Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-08-24
INDIAN MOUND CEMETERY
IN THE HEART OF THE ALE
GAMES
At The Naples Hampshire County
West Virginia

West Virginia
Every dzy. Sunday excepted. At II
a. m. the coach draws up At the Par
ker House IN RomBey for passengers,
If any be booked for IL. If not. the
stage sweeps down the broad highway
Of Romney, and, making a short turn
at the end Of the street, heads west
ward There is keen zest in getting
on the Usual in travel. II presents
the variety that IS the spice Of ex-
istence.
Today the stage coach for the longer
part OF the half score miles that / was
10 ride in it, belonged entirely to the
holder of the reins and myself. That
was happy. we soon struck up an ac-
quaintancesbip that gave the writer
the very information he desired. This
IS the South Branch Valley; this is
Mill Creek Valley. this is Mechan-
icsburg Gap as we dashed along
through beautiful defles and beside
clear streams, and, adding I'm the To-
cal history, This is ParIkcr's Tan
merry, here leather is tanned after the
old methods, and when you get
piece of IL you have leather
This was delightful information,
telling that there was one man pur-
suing a manufacturing industry, and
not swallowed up In n Company
Beside giving the splendid leather
that the fathers used instead Of the
tender shoe-stun that rapid tanning
OF modern days make. Then the
driver knew the coolest spring on the
route aud stopped 10 give me guan
Of water THAT needed no ice i'm 1t, a
sentiment / thoroughly endorsed after
a taste from this delightful icy
fountain.
The stage, however, is not always
as commodi0us as IL was this day.
But TO accommodate comfortably six
1t sometimes has nearly
twenty, literally cramn1ed into IL be-
side q complement OF trunks, suit
cases and a miscellaneous array Of
bundles with the United States mail
closing the manifest. Where the ten
miles ended, the ample family wagon
OF my host took the traveller up, bag
and baggage, and carried him three
miles and over through fertile val
Ieys, along winding hills, over purl-
ing streams, into shady glen, where
the singing run made music on the
ear. up to the lofty heights and roll
ing pasture lands Of ''The Naples.
The next afternoon after my arrival
7 took a mountain ramble. Leaving
the familiar paths, tried an unknown
way, and suddenly came upon an old
the ruined and deserted
Of s'Cold Spring Church" /
had visited this place last year, but
had reached it this time by another
route. The chapel had personal in
terest in tie fact that here two-score
wears ago, my fellow -townsmaD, the
Igey. John Poisai Hyde, used TO Off
ciatc. A new church, built near the
main highway Of the county, left this
altar Of God without it's worshippers.
THE beautiful and appropriate site,
on the mount, in the shade Of the
Of the forest, amid the grove,
carpeted with velvet green, remained,
but the pillars Of the church bad fall
en-: its psalms were silent. its prayers
unuttered the sermons uuprcacbcd
its congregation gone, but In this altar
place, supTemely fitted for temple
or fhe most high, shaded by the oaks,
amidst the Aceting shadows and CLINT
ing sunlight, ono could well believe
that listening Angels still came to hear
once fn0re the songs Of Zion to take
back 10 the City Of God the prayers
that they again expected 10 bc prayed
in this bailowed spot.
4 camp meeting under the auspices
of the Methodist EpigcOpai Church,
south, is nov IN progress near Bur
Iingfon, about ten miles from Rom
ney. ON Sunday large congregation
y AZ present, tiie morning sermon be.
ing preached by tIIe igey. SIR. fOut,
ffOu the text " According 70 the
mighty power whereby be ~ able 10
sabdne All things to himself" one
of the strong points Of the sermon
was the responsibility that WAS upon
men 20 account for the Stewardship ~
their means. The afternoon discourse
WAS by the Iicy. SIR. Collins. His
text WAS from the incident 10 the
building ~ the wall ~ Jerusalem, ufl-
der NehamiaB, when every man work
"a with lis sword IN one hand. This
sword tic preacher Iikened ~ the Chris
tian religion declaring that eyefy
man must have his Own sword, that
he must aiways have IL ~ bin for
use. The audiences were large and
ne attention aud order wefe most
marked. Tire singing under q pro-
ylsloual choir was beautiful ~ the
Southern NetliOdists have adopted tbs
new bymnai. - was inspiring amongst
tl,ees mountain cliffs 70 hear tbs wof-
sbtpfnl Amen - an addendUm -
tiIc bymnss
The camp ground Is most conye-
nienfIy and picfnfegquely located. The
ground IL . level valley between Two
tall ranges ~ bills. 10 the midst ~
the camp russ = stream ~ water Pub
lie roads cleave the camp ~ two,
but when services are 10 progress
one of the two roads that pass through
the carnp-tfe one near the auditor
fum lis closed 50 ~ ~ prevent dis
turbaucc 70 the worsbippers. Heilg-
ions fervor. kindly social relations
aud a generous hospitality emphasize
,s,e eonvoeaff0n Of kindred spirits in