The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
Fighting for Tickets.

Saturday morning you should have
seen the crowd at the depot dSht1ng
Tor Hckets.for the excursion train. We
stood in Line for half an hour and
got squeezed more than we ever did
in our courEng days, for chance to
give up our money 10 cold oloooed
CORPORATION for a pass to the Queen
CITY oasis. Some Of the women and
children were almost crushed Inc
railroad company had only 2oo e1cur
sion tickets for sale and 500 people
were fighting for them.
The-train was held fifteen minutes
for the crowd and when It pulled out
about 100 Jumped on without tickets
and lot more came on the regular
train about twenty minutes behind the
special AT every station the platform
was crowded and at Thomas speclai
train from Davis connected with the
special making twelve big coaches
damned, with two engines and 1000
people and no stops atter leaving
Shaw.
The most remarkable feature of the
whole affair was the baggage carried
by the crowd Almost every man mad
from one to four large suit cases and
some OF the --Tally's" had small
trunks. You would have thought they
were all bound for Europe or the Pan
FauaSSdC1uC SAPOS1GIA. SS4<A~NoS-aS>
say. every suitcase was empty (sotng
DOWN. The racks on both sides OF
the coaches were stacked full and un-
der every seat and IN the aisle. we
noticed two big suitcases fall from
rack onto Two ladies sitting beneath
and while their hats were smashed up
a little. they were nit hurt. but on
the return trip, this would have 'oeen
different We never saw so many peo-
Dle going to circus before with bag
gage.
had published an advertisement 1rom
tte Cumberland board OF trade. tnE1t-
ing the people to come and take az
vantage of the bargains, they could
not get at home. and this vas exact
Nv what they were doing. After we got
into MARYLAND, agents from big wnote-
sale liquor houses in Cumberland
came through the train distributing
advertisements from which we extract
as follows: Come and see US oe1ore
you buy;; We save you money Our
goods at reduced prices our s1ore -
handy Bring your suitcase ana make
our place your headquarters. ana
many of them accepted the INVITATION
Hard Time to Get Drink
II WAS noon when we pulled INTO
Cumberland and was getting hot and
dry and the crowd was singing. On.
How DRY I Am" You should nave
seen the Jam on Baltimore street ana
IN All the Life Saving" stations we
tried SIX before we could get IN ana
three more before we could be wa1teo
On. At the tenth place. we got a cold
bottle of beer. Il was the west VIZ
einta crowd that made the jam Tne1r
tongues were parched and hanging
ont and they forgot all about dinner:
the show. the parade and the naro
times. Every bar had half dozen
men In their shirt sleeves handing out
auber colored fluid in large glasses
small glasses and bottles with CORES
N Suit Case and Publicity.
The weather was ideal for circus
dav and to see a crowd of 10000
we'll dressed people, filing up every
reserved seat at 50 cents per. extra
and buying Lemonade peanuts ice
cream. coco cola. fans. song oooks.
photos. chewing gum and everything
70 spend money for and then taxing
IN the concert and the side show ana
riding down town in autos and on tne
street cars you would not dream OF
herd times IN the country anywhere.
8vey hotel and restaurant. saloon.
: F.a,-Ea,S rno1esaTe house in Gunner