The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-03-19

fine working order.
The Adamston. glass factory now
, averages shipping one car load OF
glass day. The demand and price
are improving. 4.
Biddle Brothers will start up their
cement block factory as soon as the
4 weather conditions settle, and give
employment to several men. They
are pioneers in the block business
and have bright prospects for a
prosperous season the coming year.
Last season their demand was much
\ greater than the capacity of their
4 plant.
There are several cases of mumps
and measles among the children OF
our town.
Adamston once had band. but.
/ ADAMsToN. Mar. 14.-The town
council has decided to appeal the
! Layman case to the supreme court OF
appeals Of the state. In the trial In
the circuit court at the recent term.
Mr.. Laymand got Judgment against
the town for $4,000. and on argu-
and new trial granted, Judge Lynch
cut the verdict in two-givlng Lay
$250.00. There is nothing like adver-
Using, thetown and letting the people
know we are still on the map.
! Benjamin ]. Powell. glass worker
of the Adamston factory, has been
confined to his home for a. few days
with Illness
r.. r. Powell. popular young
bookkeeper for the Clark Coal Com
pany, was married here Thursday
evening o Miss Dora Musser, a pop
ular instructor in the Meadowbrook
schools. sTheir many friends wish
them many long and happy years Of
welded life.
Several people from here attended
the closing exercises of Joseph A.
James's school on Davissons Run yes
terday, and report a pleasant and I'M
teresting time.
Mr.. McWhorter, an engineer and
Fairmont & Clarksburg Traction
company. will move to Shinnston
soon. Mr.. McWhorter was transfer.
red some time ago to the sub-station
at Gypsy. He. was one of our best
citizens and will be greatly missed
here.
William Gould, engineer on the
Short Line division of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad, has purchased lot
and commenced the erection Of
dwelling house thereon adjoining the
properly of Carl Reading on Pike
street Ferd Grim is the CONTRACTING
carpenter.
The Rev. j. T. Foster. former pas
tor of the United Brethren church at
this place, but now presiding elder of
the Buckhannon district of that de-
nomination, was here from Buckhan-
non today enroute to Olive, where he
Will conduct quarterly meeting Sun
day Brother Foster has many friends
n NC ole to
him back. ~,
ADMISSION. Mar. 16-The funeral
of Mabel Piclens, little 3-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Pickens took place at 2 o'clock Sun
day afternoon. Services were held
at the parents home by the Rev. ].
q. Scott, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and burial in the
Green Lawn cemetery. A large num-
Der OF relatives and friends were In
attendance.
The Rev. j. o. Potts. pastor of the
fering from lagrippe and was some
what worse yesterday.
william Barth has recovered from
an attack of lagrippe and pneumo-
MIA.
The Light and Heat Company has
been repairing some of its lines
here, and was kind enough to leave
large pile of stone and mud on one of
the principal sidewalks for the peo-
pie to walk over. or around, as they
chose, Saturday night and Sunday.
The town authorities should have had
1t removed.
Mrs. Carrie Morrison, of Wilson
burg, was the guest of friends here
Sunday.
lobe Hanger. of Monongah, was
mere Sunday viewing the ruins at the
power house.
A young child of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Fraziers is very Ill.
John Boyles, of Plttsburg. Is Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. q.
Boyles.
Fred A. McFarlin, of Grafton, was
here Saturday afternoon. looking af-
ter, his business interests-the Adams
ton Drug Company and pool room.
ODDS Rawson. young man of this
place. who caught severe cold dur
ing an attack of measles, is in a very
serious condition. He was taken to
st. Mary's hospital Saturday evening.
Harry Dawson, barber at the Fit
tro shop, has recovered from an i'll
ness Of one weeks duration and is
now back ut work.
Ray Green a young man of this
place, went to Fairmont the other
uay and enlisted in the United States
army. receiving a government meal
ticket.
1t is reported the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company will put in a
new bridge at the West End over the
street car track. to be of the iron
and cement pattern, the same as tho
one crossing the river.
Owing to an unavoidable delay in
the arrival OF some electrical appli-
ancess from Pittsburg. the street cars
did not get started as announced
Saturday, and not until 12 o'clock
Sunday.
Several clarksburg people took ad-
vantage of the regular street car
schedule Sunday afternoon to view
the ruins at the power house, and a
steady. stream OF people came and
went on each car.
Mr.. Halfway, of Grasselli, was here
yesterday viewing his vineyard
]. e. Boyles Is suffering from an
attack of rheumatism.
The Rev. Joseph Harmon preach
ed two able sermons at the United
Brethren church yesterday, morning
| and evening, the pastor, the Rev. ].