West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-06-13
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visiting friends and relatives.
O. W. zinn and Miss n. Ray Bishop
were calling on friends in Gladcsvile.
sunday
Miss lrma Ashby returned Friday from
Cameron. where she spent a month visiting
friends and relatives.
Mrs. 5 X. Guseman. son John and daugh.
ter Pauline, have returned from an extend.
cd visit to Baltimore. Md.
MISS Kathleen Burke was in town one
day last week soliciting subsc. iptionS for
the Catholic Mission Fund.
Prof. Burtus Miller is out again after
being confined to his home for two weeks.
by injuries received in the mines
Judge Edmund Messenger was here on
official business Monday and called around
to tell MS few good yarns as usual
John IL. Garner, the Jolly Kingwood mcr.
chant was here Thursday giving the glad
hand to his many friends and relatives.
William q. Lavelle. too advanced To- be
called Willie" any more. was tho guest of
his numerous friends in Grafton Friday
@. +. Hardesty, OF Rowlesburg. was here
Tuesday calling on some OF his old Gus.
toners and settling up some business
affairs.
Miss Pearl Pifer, OF Barbour county.
spent several days here, last week. the
guest of her grandmother. Mrs Rachel
Bishop,
Vincent Cooke. the big merchant" OF
looking as complacent as IL his coal deal
had made him millionaire.
Dr. c. X. Sherwood aud wife were in
town few hours one day last week calling
on friends. Mrs. Sherwood went on to
Richmond. Va. to visit her parents
James {. Gibson is visiting his friend.
Roy HardestN in Buckhanuon and Incl.
| dentally taking in the commencement
exercises at the Seminary this week.
MIR. Charlie Cathcu of Etam-State of
Removals in town Sunday. a lady re.
siding on High street can tell YOU the rest
OF it. Maybe he hasn't left yet. We don't
know.
w. + Jenkins was here last week a day
or two on his way to aud from Newburg
Between the jewels in his store in King.
wood aud the Jewel hc has to look after in
Newburg Troy is kept pretty busy
Mr.. Hugh Bona6eld desires us 20 correct
the report that his wife had presented him
with three daughters. Its only one. but
Hugh says she will do for the first since
she can't vote tho Democratic ticket
Rawley Crisis has the contract to carry
the mail between here and Sinclair taking
In the intermediate Offices He gets 500
per year, almost double the amount paid to
the former contractor under the old
system.
Geo. Miller s Son, our hustling contrac.
tors and builders. have finished their lob
| on Cruises house in Grafton aud returned
home They have a contract for several
houses for the Merchants Coal Co. to
build at once.
Our accommodating and aHabe drug
clerk Ed Durr accompanied by Miss Ora
Carroll. of Seattle Washington. visited
Kingwood, sunday taking dinner at the
Jenkins House. They both say they were
sumptuously fed
-Jno. a. Thomas, engineer for the Mer.
chants Coal Co, and great big Jolly Frank
Lanham were in Kngwood the FIRST OF the
week on some kind of business connected
with secret societies" They wouldn't
tell thing about IT,
Isaac wilkins, one OF the old veterans of
Independence. and Mcclellan Phillips Of
the same village. were here looking after
| business interests Monday. Note that we
call small place like independence by its
proper namc-vlllage
{. w. Foreman. the genial Wholesale
groceryman OF Kngwood, was here one
day last week. lie was looking up site
TO put in branch wal ehouse here. and
informed us that he would likely buy lot
and put up building.
ID. 5. Helmick has resigned his position
with A. ]. Bonafeld to accept a similar one
with merchant Clarence Robinson. Of
Greater FairmoHt Mr. Helmick own home.
We much regret his departure from us. lie
was loved and respected by everyone.
The Board Of Education met the Board
OF Directors Of our public school Friday.
and went over the ground and plans for
new school building here. They propose
to have the new house up in time for the
next term OF school From what we can
learn OF the plans, the new building will be
credit TO the town.
move is on foot among our prominent
business men TO organize a bank here. and
so far as we can learn. the movement bids
fair to succeed. We believe the plan pro.
posed is TO organize a savings bank Tun.
Melton has plenty Of capital and no town in
the State needs bank so much or is more
able to support one.
Hon Ira T. Robinson now ono Of the
legal lights OF Grafton. but formerly
resident Of the grand old county OF Bar.
bour and a personal friend Il Mr. "Bul
Swade" was here to-day looking after some
interest Of the -. < O. r. K. Co.. in whose
employ he now is. lie got the money
hundred dollars or more Squire Mont
gomery helped hum out
a. a Dorsey editor Of the Parsons nd.
vocatc. gentleman who IS personally &C
quaintcd with JEFF Lipscomb we'll known
10 Bill Swado' and yer honor. was here
Saturday en- route for Kingwood to lick the
editor Of THE ARGUS for having maligncd
his character by saying that he was re-
lated to Hon Lloyd IIansforth
Along with the happiness and joys Of life
arc intermingled many sorrows At g
O'Clock sunday morning as tho sun swcetly
kissed the earth. Mrs w ". Watkins
passed TO her eternal rest. Broken In
spirit over the death Of her beloved hus
band. which occurred but few months
since. she sorrowcd and died But her
memory lives This is aucsted by tho
many WHO followed her remalns tn lhcir