West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-11-07

at Lenox this term. He began Monday Of
this week.
Ira Claud Gibson Of Hudson, is located
at Barraekville. Marion county, where he is
teaching school.
Miss Jessie Holland of Morganiowu, is
teaching the colored school on Beverly Hill
She began last Monday.
Mrs. May Morgan Wolfe of Tunnelton,
arrived in town today to remain Till next
week with her brother.
Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. AL Robinson of
Manown, Sunday, Nov. Srd, fine boy
baby. DIR. S. A. Pratt attending physician.
Robert A. Orr returned yesterday from a
three weeks hunting expedition up in Ran
dolph, Pendleton and Greenbriar counties
The Kingwood Public Schools will open
next Monday, November nth, as the work
and repairs to the school building are to be
completed this week
dearly love these autumn days,
With joy my heart throbs high.
The frost is on the pumpkin, and
The pumpkins in the pie.
f. b. Shaffer has been appointed post
master at Colebank in this county in place
of ID. 5. Keiser who resigned, and w. X i.
DUR at Dority in place of J. T. Dodge.
The ''beautiful snow" made its appear
anee Monday morning and large fakes were
flying through the air. That nigh, flock
of wild geese passed over the town on their
way south with their wild "honk" "konk. F."
We have in our Office a sample of maple
sugar made in the year 1910 10y James Nor
rison, Of Pocahontas county-S7 years ago 4.
1t was sent us by Mr.. George Callison Of
Academy, and is as good as when six
months old.-Greenbrier Indepens,s:.
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Mrs. Samuel Martin left yesterday after
noon for Baltimore to enter a hospital for
treatment. She has been in poor health for
several months She was accompanied TO
Baltimore by DIR. J. M. King. Her daugh-
ter Lillian also accompanied her as far as
Tunnclton.
There was big dance. fight and foot
race Saturday night out at George Arnold's
near town and warrants are out for two
parties who have left for healthier cline
We have rich, rare and racy account of
the affair for publication but no room for it
this week.
The stockholders of the Piedmont and
Keyser Electric Railway held a meeting Of
Piedmont last week and elected the follow
ing officers: Prof. w. NJ. Foulk, president;
Thos. W. Cooke, secretery; John Mackey,
treasurer; VIM. Macdonald, attorney. A
chatter has already been secured, and Mr..
J. II. Markwood is one of the charter
members.
just as we expected and announced some
time since, the celebrated Major Fields
would be back in Kingwood again, bigger
man than ever. Tuesday he arrived in
town from Fairmont where he has been for
some time and stepped around here, shak-
ing hands with his old cronies. lie went
on from here to Morgantown TO visit his
wife-sister and their mother.
The Kingwood band was invited up to
the hospitable home of Majo. U. n. Orr
on Beverly Hill, Sunday afternoon, and
served with magnificent spread consisting
of turkey. oysters and all the trimmings
that make a FIRST class meal After the
boys all got full, they wanted 10 walk on
air and got out on the roof Of the house and
played popular airs till the cleaning began
to gloam. The music was waited down
over the town and coming from above, gave
1t truly heavenly charm as if the gates
were ajar and strains from the celestial
orchestra we're dropping down.
The sale Of the personal property and
real estate Of the late Enos Ashburn, took
place at Reedsville last week Several Of
our people attended from here and there
was quite a contest over the home farm
between Hon. w c. Brown and Senator
c. NJ Bishop the richest men in the county.
The residence and about twenty acres
around il was reserved for the widow leaving
about I8o acres 10 be sold. II was finally
knocked of to Mr.. Bishop for nearly six
thousand dollars, which was good price
considering that the coal had already been
sold under Il some time since TO GEORGE {
Siurgiss Of Morganlowu.
Mr.. Morton has just shown this Office a
sample copy Of his new book that he has
just received. ], is a larger volume than
'Coitonwoods" and is we'll and substantially
bound. The type is plain and the paper
good. There are seven illustrations made
from photographs and these refer 10 places
mentioned In The story. a few parties have
read the book and they speak Of 1t in very
favorable terms. WINNING or Losing -
will be IN the hands Of readers within few
weeks. Shortly aflcrward somewhat
lengthy review of the story will appear in
THE ARGUS. It has been prepared by a
good judge Of books and will interes, the
readers. The new hook is a local story and
the only ono ever written. Il is therefore
something new.