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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-09
Sabbath School Convention.

According to adjournment, the
Sabbath School Convention of the
7th District held it's second meeting
at Best's school-house on Saturday,
May 20, 1886.
Devotional exercises. Scripture
Lesson read by the President.
Prayer by Samuel Dunlap. Music
by the choir.
Committee on Organization, ].
P. Murphy, w. L Gardner and T.
w. Taylor, reported the following:
Secretary w. L. Gardner; Treas
urer, A. ]. Best.
Committee on Credentials, Sam'l
Dunlap, Henry Hinton and ]. s.
Best, made the following report:
That all persons present consider
themselves members of this con-
vention, and request them to par.
ticipate in the exercises of the
same. Music by the choir.
lst Topic for discussion: What
relation do the Sunday School
and home training sustain to each
other? Opened by A. J. Best, and
followed by others-all very inter-
esting and plainly showing that
the training of the home and Sum
day School is, or ought to be, very
intimately related. Music by the
choir.
End Topic for discussion: Is
music essential to the success of
the Sunday School? Opened by
j. w. Martin and followed by num-
bers of others, all speaking with
zeal and making the subject very
interesting.
AFTERNOON.
Music by the choir.
3rd Topic for discussion: What
is the best method of instructing
disinterested Sunday School schol-
ars? Opened by Samuel Dunlap
and followed by others, al bringing
out some very good thoughts, max.
ing the subject quite entertaining.
Music by the choir.
4th.. Question-box. Quite a mum.
Der of good questions, all of which
were discussed in quite a lively
way and with a great deal of in
terest. Music by the choir.
The Committee on Resolutions
reported as follows:
LIST. Resolved, That the relation
the Sunday School and home
training sustain to each other is a
sacred link, binding for good and
tending to that glory to come.
End. Resolved, further, That
parents and Sunday School work.
ers endeavOr to secure for the little
ones that Christian fellowship
which is characteristic of Sunday
School workers and of godIy pa
rents. ss
Srd. Resolved, That music is
necessary to success in the Sabbath
School and has a strong tendency
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-09
GOSSIP.

The Government Of Tongue is a
very important subject.
How many of us think twice be-
fore we speak once? st. James in
sisted strongly on this subject in
his epistle concerning the abuse
that prevailed in the Christian
church. James iii, 6: "The tongue
is a fire, a world of iniquity: SO is
the tongue amongst our members,
that it defileth the whole body and
setteth on fire the course of nature;
and it is set on fire in hell" The
Apostle says sit is fire." | have
not found any definition in chemis-
try for fire. If I mistake not, Mr..
Hooker says "fire is only phenom-
ena." But it's formation was in
tended 1--WE suppose) for the good Of
man, at least it is very beneficial,
but the tendency of fire is to con-
sumo and to destroy.
Why are we not dumb? We are
animals; God gave us intelligence
and the power of speech, that we
might praise him. But the tongue
if not controlled, is like fire. We
know that one spark of fire is ca
pable of producing great mis-.
chief; so with one little word. One
word is capable of producing sc
much mischief that the whole
world could not remedy the evil
Only one word may take away &
friend which we can never restore
or inflict a wound which we Car
never heal. 1 have tried to keel
this in mind, ITO think twice before
you speak once," but l sometimes
forget and let few sparks fly
which might produce a big fire i
they should happen to fall in thu
right place.
What are the results of gossip
and where do you mostly hear it
Visit cities, towns, villages, neigh
borhoods, families, colleges, AGA
denies, common schools,-yes
churches, too--and you will hear il
Results: 1t is sure to produce ami
mosities, which may produce mex
tinguishable flames of war ant
spread desolation throughout tn
land.
Why is it that some people hav
so many enemies? Yes, peopl
who are intelligent and useful t.
their country; yes, good citizens
yes, honest people Ito cover ell,
first-class people. l say, why is it
Simply because they talk too much
1 tell you the person who keep
his mouth shut will always hav
friends; so we should not tattlt
Well, we may think the person vii
never know about what we SAID
This is great mistake. They vii
be sure to hear it and great dea
more.
WILL COCHRAN.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-09

Reply to "NoUus Homo" andH. s. G..
MEssRs. EDITORS:
I ask space in your paper to make
short reply to Novus Homo and
H. F. Curtis.
If Novus Homo is professional
man he should be attending to his
profession, if he had any to attend
to: and if not, he had better been
reading his Bible. That would tell
him his duty to God and man; and
if he had no taste for the reading
of his Bible, he had better been
fishing. If one of the directors of
this district was engaged in that
publication, he ought to know that
union is strength, but disunion is
strife; and that if he had friend
that he wanted to procure a school
for he should have waited till the
proper time, and not have kicked
before he was spurred.
Mr.. H. F. c., who seems to be die
tator for the voters of this district,
telling them who to elect directors
signifying those who had children
prepared to teach school was not
competent to fill the directors
place. This is the first time l ever
knew that to be the case. Likely
he thinks they might fall in his
way. / think the directors of this
district as good and true as III. F.
Curtis.
RICHARD nichols
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-06-09

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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01

--~Ns--~ 'O4J Hss.e. --.-.- .--y J.~-.
ty. Weddings very rare.
Abe Benson is erecting a new
dwelling house.
Joseph Arnold is running opposi.
ton with f. r. Speelman in the
tooth-pick business.
Frank Horribly is doing a thriving
business in the matrimonial line.
Mr.. Bruce Hills house burned
down last Monday. The FIRE origin.
ated in the kitchen loft, and when
discovered was under such Roadway
that the flames could not be extin.
guished. Nearly all the furniture
was gotten out. No insurance.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Liston and
family, of near Kingwood, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ar.
mold. last Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mary Jenkins, of Sharpsburg,
Pa, was visiting friends and relatives
in this vicinity the past week.
L. Ii. Wolf was at Fairchanoe Pa,
last week on business trip.
Mrs. Falkenstine, of Uniontown,
Pa, has been visiting relatives through
this section the past three weeks.
Mr. Beason, the expert cattle buy
er was around looking at some of the
neighbours cate last Sunday. We did
not understand that he purchased any,
but would suppose he waited until a
week day to purchase.
j. l. Laub babe his dearest and
fairest farewell last Tuesday morn.
ing and started for the far west.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alpheus Wheeler, Of
Ohio, are visiting relatives at this
place.
Sunday-scbool will close at this
place in few SUNDAYS.
Rev. Mr. Roberts will preach here
next Sunday.
The pedagogues around here are
patiently watching the post.ofiice,
at this writing, for their certificates,
but all in vain.
We have been asked why it is that
Daisy Dean, Of the Journal, does not
give the game card-players, of this
town a "send off" Daisy will you
answer ? PAT.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01
CrabOTcllard.

DIR. James Chichester and sister, of
Ohio, are visiting friends in this We
cinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rodeheayer
spent Saturday and Sunday in King
wood visiting friends.
Jake Hayes, of Terra Alta, is as
sistant Postmaster at Wiley.
James Feather and uucle Mike AL.
bright have gone to Hagerstown with
a carload of cattle. They have not
yet returned.
Clinton Feather contemplates study.
ing law in the near future.
Mr., hilbert Jones, Of Deer Park.
was visiting friends here last week.
Scott Crane and his accomplished
feather bed spent Saturday over the
creek.
The sing at the Chapel was quite a
failure last Sunday ON account Of the
rain.
We understand that Willie Bower.
Pleasant Dale, will teach the WILEY
school the coming winter.
That Hottie Blaker was here last
Sunday collecting insurance proper.
ty.
That VIII Jackson is going to crop
with Allen Kelley another year.
That Forman Ringer is going to
build Matthias Forman n new house
in the near future, which be expects
TO occupy
That Clinton Albright is thinking
Of sailing on the sea Of matrimony
That Jared Feather will teach the
Forman Gate school.
That Walter McClannahan has set
his mustache.
That this is
CHABORCHAED RAMBLER
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01

On last Monday, Sept. so, at about
2 :45, p, NJ, the house Of Geo, B.
Hill of Grant District, near the
Grcenville School House, was MOTTO
ed 10 be on fire. Mr.. Hill was at
the barn when he first noticed it. The
fire originated in the kitchen, up
stairs, and before aid could be pro-
cured the upstairs was all ahame,
and it therefore was impossible to
save the house. All hands went viii.
lingly TO work TO save the household
goods, but nothing upstairs was saved.
The house was insured for 1878, and
probably $175 worth of property was
gotten out, and Mr. Hills loss may
not be over $3.50. When the fire
alarm was given, John Everly's din
ner bell was rung to give the alarm
over the neighborhood, and among
those who came in and worked as if
the property was their own, were {:
John EVERY, Amos Gooding, Mintrar
A. EVERY, John Gribble, Albert Wolf,
Camden EVERY and Philip Gribble,
who deserve credit for their noble
aid.
A fishing party, composed of these
gentlemen are putting up on Sandy
and Cheat: ID. r. Farquhar, harness
maker, Fayette City, Pa, John Leon
ard, coal miner, Lucyville, Pa, James
Rutherford, coal merchant, Fayette
City, Pa, and Edward Cavot, the boss
marksman of Allegheny City, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beatty, of Laurel Iron
Works, are visiting the parental roof
Of this place.
B. f, Higgins, our worthy p. M. of
this place, was at Brueton Mills the
past week on business.
d. S. Gibson is visiting relatives at
Mountain Lake and Oakland, at this
writing. We suspect he went to see
his girl.
Mrs. Mary Jenkins, of Volcano, is
visiting her many friends and rela-
tives at this place, at the present wri'
ting.
A party was given by Mr.. and Mrs
j. w. Gibson at their residence, Oh
last Saturday evening, and large
crowd and a good time was had.
The Nebo school closed on last Wed
nesday with a boss old literary al
night.
ID. S. Smith left for his home a
Hazelton on last Thursday.
A grand Sunday school picnic a
Harmony Grove on next Saturday.
THE LOVELY Flowers,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01

The following paragraph we get
from an exchange, and only publish
it to show how foolish some people
are:
"James NJ. Swarmsted. the noted HOLY
Prophet of Wilmut, Ohio. IN an iu'erview
last week, stated that the recent earth
quake WIS caused by bad spirits i'm the
bowels of the earth. They (the spirits) are
as Intelligent as men, and have complote
knowledge of the uses of dynamite.
Ihey have been trying to blast passage
10 the surface of the earth, and thus es-
cape from bondage The explosions in
cldent to these operations have caused the
earthquakes. 1 have foretold this phen-
omena. 1t is sign of the end of tho
Christian age. The United States will he
destroyed within two years. and all the
wicked people will die, and the others
will go 10 Palestine"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01
The Democratic Exhibit.

Speaker Carlisle has just given us
another of those pithy reviews Of the
relation of parties, which are both
edifying and convincing, especially
concerning the first year of Democrat
ic economy. 1t is a remarkable show
ing of what has been done. Let US
give synopsis of it:
l.-During the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1886, the total expenditures
of the Government were $l6,743,796
less than those of the previous year
under Republication.
Yet there were paid out for
pensions $6,302,59 more than during
the previous year, and the larger
number of claims were adjusted by
$50 less clerks.
9.-The appropriations for the sup.
port of the Government for the cur.
rent year are even smaller than those
for last yoar by S6,486,l95.
1.-The increase in the expendi-
lures on account of the postal SER
vice from the year 1884 to the year
1885 was $4,540,8 and from 1885
to 1886, 81, 660,590. while from 1886
to 1887, which is the current fiscal
year, the increase is only S654.873.
The difference is 100000 less than
the increase before under Republi.
can administration,
5.-The Republican Senate added
$1O,0OO,000 to the appropriation bills
this year, and the Democratic House
combatted this extravaganza and
defeated it..
6.-Democratic Congress has for
feited and restored to the public
domain 50,482, 240 acres of land pre-
viously granted to railroad com
panies under conditions which have
not been complied with. The ter
rltory thus returned to actual set
tiers is more than twice as large a.
the State of Kentucky The Demo
cratic House at the last session pass
ed other bills forfeiting and reclaim
ing 3,S49,094 acres more, but the
Senate did not concur. The Hous,
has favorably reported bills forfeit
ing l3,065,214 acres mOre-an ares
twice as large as the State of Mas
sachusetts-and will pass them q
the next session.
Our national expenses continu,
to disminish and our receipts to in
crease. There is now only $4,000,
600 of the public debt which we hav,
Alright to pay, and this will be paiC
within two years. No more bond
will by payable till 1891. Durin,
the interval an enormous surplu
will accumulate in the Treasury t
thousand million dollars or more
so the taxes will have to be reduce,
and the reduction will inevitiabl
fall upon the tariff Washington
Post.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01
BruceeOn.
REPUBLICAN.

VIM. H. Miller has purchased a
fine colt of Mr.. Wolfe at Red Hot.
Everhart, the Philadelphia boot
and shoe man, was in town one day
last week.
lib. Hills residence with most
of the contents was consumed by fire
a few days ago. The building was
insured for 1915.
j. M. Chichester is in the east this
week laying in a fall and winter
stock of goods.
A, r. Fearer will WELD the birch
here this winter.
was mere one day' lRsr Week ymnN6t
as usual.
o. p. Scott is off on q business trip
to Pennsylvania for few weeks.
f, B. King lost fine cow a few
days sgo.
Freeland and Beatty are in this
vicinity with their steam thrasher and
they are doing good work.
j. w. Michael and j. H. Feather
have erected q pair of stock scales in
the borough limits.
VIM. Landman, of Brandonville, is
employed by N. r. Michael at the
stave trade.
w. S. Armstrong was in the east
last week laying in his fall and win
ter stock of goods.
Sheriff Shaw was in town on bust.
ness last Friday.
McMillen and Elliott, the tw o Re.
publican candidates for nomination
for County Surveyor, were in town
one day last week.
RUSTY BILL.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01

TIE NEWS From Am 0U1RTERS or
PRESTON COUNTY
Interesting Local Items Gathered
Together for the Benefit OF The
Argus's Many Readers
AIbrightsviIlc.

AIbrightsviIie.
The Republican District convention
convened here Saturday, with Boss
Dawson president by proxy. The ten
commandments received from Daw-
son were carried out in full by j. b.
Cressler. Taylor and Cressler put
in their appearance early. 1t was
noticed thut Zell Taylor never let go
of one man until he had the first crook
of his finger in another's buttonhole.
The slate read that Cressler and Tay-
Tor were to be the delegates, and it
was arranged that Taylor was to nom.
mate Cressler and Clint Bishop to
nominate Taylor, which they prompt
ly did. After delegates were elected
they proceeded to elect altenates, and
after two had been nominated, Jake
Welch moved the nominations be
closed. Right here Cressler jumped
to his feet, pulled out his instructions
and said that Dawson did not allow
that kind of premature proceedings.
There must be at least four nomina-
tions and two of these elected by bal
lot. "You shan't do it" said Jake,
and they did not. Cressler's impetu-
osity wilted before the cool determi
nation displayed on Jake's counter
ance. You can put it down that il
Dawson did get the delegates Welch
got the alternates. BY the way, Ben
Brown was Jake's right hand man tc
the extreme annoyance of Cressler
Jackson and Mason, the defeated
nominees, were bored to think that
Cressler and Taylor would fall he'll
to all the whiskey coming from the
candidates.
REPUBLICAN,.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01

IN the autobiography of the late s.
!renaeus Prime, now being published
In the New York Observer the writer
Tells OF scholar who went to school
10 him in Sing Sing, and was rather
stupid at first as he Numbered over
MS a b Cs. one day Mr.. Prime stood
the small boy in the middle of tho
room as punishment. The bell rope
hung just there, and the teacher in
fun dropped the moose over the Iad,s
mead. There happened to be some bows
III tne nall abeve, who pulled the rope,
ana the little fellow at once went 70.
ward the ceiling. The teacher grabbed
Ine rope and pulled, which made the
boys pull all the harder, and the
child was in danger of being HANGED
then and their. But Mr.. Prime sue.
ceeded axtricating him none the worse
Ior the hanging, and afterward wrote
ne went on with his studies. and
became a capital speaker at public
meetings, studied law, became a Re.
corder of the city of New York. and
subsequently Governor Of the State
OF New York, my lifelong friend.
John I. Hoffman,"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01
TO-DAY the Republicans hold the

TO-DAY the Republicans hold their
county nominating convention. We
learn from pretty good authority,
that the slate is already made out,
aud that Fortney and Glover, includ.
Ing their legislative aspirations, will
be Knocked higher than Gilroy's Kite.
Jno. Z. Jones, of Terra Alta, isl said
to be bookek for the House of Dele.
gates from the east side. aud probably
Major Orr or Martin L. Shaffer from
the west side. We are also inform.
ed that A. d. Hagans, of Brandon.
vile, will loom up in opposition to
Jones and will chou, ca. ..a,,, y, 6,
would advise uncle Alpha" to save
tlme aud labor by not going to the
convention;-but otherwise, to"trust
IN GOD and keep his powder dry" and
ne might get there, Eli,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01

THE whited social sepulchers of
our beloved land are Mortified over
the recent sale of two handsome Ger.
man girls to the Kink of Siam for the
use of his well stocked harem, The
work of matchmaking mammas and
papas at our fashionable watering
places meets no disfavor, This Amer
lean belle is trained to understand
that she must catch a rich husband.
She is taught to worship the golden
calf from the cradle up. Our decent
working girls are oppressed and de.
graded, children tortured in factories.
men driven to serfdom-human ma.
ture outraged by papas in order to
secure pelf, to put the belle on the
market properly decorated with dia-
monds, which in good society" have
supplanted brains. The male biped
whose dad has also crushed and out
ragged humanity in order to enable his
son to purchase the gilded toy comes
along and the match is made, which
soon furnishes food for the scandalous
monopoly press and the divorce
courts. These matches are nothing
more, as ageneral thing, than legal
lied prostitutions are made every dav
and the blessing Of God is invoked
upon them. A great portion Of this
world Of ours is as yet unweeded
garden Industrial News.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01

HE b. d. o. r. r. Co. have a slick.
but dishonest, way Of getung railroad
ties for nothing. The honest farmer
works hard during the cold DAYS Of
the winter in getting out ties in or.
DER TO raise ready money to paw tax.
es and meet other cash demands. lie
frequently has to haul his ties sever.
a. miles to get them to the railroad
now this is the way the y. d O. ras.
cais work 1t. They have an inspect
or who examines the ties and marks
OF thoWs out a great number which
are said to he condemned. They now
nave the Woodworking farmer lust
where they want him, They paw
him for the ties accepted, knowing
that he will not haul the rejected ones
back home for he can not afford to do
SO. In nearly oil instances the re.
Jected ties are just as good az those
WHICH nave been accepted and the Il.
a. y. Company use them and defraud
the honest farmer Of bis hard earned
money. a gentleman Of high stand
ing told us few days ago that he
had been treated IN this way and
was now done furnishing ties to the
Baltimore md Ohio Railroad Com.
pany
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1.-THE LEE BOOK"
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