Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-05-26
CLARkSBURG.
THE SOCIETY EVENT OF
THE SEASON.
MINISTER'S UNION MEETING
REV. THOMAS ". CLARKE TO
PREACH MEMORIAL SER.
MON TODAY.

SEUa
MON TODAY.
CLARKSBURG, w. Va, May 25.-
The following invitation has been re-
ceived by the many friends Of the con-
tractlng parties here and elsewhere:
Mr.. and Mrs. John Basel
request the honour of your presence
AZ the marriage of their daughter,
Genevieve,
MT Philemon Mitchell Watson.
VI saturday evening, June the first.
Niheteen hundred and one.
AT eight O'Clock,
Christ Church.
Clarksburg, West Virginia.
Inc approaching wedding will be the
society event of the summer season
anu elaborate preparations are being
made to make it a brilliant affair
Among the attendants Will be numer-
Gus out OF town friends of Miss Bas-
sci n Mr.. Watson, who will come
from indianapolis, Ind, his home. and
from Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Al a recent meeting of the Minis
terS Union here a resolution was
adopted requesting that no funeral SER
vices De conducted on Sundays, being
IN keeping with the sanctity of that
Gay, n not interfering with the SER
wees OF the respective churches. 1t was
also suggested that the officiating min
lister be consulted before final arrange
ments are made. This rule has been
adopted In some of the larger cities.
and will likely be adopted here. in
view of the request.
Joufneymen BARRIERS have petitioned
council to enact an ordinance prohib-
ting barber shops from opening for
business on Sundays. The measure has
some opposition from the proprietors
OF shops, but will be proposed in Coun-
Gil at the next regular meeting.
wednesday afternoon the Rev. L. E..
Peters performed a double wedding,
ceremony at Pinnickinnick mines. The
contracting parties were Mr.. Charles
Kauting and Miss Maude Fowler and
Mr.. Benjamin Dodd and Miss Ella M.
Fowler. The one married
both couples.
The marriage of Mr.. George H. Har-
rington to Miss Ada Raymond was
celebrated at the Mountain State hotel
in Salem Tuesday. Rev. W. M. Blair
offciated. The groom is the superin-
tendent of the Carter Oil Company of
SIC wal ACiu, dlu ID d udllNG Ol Illus
vile, Pa.The bride is the daughter Of
Mrs. Laura Raymond, of that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrington are in east
ern cities spending their honeymoon.
Mr.. Miles M. Shand, of the de-
partment of State, Washington, d. c.,
J will deliver two addresses at the Bap-
fist CHURCH Sunday, touching upon
Sunday school work. Mr.. Shand is the
superintendent of the Calvary Baptist
Sunday school in Washington, one of
the largest schools in the United
States, and will give a description Of
how this great school is organized and
carried on. He stops here en- route
home from the State Christian Endeav-
or Union convention which met at
Fairmont.
Rev. William Anderson, pastor of the
Golf chapel, M. E. church, will hold
quarterly conference at West Milford
Sunday.
The annual Memorial Day sermon to
the members Of Custer Post, No. s, G..
A. r., will be preached Sunday morn
ing at the Episcopal church by the
Rev. Thomas w. Cooke. The members
of the society and survivors of the late
Spanish-American war will form a line
of march at the Court House and will
proceed from there to the church. Con-
federate veterans have also been in
vited to attend, and will fall in line
with the Union survivors. Memorial
Day exercises will be held under the
auspices of Custer Post, and at a meet
ing to be held at the Court House on
Thursday afternoon several addresses
will be made, after which the graves
of all dead comrades will be decorated.
The ceremonies promise to be very in
teresting, and will be participated in
by the Union and Confederate veterans
alike.
The Clarksburg District Conference
of the NJ. E. Church south will con-
vene Ic-c June 4th. The presiding ell
der, the Rev. /. II. Fannin, will preside.
The conference includes twenty pas
torial charges, and will bring a number
of preachers and laymen tu the city.
The conference will likely De In ses-
sion two or three days.
Rev. A. B. Rhodabaugh, editor OF the
Methodist Times, will preach at Golf
chapel, M. E. church, Sunday.
Hon. and Mrs. John j. Davis attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Davis brother,
Rev. H. H. Kennedy, at Charles Town
Thursday.
Mrs. A. S. Smith has been removed
to a Wheeling hospital. She is sick
with typhoid fever.
Mrs. DR.. Robert. J.. Morrison is the
guest OF her parents. Mr.. and Mrs W.
B. Paden. in Parkersburg.
Miss Laura Gardner, Of Perrysville,
Va, is the guest of her brother, Jesse
Gardner.
Among those who attended the State
Christian Endeavor convention at Fair
mont from this place were Prof. Saul
E. Swartz, Rev. L. E. Peters and wife,
Rev. r. B. Mcdaniel. Homer D. Bough.
ner.
Drs. Fleming Howell, D. P. Morgan
and others attended the State Medical
association meeting at Grafton Thurs
day.
Major A. C. Moore. Col. Henry Hay
mond and L. Roy Rollins attended the
State encampment OF the G. A. R. at
Parkersburg this week.
Mrs. R. p. Nutter, Of at Nebo. Mich
olas county, is visiting her daughter.
Mrs. A. H. walker.
John II Rh1l, r N. orr ard Frank
C. GAyIand attended the meeting Of the