The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-03-17
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NV. ATsoN March p lIornerr
has resigned his position g payroll
.cferl and returned to his home Of 4 ct y
creek
j. 8. Crawford e IN Pittsbarg this
week on business
Miss Grace Wilson, Of Booth1syl tlleE.
vas visiting p. q. Tfaugh's The first
II the week
Miss Hazel Ash is getting up a SUM
mer school
The miners are running full time nag
this week and the prospects are there
viii be good work this summer.
Some one visited Z. A. Hunsakers
hen house last Saturday night and
took about a dozen Of his finest fans.
we understand ]. W. Mason, the
popular 3. ana o. ticket agent Of this
place, has purchased a controlling In;
terest IN, a Clothes Pin factory at
redwood, viva. If this be true, Mr.!
Mason will likely resign his position
with the B. and o. Mr.. Mason has
many friends here especially among
the ladies'.
B. f. Homer, a brother Of Attorney
Thos. R. Homer, Of this place, will
leave this week for Panama where he
will be engaged in the engineering
work on the canal. Copied from Yves
ton Independent.
L. L. Work and Saul Hunt have ac-
cepted positions with the street car
company.
Rev. B. G. Stewart is holding pro-
tracted meeting at the NJ. P. Church.
The weather has been SO bad that the
attendance hasn't been good.
F. H. Hawkins is on duty with the
grip this week.
@. D. Fleming, clerk in the supply
department Of this place, is visiting
his parents near Philadelphia, Pa.
Frank Snider has been appointed
Aims House keeper for another year.
The court couldn't have made better
appointment.
Lawrence Thompson has accepted
has resigned his position as pay clerk
The U. R. X. P. boys are requested to
all turn out next Tuesday night, March
leo. Major Fleming with No. 16, Of
Fairmont, will be here to inspect our
company.
We hear the name Of Geo. W. Hull
prominently mentioned for the board
Of education for this district. Mr..
Hull would be a good man for the
place and is in sympathy with the six
months school. To nominate men like
Mr. Hull is the only way to get a
longer term OF school. Nine out of
every ten in this district want the six
months school.
What is the matter with Watson
We see SO much talk from Rlvosyllle
ami LJorIt corresDondents about their
| great Industries. Rivesville has a lit
lite country coal mine. employing 3
coal miners and pit boss that have
been working for about A mnothts stor-
/ ing coal on the banks of the sIonon-
gahela river thinking they can supply
the demand for coal during the con-
ltemplated strike. We have ten large
boilers up here that they could not
supply coal for unless they ran day
and night turn. AS for Hoult taey
never did have any industries except
ling an incubator and the capacity Of
that was only 80 chickens every 8
weeks. One thing Hoult is neted for
| Is the steep hills; on a bright June day
you can look up the chlmneys and see
the farmers plowing corn on tho hill
sides. Hoult farmers plant Rivesyille
corn and Riyesvllle farmers plant
Hoult farmers corn. The hills are so
steep you have TO take shot gun and
get on the opposite side Of the river
and shoot the corn in the hills on the
other side. When hoeing time comes
they have to set a long rope anil tie
II to a tree and then around their bod
les for safety Would like for the
Hoult and Riyesyille correspondents
to come up and take a look over Wat
son before they do any more Dragging.
i might mention a few Of our indus.
tries in order to show them that an
incubator and little country coal mines
are not in It with US. We have coal
mines that have daily capacity Of
$500 tons Of coal; one glass house
running day and night employing
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