The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-09-20

nlouy ol all the clty'S guests to-
night This prosperous and en-
terprising town has never ap-
peared to better advantage and
the hospitality for which the
people are proverbial has been
fully demonstrated.
ut was a happy thought Of
President S. F. Reed to time the
meeting to the occasion of the
opening of the new Traders
Hotel, which has just been com.
pleted at a cost of more than a
hundred thousand dollars; butt
was q still happier thought of the
eLterprising citizens who com
pose the Traders company to
signalize the inauguration of the
building by keeping open house
during the two days visit of the
editors and rendering them the
perfect freedom of the establish
ment, for it has sent them home
thgood and lasting impressions
off larksburg and the splendid
monument the company has built
for itself. A word as to this
monument. 1t is handsome
modern structure of buff brick,
three stories high, occupies a
half square and contains besides
one of the best appointed hotels
in the country, a beautiful bank
ing room, which is occupied by
the Traders Bank, and a perfect
gemof an up.to-date opera house.
The latter is more modern than
that Wheeling can
boast of. The stage appointments
are perfect, and the scenes and
frescoipg the work of the best
artists of New York and St.
Louis.
The hotel where the editors
have been entertained has no
superior in the State. AS oneof
the brethren expressed tito day,
the table and service is superb,
every meal being a banquet in
itself.
A deserved tribute was paid to
President Stuart f. Reed, of
Clarksburg, Secretary Harry
Synder, of Shepherdstown, and
Treasurer w. Il. Morgan, of
Morgantown by their unanimous
reelection for another year.
Mr.. Reed is an enthusiastic
worker in the cause and has built
up the association to its present
proportions from an average
yearly attendance of less than
half the number here to-day.
E. F. Kitson, of Sistersv;lle,
was made vice President. Sis.
tersville was chosen over Elkins
and Buckhannon for the next
place of meeting.
The election of regular officers
was followed by the choice of a
historian, an orator and a poet
for next year, w. L. Mansfield,
of the Wayne Ne,os, Owen S. Nc.
Kinney, of the Fairmont Iader,
and Watt Warren, of the Glen
vile Pathfinder, being chosen re-
spectlvely.
The delegates to the National
Editorial Association at st.
Augustine, Florida, which will
be held in January or February;
James K. Hall, of the Intel
tigencer;; ]. F. Thompson, of
Martlnsburg; Sildell Brown, of
Kingwood; @. L. Smith, OF Fair
mont; j. E. Fleming, of Morgan
town; T. a. Dennis, of Lewis
burg. The alternates are R. H.
Harrison, H. L. Snyder, F. Trip
lett, Geo. Goshorn, j. o. Thomp-
son and T. T. McDougall.
A legislative committee con.
sistiug of T. H. Dennis, o. S.
Mckinney, Slidell Brown, H. c.
Raglapd. A. B. White and the
President and Secretary, was APP
pointed.
Tonight at the Grand Opera
House the closing session was
held. 1t was a public meeting
and was largely attended by the
citizens of the town. A number
of speeches we're delivered, in
terspersed with music by the
First Regiment Band. The feat
ure of the evening was an ad-
dress by Governor Maccorkle en-.