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Letters to the Editor
Pog flttention
Dear Editor:
Readers should pay attention to
a very important opportunity on the
November ballot, Amendment 1.
Under the U. S. Supreme Court
ruling women have the right to
abortion for virtually any reason
Nothing can exist in the WV State
Constitution that infringes on that
right. When Amendment 1 passes,
women will continue to have
abortions under the Federal
provisions Amendment 1 will only
step state tax dollars from paying for
elective abortions.
In 1993, the WV State Supreme
Court invented a new duty for the
State of WV to fund elective
abortions. That was contrary to state
law (WV Code 9-2-11), which already
outlawed taxpayer funding for
elective abortions but exempted
abortions in the cases of medical
emergency, reported rape and incest,
fetal anomaly and threats to the life
of the mother. It is not the business
of the State Supreme Court to create
new law.
To cOrrect this illegitimate State
Supreme Court Decision, the State
Legislature, in a bipartisan vote of
both chambers, with more than 2/
3's support, proposed that
Amendment 1 be placed on the ballot
in November: "Nothing in this
Constitution secures or protects a
right to abortion or requires the
funding of an abortion." Voting Yes
o-n Amendmer~t 1 will deprive the
State Supreme Court in the future
of illegitimate judicial reasoning and
WV Code 9-2- 11 will go back into
effect.
The simple truth is this. If the
electorate doesn't want to be ruled
by an oligarchy of five Supreme
Court Justices, but prefers to have
abortion funding controlled by their
duly elected representatives in the
State Legislature, they must vote
Yes or'Amer~dmer~t 1 in November.
Bonnie J. Ayers, President
Summers County Chapter
West Virginians for Life
Sandstone
Lcucr to thc Editor
Dear Voters,
Beware! Republicans are using
their final vote on the teacher pay
raise bill to campaign, claiming
support for public employees
But TEACHERS KNOW
TEACHERS KNOW who stood
beside them in the cold and rain and
snow day after day in support of
better benefits
TEACHERS KNOW who voted
down every single amendment
brought to the floor in support of the
pay raise time and time again
dragging out the teacher strike
TEACHERS KNOW who said one
thing in private and then proceeded
to the floor to vote in lock step with
the majority against public
employees until the governor forced
them to accept the inevitable
TEACHERS KNOW, AND NOW
SO DO YOU.
Send Andrew Evans, Sandy
Shaw, and Stephen Baldwin to the
West Virginia Legislature in
November and Richard OJeda to
Washington.
Jane Meador, Retired Teacher
and Registered Voter
Hinton
EARLY ABSENTEE VOTING
INFORMATION
Early voting will be conducted in
the County Clerk's Office at the
Courthouse during regular business
hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
beginning Wednesday, Octoer 24,
2018 until Saturday, November 3,
2018. Saturday, October 24 and
Saturday, November 3, 2018 the
hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. The last day to vote an early
ballot will be Saturday, November
3, 2018. Any registered voter can
vote during this Early Voting period.
If you have any questions, call Mary
Beth Merritt, County Clerk at 304-
466-7104.
Applications for mail in Absentee
Voting will be accepted only until
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 and
must be in the County Clerk's Office
on this date. An application must be
filed with the County Clerk and then
Absentee ballot will be sent to the
applicant who meets the
requirements.
sENIOR CENTER TRIP
Summers County Senior Center VOTER REGISTRATION
is sponsoring a trip to Amelia Island, DEADLINE
St. Augustine & Jacksonville, FL, Voter.Registration Deadline for
March 17 to 23, 2019. Please call the Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Cindy for more information at (304) General Election will be Tuesday,
466-4019. October 16, 2018. All address
changes, party changes and new
CALENDARS voter registrations must be made by
The Hinton Railroad Museum that date to be eligible to vote in this
has received for sale the Steam and Election. The County Clerk's Office
Chessie Calendars for 2019. in the Courthouse will be open
The Museum located at 206 Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
Temple Street is open Tuesday pm. or you may call 466-7104 to
through Saturday, 10:00a m. to4:00 received voter registration
p.m. application by mail.
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WV ADULT IDtI(ATION
By Roy
HOW EARLY TRAINS WERE this signal, the slaves around the surrounded with sand which
RUN: station and station hands would provided light; such as it was.
Communications by means of the rush to the train, seize hold of it and There was a report of an accident
telegraph was put to use by pull back to add braking power. The on the Philadelphia and Columbia
American railroads starting around Agent would stick a piece of heavy Railway through the farm land of
1850. Prior to that, along with wood through the wheel spokes and Pennsylvania when a train was
everything else, means of thereby bring the train to a full step. challenged by an irate bull. The
communication was quite primitive If the conductor needed to bring story as related by Henry Willis, an
and novel methods were adopted for the train to a stop or convey a observer, is as follows:
conveying information, message to the engineer, he would "One mile east of Seaman Place,
The New Castle and Frenchtown have to climb a ladder to the roof of a farmer named Slaymaker, whose
Railroad had a unique system of a car and then run forward to within barnyard was at the foot of the thirty
conveying intelligence. Each office hearing distance of the engineer. He foot embankment, had a three year
along the line of the railroad had a would form a trumpet with hisold bull that showed his disapproval
telephone pole made of cedar much hands and call out what he wanted of railway matters by bellowing in
like the poles in use today The done. the most unearthly manner at each
operator would climb a ladder to the There was always plenty of rude train, much to the amusement of
top of the pole, and, using a spy jolting in starting and stopping the passengers I had occasion to go
glass, sight the next station in the trains One New England writer to Parkersburg early one morning,
direction the train would be referring to the method of stopping and with that intent took the 4
approaching Ifthe signal showed a a train said, "Approaching his o'clock early freight, which was
flag, it signified an accident or a station, gave one such a jolly stirring made up of 12 open cars, each loaded
delay of the connecting steamboat up and never let up until he was with four hogsheads of whiskey,
If the flag was not displayed it meant landed wide awake, and half a jolly manufactured by Benjamin Herr, of
the train was coming These signals stirring up and never let up until he Manor Township, Lancaster County.
were exchanged until an was landed wide awake, and half Slaymaker's bull heard the engine
understanding was had over the seasick, on the platform." coming, got on the track and headed
entire length of the line. Headlights on locomotives were for the engine. I was on the engine
Brake power on the early trains first used on the Boston and at the time, and feared going over
was also very primitive. The chief Worchester Railroad in 1840, thirty- the embankment i called to the
reliance was upon the engineer three years before the C. & O. engineer to open the throttle wide.
reducing speed of the train but oi~en reached Hinton. Prior to that, trains The engine darted forward, and the
this was not enough There were no running at night proceeded very bull met it sooner than expected, and
whistles on the locomotives of these slowly through the dark. In most was hurled to the bottom of the
very early trains Upon.arriving at cases though, trains simply did not embankment
a station where a stop was to be operate at night The South Carolina Cowcatchers were not in use then,
made, the engineer would raise the Railroad however preferred tosimply a bumping block. Ever after
valve stem on the dome by hand operate at night A fire of pine knots the bull would shake his head and
allowing the steam to escape with a was built on an open platform car bellow but he gave us a wide berth."
sudden, loud, hissing noise. Hearing stationed in front of the locomotive, Source of information, The
Independent Herald, Jan. 28, 1904.
Gov. Justice Announced Michael Graney as Executive
Director of the West Virginia Development Office
Hinton's Oldest Railroad Home
The Campbell-Flannagan-
Murrell House Museum at 422
Summers Street in Hinton will be
giving free guided tours during
Railroad Days. The Museum will be
open on October 20-21 and 27-28 at
11 a.m and close at 4 p.m. each of
those days.
Learn why Edgar Campbell built
his home in Hinton in 1875, how
engineer John Flannagan died on
the railroad in 1907 and hear the
story of the C & O's 1897 baseball
team.
For more information or to set up
a different touring day you may
reach us at cfmLfmh@yahoo.com. We
are also on Facebook.
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Gov. Jim Justice announced that entrepreneur and lifetime resident The mission of the West Virginia
Michael R. Graney has acceptedof West Virginia, he spent a large DevelopmentOfficeistoimprovethe
the position of Executive Director part of his career working in the qualityoflifeforallWestVirginians
of the West Virginia Development petroleum industry and served by strengthening our communities
Office. Graney will serve under as President of One Stop, in and expanding the state's economy
West Virginia Department of Char.l~to~, V~,frp.m 1991~tp~2015~ ~, to increase the. quantity an~q,ua~i~ty,
:Commerce Acting Secretary W He is eu~c~;entlb, Chairman o~ ,0f jobs. :The. ,mis.sjo~. is, ac,l~ev~/
Clayton Burch. the Board of Direc~prs for the Clay through a concerted effort by the
"'Mike has the skills and vision Center for the Arts and Sciences divisions within the department
we need to create more jobs and and a member of the Executive which include Community
more prosperity for West Virginia Council of the Boy Scouts of Advancement and Development,
! know he will do a great job," said America, Buckskin Council and has International, Small Business
Gov. Justice. served in many other communityDevelopment Center and Business
Graney is a successful non-profit roles, and Industrial Development.
LETTERS POLICY
Letters are welcome, but no more
than one letter each month will be
accepted from the same writer.
Preference will be given to letters of
~3 0(hw~tt~, otqoss ~ ~ Longer letters
ma~,~ h~<~s~orter~ed~,0r rejected:
Lettezs ~ ~t he sigaed and must
incl~u'cle an address and phone
number The telephone number will
not be published. Letters by E-mail
will not be accepted unless followed
up with a signed letter
Letters will be edited for grammar,
spelling, taste, syntax, and libel.
Names will not be withheld
Address them to Letters to the
Editor, P. O. Box 1000, Hinton, WV
25951
The atrocious, inappropriate, non-
historic, two-tone green color of the
front door at 400 Summers Street
is because the City of Hinton (Joe
Blankenship, Larry Meador, Pat Jordan,
Jack Scott, "Bobbi" Sorg) and its Historic
Landmark Commission (Steve Pack,
Tom Hutchinson, Joe Blankenship,
Bobby Cox, Chris Blankenship) has not
given me permission to paint the door
the historically appropriate dark-brown
color.
Fred Long
"Your Full-Service Service Station"
466-0133
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FRONT PADS ONLY
FREE MOUNT LIFE 17ME WARRANTY
FREE BALANCE WEAREVER GOLD $69.95
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