The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-14
NEWSY NOTES FROM RURAL TOWNS
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RIVE vIIslsls. Sept eyeretlf
IS. IN aetHli ID very inter \
testils er4non ii The p. cbulEte.isj
South, at this place sunday night lass
Ia large crowd q earnest hearers.
I'VE are informed that Rev, Reed Will
have charge 81 this circuit which Rev.
CLARK has had charge Of for the last
two years. ii seemed AZ though Rev.
Clark could not get the people in this
section to gee haw Just as he wanted
them to, 50 after q few hotly contest
led conversations with some Of his
heighbors and also some Of his church
members, which II engaged in by non
professors or sinners would have been
called quarrels, he took his depar-
ture, and we can guarantee him q
safe Journey as far as anything like
chi Injunction being filed against him
in order to hold him in this commun.
| liy, Those meeting him in his new
deld or wherever be casts his lot Eill
find him as agreeable a preacher as
they ever met 50 long as he gets his
way about everything, unless he goes
astray after leaving Rivesville.
The Reverend was blessed wifi. a
noble wife and several lovely little
children who commanded the admlra.
tion Of all who met them and we can
assure with safety that a ray Of sun
shine pleasantness and intelligence
viii be represented in any section they
may be stationed. May the L9r9 !
bless the Reverend with a share'of
the blessings with which his family is
possessed is the prayer of the writer
and doubtless many others.
There is a great work to be done
ia this section along religions lines
or church lines as only for few old
church standbys and the power Of the
SABBATH school and its earnest work.
ers in this place which keeps and pre-
serves a few sparks which gives hope
and presents a little light to guide
the spirited traveller, darkness and
nonent;ty would have been 10 say the
least the doom Of the town, but 1t Is
saved at last, and the church is renew
ing its covenant.
w. N. Satterfeld has returned from
Roane and Gilmer counties where be
bought over two hundred head Of
Hereford cattle. Mr.. Satterfeld con
templates wlnterlng herd of the
whltefaced beauties which he thinks
will outclass the herd of Pole Angus
black hornless creatures. Barraclr'
man and Burns are grazing near here
that have caused no little comment
among stockmen. Nothing looks more
prosperous and enterprising than tc
see the ambition Of farmers and stock
men up in high G.
Cecil Morris, Of Fairmont, was call
ing on parents and friends at RIyes'
vile this week.
This last little rise in the river
brought some peculiar species Of birds
into this section such as ducks, looms
dlppers and some say that a storlI
has been in the nelghborhood.
John Hawkins, rural route mail car.
rier, has been quite sick for some
time and J. W. Thrash has been trav-
cling the rout in this place. Mr.. Haw-
kins is reported some better at this
writing.
Miss Gay Morris is visiting friends
at BlacksvilIe this week.
The Parker's Run Coal Company Is
busy working at Its air compressor and
will soon have 1t in operation.
The work at the New Dakota mine
on the L. P. and Logan Carr lands
between here and Evansville is being
vigorously pushed, A large number
Of laborers are at work as well as
number of mechanics. The new
plant promises much for Rivesville rs
well as the surrounding country. Ma.
rIon county in general is a great draw
ing card. Note the many hundred
business people coming across the line
between old 5Monongalia and Marion.
Note the State lines that are crossed
to get chance to mingle and Inter.
mlngle with Marion county and It's
enterprises and note the newspaper
correspondents who cross the line.
See Pagan. Old Marion is drawing
card and that's no joke on the
LONE STAR,
SANS soucI.