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The narrow strip of bottom land on the east side of the river and north side of Three Fork Creek that empties into it at this point is wholly taken up by the railroad tracks and railroad buildings, so that citizens have been forced to terrace the hillside for buildings and streets. The many handsome business blocks, residences and sky-scraping church steeples clinging to the mountain side, in tiers, overlooking the net- work of railroad tracks and moving traffic below, present to the visitor a sight both novel and picturesque in the extreme. Although somewhat handicapped by these cramped condi- tions, the people of Grafton possess about all the conveniences usually enjoyed by the people of other cities of its size, and on the whole they seem to be fairly prosperous and happy.
Grafton School Faculty.
1 .. W. Burns, Superintendent ; Margaret F. Clary, Art Supv. : Bertha M. Mills, Music; Dorotha V. Morgan. Office Assistant.
HIGH SCHOOL-Geo. H. Colebank, principal: John Nuzum, Nyna Forman, Elizabeth Rich, Pearl Hodges, Bertha Flick, M. Ward Lanham, G. Minnette Watkins. Wm. MI. Jones, Bertha M. Nutting, and Kathryn Kumler, assistants.
FIRST WARD SCHOOL-E. W. S. Kennedy, Harriet
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Schroeder, Hattie Forman, Juanita Shingleton, and Louise Byers.
CENTRAL SCHOOL-George H. Colebank, principal . ,Grace White, Mrs. Myrtle Nuzum, Ada M. White, Mary Cowherd, Helen Carroll, Ina Warder, Mattie Jaco, Amanda Abbott.
EAST GRAFTON SCHOOL -- Hugh Iliggins, Florence Hamilton, Nina Gaskin, Mrs. Edna Furbee.
' SOUTH GRAFTON SCHOOL - Mrs. Mary Holden, Perie Ayer, Mrs. Almonta Borror, Minnie Byers.
WEST GRAFTON SCHOOL - Bruce Borror, Harict Evans, Lila Clare Rector, Blanche Watkins, Rosaline Ken- nedy, Hazel Zinn, Ethel Bartlett, Marie Cole, Cleo Morgan.
GARRISON SCHOOL (Colored)-C. W. Florence and Sadie Mays.
School Term. 1913-14, 9 months. Enrollment, 1,358.
HARRISVILLE, the seat of justice of Ritchie County, is located on the Lorama Railroad-a narrow gauge-nine miles from Pennsboro, where the road connects with the Grafton and Parkersburg branch of the B. & O. The town is situated on a hill, from which a splendid view be had of the surrounding country. It was laid out by Thomas Harris, and established as a town January 2, 1822, but was not incor- porated until February 26, 1869.
The population of Harrisville in 1890 was 361; in 1900, 472; in 1910, 608, and in 1914, about 700.
Names of City Officials.
W .. H. Westfall, Mayor : I. W. Woods, Recorder.
Churches and Pastors.
Methodist Episcopal Church, William N. Frasure, pastor. Methodist Protestant. L. S. Weese, pastor. United Brethren, P. S. Exline. pastor. Baptist. J. A. Young, pastor.
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Banking Institutions.
First National, B. B. Westfall, cashier; A. O. Wilson, president.
The Peoples Bank, J. H. Lininger, cashier; W. R. Meser- vie, president.
Newspapers.
The Gazette and The Ritchie Standard, Robert Morris. editor of both.
Manufacturing Establishments.
Imperial Oil & Gas Products Co., carbon factory, J. H. Mann, manager.
The town is heated and lighted by gas.
The White Hall and Fryes are the principal hotels of the town.
School Faculty.
M. M. Powell. Superintendent.
HIGH SCHOOL-M. M. Powell, History and Science ; Blanche Southard and Carl Hayhurst.
GRADES-C. H. Harrison, Wayne Gibson. Occa Wilson, Winifrede Wass, Agnes Hamilton, and Lila M. Cokely.
HUNTINGTON, CABELL COUNTY.
In 1870 the ground on which Huntington now stands was a wide expanse of river bottom land planted with corn.
When Collis P. Huntington first beheld the broad and fertile valley, whose ample acres now are studded with sub- stantial residences and imposing business structures, and crossed by broad streets and avenues for which Huntington is noted, no doubt he paused in mute admiration at the pros- pect : then, with that indomitable energy which made him the commanding figure of a railroad world, set about founding the city which now bears his name -- a city whose population
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at this writing (January, 1914) is about 40,000; in 1910 it was 31.161-a gain of 19,238 over 1900. In 1910 the assessed valu- ation of property, for taxation purposes, was :
Real estate
$16,788,760.00
Personal property
6.868,910.00
Public utilities
3,448,072.00
Total
$27.105,742.00 ;
the annual increase over the two preceding years being about $5,000,000. On this basis, the assessed valuation of taxable property must be over $42,000.000.
Huntington's latest charter took effect in June. 1909. It was moulded after the commission plan of government (sim- ilar to that voted down in Wheeling last summer), but so modified and improved as to be especially suited to local con- ditions. Under this form of government, partisan politics is eliminated from elections and personal fitness of candidates for office only is considered. Elections occur every three ycars, and though four commissioners may be voted for, the elector can find only three nominees upon his own ticket, only two of whom can be elected. Thus there is the centralization of responsibility in four commissioners, not more than two of whom may be of the same political faith, and the elector is encouraged to vote a mixed ticket.
In these four commissioners is vested the executive power of government, but there is also a Citizens' Board of sixty-four members, sixteen elected from each ward, not more than one- half of whom may be of any one party. This Board, which is designed as a check upon any wrongful actions of the com- missioners, is in the nature of a Referendum Board. No action of the Citizens' Board is required to make an ordinance effect- ive, but any harmful action of the commissioners may be by it vetoed. Thus the commissioners may administer the city's affairs smoothly and unhampered without imposing onerous supervisory duties upon members of the Citizens' Board, yet harmful legislation may instantly be stopped by that body. Ordinances and franchises become effective unless vetoed by
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the Citizens' Board, the membership of which is purposely made large that it may remain beyond the probability of being corrupted. The placing of the fire and police departments under civil service removes much of the inducement for any party to secure control of the city government.
In looking about for a site for a large manufacturing estab- lishment, there are several things to consider : transportation facilities, transportation rates, cost of fuel and raw material and cost of labor. When capital is seeking an investment of this nature and finds these conditions all satisfactory, erection of the plant is assured. Yet. all these advantages would mean but little if men of means were ignorant of their existence. Hence the necessity for a Board of Trade. Huntington is fortunate in having one of the best organizations of this kind in the State, to the president and secretary of which the writer is indebted for much valuable information.
The Huntington Board of Trade, in May, 1911, consisted of the following "live wires": F. H. Richardson, president ; William Burkheimer, secretary ; L. J. Ashworth, treasurer, and the following directors: J. A. Plymale, president; Wil- liam Stevers, Amos Trainer, Miles Bevans, C. A. Thompson, Thomas Dunfee, and H. M. Bloss.
As a result of the efforts of these gentlemen in advertising to the world the natural and acquired advantages they had to offer manufacturing enterprises, much of Huntington's prog- ress is due. In number of factories and mills, perhaps Hunt- ington leads all other cities in the State.
The Board of Trade let it be known that, aside from its important location with reference to raw material and mar- kets, the city is situated in close proximity to two of the State's greatest gas fields (Wetzel County excepted, of course ), the producing centers of which are within twenty-five to fifty miles ; that this gas is piped into Huntington through lines extending into the very heart of the Roane and Lincoln County fields, supplying the domestic trade at a cost of twenty-five cents per thousand feet, net, and to manufacturers at an exceedingly low rate ; that cheap electric power is fur- nished by three modernly equipped power companies, which vie with each other in rendering satisfactory service to their
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patrons; that electric power can be obtained by contract as low as three and one-half cents per thousand watts, being cheaper than that produced by the Niagara Falls Water Gene- rating plant; that for transportation facilities Huntington is unexcelled ; that steamboats from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, the B. & O., the C. & O. and the N. & W. Railroads, radiating with nearly all points of the compass, offer transportation to passenger and freight so low that one cannot but wonder how they can do it ; that Huntington has no perplexing labor ques tions to settle : that, owing to its unequalled advantages as a home location, the city is steadily and rapidly growing in population ; that the man of family-the substantial citizen- in medium circumstances or otherwise, seeks employment and a home here because of educational advantages ; that because of its strategic commercial location, new manufacturing and business concerns are constantly being added to the already long list of those located here, so that the balance between employed and means of employment is admirably maintained without bringing about a dearth of labor or the means of earn- ing a livelihood ; that this healthy condition is the means of inducing competent, skilled labor to seek employment here, and. as the best possible feeling exists between the employer and the employed, the retaining of a competent labor supply is a small problem : that wages are at that desirable medium which affords a good living for the artisan without being ex- acting upon the employer, and the advantage of cach is thereby conserved. It is the constant exposition of these truths before the business world that is making Huntington the leading city of the State.
We have said that Huntington is noted for her large number of manufacturing concerns. Some of these are of gigantic proportions. For instance, it is estimated that if the number of cars made by the Ensign plant of the American Car and Foundry Company were coupled together in one train it would reach, unbroken, a distance of 440 miles, or twice the distance from Kenova to Wheeling.
The Ohio Valley Electric Railway Company operates 34 miles of urban railway in Huntington, and its interurban lines connect Huntington with the cities of Guyandotte,
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Ceredo, and Kenova, West Virginia, and Ashland, Kentucky ; Colegrove, Ironton, and Hanging Rock, Ohio.
In May, 1911, Huntington had eight banks, with a capital and surplus totalling $2,011,291.00. The combined deposits of these institutions on December 31, 1910, 'amounted to $4.197.530.22. At that time a new bank, with a capital of $300,000, was being organized, making nine banks in all in the city. This, in itself, is a very good indication of the city's prosperity.
The fire and police departments are up-to-date.
The people of Huntington are church-goers, as evidenced by the twenty-four church edifices which rear their lofty spires heavenward along the city's beautiful avenues and scattered through the city, at points of vantage, among which are numbered five of the Baptist denomination, seven Method- ist, two Presbyterian, one Congregational, one Lutheran, two Christian, one Episcopal, two United Brethren, one Roman Catholic, one Jewish congregation. Of these, one Methodist and two Baptist congregations are composed of colored peo- ple. A Christian Science Church was also lately organized in the city. An active corps of the Salvation Army contributes effectually to the welfare of the city.
There is no lack of amusement facilities in Huntington. Opera houses, picture shows and summer parks are there in plenty.
Sanitary conditions in Huntington are excellent, and epi- demics are conspicuous only for their absence, This is due partly to natural causes and partly to human effort. The city is situated upon a wide plateau, high above the Ohio River, affording an casy, natural drainage. With a perfect sewerage system and the operation of an active street depart- ment, the general health of the people is conserved.
Following is a list of some of the principal industries located at Huntington : C. & O. Railroad shops, American Car and Foundry Company, Nicholson-Kendle Furniture Co., Newberry Shoe Co., Huntington Handle Co., The Jarvis Machinery and Supply Co., Empire Furniture Co., Huntington Chair Co., The Specialty Mattress Co., Huntington Tobacco Warehouse, Alpha Flour Gwinn Brothers & Co., D. E. Abbott
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& Co., Central Vencer Co., West Virginia Paving & Pressed Brick Co., Penn Table Co., II. R. Wyllie China Co., Hunt ington Tile Roof Co., Sliger Brothers Planing Mill, Haury Bending Co., Locke Manufacturing Co., Huntington Red Brick Co., Huntington Stove & Foundry Co., Thornburg Manufacturing Co., Morris Machinery Co., Huntington Spring Bed Co., Huntington Milling Co., West Virginia Rail Co., Beader Box Manufacturing Co., Huntington Tumbler Co., Ackerman Lumber and Manufacturing Co.
The Frederick and The Florentine are the principal hotels, but there are many other popular inns in the city.
The Court House, the Carnegie Library, the Post Office, the West Virginia Asylum of Male Patients, the West Vir- ginia Asylum for Female Patients, the Public Schools, all are splendid and imposing structures and a credit to the city.
The educational advantages are most excellent. Marshall College is a State normal and academic school, offering the following courses of study: Normal, Science, Classic, and Modern Languages, + years' courses each ; Expression course, 3 years; Piano course, 5 years; Voice course, 3 years; Art course, 2 years ; also a Violin course. The school was founded in 1837 as a private academy, became a private college in 1857, and a State school in 1867.
The free school system is well organized and conducted, consisting of a superintendent, four supervisors, seventeen principals and 141 teachers, presiding over twenty schools, as follows :
Wilson M. Foulk, superintendent : Sarah E. Galloway, C. E. Miller, Otto A. Myers and Lucile Eifort, supervisors.
HIGH SCHOOL-C. L. Wright, principal, and J. G. Graham, assistant; Anna E. Harris, M. Virginia Foulk, Vir- ginia B. Neal, Charlotte P. Goodrich, Jessie B. Thompson, C. E. Miller, Florence A. Tullis, Bertie A. Backus, Julia F. Alexander, J. F. Paxton, Ruth Daniel, J. L. Patterson, Alice Neale, Louise B. Hill, and Maude Vest, teachers.
JOHN A. JONES SCHOOL-Otto A. Myers, princi- pal ; Maude Carter, Leila M. Graves, Minnie Chatfield. W. Norman Mitchell, Emma Mcclintock, Jessie Hayslip. Mabel Jones, and Anna Lewis, teachers.
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OLEY SCHOOL-Otto A. Myers, principal; Nannie McCroskey, Leora A. McKee, Janic Workman, Blanche Rogers, Hazel Smith, Carrie Rees, Marion Wyatt, Clara A. Eisenmann, and Erna Wells, teachers.
BUFFINGTON SCHOOL-Sarah M. Peyton, principal, and Columbia Lovett, assistant ; Nellie Howes, Alva Mallory, Bertha Shafer, Pearl Clement, Besse Foley, Mary C. Staton, Sallie Beazley, Jane Gotshall, Cora A. Day, Edith Defoor, Elizabeth G. Johnston, and Ruth Farrer, teachers.
HOLDERBY SCHOOL-Margaret B. Wyatt, principal ; Marguerite McClelland, Gertrude Fritz, Enima Peters, Eliza- beth Gardner, Tomma Robertson, Maude Fielder, Elizabeth Custer, Blanche Shafer, Roma Thompson, Lillian Erskine, Mary Temple, Nelle Carter, Marie Beckner, Gladys Wigner, Addie Wash, and Ann Cundiff, teachers.
ENSIGN SCHOOL- Blanche Enslow, principal, and Eva Pringle, assistant ; Mary Matthews, Kathryn Kerr, Myrtic Bowen, Ina Beckner, Edna L. Hines, Margaret Robison, Julia Wilcoxen, and Lucy Hern, teachers.
SIMMS SCHOOL-Cora Tally, principal ; Ota F. Morris, Esther Cundiff, Beatrice Reed, Isabelle T. Gordon, Will Richardson, Dora W. Scarff, and Mary Reed, teachers.
EMMONS SCHOOL-Alice Freeman, principal ; Blanche Miller, Ruby Ferris, Matie Baber, and Eva Wheeler, teachers.
COTTAGE GROVE SCHOOL-William H. Leonhart. principal ; Agnes Branch, Lulia LeRoy, Anna Love, Mabel Humphreys, Eria Dillon, Maynie Ware, and Mamie Spangler. teachers.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL -- Earl C. Moore, principal ; Isabel Kerr, Edna B. Preston, Ivy L. Myers, Marguerite Kerr, and Iva Lemley, teachers.
CABELL SCHOOL-Emma Childress, principal ; Goldie Gibson, Uldene Alley, Anna Chambers, Lottie Taylor, Mabel Clark, Harriet MeClung, Lennie Taylor, Nelle Senseney, and Lillian Beinkampen, teachers.
JOHNSTON SCHOOL-Helen Zimmerman, Ruth Mc- Cullagh, Bertha L. Nash, and Jennie A. Wood, teachers.
JEFFERSON SCHOOL-Besse Gibson, principal ; Ruby Querry, Dulcie Shelton, and Etta Barbour, teachers.
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GALLAHERVILLE SCHOOL- Lila M. Dulaney, prin- cipal : Georgia Wood and Ella Hunter, teachers.
CROSS ROADS SCHOOL Sallie Spurlock and Mary Ada Wentz, teachers.
HIGH SCHOOL-Lillian B. Wright.
THIRD STREET SCHOOL-Marguerite Marple, Julia Merritt, Maude Wilson, and Hattie Gardner, teachers.
RICHMOND STREET SCHOOL-Grace Wilson, prin- cipal : Jessie Merritt, Russie Harris, and Anna Baker, teachers.
DOUGLASS SCHOOL (Colored)-J. W. Scott, princi- pal: Joshua Hatchett, Lavina Norman. Effie B. Carter. G. E. Ferguson, Edward R. Harvey, Mary Dickinson, Lula James. Florence Hurd, and E. A. Viney, teachers.
NELSON BARNETT SCHOOL (Colored)-Josie Bar- nett and Jessie Lindsey, teachers.
KINGWOOD.
Kingwood. the county seat of Preston, was established by an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, January 23, 1811. Preston was formed from Monongalia January 19. 1818. The first court convened at the house of William Price, in Kingwood, for a long time known as the "Herndon Flotel." The first county officials were: Eugene M. Wilson. Circuit Clerk: James McGee, Prosecuting Attorney: Joseph D. Suit, Sheriff : Charles Byrne, County Clerk. This was the birth-place of many persons who later became noted in the State and Nation, one of whom was Jonathan P. Dolliver. late senator from Iowa.
Kingwood is located on the Morgantown & Kingwood and West Virginia Northern Railroads, 29 miles from Mor- gantown and 18 miles from Rowlesburg.
Although located in a section reputed to possess the purest of water and the most healthful climate. surrounded by a country noted for its great mineral wealth and agricul- tural possibilities, Kingwood has been of extremely slow growth. Its population in 1900 was 700; in 1910. 800, and in 1914, barely 1,000. This is certainly not a very favorable showing for a town which has been more than a century in
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the building, and one, too, in a section abounding in all the natural resources that, as expressed by the county clerk-Mr. E. C. Everly-need only "pushers" to make of Preston County seat "one of the best towns in West Virginia."
Churches.
Methodist Episcopal, Rev. A. D. Craig, pastor.
Baptist, Rev. John W. Brown, pastor. Presbyterian, no pastor.
United Brethren, Rev. H. L. Koontz, pastor.
Methodist Episcopal (Col.), Rev. Peters, pastor.
Newspapers.
Preston County Journal, H. S. Whetsell, editor.
The Preston News, M. L. Jackson, editor.
West Virginia Argus, Wm. G. Lavelle, editor.
Banks.
The Bank of Kingwood, Wm. G. Brown, president, and Felix Elliott, cashier.
The Kingwood National, Davis Elkins, president, and Earl M. Lanyz, cashier.
Town Officials.
Charles Spindler, Mayor : J. Fran Rodeheaver, Recorder ; Dr. D. J. Rudasill, G. B. Evick, P. J. Grogan. Frank Chidester, and William Haney, Councilmen.
Manufacturing Establishments.
Cement Plant, for making blocks, etc.
Kingwood has about fifteen retail establishments.
The Jenkins and The Raleigh are the principal hotels of the town. There are also two good restaurants. but more are needed.
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Kingwood School Faculty.
J. Cochran Vance, Superintendent.
HIGH SCHOOL- J. Cochran Vance, principal, History ; Asher T. Childers, Mathematics and Science : Gladys MI. Waters, Languages; G. H. Wilson, Commercial Subjects.
GRADES-G. Il. Wilson, R. R. Kelly, Isa Monroe, Erma Rita Powell, Nellye Godwin, and Eleanor Copeman.
School Term High, 9 months ; Grades, 8 months. En- rollment, 253.
LOGAN.
Logan, the county seat of Logan County, is situated between the mountains of the Guyan range, on the Guyan- dotte River. The first settlers were the three Dingess brothers-Peter, James and John-and William Workman. Its original name was Arcoma, so called in honor of an Indian girl, supposed to have been a daughter of either Cornstalk or Logan-tradition differing as to her parentage. In 1824 the name of the town was changed to Logan, being incorporated in 1854. According to the Huntington Herald-Dispatch, the first court house stood where Ghiz Bros. are now conducting a mercantile establishment; in 1854 it was burned and court was held in a log house which was afterward sold to HI. S. White, after the erection of a brick court house, which was subsequently torn down to make room for the present splen- did, fire-proof structure, built of native stone.
The population of Logan in 1900 was 444; in 1910 it was 1.640, and on January 1, 1914, about 2,500.
County Officials.
John B. Wilkinson, Judge Seventh Judicial Circuit ; John Chafin, Prosecuting AAttorney; Scott Justice, Clerk Circuit Court. and J. Needie Bryan, Deputy : Don Chafin. Sheriff ; L. E. Browning, County Superintendent of Free Schools ; Charles G. Curry, County Surveyor: George Justice, County Assessor: W. F. Farley, J. R. Robinson and Alfred Cabell, Commissioners of County Court; W. I. Campbell, Clerk County Court, and Charles Avis, Deputy.
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Churches.
Methodist Episcopal South, Methodist Episcopal, Mis- sionary Baptist, Christian and Presbyterian; the Christian Church having the largest congregation, its membership in good standing being 200 strong. However, all the churches of the town are building up rapidly in membership and spiritual strength.
Chief Industries.
Logan and the section round about are common with other portions of Southern West Virginia. They have very flattering prospects in an industrial way. The coal business, the chief industry, is fast gaining large proportions.
Banking Institutions.
Logan has two prosperous banks-The Guyan Valley Bank and The First National Bank.
General Information.
The town is well equipped with water works and electric light and ice plants, machine shop, laundry, bottling works, two bakeries, a school furniture plant, two banks, three hotels, one wholesale grocery, one general supply store, one large hardware establishment, two furniture stores, two drug stores, a splendid hospital, public schools, five churches, two news- papers, paved streets, etc. In short, Logan's citizens possess nearly all the advantages offered by much larger towns.
One of the leading citizens of Logan County was Major William Stratton, the father-in-law of Judge J. B. Wilkinson. The Major was born within two miles of Logan. He par- ticipated in the Civil War. A daughter of his married Major Nigbert, who served in the Civil War under General Butcher. Major Nigbert was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Lawson. His second wife, the widow Nigbert, owns a pala- tial country home, called Idlewood, near which stands an elm
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tree whose wide branches cast their shadows over the Guyan- dotte River. Here, it is said, Thomas Dunn English wrote the familiar poem : "O, don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt ?" and "Rafting on the Guyandotte". The "Alice" men- tioned in the poem, it is said, referred to Alice Lawson, who afterwards became the wife of Major Nigbert, as above indi- cated.
Logan School Faculty.
F. O. Woerner, Principal.
HIGH SCHOOL-F. O. Woerner, Language and Mathe- matics; Maude B. Swartwood. Latin, German and History ; J. A. McCauley. Sci. and Com.
GRADES-Lucile Bradshaw, Lora D. Jackson, Wade H. Hill, Bertha Taylor, Kathryn Cottle, Lettie Halstead, Grace Kinney, Mrs. Brooke Gilkeson, and Willa Belle Cole, teachers.
Term 1913-14, High School, 9 months ; Grades, 7 months. Total enrollment, 44].
MADISON.
Madison, the seat of justice of Boone County, is located on Little Coal River. a tributary of the Great Kanawha. It is a small town, having a population of only 295 in 1910. This slowness in growth is due to the lack of transportation facilities.
There are two church organizations in the town-the Missionary Baptist. conducted by Rev. M. T. Miller, and the M. E. Church South, by Rev. Charles E. Morris, pastor.
The Coal River Republican, J. D. McNeely, editor, circu- lates the county news.
The banking institutions are Boone County, Julian IJill, president, and O. C. Chambers, cashier, and Madison National Bank, with F. C. Leftwich, president, and C. . \. Croft, cashier. The town officials are: R. F. MeNeely, Mayor: O. C. Chambers, Recorder, and A. H. Sutphin. Chief of Police.
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