West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-07-11
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.
A Big Time at the Camp Ground Where
Col "Bill Swade" or the Argus
and Judge samuel DolittIe, or
the Journal Address Crowd or
Several Thousand People More or
Less.
Specially reported for The ARGUS.

Specially reported for The ARGUS.
The morning of the 4th dawned
with beautiful sunshine and intense
heat which continued the whole
day, but the town was well supplied
with DR.. Tom McAvay's Cooling
Bitters, car load of which arrived
the evening before.
The day was celebrated in the
old fashioned style at the Camp
Ground, where everyone enjoyed
themselves hugely.
A multitude of people gathered
TO hear the addresses of two of
West Virginia's famous orators,-
Col. Bill Swade and Judge Samuel
Doolittle. The sound of horses
hoofs and the music of the martial
band announced the arrival of the
principal speaker of the day, Col.
Swade, who arrived in carriage
drawn by two fine horses, and was
attended by his private secretary
and lady friend.
The Colonel having been escort
ed to the speakers stand amid
deafening applause, Judge Doolittle
was introduced and held the crowd
spell-bound with his words of
eloquence, on the subject of "My
Country" AT the conclusion of
the Judges address and the an
nouncement that Col, Swade would
address the audience at O'Clock,
the meeting adjourned for dinner.
Long before the hour announced
for the address of Col. Swade, the
people began to fill the seats, COM
ing from all directions, until stand
ing room was at 4 premium.
The meeting having been called
to order and a few preliminaries
gone through with, Col. Swade was
introduced, being received with
such deafening applause that several
minutes were consumed in restoring
silence.
Col. Swade began his address on
the subject of Lafayette and Rob
ert Rakes, and held the immense
throng spell-bound with his oratory
and touching incidents of the lives
OF the two great men-LaFayette
and Robert Rakes-and was fire.
quently interrupted by applause
from the immense audience. After
speaking for quite a time and being
nearly exhausted by the heat (none
of DR.. McAvay's Cooling Bitters
having been provided for the occa-
sion) the Col. made attempt to
conclude his address, but was pre-
vented from doing so by the APP
plause from the audience and cries
of go on !" There is no telling
how long they would have held him
had not procession of Calthum-
plans appeared, the sight of which
at once attracted the crowd, and
the meeting adjourned.
We would like to give the entire
speech of Col. Swade, but it is not
necessary; as several columns of
the large daily papers will, no
doubt, be given to his address, as
several correspondents of the papers
were present. The rest of the day
was spent in a sociable manner and
ended with big festival at night.
In the afternoon a game of ball
between Tunnelton and Kingwood
came off, which was attended by a
large crowd. A special train bring
ing the players and large delega-
ton of rooters, headed by Sam
Younger and Doc. Pratt, arrived
from Kingwood. Our boys thought
the game would be mere preliminary
as they had met for practice several
evenings in the barber shop and
had the Kingwood boys done up IN
great shape, and were already spec
ulatng as to where they would
invest the $50, they we're going to
win off of Kingwood: but when they
got on the diamond they began to
realize that they had run up against
the real thing in the way of base
ball team The game was very
interesting and red hot from start to
finish. For several innings our
boys failed to make connection
with the home plate, but was prob
ably from the cause Of defective
bats, as the boys were not able to
reach the Kingwood pitchers balls
with the short bats in use, 50 we
got done up to the tune Of to 2,
which was not as bad as 70 to T..
The crowd was very enthusiastic
and everyone enjoyed the game.
So we acknowledge our defeat,
but they can't do it again. That's
what we say, and our boys have the
stuff 20 back them for another game
so we will leave the full account of
the game and other incidents to be