The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-05-02

John White, Of Brownsville, wai
here Saturday He starts to lows
tomorrow.
There was n large crowd in atten
dance upon the ordination exercise:
here Saturday.
Emory Ball was here Thursday.
When he don't have a good one t.
tell at S. NJ. Wards expense, it is a
cold day.
A fellow is always supposed to do
that which pays him best. IT perse
cutting some one pays, that is the
thing to do.
Our townsman, j. w. Pell. has
oeen in rather poor health for some
time, but ne keeps RICH; on attending
to business.
Capt. Williams landed his magnif
icenL little boat "CIipper" at the
wharf Friday, loaded to its full capac.
ity with goods for our merchants. The
captain is hustler.
Brann's Iconoclast, the gayest pa.
per in the wild and wooly West, can
be secured of y. c. Owens, Agent.
Only 10 cents per copy.
jim Wilson, of Road run, finished
husking corn on the 25th ult. If he
had only waited Il few days, he could
harvested the coru and wheat at The
same time.
McFarlan Ball, of Steer creek, WAS
down Friday. He has been one of
the hardest working men in the Lit
tie kanowha Valley and he plainly
shows the effects of it.
Hot Reading: The Calling Gun
for May will be II slice of Sheol serv.
ed on Taper platter. Get it before
it melrs--only 10 cents copy-of T.
&. Owens, Authorized Agent.
G. T. Scott is now a resident of
this town, having bInght the Central
Hotel. He will refl, renovate and
refurnish the house and open out
good hotel in the near future.
The NJ. Hartman well, No. 2 will
he drilled to the Indian soon and
location has heen made for a well at
the mouth of Pine creek, for well
to be completed within 80 days.
A subscription book is the editors
great memory refresher. People of
ten complain because their names are
not mentioned when the editor could
not remember them TO save his lie.
Some one getting in deep water at
the ford of the river at this town, is
almost a daily occurrence. 1t is ex-
tremely fortunate that no one has been
drowned. The tide will finally turn.
Revs. l.. Nannoy, w. J. Coberly,
j. T. Sinnett, Dan'l. Huffman, reg
istered at the Huffman House Satur-
day, and participated in the cxami.
nation and ordination Of Rev. J. w.
Taylor at the Baptist church in the
afternoon.
Dell Burrs, Jesse Bennett and
Roland Shock, were in town last
Thursday. The latter was here from
RosedaIe delivering a horse which r.
r. stump had bought from his father,
/. '. Shock.
I. T. Hodges was here Friday.
Every time he comes over he has Il
new supply of yarns in stock. He Is
thinking about tackling the devil on
another lying bout, provided he can
get Watt Warren TO write up the re.
suit
No, it will not do to have drug
license in this town. Wives hunting
for drunken husbands or fleeing from
them at midnight hours, is no indica-
ton, except that clandestine drinking
brings clandestiue results.
The man who says the soil IN this
country is not adapted to blue grass,
has not looked at jerome Hardman'.
hill field across the river. He has all
kinds Of soil and fine blue grass on
all Of the different grades.
a Mr.. Denisou, representing the
National Supply Co., was here a few
days last week. In response t. an
inquiry he said; 81 am after OIL"
1t unquesti,nably means more op.
eralion's. And some day. when we
least expect it., the drill will strike a
1000 barrel well.
There are questions that should
present themselves to each and every
law abiding citizen. Some ofthem are:
what have | lone toward bringing
about Il good code Of morals? Where
a