Bakerton, W. Va – July 24.
Mrs. Alice Trundle, of Washington, is spending the summer with her sister, Mrs. George Duke, near Bakerton.
Misses Sallie and Annie White, of Montgomery county, are visiting their uncle, Robert Duke, of Bakerton.
Mr. Arthur Trundle, of Washington, made a flying visit to Bakerton last Saturday and returned home on Sunday.
Camp meeting begins at Moler’s, near this place, the 27th of this month, and will continue two weeks or more.
Crops and gardens are suffering greatly from the drought. Some sections were visited by a heavy rainfall last Tuesday, but we only got enough to lay the dust. We have had no rain in this section for a month or more.
Times are hard, but still young people will get married. A young couple, Mr. Walter Caton and Miss Carrie Staley, of Moler’s, eloped last Saturday to Shepherdstown, where they had the knot tied by F. A. Strother, and went on their way rejoicing that they had outwitted the old folks at home.
Business seems to be brisk about Bakerton. The thriving young merchants, R. H. Moler and Jesse M. Engle, seem to be doing well and are looking happy.
