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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-01
Our Boys Win Two More Games

The King~ood Base Ball Club has been
playing some great ball this summer and
only lost about two games this season.
Last Saturday they went over to Rowles.
burg to tackle their old time rivals and out
Il on them fair and square, right on their
own grounds and they did IL TO. Quite
crowd went along and the game was red
hot one from start to finish and was not
won I'LL the last play was made There
was big crowd present. but the order was
better than usual and Charley Wheeler
kept the rooters back from interfering with
the game, which enucd 10 in favor Of
Kingwood and our boys came home crow.
ing like lot Of young roosters. lust last
week Rowlesburg correspondent was
blowing that Kingwood had never beaten
them and never could do It etc and Sher.
man Wheeler was over here the day before
telling what a game Smallwood was going
10 pitch and how they we're going TO take
the starch out OF our aggregation OF stars
comets etc. Rowlesburg was to play
return game here this week. but our pitcher
and catcher are both away and II will have
TO be postponed now gu our boys get back
from camp as most OF the club belong 10
the guards. The catcher. Alton Jackson x
doing guard duty nc Austen and our
pitchers both Nick Cornelius and Maurice
Jackson have gone 10 Wheeling 10 play a
few games with the Tri-Staie League Club
til
On TUESDAY our boys went to Terra Alta
70 give them another good dose as we had
already beaten them two games and they
we're not satisfied This time we shut them
out TO the tune Of ITO and would have made
it lots worse only their imported pitcher
Hugh Miller from function got so mad
because our boys we're all batting him and
pounding him all over the field, that he
grabbed his doltrags and started Tor home
in the eight inning aud the game was off,
" was six O'CLOCK anyhow. as they we're
late. commencing as they had sent 10 Oak.
land for a catcher before they could plav
Three straight games ought to satisfy Terra
Alta Tor this year anyhow
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-09-01
The West Va. Argus.

A Firstclass paper, entered as Second
class matter In a Third class Postofhce
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30
VnIdOsta Items.

Valdosta, Ga, March 29.-Fifty lots
Of land In the Wilson Holtzendorff i'd
dition were sold at auction yesterday
afternoon for S4.96S.5O The lots COM
prised twelve acres OF a sixteen-acre
tract which was sold two months ago
for 1880. The buyers have four acres
adjoining the cemetery left and this is
valued al $1,000, making the profit OF
about $500 on their purchase less than
two months ago.
The stewards and trustees OF the
Methodist Church met last night and
appointed building committee 10 have
charge 81 the work OF rebuilding their
house Of worship. The committee con-
elfis ~ y, y. Strickland, .. N. Smith.
G. y. Clarke, A. o. Strickland and 81
ID. Boone. with Rev. r. A. jackson ~
fN-oilcio member. The committee has
asked for bids aEo viii iei the con-
tracf April o.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30
OPERATIONS A FAD.
Public Gradually Awakens to the
Fact


Fact.
The latest fad in operations has
been the appendicitis fad; before that
the fad for rectal operations (piles.
etc.) held sway. Hundreds of patients
were frightened and hurried into hos
pitfalls, operated upon and robbed Of
their last dollar, when the trouble
was simple case of hemorrhoids or
piles only, easily cured at home with
Il simple remedy costing but fifty
cents box.
Il procured one fifty cent box of
Pyramid Pile Cure Of my druggist.
with the intention Of buying n larger
box later. but was happily surprised
when I found that ! was cured. and
still have six pyramids left out of
the first and only box. / have not had
the least sign OF piles since / used this
one box, which has been about two
months; previous 10 using Pyramid
Pile Cure ! had the worst kind OF
bleeding ana protruding piles for over
thifiy-one years, and no one knows
except those who have had the piles.
the pain and misery ! suffered.
an poor man. but have often
said | would give "a fortune. II I had
~, 10 be cured OF the piles. aud now /
have been cured for nifty cents. ]
should be very unFratefui n ] did not
thank you and give you every prlwi-
eye ID uFe my name and this letter
when i know there are 40 many VINO
suffer 40 I did "A. Wniamiller. 100
blndenEbufg Road, washington. u. al
The PYRAMID Drug 90. Marshall
Mich publish liifle book 0n fhe
causef and cures ~ piles which they
WIZ De- glad io nsail free ~ tny nnnll.
cant hud We HaFise ail sufferer from
iiif painfui disease 40 write ~ fhsm
for ~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30
SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
MAY HAVE A NEW SITE.

Proposition Made to Change 10 the
Exposition Grounds.
Atlanta, March 29.-The Georgia
School of Technology may be moved
from it's present site on North avenue
to the grounds on which the Cotton
States and International Exposition
was held in 1895.
At meeting of the directors of the
Atlanta Fair Association, a PROPOSE
ton was submitted for the holders of
common stock, which amounts to s4,-
000 to donate their holdings if the
state and the school will take up mort
cages amounting to $4,000.
This would give the school tract of
200 acres and several good buildings.
1t is very much crowded at present.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30
SHRINERS RECEIVED
FIVE CANDIDATES

Banquet Was Served After Cere-
mOniaI Session Concluded.
At the ceremonial session of Alec
Temple, knights of the Mystic Shrine
held last night. at the Masonic Tenn
pie five candidates were received, as
follows: Messrs. Frank E. Lowe,
Augusta; j. w. Callahan, cambridge;
]. M. Outer, Irvington; w. o. Hicks
and f. B.. To-Day Savannah.
Between twenty-five and thirty
guests were present at the session and
shortly after l O'Clock the Shriners
marched into the hall where the ban
quet had been prepared, and partook
of a bounteous supper. A number of
impromptu speeches were made.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30
REDUCED MoULDrNGs RATES.
Action Taken at "A Meeting Held in
Columbia.

Columbia, S. C.. March 29.-At the
railroad commissions meeting to-day
Mr.. p. J. McGovern Of Atlanta, chair
man of the Southern Classification
Committee, and Mr.. II. w. Wolf, man
ager of the Southern Weighing and In
speeding Bureau. were present by spe-
cial invitation. The meeting was Of
special interest 20 lumber dealers and
manufacturers and those directly in
terested in this business
The most important matter decided
upon was that mouldings should move
M lumber rates where they constitute
10 per cent. or less Of the cargo and as
builders material when shipped fn
miacd car lots. Heretofore the rate
On mOuldingF was sixth class. The
reduction N material.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30
PLANS SET AFOOT
FOR AUTO. SPEEDWAY
Course Suggested for Straisht-Away Track 70
Feet Wide
Course Suggested

An automobile speedway six miles
long and seventy feet wide will in all
probability be one of the attractions
that Savannah will have to offer to
tourists next season.
The plans were presented to the
Chamber OF Commerce directors yes
terday afternoon by Mr.. Roy c. Fos-
ter and were enthusiastically received.
The matter of carrying the plan
through will be taken up Immediately
by a committee consisting of Messrs.
Roy c. Foster, Frank C. Battey, A. B.
Moore, George J. Baldwin, George w.
Tledeman, w. w. Osborne, w. d.
Krenson, William Kehoe, r. l.. Colding
and R. A. Blanford.
Not only was the project favorably
received at the meeting, but 1t had al
ready awakened such widespread in
terest among all classes of business
men that MIR. Foster was able to read
to the meeting a number of letters
from bankers. naval stores and cotton
men, real estate men, and all classes
of merchants, who gave the plan their
heartiest Endorsement, and pointed out
the many advantages that il would be
to Savannah.
Suggestions for the Speedway.
Mr.. Foster in bringing the matter
before the directors of the Chamber
of Commerce, said: "Since the races
at Ormond, in February, considerable
dissatisfaction has been manifested on
account of that place being so far from
Northern cities, and on account of the
many unsatisfactory features of a
beach speedway.
TT has been from looking into some
OF the features of the races at that
point, and the crowds of people that
have attended them, that has suggest
ed the idea to my mind that if the
people of Savannah and of Chatham
county will take hold Of and indorse
the building of speedway for Savan-
nah, it will be the best means of ad-
vertising this city to the people of
the North, and of securing their pat
ronage for Savannah.
II think this most opportune time
for the county and city to take up
such a matter. for the reason that a
few years ago bicycle riding and rae
ing was at its hight. and 1 feel that
we are now at the beginning of a
food tide in automobile riding and rae
ing which win be several years in
reaching its hight. Therefore, If Sa-
vannah is properly equipped with a
speedway it will mean that this city
will receive free advertising from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes"
snvannah's Advantages.
AS showing the advantages Savan-
nah possesses for such a speedway
Mr.. Foster said there is not such a
speedway south of the Northern cities
and that there is no place in the South
so advantageously situated for such a
course as is Savannah. After pointing
out the excellent results that had fol-
lowed the efforts of the Chamber OF
Commerce in seeking tourist rates for
Savannah Mr.. Foster said: "As several
years ago everyone was carried away
with bicycling, so now everyone who
can afford 1t owns an automobile, and
those who cannot afford to own one
at present, are looking forward to the
time when the price of the machines
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30

tourists that come here are very
wealthy people who come for rest and
pleasure. We haveothe climate and we
have the most beautiful city of the
South, and now any move that will
be inaugurated to add to their pleasure
city.
ut is a well known fact among all
merchants that a very large amount of
money is left with merchants when
there is any large tourist travel. They
have the money. they spend it. think
we should get together in this matter
and see If we cannot build the speed
way. 1t viii, in the end. mean a
greater Savannah for everybody
Mr.. c. II. Dorset indorsed the plan
particularly in that it included a ter
minal at a salt water resort. Indorse-
ments were received also from Mr.. Sig
Gardner and Mr.. Leigh M. White.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30
BOER VETERANS WILL
BE AT WORLDS FAIR.

ViljOen and Cronje Will BE Their
Leaders.
Washington, March 29.-The steam
ship Doune Castle, from Cape Town.
should arrive at Newport News, Va,
on Tuesday, April 8, with the South
African Boer war exhibition, en- route
to the Worlds Fair at st. Louis.
There are about $50 Boer veterans in
the party who were with Cronje at
Spion Kop. Gen. Viljoen, vice presi-
dent of the Boer republic, is in imme-
date command. Gen. Cronje awaits
the party at st. Louis.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30
Misbranding of salmon.

Washington, March 29.-In the Sem
ate to-day there was a renewed effort
to pass the bill prohibiting the mis-
branding of salmon, but owing to the
opposition of senators who hold that
the bill is calculated to interfere with
the rights of individual states under
the guise of an effort to control inter
state commerce, a vote was not reach
ed.
The Senate adjourned until to-mor-
row.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30

Augusta. March ga President George
Jiainer ~ the State SUNDAY -rch ooi
tHsof inilpn, mn kes fhe onldal nn~
ugancemcnt to-niFhf fhaf fhs nnrf
state suuday-Fcho0l CONVENTION sfii ~
belle NJ &aeon. sept 81 "a and ~.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30
Espsrinlsnasnl rFssI.sd.

Dallas IeE. Nnrch as.-A special 20
che News from MaTFIlaH raFa
klijah ~. GampbeH, dlplnion suuef.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30

Justice Brewers Subject Before a
Chicago Audience.

Chicago Audience.
Chicago, March 29.-Justice David ].
Brewer of the United States Supreme
Court delivered an address here to-
night under the auspices of the Mu-
nuicipal Lecture Association. Justice
Brewers theme was Coincidence to Law
the First Civic Duty" and his dis
course was listened to with marked
interest by an audience that filed the
Auditorium Theater.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-30

lnienaen ~ the Texas and Taclne
halifqad "a this cify, ives accidental
u killed in fbe railroad yards here g.
asN, being caught befeffn fsV0 moving
cHff ana crushed a. death a. hsa been
~ % railroad basinfsl fof many Pears
tue Naf WleeIg knoNR
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-08-12
Watermelon Shi pment.

Editor Herdld:-I have often used
the columns Of the Herald 10 tell OF
Mr.. r. o. sandy's success as stock rails
er and farmer, and busy a. he is and
has been with these things ne has
found time this season 10 raise an I'M
usual crop OF watermelons. Not for
the Burkeville but for the Bluetield
market and the Poe shOntas coal fields
in general. | saw his first shipment,
100. Of fine IA / ever saw on a Norfolk
and Western car last Tuesday waiting
for the western trip. / have no idea
what Mr.. Sandy will realize from this
one load, but l am going to venture
the assertion that il Will amount TO
more than that realized from the aver
age tobacco crop. And this extra crop
has not been made at the expense OF
any other crop, for the corn and hay
crops on this model Southside Virginia
farm are rs large and fiOurlshing as any
OF the predecessors. All OF our farm
ers could not hope to succeed with the
melon venture as Mr.. Sandy, aud for
the reason that he enjoys the advan-
tage oflOcation, but most Of our farm
ers il not all Of them, could with hope
Of certain profit diversity their crops.
| wish sincerely that the farmers OF
this section could have seen this ear
load Of melons just to have been con-
WINGED anew N 10 the possibilities OF
Southside Virginia soil.
On other grass farms where | have
been such a thing as choice melons
was never known, and 40 with q large
number Of other good things thai
flourish with US. Mr.. Sandy asked
his farmer friends to contribute to the
success Of this venture, but few respond.
ed. There il not a man Of them wh'
couldn't have made from fifty to ont
hundred dollars without in the leas
interfering with the other work OF thu
farm, and the amount would have
come in handy"
II there we're wide awake farme
societies i'm each Of our counties al
these object lessons would have helpful
and healthful influence and the worl'
would soon know as some OF us al
ready know that Virginia is the gardeI
SPOT Of the world and that SOuthsid
Virginia is the garden spot Of Virginia
Melons and grass and stock and ensl
lage and hay and clover and potatoe
can be made 10 grow in harmony.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-08-12
Death ola Child.

Helen. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. H..
NJ. Cox. died at the home Of her par
ents in this place Monday night last
aged nine years.
For five weeks and more the little
girl suffered from burning fever and
torturing pain, while the 'beioved
physician" and tenderest love conf
bincd To sooth, and If possible to save.
The struggle ended, rs human struggle
must ut last all end, in death, and the
Youthful sufferer j. at peace.
The home gsrdrhN from which she
is gone. is filed wnh buds and bios
sons. and itha homelife from
which She has eeAtaken viii still be
blessed with the Praple Of innocent
childhood, thehouudug thrill OF young
life. and the sweet. helpful presence of
daughters who have developed into
splendid womanhood, and yet SOME
now lust now the feeling Is, and the
sorrow too that the % that chung
closest % the parcni-siem, that nestled
most warmly boo the parent nest is
missing. Why? We do not know
but this we do know that ihe "God
who gave has taken" and now for
grace 90 add: blessed he the name Of
the Lord.'
The funeral took place at the home
at 8 p. m, on Monday, conducted 10y
Rev. T. Gray McAlistcr, and washeaut-
full in it, simplicity, rich in Bible pro-
misses and tenderly touching i'm Its
every feature. The burial was IN the
family square Of the town cemetery.
and there a. lhe shadows Of the sum
mer evening were gathering, aud m
prc.ence of large number Of -ympa-
thisine friends, the home.ircrufer wa
given into the keeping Of a covenant
Keeping God, and sleep beneath a
"wilderness Of blossoms"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-08-12

Miss'Agnes Brown, Of Cumberland
county, IT, said to he critically il.
Mrs. C.. G.. Cowan left Monday for
her former home in Henry county
Master Peter Winston, who has been
quite ill, We are sorry TO report rs no
better.
Mrs. Geo. Paul, sister Of Mrs. j. A
Davidson, is visiting her cousin, Mrs
ID. l.. Traylor.
There are mmors Of approaching
marriages TO take place not later than
next month.
MIR. Henry a. Newbo'd and daught-
err and Mrs. Thornton, Of New York,
are guests of Dr. and Mrs. Anderson.
Mr.. and Mis-. Arthur Barrow. Miss
Willie Barrow and Miss Lillian Keisier
will start Monday next for the Worlds
Fair.
A fine boy has come into the home
Of Mr.. aud Mis-. J. a. Davidson since
our last issue. Both mother and child
are doing well
Mrs. ". W. Anderson and grand
daughter, Miss Elizabeth, left yester-
day afternoon for their old country
home in the eastern part ofthe state.
MI r A. Allen, a well-known citi-
zen Of this place. is reported as being
very ili at the home Of his son. Capt.
j.. ID. Allen, ON Middle street.
Mrs. John a. Cunningham and
daughter have returned from a pleas
amt visit 10 thc Natural Bridge and
other piarcs OF interest iu the noun
tains.
With "a little judicious advertising
Farmvillc would become a summer re-
sort of note. To make it more worthy
Of the repu.e we should plant more
shade Trees, brighten up things, have
"A regular hack for the lithia and in due
time erect am up-to-daie and all round
attractive hotel. The man who travels
much and learns 90 know other places
must agree that the contrast Is deci-
dedly iu favor Of Farmville.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-08-12
On Time.

Editor Herdid.-I heard az active,
prompt business man say: 81 have lost
a "goOd part Of my life waiting for a
quorum" and this was emphasized re
Gently when l heard this conversation
"What time does the meeting begin, y
asked one sister Of another, when the
reply came back. "They say it begins at
half.past two but it rarely opens before
three, or half-past three or four"
What an abOminable habit this of
saying one hour and meaning another.
1t Is almost as bad as with the fellow
who says 90 days when he e six
months.
BE o n time at the directory meeting
at the council, at church aud prayer
meeting. NOON.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-08-12

nd DIR. Sears are also conducting one
at Browns.
W. are sorry that the dates conflict
this year; for many Of our good Pres
byterian brethren are in the habit OF
attending u services, and our folks
love to attend theirs also. Well, we
hope the times will be changed next
year for holding these services.
The many friends Of Mr.. b. Nj. Cox
in this neighborhood deeply sympa-
thise with him in the death Of his
daughter.
Mr.. J. b. Gary, one Of the %well-knOwn
citizens Of our county, is extremely Ill.
Mr.. Gary is about 50 years old and it
il feared that he cannot recover.
Mrs. II. A. Baldwin and Miss Mary
attended the Hix-Garnett marriage at
Smyrna last week and visited some OF
their friends in the neighborhOod for
a few days.
Our rural delivery mai routes are
giving entire satisfaction, so far N l
can learn, and other routes are talked
about being established. This will
eventually be the means Of supplying
the country" people with mails, and
the horse back routes will be, like the
old time stage coaches, relegated to the
past.
We heard that there was a circus in
town today but very few Of our people
attended IT. 1t must not have been
much Of a show.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-08-12
MINOR Manufacturing.

Editor Herdid:-I stopped for din
ner one day last week at the home OF a
farmer, a prosperous member Of the
craft, owner Of a magnificent farm, OF
thoroughbred horses, registered cattle,
improved hogs, and having this season
r superb crop Of corn, hay, potatoes,
peanuts, &c. / almost enyied the sweet
content, the even tenor Of his way, the
intense loyalty for home and all that
made it attractive. The giyer Of all
good has been good to him and he APP
preciates the fact and Is grateful. But
| did not begin this 10 write Of the
farmer, but OF the good wife. When |
was taken into the home and introduc.
ed to her, / was amazed to find her at
work on a shuck door mat. l watched
the work for a time with a keen in-
terest, and then ventured to ask why
in this day when the large manufacture
ing enterprises had swallowed up the
small ones the country over, In such a
home she was engaged in making mats?
"Isn't it being we'll made ?" she asked,
land il | can make one and have the
time, and need 1t after it has been
made is there any reason why l
shouldn't make one?" or course there
was no reason against it, and | am
pleased to find one home in the coun-
try places OF Virginia in which an ear
nest fight is being made against mono
poles. Happy home, peaceful home,
home Of plenty. Tramp.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-08-12
Not LnxnrY.

From the Salem, oregon, Sentinel
About twenty years ago persons who
were privileged to hear Edison's first
crude photograph thought ita wonder
full thing, but little did they dream
that these machines in improved
and perfected form would with
in a few years be available to
every home. Then the records were
made on tin foil and it was impossible
to preserve them. Later the recording
was done on wax and by delicate hand
ling the records were good for consider
able service. Today the records are
perfect, being nodded from hard wax.
With proper handling they will last
for years. The Columbia Phonograph
Co, is turning out first class graphic
phones 80 cheap that no family a az
ford to do without the pleasure and
satisfaction Of owning one. The writer
has had one In his family three years
and looks upon it now as a necessity
rather than a luxury.
aui2.2t.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-08-12
Briery Briefs.
Brlery, Va, Aug. 10, 1904.

Briery, Va, Aug. 10, 1904.
August. the leisure month OF the
farmer, is here and the people Of this
section are taking advantage OF 1t and
enjoying themselves in the shade sur
rounded by luscious fruits and best OF
ali the watermelon.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. X. Priddy visited
their daughter, Mrs. J. II. Ingram, Of
Smithyille, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Leila Redd, Of Waldo, who
spent a week or more with her sisters'
Mrs. W. E. Chappell and Mrs. F. G.
Wilson, has returned home.
Misses l.. o. and w. b. Chappell
visited friends zeal Felden Sunday.
Mrs. G.. NJ. Redd expects to leave
today to spend a few weeks with rela-
tives in Wythe county.
Mr.. ]. II. Booker, who has been in
Baltimore and Richmond for several
weeks returned to his home near this
place yesterday.
Miss Jessie NJ. Staples, Of Richmond,
and Mr.. Jno. +. Staples, Of Grafton,
w. Va, are with their sister, Mrs. w.
f.. Chappell, for a few days.
Messrs. G. NJ. Redd and Nat Morton
attended preaching at Meherrin Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. LOckett WOmack, OF
Darlington Heights, are with Mr.. VIM
Henderson, and family.
Miss Daisy S~hackleton, who has been
visiting Miss Emily w. Redd, has re-
turned to her home at Haley.