West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1909-02-04

Twenty-Five good envelopes for 5 cents
at this office.
L. F. Martin went to Pittsburg yester-
day on business
Ben L. Brown made business trip to
Tunnelton Monday
j. ;. Brown has returned from week :
visit in Charleston.
+. +. Parrack, of Tunnelton. was here
on legal business yesterday.
;. l.. Cobun, of Masontown. was a
county seat visitor this week.
/. L. Martin returned yesterday from
business trip to Parkersburg.
Guy A. Bonafeld, of Tunnelton. was
business visitor in town yesterday.
NJ. F. Walls, of Valley Point and Al
bright, was here on business yesterday.
Morgantown is getting so good she
wants to close the postoilice on Sunday.
Walter A. Stone, of the Grafton Senti
mel, spent several days in town this week.
+. Carver, cashier of the Rowlcsburg
National bank, was here a few hours Fri
day.
George Meyers, substantial farmer of
TOWNSVILLE, was trading in town yester-
day.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. VanSickle, of Aurora. is
the guest of Mrs. j. II. Werlich this
week.
The prospects look bright for resump-
ton of work at the Mannheim cement
plant.
County Superintendent a. w. Carrico.
OF Rowlesburg, visited our public schools
yesterday.
w. G. White, of White postofIice, was
in town yesterday on business at the
courthouse.
w. w. Shoch, prominent merchant
of the River City, was county seat Wis
itor Monday
Miss Kathryn Holt, of Grafton, was
the guest OF Mrs w. Arch Schaeffer sew
eral days this week.
Henry Hanst, general manager of the
West Virginia Northern, has returned
from short visit TO Philadelphia.
Amarriage license was issued by County
Clerk EVERY yesterday to Elmer III. Buck
lew, %, of Terra Alta, and bessie Stone. %.
Mrs. f. c. Montgomery, who has been
the guest of her brother, Ed NJ. Williams,
and family, returned to her home in
Grafton Tuesday.
a. ID. Bowman, "a representative Rowles-
burg citizen, was business visitor in
town yesterday and had his name en-
rolled a. new subscriber 10 THE ARGUS.
Miss Minna Flynn, who is taking a
course in training at the Uniontown hos
pital, spent several days here this week
the guest OF her mother, Mrs. Mary II.
Davis.
DR.. S. w Warner, who has been laid
up with pneumonia, rheumatism, and
other minor ailments for the past two
weeks, is again on deck and looking as
well as ever.
Miss Pearl Wolfe, the new operator at
central, arrived from Reedsville and took
charge Monday. Miss Margaret Watson
accompanied her 10 Kingwood and re-
manned until Monday evening.
Receivers have been appointed for the
Orr Coal & Coke Company of Hiorra.
We are informed that William G.. Brown
and w. G.. Conley were named by the
federal court at Philippi Monday.
We acknowledge the receipt of an in
vitation 70 attend the annual military
ball of the corps of cadets OF the West
Virginia University, Friday evening.
February 10, at the armory, Morgantown.
How often, OH, how often, have we
cast into the flames what was writ by
correspondents who refused 10 give their
names So again we give you warning:
II your article you'd see, you must sign
your own John Hancock as a sort of
guarantee.
a clergyman was much surprised one
day at receiving basket Of potatoes from
an old woman in bis congregation with
a message saying that a. he had remark
ed in his sermon on the previous Sunday
that some common taters" (commenta-
tors) did not agree with him, she had
sent him some real good ones.
Lucian II. Albright was seriously in
jured at the Irona mines Monday morn
ing While dumping coal on the tipple
ne was struck by an empty car on the
other track and knocked off the tipple.
distance Of 80 feet lie was removed 10
his home, where Dr. s A. Pratt attended
TO his injuries. His lower extremities are
paralyzed and he is thought 70 be injured
internally.