The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-28
BITS OF;
STATE NEWS

The Grimes Golden Orchard com.
pany. Of Berkeley county. cut . hand
some melon" at o meeting Of the
stockholders, when q dividend of so
per cent was declared on the capital
OF $4,000, making $4,000 Of profits
turned over to the stockholders this
year. Last year the dividend was Is
per cent. and the company paid sew
eral thousand dollars in debts also.
The orchard this year produced q to-
tai Of $500 barrels Of Grimes Golden
apples. which were all sold at good
prices. The earnings were $4,000, or
more than $3.50 per barrel. This is
one OF the best reports received this
year on local orchard operations. The
Officers OF the company ar as follows:
President, Orlando Harrison; vice
president, E. c. Henshaw; secretary
treasurer, w. H. Thomas; manager,
E. F. Thomas.
The Parkersburg Dock company
has closed contract for the fitting
up OF three large steamers for carrying
Oil. The contract was made with the
Gulf Refining company. through Mr..
Kennedy, who was there Tuesday af-
ternoon. The contract price is~$20,-
GOO. The boats are constructed Of
steel and are 200 feet long, Sc feet
wide and 10h feet in depth. Their
carrying capacity is 1900 tons, and
they draw 91s feet Of water. The top
cargo boxes will be taken of and
solid steel bulkheads will be put in,
hitting them out as steel barges for
the purpose Of carrying Oil. BY put
ting in the steel bulkheads the boats
are made secure for carrying pur-
poses. as each compartment will be
complete and will be unframed II any
other should be damaged. Knocking
a hole In any part Of the barge will
only damage one compartment The
different compartments are also pro-
vided for carrying different grades Of
oil.
Col. Sam W. Cain. one Of the MEM
bers Of the force at the Internal rev.
enue Office at Parkersburg, was given
the surprise OF his life on Tuesday
evening in honor Of his fifty-second
birthday anniversary. With a clever
ly arranged plot Mr.. Cain was piled
up with work that detained him at
the office until late, the conspirators,
the other members Of the force, going
out and buying a very handsome
travelling bag and then hustling out
to Mr.. Gains home on Oak street.
When Mr.. Cain walked into his home
he found the whole internal revenue
force on hand.
There was marriage ceremony in
the Christian church at Clarksburg
the other day which II not without
precendent. was at least unusual.
Michael McCauley. q well known
glass worker, and Miss Lillian Cain
made confession, got forgiveness, be-
came members Of the church and
were Joined In matriomny in what
amounted to one long ceremony. A
Clarksburg newspaper after telling of
the incident describes the close IS
follows:
"Then an audience which had
watched through all these tense mo-
ments arose to its feet. A hymn was
sung, and intue later hundreds of
persons were vending their way to
the altar to greet two faces that
beamed with sunshine and two hearts
rs one. 1t was an event that was q
near approach to idealism. It was a
time of happiness in young mans
and a young woman's heart that Is SO
wonderful that 1t Is hardly describe
ble."
The marriage license had been OBJ
tanned several days previous, but the
couple had kept It secret. The unique
marriage ceremony at the church
came as a complete surprise to their
many friends.