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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-06-25
County Directory.

Judge, w. A. Parsons.
Circuit Clerk, G. G. Starcher,
Deputy, Everett Starcher.
Prosecuting Atty, A. G.. Mathews,
Assistant, 6. L. Bell.
Sheriff, G. A. Jarvis,
Deputy, J. s. Jarvis.
Assessor, Bob Knotts.
Darr,;os George HAYS,
'''''' Boil Mollohan.
Supt. or Schools, Wheeler Chenoweth.
Com'r OF School Lands, Bruce Terrell.
County oo"r. e e., (. i%'s S"sl,
Gran Johnson
Clerk, S. w. McLlung,
Depu,;es $. T. Waldo,
Ira Hardman.
Circuit Court convenes 3rd Tuesday in
April. August and November.
County Court meets lst Monday in JAN
nary, April, July and November.
Commissioners in Chancery, Daniel f
Stutler, ALDER. Smith, AiL,S q Mathews
AMI Elliott Chenoweth.
Commissioners of Accent, +. w. Hall,
Arnodsburg, and S. T. Wal, o. Grantsville
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
By c. H. Tavenner.

Washington-Why is the Re.
publican party beset by its pres
ent difficulties?
This question can be answered
with one word Tariff.
The tariff was originally en-
ployed to meet the demands of
the Civil War. To raise war ex-
penses the government found it
necessary to tax every article
manufactured in this country.
The manufacturers justly COM
planned at this. They said these
taxes were so heavy it would
ruin them, because they could
not pay the heavy internal taxes
on their products and meet for
eign competition. Foreign man
ufacturers were driving Ameri-
cans out of their own markets by
underselling them.
So plan was devised to pro-
tect the American manufacture
ers.
I'VE will place a tariff on all
imported article" said the gov
(which will put you on
an even or better than even foot
ing with your foreign competi-
tors"
Everyone understood this pro-
tective system was to be but tenn
porary, to meet an unusual con-
dition. When the war was over,
the taxes on the products of the
American manufacturers were
dispensed with, and, obviously,
the protection to the American
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Imprimatur.

Mr.. Editor
We who know him, and have
known him all his life, we who
who have loved him as long as
we have known him and who
have never known an ungener-
Gus, unkind or dishonorable act
in all his history, through your
excellent paper, desire to make
known to the democrats of Cal
houn county something of what
we know of W. ]. Sturm.
Orphaned in infancy when his
tongue had scarce learned to lisp
the name of father, he has grown
to a manly manhood, which is as
near as life can be without spot
or blemish. +" Through poverty
and under adverse circumstan-
ces he has fought the battle of
life single handed and alone, I'M
til step by step, and little by lit
tie, he has attained ability and
responsibility.
Honest, capable, and qualified,
he now asks nomination for the
office Of assessor at the hands of
the democratic voters of the
county. Will the party with
which he has always fought with
out faltering, and defended
through evil as well as good re-
port, in blind, or unthinking fol-
ly turn him down?
John E. Kenna has long been
dead but from his yoiceless dust
still speaks the sentiment, THAT
before | would vote against such
man / would have my body
carried away to some lonely hill
side, buried in an unmarked
grave there to sleep unremem-
bered until the sun has grown
dim with age.
If crunched under the heel of
unthinking voters, there will be
no threats of boiling" no sore
wound to heal, no cause for
grief over lost cause" save
save your sorrows for ignorance,
weep at failure if you will, but
shed no tears for Bill Sturm ~
Phoenix like, he will arise from
his ashes,
AS existence was a paltry price
to pay to fall with the hundred
at Thermopylae, to fight in the
thin red line at Balaklava, to per
ish with the handful at the
| Alamo, or to die at the turning
point in Pickets charge at Gettys.
burg, so a failure in support OF
Sturm, will serve to crown will
pride the children who may live
after us. Let the voter think,
ask questions, get his history
obey an mate conscience and vot,
, as it dictates.
DEC VoLETE.
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KANAWIIA CAMP, No. 1879, M. w.
of a. Meets first and bird Tuesday of
each month, at 7:3O p. m.
b. a. Shafer, Clerk.
Il. l.. Hamilton, Consul
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Pop, will you tell me one thing.
Yes, SON..
lis a mobile countenance The
same thing as an auto FACET"
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CALL FOR A DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARY ELECTION.
To be Held on Saturday July 9th, 1912.

At a meeting of the Democrat
ic Executive Committee of Cal
houn county, West Virginia, held
on the 9th day of May, 1912, the
Primary Election system for the
nomination of county and district
officers was adopted, and Satur-
day. the
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Secret Societies.

- 'esa EVANSVILLE LODGE No.
70 rfTTlOO, l. o. o. f., Meets every
y ~ .ySahrday at 7:30 p. m.
49, b. f. JefIreys, Secy.
Noble Grand.
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from their washeries in the riv-
er. Mr.. Littlepage desires to
see whether the order has been
complied with and whether
there is a prospect that the river
will be clean in short time.
Congressman Littlepage has
been working among his friends
in Congress in behalf of the re-
solution offered by Congressman
Hamilton provided for the pay
ment by the government of West
Virginia's part of the Virginia
state debt.
The 1912 number of Murmur-
months, the college publication
issued by the students of the
West Virginia Wesleyan College
at Buckhannon, has just been is
sued. 1t is dedicated by the
students to Congressman Little
page, whose life is held up to
them as an example and whose
portrait adorns a full page of the
publication.
Congressman Littlepage is pre-
pairing to make a speech favor
ing the passage of bill author
izing trial by jury in competent
cases. 1t is expected such a bill
will be reported from the Judi
ciary Committee and he expects
expects to speak in support of it
whenever it is presented.
The State department at the
request of Congressman Little
page has granted passports to
Mrs. G. B. Lee of Glen Jean, who
expects to spend several months
travelling in Europe.
At the request of patrons Of
the Office, Congressman Little
page has undertaken to have the
Postoffice Department change
the name of the postoffice at Dial,
Kanawha county, to PinchviIle.
Congressman Hamilton was
absent all Of last week, having
been appointed a member of the
funeral party to escort the body
of the late Senator Nixon, to
Reno, Nevada, for burial. Dur
ing his absence matters in con-
nection with his office were at
tended to by his son and secre-
tary- John M. Hamilton, Jr.
Many applications for pensions
under the new law have received
at Mr.. Hamilton's office and
have been promptly filed with
the Pension Bureau. The
Bureau has received more thar
200, 900 Of these applications anC
is caring for them as rapidly as
possible. Each pension is paya
bic from the date the application
is filed and during Mr.. Hamil
toms absence they were filed By
his secretary as rapidly as thev
were received.
Pop, will you tell me one thing
Yes, SON..
lis a mobile countenance III,
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der in the regular army and left
his post without leave. He was
charged with desertion and given
a life sentence.
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NEWS NOTES
Frem the Nations Capital, Of Interest
West Virginians.
(By George W. Summers)

(By George W. Summefs)
Washington, Tired of sup
plying the majorities for Repub
lican candidates in the northern
part of the state, Mcdowell anc
Mingo counties and other coun.
ties in the Black Belt Of Yves,
Virginia, have determined that
inasmuch as furnish the major.
tiles they are entitled to name
the candidates and at the Repub-
lican primary election held re-
Gently they have done so. Every
candidate on the Republican
state ticket except Stuart Reed,
Tho was renominated for Secre-
tary of State, is from the south
ern part of the state, and the
nomination of each Of these can
didates was dictated by the
southern counties. Mcdowell,
Mingo and Mercer counties cast
more than Ia of the entire vote
cast at the Republican primary
election. With Fayette, Kanaw-
ha, and Cabell added the six
counties cast more than 1-2 of
the entire vote of the state, the
remaining 40 counties casting
considerably less than half of the
vote in the Republican primary
election. This means that the
nomination of each candidate on
the Republican ticket was dicta-
ted by Mcdowell, Mingo and 9TH
er counties in the Black Belt of
West Virginia and that the men
for whom the Republicans of the
state are asked to vote were Sc
lected by the negro majorities of
the counties in the southern part
of the state.
Senator Watson has introduced
in reduced form his tariff amend
ment proposing to authorize the
President to suspend any tariff
duty for a period not exceeding
six months whenever the price
of an article affected by the tar
if is abnormally increased by
normal or artificial means. Dur
ing the last six months the price
of potatoes has been abnormally
high, owing to a shortage in the
crop and many thousands of
bushels of potatoes have been
imported. Had Senator Wat
sons amendment been enacted
in time the duty on potatoes
have been suspended during the
last six months and kept down
the cost of this necessary article
of food. His amendment was
offered before, but was with
drown in order that the Senate
Finance Committee might have
an opportunity to investigate it's
provisions and pass upon it. He
has introduced it again as an
amendment to the chemical
schedule and will urge the Sen
ate to adopt it.
Although many weeks have
passed since the House COMMITTEE
on Elections Number / decided
the recommendation, which it
would make in the Wiley-Hughes
contested case, no report has yet
been prepared by the committee.
1t is at the office Of the Chair
man that it has been impossible
to get the committee together,
but that a report will be made as
soon as a meeting can be had.
1t is understood the report will
go thoroughly into the testimony
of the case and will roundly
score the political methods en-
ployed in the fifth congressional
district in West Virginia.
Senator Watson and Congress-
man Brown made a personal cal
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The following plan for the government
and conduct of said Democratic Election
in said county has been adopted:
]. The primary election shalt be held at
the following precincts in the County, that
is to say:
SHERIDAN DISTRICT Brooksville
and Freed.
SHERMAN DISTRICT-White Pine
and Russell.
CENTER DISTINCTIONS House
and Chestnut Grove.
LEE DISTRICT-Arnold Daniels
Run, Hur and Richardson
WASHINGTON observation-disclosures,
Okla and Frozen Run.
2. Said election shall be held in accord
ance with the provisions of he Primary
Election Law of West Vioginia and the
Acts Of the Legislature Of 1898, Chapter
%, extra session.
3. The voters shall lie required to vote
in the precinct Of which they are residents
except that all those residing in Grants
vile Independent District shall vote at
the Court House.
4. Said election shall be under the man.
agement of three commissioners and two
clerks at each precinct, and the following
persons are appointed as election commits
sioners to conduct the election at the pre-.
cincts named:
SHERIDAN DISTRICT.
Brookevile: George Davis, j. Vel ing
ton Rogers and j. A. Maze
Freed: James A. Kelley, III. L. Belt
and Milt Trippett
SHERMAN DISTRICT.
Russell: W. f. Stump, Aldine Polling,
and John Fogle.
White Pine: David Whipkey, Marsh NJ.
Trippett and Spencer White.
CENTER DISTRICT.
Chestnut Grove: J. II. Edman, Jackson
T.. Snider and Joseph w. Holberi.
Court House, Frank Johnson, Bulge
Marshall and 6. w. Taylor.
LEE DISTRICT.
Richardson; John Cooper, Marshall
Board and James Duskey.
Hur: Salathiel Slider, James Kerby and
Isaac Starcher
Daniels Run; NJ. V. Bowser, John J..
Boohei and George Hickman.
Arnoldsburg; f. II. Hoskins, George
Hall and Dee Stalnaker.
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
AIinnora Joseph Knots, p. NJ. seirs
and f. NJ. Witt.
Okla; Luther a Hicks, K. A. McGlothlin
and J. j. Bailey.
Froz n Run; d. o. Chenoweth, George
Arnold and S. A. Weekly.
The commission rs above appointed shall
select two clerks to perform The duties Of
such at The said primary. In the event Of
any commissioner not acting, the other
Commissioners shall I'll the vacancy, or the
vacancy may be filed by the voters pres
ent.
.. The commissioners and clerks shal
We sworn to correctly and faithfully con
duct such election 70 protect il agaius
fraud and unfairncss, and to make corrcc
returns thereof No one except che com
missioners and clerks shall be allowed T.
remain in the election room, aud no cleo
tioneering or fixing Of ballots for vote
shall be allowed within (G0)sixtv feet q
the polls. The commissioners are cspec
ally au thorized to have these provision
carried out fully for the sake Of harmon
and good order
6. The polls shall be kept open froi
sunrise to sunset
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Senator Watson's bill provid.
ing for the establishment of q
fish cultural station at some
point on or near the south branch
of the Potomac has passed the
Senate. In all probability it will
pass the House and become a
law. BY the provisions of the
bill the station may be located in
Virginia, West Virginia or Mary
land, but as matter of fact it is
expected to be located in West
Virginia.
Senator Watson has introduced
a bill granting an increase in
pension to William Traugh of
Parkersburg.
The West Virginia delegation
in the House has been busy dur
ing the last week largely with
matters Of national Importance
as well as been looking after the
affairs of their districts. Con-
gresham Davis, as a member of
the House Committee on the Ju-
dietary has been studying the
testimony in the Archibald case
and the charges against Judge
Hanford of the state of Washing
ton. He has been entrusted
with some of the most important
legislation which has come before
this committee and has now been
appointed a member of the sub
committee to investigate the
beef trust. 1t is believed this
committee will be required to sit
through the greater portion of
the summer and fall and to con-
duct hearings not only in Wash
ington, but in new York and
Chicago as well. Mr.. Davis is
regarded as one Of the most act
i've members of the judiciary
Committee and it is because of
this fact that he was selected as
a member of this sub committe.
1t is probable he will busy with
his congressional duties long af-
ter the adjournment of Con-
gress.
The speech of Congressman
Davis which he made recently on
the anti-injunction bill contin-
ues to be in great demand and
he has had several thousand of
his speeches printed for distribu-
ton among the laboring men not
only in West Virginia, but in
many other states where his
speech has been requested by
of Congress and others.
tt
Congressman Brown has been
spending the greater part of the
last two weeks in New York
City where he has been serving
as a member of the sub commit
tee of the House Committee on
Banking and Currency, which is
investigating the so called mon
ey trust". Some Of the most in
fluential financiers of the country
have been witnesses before his
committee and others will be
called in the future. This COM
mittee is regarded as one Of the
most important Of the presnt Con-
gress and it is expected to bring
about important results.
Professor Sanderson, Dean of
the Agricultural College of the
West Virginia University, has
been in Washington working in
behalf of the Sims bill regarding
the importation of fruit trees.
The bill is inte nded to prevent
the importation of insects and
tree diseases and is favored by
the fruit growers of West Virgin
la along with those in other sec
tons of the country. Prof. Sand
erson called upon Congressman
Brown and obtained his promise
Of support for the bill.
Congressman Brown has request
ed the Postofflce Department to
establish a rural mail route out of
Tunnelton by way of German,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-13
COURAGE

He was the small son of a Dish
op, and his mother was teaching
him the meaning encourage.
& "Supposing," she said, there
were p boys in one. bedroom and
II got into bed at once, while the
other knelt down to say his.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-13
would show

prayers, that boy would show
true courage.
"Oh, said the young hopeful,
I know something that would be
more courageous than that! Sup
posing there were II bishops in
one bedroom and one got into bed
without saying his prayers!
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-03-14
Obituary

Mrs. Sadie F. Black, one of the old
est residents of Chouteau county and
the state of Montana, passed away
at her ranch home nine miles south
west of Zortman, in the Little Rock.
les, March 5th, 1912, at the ripeage of
IS years, 10 months and 21 days.
She was born April IA. 1s4s. in
Williams county, Ohio, of parents
that came originally from Pennsyl-
vania. She seemed destined in birth
to the life of the pioneer. Her birth
place was among the heavy woods of
northern Ohio, when that country
was truly a pioneer district. She
was the youngest of nine children,
seven of whom grew to manhood and
Womanhood. Among this humber
were the we'll and widely known
Smith Bros.-Dr. James Z. Smith,
John Smith, and William Smith
who in the early days of the state oc-
cupied such a prominent place in it's
pioneer life, and who either as min
ers in the Thompson Gulch or as
WOol-groWers OH the Musse]shell
helped to settle some Fundamental
question.
OF the number of this widely
known Smith family only three now
survive,-Mrs. Eva Landis of Albert
Lea, Mim., Mrs. Melissa Reynolds,
of Fayette, Ohio, and Andrew n.
Smith of Seattle, Wash.
Mrs. Black was married in Will
liams county, Ohio, and after short
life in her native county, together
with her son John, then Il small boy,
she joined the large company of pio-
neers seeking new land in Iowa.
she went to Omaha, Nebraska, which
at that time was village of huts and
shacks. Tarrying here for little
time she then went to Laramie, Wy
oming. From Wyoming she made
her way into Montana, journeying to
Helena, which she reached November
Is, 1878. Here she was met by her
brother and with him she made the
journey to their ranch on the Mussel-
shell. She arrived there on Christ
mas Day 1873. The third white wo- !
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-03-14

For the best there is, try a Do,
Baraso cigar.
Phone us your order. We deliver
the goods. Facey's Grocery.
Mike O'Neal of Wagner. was trans.
acting some business in town Mon.
day.
Mrs. e. b. Caldwell is spending the
week at the ranch home of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Cavanaugh near Exeter.
A. G. Arnot won the beautiful dia-
mond ring with No. 105 at f. l.. Nc
Creary's jewelry store Saturday
night.
l.. j. Canty, litterateur of Cowan.
was in town Monday looking for a
valuable cow that had disappeared
from his ranch.
Mrs. Ray Campbell and the two
children left for Shelby Saturday
night to spend month at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Cox.
10 Sklower found a lady's brooch
and a gentleman's X. p. cuff button
at Eagles Hall the night of March 4.
Owners may have same by calling at
this office.
Mrs. Alice Curtis who has been
employed as housekeeper at the
George Forge ranch near Havre is
spending few daps in Malta and at
tending to some improvements on
her homestead at Lovejoy.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-03-14
GRIM REAPER REMOVES TWO OF
OUR PIONEER SETTLERS

Mrs. John Hackett, one of the
early settlers of this section of north
ern Montana, apparently in good
health, died suddenly Saturday about
twelve o'clock in the morning at the
ranch home of VIM. Lusch about
twenty miles north of Malta. A few
minutes before she died she COM
planned of feeling badly andlay down
on the bed. Hearing a peculiar
sound her husband approached the
bed only to find her dead. The re-
mains were brought to Malta Sunday
and taken to H. V. fuckers UNDER
taking rooms, from which place the
funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 900 o'clock, Rev. G..
E. Wharton officiating. Burial was
made in the Malta cemetery.
A husband and two sons survive
her.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-03-14

Mems underwear at Kildutf's 81 .OO
and $l.25 suit.
See the new lot of Leader shirts at
Edwards & Mcclellan.
Get some Of those young onions,
radishes, lettuce and celery Saturday
at Clanton 4 Brandon's.
Everything u man wears on sale at
Edwards Il McLellan's.
Sooner or later you will buy De-
Lavel. 1t gets all the cream all the
time. Ask the man who has one.
Malta Mercantile Co. agents.
Get your order in for that Tanning
Mill. Clean your seed grain. Re-
member there is only one "Chatham
Mill' and we sell them.
Garland's Variety Store.
Opening Day Saturday March IS,
at Clanton Il Brandon's Grocery
Store. Read their advt. with it's
extra special low prices on page 2
of this issue.
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st. Patrick's Ball, March 18th.
Feed Wheat at Edwards e. McLel-
lan's.
New Spring line of Elgin and sum
NIT Shirts at Kildutf's.
That's all. Facey's for high class
groceries. We deliver your order.
We carry in stock a complete line
OF lfutterick patterns. All the lat
est styles for Spring just in.
Garland & st. HILL
When !! on buy coffee at kilduff's
you are sure of getting coffee, that is
newly roasted, fresh and clean, and
has not lost it's flavor on account of
being old stock.
Professor Hallstone and the BOYS
basket ball team did not go to Chi
nook last Friday as they had antici-
pated, Professor Wilman stating
the game was postponed for two
weeks.
Ed. Suter entertained few of his
gentlemen friends at a smoker at his
ranch home Oh Wednesday evening,
the time was spent in social inter
course and playing whist. At IL
O'Clock lunch was served consisting
or sandwiches, cake and cookies. Ar
II O'Clock the guests departed for
their homes, declaring Ed. a royal
entertainer.
One Who Was There.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-03-14

Trunks. Grips. Suit Cases. Ed
wards & Mcclellan.
Suit Cases, Trunks, and Travelling
Bags at Kilduff's.
Miss Langford of the Wagner
school. spent Saturday in Malta.
Save so per cent. on your wall paper
this year. Select from the Remnant
Stock at the Malta Drug Store.
On account of the funeral of Mrs.
Black being held Saturday afternoon
the ladies of the Woman's Club met
with Mrs. Geo. o. Sanford Friday
afternoon, instead of at the accus-
toned time.
W.J. Neumann, of Dutton, Mont.
visited his sister, Miss Bertha Neu-
mann, in this city OH Friday last.
Mr.. Neumam was returning from n
visit to his old home at Melrose
Minnesota.