The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-25

Of GRAF Ton
TO ORGANIZE:
Field Secretary Of the National
Association is Now in
the City.

GRAFTON. July 24-Miss Layina
Engle, field secretary OF the National
American Woman's Suffrage Associ-
alton. is here making an effort to orr
ganize each district of the county
preliminary to the beginning of the
campaign for 1915. Miss Engle is
guest of Mrs Gene w. Ford while
here.
The worst accident on the Balti-
more and Ohio lines In this city TOR
many years took place Friday night,
when Walter Peters was killed and
his brother, T. S. Peters, badly In
jured while at work in the local
yards. They were both Baltimore
and Ohio trainment and were work
ing on broken car. when an engine
ran down upon them, killing one
and dangerously wounding the other.
The injured man will likely recover.
After having been postponed for
two weeks the sale Of the real estate
of the Columbia Tile Company has
been made by the trustee for the
bankrupt concern. The purchasers
were the bondholders. who bid $l5,-'
900. An outside firm IS considering a
the purchase Of the plant, It is said,
at this time.
Sunday school Institutes will be
held in twelve of the principal cities
OF West Virginia as follows: Hunt
ington. Charleston, Grafton, Wells
burg, Cameron, Mannin gton, Morgan
town, Weston, Sutton. Elktns. Par
kersburg and Wheeling. The an
nuoncement has ltsen made by A. i.
day School Association, that this new
list has been prepared to use instead
of the former arrangement, which In
Tcluded but six cities. .Ai .5i At
At a special election held Tuesday
at PhilipDi, Barbour county, a 500
900 bond issue was voted to cover.
the expenses OF general repairs and
Extension of the cleo
trio lighting system, putting down
sanitary sewers and paving certain
streets are the items that will take
most of the money A special levy
OF Is cents will be laid to cover Sthe
additional expense
( Two miners. oEh foreigner and one
American, were killed this week IN
coal mines of the county, near Gral-
ton, both being caught under slate,
rock and coal falls. Edward C0steI-
10, one of the men. leaves a wife and
three children. His home was near
F,airview.
The county court Is Low at work
making the annual settlement of the
accounts of Sheriff Bennett. This is:
the first year that a-special auditor
was not employed by the county.
Three robbers, supposed to have all
been young; men who had escaped
from the West Virginia Industrial
School for Boys at Pruntytown,
robbed the store OF Mrs. Finch In
the First ward this week They
made good their escape, after secur-
ing small quantity Of booty.
Two .bootlegging outfits were
found this week by police officers II
two houses in the city. total OF
six gallons of beer and forty-six
pints Of w1iskey were poured into the
gutter by the police after the raid.
The week stand of the chautauqua
opened here Thursday with large and
enthusiastic, crowds. Many people
are coming in from neighbortng
towns for the fine attraction.
Local Baptists In force Will attend
the Baptist assembly. which will bel
held at Philippi at the Broad dus In7I
istitute. beginning Tuesday July ~ Z
and continuing two weeks. Several
hundred viii attend the conference;
OF church leaders.
ii Addison Holbert died this week at]
his home on Lost run, this county at
the age OF 95 years, and hels IS