West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-01-01

80 ~ would escape h Office goat.
Christmas eve WA n gala evening 70
a ~thosefer, aud her4abouts There was
: Christmas tce ia the NJ r church whicl
contained MANY valuable presents. am,
Pti'ere was a program rendered~as long q
the moral law The Rotations were al
delivered M fne stSle aud those VII,
trained tine latte unrS deserve great credi
Tor q manner IN which they aeQuitte,
themselves. The 2ev ldleman, as h
: always does. made a ine talk and il wa
appreciated 10y al who we've fortunate .,
be present and bear him. We sincerel,
trust that he will lie blessed with Ion.
years To 10 much good. The church WA
erttsticaily decorated and the hons,
was So full that standing room was at
premium. In fact there were a larg,
number who could not get IN the building
at all.
Justice Of the peace, Grant Whitehair,
was in his office here Christmas evening
aud surely did a land office business.
The Squire let it Ice known that the town
would be protected ny the law; but some
did not take him seriously and violated
the law with the natural consequence that
that there were quite a few arrests. There
were three men arrested but one man 10y
a bold lash made good his escape. Spec
ial officer Martin made three arrests and
the three cases were tried and fines inn
posed in accordance with the law. Court
was IN session antil nearly two o'clock in
the morning. Some miscreant hit Squire
Nhitehair IN the bacK of tho head with q
stone while he was on the street; but he
did not see the justice fall The Squire
is To be commended for the fearless man
ner in which he executed the law. and
some OF the dear people will not want to
come before him again very soon.
There were people here on Christmas
eve from all the adjoining settlements and
they had TO battle with the mud and dark
streets much 10 our discredit. l suppose
the dear good people will again talk cor
poration until new moon and then they
viii consider moonlight cheaper than
electric lfght, they will likewise continue
wadinGNhc mud hoping that a freeze may
comcFto alleviate conditions. We are all
napdrc's children aud must depend largely
on nature TO do her best for us in regard
to street light and a freeze to improve our
streets.
Our m%erchantsall did II land Office bust
ness during the holiday season. Brother
Mason had all that he could do In his
line, and old Rome lisa Hustler from away
back. Cotlman-Fisher did n large bus.
mess and rcsembled J. A.. Lenhart's spec.
iai sale. The Ruthbell store did au ex-
cellent business. Albright Brothers and
Walls bad a tine trade also. The more
stores the more business.
Messrs. Oliver aud William Gale nave
a fiue large building under roof and
IL iFqnitfpn improvement % u commu
nifty. The first floor Will be used a. a
gafage aud the secowi Tor a town bah.
There il anotheF matter, Mr. Editor.
lhat ! desire - a comment on and ask all
tinnking people Within this county to
give It eirTnost serious consideration,
in iairnes1 90 ali concerned. and that is
the prospective-canJtdsc Of Mr. Candy
Tor clerk of tie conuty-cOd,s ar. Candy
: az excellent gentlemen and wonld an
tie olice. II elected, satisfactorily to ev-
cry one, / take IS. lis ability Is unqnes-
toned, but. Mr., Candy has been nicely
taken care Of Tor fifteen or eighteen years
10y our public school system and fund.-.
Either he quit or lost ont In this particular
lire of work aud now he is coming up aud
asking for the best paying Office in the
county. Why not let some other deserv-
ing man have a turn and let Mr.. Candy
do IA his n~eigbbors, seek employment ON
his own account? Terra Alta has fur
nishcd two s%ierifis, an assessor, and now
they want the ~clerksllp Of the county. /
fear that they will next want the GENE.
terry and will desire 20 place one Of their
%iavorites in charge IA sexton.
Albright now has a pool room in full
blast.
NJ. F. Walls and wife spent Christmas
in Columbus. Ohio. with DIR. Miller, a
brother OF Mrs. Walls.
Geo. w. Martin AID wife spent Christ
mas with Mr.. Martins brother at RIv-
erdale.
Ray Liston, one OF Morgantown's
bright school teachers, came over and
spent Christmas with his uncle, Charles
Martin. of Riverlale.
Ray sypolt spent the holiday season
the guest Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. /.
l. Sypolt.
Russell Metheny, who is teaching the
B%randonville school, spent Christmas
here with his home folks.
Mrs. S. A Martin has traded her fine
property in St. joe to Robert Nereiee Tor
property IN R~iverdale, and has moved 10
that place.
Jesse Dewitt and sister were visiting
At J. r. sypelt4 over Chri-imas.
VI. t. Ms,Geld j. now IN Oakland.
working Tor II. II. Ca.teci.
Mr.. Elitor accrpt heartie-t cougraiula-
tious on your marriage. wishing Won and
your bride o. l'ug AID OBppy life. / al.o
derire 20 wi-h yon and your olic- force
a mo-t happy aud prosperous Nov Year.
Your good oi-les are heartily recipro-
cat uy al concrrueI -EIl
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