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<DIV><FONT face=Tunga>[<EM>The recent hiatus in the posting of articles
from the BDT resulted from the temporary closure the week before July the Fourth
of the Mormon Family History Center, where I view the BDT microfilims, the
activities associated with the NWHS national convention here in Roanoke, and the
time consumed setting up my new computer and transfering applications and
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<DIV><FONT face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>December 4, 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>Nine Big Freight Cars Loaded and Packed to the Ceiling
at Local Wholesale Houses</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2> </FONT><FONT size=3> Business is
picking up in Graham and if you are not convinced of that fact, a visit to the
wholesale district about 4 o'clock in the afternoon when all the truckers from
the wholesale houses and those from the Norfolk and Western station get their
trucks in action loading freight into the string of freight cars standing on the
sidetrack opposite the wholesale concerns, will dispel all doubt about business
not being good in Graham. Nine big freight cars were loaded and packed to
the ceiling with freight from the grocery houses yesterday and this is an
everyday occurrence during the past month or so. A special crew and engine
are sent out from Bluefield daily to handle the Graham cars on the local yeards
and there is always work for them when they arrive.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2> </FONT><FONT size=3>J. H.
Saunders, local agent for the railroad here, has an excellent force and all of
them know their respective duties in connection with billing out and shipping
the enormous amount of freight that leaves Graham daily, and it is
seldom that a consignment of any kind gets into the wrong car.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2> </FONT>The different wholesale
houses likewise maintain a trained force of employes and the two forces work in
perfect harmony, each man attending to his specifice line of work. It is
interesting to know that these tons of freight which go out of Graham daily are
billed by one man. That man is P. C. Winborne, who holds the position of
assistant agent for the Norfolk and Western under J. B. Saunders. Mr.
Winbourne is perhaps the swiftest penman in the entire section and his ability
as an ink slinger enables him to just about perform the work ordinally done by
two good clerks in a similar capacity to the one he occupies.</DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2> </FONT><FONT size=3>The Graham
wholesale concerns are represented on the road by ten traveling salemen and
judging from the amount of goods shipped from here all of them are
hustlers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>