West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-07-28

ING his brother Ross and other relatives.
If you want the best school for your
daughter send for catalogue of Lewisburg
Seminary.
The KinGwood base ball club goes to
Oakland tomorrow to play return game
over there with that club.
J. Frank Manown, the genial and portly
cashier of the National Bank at Philippi, has
been here this week visiting friends
Wilson Barrett, the famous actor, died
last Friday, July 27nd, in London, England,
from the effects of an operation two DAYS
before for cancer.
Edwin Stalnaker of Denver, Colorado. a
son of Dr. a. G.. S,alnaker of Tunnellon,
has been visiting his father and will spend
the summer in this county.
Riley 4. Scott of West Virginia, one of
the graduates of the West Point Military
Acadamy this year, has been assigned to the
I2th Cavalry as second lieutenant.
Frank CoPen, the Prosecuting Attorney
of Writ county, this State. Suddenly and
mys'eriously disappeared some time since
and no trace of him has been found as vet.
The Junior Endeavor of the Presbyterian
church held pleasant picnic down in the
woods at Newt Manown's place last Satur.
day afternoon in honor of Robin Ramsey's
birthday.
The NJ. +. church here has unanimously
requested Rev. Harry {. Howard to remain
another year as pastor. lie has already
been here five years and our people will not
give him up at all
The funeral of w. J. w. Cowden, the
President of the Board of Regents of the
State University, took place last Friday at
his home in Wheeling aud the burial in
Greenwood cemetery.
Frank Corbin returned this afternoon from
Kingwood where he has been for two DAYS
on business connected with the Oliver
Lumber Company. lie might have stayed
longer had 1t not been that the Washington
base ball team played here today. Morgan
town Post
Harrison county Democrats have named
the following ticket: Sheriff Chas. A. Short;
Prosecuting attorney, Ed Lewis; legislature,
Nj. J. Francis and Earnest Randolph; county
commissioner, David L. Hall; assessors.
w. 0. Kennedy and Lewis Rector; surveyor.
Guy Bassell.
The Kingwood Meat Market keeps con.
sIantlY GU hand uncanvassed hams and
bacon, fresh, cool and sweet. The meat is
shipped in refrigerator cars and kept hang
ing up in the ice cooler, so that you do not
have to buy two or three pounds of canvass
covering to get little meat.
The 24,h annual session Of the Wheeling
State Fair will open on the island, Septem.
tember Sth, aud be bigger and better than
ever. They will have "Pike" same as
the st. Louis Fair and if you don't get to
/ go TO the Big Exposition and ramble down
the Pike, you can go to Wheeling and see /,
on smaller scale.
An old-fsshoned winter seems 20 have
worked little injury to wheat after all. The
1904 crop is now estimated at 63s, 40, 600
bushels, against yield Of 6zzS2I, 900 last
year There is an estimated falling off of
| 100000 bushels in wheat, but this is nearly
offset by an estimated increase of a, 900.
900 bushels in spring wheat.
The 'Jim- Crow law which was passed q,
the last session Of the Maryland legislature
beaome effective recently. The State re.
quites separate compartments for white and
oolored passengers. The b. & o. Railroad
Company has equipped about 10 coaches
for this purpose and, not waiting for the law
to become operative, started running some
Of them about two weeks ago.
The Rev. as. 6 b." which stands for
SwamPed Gospel Boa, or Sam g. Bettes,
whichever you please, is still operating in
the interior Of the State and keeping as far
away from the water or that Gospel Boa, a,
possible. We see by the papers that he
broke out last week at Fairmont. Grafton
and other interior towns. We hope those
heslhens IN South America will make il eli
right anyhow.
Mrs Harriet /. GOH. widow of the late
Waldo 2. Goh, and mother Of Judge Nathan
Golf, Of the United States circuit court. died
at the home Of her daughter, Mrs. Richard
+. Lowudes, Of Clarksburg, Wednesday Of
last week at 3 o'clock, after lingering
illness The deceased was a daughter OF
Major Thomas p Moore, was born March
!, 1910, and was united in marriage to Mr
Golf, on March IS, 1890
The trouble which has been brewing for
some time past between the officers Of The
Pennsylvania Consolidated Coal Company
at their Irontown mines in Preston county
and the officials Of The United Mine Worker,
Of America, resulted in the arrest Of four men
who have been actively engaged In an Effort
TO organize union Of the miners ~ thai
place. On complaint Of the coal compsnv
that the injunction recently granted b,
Judge Jackson. Of the Federal court, restrain.
ing the agitators from interfering in an,
manner with lh- working Of the mines wa.
being violated, Marshal G. u. Elliott and
Deputy Marshal ID. X. Jackson proceeded
to lroutown and arrested Thomas Hsggerty,
Lloyd n. True, Squire McGinnis and IT, H.
Cross, the latter being the town marshal Of
Tunneiton. The men we're taken to Parkers
burg.