The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-06-11
Second Annual Banquet Of the
Chamber Of Commerce a
Brilliant Event.
THE NEEDS OF: THE CITY
For Desired Future Develop
ment Eloquently Told Of
by Speakers.

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1--WE can have u Greater Clarks-
burg of 100000 people and more;
we have the location, a prodigious
endowment OF natural resources, and
people Of intelligence, vim and am
bltIon that will get 1t; We can: ergo,
let us do"
Thus substantially spoke Judge
Nathan Goff in an eloquent. edlfying
entertaining and inspiring address
to an assemblage of one hundred and
fifty leading business men OF
the city of Clarksburg at the second
annual banquet OF the Clarksburg
Board of Trade in the beautiful din
ing hall of the Waldo hotel Thurs
day night.
Auditors Entranced.
For more than an hour and a half
Judge Golf, full of his old time spirit
of oratory and inspired with zeal
for the welfare and progress Of his
native city, held his audience en-
thralled with his eloquerce and mag
netlc personality. He was greeted
with prolonged applause. cheered to
the echo at points OF emphasis and
sentiment, and, when he had finished.
re entire assemblage stood and re-
to a toast in his honor by
John w. Davis, the toastmaster OF
the occasion.
Judge Golf responded to the toast,
"Clarksburg.' He told OF the early
history of Clarksburg; of the hard
ships of the pioneer settlers, of the
establishment Of the town, of Its his
tory during the Revolutionary period,
of the Clarksburg of his boyhood
days, of the city,s recent develop
ment, and OF the possibilities and
hopes of the immediate future.
The Old Clarksburg.
One of the most interesting por-
lions of the judges speech was that
in which he told Of the iClarksburg
Of his boyhood days-the quiet,
sleepy village of good people dwell
Ing together In happiness and con-
tentment, before the iron horse came
over the mountain sides from the east
and before the. Industrial and COM
merclal demands Of the country had
grown out of their infancy. His de-
scription of the old town, It's people,
their customs, the Limitations to
which they were restricted and their
characteristics was series of word
pictures that held the rapt attention
Of every one in the hall.
OF the needs of the city for the at
S&inment of the much desired Great
er Clarksburg, Judge Golf said one
of the most important is the need OF
pure water in abundant quantity. To
the south Of us, not many miles dis
tant, there Is a fine, large supply OF
clear, pure water; to bring 1t to
Clarksburg requires only an outlay
trifing when compared to its rela-
tive value to the city and It's chances
OF development. If the. ancients
thousands of years ago could pro-
vide themselves with pure water I'M
der the disadvantages they had. GER
tainly we can do ut.
The Virginia Debt Snit.
Equal and uniform taxation is also
an important factor in the city's
growth. said Judge Con, and 1t is a
duty of the citizen to see that 1t
obtains. Here the speaker briefly re-
ferred to the Virginia debt suit now
pending in the Supreme Court of the
United States, and said that every
citizen of the State should put forth
efforts to have the States interests
IN this suit properly cared for. Be-
fore the formation of the State of
West Virginia, said Judge Cor. the
convention which restored the gov
eminent of the State OF Virginia pro-
mulgated an ordinance. providing for