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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>August 19,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>THE GRAHAM DAILY NEWS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Division Headquarters Here</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> While few of the citizens realized it,
nevertheless it was a fact that Graham was for a few hours yesterday one of the
most important towns on the Pocahontas division of the Norfolk and Western
road. Bluefield was not in it with Graham after the fire in Bluefield had
destroyed all of the telegraph lines which made it necessary to establish
headquarters for the division at the Graham tower, from which place the train
dispatchers handled the big railroad for several hours until communication was
restored with Bluefield. The few railroad men here who were aware of the
importance of the superintendent's office and the railroad official's presence
in Graham became chesty and dreamed of a board of affairs and twenty-nine
members on the city council with big scrappy doings over license, etc. It
was good while it lasted but the quick work of the linemen, who were rushed by
special train to the scene of the fire where the telegraph lines were repaired
as if by magic, soon put Graham out of the big city class where she will
probably remain until there is another fire.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>