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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
7
The Sentinel annexe urges readers to renew or risk stopping delivery under revised postal laws. Subscriptions unpaid beyond specified periods may be dropped and mailed at higher rates. Readers are asked to settle accounts promptly to avoid interruption of Daily and Weekly issues.
Theodore Alvord of the Anti-Saloon League argues West Virginia’s rejection of a prohibition amendment is only a temporary check. He cites strong temperance sentiment, outlines plans to organize counties, and seeks a 1910 ballot move to submit a prohibition amendment while vowing continued political pressure against liquor interests.
In Flemington Dr. I Davisson removed a monster tape worm thirty eight feet long from Mr W C Wyckoff a known lumberman and contractor after months of unease and suffering. The operation ended with elation over a successful result. Entertainment at College Hill High School Building raised funds for the school library as Miss Lillie Bailey displayed notable recitations. Mine work improves with Pittsburg Company planning four days of operation this week. Personal notes mention J W Davidson visiting Clarksburg and Emma Davidson improving from illness. Albert Modisett of Nebraska relation to Mrs Davisson visits Berryburs area. born near Berryburs, he has thrived in farming and ranching in the West. Local Carnegie steel works officials in Belative O propose a conference in Pittsburgh with rumor of idle plant resuming next month.
A Friday evening blaze at Attorney A W Burdette's decorated West Main Street home caused interior flames and heavy smoke before fire crews gained control. Decorator Joseph V Skelly had just finished work two hours earlier. officials warn the dense, closely spaced neighborhood could have worsened the disaster.
Mannington March 23 The council members review the legality of the recent municipal election and all but one conclude the Hatfield law will not take effect. A cited Supreme Court decision argues that many election provisions are directory and allow the true result to stand once determined by officers.
In New Cumberland on March 2 Rev. John Cowan of Fairview Presbyterian faced a heated clash with a church deacon over his sermon on The Life of Solomon. The confrontation at the deacon’s home ended in a fight, with the deacon markedly worse for wear after demanding salary.
New York reports Bishop Charles Henry Fowler of the M E church died at 6 30 am after a Thursday night operation for diabetes shock and prolonged weakness. He was born in Burford Ontario in 1827 and laid groundwork as a pastor, university president, editor and missionary leader. He traveled to South America Japan Corea and China and helped found several theological institutions and churches. His widow and son Carl Fowler were with him at the end.
A composite notice packet announces an April 4 1908 date for an order of reference in the E Robinson versus Estella Jenkins et al. case in Grafton West Virginia with accounting of Stephen B Jenkins estate and debts. includes a separate 1908 commission inquiry into Anthony Carr real estate and William Carr inheritance, then a lien holders notice to address judgments on Linnie Jarrett's property in Grafton by Warder Robinson with March 28 1908 deadline.
In Taylor County West Virginia the circuit court in chancery has ordered a commissioner to report on the real estate owned by Julia Shanley and J W Shanley the liens thereon and the rent prospects to settle the case. The referee will convene April 2 1908 at 9 am in the First National Bank Building Grafton WV to take evidence and report. Creditors holding liens are notified to present claims by April 2 1908.
General Manager Armstrong of Cherry River Boom and Lumber announces all district mills will resume operations on April first. About fifteen hundred men will be employed in Richwood and nearby mills will return to full operation soon. Over three thousand idle workers expected back as the section recovers from months of unemployment.
Lulu Hamilton acting as administratrix of Wirt Hamilton seeks court-ordered audit of debts against the estate, rents, dower, and realty value. Case involves Loyd W. Hamilton, Margaret Hamilton infant, Samuel R. Barr trustee, and Real Estate and Improvement Co of Baltimore City, with hearing set for April 6, 1908.
The Washington National Building and Loan Association files a chancery suit in Taylor County West Virginia naming Linnie Jarrett Absalom M Jarrett Josiah C Strod Ad dison G Dubois trustee Robert L Brown and Harry Wm Byrer trustee as defendants. The commissioner will on March 28 1908 in Grafton report an account listing liens on the real estate offered for sale ownership amounts and priorities to determine rent sufficiency payment of costs and fee simple value with further pertinent matters.
Mary Carr ys and Patrick Carr and others are parties in a chancery case pending in the Circuit Court of Taylor County West Virginia. The notice states that on April 4 1908 at the office in the city I will execute the Order of Reference issued in the chancery matter on the 29th.
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