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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09
Underwood Wins

Oscar w. Underwood, who has
been foorleader Of of the House
of Representatives for some years
defeated RichIr ond Pearson Hob
son for the United States Senate
in the Alabama primary last Mon
day. Hobson was the young
Lieutenant who. in the Splash
war, sunk the Merrimacin Santi-
ago harbor, thus saving the day
for the Americans. He has rep
resented Alabama in the lower
house since then.
AS the state is overwhelmingly
Democratic, Underwood's cleo
ton is practically assured. He
is the author of the latest Tariff
bill which lowered the rates on
nearly all taxable goods brought
in from foreign countries.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09
New Trial in Assault Case

Charleston, April l.-E. Ora
ham Wilson, wealthy farmer
who was convicted of rape and
sentenced to serve IA years in
the state penitentiary, will have
a new trial. A writ of error was
awarded him yesterday by the
supreme court. The statement
Of facts as presented to the
court declares that no evidence
has been introduced to show
that he was guilty of the crime.
The woman, who was 46 years
old, the statement says, is not
borne out in her statements that
wilson attacked her. The result
of the investigation, it is stated,
revaled no evidences of such
struggle as was described by the
prosecuting witness. The writ
was granted on the grounds that
one of the jurors wa predjudic-
cd in his opinion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09
New Railroad

Parkersburg, April 3-Parkers-
l.urg and Charleston are to be
connected by a new modern
standard guage railroad 80 miles
in length travelling the counties
of Wood, Jackson, Writ and Kan
awha. according to statements
made here this afternoon by Off
Gals Of the Charlecton, Parkers-
burg and Northern railroad as
the new line is to be called,
1t was stated that all of the
necessary franchises and right OF
way had been obtained and that
the west Virginia Securitis and
ana Cons ruction company would
finance and and build the road.
Stockholders of this company
held a meeting here this after
noon and tonight are going over
preliminary plans. work is to be
started this summer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09
West Virginia Dissatisfied.

Washington, ID. c., April 3. -
Judging by expressions obtained
from West Virginia bankers while
the location of the federal reserve
bank cities was under considera-
ton by the organization commit
tee, scarcely one of them will be
satisfied with the arrangement
by which the northern panhan-
die counties are attached to the
Cleveland district, and the rest
of the state to the Richmond.
There is dissatisfaction in Wash
ington also, and it has been point
ed out that the capital Of the IN
tied States has been made sub.
sidiary 10 the old capital Of the
Confederate States, being attach
ed to the district whose head will
be Richmond, Va. Aside from
the counties of Hancock, Brooke,
Ohm and Marshall, all Of West
Virginia is embraced in the Rich
mond district, while the four
counties named are attached TO
the Cleveland. The poll Of the
bankers Of the State some we KS
ago. made by Congressman Suth-
erland, showed that Pittsburgh
was the first choice Of the State
by a wide margiu and that Balti-
more was second. with scarcely
a vote for either Cleveland or
Richmond.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09
Notice OF Judicial Sale

Bv Yirue Of decree of the Circuit
ourt Of alhoun county, West Virginia
rendered at the November term 1913. ia
the chancery cause OF III a. Parker against
John Sutton and Others the undersigned
commissioner will on Tuesday the DIST, day
of Airil 1911. at the front or If the
Co%rt House Cf Calhoun comfy. West
Virginia offer for sale by public auction
the following described cal estate in said
charceTy cause decrced 20 be sold, as being
the property of \. VI. Sutton and consist.
inS of two tracts or parcels Of land lying
ing and being situate on the waters of Three
fork OF Fear Fr,k in Sherman District,
Calhoun County, bounded and described
as follows to witt
FIRST Tract: Beginning at stne,
thence : 80 w. PIP poles to pointers;
thence y. w c. poles T., a stone; thence
;. 81 +. 30 poles to Red TAX thence 5
81 - Fps poles to 4 Chestnut Oak; thence
y 81 +. l07 rolei to three TIickories;
thence ). 3jl2E u poles to a Hickory;
thence 5. 81 - w 8. poles TO the be.
uuninG containing g u acres Aud,
Second Tract Beginning on White
Oak on Louis Beuneus line thence S. 81
u. 100 pc os to a Hickory, 5 80 - ". 20.
q poles toa stone in right bank Of Grant
iun; thence y. ] 81 W. q 3-5 poles to
stone; thence y. 50 W. - pocles to stone
thence y - W. 10 2-3 poles to Pine:
,hencc ~ - ! poles to stone; y Is
W. ~ poles TO q stone ) 80 T. I poles to a
White oak; thence - G3 r. 30 poles to a
Chestnut Oak $ 55 +. 1925 poles to the
beginning, containing - 3 acres.
Terms Of Sale: Cash in hand on diy
OF sale
5. =. BILL Special Commissioners
fond has been given IN the penalty Of
5000 OJ a- required 10y decree in the
above styled csusc
Icste: G.. O.. SrARcHEn, Clerk
Circuit court.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09
Difficult Questions Answered

Commissioner Fred 0. Blue in
answer to a few questions about
the Prohibition law:
Question. Can a man legally
furnish members of his family
with liquor?
Answer. Yes.
Can a man legally furnish Wis
itors in his home with liquor?
would advise you no to do it..
You are taking too much risk.
Can the Cincinnati Enquirer,
carrying liquor advertisements,
circulate in the state after June
80?
Yes, if the liquor advertise
ment is for some liquor house out
of this state, and is published in
the regular edition. If in a spec
ial edition, circulated for the pur-
pose of advertising the liquor
business, no.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09
Walnut

The Misses Elizabeth and Es-
ther Farrar left here March %
to at end the normal school at
Chenille.
G.. johnson and Albert Brown
have co. plrtcd a string Of lile
fence.
Miss Nella johnson left here
here one day last week for Mar
ietta, Ohio where she will enter
Il business college.
Master Sammie Farrar. of Fro
zen. who has been visiting his
grandparents, NJ. and Mrs. S. w
Farrar. returned home Sund ~.
Misses Launa and lila Johr-
son were the guests Of Misses f.
lizabeth and Dorsey Smith, of
Eden, few days ago.
!. w. Smith has lost one of the
fine chickens he purchased re-
Gently. Cholera, John thinks.
X. l.. Keaton, of Redwood, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. ii. Keaton, of Nicut.
French Lane has moved from
Albert Brown farm to a home
on X. l.. keaton's farm.
B IN to Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Mason, ten pound boy.
REX.
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ally seek the under sides and there
do practically all their feeding
While immature the insects are
called nymphs. The adults are more
conspicuous than the nymphs and are
especially noticeable at the time the
grapes are being harvested. They are
then very annoying because they get
into the mouths, ears and noses of
the pickers. At this time they fly
about especially on warm and calm
days during the latter part OF the sea-
son, and drift to other vines or to
grass fields, brush land and thickets
In fact, they seek any place that will
shelter them during the winter
The leai-hopper survives the winter
in greatest numbers in dry localities
and is absent from low-lying lands,
such as clay and some OF the loan
soils. On the higher soils there is
no winter flooding and the rains soon
drain away, thus Offering the most
desirable winter quarters. Here the
leaf-hopper abounds.
That certain vineyards are more
susceptible to attacks by the leaf
hopper is common observation. The
degree of infestation OF vineyards is,
however, not matter of chance.
Situations I'm which dead weeds or
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09
SPRAYING, PROPERLY DONE MlNIMlZES
AMOUNT OF INJURY BY THE LEAF HOPPER
Grapes Affected by Insect Show Decrease Sugar and
Crease in Acd-Two important Factors in Determining
Quality of Productions Spray Formula

stream. blackberries and raspberries.
determine the relative amount OF
leaf-hopper injury to the vines.
When the ny1nphs and adults OF the
summer brood infict much injury.
owing to numbers. &C s5iderable dam
age is done by the alternating adults
in the spring since they attack the
young foliage. causing following OF
the leaves This damage to the young
grape foliage by the adults is needless
however. and can largely be prevented
by burning over the win>er quarters
of the insects. which will destroy the
greater portion of them.
Chemical analysis OF grapes taken
from sprayed and unsprayed vines
show that the fruit from vines pro-
tected from the leafhopper is superior
to fruit from vines subjected to
the attacks of this pest. Analyses of
grapes from sprayed vines give a gain
OF from to 6S per cent. in sugar over
those from untreated vines, while the
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09
Look Here, Young Men.

HarriSville, w. Va, April 5. -
This town of 500 inhabitants,
famous as the It xless town, 4"
is now enfoi cling a curfew pro-
vides that all persons under 20
years of age, must be in their
homes at 8 o'clock every night.
The may or arrested four young
men who went to seetheir sweet
hearts, and they are now threat
ening leg | proceedings. The
mayor, however, is obstinate and
says the law wi be enforced.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09

Talleyrand cOvid write a short let.
ter. When a woman wrote to inform
BIN Of the death OF her husband he
simply replied: "Chere MarouSse.
helss." And among official dispatches
there Is that OF Sir George Walton.
Who after an engagement with the
Spanish feet wrote: "sir. 7 have
taken or destroyed all the Spanish
ships az per margin Yours, etc" And
later instance was tho complaint OF
Cecil Rhodes that DIT. Jim bad upset
the apple car.
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Statement of the Ownership.

Management, circulation, etc.
of the Calhoun Chroicle, publish
ed weekly at Grantsville, West
Virginia, required by the act of
August Oath, 1912.
Editor, managing editor, busi-
ness manager, publisher, owner,
r. l.. Hamilton.
Known bondho,ders, mortgag-
es, and other security holders,
holding l per cent or more of to.
tai amount of bonds. mortgages,
or other security holders: None.
r. l. Hamilton.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me. this 7th day of April 1914.
3. G Stump.
IS al Notary Public.
(My commission expires Dec.
10, 1919
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09

unsprayed grapes had from to 1O.6
per cent. more acid than the sprayed
grapes. The color of the grapes from
sprayed vines was darker and richer.
This shows that spraying. properly
done, will minimize the injury by the
leaf-hopper. Experiments in New
York during 1912 showed that BLACK
Leaf 40 600 per cent nicotine), one
part to 1000 parts of water or Dor
deaux mixture. is an efficient spray
for the leaf-hopper. The spraying
must be done at the time when the
maximum number of nymphs are pres
ent. One must judge the time by
watching the development of the in
sects. Sufficient spray mixture must
be used to drench the insects and the
under sides of the leaves must be
thoroughly hit by the spray Spray
ing at low pressure is a waste of time
and material
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09
TESTING CRANK AXLES.
European Method Of Determining the
Presence Of Faults.

Presence Of Faults.
In many European railroad shops
they test crank axlcs with nothing
more wonderful than kerosene. says
the American Muchinist The princi-
pal locomotive shops in France and
England have adopted the method
When an engine goes into the shop
for general repairs ana. regardless OF
whether or not the crank axles have
made The mileage theoretically expect
ed or whether they have been in serv-
Zee the number OF months or years for
which they were bought they are thor
oughly inspected as follows:
All grease and oil are first removed
and the parts given a bath Of Kerosene.
after which tie surfaces are AN wiped
as dry as possible with clean waste or
rags The wheels are then placed
some distance apart ON "a track and
two pairs rolled together at "a speed
OF perhaps three or four miles pcr
hour The force OF Che shock ON i'm
pact shows the slightest crack. from
capitalization or otherwise. boy forcing
out The small particles Of Kerosene
which have been sccrctcd i'm the cracks
Inspection after impact locates the
crack by means Of these beads OF par
ntiin showing ON the surface
IT IS claimed that this method has
never failed TO locate defective crank
axle pin or driving journal. and I'm
some instances inherent defects. which
could hardly have been found in any
other mnnner have even been detected
in new nxles.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09
Popular Sun sath.

The sun bath Is said to be so popu.
lar at present IN Germany that in
several cities one can buy a ticket for
sun bath just as in America one
buys n ticket for q bath in the surf.
The sun bath ticket entities the hold.
er TO a room for disrobing. a bathing
suit and a place ia the sun"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09
awiae Aore.n

"Wise-acre' has it's origin I'm Ben
Jonson's retort to a countryman who
boosted interminably Of his acres, till
Ben said what signify to us your
dirt and your clods? Where you have
an acre of land ! have ten acres Of
wit The countryman retorted by
calling Ben GOOD Mr. Wiseacre."
This Is a good story, but perhaps tho
term wiseacre comes from the corrup-
ton Of the German, weissager, a wise
sayer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09

Msmentoes Of Sir Waiter Scott.

The Edinburgh Corporation museum
has been enriched by the presentation
TO 10 OF two letters written by sir
Walter Scott, the quill the great
novelist used lock Of his hair, and
q box Of quill points With portrait Of
Sir Walter on the ia.
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meaninoless.

Your father called me a timber
wolf What did he mean by that?"
oh, that's just one of pas political
expressions lie used to live out
vest YOU know and nothing ever
pleased him so much a3 to shoot n
timber wolf before breakfast OF
course he didn't mean anything by
&C."
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CBy e. HARTzELL)

The grape leaf-hopper belongs to
the group OF insects that obtain their
food by sucking the juices of plants
They are seldom found on the upper
surfaces OF the leaves. but they usu-
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09

After having masqueraded as
man for 60 years, and having
served as a soldier in General u.
S. Grants army during the civil
war, Albert Cashier, whose
sex was discovered at the Sol
dier's Home, Quincy. H., recent
ly, has been committed to an in
sane asylum. The woman was
born in Ireland 70 years ago.
She came to America as a stowa-
way, clad in boys clothing.
When the war between the states
broke out, she, having continued
to represent herself as male,
enlisted in Comany G., Nintyfifrh
Illinois Infantry. She participant
ed in some Of the war and behav-
ed with gallantry. When the
war closed she resumed civil life
as a workman until age and the
results of exposure during the
Wsr made her helpless to support
herself She then entered the
Soldiers home, where her sex
discovered while she was under
the care of surgeon.
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aountaIn Maalher $500.
TIE OHIO FARMER

The Argentine government has os.
abolished a rhetorical station at San
Esteban, province or Cordoba. at an
altitude OF 4.G00 feet
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09

Charleston, W. Va, April 4.
The time for holding magisterial
district conventions in the count
les to select delegates TO the Re-
pub lean Convention to be held
here May 10th has been changed
from April 18th to May oh.
Pasadena, California, Apri' 4.
Frederick w. Weyerhaeuser, WHO
died hefc today, dominated the
lumber business of a forest clad
nat on prior to ID the adoption by
the n-t,n Of tlo conserve ion
policy. He was Is mated to be
second in wealth only to John D.
Rockefeller. lie was born in
Germany in 1894 His present
home is in ST. Paul, MINI
Sofia Bulgaria, Mar. 2G
Queen r eanore. Of Bulgaria, who
sometime ago declared her inter-
ton Of visiting the United States
today announced she will depart
frJIl here the third week in May.
She will lie the first reiguing
queen 10 visit he United States.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-04-09

The Baseball Crank You do not
take much interest in baseball?
The Actor-No, indeed. never
could understand why it should be
50 hard to throw a ball straight when
1t is 50 easy to send an egg straight
10 the mark.
q a. ST. - N y A.
p....,h. >sIhe KIN you Haze AWofs 6jg0i
''1 e L%eSHzHzZSM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-14
(THE END.)'
WORD BLINDNESS. y
Discovery of a Sixth Sense and Of
It's Occasional Failure.

From the London Chronicle.
Among the ills to which We are heirs it
Is not generally known that we may
suffer from word blindness" and word
deafness" Dr. Hubert had some inter-
esting things to say about these human
weaknesses in a recent lecture at the
University of London on The Science
and Practice of Eurythmics and the Art
Of Self Expression
DR.. Hubert declared that we have a
sixth sense, or movernent-feellng sense.
Besides the special centers In the brain
which gave meaning to the Impressions
received by the sense organs from the
outside world, other very special centers
had been discovered existing on one side
of the brain only, which had to do with
understanding and expressing words 1t
might be possible to see word quite
well with ones double-sight center, but
not to be able to understand 1t if any
thing were wrong with the one sided
visual Notwithstanding center, and
in that case one would be classed with
the mentally deficient as suffering from
word blindness II one were able to
hear word distinctly with the double
hearing center, but unable to understand
it with the one-sided auditory word
understanding center. one was said to be
suffering from word deafness There
was also a special one-sided center for
sided center for speaking words.
To take the understanding Of the IA
miiar word home" as an Illustration,
some would argue that they got the
fullest appreciation of its meaning when
they saw 1t in print, others when they
heard it feelngly spoken, but few real
lied the added appreciation that came
frorn speaking 1t correctly. No sooner
was the word unsteady pronounced than
much fuller appreciation Of the old
ballad. Home. Sweet Home" became
possible. The conveyance Of Its mean
| ing was much more dependent upon the
movement-feelings sense than many were
| apt to think.
Sir Herbert Tree. who presided. said he
particularly appreciated the remarks OF
| the lecturer about pronunciation, as
| one who had suffered much for many
years from the sings and arrows of out.
rageous gentility, which was usually
known as Refinement" The imitation
| of '.our betters," which seemed to bs
taught in our elementary schools today
was very much to be deprecated, al
nothing was SO terrible as this ''refane
ment."
Sir Herbert, however. could not agre,
with the lecturers views about the ar
tistic temperament, which was the on,
thing necessary on the stage. One found
for instance. an actress treating an arti
fetal rose which was handed her on thu
stage as an artificial roVe. rather than a
a real rosa, which It was meant to be
For his own part, he would be ready Il
Judge everybody by the way in which
he or she treated q rose on the stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-14

! enough property to meet them, Monica
had bravely- put all thoughts of musi'
cal future away and gone into the bust
ness world to fight her battle of life
her dream Of Rogers love passed also
her dreams Of real home. In the very
trunk she was sitting upon were some OF
the things she had made and saved
| toward the furnishing of that home.
1t came to her that, home for her hence
forth would never be any more than this
| same Castle Makebelieve or some other
Castle Makebelieve not too far from her
work. For a moment tears came. Then
blinking bravely. she got up and went to
| the glass and looked into 1t. In her
imagination the girl Of the orchids was
reflected beside her and Roger was ap-
| praiSing them both.
Even if had ever had any chance
she said aloud. st would amount to moth
ing now that he has seen her"
After that Monica proceeded to cook
| her own supper. She got her can OF
milk and her chops from her refrigerator
the window ledge-and opened can of
| peas and made a small pot of strong
coffee and cooked the chops and peas.
Then she laid her little table and sat
down to dine.
Having eaten. Monica cleared her table.
| washed her dishes and hung up her
| apron. Then she took up her violin.
Softly, very softly. she began to play
Cigars "Salut d. Amour" She had raised
the window very little to let in the
fresh air. and if her music went any
where it must have gone out into the
| street. Over and over she played the
lovely melody and as she played Ii she
seemed to be back again in the parlor of
her old home playing for her father and
Roger The vision and the music COM
forted her as 1t had perhaps not COM
forted her before in all the times she had
turned to it in her loneliness and sorrow.
The memory was there sweet and strong.
and something elsa voice which Wills
pered and whispered soothingly.
A knock sounded at the door and she
door and saw her landlady she thought
that perhaps the woman had come with
some objection to her playing. But in
stead she had come merely to say that
there was some one downstairs to see
Miss Talbot.
Monica laid her violin gently in its
case. placed the bow beside 1t, turned the
key of the door and went out, Her
heart did not quicken at the thought OF
a visitor. for the infreQuent callers she
had were not of the kind to quicken one $
heart with anticipation. Some middle
aged church, worker. doing her duty by
her religion In calling upon girl she
scarcely knew by sight the rector of the
church which Monica attended. an ocCa-
Sional agent or her working companions
at the office who wished TO get her to
subscribe to something-these were the
people who had sought her out during
her two years in the city.
But when she entered the parlor she
found Roger Lennon. At first they tried
to be very conventional. They shook
hands and said one or two of the custo-
mary things. Monica sat down on the
davenport and Roger sat down beside
her.
When I saw you tonight" he said. 81
knew that l had wanted to see you for
long time. OF course, knew where you
were. They wrote me from home that
you were here and where. But I never
seemed to have any time to look you up.