West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-11

Mrs. Frank Hagan of Westernport.
Md. is here the guest OF her daugh-
ter. Mrs. j. j. McKone, Jr.
c. +. Danser returned TO Fairmont
Sunday evening after spending a few
days here with his family.
Floyd II. Smith was calling ON
Welisburg friends for the week end.
Joseph A. Smith and wife spent
Sunday at Bergman. where they were
the guests OF w. G. Miller and fam
lily.
Stanley Phillips returned to Fair
mont, where he is a student i'm the
normal school. after spending a few
days with home folks.
The Somerset Smokeless Coal COM
pany has erected a large supply house
near their Office where all the mine
supplis will be kept hereafter.
Justice j. Willis Halbritter has been
exceedingly busy this week dispensing
justice in his court. The cases have
also been many and interesting.
The concert rendered Friday even
ing by the local bard headed by Pro-
lessor Clyde II. Reppert was quite a
success and the attendance was graft
Tying considering the Indictment
weather. Floyd H. Smith, Mrs. O. l..
Nutter OF Grafton. and Joseph Federer
OF Newburg. assisted in the rendition
OF the program. :
we are glad to note that Uncle Sam
uel b. Hardesty is once more able to
be back in his shop after a few davs
OF indisposition due to an attack of
asthma.
isaac Conn, superintendent of the
mines at TOWNSVILLE, was here on
business Saturday.
Frank Hileman and bride came in
Thursday evening on No 55 and have
been spending a few days the guests
OF Mr.. Hileman's mother.
The Misses Pratt of Clarksburg.
were the weekend guests of their
father. Ror,rt Piett.
Misses Minnie idct;ee and Lena Nit
ter are the guests of friends at Austen
this week.
Mrs. Frank r. Osborne was visiting
Grafton friends Sunday and Monday.
Thomas u. Keener and Guy Martin
Bonafield were prominent business
visitors at the county capital Tues
lay.
charles Whitaker. the beau br,m-
mel OF Austen, was here Sunday GILL
ing on one of the Coal Center's fairest
daughters.
Court stenographer Vernon Fortney
)f Kingwood, was here for a few hours
Monday on business
j. t. Boice of Keyser, representing
he Graham Bumgartner Shoe COM
oany, was here calling on the trade
Tuesday.
Mrs. G. +. Rice and children have
'eturned TO their home at Brunswick.
Id, after ten day visit with Mrs.
Rice's sister. Mrs. w d. Ashby.
c.. A. and w. e. Taylor have opened
clock and repair shop in the buildr,
ng situated between the Watkins
cafe and Central hotel. This is one
enterprise that we have been needing
or some time and it is hoped that the
Taylor shop will make success and
become an established fixture.
Miss Margaret Showalter, who has
been attending our high school for the
past several months and making her
nome with her aunt, Mrs. Lou Hart.
| returned to her home at Hundred on
| sunday evening. She was accompan-
led to the station by a large number
Of her school chums who were reluct-
ant to see her take her departure.
Mrs. w. G. Srodes, wife of the new
| superintendent OF the local mines Of
the Somerset Smokeless Coal COM
pany. arrived yesterday afternoon and
Mr.. and Mrs. Srodes will Immediately
go to housekeeping in the house form
erly occupied by Mrs. Thomas Stiff.
1t will be pleasing news to all of the
| citizens of this place ana vicinity for
them to know that a committee of our
1 citizens have contracted for another
seasons lyceum cource with the Colt
Bureau of Cleveland, Ohio. The com
| ing program will be far more elabor-
ate than that of the past season and IL
was par excellence. There will be five
numbers this year and the talent is
OF the highest class carried by this
well established bureau which is sec
onf 20 noue in the country. A list
of the talent and the dates will be
given later. when they are TO appear
Can you imagine that Thomas ID.
Hart, our genial tonsorial artist, has
been compelled to don spectacles of
the grandfather variety? Well. that is
just what has happened. 1t is the one
signal that Tom is advancing i'm years.
Many had come to believe that he had
found and Stacked his thirst at that
fount which old Ponce EIDE Leon
sought for many weary years. Well,
here's hoping that our own Thomas
will not have to wear the "specso
permanently.
Thomas Haulton of Pittsburgh, chief
mechanical and electrical engineer for
the Somerset Smokeless Coal com
pany. has been here for the past week
or ten days replacing the damaged
parts to the coal bin and carriages at
tached thereto. This misfortune has
caused the men here to be idle for the
past week but on yesterday the broken
parts had all been replaced and work