Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-02-20

Nlsitcu our tOWD last week
Miss Lille Summers. of Milton.
lis the guest of Mrs. E. ]. Westfall.
The piers for the Big Sandy river
street car bridge have been com.
.pleted.
I. L. McDougal was in Cincin-
natl on business the latter part of
last week.
The number of the ADVANCE
.'phone is l55. Remember this when
you want to call us up.
u N you want to buy farm or have
town property to trade for a farm,
call on the editor of this paper.
Joseph Davis, r. NJ. johnson and
It. N. Johnson have been afflicted
with the grip since our last issue.
Mr.. Lindsey Staley has moved his
family and effects back to their
former home-up the Big Sandy
river.
Prosecuting Attorney p. II. Ma.
=. pier passed through town last Thurs
day evening en- route to the State
capital.
Circuit Clerk w. S. Copley, of
Wayne, dropped in to see us last
Thursday. He was en- route to
Charleston.
Mrs. j. T. Wharton and daughter,
Miss Nellie, who have been confined
to their rooms with the grip for the
past few days, are both Improving
The main offices and headquarters
of the Triple-State Natural Gas &c
>Oil Co. are to be removed from
. Huntington TO Ashland next month.
s DR.. G. L. Hopkins wears a hand
''some solid silver badge presented to
him by the Prudential Insurance Co
in recognition of faithful services
as examiner here.
1t now looks like we might
have electric cars running thro'
town ere manv moons, which, how
ever, won't be any too soon to
meet the wishes of the public.
The n. & w. has issued an order
requiring all station agents, opera
tors, and baggage agents to wear
uniforms. The new order will go
into effect on or about April l..
Congressman-elect Jas. A. Hughes
passed through town last Thursday.
He had been on a business trip up
the line of The n. & w and was on
his way to his home at Huntington.
Van Jenkins and Glen Mott were
down from Williamson Saturday
and Sunday, spending the time with
relatives and friends. They are
employed at the Mingo county seat
q Mr.. r. w. Embry. Mrs. Lula
sEdmonds and sisterin-law, Miss
Flora Edmonds spent Wednesday
AFTERNOON as the pleasant guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tyree, at Cat
lettsburg, KY.
/. w. p Wears in writing to the
y Huntington Herald says: ''Lau-
renee Mcclure, of Wayne, is one of
the journal clerks and there is no
better. He is attentive, kind and
accommodating"
Mr. j. e. Handy, an employee
of the Norfolk & Western R'y
Co., and who had been visiting in
Columbus, spent Monday and Tues
day here. While in town he called
on Mrs. Lula Edmonds, who was a
4 school chum of Mr.. HIS sister.
4 The Four Pole trestle, just this
side of Central City, has been COM
pleted. The work had been finished
once before, but the Camden Inter-
state R'y Co. refused to accept same
on account of some deficiency in the
timber used for its construction.
I, Sheriff Moore and guards took
Vne following prisoners to the Peni-
teutiary last week: Virgil Staley,
rnanslaughter, three years, (tbe
Judge sentenced him for three years,
instead of four as reported last
week.; Charles Smith, manslaughter,
five years; and Lewis Dempsey, un-
lawful shooting, one year.
The Norfolk 81 Western are put
ting in two machine shops at this
place for the repair of engines. This
is only the preparatory steps toput-
ting in more extensive facilities of
this kind. In every way in the yards
here is the work of improvement
going on, and we shall have railroad
Yards here sure enough.-Daily Big
Sandian.