West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-11-29

We have again made our annual
change IN the field Of labor and of
pleasures. We are located at the
old stand, thurdale-modern
lied. In the days of yore-the
good ola days of Democratic
times-of roast venison, roast shins,
"bar" stories and pure apple jack
it was Fairfax. But in these modern
times, amidst the whirl of business,
coal mines, -oke ovens, sawmills,
railroads, Italian groggeries, in
tellectual development of the
masses, and political chicanery, we
use the term Attributable. For such
is the law of force and habit.
Any one going in any direction
from Browns Mills, will see the
smoke and hear the hum and hustle
of the sawmill. Within a radius of
several miles of this place all the
standing timber is being taken off
and converted into the highest
marketable lumber down to the
props for coal mining purposes.
Just how long our forest will last
your writer is not able to say, but
If this wholesale slaughter of the
forest continues a few years at the
same pace, coal mining will be
nonlucrative business. There will
not be saplings sufficient to meet
the demands of our coal mining
industries.
In the midst of this maelstrom of
lumber interests, coal and coke IN
dustries of this glade valley our
farmers have not neglected their
agricultural pursuits. The farmers
of this valley in general have been
very successful the past year in
harvesting bountiful crops in al
most every department. Wheat,
hay, buckwheat, oats, and potatoes
have been fair yield, but not so
great as in former season. Corn
was magnificent yield this season
and at almost every house in the
valley you will observe the fines,
fatiening hogs cast Of the Mississippi
river and suppose that the apple
WAS immense, Judging from the
number of fights, loud swearing,
hallooing, and horse racing going
to and from church and literary
societies. The spoutanieties of the
cider mill in the chemical process
OF fomentatinn. In fact it has been
said that some of the young girls Of
this highly modest, moral, and in
telleciual community have been so
humiliatingly full of the efterverscent
nectar as to cause them to ride on
both sides of the horse, while others
remind you of a Comanche cattle
ranch. Would it not be a good
improvement if some Of our mothers
would change one wing of the
Epworth League into some kind of
humane society.
The Gordon community, this
winter, is the center of Intellectual
attraction. Preaching every two or
three weeks by the pastor, Sunday
school every Sunday at a. m. and
League society at 7 p. m. These
societies arc the best public gather
ings that the parents can give their
children. Moral training and
obedience is essential in the growth
OF proper manhood and womanhood
in the rising generation.
The literati Of the community
have established an old fashioned
literary society at the Gordon school
house and the old as well as the
young attend from miles around.
coming even from Birds Creek.
The school teacher at that place,
Prof. Jason Rogers,is the president.
and every Indication marks an in
teresting lyceum this winter. Some
Of the literary lights are Jason
Rogers, Professor Sutlro, Professor
James Shaher, teacher Hawkins
w. r. shaffer, Col. w. W. Devers.
Col Hiram George Washington
Burk and host Of the sspps and
shuiilcworths.
The schools Of this section are
all in full operation and both
teacher and patron seem 70 do their
part to make the schools this winter
The best that have ever been taught.
Whenever both teacher and patron
do their iuil duty there is but very
little trouble with children and the
school IS a success.
The school at Fairfax is taught
by w. r. Shaner This is his third
term. lie claims that be has the
best school in the county outside of
The towns or graded schools. and
The citizens Of this section distinct
'y want it understood that when
district high schools are established
bv the fls-trf.t-r, a. -..s