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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

Miss Eta Johnson won the
large doll at Hardmans, and
Miss Ruby Gates the turkey.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

Mrs. Clark, of Parkersburg,
is visiting her daughter. Mrs.
Ira Hardman of this place.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

w. R. Stalnaker returned
from Parkersburg last week,
where he has been with his two
daughters, Misses Dyce and Jen-
ME, Who have had the measels.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

Kee Chenoweth won the water
set at Craddock q Stumps.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

Jesse Bennett accidentally
struck his head against the
temper-screw on the well on
which he was working on Bee
Creek last week, and several days
afterwards was taken severity
i'll. An examination showed
that there was a slight fracture
of the skull and he will be taken
to Parkersburg this week for
treatment. We hope he may
soon be we'll again.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

Taylor Bros. store and post
office. at Ayers, was burned
to the ground last Thursday
night. Nothing was saved but
the books, postage stamps and
mail sacks. 1t is not known how
the fire started. Loss 5000.
Insurance 5000.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

Airing Stutler is spending q
few days with friends at Auburn.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

A nice line of Ladies and
childrens Coats at Hardmans.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31


O@de OnOrS auth their ball. No esOs
of
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the Judgment of the public Nothing has been left unme
thought would tendency
that
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

&C. Lowe, who has been at
Utica, Ohio, for some time, spent
Christmas with his family at
this place.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

John S. Cain. Of Chenille, is
spending a few days with his
daughter, Mrs. r. E. Hays.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

The meeting at the Baptist
church is still in progress. Much
good is being accomplished,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Brown re-
turned from Par' ersburg Mon
day morning.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31
F. 5. Wilson's store, Big Springs.

Good jewelry, fully warranted
Goldshlled watches, warranted rs years. Full jewel
Elgin and waltham.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

r. G.. Hardman and wife have
returned from their western
trip.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

Mrs. r. C. Hardman was
quite sick last week.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31
NJ otic1 Of JudLcia! 3lie.

BY virtue of decree Of the Circni
Count of Calhoun County, West Virginia
rendered at the October term thereof, 1907
in the chancery cause of j. NJ Hoover
and j. NJ, Dodrill, executors of the estate
Of G.. Nc Dodrill, deceased VS.. J. s
Jarvi>, late Sheriff of Calhoun County
West Nirginil, and as such administrator
the estate of Rachel A. WeAae, deceas-
ed, and j. NJ. Wease and Others, defend
ants, The undersigned Commissioner,
appointed by said decree for the purpose.
will sell on the 2lst day Of January 1907
hat being the LIST day of January term
aext Of said CiIcnit Court, at the from
door Of the Court house, of said Calhoun
County, the following described real estate
to-wit. a tract of sixtv-six (GG) acres of
land, situate on Cherry Fork of Laurel
Creek, in Sherman district, in said Cal
houn County, being the same land convey.
ed by ID. b. Wease and wife To Rachel A.
Wease, by deed dated January 24th, 1880.
and Of record i'll said Calhoun County Court
Clerks Office in Deed Book No. III at
age 27S, aud fully described in exbibi
~ il.l with pl,rG1, bill; al 80 4.
acrestract conveyed by n K. wed an
@ife to said Rachel A. Wease, by deed
ated November 4th 1895. and of record
in said Calhoun County Clerks Office. i'm
Deed Book No 20, at paSe 3I5, end situate
adjacent 10 or near the sixty-six acre tract
afore said, and being fully described in
Exhibit "E' filed with plaintiffs bill, TO
which deeds and the exhibits, fled in
said chancery cause, reference is here
lie 10 more complete and accurat
scription Of said real esiate.
Terms of Sale Onethird Of the pnr-
chase money cash Ia hand on day Of sale
and fer the residue credit Of six and
twelve months, in two equal payments,
the commissioner taking from the purchaser
notes with good personal security for the
O ferred payments, and bearing interes
from date.
r. CHENowErH,
Special Commissioner.
/, &. G. Starcher, Clerk Of the Circuit
court Of Calhoun County, certify tina
bind in the penalty OF $1,000 has been
given by the above named special Com
missioner as is requird 10y the decree in the
5ove styled cause,
{ G.. STARCHER Clerk.
BY s. T. WALDO. Deputy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

Miss Eva Dye was quite sick
a day or SO last week.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

a wedding that came as a
surprise to the frien-s Of Il G
participants. occurred last Gu.
day night at the home CT tt
bride, when Mr.. David Stevens.
who was ormcrly OF the Steel
Geek valley, but lately of Rich
wood, was quietly married t,
Miss Lulu Waldo, eldest daughte,
OF our townsman, j. Il. Waldo.
Rev. Perkins officiating. The
happy couple will leave this
TUESDAY morning for Redwood
where they w ii make their future
home.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31


The Grantsville Mill Co. will
sell flour and feed at the follow
ing prices:
Flour S. to $3.50 per Dbl.
Chop $500 per 100 pounds
Midlings 81. rs per 100 pounds
Bran $1.65 per 100 pound
Corn 95cts. per bu.
Meal 95cts. per bu.
Trial Catarrh trea tmons are being
mailed out free, on request, by DR.. Sheep
Raciue. Wis. These tests are proving /.
the people-withont penny's csst--the
great valus Of this scientific prescription
known to druggists everywhere a. Dr
Shops Cslauh Remedy. Sold at by,
Pharmacy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31

Town election Thursday.
Mrs. j. w. Pell fell Sunday and
sustained very painful injuries.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-12-31
r. CHENowErH,
Special Commission,
FOrSale.

{ G.. STARCHER Clerk.
BY s. T. WALDO. Deputy,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
EXPRESS KILLS AUTO PARTY
Reading Train Smashes Machine
&C Pieces in PottstoWn.
Five Occupants Tossed High III the
Air and Hurled Fifty Feet
From Tracks.

Pottstown, Pa.-Four persons from
Kimberton, 4 village near Phoenix
vile, were killed and another was
fatally hurt when the Reading ex-
press from Philadelphia to Pottsville,
passing through this city at great
speed, ground an automobile to splin-
tiers at the keim street crossing, not
far from the Pottgtown station.
The dead are: Mrs. A. Wayne
Emery and her baby girl. Velva;
Jacob Reese, her brother, and Mrs.
Reese. A. Wayne Emery. owner OF
the machine. forty-fve, has a broken
thigh and fatal internal injuries.
The party visited Mr.. Emery's Sis
ter, Mrs. Joseph March, Of this place.
They left for Kimberton shortly be-
fore S O'Clock D.. m. and were speeding
at a lively rate down Keim street to
cross the Reading tracks when the
accident occurred.
Train No. I reached the crossing
simultaneously with the party and
struck the machine fairly en- the side.
The two men were hurled high into
the air and dropped at the bottom OF
one embankment along the tracks at
the place, fifty feet away. The little
girl, torn from her mothers arms,
landed near them. The women were
carried on the cowcatcher until the
train was stopped, three or four
blocks away.
Workmen from adjoining plants,
many of whom had seen the collision,
hurried out, but all the victims were
past aid except Mr.. Emery and the
little girl. They were taken to the
Pottstown Hospital. Mr.. Emery re-
NAMED conscious most of the time,
but could not talk c~oherently. The
bodies were placed on the train and
brought into town. The automobile
was destroyed.
The Keim street crossing, a grade
affair, has proved a deathtrap many
times. 1t is approached by a slight
rise, preceded by a long, heavy down
grade, and the only protection is a
gong rung mechanically by a passing
train. The %supposition is that Mr..
Emery had been running too fast, the
crossing being a constant temptation
to autoists to speed down grade.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
"GRAVEN FARM" RECLUSE DEAD, MIDST MONUMENTS
Eccentric Genius Spent Years Carving Huge Bouldera
in His Remote Retreat.

Rome, N Y-After having lived IS a recuse and spent many years in
carving the faces of the worlds prominent me- and women on the many
boulders on his farm, Jacob w. Body is dead in his mountain home fifteen
niles from this city. Since he retired to his farm and began devoting his
life to transforming large stones into ikenesses of great persons Body
landiwork has been viewed by thousands. Tourists have climbed up to
ais fftysevenacre farm and wandered about it, wondering at the many
familiar faces in stone which confronted them in all directions: They also
we're impressed by the categorical figures which had been sculptured from
The solid rock by the eccentric old farmer who lived there with MS Old Wle.
The Body farm is in Oneida County. 1t overlooks m MohaWk Val.
ley, and from it gimpses may be seen Of Lake Oneida. Only by hard
climbing is the curious tourist able to reach it. On this rock-studded tract
Body worked year in and year out, carving the faces OF his favorltes IN
stone. There is scarcely a rock on the place that does OF show the result
of his handiwork with hammer and chisel.
Even the border of his parlor floor is composed of cobble stones on
zach of which the face of a distinguished man o r woman appears. The
lawn is studded with immense boulders carved with skill by the eccentric
Did man. Among those who have been honored by his chisel areW Wash
lngton, Franklin, Lincoln, Grant, Cleveland, Mrs. Cleveland, Harrison,
Roosevelt, Garfield, Susan B. Anthony, Sigsbee, Dewey, Hobson INT Poca-
aontas. Even Carrie Nation has not beer forgotten. The old sculptor also
left rocks bearing the likenesses of the Rev. and Mrs. Williams, who we're
slain in the Deerheld massacre. "The Rock of Fame" IS Body called It,
contains the faces of Benjamin Franklin, John Howard, John Wesley, Isaac
Cooper and George Washington. One of the features Oft the place is a nat
ural rocky couch o. which is engraved "Rest for the Weary" 1t weighs
five tons, and ten horses were used to get the immense rock where Body
wanted it placed. Another, The Mysterious Rock" in which many hgures
are traced, weighs ten tons. Eighteen horses hauled it TO BITS place o I'M
lawn.
Body was a Bible student and also a lover Of music His instruments
for making melody we're stones. BY pressing them against a reVolVlhg
wheel he succeeded in playing many tunes. His home also IS nlea WIFI
many curioIies. .,.
In early life Body was a travelling phrenologist. He also dabbed in
natural history, taxidermy and history, But after he nnaly settled N tne
of health. Once, when he was injured in the side by a pillow handle, an abb
scessd developed. 1t was both large and dangerous. Instead OF calling IN a
surgeon he locked himself in his room, took a azor operated upon
himself. The oDeratOn a a success.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
Cigarettes in India.

A special correspondent Of the Lon
don Telegraph writes from India: It
is not many years since the cigarette
began to make Roadway among the
natives, but 1t has become so popular
as to rouse the alarm of those who
are interested in the physical we'll
being of the people. A circular just
issued by the director Of public in
struction in the United Provinces re-
marks that inquiries made as to the
prevalence of cigarette, smoking
among sc%hoolboys have established
the fact that the habit is becoming
common among them and that in not
a few cases it is2being INDUCED in at
an early age" Mr.. de la Fosse ac-
cordingly directs that I'm view Of the
permanent injury to the constitution
that may result from acquiring the
habit of tobacco smoking in child.
hood, every effort should be made to
put a stop to the practice. Headmas-
ters should punish severely boys who
after warning are found smoking at
any time or place, and should in
struct the teachers to be vigilant in
seeing that the order forbidding
smoking is strictly obeyed; they
should also take steps to prevent the
sale of cigarettes to scholars upon
the school premises"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
Circus Families Dying Out.

In this country the circus families
are fast dying out. The reasons are
many. Primarily, circus parents, In
stead Of bringing up their children to
become performers, encourage them
to adopt some other calling. because
the opportunities for success are
greater in business or the professions.
and the danger Is less. For IN most
Of the acts a circus performer Is con-
stantly risking life and linn More
over, salaries are not commensurate
with the long years of preparation,
the hard work, and the brevity OF q
performers active life. Furthermore,
the big circuses, with more than one
ring, do not tend to develop really
finished performers, since nc act has
the undivided attention Of the &C.
tators. All these influences are d.
verting circus people from their her
editary employment.
SO we go to Europe for the big
acts. There, a child may be appren-
ticed at SIX, and there is still a high
standard for the fine points, since
they have but one ring. Also and
this is highly important, the rule Is
to give only one afternoon perform
ance a week, thus allowing the per-
Formers the whole day for practice
1.-THE Aristocracy Of the Circus,"1in
Everybody's.
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u for endurance until the end, and
for courage to take up the Masters
work, wherever 1t may lie.
The cowardice Of suicide should
alone be enough to deter from it any
n with a spark Of pride or self
respect. To admit so cravenly that
one Is defeated, Is the most humili-
ating thing that one can do. Then
think of the friends left behind
their shame, their bewilderment. II
crime Is at the root of the matter,
this horrible act doubles it. If 1t Is
merely the sorrow which is common
to all mankind, one feels that the les
sons Of life have indeed been poorly
learned. Whatever the motive, the
legacy Of disgrace left behind is a
hard and bitter one for every rela-
tive and friend, especially for sons
and daughters. The Grass selfish
ness, the brutal cowardice, Of the sui
eide are monstrous.
1t is undoubtedly true that the love
of life is stronger in some nature
lldu III OIuClS auu LII SOhlO lpSOo SAoA
in others. 1t is characteristic Of the
healthier and stronger peoples that
! they cling most to life; and 1t Is
counted a mark Of degeneracy that
a general tendency to suicide should
develop.
Love not thy life," says the poet.
| Claudio's contemplate cllnging to his
represents the one extreme; the sui
eide, the other. Life Is but a tool
which has been given us for a pur-
pose. We have no right to love 1t
overmuch. Neither have we a right
to lay it down, until He who gave 1t
so bids us. The command to "com-
NIT no murder" applies as fully to
ones own life as to that Of others.
We may lay our lives or the altar OF
our country; we may sacrifice them to
save others; but we may not throw
them idly aside, because we are tired.
or sick, or unhappy.
The usual excuse when this Is done
is that the man is beside himself
therefore irresponsible. 1t Is a dan
gerous plea.
Let no one even for an instant en-
dure the contemplation Of suicide. 1t
is the duty of every Christian to de-
nounce and condemn it. 1t is a re-
version to %paganism, and an insult
to our pure and noble religion.-The
Christian Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
Motor Omnibuses in London.

The motor omnibuses In operation
in London. have not proved a finan-
cial success, according to the report
of the auditor Of the company, who
says: 1.-THE company has never made
any profits; nothing but a consider
able loss from the first;
the actual loss on running has been
over $685. 900. 1t has cost over Is. cd.
(thirty-siz cents) per car mile to
earn lad. TWENTY-FIVE cents), and
every car mile run in the recent Pc
riod of working has made a dead
loss of I'd. fourteen cents)." Efforts
are being made to come to some gen.
eral agreement for increasing the
fares, and inventors are endeavoring
to produce some appliance which will
be productive of more steady running
and will lessen the heavy repair bills
which confront the owners Of motor
omnibuses.-New York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
With the Workers.

The union men Of every city in
Canada are forming Asiatic exclusion
leagues.
About 500 'longshoremen and
teamsters have gone on a strike at
New Orleans.
A new district council of cabinet
makers has been formed, embracing
the Minneapolis and st. Paul (Minn.)
locals.
The American Federation of Labor
is taking an active interest in the Or
g~anization of the carriage and wagon
makers throughout the United States.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
CRUSHED BY NEW AUTO.
Ohio Merchant Killed and Wife and
Son Seriously Injured.

Morenci, Mich.-Arthur Onweller.
a merchant of Lyons, Ohio, was killed
in an automobile accident five miles
east of this city. He had bought a
new automobile and IA taking his
first ride in it. Els wife and two
children were with him.
While driving at fair speed he lost
control of the machine in some way.
and it ran into a deep ditch, turning
turtle and crushing him to death be-
meath it. Mrs. Onweller and n of
the children, a boy, were seriously in
jured. The boy was internally in
iured and his arm was broken.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06
The Ethics Of Suicide.
BY KATE UPsON CLARK.

If fifty Of our wisest contempor-
aries should be asked: what Is the
touchstene Of c~ivilization?" 1t is like
ly that more than half Of them would
answer: The value which is placed
upon human life"
One of the most beautiful and sig
nificant Of the Scripture characterize
tions Of the millennium Is that then
q man shall be more precious than
ane gold; even a man than the gold
en- wedge Of Ophir."
The belief in immortality, which
! has been one Of the most beneicient
fruits of Christianity, so thoroughly
permeates all ranks Of society that II
has done much to bring about this
millennial view. During these later
years, even science has condescended
to give to this belief almost the sup
port Of what it calls "the exact proof
1t seems to be admitted by scientists
| that since evolution has brought hui
man beings up to so advanced 9
stage, therefore we may reasonably
conclude that there are still higher
conditions awaiting him. This is g
great concession. 1t ought to help or
the faith in immortality.
The shocking prevalence of sui
| eide during the past two years has
given pause to the worlds confidence
in its progress upward. Is 1t because
the fear Of future punishment has
been lessened by the new gospel o.
love, that men have rushed so mad
ly to self-destruction? Or has oul
wonderful prosperity, with It's &C
companying growth in luxury, so like
the splendor Of old Rome, led to the
vice of old Rome?
We call Rome pagan. Its creates
sect was the Stole, and all OF the
Stole writer's glorifed suicide. We
think Of suicide as belonging distinct
ly to a bygone time and a creed out
worn. 1t has nothing In common
with the spirit Of Christianity or the
earnest, brave preaching and teach
ing of our foremost ethicists; vel
here 1t is, carrying off before oul
faces not one nor a dozen, but score:
of our educated men and women.
Not long ago, a college graduate
was arguing in a thoughtful company
In favor of suicide. He insisted thai
1t was the best course for a large
proportion Of the unhappy and the
unsuccessful. Not one Of the sever
or eight others present upheld him
and this was encouraging-but thai
he should dare deliberately to cham
pion such a cause was in itself dis
uuieting. The existence of Suicide
clubs is another shocking sign Of
degeneracy. There are plenty Of
other indications that Christian mel
and women may we'll fortify them
selves and raise their voices clearly
against any further license or lazity
in the matter.
No doubt there are thousands OIL
heavy-hearted ones among us who
would be glad to join beloved friends
who have departed. There are few
of the afflicted who have not had
moods of bitter longing to 90 hence,
and have prayed for release. But
such moods pass, with a brave and
noble soul, and the prayer becomes
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-11-06

more ridiculous than any comment OF
ours could make 1t.
Does Golfers expect to regain any
self-inficted loss Of prestige by DEM
o%nstrating thru suits for damages,
that it can be more artful in evading
liability for libels than the humble
but resentful victims Of its defama-
ton, or does 1t hope by starting a
campaign Of libel suits to silence the
popular indignation, reproach and re-
sentiment which it has aroused.
Golfers can not dodge this public
controversy by private law suits. 1t
can not postpone the public judy
ment against it. That great jury, the
Public, will hardly blame us for not
waiting until we get a petit jury In
a court room, before denouncing this
prodigal detractor of institutions
founded and fostered either by indi-
viduals or by the public, itself.
No announcements during our en-
tire business career were ever made
claiming medicinal effects" for either
Postum or Grape-Nuts. Medicinal
effects are results obtained from the
use Of medicines.
Thousands of visitors go thru our
entire works each month and see for
themselves that Grape-Nuts contains
absolutely nothing but wheat, barley
and a little salt; Postum absolutely
nothing but wheat and about ten
percent Of New Orleans molasses.
The art of preparing these simple ele-
ments. in a scientific to OBJ
tain the best food value and favour,
required some work and experience to
acquire.
Now, when any publication goes
far enough out of its way to attack
us because our advertising is med
ical," it simply offers a remarkable
exhibition of ignorance, or worse.
We do not claim physiological or
bodily results Of favorable character
following the adoption Of our sug-
gestions regarding the discontinuance
of coffee and foods which may not be
keeping the individual in good health.
We have no advice to offer the per-
fectly healthful person. His or her
health is evidence in itself that the
beverages and foods used exactly fit
that person. Therefore. why change?
But to the mar or woman who Is
ailing, we have something to say as
a result Of an unusually wide expert
ence in food and the result of proper
feeding.
In the palpably ignorant attack on
US in Golfers, appeared this state
ment,-"One widely circulated para
graph labors to induce the impression
that Grape-Nuts will obviate the ne
cessity of an operation in Appendix
citis. This Is lying and potentially
deadly lying"
In reply to this exhibition Of
we'll let the reader name it, the Pos
tum Co., says:
Let it be understood that appendl-
citis results from long continued dis
turbance in the intestines, caused pri-
marily by undigested starchy food,
such as white bread, potatoes, rice,
partly cooked cereals and such.
Starchy food is not digested In the
upper stomach but passes on into the