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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

criminal law. but the Thaw trial was
the last OF his great cases.
der way out OF the west came n man
who was heralced as n modern De-
mosthenes. He was Dolphin Michael
Deimas. and he was placed In the le-
gal nmelight over all the others. He
looked. or thought he looked, like Ma
poleon. and his oratory flowed and
lowered and filed the court room
with resounding phrases. II was he
VINO made the famous plea OF "Demen-
TIA Americana" and received for It
$4,000. His name was upon the Lips
OF a lot of people for months. but he
subsequently returned to his Califor-
MIA home. He has come back to
New York. however. and still practices
Yet Another Victim.
There was another man who trod
the fiowery path I'm Evelyn Nesbits
wake. Satiated with the pleasures his
S22.OOO.O0O had bought and could buy.
his interest was whetted by this girl
whose name was upon every ones Inns
Her husband In prison. the light OF
tragic notoriety about her. her stand
ing In the family of the Pittsburg mil
honaire extremely precarious. she an.
pealed TO him and he constituted him
self her protector But even the Cav
White Way withholds its favor and an
prevail sometimes. On more than one
occasion certain gilded palaces of re-
freshment denied them hospitality
Twice In one evening these two were
compelled to leave the places In which
they had sought entertainment.
This man. still young. has had to
submit to the tying up OF his huge
fortune by creditors and the insistance
or his family that he remain abroad.
so weary and discouraged are they by
his designations and spendthrift hab-
Its. Today he is a derelict upon the
bouleyards OF Paris-another of the
many victims OF the most famous trag-
edy New York has ever known. His
wife. after years of neglect. divorced
him. Today. despite his wealth, he is
no more TO be envied than Dan O'Reil-
ly. for he is hopeless drunkard.
The Mothers Suffering.
And If the Nemesis of Harry Thaw's
crime rests heavily upon his sister,
what frightful havoc has It wrought
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

in the heart and life OF Mary Copley
Thaw, his mother! After a life al
ready filled with enough of trouble.
the weight of thousand humiliations
is laid upon her shoulders to bear the
best she can. Every sacrifice of which
a woman's heart is capable she has
made. She has fought each step OF
the way with the frenzy of a terror
stricken mother trying 20 save her
child at any cost. Secret after secret
has been dragged forth from family
privacy and held up to make discus
sion for two continents. The pride of
good woman and true has been hui
inflated before a world, her actions
criticised, her indulgence to a worth
less son blamed for his downfall She
has depleted her fortune and given
the last years Of her life that this sin
may pay the price of his crime with
the minimum misery and suffering
And she is past the mark OF three
score years and ten.
And what of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw.
around whom the threads OF all this
tragedy were woven-the girl whose
face inspired every artist who looked
upon 1t, who came as child OF flf-
teen 10 the great city of New York
with her pet cat In a basket. and her
only stock In trade n face with CHS
eled features and long, narrow. dark
eyes that quickly changed from eyes
OF innocence to eyes that calculated
and appraised and chose to see moth
ing but the gilt and glitter of rich 30.
hemia? Il is said that she was the
sole support of herself. her mother
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
COMFORT FOR ASTHMATIcs
IRRESPONSIBLE Hope Of Reaching Old
Age, Notwithstanding Help
From Hygienie Living.

Among all physical Ills asthma is
perhaps the most irritating. II is hard
20 endure and terrible TO observe. Its
victims die n thousand deaths as far
as suffering is concerned. and yet are
denied the dignity Of having a fatal
disease. for It is one OF the heartIess
axioms Of experience that the asth.
matte suhbrer IS quite likely to die
OF old age as Of his disease. Il has
been said that asthma IS not a disease
but q state OF body, and II its victims
are able TO extract any comfort from
The knowledge that st is nervous In its
origin they are entitled to that allevla.
ton
Any one lookias on for the FIRST time
ol well pronounced athmadc seizure
is convinced that he is watching a
death scene. and no wonder. so terri.
ting are the symptoms. The patient
Sights pitoously for breath. sometimes
erorching for h0ufs Ia one position.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
known throughout the world, is living
in modest fiat. unnoticed and alone

known throughout the world is living
in modest fat unnoticed and alone.
Unfriended and Alone.
ller name. once the open sesame to
every gilded hostelry in town, has
lost it's magic. 1t is not even upon her
doorplate. Perhaps she has some
friends. but the gay throng of Broad.
way are no longer her friends They
have no time TO remember as they
hurry along in the current BUT she.
in her quiet backwater OF refuge.
has plenty of time for memories. she
and Nemesis can look over a CHASTITY
trail of broken lives. Perhaps some
times she counts: Stanford White in
his grave; Harry Thaw. wearing ont
his days within the CALLING limits OF
an asylum for criminal insane. His
aged mother and sister Alice seIf-ex.
lied to the little village on the Hudson
where they may watch the never.
fading lights in the second-foor win.
dows of his prison. A young million.
aire sot aimlessly wandering about a
foreign land, watched by his creditors
and Stunned by his family. An old
man. once e factor I'm the financial
life of Wall street. now broken and
impoverished Three OF the lawyers
dead who once fought to save Harry
Thaw's life; two others whose careers
have been ended by their own discred.
table practices. Another man of law
whose Glory faded from the day of his
association with the Thaw case. And
herself
The toll is thirteen.
Who next?
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

Some cannot live near a stable. nth.
ers cannot be near certain shrub or
mower Indeed. the specialtles OF these
unfortunate people are without mum.
Der
The asthmatic however. has two
great sources OF comfort. one Is the
reasonable hope OF reaching n good
Old age; the other Is the Fact tina,
great help is to be found for him IN =
strictly hygienlc mode OF living Tbe
better air he breaths. both day and
night the simpler his diet and the
more wisely ordered his exercise the
fewer III be the number of his nj.
tac6s Youths Companion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
Little Mountain Fruit.


Probably the most elaborate report
that has ever been made by the West
Virginia state board of agriculture is
that which has been given recent dis
tribution over the state. The report
is that of the board to the last of
March of this year, and the introduc-
tory written by Hon. John M. MILAN,
who is secretary of the board, is to
the point and covers the purport Of
the report in every particular Secre-
tary MILAN says:
IA this, the 21st, report of the West
Virginia state board of agriculture is
published various lectures and papers
written and delivered by some of the
very best and foremost horticulturists
in West Virginia. Being practical
fruit growers of our own state, what
they have set forth is worthy of care
full consideration by every owner of
land among the West Virginia hills.
Horticulture is fast becoming one
of the chief industries of the state and
every farmer should recognize the
great natural advantages bestowed
upon us, in soil, climate, and altitude.
by which we can produce the finest
fruits to be found in the markets of
the world.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
State Gets Increased Taxes.

Just at this time when the ex-
press companies are attracting atten-
ton it is interesting to note that an in
crease in valuation OF over SIS, 900 was
placed on the five companies doing
business in West Virginia by the board
of public works when assessing this
class of property for taxation The
Adams company was raised considera-
bly, while the United States was given
a reduction.
An interesting story has leaked out
at the capital concerning the assess
ment of express companies. Attorney
George Il. Price represented Adams
while ID. G.. Gallaher represented the
United States. The two attorneys got
into a debate" relative to their re-
spective companies and it developed
according to the view said to have
been taken by the board, that the Ad-
ans had not been making the proper
return for purposes of taxation, hence
the increase. based upon figures which
had not been obtained in former years
Following are the increases: Adams
Express Co., 100000; Pacific Express
Co, $500; Southern Express Co.
$1,000.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

The jauntlng car swung round the
corner from the station and the home.
coming passenger noticed the closed
shop with Murphy" over IT, man
he had known IN the small irish
town. "Ah. he's dead" said the driver
Murphy dead? And how long ago
was it?" asked the sorrowful possen.
ger.
All" replied the driver. If he had
lived tin tomorrow be would be dad
a fortnight"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
Song Books For Schools.

An edition of $4,000 copies of the
West Virginia song book has been
taken from the press and the first de.
livery has been made to the state
department of free schools by the
state printers. This book is for use
at the Institutes and will be later
used in the public schools. Arrange.
ments have been made by the depart.
ment to call in all the books after they
have been used at the Institutes and
they will be given to the public
schools applying for them if payment
for transportation is paid for by the
schools. The book contains 102 pages,
and has words and music of a large
number of appropriate songs as wei
as scripture readings for the public
schools. The songs include all those
which have heretofore been published
in the Institute Annual. Several
pages of the book are devoted to apt
quotations with suggestions as tc
their use.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

London physician has made the
suggestion that condemned criminals
should drink river water In SIS raw"
state that the effects might be OBJ
served Presumably 70 would only
mean cases OF typhoid TO be cured at
the expense Of tho state
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

When "a youns man has wild oats
that Ee wishes 70 SOW he doesn't wait
FOR favorable weather.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

The Biggest Priced Letter.
Fifteen hundred dollars was paid
for the letter IN which Luther's wife
denounced her monastic VOWS.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

70 wore not best that we should all
think alike. &c is difference OF opinion
that mokes horge races possible
Mark Twain
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
Director Has RESIGNED

After n session lasting All day. at
which the West Virginia agricultural
experiment station was under discus
sion. the state board OF regents re-
cc'yod and accepted The rcsig- itiou OF
Director James M Stewart. effective
December 81, 1911.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

Il IS never too late to mend. unless
you are 80 rich that you can aaord q
new tire al any time
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
Coming Through the State.

During the next few weeks the au-
tomobile signal corps of the Illinois
National Guard and Northwestern
Academy, will pass through the state
of West Virginia. A general order
has been issued from the office of the
adjutant general as authorized by the
governor, granting permission for the
party to pass through this state with
their machines and other equipment,
armed and in full military regalia.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
Little Mountain Tobacco.

This years tobacco area will be
about 1000 acres short OF last year
and not more than 5000 acres will be
set out in the state This is prac-
tically all hurley tobacco. Three
weeks drought during the month of
May was a disadvantage to the grow
ers, and plants are reported scarce.
In some counties the crop is 20 per
cent less than that of a year ago. Be-
cause of the lower prices paid for
hurley the past year many farmers
have lost tobacco land to corn
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
Military Changes.

Another innovation has been intro.
duced in the military department OF
the state as is shown by an order is
sued from the office of the adjutant
general. The order provides for a
school of musketry to be held at Camp
Dawson, near Kingwood, beginning
July Ord and continuing three dsys.
The detail assigned by the department
follows: Capt. Benjamin F. Cole, in
structor of small arms practice, to be
camp commander and range officer;
First Lieutenant, Gustavus II. Wilson.
First Infantry, to be Quartermaster
and commissary.
The commander of Co G., First In
fantry, has been instructed to furnish
sergeant and a detail of eight men
to report for pit duty. Those instruct.
ed to report for the musketry practice,
and they number thirteen, most Of
whom are noncommissioned officers,
in khaki service uniforms and be
supplied with cartridge belts.
Representative Littlepage. OF the
Third West Virginia District. intro.
duced bill authorizing the sale o.,
the old Charleston public building.
Fairmont-Charles Esenski. French
Hood. Andy Cippy, William Heck. Ed.
ward G. Yost, Luigi Vadis, Dominica
ORourke Henry Curtis and Walter
Carpensh. prisoners at the county
Jail here. escaped.
Walter Neal. n miner. was
killed and four others seriously in.
jured i'm an explosion at Mine No. 3,
OF the New River Galleries co. It is
said an open lamp was carried into
. Tho rnfpo
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

Hon. Henry C. Davis. of Elkins, has
announced the engagement of his
granddaughter Miss Katherine Brown,
to Lieut.. Chester p. Barnett, of the
Fifteenth cavalry. The wedding will
take place in October upon the return
from Europe of Mrs. S. b. Elkins and
daughter.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
New Bank Organized.

New Bank Organized.
The Bank of Ouawalt is new bank
ing institution 10 be operated in Ona
walt Mcdowell county. II has beer
chartered with an authorized capita.
Of $4,000
Thomas Edgar Hodges. president
elect Of the University Of West Vir.
ginia. was givon the honorary degree
of doctor of laws by Washington and
Jefferson college
Blueiiold.-5 seventeen cars of coai
left here in one day This is almost .
record.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

Lewisburg Arch Landrum was
committed to Jail without bail for the
killing Of Winters Sharp Sharp and
Landrum we're admirers OF o young
woman and were Jealous Landrum
cut sharp with razor. sovoring an
artery Sharp blcd 90 death
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
Big Decrease in Yield.

Computations based on the average
yield per acre for the past 10 years in
the various states named indicate a
total tobacco yield in the United
States this year of 7S6,410.4 35 pounds.
The harvested acreage in 1910 was es-
timated at 1,149,S31 acres, with yield
of 931,06S,695 pounds.
In the Ohio valley the crop is from
two to three weeks late and a great
deal depends upon the kind of grow.
ing weather from this date on. In the
blue grass section of Kentucky fear of
early frosts is already causing some
alarm, though of course this is a little
premature. In Wisconsin conditions
are reported as the most favorable in
many years. The crop is all trans
planted and the plants reported in a
thriving condition. The acreage is
above that OF last year, and the out
look seems good.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
TOBACCO CROP
WILL Be SHORT
About Fifteen Per Cent De-
crease is Expected
VERY BAD PLANTING CONDITIONS
Conditions in Cigar Leaf Sections Are
Brighter-Reports From All over
the Country Complied.

Charleston.-That there will be no
new record made by the tobacco crop
of the United States in 1911 is a fact
clearly indicated by a thorough can
vass just completed in all the impor-
tant tobacco-producing sections of the
country. In many localities the farm
ers, after having had a somewhat pro-
longed period of advancing prices,
have become dissatisfied with a slight
slump in the market and this has had
a tendency to curtail the acreage to a
certain extent. The hot, dry weather
OF the month of May was unfavorable
for the development of the plants in
the beds and the baked condition of
the soil prevented favorable planting
everywhere.
The very lateness of the season in
many localities renders it little
more difficult than ordinarily to secure
accurate data as to the acreage plant
ed in tobacco this year. In the large
producing sections such as Kentucky,
North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Tennes-
see, Wisconsin and Connecticut, a
careful canvass has been made, and
the total apparent acreage in all sec.
tons in 1917 amounts to 953,65S
acres.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

Senator Watson introduced a bill
appropriating $4,000 for monument
to the memory of Andrew S. Rowen.
OF Monroe county who. acting under
order from Mckinley, penetrated the
Spanish lines I'm Cuba and reached the
Cuban forces under Gen. Garcia. Row.
en- is now living In California.
Dan Rice's circus one-riug show
which gave performances here, made
an assignment 20 S. A. Camp.
bell as trustee. The trustee gave
bond for $4,000, and the property will
be disposed or
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01
THE
NEMESIS
OF THE
THAW
CASE

AN O'REILLY. with the
convict's brand upon him.
cried out In the Tombs,
the other day that he
never has had a day of
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-08-01

Representative Littlepage. OF the
Third West Virginia District, intro.
duced a bill authorizing the sale o,
the old Charleston public building.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-18

all in his power to make the visit to
Minneapolis a success, and a great
one.
The choir leaves Vancouver for Ho-
nolulu tomorrow on the Zealandia, ar
irving here on the 26th. The matinee
will commence at three o'clock and
the evening concert at eight-fifteen.
The party have with them a physi
cal director, an English physician, DR.
w. Macdougall. DR.. Macdougall is a
nephew of Dr. Harriss, and is in
charge of the health of all the mem
bers of the company. There are also
three trained nurses in the company
all of whom are also members of the
choir.
Before leaving England the choris
ters were all presented with a hand.
somely bound volume containing all
the information which it was sup
posed they would need on the jour
ney. The amount of news it contains
with reference to the trip is quite ex
traordinary. The booklet shows that
the party will travel $3.50 miles be
fore reaching England again, and the
various programmes show that the
choristers have 100 choruses and
part songs in their repertoire. The
London Daily Telegraph stated that
for the preparation of this volume
Mr.. Smith, the secretary, deserved the
freedom of the city of Sheffield.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-18
THE GREAT CHOIR
TOMORROW

When the box office plan opens on
Saturday morning at the Bergstrom
Music Company for the Sheffield choir
concerts, it will be confronted by a
long line of applicants for seats, and
included in the line will be number
of boys from the messenger service
who already have many orders for
tickets. The management has been
deluged with requests to LAY aside"
tickets, but this can not be done. 1t
is a case of first come, first served.
In edition to the rule for the present
engagement, that all orders must be
accompanied by cash and that no
seats will he laid aside" to be called
for, no telephone orders will be re-
ceived.
The most gratifying accounts of the
progress of the choir through Canada
have been received by the Wilhel.
nina. The choir has had a royal tour
and the audience S have numbered
thousands. The choir has been the
recipient of many favors at the hands
of high officials of Canada. Earl Grey
indicated his deep and continued in
terest in the visit of the choir by
sending a telegram to the British con
sui at st. Paul, requesting him to dc
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-18
CAPTAIN" SAM PARKER INTERVIEWED

New York Sun: Capt. Sam Parker
of Honolulu, who is the stepfather of
the Princess David Kawananakoa,
but who is better known in Hawaii
and on the Pacific Coast on his own
account, is in New York on his way
to England. Capt. Parker was here
only last winter, but he got a notion
some time ago he wanted to see Eng
land and decided to accompany his
stepdaughter over to zee the corona
ton. He is sailing on the George
Washington tomorrow.
Capt. Parker was seen at the Hol-
land House yesterday, and he said
that things in Hawaii are prospecting,
He is much interested in reciprocity
and he says Canada is getting the
better of the bargain.
when we made a reciprocity
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-18

treaty with the United States, we got
the best of the bargain in Hawaii"
said Capt Parker, land that is
just what will be the case with Can
ada. OF course, the United States in
the end got the better of the other
bargain, because it got Hawaii itself.
81 have never been in England"
said Capt Parker, "and while l am
not particular about seeing the coro-
nation / thought this would be a good
time to go over have my apart
ment all reserved over there and
expect to enjoy London. But things
out in Hawaii are all right The only
thing that is bothering us is the labor
question. left of course before this
last shipload of Portuguese immi-
grants arrived, but such Portuguese
as We have had have made good set
tiers"
The Big Sandy news., 1911-03-17
LITTLE BLAINE.

Goldie Newcomb visited Thelma
Thompson Sunday.
Misses Tennie and Goldie New
comb visited Jennie Thompson sum
day. last, .. ...
Mrs. Mary Thompson is very low,
John Miller visited his sister near
Charley recently. .....
Miss Goldie Newcomb visited
friends in Charley Sunday. ."
Miss Stella Thompson has return
ed from Matte.
School closed out at Charley Fri
day Friday. ...
There was a splendid school at
that place, taught by Mr.. Burton.
Slant and Charley Thompson Wis.
| 1t John Newcomb Sunday.
Cass Thompson and Scott Thomp'
son passed down our creek today.
A. Miller visited Cleve Thomp'
son recently.
Mont Thompson passed up oul
creek Sunday,
Jennie Thompson visited Ellie
Thompson recently.
Mrs. Ella Thompson visited hel
children recently.
...... Somebody's Sweetheart.