The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-02-13

Btate In point or attendance, Parkers
burg now holding the distinction. Thu
membership committee which will
have the campaign in direct charg'
is composed Of the following: Georg'
7. Watson. Frank B. Pryor, o. +
FAIRMoNT-GAL TWO
Tough, Ira A. Aiken, j. M. Jacobs
H. ]. Hartley and Joseph Roster.
Mr.. F. J. Smith well known loca
shoe merchant who was taken to thu
Cook hospital on Sunday suffering
with appendicitis. Is recovering ant
it Is not thought 1t Will be necessar!
TO operate upon him for the malady
One hundred and twenty-nine pu
pills representing the schools o
Union, Grant and Winfield district
took the elementary examination!
conducted by the state department o
schools. held recently. The othe
four districts, Falrmont, Mannigton
Lincoln and Paw Paw will take thu
examinations at the March examina
tion, One thousand pupils took the
in the entire state.
The colored Baptist church of thi!
city was damaged by fire which was
discovered in the basement Of thu
edlhce on Monday evening. Damage
to the amount Of two hundred dol
lars was sustained.
James Q. Watson sponsor for the
senior class of the Fairmont higl
school, presented to the library o.
that institution at the chapel exer
ciscs on Friday morning five cople!
of the Century dictionary and en-
cyclopedia. The presentation speech
was made by James Burns, president
of the class and a Program Of music
and recitations was given at the
chapel exercises.
Company l OF the local West Vir'
ginia National Guard underwent in
spection in the armory here on Fri,
day evening and on Monday evening
February IA, the other Company H
will be inspected. Major William
Wallace of the United States army
and Major John II. Charnock Of the
office of Adjutant General John
c. Bond, OF Charleston did the in
spectlon work assisted by the cap
tains Of the companies, Capt. e. b.
Carskoddon, of Company l. and Capt
Frances Thralls, Of Company II.
Sir ]. T. Sembower of Uniontown,
supreme commander Of the Knights
of'Malta of the Continent Of America
paid a visit on Thursday evening to
The local lodge Mountain State Lodge
Of this city, on Thursday evening
lodge will probably be organized
1t Clarksburg in the near future. G.
A. Sembower Of Clarksburg, was
1ere for the meeting.
The William Raymond chapter oil
he Daughters of the American Re
'olution held meeting on Thurs
lay afternoon at the home of Mrs.
eli Musgrave and named delegates
md alternates as follows to the con-
mental con gress to be held in Wash
ngton April II. Delegates, Mrs. H.
F. Smith and Mrs. George NJ. Alex
ander. Alternates, Mesdames S. D.
Brady, q. F. Robertson, j. NJ. Black,
A. lie Lhman, Misses Sue HERSHEY
Watson, Mary Louise Nichols, Mes
lanes NJ. L. Hutchinson, Eli Mus,
grave, Fl. G. Stoetzer, L. H. Taylor
Mrs. S. D. Brady was appointed secre'
tary Of the local chapter to take the
place of Mrs. G. c. Morfit. who is
leaving the city.
An event of next week of social
Importance will be the Rose ball al
the Country Club on Monday night
which event is under the direction OF
the Thursday Bridge Club will be
q benefit for the Cook hospital fund
Patrons from among the older bust
ness men OF the city have been named
as follows: Messrs. A. B. Fleming
Nj. l.. and G. L. Hutchinson, Judge
w. s. Raymond, ]. L, Watson, F. L
Nichols, Smith Hood and John A
Clark.
The members OF the Thursda!
Bridge Club include Mesdames Z. B
Moore, George Thomas Watson, H
B. Clark, II. H. Carr, w. d. Stock
ley. Murray Dickerson, John Rock
F. r, Lyon, Morgan Chambers
Brooks Fleming, Jr., Howard Showal
ter, Roger Kingel and II. S. Lively
Charles Hood and 2. I. Holbert.
The organization OF the Fairmont
Choral Society was perfected at
meeting on Monday night, when con
stltutlon and by laws we're adopted
and other important business trans
acted. 1t is the object Of the society
to promote the cultivation Of loca
Ill USUAL tHltht. AL OIdlOIlO Will DS
an event of the early spring months
The officers are: President Lamar
satterAeld; vice-president, Walter D
secretary, Mis- Edna
Jacobs assistant secretary, Miss Ida
stone; treasurer, Luther Randall.
The Robert E. Lee chapter Of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
held an important business meeting
on Tuesday at the Hotel Manley with
the president. Mrs. ]. H. Abbott as
hostess,
Announcement has been made in
of the Engagement Of
Miss Eleanor Blackford, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs, B. r. blackboard, Of
that city to Mr.. James Edwin Wat,
son, Jr, son of ]. z. Watson, and
a member Of one Of the most promi-
nent families In this section. Miss
Blackiord hds been a guest at High
gate, the home OF Mr.. Watson's par