Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-07-03
WILL TAKE HOLIDAY
Morgantown will Celebrate the
Fourth by Keeping Quiet.

Morgantown will Celebrate the
Fourth by Keeping Quiet.
Lots Of People will be out of town
Elks Will go TO fairm0nt-Celebra-
ton at Maple-M. a. X. Excursion
Unionrown Offers Attractions No
z Fire Works.
Instead OF being unusually lively on
y the Glorious Fourth, Morgantown will
81 be unusually quiet If the scream of
s the eagle is beard at all it will be from
afar. Anybody who wants to cele-
brate will have to have his own little
celebration. There will be nosfre-
works paid for common subscription,
no booming OF cannon nor blare Of
trumpets, no spread eagle speeches
with the usual Bunker Hill features
The city will be practically deserted
:. quietcr in general way than King
wood on Sunday.
All the stores run by members Of
the Merchants Association, who have
s signed the Retail Clerks Union scale,
will close at six this evening and re.
main closed until Monday morning,
The grocery stores will close at the
usual hour this evening. There will
be no business transacted at the
blanks, and Uncle SAINTS army of post
office clerks and carriers will take a
holiday. The local Office will be closed.
To add TO the peace and quietude Of
the day, the New DOMINION will not
beissued. The printers of the city
,Yill take holiday with the rest.
:. WILL LEAVE TOWN
A large per cent of the popul alton
will leayetown. Some will drive out
/ into the country fora holiday, others
1 will go down the river on excursions.
Some wilIgo TO enjoy the uproar Of
Fairmont and Uniontown, and others
viii not stop short of Pittsburg.
BIG DAY AT MAPLE
There will be celebration at Ma
pie, this county of considerable pre-
tentions. The annual reunion Of the
q White family large enough IN itself
for a good sized celebration, Will be
held there, in connection with the
observance OF Independence day. Hon.
VIM. u. GlasscoeS and Col, James
Frazer are the orators Of the day
They will leave on the six o'clock
train for Burton, and will drive over
from there returning on the ten
O'Clock tram at night Frank Cox
was to have been one Of the speakers
but could not go on account of the Ill
ness Of his father.
ELKs co TO FAIRMoNT.
The local Elks will send a pretty
large delegation to Fairmont. They
have accepted a challenge to play a
game of base ball with the Fairmont
Lodge, and in addition to the alleged
players, will take lot of rooters along.
The team is made up as follows;
Bowman p. Jones, c.; Rider, LIST;
Kincaid, End; Davidson, 3rd; Corbin,
SIS. Minor, r.f,; Crawford, CT; NAL
lonee, If; SWisher, sub; Joe Mills,
manager.
60 Eairmont is having a big celebration
and good crowd OF people from this
city will attend. Warrington will
have rival attractions and few Nor
gantoWn people Will even go TO the
Augusta county capital
"a = AT UNIoNTowN
The Fourth will be the last day of
the big Labor Carnival. The races
and carnival features will draw a good
attendance from Morgantown. The
labor element will be strongly repre-
sented.
EXCURSION ON NJ. &. X.
The M. s. K. railroad will offer re-
duced rates to Masontown and return.
The rate will be one and a third for
the round trip. Masontown will have
celebration of its own. Only the
regular trains will be run.
There will be no reduced rates on
the B. & O. railroad. This is a dis
appointment to many people who con-
template going to Pittsburg and other
points ON the line.
Mayor McGrew directed the officers
TO enfoce the ordinance in regard to
the shooting of fire-crackerS, canes
and the setting off OF all fireworks
TIE only store in town that displayed
anything of this sort. for sale was in
structed not to sell it, The sale of
fire works is violation of the ordi-
nance. 1t will be slow Fourth for
the small boy.