The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-08-01
AUGUST 5 is the Date Set for
Big Outing of the Bus
mess Men.

GRAFTON, July 31.-The Graf
ton Merchants Association has an
nounced that the annual merchants
picnic will be held at Grafton park
on Thursday. August 5. These pic
mics have been held each fall for the
the leading events of the year. Prac-
ticallv every store and business
house of any sort in the city viii
be closed on that day. Special trains
will be operated to and from the
park every half hour and augmented
trolley service will also help carry
the crowd. An elaborate program
planned.
The returns of the West Virginia
state dental examination, when nave
been received, show several local
people were successful. They are
DR.. Robert H. Huntington. DIT. Lor-
aine Painter and DR.. Robert Judge
and sister. Dr. Edna Judge Molit IS
students of the Cincinnati College or
Dental Surgery. DR.. Morris was the
only lady applicant among sixty
three dentists.
The third and last examination
for teachers was held here this week
and thfrty-f1ve took the exam1natlon.
the teachers 4uSLlbaISs AO4
comfy viii be held here for five days
following August 80.
The first effort to infiict punish
ment for a violation of the federa1
swar" tax law was made here TINS
week when John Hamilton. OF FL
lsins, was given hearing oe1ore
the United States commissioner o -
inr charged with having refused TO
nav the federal tax for operation OF
moving picture theater at Elktns.
Ne was held under bond for the Mar
tinsburg term OF the United states
district court.
SIX veterans of the Civil war held
a reunion Tuesday at the nome =,
ca+h T. stafford, at Newburg, anu
their story furnishes an odd chain OF
ooincid ances. These six men enlist
Al in the Union army at the same
Mace. the same time and IN the
same regiment and served together
throughout the war. They were mus
tered out together and nave seen
each other infrequsntiy SINCE l4e
close of the war. They are Seth T..
stafford aged TO- Of Newburg; j. ".
Iohnson. aged IS, of Tunnelton; ?.
4 Din. aged II, Noah Gross, aged
7s. 8. NJ Martin, aged 70 and j. W.
stone. aged IS, all OF Reedsville,
w. Va.
The assignment Of the leases on
nearly 200 oil and gas leases on Tay-
Tor county property was filed this
week by the South Penn Oil Com
many IN favor of the Hope Natural
Gas Company for nominal cons1d-
GRAFTON. A number OF rev leases
have been filed also, which indicates
unusual activity in the oil and gas
business locally.
The creditors of Charles R. Dur
hin. recently adjudged bankrupt.
net this week to appoint referee
After a contest between Earl Jen-
l1ins and L. j. Warthen, without get
flnp q decisive vote, the referee In
banfruptcy, o. E. Wyckoff. compro-
missed by appointing N. F. Kendall.
a committee was appointed to value
tf,a assets of the bankrupt, which are
scheduled at over 100000. with
liabilities of three times that
amount.
Considerable work on the city
streets Is contemplated this fall. This
4 YIN include the regarding and repay
!. ing Of st. Mary street, more new
-avements on Latrobe street. and
cutting back the property line at the
corner of Main and Latrobe streets.
i. several thousand dollars VIII DO e1-