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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Harry Bennett who has SER
we'd under Sheriff Gamer for the
past four years as deputy, has
made splendid official, and a
good citizen of our town. He
has the distinction of keeping
the most up-to-date Office Of any
one in Grantsville. We hope
that he and his family will de-
eide to remain permanently with
us and become bona fide resi-
dents of the best little town in
state.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

An exciting and very closely
contested town election was held
in Grantsville last Thursday.
There were two tickets in the
field, the "Citizens" and &" Pro-
gressive" and the results was so
close that both sides claim a vic
tory. The Citizens ticket was
headed by &. G. Starcher, and
the council was composed of A.
G.. Miller. Harry Smith, L. NJ
Williams, Fred Hathaway and G.
w. Taylor. The Progressive tick
ct was headed by Albert Smith,
and the council was composed OF
IS. w. McClung, Fred Hathaway
Harry Smith, Ira Stump and
Bailey Stump, o. r. Smith was
a candidate for Recorder on bott
tickets.
Mr.. Starcher was elected May
or over Mr.. Smith by a vote of 81
to 26 and all the balance of the
Progressive ticket was elected
with the exceptions of Ira N
Stump, who was defeated by A
G.. Miller by a vote of 30 to %
Mr.. Starcher has served in tn,
capacity Of Mayor heretofore anC
made one of the best officials tn,
town ever had, and all the mel
elected have served in their sew
eral capacities. therefore w
know that we will have a splen
did administration Of the tow
AFFAIRS.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

One of the twin girls of Mr.,
and Mrs. d E Stutler sustained
a severe injury Sunday night by
falling from the porch in front
of the house and cow that was
passing stepped on her stomach.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Miss Eva Hardman left last
Friday morning for Clay county,
where she will visit her uncle
Hardman, afterwards
going to Phillippi for a visit.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

County Clerk McClung issued
112 marriage licenses during the
year 1908, and it is a strange CO.
incident that the same number
exactly were issued by him du-
ring the year 1907.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

M. w. Hoskins, E. L. and
George Hays, Cole Gamer, Esq.
Cough and other prominent Lee
District Citizens, were here last
Monday in attendance at Coun-
ty court.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

The delinquent land sales
brought a good sized crowd of
people to town last Monday. A
large number of tracts of land
were sold to individuals.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

]. M. Hamilton, Bruce Ferrel
and Albert Smith, three of our
prominent attorneys, left Satur-
day morning for Elizabeth to at
tend court there this week.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Mrs. E. l.. Austin came up
from her home at Parkers-
burg last week and spent a day
or so with her mother, who has
been very sick for several weeks.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12
Mrs. S. r. Cook.
Grantsville, W. Va.
GREAT MnSIc nFFFR

Send us the names of three or more
performers on the piano or organ and
twenty five cents in silver or postage
.tamps and we viii mail You postpaid our
latest popular Music Roll containg "a
pages full sheet music, consisting of pOpu-
lar songs, marches and walizes arranged
ioi the Piano or organ including Rud.
Knauers fam3ns Flight of the BntterGeg
March Manila and the latest popular SON o
"The Girl I've seen"
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Group positively stopped in TWEEN
ty minutes with DIR. Shoops Group
Remedy One test alone will sure.
ly prove this truth. No vomiting,
no distress A safe and pleasing
syrup. so cents at the Dye Phar-
macy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

S. T. Waldo, the efficient dep
atty under S. w. McClung in the
County Clerks office. had six
year settlement with his employ
er on the LIST inst, and has con-
tracted to serve another like
term.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

]. w. Bolvin, a prominent
drilling contractor, was in Grant
vile last Friday evening. He
just completed ten barrel salt
sand we'll on the Bennett farm,
near Brooksville for the Potom-
&C Oil Co.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Ex-Sheriff Gamer turned over
two prisoners to Sheriff Jarvis
on the LIST inst. L. F, Conley and
Geo. Parsons, both of whom are
held for felony. Conley was TAX
en- by Sheriff Jarvis to Kanawha
county on a capias, where he is
wanted for horse stealing. The
latter is now in Jail here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

One new chancery suit was
started at January Rules: that of
A. E. Haverty and others VS. T..
M. Conley and others.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Contractor Morgan completed
the well on Leafbank for Mr..
Cabot Saturday and gotta 100000
foot gasser.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

John w. UT, a minister of
the Church of Christ faith,
preached Saturday night in the
Hardman hall.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

The Literary Society at the
School house is attracting con-
siderable attention and is being
well attended by the citizens of
Grantsville
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Would someone please give
proof to show that the book of
Jonah is a true story and should
be accepted as such.
DUMB WAITER.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

John H. Barr, of Russell, was
transacting business at the court
house Saturday.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Steer Harris lost two very fine
horses last week; both met death
from the effetcs of shot gun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

The tender leaves of q harmless
lung-healing mountainous shrub,
give to DR.. Snoop's Cough Remedy
its marvellous curative properties.
Tight, tickling OF distressing cough
quickly yields to the healing, sooth-
ing action of this splendid perscrip-
ton, DIR Shops Cough Remedy
And it is sofe and good for children
as well. Containing no opium
Chloriform or other harmful drugs
mothers should in safety always de.
mand DR.. Shops. Is other rene
dies are offered, tell them No. BE
your own judge. Sold by the Dye
Pharmacy.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.

Co. Commissioner Lynch, was
a pleasant caller at our office
Wednesday.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

If in need of suit or overcoat
attend Chenoweth's big clothing
sale Jany. Is to Both.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

The Sheriff office has been a
very busy place for the past sew
eral days.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Lee Gamer, Grant Roberts and
Gay Stalnaker, of Pine Creek,
were in town Friday on business.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

John w. Haddox, of Freed,
was in our village on business
Saturday.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

We are glad to note that S. w.
McClung is recovering from his
recent severe sick spell.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

A. G. Kimble. of Henrietta,
was in the city Friday, transact
ing business.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12
For Sale.

House and lot on Main Street
known as the Jeffreys property
and house and lot on Main Street,
occupied by G. Hays family,
also farm on Hog Knob, 8 miles
from Grantsville, containing
124 IL acres. Call on or adj
dress
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

John S. Cain, Of Glenvilie, was
here a few days last week.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Buy your suit or overcoat at
Chenoweths during the big re-
duction sale.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Don't fail to read Chenoweth's
big Clothing sale ad. elsewhere
in this paper.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12
Commissioners Notice

! Commissioners office, Circuit Court of
Calhoun County, West Virginia:
The chancery cause of Cordelia J. Col
Inns, plaintiff
| Loyd Gamer, Samuel J. Smith, Amos
Ash, The Parkersburg National Bank, a
corporate on. The Citizens Bank of Weston
a corporation, A. NJ Bennett, T.. w. Gain
err, j. NJ. Gufiev, j. III. Galley, Julia A.
I Norris Jane Hoover, Rebecca Steel, Ros-
setta Boggs, Elizabeth Postailwait, NJ. NJ.
| Bibbee, c. NJ. Frashnre, S. s. Bryan Mar
tina f. Miller, X. T. Alter, William King.
A. ID. Adams and w. II. Adams, defendants
Having been 10y decree entered therein ut
the October term 1907 of the said court re
| ferred to the undersigned commissioner
with instructions to ascertain and report
what part, if any of the lands in the bill
mentioned 10y the defendant, Lloyd Gamer
| and with authority to have all surveying
done necessary to enable him to report full
ly the amount of said lands and the situa.
ton and condition thereof; what parcels
thereof have been sold and conveyed by
the said Lloyd Gamer, and to whom sold
and conveyed; the date of zach slle and
conveyance and the amount of the pur-
chase money which may be owing him
| from each OF his vendees or grantees and
when payable; also the amount due TO the
plaintiff and to the defendant +. w. Gain
er on account of the original purchase
money in the bill mentioned, or which may
be owing TO any other persons by reason of
the said original purchase money, and the
relation between the several parties, grow
ing out of the suretyship and substitution
together with any other matter deemed rel
alive by the said commissioner, or which
may be required by any party in interest.
The parties to said suit will therefore take
notice that the said commissioner has fixed
upon Wednesday the
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Capt. Norm William brought
the Harry w. into GrantsviIle
port Monday evening this being
the first boat for 8 month.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12
70 l.. f. Anderson:
TAKE NOTICE.

That on the 10th day Of Februa-
ry 1909, at the M. w. Hoskins Ho-
tel in town of Arnoldsburg, in the
County of Calhoun in the State of
West Virginia, between the hours
of 8 O'Clock in the morning and 6
o'clock in the evening, / shall pro-
coed to take the dispositions of c.
w Anderson, Will Craddock and
d. o. Anderson and others, to be
read in evidence in MY behalf in the
above styled suit in equity, pending
in tn e Circuit Corrt Of Calbo un Co.
w Va, IN which / am plaintiff and
you are defendant Aud if from
any cause the taking Of tie said
dispositions shall not be commenced
on that day, OF # commenced, they
shall not be finished. the taking OF
the same will be adjourned from
day to day at the same place and
between the same hours until they
are completed.
Given under my hand this Jany.
18th 1909
l.. + Anderson,
BY Bruce Ferol,
o. 4w. Counsel
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12
" NNHNNNHl VIC
s7th nar d January 1909,

as the time and his office in the town Of
EVANSVILLE as the place, when and where
he will proceed to execute said order of
reference All persons in interest are here
by requested to appear at that time and
place. and do what is necessary to protect
Their interests.
Given under my hand this the 22nd dav
of December 1908.
A. G. MATHEWS,
VI -4w Commissioner.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12
C. H. Craddock left last Wed

G.. H. Craddock left last Wed.
nesday for Chenille, from
whence he will go to Baltimore,
where he will enter the Johns
Hopkins hospital1 to take a treat
ment for kidney trouble from
which he has been a great suffer-
er for a long period of time.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Don't fail to attend Cheno-
weth's big clothing sale.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

Thomas Campbell of Creston,
was here on business last week
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12
GA - I'd RIA.
Fears the nlhe Kind You Have AIhays Bought
@''1 Of G&<zL2zzz
Notice 70 tska ltl.;itian.,

l.. f, Anderson, J In Chencery in
VS. the Circuit Court
Maude Anderson } Of Calhoun Co.
w. Va. pending.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-12

! Commissioners office, Circuit Court of
Calhoun County, West Virginia:
The chancery cause of Cordelia J. Col
Inns, plaintiff,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-21

capps Brothers. ana otners who ssrst
succeeding on small farms bought
larger tracts and became the big farm
ers of Henry County. In Abbeville
they can name on q dozen men who are
"a bale TO the acre farners," and all
OF them are not the big farmers.
The southern sectfon<
Some twenty-five years ago the Wire-
grass began Its remarkable boom and
the Headiand section Of Henry Coun-
~. formerly occupied BY isolated set
tiers of small enterprise. took boom.
Now this section OF Henry County has
no reason to fear q comparison with
Dothan. Enterprise or any other sec
ton OF the remarkable Wiregrass. This
third OF Henry County, like the other
portion of the wiregrass. Is the domain
Of the small farmer the man who
owns perhaps sixty. perhaps eighty
acres. who uses fertilizer with intelli-
gence. and who cuitivates his farm
like Il was a garden. Abbeville missed
getting a railroad until recent years.
and II missed securing the growth
which made Headland q rival city OF
the same size, and which IL Abbevflle
had q railroad would have added that
growth to Henry County's capital set
upon the hills Abbeville, now having
a population Of 1900 people. is one OF
the old East Alabama towns which has
grown slowly and steadily. and which
missed the dizzy impetus that made
famous the growth OF the Wiregrass
towns and cities. Abbeviile. after a
long ana prosperous life is today solid.
substantial and wealthy. The past
( year Is the best year that Abbeville
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-21
WILL BURN $lO,OOO,OOO
BUT IN FORM OF CANCELLED BOND
COUPONS.
Paper Accumulated since 1876 to BE
DestrOyed-SpeciaI Act of Leg
isIature Authorizes the big
Destruction,

Ten million dollars, on paper, will
be burned at the State Capitol Tues
day, representing the accumulation of
thirty-two years of State bond cou-
pons.
Since 1875, when ss,s57,soO in state
bonds were issued, the coupons which
were returned to the State Treasurer
each year as the interest was paid.
piled up. However much they were
In the way, they could not be Destroy
ed. There was no law on the statute
books authorizing the destruction of a
single bit of the cancelled paper, and
so 1t accumulated.
The interest on the debt varied.
When the issue was authorized by Gov
ernor Houston in 1874. partly for the
payment Of an old debt, per cent. in
terest was to be paid. Later the rate
was increased to per cent, later to 4
and then to 5 per cent. 1t averaged.
for the thirty-two years since the first
coupon was cashed, to something more
than 100000 each year.
Last summer the Legislature in extra
session enacted an amendment to Sec
ton 632 Of the Code by which the can
ceiled coupons are to be burned after
the inspection by the State Examiner
of Public Accounts. The burning Is
to be accomplished by the State Treas
urer In the presence of the examiner,
according to the act.
And so Tuesday Examiner Brooke
will witness the destruction of the cou-
pons. Chief Clerk Boyd. Of the Treas
ury Department, will attend to the bon
fire, In the absence of Treasurer Seed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-21

General Gordon was the father of
that strong and manly character
Known ,fayorahly all over Alabama,
Judge Dan Gordon. and the grand
father of Lawrence Lilghtfoot, the
we'll known Montgomerian.
The Institution of which Abbeviiie
and Henry county is most proud is the
Southeast Alabama Agricultural Scnool,
the FIRST agricultural schoolSfor secon-
dary education established in the Unit
| ed States. 1t is housed in a magnih-
cant brick building set in the midst
! of a plot of land large enough for a
city block. There Is neither here the
| space nor the time for q detailed e1-
animation of the work of the school
and its influence in establishing the
agricultural prosperity for which
Henry county is now noted. It Is suf-
ficient to say that the school has
more than met the expectations OF the
Alabama law makers who doubtingly.
embarked on this notable experiment
in 1889. 1t has had the double good
fortune of receiving the loyal support
of the people of Henry county and OF
securing men of unusual ability to d.
| rect and preside over its destinties..
Its present head Is DR.. Clarence j.
owen, the well known Alabama edu-
Gator. The agricultural success OF
the school which has been notable has
been achieved under the direction OF
Professor ], Buhrman Espy. an Au-
| burn graduate, and member OF one
of the Oldest and best known OF the
Henry county families.
The experiment station Of the school
located just outside the city is a
model of its kind for all Alabama
schools. Not only have high tension"
farming methods been taught, but the
school has brought into general popu-
larity the use of high bred hogs and
cattle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-21
CONTINUE TOOLE HEARING
OWNERSHIP OF BEER STILL is UN-
DECIDED.
Case Grew Out of Raid ON Premises
on Jefferson Sfreet--Mys-
tertOus Sweeney
Absent.

on petition for the attorneys for Mrs.
Toole and her son. William ]. Toole,
the hearing before Judge Armistead
Brown to decide the ownership of the
ia casks of beer seized in the raid OF
the premises at IA jefferson Street was
continued Monday until Wednesday
morning.
The attorneys based their petition on
the time required to prepare the plead
ings. They claimed not to have seen
the papers connected with the raid UNI
iii Monday at the hearing, and stated
that pleadings must. be prepared before
the final hearing. Judge Brown grant
ed the petition.
C. E.. Sweeney. who swore out the
warrant under which the raid was
made, did not appear at the hearing
His identity remains as mysterious as
ever. It was intimated in the court
room Monday that he is nonresident
Of Alabama.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-21

years of disaster from Sumter to APP
pomattox.
But the white farmers failed to learn
new lessons and many OF the richest
of the old fields In the hills became the
abiding place of broom sedge and rab-
bits. Gullies were washed into the old
farms, soil surveyors came aSong ami
called these guliies "erosions. Many
a man left-'the farm In North Henry
that his father and grandfather had
titled. to move into the Wiregrass to
cultivate far poorer land. or to go to
Texas and wagp a hand to hand fight
for livelihood under unfavorable con-
ditions.
And yet In the Hill country of Henry
perhaps its best and richest farming
lands are found. Certainly the best
crops at the smallest cost are raised
around the Abbeville section. although
this farming now IS largely In the
hands OF men of special business or
commercial abiiity--men who seemed
to get the mack Of farming better than
their neighbors. They are such men
az Bob Reynolds. Judge Sam Woods,
Judge b. Ward. Hamp GisSendiner. the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-21
AbbeOille and Henry
County, Their Farm Riches

as the characteristics Of the wiregrass.
This older land has not Jared as well
as II should. In the years that have
gone. Most OF the settlers were rtci
In their day, and the negroes ala the
actual work on many farms. and NJ
farmer needs to be toad what q negro
will do to rich piece OF farming
lands. Even the white farmers wore
slow In learning old tricks end the
red hills were not treated fairly.
These hill lands OF red clay and
"orangeburg clay comprised two-
thirds OF the total area OF the present
county OF Henry. The other third
now ciassed as a part OF the wfrc-
grass ana prosperous TO q degree. was
contemptuously regarded by the early
settlers. II was a sandy soil, and
commercial fertilizers. N which were
later ito work such revolution, had
not been heard OF. The growth and
the. wealth OF Henry County In thai
twenty years which preceded the war,
and In which the old South touched Its
high tide of prosperity. was In the
Henry County confined TO the red hills
The war was q heart-breaking trag-
edy to the agriculture and the COM
merce of Henry County. which today
has not fully recovered from the four
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-21
SOMETHING OF ITS OLD
HISTORY AND ITS GROWTH
Presents Two Difficult Aspects Of
Civilization.
Upper ma was settled By Piaater
Ci.ss, seusA End = Part OF the
waresr-..--Henry Ceuaty !.
The MstAer u the
~wsregrass.-

Henry County, lil<e most OF the old
oouutfes. and like the agricultural
counties Of Alabama. presents two
Instinct developments. two definite as
poets OF citixenship. In tbs Black
BELT counties OF Alabama, which are
always among the older counties for
khe early slave holders. always good
1udges OF land. settled In these coun-
ties, and this double aspect OF civtif-
ration IL presented to this day: Sec
jtion OF the county has great pre-
oonderance of negroes, while another
section OF Il. In north or south end 1t
may be. has preponderance Of white
znhabitants. each section presenting
che different customs and the different
sdeals which mark white and black
belt civilization.
The north end of Henry County. one
Of the oldest counties in Alabama,
does not properly belong to the Wire
xrass. The south end. with Headland
as its capital. properly belongs to the
sWiregrass and Is characterized by that
remarkable development which has
given fame to that part OF Alabama
fhroughout the South.
The upper end of Henry County Is
old. az old as Montgomery County. 1t
was settled as far back as. 1917. the
year In which the government land
sale was held at ;MiliedgeviIle. GA
when the land comprising the county
OF Montgomery was sold and when
tbs site Of the present city of Mont
aomery was bought at that sale by
Andrew Dexter.
Henry County, in it's upper edge,
kordered the Greek Nation and some-
how the white men, when they first
came into Alabama, came among thu
Creeks. The eastern edge of the
county. bounded by the Chattahoochee
River. also drew many OF the earliest
settlers. even in the dawn of civili-
cation in the Alabama Territory. The
Chattahoochse River. like the Alabama
River. was an avenue OF transporta-
ton and communication. And. as
would be naturally supposed. the ave-
nuss OF transportation, whether river
or road. had q vital influence in the
settlement Of the country. Most of
1.-THE early civilization OF Alabama came
In on the old Federal roads, and Il
this day Il Is no difficuit matter for a
lEtudent Of history to place the re-
sponsibfiity for thiclxly settled COM
munities along the old roads 4, the
Haot that the settlers. as they trav-
seled along these roads found land to
their liking. and no ended their Jour-
sneys along the roads conveniently and
without further search.
Henry,4 Early Days.
Henry County in fits earliest days
drew the wealthter and more enter
Brising class OF settlers. many OF
whom were slave owners. although
from first to last. Henry has been
white mans county. These men set
tied IN che northern end. for the land
was Of red clay and stronger ane
richer than the sander lands to the
south and which later became known