West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-08-01
Tunnelton Items.

Vunnelton items.
Cores pondence Of The Argus.
w. +, Msloney was business caller in
Grafton saturday.
Miss Lille West is the guest OF Miss
Bona6cld this week
samuel linn, Of Reno. was prominent
business caller Friday.
John Book, OF Pennington. is night ope.
rator at Anderson now.
Miss Lou Bishop is in Grafton spending
few days with friends
Jack and Willard Carr OF Grafton. were
here few hours Thursday.
Emerson Stapleton spent the day with
Wm. 6. Lavelle, Wednesday.
Grant Watson. Of Masontown. was a
business visitor here Thursday.
Jas. w. Robinson. OF Fellowsville. was a
business caller in town Saturday.
Miss Hutton, OF Huttonsvillc. is here. the
guest OF Miss Ethclyud Bona6eld.
The young folks gave big old fashioned
dance in Browns Hail. Friday night.
Mrs. NJ. L Powell of Newburg. was here
oallins on friends a short time Wednesday
Miss Elite Kercheval. of Fellowsville. is
here visiting her sister. Mrs. Eunice Pur.
cell
Forrest Hutton, OF Huttonsville. was here
over Sunday visiting some particular
friends of his
Mrs. Lee Gillespie and little daughter
Gus are visiting relatives in Broad Top
Pa, for a month.
The weather is so hot up here that Ed
NJ Williams is feeding his chickens cracked
ice to keep them from laying hard boiled
eggs.
T. II. Cahill, the photographer. is here
aud has set up his gallery in Browns Hall.
where lie will remain the balance OF this
week
DR. Fitchner OF Corluth. was M town
Thursday looking up a room for AN office.
as he wants to locate here in the near
future.
Gus w. Mispclhorn the well known
clothing salesman. was here day or two
last week with a fresh crop of political and
snake stories
c. w. Wolfe was at Kingwood. A. NJ.
Moore at Independence. r. r. Lanham.
!. Joe Gibson and James Gibson at Terra
Aha, Sunday
ID. K Jackson and Dr Showalter. of the
Board OF Education. were here Tuesday
morning on business connected with our
new school house.
Roy Hardcsy was here Thursday and
Friday attending to some business for his
gather aud doing some pressing business
on his own account.
Miss Ethelynd Bonafeld gave a party to
a lew OF her many friends Friday night in
honor OF her guest, Miss Hutton.
Taylor willard was over on Buffalo Sat.
urdaY. seeing after the electric light of his
hie and doing some secret society business.
No matter how hot the weather some of
our people WILL talk politics. The slate SO
FAR is Judge" Montgomery for the Legis.
lature, and either a. NJ. Moore or David T..
Watson for the postoffce.
Don't forget the big picnic OF the United
Mine Workers on Labor Day. Monday.
September Several bands good speak
ing plenty refreshments and all kinds of
amusemcnts Everybody invited.
Montgomery & Montgomery have sold
their barber shop with its big trade. to c.
J.. Reed of Kingwood Cecil returns TO
kingwood for reasons best known to him
self, while Melville Kcllar OF Kingwood.
comes TO take charge Of the shop here.
Editor l.. V. Reed was in town Friday
He inspected our coal plant. power house
aud electric lights. and also took a look al
the new water works reservoir Mr.. Reed
nj IL keI
house as soon as we are ready to move 1t.
aud he says he will move his paper here
then il not sooner
The annual camp meeting at the Camp
Ground will begin Friday. August 93rd
and continue ten days. Several prominent
ministers have been engaged for this meet
ing, and every effort is being made by the
Association TO make this the most success
iul meeting they have ever had c. a.
Craig will conduct the boarding house or
the grounds. The carpenters are rushing
work on the fine new auditorium. and il
Will be done in ample time for the meeting.
When completed it will seat about 7ooo
people.
a most tragic event that casts gloom
over the entire community occurred Sun.
day. resulting In the drowning Of Wills
kuggles. who resided near town Quite a
party Of young folks from town went over
to Cheat river to take a swim and were
thus engaged. when it was discovered that
Ruggles who was about forty feet out in
the river was drowning. All efforts to res.
cue him proved unay1iiing. His body was
recovered however, in about hour after.
ward and brought home the same evening.
His remains were Inferred H. the Camp
Ground Cemetery on Monday afternoon.
Rev &. II. Lakin conducted the funeral
services. lie leaves a wife and five chill
drcn The sympathy Of the community
goes out TO them in this hour OF their sore
bereavement
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