West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-04-19
COAL CENTER CHATS.
Tidbils OF Tattle and Town Talk To-
gether With Tales rersely Told.

makes Tool she means IT,
DO they call 1t Wall street because SC
many men so TO the wall thereP
Spring is here-the first Straw hat ap
peared on the streets Wednesday.
Thomas Roberts the photographer from
Rodamers was in town on Monday.
Mrs. May Wolf the Anderson merchan,
was in town on business last Thursday.
w. w. BernhNrdt the popular hardware
man was here on business last Thursday.
r. p. Gale started on business trip TO
the western part OF the state on Thursday.
The farmer may not understand high
finance but he knows enough to water his
stock
The real christian helps the poor at
home before sending money away to the
heathens.
Last Sunday was too cloudy and dull to
afford brilliant backg round for the new
Easter bonnet
Col. w. !. Lavelle came up from Cumber.
land to attend the funeral OF Johnny Cruise
on Wednesday.
a. ii, Shumaker chief clerk Of the Merch.
ants Coal 60. here was a business visitor at
Grafton last Wednesday.
When we close our eyes to our own faults
We must not imagine that we are imparing
the vision OF other people.
Charley Craig was town last Monday and
sang an oldtime song tor the amusement OF
the boys on Monkey Row.
Thorn Co. have just added a line OF
dry goods and notions to their grocery and
restaurant on Railroad street.
forest tire on the hill northwest OF
town recently destroyed some fence Tor
parties living in that vicinity.
Mrs. Laura Campbell and son Everett. of
Brownsville. Pa, was visiting her sister
Mrs. Walter Hart last week.
Mrs. Morgan Orr OF Newburg, spent
Thursday last as the guest OF her sistet.in-
law. Mrs. Grace Montgomery.
DIR. ]. NJ. King, one OF the leading physl.
clans OF Kingwood. was a very pleasant
visitor in town last Saturday.
Prof s C. Smith the Morgantown must.
clan was IN Function last Friday, return.
ing from visit to Oakland, Md.
The reason bakers bread is lighter than
the homemade Article is simply because the
bakers call nine ounces a pound.
Henry Alden Cool the Grafton merchant
at Anderson this week. looking after his
farm and other business interests,
The letter that was found" is dandy
have you seen copy There are others
just as warm that could be found
Miss Nellie Albright OF Kingwood was
here on Wednesday in the interest OF her
proposed music class at the Coal Center
The Ladies Aid Society OF the NJ. T..
church held their regular Wednesday
afternoon meeting at the parsonage this
week.
Services are being held nightly at No. 2
this week. They are announced TO and
including Thursday aud may continue
longer.
Miss Marie Cupp who has been the house
guest OF Miss Bess Gibson for two or three
weeks, returned to her home at St. George
last Friday.
Mrs. Carrie FrantE and Mrs. Charles
Myers are both III. suffering from what is
supposed TO be consumption the white
PLACE OF this climate.
Claude Montgomery moved on wednes.
day from the Miller house on Gibson street
to the cid Samuel Hsrdesty homestead
above the steam mill
Major ! w. Flynn was here Saturday
| returning from Pruntyiown where he had
been attending meeting OF the board OF
directors OF the Reform school
Adar,s .,d To-. 80
adieu to their Tunnelton friends on Tues.
day last and departed for the River City.
where they will reside in future
Miss Carrie Orr who has been visiting
the family OF her uncle. Morgan Orr OF
Fairmoni. has returned TO Function and
resumed her place in the postoGice.
The concrete foundation for the new
brick passenger depot is about completed
aud Function hopes ere long to have a
depot OF which she needs not feel ashamed
Joseph A. Miller and wife went to Fair
mont on Saturday. where they spent the
Easter holidays with their son hudson,
and their two daughters Carrie and Gussie
Harvey Halbritter had his scalp badly
cut by fall Of slate and stone coal in the
four or FIVE stitches to suiture the wound.
Mr.. J. w. Robinson formerly OF Fellows.
vile tut now OF Parsons. is here this week
visiting his three daughters Mesdames
folly Stafford. George Kercheyal and Link
Wolf.
On May - Monongalia county will vote
on the proposition to issue $4,000 in bonds
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bridge across the Monongahela river at
Morgsniown.
The Tunnelton Pharmacy was broken
into and valuable goods stolen on Tuesday
night and on Wednesday T.. NJ. Williams
sent to Moundsville Tor bloodhounds to
trace the thief
w. Z. Noel cried nearly all day last Mon.
dsy--at Mrs Susan Phillips sale. lie did
IT, too. with an able and artistic touch
which betokened familiarity with the
business
Pringles run is sdll passing down the
county road al the east end Of the second
bridge above the old Cobun Mil. Has our
road supervisor gone out Of business until
the circuit court meets2
They have a chronic kicker down Al
Grafton who complains that he can not
afford to take day Of because his wages
are 50 high that he would lose too much
money BY missing day from his work
w. O. Lavelle returned on Monday from
pleasure trip TO Cumberland and Frost.
burg. Whatever he may have found AZ the
former city we are reliably informed that
he met with no frost al the latter burg
Thomas Poland who has been check
weighman here for more than year re.