West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-11-02


Young Mr Schaeaer. a son ofthe sheriff
I was IN Function last Saturday, discount
| day-coliccung taxes. aud secured a large
| roil OF tho long green. The Young man i'm
| pressed our people as clear headed, careful
| and competent
| Tom Jackson, assessor on the EAST side.
Was IN Function TUESDAY and Wodnes
| day shaking hands with his old friends like
1 a huStlicg candidate tor ofiCc. lie denied
| oeing candidate, however. aud said he
| was buying sheep
VIII Montgomery, who has had a serious
i case OF typhoid lever. was OUT ON the
streets Tor the hrSt time last Monday
| WhUc conhncd TO the house he has accu.
mulatcd such growth OF whiSkers that his
friends hardly know him any more
Two new members were received by
Local Function OF the Socialist party al
their meeting last week aud two others
were proposed A fund was ais, voted
from the treasury TO buy literature Tor dtS.
'ubuuon. DO you want some Of N3
Prof. Waitman A. Barbe OF the state
University az Morgantown, was visiting the
| high school here ON Monday of this week.
MT batbe is well known as ono OF the finest
scholars aud most polished literary writer's
IN West Nirginia-or In America, Tor that
| matter.
Did YOU ever see a copy OF the National
klp'Saw, edited 10y Col. Dick Maple u
YOU did. you haven't forgotten a. Il is
blind as bat to everything but Right.
and stings worse than a wagon load OF
yellow Jackets Garry the news to
Judge Messenger
young peoples meeting was organized
az Chestnut Ridge near Austen on last
Friday evening and their programs are eN.
pected 10 include singing, declarations,
oratlons, rccitations. essays, etc. This
viii form center OF interest Tor the Young
iolks aud Is greatly to be commended.
Elmer Watts aged a. son OF lanes
watts, residing In Reno district near the
Barbour county line went out to water the
horses on Tuesday morning OF last week
lie did not return and when his father
went TO look Tor him he found him dead at
the water trough-prcsumably the result OF
heart disease
Rev ldleman will preach at the Austen
school house on Friday evening. November
10th Considering that he gets over his In
entire charge every three weeks aud has a
lot OF marrying TO do besides funerals to
preach and other PASTORAL work to attend
TO- we should Judge that he was anything
else than an ldeman.
Benjamin H. Cork. aged fourteen son by
former marriage OF Mrs, Alice T.. Wolfe
mysicriously disappeared from his home
IN Iunuelton on October ard, and has not
since been seen or heard from II is
thought he went away with small band OF
Hipsles who we're camped about that time
on the Ices Ferry pike near Function
1, r. Shay one OF our famous coon hunt.
ctS has recently cut number OF new
notches on his gun barrel lie spent part OF
last week hunting Coons out back OF King.
wood, near linn Elliots farm. aud caught
eight OF the risky varmcnts- four of thCn
IN one night When he returned to the
Coal Center the BOYS gave him aud the
coons regular reception.
George 4. and William Closson Moore,
from Pratt Center, Kansas, are spending
couple OF months with West Virginia
friends and relatives They are half
brothers OF a. NJ. Moore and spent sun.
day In Tunnelton visiting Ed Stewart. Mr.
Moore and other relatives This is their
hrst visit to Preston counS since they went
west twenty eight years ago.
The protracted meeting az No A. Reno
district, now Ia It's second week is being
well attended aud proving a center OF
great interest. IL will continue until sun.
daynext and perhaps longer This Is the
hIst protracted meeting on runnelton
charge Tor the present conference year
and MI. Shacklcford is doing all the
preaching and dong II we'll.
I'll Won know anything YOU had better
keep still. This is PLENTY So reads a
note placeu under DR. Vests front door
last sunday night by mysterious indivi'
dual who had been proving around his
house all night, and had been watched 10y a
couple OF our citilens. The Doctor was az
inst greatly puzzled over the occurrence,
but now thinks he understands &c. As there
Is likely 20 be further Developments we
iorbear comment or additional particulars
already in our possession.
w. G. Lavellc who has been In Cumber.
land, Md, for several months. is once more
back among the West Virginia hills. and
has been contributing to the gaycty OF life
In number OF towns aud cities during the
last week Beside Tunnelton he had been
In Kingwood Grafton, Parkersburg and
last but not least he dropped into ClarkS.
burg one evening to attend a surprise party
and gave them sample OF Irish wit in
rafting mouologue lasting nearly an hour
The boys went wild over the performance,
and want him TO do il some more