West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-06-21

George Al Kelly. of near GAINESVILLE.
was in Kingwood lasJ Thursday and drop
ped into see US.
Mrs. d. y. Norris and Mrs =. IIeermans
went TO Morgantown this week TO attend
the funeral Of Judge Hagans
Lloyd Beerbower was here last week col.
leeting Tor Thompsou's Music company. Of
clarksburg. lie has good position with
tina, firm now.
J. NJ. Crane. % Kingwood. W. Va, was
in Oakland one day las, week and visited
Loeb Lynn Heights, to look after his sum
iner cottage a, tina, plaee.-oakland
Journal.
John Shears, commonly called ''Pe,e"
for short, has had his pension increased
from 50 TO $40 per month ard the increase
dates from July 10th, 1900. Capt. Goodwin
reeured the raise for him.
The exact number Of census cnumera,ors
now a, work is Ss,65I. Pennsylvania leads
the lis, with 400; New York comes next
4,4oa; Alaska has only ?; Maryland has
IA and West Virginia $50
Z c Gribblc who has been in iail al
Morgantown for some time charged with
forgery was released last week under
$1,000 bond with d. b. Waters. r. L. l.
Allen (his attorney a. w. Gribble and {.
!. Gribble as his sureties. Thecase against
him was continued tiil next term of court.
1t is now the "Curfcw Whistle" instead
Of the "curfcw Bell, as the whistle at the
electric light plan, is blown at nine o'clock
by the electrician in charge instead of the
court house bell being raqg by the Town
Sergeant This is better and less trouble
and heard much palmer.
The editor Of this paper was selected as
one OF the Judges In the annual contest be-
tween the literary societies at the Fairmont
Normal School and accepted the invitation
70 act in that capacity aud left for Fairmont
this Wednesday afternoon. as the
the contest takes place tonight
James A. Mouser, an old Preston boy who
is Trumpe,er for Troop "F" Of the rst
Cavalry at Fort Kcogh, Montana, sends us
dollar for The ARGUS and promises to
write some matter for publication soon as
he gets time. lie says there are fifteen
West Virginia boys there and they all like
rmy life FIRST rate.
a handsome little monument has been
erected in the Kingwood cemetery to mark
the resting place Of Uncle Jesse Graham,
the venerable colored citizen who died
over a year ago Mos, Of the cost of the
work was donated 10y charitable citizens of
the town and Lee ]. Graham. son Of the de.
ceased. desires to return his thanks to the
good people who so kindly assisted him in
this benevolent work.
Young Men Wanted. with fair educa-
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graph College, Lexington, Ky. Ia-Ioo
The census man had trouble with two old
maids in this town, as they refused point
blank to give in their ages and indignantly
declared that it was none of his business or
the the Governments either how old they
were and no amount Of persuasion, reason.
ing or threats secured the information and
the census taker could make lots of trouble
for them if he saw fit to do so, but he just
put them down at about ten years Older than
he thought they really were and let it 90 at
that.
And now 1t seems that Theodore Durant,
who was convicted and executed in San
Francisco a couple of years ago for the
murder Of two girls, Blanche Lamont and
Mamie Williams, was Innocent after all, as
he stouuy maintained. lie was found
guilty on circumstaniial evidence, which
should never hang any man. a short time
since the preacher Of the church in which
the girls were murdered and who was one
of the main witnesses against Durant, died.
and, on his dea,hbed, he confessed that he
committed the crime.
The University Base Ball Club made a
great record this season. They played
fourteen match games and won eleven of
them, los; two and one tie game. The lat
ter was with the waynesbarg Club and the
two lost were with Washington & Jefferson
and Ohio Wesleyan University, but both of
these clubs were defeated in other games
much worse. o. w. Z. was beaten twice
by score Of "a 70 II and II to 2 and w.
J. was beaten by a score Of IT to- 2. Billy
Bowman. Of Rowlesburg, made great
record as pitcher, and is now with Wheeling
in the Inter State League
The lates, social fad for church fairs and
festivals is measuring party to make
money for The church or any charitable pur
pose. Invitations are sent out i'm rhyme.
reading as follows
a measuring party is given TO YOU;
IL is something novel as we'll as new.
The invitation IS In the sack,
for use IN bringing Or sending back,
= nickle for every foot you re tall
Measure yourself on door or wall
An extra cent for each inch you give
And thereby show how high you live
With music, refrcshmcnt and pleasure.
We will meet one and an az our party Of
measure.
Prof. Byron w King. President Of Kings
school Of Elocuton and Oratory Of Pitts.
burg. has a Summer School at Ebensbure.
Cambria county, Pa. The town is called
the Lookout Mountain" town Of the Key.
stone State and IS situated zsoo feet above
sea level, making delightful place 20 spend
The bot months Of summer. Prof. Kings
summer term, specially for ministers, teach
ers AMI students. who can spend few
weeks there Of their summer vacation, IN a
delightful and profitable manner. begins