Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-04-05


Joseph Lett has the measles.
DR.. ]. l. Miller was q profession
al visitor at Cersdo yesterday.
Mrs. w. r. Wilson has been in.
disposed for the past few days.
Mrs. J. o. Marcum of Ceredo
was recently calling on friends
here.
Wright Bros. Co. is having it's
houses along Chestnut street repa-
pered.
Mrs. w. b. Morris spent Wed.
nesday with relatives at Ports.
mouth.
Mrs. Everett Brown spent last
Friday afternoon at Ceredo with
friends.
w. ID. Harris of Neal transacted
business in our city Wednesday af
ternoon.
Mrs. Jennie Duncan visited
relatives at Huntington one even.
ing last week.
henry Mays was at CeredO Friday
evening attending a meeting of the
Jr. o. U. A. NJ.
Mrs. &. Darr has returned to
Portsmouth after visit with rela>
tives In the city.
Harry Smith of tie n. q w. en-
gineering corps visited relatives at
Columbus, Sunday.
Qoite crowd of people from
here attended revival services at
Ceredo Friday evening.
Misses Esther Mulligan and Clara
Crossen were visiting Huntington
friends Friday evening.
Mr.. Il. Ney Williams was call
ing on friends at Huntington the
latter part Of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. T.. Kirkendall
after short sojourn here, have re-
turned to their home at Neal.
Mrs. Maggie Rogers has puychas-
ed an interest in the millinery store
of Mrs f. Taylor at this place.
Edwin, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. f.
& Way, who has been quite sick
for several days. is much better.
Mrs. &. w. Norman has return
ed to her home at IronIon after a
pleasant visit with Kenova rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Jones ar.
rived in the city Wednesday from
Waverly, where they spent few
days with relatives. They left yes
erday for their home at Rose Sid
ing.
The son of Joe Mantel fell last
Saturday when his neck struck a
barbed wire. The boys throat was
badly lacerated and an artery almost
severed. DR.. Miller was summoned
and in order TO close the incision il
became necessary to take several
stitches
Two men were arrested here
Tuesday charged with vagrancy
The men boarded n. 81 w. passen-
ger train No. l6 and were begging
aims from the passengers when they
were taken into custody by an Off
Ger. The men were taken before
Mayor Lambert, who gave them
htteen minutes to shake the dust of
henova from their feet. And they
shook 1t. One of the men claimed
TO have had an arm and leg broken
during the battle of Bull Run, or
some other run, and az proof of
same barred his elbow and ankle.
The barring proposition revealed an
iron band encircling those two
members. The mayor soon saw
through the whole scheme, and
knowing the circlets were too loose.
ly fitted for bandages, gave the
strangers the choice of doing duty
on the street or leaving the city in
fifteen minutes. They accepted the
latter proposition and the gait they
struck seemed as though the bugler
had sounded double quick retreat.
A dastardly attempt was made
late Tuesday night to burn the new
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. u. G.
Chambers on Sixteenth and POPLAR
streets.
MIR. Chambers had occasion 10
arise between the hours of twelve
and one o'clock. While he was up
nc began to smell smoke and at once
instituted an investigation. On 90
ing down stairs he discovered the
porch and lattice work to be on
fire. An alarm was given and
bucket brigade quickly formed and
extinguished the flames before the
fire had reached the building prop
er.
After the flames had been ex-
tinguished a further investigation