks, heel and toe, large or small, in a few minutes.
GREEN HILL
The Green Hill school is running with two scholars on account of measles.
Mr. Jimmie Bartley met with a serious accident Sunday. As many as half dozen girls kicked him!
On the morning of January 30, Mr. Elva Ratliff went out rabbit hunting and accidentally shot his best horse.