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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-05
LOCALS AND PERSONALS.

Homer White of Minnora, wa.
here last week.
A. E. Kenney returned home
Sunday evening.
Otis McEndree, of Pine creek
was in town Saturday.
Rev. Bee Stump, of Norman.
town, is visiting in the city.
Squire B. F. Terrell, of White
Pine, was in town Saturday.
Isaac Yeager, of Index, was in
Grantsville on business Thursday
Thurman Duffield, of Minnora
was in town Saturday and Sun
day.
Squire Bee Hopkins, of Wash
ington district is here on bust
ness.
Clark Hoy was in the Yellow
creek oil field several days last
week.
Lee Westfall was in Richie
county on business a day or so
last week.
Uncle Jim Dobbins, of Rush
Run, was transacting business in
the city Saturday.
Newt Grim and a Mr.. White
OF White Pine, were callers at
our office Wednesday.
Lorentz Hamilton who is locat-
ed at Chenille spent the holidays
with his parents here.
Tom Postalwait, of Washing
ton district, came down Sunday
to attend the land sale
w. E. Bee. a prominent bus
mess man of Writ county, is in
Grantsville on business.
Miss Leila Hardman visited
friends and relatives in Grants
vile a part of last week.
Scott Metz and family visited
at the home of Squire Richie
in Grantsville last week.
Dudley Lutz returned from a
visit with home folks in Wood
county one day last week.
Another terrible mine disaster
occurred near Bluefeld last week
in which fifty or more lives were
lost.
j. w. Boggs, of Stumptown,
has been visiting his daughter,
Mrs. Pratt Stump of Phillips run
for the past few days.
Hunter Pell, of Creston, a
brother of our townsman ]. w.
Pell, attended the delinquent
land sale here Monday.
Jack Johnson, a negro from
Texas, defeated Tommy Burns.
heavyweight champion pugulist
at Sidney, Australia, in fourteen
rounds, on Dec. 26.
Miss Pearl and Ethel Blizzard.
daughters Of Judge Reese Biz
Zard, will return Monday the 4tht
to school at Mt. DeChantel, after
spending holidays with home
folks.
Washington county, Ohio, in
which the city of Marietta is
located, voted out the sale of
liquors at an election held on
Dec. 18th and the law will take
effect on the 18th of this month.
The Sycamore Baptist church
was dedicated Sunday. The
money was raised in a very
short while There was a large
crowd in attendance, and every
one enjoyed the Sc rvices very
much.
In answer to q query: How
can you tell female chicken
from a male when newly hatch
ed2" farmer says: place a
uBilJCu ldllp Oil JdDle, also q
few bread crumbs, and if he eats
it is male; if she eats it is a fe-
male"
We now have a new sheriff,
new Assessor, new Co-court
Commissioner and a new repre-
sentative in the legislature, be-
sides several new magistrates
and constables. The Chronicle
congratulates them all, and wish
es them a happy and prosperous
administration.
The immensely of the disaster
caused by the terrible earthquake
in southern Italy and Sicily can
only be measured by the fact
that it is now estimated that 10
600 people persisted in Messina
and Reggie alone. A score of
other towns have been devasta-
ted and thousands of victims in
these places must be added to the
roll. Nor has the full death list
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-05
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Commissioners Notice

Commissioners office, Circuit Court of
Calhoun County, West Virginia:
The chancery cause of Cordelia J. Col.
Inns, plaintiff,
! VS.
Loyd Gamer, Samuel J. Smith, Amos
| Ash, The farkersburg National Bank. a
corporation. The Citizens Bank of Weston
a corporation, y. NJ Bennett l.. w. Gain
err j. Nj. Guflev, j. ii. Galley, Ju la A.
| Morris, jane Hoover, Rebecca Steel, Ros-
| ,etta Boggs, Elizabeth Postailwait, NJ. NJ.
Bibbee, Z. Nj. Frashure, s. s. Bryan, Mar
tina +. Miller, Il. T. Alter, William King,
a. ID. Adams and w. H.. Adams, defendants
Having been by decree entered therein at
the October term 1907 of the said court re-
terred TO the undersigned commissioner
with instructions TO ascertain and report
what part, if any of the lands in the bill
mentioned by the defendant, Loyd Gamer
and with authority to have all surveying
done necessary to enable him TO report FIJI
ly the amount of said lands and 1.-THE situa
ton and condition thereof; what parcels
thereof have been sold and convened by
the said Lloyd Gamer, and to whom sold
and conveyed; the date Uf zach sale 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 T. 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
upcn Wednesday TIE
HtA Day ii January 1909,
as the time and his office in the town Ct
Grantsville as the place, when aud 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
theiI interests.
Given under my haudthis the 22nd dav
of December 1908
G. MATHEWS,
W -lw Commissioners.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-01-05
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, 3 miles
from Grantsville, containing
124 IL acres. Call on or adj
dress.
Mrs. S. r. Cook,
Grantsville, W. Va.
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For Sale or Rent.

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stand and a money making propo-
sltlon. Call on or address,
RALPH BENNETT,
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-16
4 Ancient Egyptian Stones.

Stones were formed into the shapes
Of beetles by the ancient Egyptians.
They regarded the beetle as an en-
blem Of Immortality, and hence It was
tho most popular Of all forms Of Or
nament Counterfeit beetles OF COM
u,on stones were commonly buried
with dead persons. and 1t was custom
ary 10 engrave upon them the express
sion Of wishes for future repose and
happiness, dedications Of the soul to
0od ana various hleroglyphs. One of
tn latter was hawk with q human
hsad symboiising resurrection. An.
other. the yulture. meant maternity. q
epose wa tie ron Of 4 king. 81.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-16
Story Of the Organization and Cruise Of the Greatest
#:* Flolla Of Ralleships the World Has Ever Seen

half dozen nations, the sixteen ships
gathered again at Gibraltar and sailed
for home Saturday, Feb. s. They will
be met at sea, about l 900 miles from
shore, by the third Or "home" squad
ron of the, Atlantic Acct, consisting Of
four battleships and Ave cruisers. Even.
the last leg Of the famous journey Is
to be given over to work There will
be daily drills and n,aneuvers and In:
spection by the commander in-chief Of
every vessel on the way over. Pfesi-
dent Roosevelt will greet the feet on
February %, from; the bridge of the
MayAower, at the point from which he
babe farewell fourteen months ago. es&
There will be two strangers in the
feet when it reaches here-the Nebras-
ka and the Wisconsin, both Pacific
built, which replaced the Maine and the
Alabama, detached at San Francisco,
and sent home in advance. The Maine
will be the flagship of the welcoming
squadron.
At Manila the ships spent three
weeks at the target, engaged in full bat
tie practice Battle practice is at much
longer range than record practice and is
really a test of what the gun-pointers
developed at record practice can: do
when the ships are firing under battle
conditions and at battle distance The
battle practice at Manila, held under
the new fire control system, showed az
Improvement in many instances of 10
per cent over the gunnery records of
year ago. -
The composition of the fleet as it "A
turns is as follows: 49,
First squadon, first division, Rear
Admiral Charles S. Sperry, command
er-in-chief.
Connecticut (fiagship), Capt. Hugo
Osterhaus.
Kansas, Capt. Charles E. Vreeland.
Minnesota, Capt John Hubbard
Vermont, Capt. Frank F. Fletcher.
Second division, Rear Admiral Rich
ard Wainwright, commander.
Georgia (hagship), Lieut. Command
er G. w. Kline.
Nebraska, Capt Reginald F. Nichol-
son. .,.,
New Jersey, Capt w. H. H. Suth-
erland.
Rhode Island, Capt. Joseph B. Muir
dock
Second squadron, third division,
Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, COM
handing
Louisiana (aagship), Capt. Kossuth
Niles.
Missouri, Capt. Robert NJ. Doyle.
Ohio, Capt. Thomas B. Howard.
Virginia, Capt. Alexander Sharp,
Fourth division, Rear Admiral w. B.
Potter, commanding.
Wisconsin (aagship), Capt. Frank
E. Beatty.
Illinois, Capt. John M. Bowyer.
Kearsarge, Capt. Hamilton Hutchins.
Kentucky, Capt. Walter c. Cowles.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-16
Good name in man OF woman is the
Immediate Jewel Of their souls

u
: Good name in man OF woman is the
immediate Jewel OF their souls
Shakespeare. : e. @>,% Il -;
e.; " 4 Most important Wars. sSgt
Perhaps the most important wars.
from the standpoint OF civilization and
progress, were, hrst the Greek Per
sian war Of 49O b. c., in which the
oriental wave was prevented from
,deauging Europe; second, the struggle
between /, the. Franks Ii and Moors.
which ended at the battle Of Tours
with the defeat Of the Moors, thus say
ing Europe from Mohammedanism and
its stagnation; third, the Napoleonic
wars, which shook up Europe, destroy
ing the remnants Of feudalism and
paving the way for modern democracy,
and the American war Of 1896,
which preserved the integrity Of the
great republic and 90 made It posi-
BE for tie United States to work out
IT. splendid destiny among the nations
of the earth. New York American.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-16
The Mendicant.

There are those who ascribe the
word "mendicant" to the silly appella-
ton put forth as Il conundrum, mean
ing poor wretch beyond the power Of
mending. But something very close to
the term was in use as long ago as
when Chaucer wrote his Canterbury
Tales" In the "Sompnoure's Tale"
this occurs:
Therefore we 'mendiants." we sely freres.
Ben welded to poverte and confluence,
To charitee. humblesse and abstinence.
etc.
The "sonlpnoure" of Chaucer was, Of
course. summoner. or apparitor, and
person of low estate, and here We
have. 1t is believed, the origin Of the
word which came into common em-
l'lorment later.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-16

spointer means extra pay each month ,
according to the class attained, and
there is prize money for all, if the
ships guns as a whole make a deserv-
ing record. The record practice Of last
spring developed an accuracy and apid-
ity of FIRE never before attained. -
After Magdalena came the excursion
of the fleet to the California resorts
and there was apparently reverend
ing program Of merrymaking. At San
Diego Coronado Beach,; at the ports
of Los Angeles, at Santa Barbara, at
Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Fran
cisco, the people of California received
the feet with wild acclaim, 1t was the
first time that such an array of fight:
ing vessels had been seen on the Pa
ci6c coast and California celebrated
with hospitality for which the people
of the state are noted. A trip to Puget
Sound took the fleet to- Seattle, Ia
coma and Bellingham and these cities
offered an entertainment which ranked
with the very best of the entire trip.
When the ships set sail out of San
Francisco for the remainder of the trip
there were many predictions that they
would be left in the Pacific and that
events might make such a couse de-
sirable. Invitations had been accepted
for visits to Australia, to China and
Japan and there was never deviation
from the outlined plans. The feet had
done exactly what the authorities at
Washington said it would, but in a
manner which surprised and gratifed
them to the fullest extent.
The story of the fleets visit to Homo
lulu, to Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne
and Albany in Australia; to Yokohama,
to Annoy, Manila, and to the ports of
call on the way home through the Suez
are too recent to need recall. The wei
comes extended in Australia and Japan
left nothing to be asked either in law
ishness of entertainment of in sincerity
of purpose.
The battleships, had their schedule
brought them sooner to the eastern send
of the Suez, might have played nota-
Bile part in succoring the stricken people
of Messina. As it was the services of
the ships were offered, but the relief
plans had already developed so is not
to require them. In way the battle
ship feet, however, accomplished
much. Store ships laden with supplies
for the fighting vessels were dispatched
by the home government and officers
and men were glad to give up the solid
foodstuffs and delicacies to the earth
quake sufferers. A large sum of
money was contributed from the feet
and the first division of four vessels
under Admiral Sperry called at Naples
to express sympathy and sorrow. The
battleship Illinois was the only one of
the American fighting vessels to really
enter the earthquake zone This ship
went to Messina and 400 American
sailors searched the ruins until they
had recovered the bodies of American
Consul Cheney and his wife.
After visits to various Mediterranean
ports and accepting the Inequalities of
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H()MEW|AIR||D|:|| BOUND

less be left in the Sraits Of Magellan;
that IL the fleet II should succeed in
rounding South America it was reason
ably, certain that the individual ships
would ~ one by one, arrive with ma
ichineries loose and almost unservice-
able, with crews rejecting the demon
allied condition Of the, material, and
that a, woeful spectacle of failure would
thus be presented, as !, 81, - Z. /
"As to, the material, the, cold facts
are that the ships have practically taken
care of their owl, repairs Oh this cruise.
The repair lists turned in at the Cavite
naval station were negligible"
Y That the: experience gained on the
cruise will be Of unending benefit to the
navy is indicated from the fact that
probably one-half Of the entire person.
mel Of the naval establishment parici-
pated in the epoch-making trip. Three
of the sixteen captains who. sailed in
command of vessels are returning home
as rear admiarals. Eight other captains
are returning in command Of the same
ship on which. they began the journey
of the world. From rear admiral down
to midshipnan the training has been
such as no other naval cruise ever af-
forded.; Among the enlisted men the
training has been even more valuable.
Landsmen shipped just before the start
and utterly green in, the ways of the
deep, are coming home an integral part
of wonderful feet efficiency and loyal
believers in all that the American navy
stands for. Desertions on the trip
have been few. The men have taken
a pide in the cruise and it will be a
constant. boast with them that they
started to the west from Hampton
Roads and came home with prows still
pointed. in that direction. They know
the world is round, and they know
what it is to work and play over Al, 900
miles of the watered surface Of the
globe. ....: w., % 49, -.
. To Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry,
a strict disciplinarian, man of few
words, but a recognized scholar and
constant student of the higher arts of
naval science, fell the task of direct
ing the feet on all but the first II 900
miles of its journey. Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans. now retired, took
the. fleet out of Hampton Roads on
December l6, 1907, and although ill.,
ness soon after the start confined him
to his cabin for a greater part of the
way, he retained command until San
Francisco was reached and the first
stage Of the long trip had been accom-
.plished Rear Admiral Evans found it
necessary, while the ships were at the
targets in Magdalena bay, to leave the
fleet and seek teatment at Paso Bodies,
Hot Springs, Cal His flag lieutenant
went with him and he retained his rank
Of commander-in-chief. When the
ships. reached Monterey bay, the last
stopping place on the Pacific coast prior
to the entry into San Francisco harbor,
Admiral Evans was helped aboard his
old flagship and was on the after bridge
when the Connecticut entered the Gold
en- Gate at the head Of The most formid-
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plays, OF parties and receptions, I'M
douLtediy came in Australia and Japan,
Il although it would be difficult for the
officers and men today to say just
where it was the people tried hardest
to make their stay a pleasant one.
Among the men, Los Angeles will al
ways be bright memory, for it was
there that they first came into their
own on the tip and all entertainments
were arranged in particular for the en-
listed force. 1t was in Los Angeles also
that Jim" Jeffries, champion of the
world, refereed the sailors boxing
bouts and mingled with them in all
their sports. 81
From Trinidad the feet called next
at Rio, where the e days of the visit
were overcrowded with social events.
AT Rio an unfounded rumor told of a
plot by anarchists to blow up some of
the American vessels. The first thrill
|ofr fear which swept the nation was
quickly dispelled when the story was
shown to be pure fabrication. From,
Rio the itinerary led to Punta Arenas,
that unique and interesting "farthest
south settlement on the straits of Ma
gellan. Here again hospitable people
|.made the stay of the feet an exceeding
" pleasant one. The Chilean govern
ment sent a cruiser to accompany the
sixteen battleships through the treach-
erous waters of the straits and although
the ravigators of the American vessels
had already plotted their own course
through the narrow, rock-walled water
way, the courtesy of the South Ameri-
can nation was fully appreciated.
4. When the ships had safely left the
straits, the department officials at
Washington undoubtedly breathed a
sigh Of gratified relief. although on the
sixteen big ironclads themselves, there
was never a question in the mind of
any officer or enlisted man as to the
safety of the sturdy fighting craft. Sail
ing up the western coast of South
America the fleet passed in review of
the president of Chile IN the harbor of
Valparaiso, sweeping in great curve
into the harbor and out again before the
admiring eyes of deeply impressed
people. No stops wee made between
Punta Arenas and Callao, where again
the entertainments offered the visitors
taxed every days time to the utmost.
After Callao came Magdalena bay,
where for month the ships were out
Of touch with the world except by wire
less biography. Drills and record tar
get practice filled the time at Magda-
lena. 1t was a month of real work
month of work enjoyed by all. Rec
ord target practice is eagerly anticipated
every year. 1t is time that every sail
or, no matter how new he may be in
the service, gets chance at the guns,
provided he has shown any sort of apti-
tude. in the ping-pong trials which are
continuous aboard the men-of-war in
port and out 1t is at record practice
that the men attain the rank of gun
pointer and get white star and cross
ed circle on their blouse sleeve if they
make a certain mark. To be gun
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-16

able array of fighting vessels ever gath
cred under one. flag. The Atlantic and
Pacific fleets joined company in the
bay and there were more than forty
ships in the four long columns that
came to anchor under Evans blue en-
sign Three days later Admiral Evans
hauled down his flag for all time. He
was q succeeded as commander-in-chie1
by Rear Admiral Charles H. Thomas,
who sailed from. Hampton Roads in
command Of the second squadron. Be-
cause of Admiral Evans illness, the
burden of the diplomatic calls, the
speeches and the entertaining of the
trip around South America and up the
California coast, fell upon Admiral
Thomas. Coupled with. his duties as
second in command, with the COM
mander-in-chief ill.,. the social burden
was not light one. Admiral Thomas
was plainly failing in health when Is
succeeded Admiral Evans and he re-
tanned official command only from May
9 to Is, 1908, being relieved at that
time ahead of the departments plans,
in order that he might enjoy rest. As
the fleet was sailing from San Fran
cisco two months later, Admiral
Thomas died suddenly at Del Monte,
Cal. ., -.
Death has twice invaded the ranks
of the captains who sailed with the
fleet, but in both instances the officers
had previously been relieved from duty.
Captain Henry McCrea, of the Geor-
gia, most popular officer, died soon
after his return, to the east following
REIMBURSEMENT Of command at. San
Francisco. Captain Greenleaf A. Mer-
riam, who took the Missouri to the Pa
jcifc coast, capable man, also died
within comparatively short time after
turning his vessel over to successor.
Rear Admiral Sperry, who returns
as commander-in-chief, sailed as COM
mander of the fourth division of the
fleet, being ranked by both Adnirals
Evans and Thomas. Rear Admiral Viii
liam H. Emory was the fourth of the
sailing admirals, and he was retired
while the ships we're at Manila. Cap
tains Seaton Schroeder of the Virginia,
Richard Wainwright of the Louisiana
and William P. Potter of the Vermont,
were the captains who attained flag
rank during the cruise. ~,
Leaving Hampton Roads on a cloud
less day in December, 1907, after a re-
view by the president from the bridge
Of the Mayfower the first run of the
fleet took it to Trinidad. 1t had been
announced, that. the practice ~ cruise
would end on the west, coast of the
United States, but hardly had the ships
gotten underway than the fact became
known that it was really Mr.. Roose-
velt's intention to have the sixteen bat
tleships circumnavigate the globe. AT
Trinidad the first of the gayeties oc-
Cured. The officers and men of the
fleet were welcomed with hospitality
which set mark for all succeeding re-
captions and from + that time on each
succeeding port tried to Guido its pre-
decessor. The climax of lavish dis
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A Keystone Cosmopolitan.
earthquake.

b. Harry Battan, =. since his return
nom Atlantic City, has been putting
On cosmopolitan style and improved
his barber shop with a new coat OF
paint and wallpaper. AS a physiog-
nomical hair dresser, tonsorial artist,
Uranium manipulation, facial operator,
capillary abridger and professor Of
.eriniculturai abscission and craniologt
cal tripsis, Mr. Battan has no ~
pertoes \ ss M L y: ~ ii, 5's &. /,