West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-01-07


that the most OF our people are not
very sorry that we failed to get new
court house at this place. wher the
matter was in controversy. Especial
iy those who had subscribed SO Law
ishly TO the cause.
The state farm or sanitarium was
supposed TO be boom TO our town.
but rather is IL a failure, since Il has
brought so many tuberculosis patients
TO the town that many people refuse
TO locate here on account OF fear of
the disease.
The citizens OF our town met on
December 2sth and nominated the fol-
lowing officers for city council:
Mayor. Ben Higgins; recorder. VIM.
Hartman; councilmen. Camden Ell
lott. LIST ward: Lloyd DeBorry, 2nd
ward: Joseph Morgan. 3rd ward !:
Chas. Bocklew. 4th ward; j. Nj. Whit
taker, 5th ward. Since there Is only
one ticket To be voted tho above nam
ed are nearly sure to be elected, yet
II looks funny To a man up a tree"
TO see the town go to tho expense OF
an election with only one ticket I'm the
field.
Or Daley has been confined TO his
room with rheumatism for several
weeks and we are glad TO know that
at present he is improving very ran
idly We trust that hereafter he will
sympathize with his patients and give
them all speedy cure
The state quarantine against the
mouth and foot evil among cattle
makes IL quite inconvenient here on
account oi getting hay and straw from
across the Maryland line and we think
that the law should not be enforced
so far away from territory where the
disease exists. IL seems tough
enough TO deny us the shipping of
booze without adding as dry COM
modify as hay.
Our citizens have stored away
quite an amount of very good ice since
Christmas.
Arthur Con n few days ago at
tempted to make horse step TO one
side I'm stall when tho animal forced
him against the opposite side Of the
stall and crushed one of his arms.
Rev. King OF the Methodist church
is beginning series OF REVEALS ut
this place.
The Terra Alta Lime Company is
running Its plant to capacity. The
time may be near at hand when Pres
ton county's vast field of lime stone
may prove to be quite boom to this
section since both the use OF lime as
cement and fertilizer is vastly need
ed most everywhere. We cannot I'M
derstand why IL IN that you can
scarcely buy an acre OF coal land and
at the same time our 100 foot vein of
lime only sells at surface value.
Floyd Gale OF Bruceton, gave us n
very pleasant call during the past
week.
ID. X. Mason. OF Aurora, was $3.50
ciating with our pedagoguos during
the holidays. We would like to have
Mr.. Mason as an instructor in our nor
NAL next summer. 1t seems like the
promiscuous way that our normals
have been managed has caused the at
tendance to be less than one fourth of
what IL ought to be, and we fea that
IL Will be no better until the school
board or some one else takes the
matter In hand and Institutes u sta
pie system.
Miss Grace Bowman has resigned
her position with Ofutt & Lalsiu and
is now employed by John NJ. Davis 81
Son. OF Oakland, Md. Miss Grace will
be sadly missed I'm our town.
We were afraid that Harry Shaw
would not survive the long spc'i OF
sickness that he has undergone dur
ing the fall and winter, yet we are
now in hopes OF having him out again
talking and Joking among us very
soon.
Mrs. Ellen Joice. formerly OF this
place, was brought here for burial
during the past week. She was the
mother of Mrs. o. G. Crane, OF Terra
Alta.
John Steward. our much esteemed
old bachelor. has his aunt and two
OF his cousins from Ohio living with
| him this winter.
Messrs. f.. s. Evans and Guy Elliott
are both i'm their new and neat little
markets ana have good trade.