Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1908-06-17

friends at Catle,tsburg. Ky.
Misses Lucy and Kate Smith OF
Kenova called on friends in ouI
town last Saturday.
Misses Fern Wright, Katherine
French and May McDougal were
calling on friends in Kenova last
Friday evening.
Misses Myrtle Stone, Edith and
Hernia Marcum left this morning
on n. d w. No4 for Virginia to
visit relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grady of Mel
sonville, Ohio, have been the guests
of their son-Prof. G. Otto Grady
for the past few days.
Mayor w. F. Sturgill, who has
been sick at >. +. Wilson's since
he returned from the Huntington
hospital, is slowly recovering.
Interesting Children's Day exer-
cises were conducted at the M. E.
church last Sunday morning and
at the Baptist church Sunday
evening.
II. M. Piles will work in t. .
wholesale dry goods and notion
house of Noyes, Thomas & CO.,
Charleston, until about July first
when he will GO on the road for that
firm.
Henry Mohlender, who recently
went to Holden, Mo-, on a pros
pecting trip, writes back that he
likes the country very much and
wants his wife to sell their property
here and JOIN him.
'XSergeant Nipple says he intends
to see that the ordinance making it
a fine TO throw old tin cans and 9th.
err rubbish on the streets and alleys
is enforced. This is right. Any
one who violates this ordinance
should be fined.
Mrs. w. III. Anderson returned
from Cincinnati last Sunday, where
she has been in the Homes hospital
for some time. While there she
had an operation performed for
cancer of the throat and is now on
the road to recovery.
In the apportionment of the gen.
eral school fund of this state for
1908, Wayne county gets $l4, 7O2..
81, les. county superintendent's sal.
airy, $754.25-$l3,94s.72 The In
dependent District of Ceredo re-
ceives 81, 37s 65. 10 Wayne coun.
ty the enumeration is 1924 and in
the Independent District of Ceredo
ia.
1t is rumored that the United
States Coal & Oil Co., will build a
railroad from Holden, Logan
county, to the Ohio river at or near
Huntington, The road may be
continued across the Ohio river and
TO point about fifty miles north.
1t is said the coal company has de-
termined to build this line on
account OF the poor shipping facill-
ties of the c. t& o. R'y Co.
Hon. Newton Snodgrass of Brax-
ton county, candidate for the re-
publican nomination for state
treasurer, was caller at this Office
yesterday. He and the editor OF
this paper taught school in adjoin-
ing districts in Richie county one
winter almost thirty years ago.
Mr.. Snodgrass says his chances
are good for the nomination. He
is well qualified for the office.
A serious shooting scrape occur
red at Catlettsburg last Saturday
evening. Harry Scott (colored)
was shot and instantly killed,
James Shockey, (also colored), was
shot through the shoulder, and
John Galloway (whi;e) was shot
in the thigh. The shooting is said
TO have been the result of heated
argument over the pardoning of
Caleb Powers and James Howard
and was done by white man nam
81 Bruce Lee. Lee was arrested and
having waived examination was
bound over to the grand jury bis
bond being fixed at $1,000. He
gave bond for his appearance at
the October term of court and was
released.
1t almost tlckles the democrats
of this county to death when there
is disagreement in the ranks of
Wayne county republicans. They
imagine they (the democrats) will
again be able to carry the county
because of the gubernatorial con-
test at Wayne the 9Th inst, and
the "un:errIfed' seem jubilsnt.