The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-09-20

ION iirst Gust 81 lo SCI son was
piFen near NJ est l1ituFc " e1i1Aea
ds, he arches eIe c0ns
IA 81 Il. laid out ia pretty
Iite valley on the est te Of E.IaeG
Stout. which was gen eroIisly tell-
dered by tae owner for die rse ~
dc ISOLATION, ith9i1t money ard
wit ioJit price. The morning Of thus
sevenfful dsY WAS occupied By o1ac7
tee in hofaelIlanship and IN the
requirement Of skill in The use q.
lance. The committee tof arrange
lnents was as follows DIR. lgtlsAs.
TAYLOR. Charles q. 3Stotler, Frank
III. Stout and John Helmliclk- Cons
a4iiFtee on tations, Ct. Cars
Izalon. Dr. A. y. Kemper, Charles
Cumming and Fred knlseley; ile
1llaTsh Is in command were Edward.
Reynold s frank "a Rhodes and
Fred Davis.
Eleven gay and lusty hnlgeats
donned FhgiF streaming sashes and
rei9ned initheiT pranclng steeds 9o OF
the exciting contest of the Lists. At
one O'Clock under The unlbrageous
shadow ofoal1s, NAPLES and apple
treets, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. were
laFed for most sunptuous picnic
repaet. where buttered roll, fried
chicken, hsrn sandwiches, GROW
chow, pickles, jellies, pies, cakes,
yyatern19 lon and ice cream, answer
ed fhe keen appetites of al the
large and Joyous thron.g that were
assemble led on this gala day.
After dinner the riding began and
the Knights were as follows: ALVIN
Booth, knight of Mineral; Charles
C;arskadon might OF Akron J o6n
FTelrnielS. Knight. Of West Milford
Clarence Stout, Knight OF Lost
Greek; Guy Stout, knight Of "a ar.
rison: French Stout, Knight Of
Stony Run; Charles Stotler, Knight
Of Glen Elk Charles Taylor,
Knight OF Old Virginia and Al
fonso Stout, knight Of Quiet Deb.
We must say in brief that the
riding was unusually good and
while some of the knights com
planned Of lack of practice, such 4
feature was not apparent on the
field. There were some good horses
in service but it must be confessed
that the character of horse-hesh was
considerably below the best speci-
lnens of Harrison county. a WORD
OF accommodation right here bay
not he, out.of place. The interest
and atfSlcHveness of the touTna-
gnent is largely dependent upon the
beauty and grace OF this noble AMI
NAL and we feel constrained to say
that The selection upon this occas-
ion s1d some former occasions IN
the county has not been very care
fully or judiciousRq mace.
The riding in the contest for the
prize givento the most graceful and
best rider, which preceded the other.
exercises, and submitted TO the COM
petent judgment of a committee Of
three ladies, namely, Miss Blanche
Hursev, Mrs, Elmer Stout and MIS-;
Randolph, resulted in the placing
of the star and carbon upon the
.bIload bosom of Charles Cummings.
The second badge was given to DE-.
Charles Taylor, and the third TO
John Helmick.
French Stout, as usual, carried
off that rare privilege of crownlng
the Queen Of Love OF Beauty, who
upon this OCCASION was Miss Blanch
EInrsey, oneof the fairest daughters
OF clarksburg, and the four fortlI-
nate Knights who crowned the lad
les of her court were in The order OF
their dignity ind fortune, Messrs:.
Clarence. Stout. DR. Charles Taylor,
H G. Carskadon and LON Booth.
And the ladies whom they were CIV
en- the privilege to select, with usual
taste and pripriety, were Miss
Othello SfoHt, first maid OF honor !;
Miss Mary Davisson, second; y lss
Georgia KnReley, third, and Miss.
Agnes Rodgers, fourth, an Of whom
under the fragrant flowers that dec
GRATED their beautiful foFeheads
clustered about their Queen, pre-
sented galaxy Of star-eyed beauty
which no ono present can ever fal1
TO recall with pleasure.
The charge to the Knights was
delivered BY I'll. 81 Honston5 g
Gfarksburg, and fl7e coronation ae-'
dress was made by William II. t2l7
ing, Of the slrne Plaee
The skill q the Young gent le & ,s
participating Is made espeeis!44y
manifest by on Ct me 1ass sil' 4 Z
their prize was gained .3y l1e tot7
lloViin.5 nrrEIber 81 rings required TO
ia 5en aIldr hadi n the oEders