West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-10-12

fever.
Mr. and Mrs. J L. Stone have been 4,
Grafton this week visiting friends anS
relatives.
MIS-. X. +. Burke is here this weeI
teaching for her husband who rs a
Maruns5urg.
Prof. Henry Fleshsr went to Morgantowr
last Saturday to take in the Masonic blow
out over there.
II. {. flyihe is very busy putting IN new
heaters in different parts Of the county. n,
made thres new sales last week.
James G. Menear. the editor and publisher
of the Reform School News at Ptun,ytown,
was here this week visiting home folks.
Justice of the Peace William Herr,
Murdoch was at Morgantown last week
mixing up with the preachers over there.
Adam w. Albright was up at Webster
Springs las, week looking up some property
up there with n view toward making an
investment.
Leroy Bucklew was up at the Camp
Ground the past week putting slate roof
on the hne new residence erected hy
William G. Miller.
Prof. X. +. Burke of the Kingwood
Schools rs at MSrtinsburg this week attend.
ing the X. of z. Grand Lodge. lie is a
Grand Lodge officer.
Mareellus +. Stone of near Kingwood.
has two fine cows for sale. They are half
Jersey and half Durham aud each gives
three gallons of milk per day.
W. l.. Ormond of Plsgah, was here ON
Monday on his way to Martinsburg to at
tend the Grand Lodge Of the X. of z. as
representative of Gordon Lodge Of Pisgah
The hig steam shovel OF Talbot Bros
that was in use out at the big fla below John
Dill's was moved last week to some point
IN New York State where they have a big
Hon Edward S. Elliott aud wife from
Chicago, arrived here last Friday, being
summoned by the critical illness of Mr.
Elliou's mother, who died Saturday morn
ing about nine O'Clock.
Mrs. II. {. Howard, Mrs. George A.
Walls, Mrs. Jennings NJ. King, Mrs.
Edward &. EVERY and Mrs. Thomas ID.
Craig were all at Morganlown during the
past week attending the special services OF
the NJ. Conference.
Don't fail TO read the big haIf-paee ad.
vertisemen, to be found in this issue, of the
Morgantown Investment Company. We
know the people aud have no hesiiancy in
recommending them to our people as
entirely reliable and trustworthy.
Circuit Court conyenes here today. The
Grand Jury will be sworn in aud instructed
by Ills Honor, Judge john Homer Holt, aud
sent to their room to find out who has been
imPairug the peace aud dignity of the law.
We will give report OF the proceedings
next week.
A meeting of the Board of Trade was
held last Saturday night and about fifteen
members were present. The State Board
has been in session at Parkersburg this week
and Mayor w. IL. Mcdaniel, Gus 7. Shaffer
and DIR. 4. w. Strickler left Tuesday after
noon 10 attend as delegates from the local
board.
Spencer Cole was here last week visiting
his brother b. f. Cole lie is an employ
of the Keystone Drill Company of Beaver
Falls, Pa and is just back from Egypt,
where he had been the past year in charge
of some machinery for his company, drilling
wells in the Sandy Deserts over there. They
had to go about four hundred feet 10 get
water.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Holden and son
Eugene, returned home last Friday from
Grafton, where they have been for some
time at the home of Mrs. Holden's mother,
on account Of the delicate health Of Mrs. II.
and the birth of her child Mr.. Holden
having been absent from his Office for some
time, has been necessarily compelled to
neglect his business more or less, but is now
here and will be found at his Office every
daN ready to attend to all business that
comes his way.
The new pastor for the Kingwood NJ L.
Church is Rev. !. II. Hess, late Presiding
Elder of the Charleston District and comes
very highly recon mended as an able and
earnest divine. The charge is one Of the
best in the State with a splendid church
building and brick parsonage and pays sIfso
salary. The retiring minister Rev Harry
{. Howard has been here six years and
leaves a hos, Of friends who bid him God
speed IN his new home. But few changes
we're made by the Conference for this coun-
". We will publish full list next week.
Rev. Josiah b Feather Of Lenox, this
county, was here Tuesday on his way home
from attending Conference a, Morgantown
lie called at this Office to subscribe for The
Argus for year. The Morgsntown
Dominion has this to say Of Kew. Feathers:-
Rev. J. b. Feather Of Preston county,
whose period Of service is second only to
that OF Rev. Dix, was called on, and he too
made short address that was greatly en-.
joyed. Rev. Feather has the reputation Of
knowing the West Virginia Conference as a
whole better than any man in IL. lie has
served more churches than any other man 10
the Conference, and not TO know him marks
mintnisier as being new man in the state
Five prominent young men from Kingwood
wen, 20 Morgantown last Saturday morning
to be initiated into the rites and mysteries Of
higher branches Of Masonry. They took
six degrees ir the new chapter being