West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-09-27

MIS- NINA Younger lett last week for
Cniontown. Pa, to be gone month.
Stump Brown and Miss Emma Shaaer
were out a, Hopeweli to the picnic las,
Thursday.
w. F. Randolph. of Parsons. is here this
week delivering portrait work for Chicago
Company.
John c. ormond aud o. $. Walls, of
Psgah. were in Kingwood this week on
business. They Left here for Terra Alta.
Rev. L. X. Faulkner. of Aibrightsville.
will hll the pulpit in the NJ. r. church here
tor Rev. Howard on Sunday, October rath.
MIR. and Mrs. Mcclure Mason lief, for
their home in Grafton. Pa. yesterday. after
months vacation spent here and at AL
brightsville.
Mrs. Mile Chichester moved las, week
from the Allen property in Eas, Kingwood.
to the Murdoch property down ON the
Bowery, which she has purchased.
Born, unto Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Elliott.
OF Deer Park, formerly of Kingwood. a s.ne
pair OF twins, on September 18th. They
were neither boys nor girls. but both.
L. Livengood. from over near cuzsart.
was in town Monday aud gave us n call.
lie had been out at Reedsville visiting his
faiher-in-law, Col. John w. Guseman.
Mr.. aud Mrs. ]. J. Stump. of Blooming
ton, Md, have been visiting friends in this
county the past week. Mr.. Stump was in
town yesterday and gave US paying call.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Menear are going to
Morgan'own Saturday TO spend Sunday
visiting brother of Mrs. Menear, who lost
hrs wife recently. They will return mex,
week.
Miss Emma Pulu, from Virginia. came
out from Baltimore with Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Nj. Albright, to take charge of the trimming
in the millinery department of Mr.. Albricht's
store.
But two marriage licenses issued the past
week, as follows,
Frederick Adds al and Icie NJ. L.iston 10.
Charles w. Michael 10 and Anna Myrtle
Watkins ~.
Miss Emma Brown returned last Friday
from a months visit out in Doddridge county
and at Chieftain in Marion county, where
she spent couple of weeks with her brother
John e. Brown.
Over in Monongalia county the apple crop
is failure this year and there is hardly any
apples west of the mountain. Here in
Preston the apples are going 20 waste by the
thousands of bushels.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Billingslea, of
Marion county, have been here the past
week visiting friends and relatives. Mrs
Biilingslea is a sister to DIR. Martin and
George w. Martin of tins place
Willie Bower, who has been here all
summer with his parents out near Pleasant
Dale, left Tuesday afternoon for his home
in Colorado Springs. Colorado, going by
Chicago, over the b. s. o. railroad.
The Republicans had rally down at
Albrighisville Monday night of this week
and fairly good attendance at the school
house. The meeting was addressed by Ex.
State Senator Anthony Smith. of Tyler
county.
The members of the colored church here
are once more making an effort to raise
money 10 build them church. They ex-
pcct to locate 1t down near the old
depot site. The pastor Rev. John
son is pushing the matter.
The new cemetery, lately established by
the town, has been named "Maplewood. :"
The name was suggested by Hon. James c.
McGrew, and meets with general approval.
A number of naples will be planted in and
around the cemetery this fall.
Claud Wilson Maxwell, who has been
located here for the past nine months for
the practice of law, has decided TO seek a
location in some larger place, and left last
week for visit TO his home in EIkins and
from there will look up another opening.
Charley Bucklew, the fourteen year old
boy being raised by Mrs. Mary Potter, of
near town. ran off about three weeks ago
aud is said to be over about Krug, in Gar.
rett county, Md. working in the lumber
camp over there.
a representative of the Canton Bridge
Company, from Canton, Ohio, is here put
ting up an iron bridge over Greens Run at
the old Mill about two miles below town.
He came here from Newburg, where he
has just put up bridge and goes on over to
Hazelton to put up one.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. ID. Gatewood and
daughters Edna and Mabel, leave to-day
for months visit with friends down the
Valley Of Virginia and amidst the scenes Of
Mr.. Gatewood's youth. lie has been fore
man of this Office now the past ten years,
and this is his first trip 10 his old home in
that time
The case of Rev. l.. II. Jordan, late
Presiding Elder of the New River district.
and former Pastor Of the NJ. f. church here,
will come up again for action in the Con.
ference in session at Clarksburg this week.
Il will be remembered that Rev. Jordan
was allowed to withdraw from the Con.
ference last year at Parkersburg, while UNI
der serious charges.
We learn from telegram received at