West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-09-24

County Court eonvenes Monday. October
sth.
J. c. Wolfe of GAINESVILLE. wa. here
today.
Neil J. Fortney is at Grafton today on
legal business.
Arthur L Kelso was a, Grafton this week
on legal business.
Gus ]. Shafter IS in the East this week
buying big stock Of goods.
James T. Daley was down at Bruceton
this week on legal business
David S. Feather Of Cuzrart. was here
this week and gave US business call.
William b. Psrkaust has returned to his
home in Charleston after a vacation here.
Miss Bessie Clayton has returned to her
musical studies in the University at Morgan
town.
Earl r. Martin and Clyde Watson wen,
to Morgantown this week to resume work a,
the University.
Wilson Martin and Clarence Lanr from
Fairmon,, were here this week visiting
friends aud relatives.
Lloyd Beerbower leaves today for Cinein.
natl to resume his work and studies at the
Dental College there.
Morley Thomas has returned TO his insur-
anee work down at Montgomery after a
visit with his parents here.
Don't fail to notice the new advertise
ment OF John w. wiles, the we'll known
real estate dealer of Morgan,own.
Hon. William G. Brown will return to
whateom. Washington, about October ist
to look after his biz investments out there.
Harvey J. Hartman moved recently from
Reedsville into the old Stone property in
West kingwood now owned by ]. w. Flynn.
There was an informal hop at Cor don
Hall last Saturday night. Messrs. Leroy
Bueklew and Hoy d. Jackson furnished the
music.
Hon. Edgar NJ. Hartley has moved into
his handsome new residence. out at Mason.
town and now has one OF the finest homes
in that section.
II Is now announced that the long delayed
Soldiers Monument was shipped on Sept.
18th but when II will arrive here it is i'm
possible TO tell.
Misses Margaret and Katharine Temple
ton were taken to Frederick, Md, last Sat
urday and placed in school there by their
mother, Mrs. Isabel Templeton, the pro
prietoress OF the Hotel Gordon Of this place.
Joseph N. White Of Herring. has been
here this week looking up his insurance
business. He resigned his position in the
Reform School at Pruntytown recently and
went back to the life insurance work as II
pays much better.
+. II. Demoss of Newburg, was the lucky
guesser In the Water Melon contest at
Hartley & Meizler's big day last Saturday
at Independence and won the $40 gold
piece. II is said that he guessed the exact
number of seeds in the prize melon.
Mrs. L. NJ. Albright and daughter Nellie
Jane are in Washington City this week visit
ing the family of Will III. Bowman. Miss
Nellie will 20 on to Philadelphia to visit the
family of N. p. West and Mrs. Albright will
go to Baltimore and return with Mr.. Aibrigh,
Saturday.
The editor Of this paper claims the belt
on fine tomatoes this year. We have
sample here IN our Office now, grown in our
garden, that weighs strong three pounds and
measures nineteen inches in circumference.
We can pick a bushel in our garden that
will average two pounds each aud have ten
or fifteen bushels altogether. If anyone
can beat II we want to hear from them.
Mrs. Agnes +. Brown, the widow of the
late Gen. G.. w. Brown Of Grafton, has been
appointed lady manager of the West Virginia
State building at the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition at St. Louis. She has been
spending the summer at Mt. Lake Park.
Her friends here will be glad TO hear of her
appointment. Her husband was brother
to Hon. James A. Brown aud John H.
Brown Of Kingwood.