West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-01-09
gingwood, January o. 1902.
DR.. Alex Leeds, Dentist. Grafton.

in keyser.
wilbert E Fields of Herring, was in town
over Sunday.
VIM. jenkins was a, Fairmont Saturday
ON business trip.
Miss Jane, Davis of Albdgbts. was here
last week visiting friends.
Misses Daisy Jenkins and Lily Spahr were
Grafton visitors last week.
Col Jacob Smith of Lenox, was in town
Tuesday and gave us paying call
Ed. NJ. Herman, is in Cooks Hospital
a, Fairmon,, very i'll with typhoid fever
Miss Irene Smalley has returned from
Weston where she has been visiting her
sisters.
J. +. Harmed of Hudson. was in town
Tuesday and dropped in to subscribe for
The ARGUS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Roadeheaver of the
Craborchard, were in town last week visit
ing relatives.
Newton Manown Of this Office has been
confined to the house this week with sore
throat aud severe cold
Miss Amelia de Billier of New York,
arrived here Tuesday morning to spend
some time with her brother, Henri dc Billier
Mrs Joseph Morgan OF Terra Alta, was
the guest Of her brother, c. w. Mccormick
f,v days his week Buckhannon Ban
II. II. Reed, the well knoMn poet of
Reedsville, was IN town Tuesday and gave
us pleasant call and read us some of his
latest poems.
Milton b. McGinnis has been over at
Homestead Pa, the past week and Henry
Gidley has had charge Of his hack and de-
livery business.
The Morgantown Dominion notes that
Mr.. and Mrs. James Russell Trolter have
been visiting friends aud relatives at Buck
harmon during the holidays
LOst-On the road to the river, two new
saddle blankets. The Gnder will be suitably
rewarded by leaving The same at the office
Of w. G.. Brown in Kingwood
Miss Flo b. Martin gave card party
Thursday night 10 a number of her friends
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. p. J.
Crogan, Or and Mrs. Pratt, w. G. Brown
and Chas Monroe Of Grafton
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Francis Heermans, who has been in
Washington City for some time, was sworn
in as a National Bank Examiner on Monday
of this week. This TAKES Mr. Heermans
out Of the post Office fight here and gives
him better job and one more suited to his
abilities and qualifications.
We are receiving a good many orders
every week for various magazines and papers
and if any one fails to hear from their order
in two weeks time they should drop us
card. We order once a week and it takes
about two weeks from the time you send in
your order before you receive the first copy.
They had a red hot municipal election up
at Parsons last week and a. A Dorsey, the
Republican candidate for Recorder. was
defeated by 50 votes, while Gus ConIey.
another old Kingwood boy, was elected
member Of the Council by the biggest vote
Of any man on the ieket In fact he led
the ticket as he usually does
Last Sunday night the saloon Of Albert
Shaw Of Mouongah, was robbed by expert
safe crackers. new safe had Just been
put in a few days before but il was opened
up by dynamite and about 500 taken.
Tools we left behind showing that it was
the wefk Of experts There was no clue TO
lbe burglars. Mr.. Shaw is a former resi-.
dent Of Kingwood and son Of Mrs Mary
Shaw Of Albrighisvilie.
Rev. J. II Flanagan, d. u, pastor Of
the Presbyterian church Of Grafton, at the
close n his sermon Sunday, gave his con
gregadon quite a surprise when he told them
that he desired to retire from the ministry.
rendering his resignation as pastor Of the
church 90 take effect 10 April, at which time
be will have served as pastor Of different
churches forty FIVE years, the last thirty six
Of which have been with the Grafton
eha,eh d. Flanagan has many friends in
Kingwood where he preached when he first
uttered the minisiey and has been here
many on dunng his long service At Graf.
ton
pou IS the Aurora school for the month
wing 3n .hc sih day Of December, 1907
anfeudIr on tbe 3rd day Of January, 1909
Principal fo.m Cyrus n. Martin teacher.
Number pupils enrolled: boys -. girls
o. Ave sts daily Attendance boys "a.
girls Co. pcs cent ~ attendance. boys o.,
cfls 97 Number Of pupils neither absent
nos tsrdy. boys Do. girls
Primary faom, Belle stemple teacher
Number enrolled boys IS. girls ~. Aver.
age daily attendance. boys IS. girls iS. PEI
cent Of attendance. boys 90, girls o.. Names
~ pupils ncrher absent nor iardys Harold
and Denton Myers, Ruby and Roscoe RIDDEN.
our. Kate. Paul and Earl Roth, Charles
Ksfcf Gladys 1aotz. Ruth Maxwell Cora
Mason, Lria ard Gertrude Grimes and
Mary Porter