Thursday, September 27, 1900
The drought was ended by gracious rains last Saturday.
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Steps are being taken to advance the work on the new church under consideration at West Union. The prospect now seems good for a church – a thing much needed in that locality.
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John Beverage, of Clover Creek, has sold about 500 bushels of peaches in the last two weeks. Mr. Beverage says he has 500 bushels of apples for sale and then will have 300 bushels for himself.
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The brick laying on the Bank of Marlinton building will commence this week.
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A Morgantown paper informs us that Lewis Yeager has received a very flattering offer from the manager of the Latrobe, Pa. football team to fill the place of fullback during the coming football season. The rivalry existing between the Latrobe and Greensburg teams makes the choice of players a very important duty and Latrobe is to be congratulated in securing Mr. Yeager, whose past record at Marlinton and at the State University has been a very brilliant one.
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The storm at Galveston exceeds anything of the kind that has ever occurred in the history of our people, excepting Johnstown where 10,000 people perished. The trouble seems to have originated in the West Indies, near Puerto Rico, and regions adjacent. The track of the hurricane is estimated at 100 miles in breadth. The loss of life has been estimated at 8,000 persons and may be found much greater. Looters have been arrested with their pockets filled with human fingers, cut off for the jewelry on them. A great many have been court marshaled and shot. The people of Marlinton experienced its expiring throes on Wednesday, the 12th, and to us the gale seemed simply terrific with its clouds of dust, and the way it blew away hats and shook the trees and moaned high overhead among the clouds.
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The sad intelligence comes that Mrs. Lizzie Wilhelm, relict of the Rev. Mr. Wilhelm who officiated at the dedication of the Edray church and for some years was assistant pastor of the Lewisburg Presbyterian congregation, perished in the recent Texas storm. She, with a brother and sister, was residing at Alvon, about 50 miles from Galveston. All three perished and were buried in the same grave.
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The Weather Station at Washington says that the windy and cooler weather beginning last Wednesday was caused by the great storm which had its origin in the Gulf and did such tremendous damage along the coast. The past summer has been the hottest in 63 years according to the government records; 1837 having been the traditionally hottest summer.
AN HONEST YOUNG MAN
George Duncan, ax man on the 7th residency near Buckeye, found a pocketbook containing $400.00 in cash, belonging to Anthony Aples, an Italian contractor.
Duncan returned the pocketbook to the owner and refused to accept 10 dollars as a reward.
THE YOUNG MAN FOURSQUARE
There is a book with the unique title, “The Young Man Foursquare,” and it ought to be in the possession of every young person, and its contents of 100 pages duly noted. As a specimen of its teachings, this is given about what is said concerning reliableness:
“Many a young man starts out well, and friends are glad to lend a helping hand, and they bring the youth their patronage and custom for no other reason than to encourage him on his first venture. But he grows careless. He neglects business for pleasure. He allows a ball or an excursion to consume hours that should have been given to business. Directly he finds his customers slipping away. They have found their young friend unreliable… Reliableness is a capital in itself. Keep your engagements, be punctual, be diligent.
“If a young man is to be reliable, he must not be dissipated. He must not keep late hours. It is all very well to “run with the boys” and have a “lark,” but life’s work is worth more than such rush-lights.
The statement has appeared repeatedly in public prints that some of the Government’s clerks at Washington are required on appoint- ment to pledge themselves to the following:
1. That you will be a total abstinence man, never tasting of any ardent spirits, wine, or other intoxicating drinks.
2. That you will never gamble or play at chance games.
3. That you will keep none but steady and respectable society.
4. That you will always keep the Sabbath strictly and attend public worship.
It matters not for the point in hand whether government clerks subscribe to such a pledge or not, it goes without saying, that it is on such habits as these that reliability in business life depend.
CATTLE MARKET
Cattle are being taken up a little earlier than usual.
Thomas Callison’s herd of 24 cattle were bought by Mike Thomas of the Valley of Virginia, who sold them to Hoover and Harrison. The were straight four year olds, and averaged 1,600 lbs.
M. J. McNeel sold about 50 head of three year olds to Hoover and Harrison which averaged 1,297 lbs.
T. A. Sydenstricker sold 38 straight three years olds to J. A. Argabright which averaged 1,260 lbs.
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A POWDER MILL EXPLOSION removes everything in sight; so do drastic mineral pills, but both are mighty dangerous. No need to dynamite your body when Dr. Kings New Life Pills do the work so easily and perfectly. Cures headache, constipation. Only 25¢
Sold by Harry R. Echols, Marlinton; N. J. Brown, Mill Point; E. L. Beard & Co., Academy; H. M. Hannan, Renick’s’ Valley; S. F. Myles, Falling Spring.
