West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-05-26
The Fairmont Normal.
News and Notes by An Ola Cores
pendent

/ ~ p" '-'NN N'"aH tiNtN ~ the
posto1lce here.
! Company -, ot the state Guards mn,
being recruited here.
bNron Watson, Presto, stul,,t
went TO Camp Lee tut failed to pass.
w. Reed Crano is well and doiav
welt lie il running h. A Bulngslea's
drug store.
A show is coming o. iowa In a few
days and the small boys arc saving up
their pennies
The school publishes paper 1.-THE
Normal Bulletin" once noaih. which
gives all the school news aud Is edited
10y the faculty ana students.
We are having tho incest kind OF
weather here now oud spriuy is surely
at hand no matter how ortcn she snas
fooled us before, for the linen buster.
sweater and straw hat are seen on
every side
Prof u. $. Flowing. OF Pht,burg.
visited uS, recently. and made "A speech.
also Hon. II w Hammer a recent. wa,
here April LIST, aud the way he fooled
them vita his pantonimc speech. brols.
all records
April 97th was the big day here. on
that date Company q. left for Camp
Lee. Some tive or six thousand peopl..
saw them oil Bnt the most OF them
came oack Several train.load, of sol.
diers from the west went through here
yesterday.
odd Mongerhail" was on its dignity
this week aud the "Florcnce Belle"
steam boat packet came M "Wednesday
this far The old town was pretty
badly excited for awhile as they
thought Cervsra's fleet had at last
been located
1t was hulletinol here Yesterday that
w. Cliff " DAVIS, Of Preston. and a
Cadet Volunteer OF the w. V. e.. wns
hurt ON his way to Chiclsamaugn. lie
had his feet out OF the baggage Cur
door aud a cattle guard did the rest.
lie was not seriously hurt, however.
1t has been a good while since your
humble servant has written anything
for TnE ARGUS, and although wore not
endowed with the eloquenc, OF TIN
author OF the letters OF Junius. we viii
try TO give You few notes CONCERNING
some OF the Preston people no here
and the Fuirihont State Normal Scbool
The war scpre has an enliyeninr in
huence, and the boys have shown their
patriotism by organizing two military
companies and are fast becoming pro
hcient in military tactics, rs they have
Tor instructors Profs. Stamford and
knuttie, who were connected with the
University Cadets. The companies ar.
sized have caps and gloves and make a
neat appearance.
This is Il thoroughly up to date town
ana thoroughly up TO date school. 81.
looms plenty, but very liuls drunken
ness Is seem This town is spread ont
all over creation an J you never, never
Know when you get OFT into the
country. We have gotten acquainted
| with great many Preston county nen-
pie who are locate d and doing well, as
they always do, no matter where they
go.
Mr. Willis, an orator, spoke at the
Normal. recently, to good sized house
on the subjeci: "Sunshine." But the
hest orator we have had was Hon e.
w } Ham, of Georgia, tho well known
''Snolly-2ostor." Hs told the PRAYERS
Of little girl, something like this :
! 20 Lord how thankful we are that
va still have you. If we din not have
you we wouldn't have anybody out
Mckinley and o! Lord you know he's
not doing near SO well as we expected -
Mr.. Ham is among the best ON the
American platform.
The Normal Spring Term opened no
March 10Th. aud will close with Com
mencemsnt Juns soh, which is. OF
course, the big day
There has been about PSI enrolled.
| which is not quite up Co the usual mum
bar, bot when we consider the power
ful efforts made by the State University
% get new students and which did get
over 20J new students, the nun Der here
Is very good or this number about
| 100 are gentlemen and the remainder
ladies', there being. about % counties
represented.
The school took an excursion 90
Washington ON April sth and stayed
three days. About 1915 students and so
outsiders. who came from many points
% take advantage Of tho low rate.
sang "On TO Washington The rate
\ was o. 5O, round trip and they never
/ tire Of telling when was in wash
iogton" Out they had good time.
/ just che same
! The school bu.ldi1R 90 very com.no-
/ mDIious one. three stories high besides
I Oboe basement. contains eleven clrss
ra1us. three c.aaF rooms. auaup lrttHs
,03.a 500 office rooms. beautiful
f cHape. sud >tHIs r..n. large ou 90.
+ t9run. .-atIaf taI1 $50 society htU-
aut tt. dr.s .aT r.uu. Supplied .tu
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f IUrar. ItHt.a I-aaIagr afiJ fcet
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