The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-07-11
SCREAM
LOUDLY HEARD
Fourth Of July is deliberately Ccle.
brated in Cities and Towns in
County of Harrison.
BIG PROGRAMS ARE OBSERVED.
Thousands Upon Thousands Attend
Natal Day Cclebrations-Sky-
rocket Here Starts "a Fire.

The Fourth of July celebrations at
various points In the county were
largely attended and marked with a
great degree Of enthusiastic patriot
ism. Celebrations were held at Good
Hope, Salem, shinnston, Bridge
port and Northvlew on an elaborate
scale and there were smaller ohserv-
ances at various other points.
At Good Hope there were from
1900 to 1000 people in attendance.
The presiding officer was Lloyd
Washburn. who made patriotic
speech. and was followed by Attor-
ney E. F. Goodwin. OF this city. A
big basket dinner was served, after
which Charles G. ooffman. of this
city, Rev. w. NJ. Shultz, OF Harris
vile, and Mr.. McQuade and others,
Of Good Hope, made excellent address
ses. Among the other attractions
were ball games. The day was
gloriously spent.
The day was ushered in at Salem
with sunrise salute and the flag
was raised soon afterward on the
Williams oil derrick. This was fol-
lowed by ball game near the glass
factory between Tenmile and Salem
teams. The parade was formed at
the First National bank corner and
consisted of the Salem band. vet
Grams, Uniform Rank of knights OF
Pythias, Salem lodge of Pythians,
Odd Fellows. Rebekahs, Maccabees,
Ladies' of the Maccabees. Fraternal
Order OF Eagles. Woodmen OF the
orld. Woodmen Circle, Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, Mod
ern Woodmen of America, floast and
merchants display, carriages, eques-
trians and pedestrians. Arriving at
the grounds band concert was rem
dered and then came the big OK
roast dinner, which was relished by
all and proved one of the principal
events of the day. The afternoon
exercises opened with another band
concert, after which Prof. NJ. H. Van
Horn read the Declaration OF indie
pencence. Star Spangled Banner"
was sung by the crowd, which was
followed with addresses by James
W. Robinson and Stuart F. Reed. of
this city, and the Rev. Larkin b.
Bowers, of Salem Following this
was ball game between the Franks
Run Japs and the Salem team and
then came amusemenrs at tn egrove.
The celebration ended with big dis
play OF fireworks at night. There
were fully 5000 or 1000 people in
attendance and the day was the
grandest and most glorious in all of
Salem's long history.
While there was no formal cele-
bration of the day here. vet patriot
ism Of the modern kind flowed out
in copious streams. bursting forth
the night before, when fireworks Of
various kinds We're seen all over the
city, in some places there being
perfect uproar of shot and shell. Es-
peclally noticeable was this or Pike
street, with a great Indifference as
to. the safety Of persons ana prop
erty on the part of those engaged in
the celebration MS we'll as on the part
of the authorities. All passed on at
that point Wednesday night fortu-
nately without accident, but Thurs
day night conditions soon assumed
an alarmingly dangerous aspect both
to life and property. as celcbrators
became holder and more daring and
wreckless, adopting in the main the
dangerous skyrocket as the feature
of the fireworks display. Pedes-
trlans walked the street at the peril
of having their heads blown OF or
their eyes put out, There were sew
eral narrow escapes from such fates
and finally at o'clock the climax
came, when little colored boy
propped up one of the deadly sky
rockets against the street car rail
and ignited 1t. 1t shot into the store
Of Mrs. Mary Rome, colorea. and her