West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-01-07

Hon. Thomas ForIney Of Bethlehem. Is in
town today and gave us a paying call.
Hicks Almanac fos sale at the Argus
Book Store, price as cents. sen, b, mail fos
same price.
Hagerstown Aimanacs for 1904 on sale a,
the Argus Book Store. p,ice 10 cents, sent
by mail anywhere a, same price. Stamps
taken.
Maurice Jackson. Supervisor at the
Romues School for the Deaf and Blind, has
been here the past week on his holiday
vacation.
The Teachers District Institute for New
burg is called of by County Superintendent
A. w. CAMEO on account of the smallpox
at that place.
+ Our people are having no trouble getting
ice pu, away this winter a. there has been
plenty of !, for month or more aud nov it
Is ten and twelve inches thick.
Plenty more Finch cards pow on sale a,
The Argus Book Store. price 90 cents. by
mail 90 cents. The whole county is play
ing the game aud it is hard to &c, them, so
great is the demand
The psblic school Of the town is closed
this week ON account of the furnace being
burned out. I, Is hoped to get Il repaired
in time to open school mex, week bat IL Is
impossible to tell just when school can be
resumed.
The young ladies Of the town. the .'sweet
Sixteen Set" rave delightful Leap Year
dance al the Httsl Gordon las, Friday night.
Handsome programs were gotten up and
the gir's gave the ball themselves aud had
good time.
Report Of the Oak Grove school, Grant
district. for the second month ending Dee
zsth. Susie Guthrie, teacher. Pupils en-
rolled girls II. boys II, total q; average
attendance girls 10, boys 10, total 20. Those
presen, every day, May and Cora Maust,
Charles and Harry Benson. Orval Miller,
Paul Copeman and Ralph Frankhouser.
Report Of Mountain Grove school, Grant
distinct, for month ending Dec s4th, Earl
Spiker, teacher. Ppuiis enrolled girls 10,
boys ,3; average Attendance girls o, boys 10;
per cent of attendance girls "a, boys 81,
total ~. Those present every day, Eliza
and William Emerson, and Orval and Jessie
Glover. Trustees aud patrons are cordially
invited to visit US.
The mine whistle out at Irona blew Mon
day morning and few men went to work
and others have gone 10 work since, while
some of those who went towork have been
persuaded to quit by the Union siners who
arc gu, on a strike and seem 20 think they
can win. IL is hard to tell Just how many
men are At work as the accounts given by
the Company officials and the miners do not
agree.
Cameron paper printed paragraph to
the effect that man in Cameron, who has
been married thirty years, still kisses his
wife when he leaves home, which led another
paper TO say 'sTunneiton has a man married
thirty years who kisses his neighbours wife
every time his neighbor leaves home, and
Rowlesburg has a man married forty years
who not only kisses his wife when he leaves
home bu, kisses the hired girl when his wife
leaves home -
r.. D. Rodeheaver of Tanneiton, was in
town this week representing The Grand
Union Tea Company Of Cumberland, Md.
Mr.. Rodeheavsr distributed some handsome
calendars among his customers aud took
several orders for goods to be delivered
about February Isl. lie comes here regu-
larly aud takes orders and delivers goods
and has always given good satisfaction,
securing bigger orders each time.