Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-08
THE MOUNDSVILLE CAMP.
The Cottages Filling Up. and Many I'm
provements Making-Good Prospects.

The Cottages Filling Up, and Many Inn
prOvements Making-Good Prospects.
From mountain and valley from city
and village, from every point OF the
compass people are arriving by train,
by wagon, in carriages and on horse
back, and while the majority are set
tied in their cottages with no more
care than is requisite to eating, sleep
ing and having a good time generally,
the new corners keep up as much racket
as a town full of saw mills. The noise
of the hammer and saw of the builders
is heard on all sides. Cottages are be-
ing moved out, streets widened, and
one might think that the calamity
bowler was dead, so far as the march
Of improvement on the camp grounds
is concerned All of which is press
age of the boom" anticipated when the
new electric line cars from Wheeling
and neighboring cities VIII make hour
ly trips between city and summer
homes of many people who come to
these grounds.
In olden times the Marshall county
contingent deferred their annual visit
to the grounds until the August camp
meeting. but for the last five years the
earlier meeting, commencing about July
18th, has so interested them that after
the Fourth they may be seen and heard
arranging their camp ground buildings
preparatory to giving their children the
Oportunity to hear the music, view the
pictures and listen to the. prohibition
and popular lectures and grand preach
ing at the Assembly Hall, and at the
same time learn what are the views OF
many of the elect ladies of the land on
subjects more particularly interesting
to the gentler half of humanity. IL is
the old story of taking the children to
see the show and then enjoying the en+
tertainment with them.
No portion of the universe can boast
of a more level-headed people than
grand old Marshall county, w. Va. They
know a good thing when It comes with
in their borders. and show their appre-
citation of it by a large attendance. Nor
is this appreciation confined to the
nearby neighborhood. Letters and tele-
grams from Waynesburg, Williamsburg,
Morgantown, Fairmont, Weston and
many other cities. even from far off
Nebraska. give warning that there will
be strangers within our gates. Mounds
VILE has certainly cause to congratu
late its metropolitan self on the fact
that these yearly gatherings Of people
within her borders have heralded her
name and fame far and wide, and that
hundreds of preachers, lecturers and
singers. as we'll as thousands of visitors
have made known from the lakes to thQ
gulf that here is a growing city of widJ
awake people keeping abreast with the
progress of the age, and that notwith-
standing the recent genera depression
in business. Moundsville has just COM
pleted new water works and other i'm
provements. and is now ready to join
with Wheeling folks in singing "blest
be the electric tie that binds our
cities for mutual good
About thirty families have moved on
to the camp grounds this week from
Wheeling alone, averaging seven to a
family. Twins are quite popular this
year, The hotel shows quite an i'm
provement in arrivals. Mr.. VIM. TOpp
/ has charge of the Assembly rooms for
/ the accommodation Of guests, and Mrs.
/ Vancuren will furnish meals and lunch
/ at the Assembly restaurant.
The Assembly opens next Friday
night. 18th, with an address by Lou T.
/ Beauchamp. of Ohio, and the Silver
| Lake Quartette.
Sunday. 14th. Rev. A. B. Leonard.
Ill. D.. Missionary Secretary of the
NJ. f. Church, will preach at 1870 a.
m. Mr.. Beauchamp will lecture the
same night.
The visitors are so numerous that it
would crowd your space to name them.
Hundreds of people spent a quiet day
on the grounds on the Fourth.
Rev. G. w. Grimes will preach in
Young Peoples Temple at 7:45 p. m.
Sunday.