West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-01-09
The Argus Is Now Located In the
or. J. \. King Building on Main
Street. Come In.
IN AND ABOUT KINGwoop.

Advertise.
Boom the town.
Beautiful snow.
Clean the crossings.
Sun rose today at 7:20. g
Sun sets this evening at 4;20.
Election day was rather exciting.
County court has been in session since
Monday.
Brown Lodge, No. 80, installed officers
Tuesday night.
A. Bliss McCrum made business trip
to Tunnelton Monday.
Miss Daisy Mcdaniel was a Morgan.
town visitor Monday
o. Y. Shaw, OF Valley Point. was in
the county seat Tuesday.
Newton Forman, OF Bruceton, was in
town on business Monday.
Mayor w. G.. Conley went 10 Wash
eng, ID. G., today on business.
Attorney L. f.. Parrack. Of Tunnelton.
was here Tuesday on legal business.
Il. +. Smith, of Valley Point, favored
us with pleasant business call Friday
We are under obligations to each of
the local banks for handsome 1908 calen-
dars.
Earl Hawkins and little son were both
surgical patients at the Stricken hospital
this week.
w. Ill. Owens, of Housewife, gave III
short call Saturday and inspected our
new quarters.
At the municipal election Thursday
the ticket nominated at the mass meet
ing was elected.
w. j. Bowermaster, of Bruceton, was
IN town Monday night in attendance at
Masonic meeting.
DIR. j. NJ. King left today for Balti-
more TO resume his course in medicine at
the Maryland University.
Klet Forman, of Lenox, il i'm town for
few days the guest OF his father, c. w.
Forman, of the Cash Store
Miss Margaret Stricken returned from
weeks visit with the family of Dr. G.
.. Henry in Fairmont last Thursday.
Miss Fanny Parsons returned Sunday
evening from pleasant weeks visit
spent with home folks in Morgantown.
Trying to do business without adver-
Using Is like winking at a girl i'm the
dark you know what you are doing but
nobody else does
No; we didn't publish our entire list
last week. Quite number remembered
the printer since then, as a glance at the
honor roll will show.
Col. M. NJ. Murdoch, editor of the
arl.t 4 l.
here, died last week. He had many rel
atives in this section.
Miss Sophia Schwendeman returned
Saturday from a pleasant two weeks
visit with relatives and friends in Spring
field and Lowell, Ohio.
We call attention this week TO the adj
yertisement of the Cash Store. Those
seeking bargains will find them at this
January clearance sale.
Jolly J. C. Simpson, the clever Mar
guess merchant, was i'm the county seat
Saturday on business ut the courthouse,
and visited our new office.
Wilbert and Frank Liston and Jack
son Greathouse, of Valley Point were in
town Tuesday on business. The former
gave ms very pleasant call.
W. ". DoNCfindSltT, WHO has Dten ell
joying quite rest since retiring from
the Leader, is now holding down good
situation in the Acme printing plant,
Morgantown.
DIR. w. III. Post, physician and surgeon
for the Ellkins Coal and Coke company
at Masontown, was a county seat visitor
last week and favored THE ARGUS with a
business call.
Miss Ella Nora Berry, aged %, sister
of Thomas Berry, Rowlesburg, died at
her home in Flintstone on Saturday,
December %. The funeral took place on
New Years day.
G.. III. Rhodes, who conducts general
store at TOWNSVILLE, was in town Friday
on business. While here Mr.. Rhodes
paid TIE ARGUS visit and left gem
erous order for stationery.
Hereafter all obituary poetry, cards OF
thanks, and resolutions of respect pub
lished in this paper will be charged for
at the rate of . cent word, payment
TO be sent in with the copy.
TIE ARGUS job department has been
kept very busy the past several weeks.
Our work seems TO meet with popular
favor. Good stationery, up-to-date type,
and skilled mechanics is the reason.
Clarence ShafFer had his hand badly
mangled by being caught in sawmill al
Kanes Creek and was brought to the
Strickler hospital Monday where his
wounds were dressed by DIR. j. NJ. King.
Charles &. Bishof and George A.
Kelley, of Orr, were in town Monday
and gave THE ARGUS a pleasant call, the
former having his name placed on our
mailing list Mr. Kelley has been sub
Gerber OF THE ARGUS so long he has lost
ytrack Of the date.
Henry Hanst, general manager Of the
West Virginia Northern railroad; II. w
Maehesney cashier of the Bruceton Bank
and Charles X. Zinn, Reedsville mer
chant, were passed 10 the Fellow Graft
degree at the meeting of Preston Lodge
Nos 80, A. +. d A. NJ, Monday night.
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