West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-08-24

At one OF their sets the day before the
accident occurred they threshcd out ioz
bushels OF oats in A. minutes.
Mrs Mary Alice Thomas. nee Dot
| Craig wife OF 4. w Thomas, died at her
home near Howesville on Saturday night
| last and was buried az Camp Ground Gem
| eterY on Monday OF this week. Her funeral
was preached 10y Rev. George w White TO
large audience in the auditorium az 3
| O'Clock p. m. Dot was a daughter Of
Charles G. Craig had been an exemplary
| Christian from girlhood. was we n liked by
every body aud had been an invalid for more
than year.
There is earnest talk OF erecting a big
| hotel at the Tunuelton Camp Ground TO Toe
ready for the annual meeting next year
| This would certainly bc paying invest.
ment II properly managed Then thore
ought to be an old fashioned revival of tent
| building and other improvements on the
| grounds One thing leads To another aud
| u everybody will put shoulder to the
wheel on the car Of progress, thore is no
reason why TuuueIton Camp Ground may
not become a Mountain Chautauqua aud bo
known In all parts OF America.
6. Il. LaBlanco. a French coal miner who
resides in No. 70 OF the Merchant Coal
| Company's houses, had a narrow escape
| from death the other day, Like all French
men he dearly loves a dish OF mushrooms,
and he gather ed a lot Of common toadstools
in mistake for the delicious edible aud had
them cooked for dinner When nearly done
q. 1. 80.
sea aud rapidly grew worse, Dr. Stalnaker
was hastily summoned and worked with
him long time before lac was out Of dan.
ger A dog In the yard ate some OF the
STUFF that was thrown out and died in
| short time
A new era has daNned in the manage
ment OF the Tunnelton Camp Meeting. The
| Association has determined that good order
must and shall be observed and in this
movement they will be backed by an good
citizens regardless OF religious belief lu
their effort to impress this fact on the
careless and uncouccncd this year.
Charlie Shaw, I'd Reese and Joseph Stone
were arrested, among others and bound
over to answer indictments by the next
grand jury. Their bondsmen are Senator
| Montgomery, Chris Smith and Tom Walker,
respectively As we understand IT, none Of
these offences were serious, but such as
will no longer be tolerated on or about the
| grounds In nearly every case the trouble
can be traced to drinking VIII men never
learn to know their worst enemy II not
| they must be taught that the last and worst
| place 10 introduce that enemy is into re.
| ligious assembly
| Labor Day last Friday on the Tunnelton
Camp Ground reached hgh.watcr mark so
| FAR as intellectual treats are concerned.
Rev. II c. Howard preached in the morn
ing and his address was one OF the finest
discOurses ever delivered on the grounds
He got agoing and talked right on until
after - o'clock. while the people sat still
aud listened without thought OF time or
| place. True eloquence which was so
natural that il blended tremendously with
the waving trees in Gods green grove and
so charged with the el, ctricity Of lofty
| thought that men and women seemed lfted
into higher atmosphere as they listened,
poured from his lips in a steady stream,
| and the only regret we felt was that the
congregation was not larger, that every.
| body was not there to hear. After dinner
came Senator Monlgomcrys mastery al
dress on West Virginia and her Resources
and Possibilities II was big theme and
was we'll treated, showing much historical
research and good judgement in the ar.
rangement OF material lie. too. talked
| right along IN a manner that indicated
thorough preparation as he detailed many
unfamiliar incidents connected with the
birth, early history and later achievements
OF the great Mountain state. whose career
Is still 10 its infancy. Then came the clio.
qucnt advocate Of labor. John Nugcnt.
President Of the United Mine Workers OF
West Virginia. In one Of the best sancst.
most touching and convincing labor adj.
dresses that We ever heard Taken au TO
geiher. Labor Day on the function Camp
Ground In Igos was an iIlus,rous success.
worthy Of the name and long TO be rcmem.
bered. The pity Of 10 is that thousands in.
stead Of hundreds were not there 90 enjoy
and profit by what was said
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