West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-18

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seat visitor Thursday.
F. +. Parrack has been I'm Kingwood
Tor the past week attending court.
Alonzo wiles has gone to Bslington
where he has secured a position In a
garage.
Jesse A. Danser returned Thursday
from Kingwood where he had been
serving as a grand Juror.
James Frederick of Oakland, live
wire representative of the Rowlesburr
Grocery company. was here SATURDAY
]. j. McKone. Jr.. was called to
on Thursday by the SER
ious illness of his father. 1t is pleas
ing to note. however. that j. J. Nc
Kone. ST., is greatly improved and
bids fair to recover.
J. Warren Phillips. the popular
lightning manipulatsr at Blaser, was
here on business Saturday.
Mrs. p. w. Metheny and Miss Lily
ID. May were visiting friends>in Graf
ton Saturday.
II. ID. linn. mine foreman for the
Somerset Smokeless Coal Co.. was i'm
Grafton Saturday on business OF i'm
portance.
V. +. Cooke of Clarksburg. was here
for few hours Saturday. Mr.. Cooke
is largely interested in coal mining
In Harrison county and also has con-
troll OF the mines at TOWNSVILLE. al.
though he does not personally operate
the latter mine.
There was quite an interesting trial
In Squire ]. Willis yalbritter's court
Saturday when several parties were
arraigned charged with the theft or
larceny of several hundred pounds of
copper wire from the Somerset Smoke
less Coal company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Bickford of the
Campground settlement were here
shopping on Saturday.
Bert Hartman. wife and son Ralph
spent Sunday visiting Terra Alta
friends and relatives.
j. William Hunt. editor OF the Cum
berland Press. spent the weekend
with his parents here. On Sunday
evening his brother Robert accompan-
led him to Cumberland and is still the
guest of his brother William i'm the
Queen City.
Frank O'Malley has gone to work
in glass factory in Morgantown and
will remain in that city for the pres
emit.
w. Scott Garner. the sage OF Walnut
Hill, was here on business the last of
the week.
Mrs. Ross Funk of Fairmont, is here
the guest of her sister-in-law. Mrs.
Ross Trickett.
James Menear Of the Journal force,
and one whom We are always glad to
extend the hand Of welcome. was here
for few hours Saturday on his way to
Clarksburg.
Floyd III. Smith was a pleasure and
business visitor at Grafton one day
last week.
Mrs. Frank Hagan of Westernport,
who is here visiting her daughter, Mrs.
j. j. McKone, Jr., was the guest of her
son. Frank Hagan, at Grafton Sunday.
Eugene Coffman of Davis, president
OF the Coffman-Fisher company's
chain OF stores, was prominent bust
ness visitor haro MoDdau
Mrs. Will West, who has been in
disposed with the grippe for the past
ten days, is, we are glad to state.
improving and soon will be restored
to her former strength.
Samuel Il. Guseman, county sur
veyor, who resides at Reedsville, was
here on business the first part of the
week.
Z. o. Herndon, who has been work.
ing with the electricians at the Man
helm cement plant for the past month,
has returned home.
John Hall, chief clerk of the Cor
man Coal Co, at Austen, was here on
business of Importance Monday
Noah Cross, one of the veterans
from Reedsville. was here calling on
his friends Monday.
t. p. Weaver, the enterprising Irona
merchant. was here on important bus-
mess Tuesday.
Is. f. Heron, ID. ID. s., has been at
Newburg all of this week attending to
his rapidly growing dental work at
that point.
Thomas Fisher was at Rowlesburg
and Independence looking after his
business interests at those points.
Rev. w. II. Christman of Hanford.
was here Sunday when he held SER
vices for the Episcopal church that
afternoon in the local NJ. f. church.
Miss Gladys Claire Pierce was baptIs-
ed by DIR. Christman that same day.
IL Is stated on good authority that
the debate recently held by Richard
Addison Poland and John william
keener was one of the greatest loren
sic battles that has ever been fought
in the Coal Center. Uncle Sam Wiles
who acted as arbiter in the dispute.
AYERS that he could not decide the case
to be other than draw with honors
even
tomorrow night the contest between
the Poe and Irving literary societies
VIII take place in Browns hall. This
bids fair to be one of the best and
warmest contests held thus far be-
tween these two popular organiza-
tons and u Is 20 be hoped that the