The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-09-05
Story Abort clarksbu"g Hotels Rails
ing Rates for Odd Fellows
Convention is False.
COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION.
Proprietors of Local Hotels stoutly
Declare There Wnl BE No
Raise OF Prices.

halse OF fftceS.
The Fairmont daily papers lravt
entered into a plot to emharrass the
approaching annual State meeting
of the Grand Lodge OF odd Fellows
TO be held here in November and are
now assIduously engaged In circu.
lating false reports with that end in
view. It is apparent from their in.
Justice 10 the odd Fellows OF Clarks.
burg and the remainder of the State
that they desire the coming State
meeting to be failure and as poor.
y attended as possible. 1t is this
attitude toward Odd Fellowship tina.
as aroused the greatest indignation
I the order and on all sides expres.
ions OF censure OF those papers are
iade In manner that emphasizes
lie resentment the Odd Fellows feel
Ver ha designs against the success
Of next great State meeting.
Must Retract.
So - in error are the reports
sp.e IL the Fairmont papers that
il h-s Zen decided by the Odd Fell
bows lat they must retract them,
and yi lin the next few hours 1t Is
beii,v-l such retractions will be
seer those papers. If they do not
retr It, there is every probability
the will be called upon in another
way J show cause for the publication
OF { a injurious statements.
T1sre is possibility that those
pap - were misled by statements
eon = from what they deemed an
authoritative source. and, in that
ever they VIII not be quite 50
harshiy dealt with. But lie that as
it may, an investigation was insti-
tuted early this morning and will
continue zealousTy until the perpe-
traitors OF this attempted injury to
the Grand Lodge meeting are punish
ed and it is made perfectly clear
that II was an error from beginning
TO end.
The Fairmont papers under glar-
ing headlines announced that the
hotels here intend to raise the rates
for that event and that there is
such dissatisfaction among the Odd
Fellows that they were actually ar
ranging with Fairmont hotels 10 en-
terrain the Grand Lodge and visit
ing Odd Fellows. In this those pa
pers coucocted the scheme that the
interurban would give reduced rates
over the traction line.
Those articles have caused the fol.
lowing 10 be issued by the committee
on arrangements and entertainment
of the Grand Lodge:
To the Public; ~
Statement by Committee.
Articles appearing in the Farmont
West virginian Of Thursdays date
and in the Fafrmont Times Friday
morning stating that the hotels Of
Clarksburg intend to raise their
rates for the annual State meeting
of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
in Clarksburg in November, and. that
on that account arrangements are
about to be made to have Fairmont
hotels entertain the members and
visitors, by conveying them over the
interurban at reduced rates, are en-
tireiy without foundation as no snch
movement has been even thought Of
BY the committee on arrangements.
or me Grand Lodge itself.
Tire undersigned committee on
arrangements hereby Informs the
public that The hotels OF Clarksburg
AVE long since signed up contracts
for the entertainment of the Grand
Lodge members and visiting Odd
Fellows. and at rates quite satisfac-
tory. These rates with one or TWO
exceptions are lower than the regu-
lar rates.
The committee In Justice to the
Grand Lodge meeting and its success
respectfully asks those papers to
correct this error aud assures the
ode Fellows of the State that they
will lind the hotel accommodations
in Clagksburg ample and as good as