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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
4
In a decisive July 7, 1914 election, Grafton voters backed a large bond to build a new high school, outpacing Morgantown and signaling rapid local progress. The Sentinel highlights Allender’s Circuit Clerk bid and notes criticism of unfinished North End bridge work and a state rights rail case shaping intercity rates.
A rail labor movement proposes a large July 4th community picnic at the Park with coordinated help from the board of trade labor groups fraternities and the Women's Civic Club. The plan calls for a patriotic program fireworks and educational exercises aimed at teaching Americanism. The article notes hopes for a well powered illuminated park and urges immediate local organization. It ends with Senator Vardaman's remark that canal tolls act passage could doom the Democratic party and wishes for its swift passage.
Thousands of Woodmen from across West Virginia gathered in Bluemont cemetery for memorial services. U.S. Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas delivered a landmark address to more than a thousand in the parade and ceremonies with head officers, state delegates, and visiting camps in attendance.
Sam B. Montgomery of Kingwood, with attorney A. M. Belcher, aims for the Republican and Progressive nomination in West Virginia’s Second District. He plans to enter Preston county’s June 20 primary hoping for a solid delegation and fusion backing to form an anti-Democratic bloc in Washington, predicting possible Democratic losses next November.
In Charleston West Virginia on June 8 Mrs. Dollie McSurely confessed she killed her husband Bert McSurely after he mistreated a child and threatened her. She hit him with a hatchet, stabbed him, hid the body in the cellar, and moved it to the railroad track where it was struck by a train before surrendering to Sheriff Bonner Hill. Prosecuting Attorney Townsend joined the detailed statement. Her youngest child is not yet a year old.
Friendship Lodge No 8 will hold its annual decoration services on Sunday afternoon June 14 at Bluemont Cemetery. The ritualistic service is described as one of the most beautiful used by the order. The lodge expects many visiting brethren and invites all fraternity members locally and in the surrounding district to attend. Plans will be announced in coming days.
Hon. Fred C. Blue, West Virginia Tax Commissioner, addressed a large crowd at the Brinkman opera house on Sunday explaining how the Prohibition Amendment will be enforced. He argued liquor sales will trigger prosecutions under state and federal laws and outlined consequences for violations and licensing controls. Col. John T. McGraw chaired, with Charles M. Earhart of Wheeling presenting in support of the Anti-Saloon League.
Bruce Ismay, Titanic survivor and target of blame, has vanished from public life. A lodge near Galway Bay hides the former ship magnate, said to live in shame amid bleak Connacht shores. Locals and a witness describe his isolation, while a neighboring official notes new restrictions on automobiles.
Contractors have been at work for weeks on the Presbyterian church project. The rear addition enlarges the building to house the organ and choir seating. New windows lighting sloping floor and a remodeled assembly hall are planned with brick work already completed as crews rush to reopen for services soon.
The Sentinel notes only one candidate has announced for the Republican Primary on July 7 in the county and laments the lack of competition. It argues candidates should advertise their ambitions in the local press, asserts the paper’s openness to advertising, and criticizes President Wilson as not listening to the country’s wishes while the paper seeks broader political engagement.
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