The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-11-29
MERCHANTS OF
GRAFTON FAVOR
RATE INCREASE
Association Favors Five Per
Cent Advance, Asked by
Railroad Companies.

Merchants. Association passed reso-
luton at the last meeting which
stated that the Grafton business and
professional men favored the grant
ling OF the five per cent increase
which the railroads have asked for,
and requested further that the Inter
state Commerce Commission give per
mission for this increased rate on
freight shipments. Copies Of this
resolution We're sent the chairman OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and to President Daniel Willard, OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The
local merchants, professional men
and others are planning to arrange
a meeting with President Willard and
other head officials in the near flu
ture, with general plan to foster a
"get-together' movement between the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad employees
and the shippers Of the Monongahela
valley.
Thomas II. Gather. of Grafton. who
has been general foreman and in
structor OF the mechanical engineer
ing shops at the West Virginia Unit
versity for the last thirteen years,
has resigned his position and will
leave shortly after January 1. He
will go to Colorado.
The lease Of the Hippodrome thea
ter has; been sold by j. Lester Bush
to a Buckhannon firm, which will
take charge Of the business here at
once. The theater is adapted to nov
ing pictures and vaudeville.
The Grafton Sentinel will move
into new quarters in the Central hotel
building next week, following the
completion Of extensive Improvements
Ito the property, which will be fitted
up for a modern newspaper plant.
The company will install new press
and several thousand dollars worth
Of modern equipment.
The Royal Window Glass Company
resumed operations this week in the
large new plant, which. has been en-
tirely rebuilt since the property was
swept by fire six months ago. The
plant employs 175 men and has
weekly pay roll of $1,000.
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The Bank of Remington has moved
into new quarters in a large and
commodious brick building, which has
been constructed by the bank direct-
ors. This bank is Taylor county's
latest banking institution and has
capital stock OF $4,000, with some
of the strongest men in the couny
back of it. Guy E. Williams, of Graf
ton, Is cashier.
The Grafton District Christian En-
deavor convention closed its session
at the Presbyterian church after an
important meeting. Delegates from
Fairmont, Morgantown, Terra Alta,
Philippi and other towns were pres
ent. Karl Lehman. the field secre-
tary of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety of the United States, was pres
ent and delivered the principal adj
dresses.
Vacancies were filled in the direc-
torate Of the Grafton bank this week
by the election Of Harry c. Compton,
DIR. D., c. Peck. Columbus r. Bart
lett and Alphonse Leuthardt.
]. Bart Lilly, a prominent Socialist
of this city, died Monday, aged 81,
following an attack of paralysis at
the home Of his daughter, Mr.. W. R.
Williams The funeral was held
Wednesday at Wheeling, where the
body was Inferred in Mt. Zion ceme-
terry.
A pretty romance, said to have
started a year ago in Oklahoma, end
ed, here this week with the wedding
Of Miss Irene Watts and Luddie AL
bert Kinney, both giving their homes
as Huntington. The bride is mere
child, with schoolgirl braids down
her back and looked to be even less
than 16, which was the age OF the girl
as given by her mother when she
procured the license for the couple.
The groom was only IS, and only the
presence Of the girls mother made It
possible to get the license here. The
bridegroom is understood to be the
owner OF much valuable ranch land
in the West.
The remains of Erskine Hoffman,
who was run down and killed by
freight train in Louisiana few days
ago, were brought to Grafton and the
funeral services held here. lnterment
was made in Bluemont cemetery. The
unfortunate man was a former resi-
dent of this city, leaving Grafton
about year ago. He was brother
of Bernard and o. W. Huffman, both
OF this city.
Mrs. Sarah Drusilla Boyce expired
at the home OF her son, James Boyce,
this week at the age of SO, afterra
brief illness Of pneumonia. The fun
eral was held from the Methodist
Protestant church With the pastor,
the Rev Jesse r. Jones, officiating.
For the first time on record in this
section, the Tygarts Valley river was
frozen over prior to Thanksgiving
Day. The weather. set new figures
for several days t8fE
Graftons 100000 federal building
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