West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-04-26
COAL CENTER CHATS.
1idblus OF Tattle and Town Talk To-
gether With Tales Tersely Told.
A kind man S ,he bes. Of manklnd

Win MS daughter,
Mrs, Scott Turner has been iudisposed
Tor several days this week
Mrs. and Mrs. Alton Jackson from Austen
were runnelton visitors last week.
Merchant L. L. Adams Of River City was
business visitor here on Thursday.
Farmers are complaining that their work
Is being delayed by the wet weather
An Epworth League wall be organized at
Camp Chapel on Tuesday night. MayI.
The subscription school taught 10y Miss
Qua West closed on Friday OF last week.
The protraeted meeting at No. 7 closed
without apparen,;result or apparent effort
+. L. Parrack the Tunnelton lawyer was
IN ktngwood last Wednesday on legal bust.
ness.
Cecil Parrack. now OF Fairmont. spent
Sunday here with his brothers Ed and
Frank.
William Bowman the Rowlesburg lawyer
was al the Coal Center on business last
Friday.
Judge Messenger special representative
OF the Yellow Jacket was in town last
Thursday
There are numerous recipes Tor making
gentleman. but only God Almighty can
make man.
Uncle Jimmy Johnson. our local shoe.
maker claims that banana peelings, make
the best slippers.
Senator Montgomery represented Preston
county in the Sunday school convention at
Clarksburg last week.
Miss Amanda ZONES OF Newburs was here
shopping and calling on. relatives aud
friends last Saturday
Davis Elkins president aud George Glenn
trainmaster Of the NJ. & X. railroad were
Coal Center visitors last.week
Lives laugh and love-thereIl soon come
time when you can't. The mummy hasn't
had any fun for FIVE thousand years
-. T.. Watson aud Senator =. Il Mont.
gomery are away serving on the Federal
grand jury at Clarksburg this week.
Mrs. u. ~ Orr from Kingwood was visit.
ing her two daughters. Miss Carrie aud
Mrs Montgomery on Tuesday OF last week.
William Bishop OF Terra Alta accompan,.
ed by his two children Junior aud Tay.
spent Sunday at the Coal Center with his
mother.
Roy Hardesty, assistant cashier in
Fairmont bank. spent Sunday last as
guest at the hospitabe home OF NC.
Gibson
Many Tears are expressed regarding the
iruit since the freeze Monday night. We
think little damage was done except to
peaches.
Mrs. ID. +. Watson the Function MILL.
ner and Miss Bess Gibson one OF our
society bellies were Grafton visitors last
Wednesday.
The big snow storm last Monday morning
would have made fine picture Of winter il
1t had been surrounded by frame OF
January days
Cofmans store is dead-clalms to have
been rushed to death by business. and IL
looks as il NJ. c. Gibson & Co. were going
the same pace.
Vincent T.. Cooke and Henry Rickelman
from TOWNSVILLE and J. NJ. orr from New.
burg were among the business callers in
town this week.
Man is Of few days and full OF trouble.
He springeth up like the grass and is cut
down, and few there be who make more
than half crop
Charles Powell one Of the lighting manip.
ulators at Rowlesburg was here las, Satur.
day. visiting his father Amos Powell aud
some OF his boyhood friends.
Civilization is described as an upward
tendency in mankind which has enabled
him to develop the modern college YELL from
what was once only war-whoop.
Both the miners and the bosses
Want concessions. bless your soul.
But the poor benighted public
Will be satisfied with coal
Frank Craig is assessing colts and calves
under one year old in Kingwood district
and says he was instructed to do so by the
assessor. How is this Mr.. ShaHer2
David w. Sanders OF New Philadelphia.
Ohio. Is spending this month in visiting his
numerous relatives in Preston county. lie
was reared near Dunkard Bottom on Cheat.
five year old son OF Mr.. Geldenbaugh
OF Newburg had his legs cut of by car IN
the railroad yards there one day last week
and died from the effects Of the shocG.
Mrs. Lizzie Young Of Cornth who had
been visiting her daughters IN town for
some days. spent Sunday down on the farm
with her brother. Ezra Teets and his family.
Frank Casseday who has been engaged in
coal mining at Sparda. Arkansas for nearly
year returned to function on Tuesday.
The miners Of Arkansas are out on a strike.
George Miller & Son have just completed
large addition 10 their planning mill. which
we understand will be used at present as a
feed store but may later be converted into
grist mill
w 6. Lavelle spent Sunday last with his
old friend + + Berkenbaugh formerly
weighmaster for the Merchants Coal Co.
here. but now living at his old home in
Homecoming, Md.
Wendell Phillips. junior member Of the
firm OF -. X. Phillips & Son. Of Rowiesburg.
was AZ the Coal Center last Thursday on
his way to the county capital 70 attend 70
some legal business
!. p. Martin passed through runnelton
last SATURDAY. on his way TO Stanton. va.
where Mrs. Martin has been visiting for
some weeks, and we understand they will
return early next week
Stanley Miller little son Of Lee Miller.
| died IN Cumberland where he had been
staying with relatives on Tuesday OF last
| week, and was brought TO function and
/ inferred in the Camp Ground cemetery on
Thursday. The lad was between eight and
( nine years old
We understand that o. w Zinn has re-
signed his position as Grand Exalted Ruler
OF the Sons Of Rest and will engage ir