West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-27
Terra Alta


Correspondence of The Argus.
Jas w. feathers. of Oakland spent
Sunday last in Terra Alta. the guest OF
friends
Mr. and Mrs. Joe a. Beatty are spend.
ing the present week with relatives near
Aurora
The electric light poles are now nearly
all up. and Manager Albright says lights
will be turned on before August ist.
Messrs. Claude and Ernest Parsons spent
Tuesday evening at their home here. stop.
ping of while en- route to Cumberland rom
Buckhannon
y Lichtenstcin. OF Cumberland. who has
grown old on this route OF the "a. X o..
paid his respects TO his numerous friends
in town Monday
Mrs. Monroe and daughter. Miss Matte.
OF Marietta, Ohio. who have been at Mrs.
Toys cottage for several weeks past de.
parted for home Wednesday
Elijah Everly has had his residence 10.
Gated in the East End, very handsomely
painted. with new front porch added
the property has been improved 100 per cent
Chas. T. Kelley. salesman in Oautt &
Lakin's store. is OF on a two weeks vaca.
ton, part OF which he is spending in Wash.
ington, ID. G., having left for that city sat.
urday evening last.
George FalkensteIn's new residence. i'm
the East End. near the Wooden Mills. IS
now uuder frame and will be pushed rap.
idly to completion. The location is a mag.
nihcent one overlooking the b. & o.. and
the view obtained is quite good
DR.. w. NJ. Longstreth. Of Charleston. has
rented Lakewood Hotel. at Lake Terra
Alta, and will use II this sumner as SAM.
tarium. The DIR. moved into and opened
the house the latter part OF last week and
already has several patients from dis.
lance.
The biggest catch OF fish for the season
in this section occurred Friday last, when
Farley DeBerry and couple companions
caught over thirty lbs. Of bass out OF Lake
Terra Alta. The Lake is fairly alive with
these fish. measuring inlen6 th.from to IL
inches and some OF them weigh AZ lbs
The air in Terra Alta these beautiful
summer evenings is filed with martial
music. The brass band and the new drum
corps keep things lively practicing for the
Reunion. The drum corps is a new insti.
tuition, organized last week. but one that
gives fair promise of producing some good
martial music
James Al Benson has been busly en-
gagged the past few days in placing the
dials for the big clock in the tower of the
building is attracting considerable atten.
ton as it nears completion. and residents
of the county and strangers alike have
none but words OF praise and compliment
for the beautiful erection.
{. Sprigg Sands cashier of the Traders
National Bank, Clarksburg will this week
begin excavating on his lot. in Cranes Ad.
dition. for the erection of handsome sum.
mer residence. Also s. H. White. cashier
OF the Salem Bank. has purchased lot i'm
the same section and expects to build
thereon at an early date. Mrs Madisonia
G. Raymond and Mrs Caroline NJ. lack
son. both OF Clarksburg. are two others
who have purchased lots in this addition
and IL is also their intention TO build. The
new residences of Kelley Carrico and l.
Elliott Crane are being pushed forward as
rapidly as circumstances will permit. a
about mile OF sidewalk is this week
being put down in the addition. street
running the whole length OF the addition
has been plowed up and will DC at once put
In good shape for the summer Cranes
Addition is bound 10 be success In every
sense the term implies. and ere long the
once green and fertile fields will be dotted
with handsome residences. beautiful ter.
races and plenty OF shade trees Lying as
II does, so beautifully situated on the south
side Of the y. & o.. and so nicely located
for summe, homes. 1t will build up rapidly
and permancnUy