West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-05-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
News and Notes aud Personal Points
for Argus Readers.

From the Grafton Sentinel.
Hon. w. G. Morley, OF Kipgwood
wns in town Tuesday.
Mr.. NJ Thomas and sister, Miss Mary.
of Evansville, were in the city Tues
day shopping,
Mrs. william Keller left Tuesday
morning for Terra Alta TO visit rela-
tiyes aud friends
John McCabe. the furniture man. re-
turned Tuesday from business trip
through Preston county.
Claud Vincent, the music teacher of
Fetterman, was over in Preston
county last week, where he has classes
in music.
The Preston County Coal and Coke.
Company has perfected its purchase OF
80, 0O0 acres of coal land in Preston
county. under which IL is estimated
there are 1850, 900, GOO tons Of coal
walter II. Colburn. of Reedsyille,
Preston county, formerly a member of
the First w. Va. regiment, was in
town Tuesday for the purpose of re-
enlisting in the army.
The officers of the u. s. Army in
charge of the recruiting Office here are
Captain WIN. A. Shank and Corporal
John j. Wells. OF the sth u. S. cavalry,
and Clerk VIM. " r. Whithan:
The g. A, r. of West Virginia, at
its encampment at Terra Alta. adopt
ed resolutions urging the legislature
to place a statue of Gov. Pierpont in
the Capitol at Washington.
| w. H. Pilson, formerly court stenog-
raper of this circuit and resident of
this city, but who is now in business
at Cherry Camp, was in the city We'd
nesday. visiting his parents and
friends.
Supt George Shaw, of the Austen
Coal and Coke Co., was In the city
Wednesday shopping. Dir. Shaw
sent in his resignation to the company
two weeks ago and they refused to ac-
cept it..
Ex-Congresman w. l.. Wilson has
been elected president OF the Southern
History Association, and under his di-
rection a revised edition of Meade'I
| "Old Churches of Virginia" is being
prepared. The old church at Lewis
burg in this State, will take n chapter.
Rev Allen Douglas Carlile, the
minister who told the Pittsburg Pres
bytery that he would pull the rope
| himself TO hang the man who Invaded
n home and assaulted defenseless
| woman, is an old Clarksburg boy.
familiarly known as Doug" in his
boyhood days.
| The circuit court was prematurelY
adjourned at Beverley Wednesday,
Judge Holt finding it impossible to get
LAWYERS, jurors, witnesses or litigauts
! to satisfactorily transact the business
OF the court in their present excited
condition of mind oyer the county seat
contest. The Judge came home We'd
nesday evening.
A total of thirteen volunteers to
the United States army have been en-
| listed here in three days, which the
officers SAYS beats all record of all
other places they have been since the
recruiting commenced, except York,
Pa, and that is town of 80, 600 popu-
lation. They are much pleased with
the patriotism and heroism of our
young men.
Grafton has the finest police force
in the State. Not one officer weighs
under two hundred ponds, except
Alleuder, and mis- tall. straight form
is made up of muscle, sinew and
strength. The others will weigh any
where from two hundred TO two hun
dred and forty pounds each. Chief
Sayre has been at the head of the de-
partment for over seven years.
Four more men succeeded In passing
examination at the recruiting Office
| Tuesday and were enlisted in the army
of Uncle Sam. They are, Ralph
| Holt, Walter II Coburne, Clarence II.
Cloudy and John H. Deahl. The first
three above named volunteered for the
cavalry service and we're assigned to
! the LIST regiment u. =. cavalry at Fort
| KeoRh, Montana. Deahl enlisted for
the artillery and was assigned to the
9TH U. s. artillery at Fort Wadsworth,
! Y. Y.
While the people of Elkins
were arranging to raid Beverly and
| capture the court records Saturday
last a man named Dew lit, who was
Beverly sympathizer, informed tho
citizens OF the latter place of the
Elkins movement About $50 Beverly
men organized, quickly armed them.
selves with dynamite and guns and
! barricaded themselves in the court
/ house and nearby buildings TO watch
/ for the Eikins crowd which mum bered
about 900 well armed men. Then they
! sent committee 90 tell the Elkins
/ people what they might expect. The
I arrival Of this committee and Wood
! Dailey's address which is said 20 have
/ been the greatest speech OF his life.
/ stopped the movement. but the In
/ censed Elkinites egRcd Dewitt out Of
! town md made him promise 90 move
I back tO Beverly.