West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-08-29
CAMP MEETING
Now Going on at the FuanClton Camp
Grounds.

The annual camp meeting q, the grounds
two mtes this side Of runnelton. began las,
Friday aud has been wen attended. on
last Sunday there was an immense crowd
present f,om an over the county and ON, Of
The best behaved crowds We ever saw on the
grounds. In fact we did no, see a SINGLE
drunken man there nor any hars, trading on
bad oouduc, OF any Kind The morning
was damp and fogy and the crowd A Htile
late in arriving. as the weather looked n
h''le bilious l, had raiucd so hard ths
nigh; before, ,ha, people hardly knew
whether 10 come OF not. but by noon there
was as large crowd as ever ON hand and
the afternoon was delightful. There were
about twenty teams running back and forth
hslween the railroad ard Tunnel,on aud
all seemed TO be doing good business.
Henry Reed was on hand with two sing.
ING books under his arm and this made il
look like old times.
The large new auditorium Is completed
and makes a splendid improvement to the
grounds, with good seats for large
audience and shelter for the crowd from the
sun and rain. 1, cost several hundred dol.
lars, but there was some money In the
the treasury and the officials hope 10 raise
almost enough this year to pay for il. A
collection was taken mp Sunday and over
sixty dollars raised. The following parties
all contributed one dollar each
]. w. Mcclure, ! O. Edwards. G. w.
Beavers, I. II. Ilarshbarger, II. II Reed.
G NJ. Bishop, NJ. c. Gibson, Burt Gibson.
y. \. Dill, J.. w Johnson, Noah Gross. I.
IL. Huffman, John Turner, NJ. l.. Sullivan.
J. w. Lahin, Bro. Gdbble, MIS-. c. II.
l-akip' Mrs. Ann Wright, c. c. Craig.
Mrs. :. Il. Gnsemau, NJ h. Sheets. Simon
Hartman, John Fortncy, Marcellus letters.
Rev. c, II. I.akin, ID. +. Watson. Frank
Pierce DR.. Sivey. h. s. Laruc, b 7. Wolfe,
Mrs. + Miller. Geo. Miller, Wm. r.
Morris, Z. NJ. Stone, y. II. Savage, w. A.
MeGmnis, Julia Bonafeld, w. r. Core.
\. {. Stevenson, Roy Hardes,y, Mrs. Ella
Irons, J. {. Gibson, +. \. Fortuey. mo.
c. Plumb aud Col. A. c. Scott. Of hide.
peudence, and w. X. Core, Of Tunnelton.
gave s. each
The Boarding House is being run this
year 10y {. A. Craig, under the general
supervision of NJ. c. Gibson. and did a
rushing business on sunday. Everything is
very clean and nice aud you get good
square meal. The tables are loaded down
with substantial fare and you arc waited on
promptly, SO you do not need to take your
dinner with you. An the net proceeds of
the boarding house 20 towards paying for
the new tabernacle, So it deserves liberal
support.
Miss Julia Bona6eld, who his just re-
turned from missionary work in China, was
constantly surrounded by many old friends
who wanted to shake hands with her and
meet the handsome little Chinese lady, she
brought hack with her. Miss Bessie Ding.
who will remain all after camp. meeting aud
then SO to a college in Indianola, Iowa, To
finish her education in English
The T. * O. did not run any excursion
trans this year at an aud there was no train
eNcep' No. that any one living along the
road cast Of Tuunelton could come ON, but
next Sunday they are to run the regular
accommodation from Grafton, which will
bring the crowd from there and all along
The road 20 Iunnelton. The West Viz
ginia Northern ran special train from
kingwood at half fare, leaving here at 500
a m, and starting bacl, at goo p. m. The
same thing will be done again next Sunday.
The special train Of two good coaches will
leave kingwood at 500 a.. M, and return
ing leave Tunnelron at 6:oo p. m. alta half
fare rate. Next Sunday is the last day Of
the meeting.