The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-30

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The following directors were elected:
Thomas Lambert, z. j. Mckinley
Jay 2. Cunningham and Clara Gun
ningham. Of pennsboro; the Rev. Mr.
Crummett, OF Middlebourne, and $
T. Smith, Of West Union. The dl
rectors elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: President
Thos. Lambert; vice president, q. j
Mckinley; secretary-treasurer. ia!
f. Cunningham. The company own
100 acres Of mountain land neal
keyser, Mineral county, in the hear
Of the great fruit belt, and durlnl
the last year gathered nearly 800
baskets OF fine peaches from 1t
land the first year.
e. C. Rider, a prominent residen
Of Sutton, Braxton county, who is F;
candidate for the office Of attorne!
general on the Republican ticket, wa!
n visitor here this week, looking ovel
the political situation.
Mrs. John Goodman and daughter
Miss Eugenla, Of C%larksburg, wer'
called here this week on account o
the illness of the formers mother
Mrs. Andrew Meats, Of Harrisyille.
After a wait of nineteen years, tina
sly old bird. the stork, paid a visit t.
the home Of Attorney Robert S. Blair
the well known Democratic politician
at H%arrisvllle, last Saturday morning
and left a pretty six-pound daughter
Col. Blair and his estimable wife ar
receiving the congratulations o
many friends.
F. A. Wagner, Insurance agent, ha
returned from 4 business visit t.
Burnsville and West Union.
e. C.. Snodgrass has returned t
| Harrisville from an extended visi
with his daughter, Mrs. Helen Duty
of Clarksburg.
R. E. L. Frymyer is moving tn
rfig from the Sylvan Keith farm t
the J.. S. Pierpont farm, where h
will drill for oil.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Wagner and chill
dren, OF Mineral, Harrison county
have returned to their homes.
The name OF Col. Mike X. Duty
the prominent P%ennsboro lawyer,
being mentioned as a possible candl
! date for the state Senate from thi
district. Col. Duty is a sterling Re
publican, a legislator Of ability, an
no better selection could be made 10
this highly important office.
A farmers club was organized n
Harrisville recently, and the follow
ing officers were elected: l. +
Knight, president; NJ. B. Cunning
ham, vice president; L. L. Cokeley
secretary. The object Of the clu'
will be the promotion Of the farnin'
and stock raising interests of tn
county.
E. l.. Movers and Charles Hawkins
OF Harrisville. have returned from
visit to Mount Clemens, Mich, wher
they took the baths for malaria an
rheumatism.
John W. Rinker, the Baltimore an,
Ohio railroad agent at Ellenboro, re
turned Wednesday evening fror
Washington, D. c., where he spent
ten days vacation with his parents.
Thomas A. Watson, Of Monongah, 8
years young, is visiting his daughter
Mrs. Newton Smith, Of Cairo.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Trainer, o
Cairo, have returned from a month
visit to relatives at Blair, Neb.
The first test for the common
school diplomas will be held at tn
various principal schools throughou
the county on February 3 and A, D.
order of the county superintendent Q
schools, R. B. Cokeley.
Miss Minnie Kendall Lowther, tn
we'll known newspaper woman an
authoress Of the History Of Ritchi
County" says there are less tina
seventy-fiye copies Of this valuabl
book for sale. Any one desiring