West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-10-22
TERRA ALTA.

TERRA ALTA.
Correspondence Of The Argus.
Hadley Ringer OF GAINESVILLE. has moved
TO our town.
The late tai is causing baled hay to sell
in our town at era per ton and will be
lower.
The Rev. Cotton Is starting OF very nicely
yet we needed a minister that was all wool
and yard wide.
The Catholic church OF this place is
undergoing repairs that give IL the appear.
ance of a new building.
The wooien Mills OF this place have
almost closed down for the season. Il
seems like wooden goods are poor sale this
| season.
TO. Benson has sold his property on
state street TO ID. A. Diamond and has
moved TO Rinard station about mile east
OF town.
Messrs. Frafee and Albright report that
they have sold over 1890 pairs Of shoes this
| season and claim that Il Is not good
| season to sell shoes.
Our people are trapping quite a lot OF
skunks regardless OF the late act that made
IL unlawful TO kill them. They say law or
no law they will not allow the old stinkers
to destroy their poultry. Mr., skunk should
be DESTROYED since he Is great enemy to
young birds and young game OF any kind.
and instead Of him being an insect destroyer
as the court decided. he Is nothing more
than pest that destroys birds etc. that
do destroy insects.
When see my tax receipt this year
proudly arise and say that Preston county
isthe Banner Republican county. have
often felt like saying that there Is a leakage
IN the financial pay.car OF Preston county.
and will wager my best hound pup that
there is bad one and our officials might as
well own up TO theft as to such bad
management Garrett county. Md. has
less wealth than Preston county and she
can afford TO work her roads by taxation.
She has ~ month school, free school books
and her poor people are not taxed at all.
yet the middle class pay less than one half
as much tax as the same class do here.
We learn that the capitalists have decid
cd TO reduce wages on the 6rst OF January,
which Will raise quite rumpus The
poor man has already almost been crowded
unless he bows 10 king capitalist, he can
not go out hunting unless he does the
same he can not assemble on the corner
oil the street unluss he Is accused of
planning riot; II he holds a labor meeting
he is accused OF anarchism; II he Is too
poor TO buy lot In grave yard he is
termed disgrace and buried In the
potter 's-held. Since the grave yard In
cornered. next will be Heaven and He'll
and where. oh where. shall the poor man
APPEAR
Since our schools are all soon to be In
progress, and the coal trusts are putting up
the price OF coal, we hope that our
pedagogues will cease TO teach the scholars
that coal was formed by vegetation. Ifit
was formed by great forests. why do we
not lind roots turned TO coal protruding
from the veins down into the various
substancesl that the wonderful soil was
transformed into that made those great
forests growf IL the coal was formed by
vegetation how did the many great stratas
OF rock etc, get formed upon the coal beds
and this coal bed be undisturbed2
Why not drop this old foglsh theory that
can not be explained aud teach that coal
was formed by nature in the cooling OF the
earth by the consolidating Of gasses lust
the same as the rest of the crust of the
earth was. Some may say we can find
pictures OF fern leaves and branches OF
trees imbedded In the coal etc. So can
we find the same types in the snow drop the
flakes OF frost and also the frozen frost on
the window pane Il would be impossible
Tor fern leaf or the branch ola tree to
MAINTAIN It's appearance long enough to
make It's imprint In the formation OF
mineral, yet the natural growth OF this
appearance could make It's appearance
veryreadiIy.
sALLiE MANDRR.