Rev. William Anthony, a Methodist
Episcopal minister, who for the past two years has been pastor of the
congregations at Doubs, Point of Rocks, Jefferson and Middletown, in
Frederick county, was killed Sunday afternoon by being struck by the
tender of a locomotive on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near Doubs.
Mr. Anthony had preached Sunday morning
at Doubs, and in the afternoon set out to walk to Point of Rocks
where he was to have preached Sunday night. Seeing a train
approaching on the track on which he was walking he stepped over to
the adjoining track, on which a locomotive was running backward to
Washington Junction. He evidently was unaware of the locomotive's
approach, and was not seen by the engineer, Elmer Cope, of Baltimore,
or the fireman in time to avert the accident. The tender struck him
in the back, and he was killed instantly, his skull being fractured.
By those who heard his sermon Sunday
morning it was remarked as a strange coincidence that he had spoken
of the uncertainty of life, and suggested the possibility that some
of those who had met at the service might never meet again.
Mr. Anthony had been pastor of the
Methodist church at Elk Garden and at Barton, Md., where he had many
warm friends. He is survived by a widow and two children.
There will be awarded, at the First
National Bank of Romney, three premiums in gold to the person
showing the best plate of six apples grown in Hampshire county. The
fruit will be on exhibition at the Bank Building and the premiums
will be awarded by three competent judges on Tuesday, October 31,
1911. All exhibits must be in by Monday, October 80th [sic]. Any
person may show as many varieties as desired, but each plate must
contain but one variety.
The prizes will be as follows: First
prize $10 in gold. Second price $5 in gold. Third prize $2.50 in
gold. The judges will be E.D. Sanderson, Dean Agricultural School,
Morgantown, W. Va., D. A. Arnold, Mineral County, and H. W. Miller,
Morgan County.
Last Tuesday Judge F.M. Reynolds, of the Circuit Court, on montion [sic] of atty Taylor Morrison, admitted to the practice of law Mr. Henry Gassaway Shores, of Keyser. Mr. Shores graduated in law at the University of W. Va., in 1910 but being only 20 years of age when he completed his law course, he was required by the law of our State to wait until he attained his majority before he could be admitted to practice law in the courts of West Virginia. He has demonstrated that he is a bright young man, and Keyser feels sure that he will make good.
Mayor R.A. Welch visited the Twin
Mountain Orchards last Tuesday, enroute he called to see our friend,
E.D. High, one of our apple kings. Mr. High not only showed him and
gave him some of the finest specimens of apples that he had ever
seen, but permitted him to see in his orchard an apple tree in bloom
in October.
Surely ours is a fruit section
unsurpassed by any other.
While a party of men employed on the construction of the Western Maryland Railway extension were strolling along the banks of the Casselman river near Fort Hill, they challenged one of their number, an Italian, to swim across the river, so in the attempt to win a $5 bet, he plunged in the water and tried hard to reach the opposite bank, but all was in vain and he was drowned.
The following program has been
announced for the exercises connected with the inauguration
of Hon. Thos. E. Hodges as president of the West Virginia University.
Thursday, November 2.
An Education Meeting, Hon. M.P.
Shawkey, State Superintendent of
Schools, presiding.
Addresses by Hon. P.P. Claxton, U.S.
Commissioner of Education, and Dr. E.A. Alderman, President of
University of Virginia.
Friday, November 3.
Formal Reception of Delegates and
Brief addresses of greeting from Presidents of Colleges and
Universities, Dr. D.B. Printon, former president of the University, presiding.
Among those bearing greeting are
President Edward E. Sparks, State College, Pa.; President E.A.
Alderman, University of Virginia; President Arthur A. Hameschlag,
Carnegie Technical Schools; President W.H. Crawford, Allegheny
College; President W.H. Thompson, the Ohio State University;
President Carl G. Doney, West Virginia Wesleyan College; President
Jas. E. Allen, Davis-Elkins College; President Thos. E. Cramblet,
Bethany College; President S.B. McCormick, the University of
Pittsburg; President Herbert Welch, Ohio Wesleyan University;
President Alfred T. Perry, Marietta College; President J.D. Moffat,
Washington and Jefferson College; President Chas. W. Dabney,
University of Cincinnati; President C.B. Clark, Salem College.
Afternoon Session.
Formal exercises of inauguration,
Governor Glasscock presiding.
Installation charge by Hon. M.P.
Shawkey, president Board of Regents. Response by President Thomas
Edward Hodges.
Addresses by President W.O. Thompson,
of the Ohio State University and President Judson C. Schurman, of
Chicago University.
Inaugural address by President Thomas
Edward Hodges.
General reception in armory.
Pan-Hellenic reunion.
Saturday, November 4.
West Virginia Day. Hon. H. C. Ogden presiding.
Addresses by Senator William E.
Chilton and Hon. Joseph Holt Gaines, for the state; by Robert A.
Armstrong, for the University; by President L.J. Corbly, of the
Normal Schools; by Professor L.L. Friend, for the Secondary Schools;
by Dr. Nacy McGee Waters, Judge A.G. Dayton and Hon. W.W. Hughes, for
the Alumni; and by other friends of the University.
Annual football game between West
Virginia University and Washington and Jefferson College.
The subject of this sketch was born February 26, 1866. She
was the sixth child of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Idleman. Two brothers and
one sister older than she, and three younger brothers survive her.
Being born and reared in a Christian home she early gave her heart to
Jesus uniting with the Methodist Episcopal church, and consecrated
her life to the service of Christ. She was not one of those members
who has to be borne along by the church but contrary wise the work of
the church was one of her greatest burdens. But it was a burden
"not grievous to be borne" for she took great delight in
doing what she could for the advancement of the Master's Kingdom. She
strove to serve her Maker by helping those for whom Christ died. She
was always ready to help in any church work. For many years she was
teacher in the Sunday School and served as superintendent for several years.
For three long weary months she was confined to her bed,
and suffered more than tongue can tell. In her case it may be truly
said, "She died by inches." She bore her suffering with a
marked degree of patience and resignation. At first she was hopeful
and anxious to recover but for several weeks previous to her death
she realized that her condition was hopeless and often prayed to the
Lord to come quickly.
The funeral service was held on the 5th inst. and was
conducted by Rev. H.C. Smith in the presence of a large audience. The
speaker delivered an able discourse from II Timothy I and 12 -
"For I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is
able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day."
F.C. Rollman was undertaker. The floral offerings were
numerous and beautiful.
Brother.
A special session of the County Court
was held last Saturday.
R.A. Radcliffe and Harry Richardson
were recommended for appointment as notaries public.
The resignation of John Johnson as
Justice of the Peace, in Frankfort district, was accepted.
The contract for making the change in
the county road at Headsville was awarded to John Hickle, road to be
completed by the first day of December, 1911.
"Ordered that H. Clay Thrush be
allowed on his salary as Road Engineer the sum of $350.00 which
amount he donates $100 towards making change on the road at
Headsville, this day let to contract,
$50 to be expended on the Dry Run Road, near Thrush Bros., and $200
for repairing the road leading from Keyser to Piedmont at Thunder
Hill, in New Creek district.
The court postponed action as to
closing the road leading from S.A. Dixon's to Emoryville.
The Clerk was authorized to advertise
for bids for bonds to pay for the purchase of right of way for the
T.M.&P.R.R. through New Creek and Welton Districts. See
specifications in another part of this paper.
October 23, 1911, was the day set for
hearing applications for franchise for the Ridgeley and Miller Avenue
Railroad Company.
Morgan Bane was allowed $250 estimate
on the new road being built in Elk District.
A number of bills were allowed.
Mrs. William Hilkey died early last Sunday morning at Oakland Md., while on a visit to a sister who lives there. The body was buried at Greenland, Grant Co., Mrs. Hilkey was a Miss Lyon, and was a sister to Mrs. J.L. Hott, of Keyser, and Mrs. John Bane, of Burlington.
Rev. Moses, of the Presbyterian
church, preached in the M.E. Church, South, last Sunday evening.
The Red Men participated in an oyster
supper in Odd Fellows Hall last Saturday evening.
Since our last batch of news, Messrs.
Wesley Rosier and Wm. Myers have moved to the Thomas coal region, and
Charley Lyons has moved on a farm near Oakland, Md. Mrs. James Demsey
moved to Barton, Md., and John Phillips moves to his farm, near Keyser.
Paradoxical as it sounds families are
leaving Elk Garden to better their condition and others are coming to
Elk Garden to better their condition. Mr. Harry Foreman moved from
Wabash to Elk Garden this week. We understand that about one dozen
families will soon move from Wabash to this town.
A force of hands is working at No. 5 mine,
which is right in Elk Garden, grading a tramroad and building a
dump. There are several acres of marketable coal in this once
abandoned minte. A dump is also being built at the old No. 4 opening
for the out crop coal in that section.
Important changes have been made in
mining superintendents recently. Supt. Robert Grant goes to the mines
at Henry. He has been there for a week or more and will move his
family there about the first of November. Mr. H.H. Harrison, of
Thomas, formerly of this place, is Supt. of the Elk Garden mines. He
began his work here last week, and will move his family here in the
near future.
Miss Fannie Morgan, of Loganport,
Indiana, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Myrtle Keim.
Last Friday was "clean-up
day" in the schools. The Elk Garden teachers and scholars busied
themselves washing, scrubbing, polishing stoves and cleaning the
school yard.
Roland.
William Worthington, aged 41 years, of Hagerstown, died suddenly Thursday afternoon on the Hagerstown Fairgrounds. Dr. C.Z. Wingerd, who made an examination, assigned heart trouble, superinduced by alcoholism, as the cause of death. With several companions Worthington went to the fair grounds shortly after the noon hour and went on the grandstand to watch the races. Complaining of not feeling well he was made as comfortable as possible alongside of a booth, and a physician was summoned. Before the doctor arrived, however, Worthington was dead. His remains removed to an undertaking establishment, and later to his home on Charles Street. He is survived by his widow.
Walter L. Merryman, a student of the
D.E. College, Elkins, W. Va., who was injured in a game of football
at Westminster, Md., last week, died at a hospital in Baltimore last Monday.
The remaining games of football
scheduled for the Davis and Elkins college for this season have been cancelled.
Sunday, Oct. 22, 1911. 9:30 a.m. Sunday
School. 11:00 a.m. Rev. A.S. Arnell, of Morgantown. 6:45 p.m. Epworth
League. 7:30 p.m. Sermon by the pastor. Subject - "On the Road
to Damascus."
A cordial invitation is extended to the public.
F.B. Mathias, of Burlington, spent
Sunday here.
Atty. A.J. Welton, of Petersburg, was
here last Friday taking depositions.
Mrs. Sallie Stump, who has been
visiting for several weeks, has returned to her home in Texas.
Miss Mary Johnston has purchased a
building site of 25 acres, near Hot Springs, Va., and will erect a
summer home there.
Married, at the Manse, Thursday, Oct.
5, 1911, by the Rev. Chas. D. Gilkeson, Jas. J. Malcomb and Miss
Grace Cleveland Smith.
Eston Bean, of near Romney, has been
very ill for several weeks with typhoid fever. His sister, Mrs. Jos.
Evans, spent a few days with him last week.
Jacob Sites, of South Fork, was
adjudged insane by Squire Dasher last week and committed to the jail
here to await the arrival of an attendant from the hospital at Weston.
Invitations have been issued by C.W.
Taylor, to the marriage of his niece, Miss Johnes Taylor to Rev. Jas.
Harvey Viser, which will be solemnized in the Presbyterian church, at
Petersburg, on Oct. 18th, 1911.
While Angus Cole, colored, was
feeding a fodder shredder last week, the machine bursted and several
pieces flew up and struck him in the face, cutting it very badly. Dr.
Brooks was called and he put a number of stitches in the cut.
John Reel was arrested and tried
before Squire Paskel, last week, for passing a check at P.F. Sions
& Son's store. Reel claimed his name was Mongold to whom the
check was payable. He was held in $500 bond which he gave and was released.
E. Bruce Allen, who is working at
Keyser, spent Sunday with his parents here.
Dwight Rogers, of Keyser, came up
this week on a visit to relatives here.
Mrs. Lena Hudson and son, of Keyser,
and Mrs. Marshall Harness, of Petersburg, were visitors in Moorefield
this week.
Ed. S. Cunningham, of Mansfield,
Ill., arrived last Thursday evening on a visit to his friends in this section.
Mrs. Ed. W. McNeill and daughter,
Mary, of Morgantown, arrived yesterday evening and will spend a short
time at their home in the Old Fields.
Mr. Jesse Gaver Sharpless, a native
of Elk District, this county, and one of our most substantial
citizens, died at his home near Jenny Springs, Wednesday evening, of
neuralgia of the heart in
the sixtieth year of his age. He is survived by his wife, who is a
daughter of Mr. John Dixon of that neighborhood, and one daughter,
not yet grown. He also leaves two
sisters, Mrs. W.T. Dixon and Mrs. John Schwinabart, both of Elk District.
Mr. Sharpless had been complaining of
pain for a few days but not until Wednesday, when his sufferings
became more intent, did he call in a physician. Eased by the medicine
administered he dozed off and never woke up - the neuralgia reached
his heart. Funeral services were held at his home today at one
o'clock, and the body was buried in the home cemetery. Rev. John F.
Dayton, of Keyser, preached the funeral sermon. His sudden death cast
a gloom over the entire community where he was so favorably known and
highly respected. The bereaved ones have the sincere sympathy of a
large circle of true friends. For many years Mr. Sharpless had been a
member of the M.E. church. The late Mr. James A. Sharpless was a brother.
Springfield. Oct. 16, 1911. - Never
within the memory of the present generation have the people of
Springfield spent so sad and anxious a week as the one just passed.
The deaths of Rev E.B. Druen and Miss Sallie Shannon have cast a gloom
over this entire community.
Search for the bodies was continued
throughout the week, and on Sunday, without success.
Early Monday morning Will Rolls, a
tenant on C.M. French's farm, found the body of Mr. Druen floating
near Slack's ford, several miles below Thomp__ [one illegible line]
____ occurred. The remains were brought to Springfield, prepared for
burial by N.B. Guthrie and B.T. Racey, and shipped on the evening
train to Richmond, Va., accompanied by E.A. McGlathery, an elder of
the Springfield church. Memorial services will be held Sunday morning
at eleven o'clock by Rev. Dr. F.J. Brooke, of Romney. Mr. Druen's
death is not only a great loss to his church, but to the whole
community. Few ministers, in so short a time have gained such a hold
on the affections of the people, irrespective of denomination.
Material for the construction of The Twin Mountain & Potomac Railroad is beginning to arrive in the B. & O. yards here. The first consignment consists of several car loads of steel and cross ties. The Company at first expected and desired to purchase as many localities as could be made from the available timber along the right of way, but the Mineral County people seem to be somewhat backward in taking up the tie question, and for that reason, the Company has been compelled to purchase ties elsewhere, although it is the Company's desire to leave the money for this class of material in Mineral County rather than send it to distant points. The B.&O. connection near Leps' is being installed today.
Shepherdstown, W. Va., Oct. 16 - The
Glidden tourists passed through this place this morning enroute to
Jacksonville, Fla. About 80 cars entered Dixieland, passing through
the town at 9 o'clock.
Gov. William E. Glasscock joined Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, at Hagerstown and the Governors rode together
through West Virginia. Both are ardent advocates of good roads
through the State. Two years ago this county secured
second prize, and the autoists spoke very complimentary of the road system.
The Bookkeeper or Stenographer who has the recommendation of the Mountain State Business College, Parkersburg, W. Va., can always secure employment. Write today for their catalogues.
Mr. J.W. Wolford, who recently opened a grocery store on Armstrong St., at the stand formerly occupied by J.A. Bazzell, is pleased with the encouragement that he has received.
Aboard President Taft's Special, Oct. 18 -- President Taft's 46 days trip expiring in Washington November 1 has been extended to arrive in Washington November 18. He will arrive in Pittsburg October 31 and go to Morgantown, W. Va., thence to Hot Springs, Va., for a five days rest. He will then vote in Cincinnati and tour Kentucky and Tennessee.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M.E. Church, South, will serve dinner, supper and lunches during the week of the meeting of the Federation of Agricultural Associations, Nov. 27-Dec. 1. The place will be announced later.
A great gray American eagle attacked Cyrus Collis, aged 16, as he was walking through a field just south of Martinsburg, W. Va. A terrific battle between bird and boy followed, the warding off blows as he ran. Picking up a stone he struck the bird in the head, stunned it and then hastily dispatched the eagle. It measured seven feet from tip to tip of wing.
The grand jury of the Randolph county circuit
court, now in session at Elkins, has returned 197 indictments
against the Elkins Brewing & Storage Company for operating a
brewery and selling beer without a state license therefor.
The court proceeded with the trial of
one case and Wednesday morning finished this one. The brewing company
set up a strong defense, attempting to defend the allegations of the
indictment; but the brewmaster, Ernest Meisss (or
Meises ? ?) of the brewing
company, went upon the stand in cross examination, broke down and
admitted that he had been making beer, that the output was being sold
under another name. This admission naturally broke down all the
defense and Wednesday morning counsel for the state and counsel for
the brewing company held a conference and agreed to permit the
defendant Brewing Company to confess judgment in all of the 197
cases, with the understanding that the court would enter judgment in
49 cases.
The court has not yet announced its
judgment in the matter. But in a large number of cases, it is
practically certain that Judge Kittle will fix a minimum fine of $500
in each case, and it is further practically certain that this will
throw the brewing company into bankruptcy.
Up to noon Wednesday Judge Kittle had
received confessions in over 250 liquor cases.
Mr. F.W. Davis exhibited one pen and
one hen of Light Brahmas at the Hagerstown Fair last week, and
carried off first prize on pen and second on hen. Two of the pullets
in the pen celebrated their victory by at once beginning to lay.
Everhart & Rogers exhibited two
Golden Wyandotte pullets, winning third and fourth, and W.C. Pifer
exhibited two R.C. Brown Leghorns, carrying off second honors.
Mrs. D. A. Bailey was shopping in Keyser
yesterday.
Mrs. J.W. Chrisman, who underwent a
successful operation in the Western Maryland Hospital, is doing nicely.
Mr. Boyd Grayson won the large punch
bowl which was given away by the Empress theatre last Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Rickey and daughter
visited in Cumberland last Sunday.
L.C. McDonald will take your measure
guarantee a fit in a tailor-made suit.
Mr. Paul Dailey visited in Keyser
last Monday.
Misses Genevieve and Mary Vossler
visited in Cumberland last Saturday.
Messrs. J.W. Chrisman and sons,
Orland and Clayton, P.H. Keys, Wilbur Chapman, F. Adams, Dr. Hosack
and Mayor R.A. Welch visited in Cumberland last Saturday.
L.C. McDonald has a full supply of
high top gum shoes, just the thing you need. Get first choice.
Mr. Frank Githen visited eastern
cities this week.
Miss Pauline Maxfied began her school
term at Gormania last Monday.
Mrs. H.G. Wilson, who was operated
upon at the Hoffman Hospital last Monday, is doing well.
Mrs. H.P. Bryon and friends were
shopping in Keyser yesterday.
You can't get through the winter
without gum shoes, L.C. McDonald has just gotten in a large stock of
the very best.
Atty. H.G. Fisher was in Elkins last
Wednesday on legal business before the Circuit Court of Randolph county.
Mr. J.W. Scherr spent last night in
Keyser and goes to Grant county this afternoon.
____ Michael Dugan had the misfortune
of ___ his foot.
Mr. Frank Healey, one of the
prominent business men of Gleason, was looking after business
interests in Keyser Saturday.
Mr. Robert Fisher enjoyed the
Hagerstown Fair last week.
When in need of a stylish pair of
shoes, go to I.M. Long's store.
The law building has received a new
coat of paint this week.
C.R. Lilly has been appointed Deputy
United States Marshall for the Eastern Panhandle, with headquarters
at Martinsburg.
Miss Annie A. Russell, of Fairmont,
sister of Mr. E.A. Russell, and Miss Mabel Brown, of Wheeling,
visited in Keyser this week.
Mr. S.W. Park and family moved from
the Alleghany Orchard to Doman, Grant Co., this week.
Miss Mary Troy has accepted a
position in the U.S. 5 and 10 cent store.
Mrs. J. R. Purdy is visiting
relatives in Clarksburg this week.
Mr. Ed Shobe has opened a barber shop
in the Bright Building on Armstrong St.
I.M. Long buys and sells the best
grade country produce and has the best groceries.
Atty. E.L. Judy attended court here
this week.
Mr. A.P. Hamstead, of Maysville, was
registered at the Reynolds this week.
Mrs. Isaac Mills was in Cumberland
Thursday on business.
Outings, flannels, winter weight
underwear and dress goods at D. Long & Son's store.
Dress shirts and suit cases at D.
Long & Son's store.
Prof. Wm. McIlwee, Chief F.G. Davis
and Messers W.S. Decker and Schaffenaker went to Oakland Monday
afternoon to assist the Oakland Band in a concern proceeding the
Democratic Mass Meeting at that place.
Messrs. H.S. Richardson, of Piedmont,
and I.H. Bane, of Elk Garden, dined with Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Bane last Wednesday.
Mrs. Vic Ward, who has been visiting
here for sometime, returned home Wednesday.
John Ward of New Creek has moved his
family to South Keyser and he is working for the B. & O.
Mrs. Ollie McGowan was visiting Mrs.
W.D. Stewart Wednesday.
W.C. Burkhiser was removed to
Pittsburg to work, his wife is staying for a while with her daughter,
Mrs. Ran Pulliam.
Rain or shine you need shoes and
Weimer still has a few pairs of the special bargains left over from
last week.
Ed. Kimmel has raised his house on
Water St. and is repairing it.
Nelson Dayton, of McCoole, who has
been ill with typhoid fever for several weeks, is slowing convalescing.
Mrs. W.D. Stewart, who has been
poorly for a long time with heart trouble, improves very slowly.
It rains four days in every week; get
your rubber shoes of Weimer, they are cheaper than doctor bills.
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Cather and
daughter, Miss Effie, and guest, Mr. Fleming, drove over to
Burlington for supper last Sunday.
Mrs. Carrie Sharpless went to Elk
Garden Thursday evening to attend the funeral of Mr. Gaver Sharpless today.
Shoe laces, all colors of shoe
polishes, slippers and insoles at Weimer's Shoe store.
Miss George Shelly has returned home
from a pleasant visit to Cumberland.
Mr. Fleming, of Kansas City, spent
Sunday with Mr. J.M. Cather.
D. Long & Son have pretty
sweaters and ladies' knit jackets.
Mr. E.B. Creel, of Cumberland, was
here on business Monday.
Mr. George Sincell, who had been in
attendance upon the Land Show at Pittsburg, returned home Wednesday.
Property sold well at the public sale
made by Mr. H.L. Welch last Monday.
Mr. Charles W. Bane and Miss Annie
Bane visited in Keyser yesterday.
Hon. W. L.(?) Crooks was in Grant
county on business this week.
Mr. R.G. Richardson went to Staunton,
Va. Tuesday to take up lumber for the Richardson Furniture Co.
Mrs. William Smith, of Elk Garden,
visited in Keyser this week.
Prof. J.C. Sanders, of the Prep. was
an expert witness before the court in Elkins this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Everly returned
Saturday from a visit to eastern cities.
Handsome silks and winter weight
dress patterns at I.M. Long's.
Messrs. T.H. Davis and Herman left
Friday of last week for an automobile trip through the Valley.
Supt. Robert Grant, of Henry, was
here on legal business this week.
Mr. John Dixon was here on business Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Bright spent
Thursday of last week in Hagerstown.
Mrs. Spurgen and daughter, Miss
Effie, of Terra Alta, visited Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Newman this week.
Ladies, Don't forget the Dolly
Madison guaranteed shoe, at Greenwade's.
Mrs. John McMakin and daughters Eula
and Edith, visited in Cumberland last Saturday.
Mr. H.A. Blair visited his family
here last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Newton Lyons was in Keyser on
business last Monday.
Mr. Hurbert Miller spent Sunday with
his family in Fairmont.
Harra H. DeShong of Piedmont and
Ethel Lena Sutlor of Barnum were married in Cumberland this week.
Mr. Lee Combs, of Piedmont, attended
court here this week.
A number of Italians are leaving the
U.S. and going back to Italy to fight for their country.
Rev. C.P. Bastian left Wednesday
morning for Taneytown, Md., to attend the Maryland Synod of the
Lutheran Church. He will be absent for about one week. There will be
no services in his church next Sunday forenoon, but Rev. Arnett,
Field Secty of the Anti-Saloon League will conduct the service at 7:30.
Mr. J.H. Markwood, undertaker, has
received tow handsome new hearses to replace the two that were burned
in the Potomac Milling and Ice Company livery barn last month.
The same highgrade oysters as
heretofore at Greenwade's.
Miss Agness Herndon, of Tunnelton,
visited friends in Keyser Sunday.
Mrs. Ella Morrison of Elkins and Mrs.
J. Smeltzer of Ridgeley spent Monday evening with Mrs. Isaac Mills.
Mr. Harry Adams was with a crowd of
hunters at Big Capon this week.
Mr. A.H. Michael gladdened his Keyser
friends by calling on them last Saturday.
For the cold weather that is coming
prepare to be comfortable and get your wool blankets at D. Long & Son.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. E.F. Bolen,
Spring St., Sunday, Oct. 15, a daughter. The child is named for both
grand fathers, both grand mothers its father and the state that the
father was born in. Its name is, Francis Virginia Maria.
Mayor L.H. Mott and family, of Davis,
lately made a visit to L.O. Mott, of Keyser, and other relatives at Antioch.
Mr. and Mrs. A.G. White, who had been
on a visit to Virginia, stopped in Keyser, enroute to their home at
Durbin to visit L.O. Mott, brother to Mrs. White.
Hon. C.M. Babb and Mrs. Babb spent
Sunday in Keyser and left for their Morgantown home Monday on 55. The
Tribune office is indebted to Mr. Babb for a pleasant call and
encouraging words.
All kinds of trade wanted at Greenwade's.
Mr. William Schwinahart was attending
to business before the County Court last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Reed visited
their son and daughter in Tunnelton over Sunday.
Miss Catherine Sharpless spent last
Friday in Cumberland.
Mrs. E.M. Stottlemeyer and her
mother, Mrs. Burton, left Tuesday for a two weeks' visit to Mt. Airy, Md.
Mr. S.M. Arnold is in Keyser on
business today.
A large crowd of men arrived
yesterday evening to work on the T.M. & P.R.R.
Mr. N.S. Yoder, of Washington
Bottoms, made the Tribune a pleasant call this morning, and added his
name to our list of subscribers.
Mr. Dan Bane, of near Burlington,
fell a few days ago and severely injured himself, breaking one rib
and sustaining other painful wounds.
Mrs. J.Z. Terrell accompanied Mr.
Terrell's mother to Washington today, on her way back to her Virginia
home. Mrs. J.Z. Terrell will return home tonight.
Miss Laura and Master Wm. Neville,
who underwent operations for appendicitis in the Hoffman Hospital,
are able to be out again.
Mr. Joe Sobraske, a preparatory
student, had the misfortune to have his collar bone broken while
exercising in the school gymnasium this week.
The wreck crew was called to Luke
early Tuesday evening to remove some rocks from the tracks. Upon
their return they were immediately called to Altamont, where an
engine was derailed.
Mr. W.I. Chesshire, who underwent a
successful operation for appendicitis in the Hoffman Hospital last
week is reported as getting along nicely.
Mr. Leo Jellinek has returned home
from a visit to Grafton, W. Va.
Mrs. J.H. Offner, of Romney, W. Va.,
spent the past few days here with friends and relatives.
Mrs. C.B. Gosnell returned to her
home in Morgantown, W. Va., from a short visit to friends here.
Keyser is enjoying a solid,
substantial building boom. The Thompson Furniture Company has its
large storeroom nearly completed,
W.A.C. Welch is building two new dwellings on Willow Avenue, Charles
Sievers is erecting a new dwelling and remodeling another on the same
avenue, Hal Reynolds is having the Shay home remodeled and greatly
improved preparatory to moving there and many other dwellings are
being improved.
The B. & O. is making extensive
improvements to its passenger depot.
Andrew Cleveland Gray, of Newcreek, and Bertha Conrad, of Martin, Grant Co., were married in Cumberland this week.
Mrs. Caroline Montgomery, wife of William Montgomery, one of the oldest residents of Romney, W. Va., is dead, aged 85 years. Mrs. Montgomery was twice married, her first husband having been the late Jonathan Byran, Springfield, W. Va. The surviving children are Dr. L.B. Byran, Springfield, W. Va., James A. Byran, Luke, Md.; John M. Byran, of California; Mrs. Florence Pattersons, of Romney, and Mrs. W.E. Pattersons, of Davis, W. Va.
The African Methodists of Keyser,
Piedmont, Westernport and Frostburg have connected their forces for a
general revival along all lines. Rev. A. McDowell and Rev. W.W. Mayle,
the pastors in charge, have just closed a very successful Meeting at
Piedmont and Westernport where they had more than twenty sessions to
the church on Tuesday evening a Musical and Literary contest was held
at Westernport and repeated at Keyser on Friday night a gold ring was
awarded to the best singer and a gold bracelet to the best speaker
among the young ladies. The literary contest was in keeping with the
spirit of African Methodism which aims to elevate the race along
intellectual and industrial lines.
An all day meeting will be held at
Keyser A.M.E. Church on Sunday. The other churches named will unite
here. The public is invited.
Elias Hatfield,
age 40, and Troy Hatfield, aged 36, brothers, and Octavo Gerone, an
Italian, were almost instantly killed at Harewood, near Montgomery,
Tuesday afternoon, in a pistol duel, resulting from a despute over
the division of saloon territory in Fayette county. The Hatfields
were sons of "Devil" Anse Hatfield, formerly leader of the
West Virginia faction in the noted Hatfield-McCoy feud, which was
waged for a dozen of years along the West Virginia border.
The two Hatfields owned a saloon at
Boomer, and in issuing saloon licenses in Fayette county it is
understood that saloonists shall not live outside a restricted
territory. Gerone was employed by Carl Hansau, who owned a saloon at
Dannelton, two miles from Boomer, and Gerone was said to have been
infringing on the Hatfield territory.
Mr. I.P. Carskadon, of Heads_______
at his Alleghany farm last Friday.
Mrs. Sherman Carnell and son,
Herbert, of Mountain
Breeze Hotel, visited Mrs. Henry Kitzmiller last week.
Mr. B.M. Davis, of Keyser, paid a
business visit to Wabash last Friday.
Mr. Morgn (sic?) Bane has completed
the County road from Sulphur to connect with the road leading from
Hartmonsville to Emoryville.
Messrs. T.T. Smith, J.E. Ludwick, and Tom
Duling and Misses Katie and Carrie Duling attended the Brethren
meeting at Alleghany Church, near Bismarck, last Saturday night. They
report pleasant services.
Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Duling of Gormania
visited home folks last Sunday.
Mrs. Porter, of Aurora, is the guest
of her brother, Dr. J. Oliver Lantz.
Mrs. Clarence Hanlin, of Bimarck,
visited friends at Mt. Pisgah last Saturday.
Mr. W.F. Welch, of Keyser, and Mrs.
Berth Chrisman, of Crellin, Md., are on a visit to Mr. Neri Clark's.
Misses Cora Ludwick and Leona
Shillingburg returned Tuesday from a visit of several days to Mr.
R.L. Neville's near Gormania. Col. M.D. Neville lives with his son,
Robert. He is over Ninety years old.
Messrs. Tom and Ervin Liller went to
Romney to attend school last week.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry L.
Kitzmiller on last night, Tuesday, a ten pound boy. The mother is
doing well, and everyone thinks that with good nursing, Henry will
recover. Congratulations to all.
Mr. Robert A. Rodruck, of Mt. Storm,
is here gathering up calves for Mr. Smith, of Petersburg.
Messrs. George Caplinger and
Ellsworth Rotruck have moved from Wabash to Bush to work in the mines.
Three of E.J. Roderick's children, of
Wabash, have typhoid fever. Dr. Lantz is their physician.
Lodi.
October
18 - Farms are getting ____us about their fall seeding which has
been hindered on account of the wet weather, and many of them are not
done corn cutting yet.
Wirt. Buckey, the veteran painter for
the W.M. Ry. Co., of Beverly, is here with his camp of paint daubers
beautifying the Dawson and Gerstell bridges.
Ammon Fleek and sisters, Myrtie and
Naoma, of Barnum, are spending a few days with relatives and friends here.
George Schell, of Cabin Run, and
Myrtie Johnson, of Shaw, visited their uncle, S.D. Dawson, of this
place, last Sunday.
Bessie Leatherman, of Keyser, spent
from Saturday of last week until Monday of this week with relatives here.
Daniel Dawson, son of S.D. Dawson,
was taken to the Western Maryland Hospital at Cumberland Tuesday to
undergo an operation for rupture.
Mrs. Annie Boward, of Cumberland, was
the guest of Mrs. F. Stotler, last week.
Miss Annie Stotler, of Clarksburg,
visited her cousin, Floyd Stotler, one day last week.
Rev. S.D. Dawson was called to
Cumberland Tuesday to preach the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Baker,
wife of Levi Baker, who died very suddenly Sunday Oct. 14, at 2 p.m.,
aged 70 years. Mrs. Baker, whose maiden name was Adams, spent most of
her life in this immediate vicinity and was a member of the United
Brethren church, loved and respected by all who knew her. Truly a
mother in Israel has fallen. She leaves to mourn her departure,
besides an aged husband, five sons, E.B. Baker, of McCoole, Md., J.R.
Baker, of New Creek district, I.D. Baker, of Montrose, W. Va., and
R.E. and A.B. Baker, of Ridgeley; and 3 daughters, Mrs. Susan Huff,
Mrs. Essie Miller and Mrs. Clara Miller, all of Ridgeley. The funeral
took place from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Clara Miller with
whom she had been living for the past year. Interment in Rose Hill
cemetery. The pallbearers were George and Charles Tasker, Russell,
William, Henry and Howard Kight and Will and Leonard Adams, all
nephews of the deceased.
Nero.
It was the magnificent record of the
House Democrats in the Sixty-first Congress under the leadership of
Champ Clark, which laid the foundation for the sweeping victory of
1910; electing a Democratic House, seven Democratic Senators to seats
held by Republicans and six Democratic Governors to displace
Republicans. Everyone, from the sagest political observer to the
veriest tyro in politics, who studies the results of the election of
1910, must be convinced that the victory was distinctly a national
one, won on the national issues and due to causes which stirred the
nation. . . .
. . . . It is only natural then, that the
public should desire to know all about the man who holds the second
most powerful office known to our system of government, the highest
honor which the Democrats had to bestow, and there is nothing strange
in the fact that a great many of them wish to promote him to the
highest station.
It is probably
that the career of no man of this generation is more typically
American than that of the present Speak of the House. He unites
within himself the strength and virtues of the stern unbending
Puritans and the brilliant Cavaliers. His father was born in New
Jersey and his paternal grandfather in Connecticut. On his mother's
side all of his ancestors, the Beauchamps, the Robertsons, the Jetts
were Virginians and Kentuckians. His grandfather was a member of the
Kentucky legislature and his second cousin, James Robertson, was a
Representative in Congress and is ranked among the greatest Chief
Justices of Kentucky.
Mr. Clark describes his father as having
been "handsome, highly intellectual, uneducated in a technical
sense, though extraordinarily well informed, not a public speaker,
but a skillful hand at arguing in private conversation and in telling
an anecdote, an enthusiastic amateur Democratic politician with no
desire to hold office, with a twenty-four-inch head, most of it in
front of his ears, absolutely honets, without ambition for money and
accumulating none, seemingly intended by nature for one of the
learned professions, with a consuming desire to have his children
well educated.
His mother, Aletha Jane Beauchamp, died
when he was three years old and he does not remember her, but all
accounts agree that she was a beautiful and lovely woman. He has no
brother and only one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark Haley, wife of Rev.
J.J. Haley of Lodi, California.
Few Americans have had more versatile
careers. Starting out to make his own way when but a tiny lad he was
successively farm hand, school teacher, clerk in country store,
teacher again, president of a college at twenty-three, editor of a
country newspaper, lawyer, member of the Legislature, Congressman and
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
He earned his way through college by his
own efforts, teaching school in the summer to earn the means to go to
college during the winter. Although he never mentioned the fact, it
is nevertheless true that he graduated, not only with the highest
honors of his class, but with the highest grade ever attained at
Bethany College.
Despite his own high scholastic honors
and the fact that he himself holds the degree of A.B., A.M. and LL.D.
of Bethany College, West Virginia, and L.L.B. of the Cincinnati Law
School, Mr. Clark does not place a high value on college degrees. He
loves learning and is fond of learned men, but he insists that while
a great deal of information is necessary to success in public life,
it matters nothing where or how the information is obtained. He is,
however, a strong advocate of a collegiate course, whenever possible,
and sums up the benefits as follows: "1. - A college course
renders it easier for a person to accumulate information that by
digging it out for himself, as the professors should be able to show
him short cuts and to direct him into the paths of least resistance
so that he can gain the larges amount of information with the
expenditure of the minimum of time, energy and money. 2. - Practicing
in debating and literary society is of incalculable value. 3. -
Association with teachers and fellow students enables a person to
absorb much information - the easiest and least expensive way to
obtain it. A boy who mingles with persons better informed that he
cannot fail to obtain information unless he is stone deaf, even if he
studies little, or none at all."
The Speaker stated on the floor of the
House several years ago that he would rather be President of the
University of Missouri than to be a Representative, a Senator in
Congress, or the Governor of Missouri.
He proves is faith in college by his
works, as he is sending his son to the University of Missouri and
fitting his daughter for college at a Washington school.
Circuit Court convened for the regular
October term last Tuesday forenoon, Judge F.M. Reynolds on the Bench.
The grand jury returned nine
indictments for misdemeanor and eight for felony.
The judge charged the jury to give
special consideration to the condition of the public roads of the
county and to the New Creek road especially.
The grand jury made the following
report on public roads:
"Whereas the attention of the
grand jury has been called to the condition of our county roads by
the Judge of the Circuit Court in his instructions, and we have made
investigation as to the condition of said roads, we call the
attention of the County Court to this most serious matter and
recommend that they immediately devise ways and means to improve said
roads as soon as possible."
"We have made investigation of
the possibilities of raising funds consistent with the law and have
reached a conclusion that the law does provide a manner by which
sufficient and necessary funds may be raised."
"We would recommend that the
attention of the County Court by first directed to the improvement of
the New Creek and Hardy Turnpike."
"We further recommend that the
County Court at as early day as possible give attention to the
improvement of the Emoryville road in Elk District."
The Court appointed F.H. Babb, George
W. Bane, J.W. Vandiver, Warner Leatherman and John S. Ward
commissioners to allot to Mrs. Annie R. Paris, widow of W.R. Paris,
her dower right in the estate.
The body of Miss Sallie Shannon, the young girl who, with
Rev. E.B. Druen, was drowned Sunday afternoon, October 8, was found
Wednesday morning lodged up on the shores of Taylor's island, six or
seven miles below where the tragedy occurred, and over four miles
below where the body of her companion was found. It is thought that
the heavy rain of Tuesday night, which slightly raised the waters of
the South Branch, raised the body, which, it is presumed, was caught
somewhere along the banks.
The body was badly decomposed, having lain in the water for
eleven days. The body was immediately taken to Springfield and taken
to the funeral parlors from which it was taken to the home of the
girl's mother, Mrs. Edith Shannon.
Mrs. Shannon is still very ill and her conditions is
somewhat serious. To her the suspense has been terrible.
A large number of the students of the Prep. enjoyed a picnic at Dan's Rock last Saturday. They enjoyed the trip going and coming, were inspired by the grand scenery, partook freely of the dinner and most of all were delighted with the social features.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N.C. Mills, who live at 15 A. Street, died last Monday and was buried in their home cemetery in the country Tuesday.
The Epworth League of Grace M.E. Church, South, gave a very delightful entertainment in the lecture room of the church last Tuesday evening, which was enjoyed by a large crowd.
We are sorry to say that Mr. George
Staggs Sr. is on the sick list at this writing. Also Mrs. William
Urice is very ill with typhoid fever.
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Rogers and Mrs.
Edward Staggs, spent Sunday at Mr. J.P. Fertigs.
Mr. and Mrs. S.C. Urice were calling
on Mr. and Mrs. John Urice Sunday.
Mr. Berkley Baily and Miss Blanch
Staggs visited at the home of Mr. J.W. Rodgers Sunday.
Miss Eathel (sic?) Steedman was
calling at the Knobley View Farm Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Bailey were calling
on Mr. and Mrs. Newton Umstot Sunday.
Mr. William Rogers began his school
at the Gate School house Monday last.
Sunday School Sunday at 10 A.M.
Lone Girl.
Mr. W.P. Ferribee shot a Golden Eagle near his home last Tuesday that measures seven feet from tip to tip. He killed the bird with a shot gun at a distance of about 80 yards. He has sent it away to have it mounted. It is a rare bird in these parts and the one Mr. Ferribee killed is a very fine specimen.
The body of John Kight, who was killed in Trotter mines, near Connellsville, Pa., was shipped to Piedmont, W. Va., Wednesday. Mr. Kight was one of the most trusted employees of the company in the service of which he had been for 27 years. Superintendent P.J. Tormay and Constable and Mrs. Roland accompanied the body to Piedmont. He was related to the well known Kight family of Piedmont and Westernport.
At the Odd Fellows Hall in Morgantown last Tuesday night, Mr. Allen Lambdin, assisted by other artists, gave a most interesting and entertaining program before a large and appreciative audience. Mr. Lambdin's songs were well received and the papers say it was one of the most enjoyable entertainments given in Morgantown for months.
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