The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-09-11
GRAFTON

GRAFTON. W. Va. Sept. 1o.-A con-
ccri.l effort of city and state officials
10 put an rud to The activities OF lhe
bohil'.gIErS union Tor time at ieast,
resulted III tn" arrest Of ABOUT uo"th
members Of the fraternity This Week.
when Il general r"Iind-up OF alieSeo
$penkcas!"s was made. IrelmlhA-y
hearings were given before local maIiS-
trat"S Hnd most of line alleged Offenders
| were held for tho action Of the county
court under heavy bail However, thcrc
were two or three Of the men who could
not furnish the necessary bond and they
wore sent l" jail to join the a!reaoy con-
Sldcr"r'" company Of those VINO are hoI
imn particular in observing the state ana
Clty's laws. The stay in jail proved u
! II" IN. Of tho most pleasant that the o.
/ tenders had for many days. for rcfresh-
| m"rtS we're provided them. In an az,
joining coll n wagon load Of conflsca1ed
liquor had been stored and 1t was posi-
bl" !" open n small hole Into this cell
! whrrr. the "h""xe'' WAS kept. i long
; wire hook was fashioned during the
nigh; hours and several good sized Dol
! ties If liquid joy were snakcd into the
| cell by the thirsty ones. Several very
! complete 'drunhs" were on the hands
III the jaicr next morning and he was
| myStificd rs TO where the materials Tor
said DRINKS came from but an tnvcsti-
; ga,ion disclosed the fact that tho sup
! puScdiy SAT" store OF booze had been
| found easily accessible by the ones in
! iail, The remainder OF the liquor was
! taken TO new place OF safety.
! Henry Magill. aged 70. died this week
| at W, %ioa, where he was visiting. The
| remains were brought to Grafton and
,uIcrmcnt was made IN the Belmont GEM
clrgy. He is survived by the Following
: children: William, Of Chicago: Samuel
OF columbus; Harry. Of Charleston; MISS
! Anna Of Kingyrood, and Miss Susan. or
| Morcan,own. The deceased was born In
Abbey Lara. County Langford. Ireland,
| but cirigru1cd to America in early lire
| and resided at Grafton during almost
! his entire life.
After short illness Of typhoid fever,
| ronnrt Huntington. aged %. tho only
| son OF Mrs. Cora Huntington. dled III
! his home here Wednesday and 1nterInent
was made to-day. lie was graduate OF
! the College OF Dental Surgery OF Ba!N-
! at kingwood. Preston county lot inc
! past year.
! Tho students OF the Grafton high
/ school will meet at the new high school
! Building on Saturday to enroll LOT me
opening OF school on Monday. As Alr;
! OF tho high school TO accept pos!lioss
as assistant state superintendent OF
schools. Mr.. P Il. King, OF SistersVille'
! mas taken charge of the local school.
! Miss Norma Lombard, OF Sluskogco,
| okIahnn1n. has assumed her duties as
! church assistant of the First BaptlSt
! church. The church expects to grcatIy
extend the scope Of it's work In city anu
! surrounding county Mice
Ruth jackson, OF party OF TRENDS a.
I tho home Of her parents, MT. ana Mis.
| ", S. Jackson. oh West Main street me
[ engagement Of her sister. MtSs G.tA
| Roberta jackson. 10 Mr.. Claude Ietrnck'
/ Of Pittsburgh, was announced Mi. l eL-
rick is a graduate Of the engineering de-
partment of tho West Virginia Onlyer-
J SHY. Miss jackson has been engaged ~
! educational work for several years pc
inr n graduate OF the Grafton n1gh
school ard having taken special work at
! tho University at MorGantoWn also.
! Th, members Of Feathoki Camp eirc
| Circle were pleasantly enteI Iallte1 y,
| Miss Margaret Gasser at heE ~'SS 1D0-
Miss Ada Remlinger has returned
| from a visit in Florida OF seVera!
months. She was accompanied an,;a meme nF To2t
| her 5iSter, Mrs. a. w. oul'S -
TIL Tho T<' Laurel Sewing Circle was enter
| tanned in charming manner at the Hoi''>
| of Mrs Is. +. Shaffer. ,,u.,, ,.s
| r s Commissioner 9. r. Lllley mas
! .-o,,o IN r business trip TO eastern cities
Mrs. Harry Murray and chllaren haVe
returned from q visit IN Terra AIIa:
Miss Marjorie OCornor. OF BaItln1orc;
Is tn gu,st Of Mrs. Harry AuF1aS a'to
MI, IT, oIivc Schwob and family have re-
turned 10 their homes at MoundsVllis.
Miss Anna Smith is spending Some
Inn N eastern cities on business
Miss Gay shaw has =, a &C ress house
''U w Clvdc Dulin is visiting here from
S' Wr and Mrs. Fred Mcfarland arc Wis
i,ing here from Philadelphia. .+,-n-
| john B. wilt and family nave re'u
| - Sn,,,n nfter a visit in Michigan.
eo " WIZ l.. Browning has returned fro from a
,hnr, business trip TO New York CITY.
Mrs, l.. l.. Mahaffcy is suffering Will
NP bddta TIchncrt is spending the week
!" lanes Hession is hero from Baltimore
| WISHING relatives.