The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-09-19
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EL..RS TO Be
At MEET

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Large Delegation win Leave
Today to Attend Reunion
at Huntington.
FA1RMoNT, Sept 1sA large
number Of local Elks headed by Bx-
allied Ruler Bert s. Leopold will
leave Sunday for Huntington where
the state meeting Of. the, -Elks win
be held. next week.
TIE Rev Al. N. Parks, pastor o.
1.-THE Warrington Presbyterian church
! will preside oyer the sessiDnsrcf the
| Grafton PresbyterY. He was elect
ed moderator at a session held this
! week at Grafton. F. s1s
A special term OF the circuit
court with Judge w. s. Raymond on
the bench. will he. held z: beginning
October s. for the purpose OF hear
ing the petitions Of the. Western
] Maryland railroad asking Tor 4 the
privilege Of condemning q right Of
way through the Helen's run coal
I field, where a road Will be built to
bring out the shipments of coal.
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| The state session of the lodge OF
NJ s9ns will be held inathfss city be-
ginning November 10, according to
an announcement made this week.
The meeting was to have been held
this year at Wheeling but, could not
be held in that city because the
Scottish Rite temple burned several
months ago. XII
Waiter Koen. aged 90 years, son
Isof Mr. and Mrs.J. T. Koen, Of Man
nington. died at his home there
Thursday. 81 si
Levi b.. Harr, of this city was
elected presidente3o of the Marion
County Sunday School Association
which heldssa two days session at
Baxter this week. IL
Joseph Dfggs, ;Jr., aged q, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Diggs, "A
we'll known barber of this city, was
drowned Friday In theE Mon ongahela
river near Twelfth street.. ,Diggs
was on a turtle hunt with Ross
Wadsworth. and at the time they
were taking swim. 1t is thought
he was seized with cramps.
w. D. Straight has been appointed
weights and measure inspector by
the Marion county court, pursuant
to the new law recently in effect
which was passed at the last session
OF the legilature. ----1 u. la
& The Sunday schools Of the East
Side will Hold a big parade Sunday.
september 26. It is estimated that
1000 persons will bein The line Of
march III e,
The colored population of Fair
mont, Clarksburg. Grafton, Morgan
town and other nearby cities are
planning for an Emancipation Day
celebration to be held at Loop park
|September 90.
Hundreds OF people .5om every
section nof the county were present
at the home coming celebration
which was held at Bnlgamon.
One hundred persons made appli-
cation to the county court for ap-
pointment to the position of weights
and measures inspector which Of
flee was created at the last session
OF the legislature.
The West Virginia supreme court
will hear the Fairmont charter case
October. 10, according to announce
fnent made this week.
The surviving members Of Mauls-
by's battery, an organization. which
fought for the union durin the Civil
war, was held on Thursday at the
home Of Jonathan w. Faust in this
city, Out Of 234 members only
fifty-four are now living.
A meeting Of the coal operators Of
/ the Fairmont district was held here
this week at which the operators en-
tered protest against the purpose
OF the railroads to ask the Interstate
Commerce Commission for permits
sion to raise the rates on coal ship
ments. The operators appointed a
committee to confer with the rail-
roads.
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Charles G.. Conaway, zone Of the
best known residents OF Marion
county, died at his home In Bar
racksville Tuesday. Ii n.
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r. R. Heck and w. D. Ice, of Fair
mont. and g. "a. Ammons, Of Man
nington, have been appointed by
44GuHefnpE hatfield as delegates to
attend. the thirty-fifth annual SEES
sion OF the National Farm Congress
which convenes in Omaha. Neb..
October /.
The Fadgmontpublls cAoolsopened
the sessions for the year Monday
The schools Of the Fairmont inde-
pendent district are under the SUI
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