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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-20
STILL FLYING THE u. S. FLAG.
American Tanker Held by British
Prize Court.

Halifax, n. S. Oct, 20-Just what
plan would be pursued with regard
to the American tank steamer Brin-
dilla, seized by the British auxiliary
cruiser Caronia and brought here
Sunday cannot be learned. 1t is sup
posed that the Brindilla, which was
formerly the German steamer Wash
ington, was suspected of having con-
traband aboard. it is also reported
that when she was halted by the Caro-
MIA outside of New York harbor last
Tuesday she was steering a course
at variance with the ordinary course
for her announced destination. She
cleared from New York for Alexan-
aria, Egypt.
1t was thought possible that the
question whether the transfer of the
Brindilla from German to American
registry was transaction in good
faith might be considered by the Adj
miralty Court. The purchase of the
steamer from the Riedermann Line
by the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey was announced on Septem-
Der 81.
The Brindilla remained anchored in
the harbor yesterday. The military
guard which was placed on the
steamer remained aboard and, as far
as known, none of the Brindilla's crew
has as yet been allowed ashore. The
American consul general at Halifax
held no communication with the Of
tlcerS Of the ship. The matter of the
BrlndilIa's seizure and detention here
is in the hands of the prize court
officials and the naval department at
Halifax has now practically nothing
to- do with the ship.
The Brindilla still flies the Stars
and Stripes over her counter and will
cn-itipue to do so unless the prize
5ourt finds the ship to be legally a
prize of war. There were no prize
court, proceedings today. The oficla!
INQUIRY may require two Of three days
before prize court action is taken.
-O-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-20
Tened In Whole system.

"Chamberlaia's Tablets have done
more for me than I ever dared hope
t'or,' writes Mrs. Esther Mae Baker,
Spencerport, n. Y. 81 used severa;
bottles Of these tablets few
months ago. They not only cured me
Of bilious attacks, sick headaches and
that tired out feeling, but toned up
NY whole system For sale by all
dealers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-20

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for ShAI
Soaps. Don't miss this opportuA-
itv to secure the selling right Tor
these we'll known Soaps. Expert
ence not necessary. You can de-
vote YOUR entire time or handle as
side line. Write for our offer.
Address SKAT, Hartford, Conn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-20

For RENT-To reliable couple, frs
floor, nicely furnished. Piano IN
Guided. New house. New 1ufhi-
ture. $50 per month. Address
Rooms Gazette Office.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-20
# Always Does The Work.

81 like Chambcrlain's Cous 5 n
Remedy better than any o44 1.2t,
writes K. L. Roberts, Homer, "I e
Pa, a have taken it of ana on 10, ion
vears ard It has neyer failed 10 s. nSi
Inc desired rcsults.'Eor sale ~ ''i'
dealers. auG
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-20

FOR sALE-Cottage at Dyke, three
rooms, out buildings. Cheap -
quick buyer. Apply E. L. FlfAS'
$50 King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-20

LOST-A bunch of keys somewhere
in the city Saturday. If found
please return to the Gazette Of
fee. Suitable reward. 1876.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-20

FOR Rents room and bath brick
house all modern improvements
$14.OO. Apply 635 S. Fairfax st,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-20

FOR RENT-Five room apartment.
Every convenience. SO per month.
Corner Duke and Henry streets.
Inquire of T. J. Fannon. l9-3t.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-20

Norfolk Oysters Daily at the Hotel
Rammel.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-20
HOT SPRINGS
LIVER BUTTONS
A Thrill of Happiness for the Liver
and Bowels in Every Button
THROW AWAY OUR CALOMEL..

Soggy, heavy lazy livers make life
miserable for lots of folks. You have
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-10-20

LOTS for sale at Mt. Ida;
GOOD locations; low prices.
Terms to suit.
MEYERS BROTHERS,
is N. Pitt Street.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
"STAR BOARDERS"
BANE OF DAIRYMEN

1t is the profitless cow that keeps
the price of milk 90 per cent or more
below the price it should be compared
with any other standard food product.
writes L. V. Lightly in the National
Stockman. Pure and unadulterated
ignorance and stubbornness compel
many dairymen to work hard 800 days
per year for nothing.
The first step for betterment is to
md the poor producers, the star
boarders. and get them off the place.
preiudices, contracts and hay stacks
10 the contrary Notwithstanding Stop
keeping cows and make the cows keep
you. Those poor, Improbable cows
will forever keep you between the
shafts like a cart horse, they on the
cart and you pulling them along Get
balky. The second step is TO get rid
OF that scrub bull. He may have the
color of pure bred, and some one
told you he was as good as pure
bred, but unless he Is registered and
can show good ancestry he is q scrub
for the purpose you want him. In
this day when good pure bred regis
tered bulls can be bought for 500 or
less about old enough for service a
scrub bull is a sort of walking adver-
tisement Of scrub farmer Those
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
Blister DAYS Notes

Two old pioneers of Grantsville,
Hagan Barr and j. w. Pell,
were out for two days and labor
ed faithfully and hard.
The Smithville road to the
johnson place is as line as city
boulevard.
The school teacher was not
the meanest man after all. The
GrantSville man to whom the
roads mean the most, who re-
fused to allow mis- men to go up
on the roads, has him beat to a
FRAGILE.
The River Hill sure got its
share Of attention and is a fine
piece of workmanship. No
doubt it was shady there all day
judging from the number of
town boys that reported there.
Just word of advice from one
who was wounded and manned
in honorable service. Because
the two Good Road Days are ov.
er do not let US stop striving for
better roads. Every time we
see a stone ia the road that can
be easily reached. roll it to the
side; keep the bitches open along
oar farms and property and do
every little thing we can, not on
ly to build permanent roads but
to keep them in good shape as
well.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

The friends of the Good Roads
Lave every reason to
congratulate themselves over TIE
way the people of Calhoun turn
ed out on Thursday and Friday
last to join in the movement to
better the roads of the coun'y in
accordance with the Good Road
Days proclamation of Governor
Hatfield. The county was fairly
well organized and the movement
had been widely advertised and
the results accomplished on the
two days were much greater than
even the most optimistic had
hoped for.
The Chronicle has not been
able to get an exact report on
the amount Of work done and the
names of the workers, but we
have heard from practically ev-
cry section of the county and we
feel sure that an estimate that
three hundred people went upon
the various roads for the two
days would be extremely conser-
vative. The work accomplished
in many Instances was Of perma-
rent nature and the roads of the
county are materially improved
IS result Of the two holidays.
No doubt the exact report Of
the work accomplished and the
names of the patriots who went
upon the roads will in due time
he reported 10 the road authori-
ties and then the Chronicle will
be glad to publish the Honor
Roll.
From reports we have from
sister counties we believe the
good citizens Of Calhoun respond.
ed to the Governors call IS lib
orally as in any section adjoining
US and for ore the Chronicle is
proud of the results accomplish
ed in Calhoun county.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

same farmers allow some advertising
agent TO daub their buildings with to-
bacco or whisky advertisements. and
their own products are unadvcrti.e
ana go begging for Il market. Wake
up. Study your business and push 1t.
The man with nearly unlimited cap
ital can buy good herd. but all othe. S
must build up the herd from few
carefully selected foundation animal
Good cows are very scarce now aud
sell ut almost fabulous prices when
compared with prices ten years ago
Buy few registered heller calves.
and while you learn how to build up
with grades you get ready to handle
pure bred stock. ana by the time you
have learned the business Of breeding
cattle you will have some pure bred
stock ready to work with. To care
for pure bred herd requires only
little more muscular labor than for
scrubs. but II you would get the best
out at pure bred herd you can bring
into play all the intellect you happen
to be possessed OF.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
RAISING FALL COLTS.
Pays to Breed Mares That Have Failed
to Get In Foal In the Sprino.

Pays to Breed Mares That Have Failed
to Get In Foal In the Spring.
Every season the farmer Is called
on to solve the fall colt problem. One
or two. perhaps all, of his mares miss
the horse in the spring. and Unless
he breeds them in the fall be musl
lose whole year in his horse breed
Ing department, says J. V. Abingdon
In the National Stockman. At the best
he must lose six or eight months
Shall he let that go rs so much lost
anyway and six months more on to-,
of it, waiting till spring to breed the
mares once more. or shall he breed
them in the fall and so save half the
year? That is the question to be set.
tied
1t Is not matter on which there Is
absolute unanimity. Some say they
have no luck with fall colts and so
never try to raise them. Others al
ways breed the mares that miss in the
spring, while still third school MAIN
tainS that fall colts pay and do better
than spring colts and That mares
should be mated in the spring only to
fill in the time lost by their failure to
breed to the fall service With this
last school have no patience. do
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
Changes in Washington District

The changes in ashington
district in the last thirty years
are great. Thirts years ago | 10
not think there was q frame
house in he district; if SO, | do
not now remember the house.
Now there are some Of the best
houses in the county. Then the
land was covered with large and
valuable timber, now most of it
is in grass and is covered with
fine stock. Then land could be
purchased In large tracts for four
dollars per acre all without any
reserve, now the price is from
twenty to forty dollars an acre
and all underground privileges
reserved. Then calves were
worth from four to five dollars.
tWo-year-olds from twelve to
fifteen dollars and good cows
brought from eighteen to TWEEN
~ dollai s, now they are worth
from forty to one hundred dol
lars.
Thirty years ago there was not
q church house in the district.
now there are some of the best
in The county At that time /
thinS there were about three
good schoolhouses, now there are
something like twenty, ] am not
sure Thirty years ago / stood
on Mule Knob, the highest
mountain In the county, and the
leaves having fallen from the
timber, could count three
farms Standing in the same
Place today and looking over
parts Of Calhoun, Gilmer, Btax-
ton, Clay and Roane counties, I
can count one hundred.
OF al the old men in the dis.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
Tragic Death Of Calhoun Boy

The following account of the
tragic death by drowning Of Guy
CO. trill, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Cottrill, Of Okla, this coun-
ty, is taken from the Ripley
MCuntaineer:
The tragic death of Guy Colt
rill, II, Ripley Normal student,
who drowned in Mill Creek.
above the Harpolj bridge. two
mics south of here, while in
bathing at 3 o'clock Sunday.
cast a pail gloom over the cn.ire
community. The news Of the
accident caused great excitement
in town.
Cottrill with two fellow stu
dents, O-hel Casio and Walter
Morgan and Casto's young
brother, left the home of Isaac
Casio, with whom he boarded.
shortly after dinner to attend
church at vt Calvery. AS they
neared the creek ne of the party
proposed taking a swim. They
entered r. Ester. CottriIl who
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
purs ersd versur seruh Ram..

The University Of Missouri has pub
lished circular giving results OF n
test In which pure bred rams were
compared with scrub rams aS p-oduc.
ers OF lambs The average gain Of
lambs sired by a pure bred ram was
over two and one-half pounds. more
at three months Of age than the gain
Of lambs sired by a scrub ram at four
months OF age. And tile scrub lambs
nte 50 per cent more grain than the
lambs from pure bred sire. ON the
market the better bred lambs brought
S135 per hundredweight. while the
scrubs brought $3.50 per hundred.
weight The use Of pure bred sires
has been advocated for so long and the
economy Of using such rams has been
so repeatedly demonstrated that it
would seem that such tests were no
longer necessary. But still many sheep
raisers deliberately curtail possible in
comes from their Hocks by using cheap
ramS-anything that can get lambs.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

trict thirty years ego. only d.
w. Chenoweth and VIM. Knots
still remain, so far as | remer :
Der. The old soldiers. E. w.
Gump, James McCune, Nattv
Anderson, T. P. Jarvis, that is
on the B ue sGe; on the Gray,
John Arnold is all that now re-
member.
Thirty years ago we all voted
at Minnora and finished up in
good time and counted up at
III hi and everything vas sup
posed to have been O. X. But
then ! should think there were
100 voters in the district. Cut
we still get larger as we grow
bigger and we had 10 have two
more voting places and we still
want to grow until we can have
a voting place at the mouth of
Stinson where the people are
much in need Of one. But do
not think us small now for we
have grown so large that We are
nov required to come to Grants
vile to vote, so you see we are
not spring chickens by any
means.
DApCnNr
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
GoOOd Road Days
A Great Success
Calhoun County Goes Ahead Of Her Neighbors in t he
UpIiit Movement Much Good Done.

could not swim, using a fence
raj for support. His companions
had left the water, when they
heard his cry Of distress and
turned TO see him sink ber cath
the surface. Thinking he would
rise, they plunged into the creek
and swan out to the place where
he disappeared. He failed TO ap-
pear and they returned to the
shore. Casio then ran to the
church and gave the alarm. in
the meantime Morgan standing
by to give assistance in case the
boy came to the top. James
Sisson, l. o. McGrath, Jasper
Shelton were first on the scene.
SiSson Owed and Immediately
located the body, went down
again, brought it to the top of the
water, and with others who had
gone t. his assistance, lowed it
to shore. Heroic efforts to re-
store life were kept up for more
than an hour without success, a
large crowd gathering in the
meantime.
The body had been in the
water from seven to fifteen min
utes and was found at depth of
only six or seven feet.
Whether his death was from
drowning or was superinduced
by heart failure is a matter of
conjecture. The latter theory is
more generally accepted as it is
known that be suffered from
heart trouble recently and was
not in the best of health. Ac-
cordirg to the statement Of eye
witnesses he uttered a groan,
collapsed and went down with
out struggling or strangling.
Morgan remembers that a smile
was ON his face as he disappear
ed.
The lifeless form was carried
to the home Of John Lewis AID
Later removed to the undertake
ing e, adjustment of j. r. Vail
where it was embalmed and pre-
pared for burial. The remains
were taken to Spencer Monday
morning over the 3. & 0. by
S pit P H. Rardon and Lewis
Miller, where they were met by
the boys father nd other rela
tives, who had been notified by
phone.
Deceased is a son of Mr.. and
MIS-. Levi Cottrill OF Okla, Cal
Eoun county. who with five
brothers and sisters survive. He
was bright young man whose
ultimate death is deeply de-
plored. His death recal's the
drowning of L. B. Fox who met
a similar fate on the 29th of
June, 1907.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

believe, however, that farmer is wise
to breed in the fall one or two yalua.
BILE producers that failed to settle In
the spring.
There is not much to be gained ho
having the mare but half gone in her
pregnancy during spring work. for
nowadays fall work. such as gang
blowing hauling The corn binder baul.
ing the manure spreader and the like
IS task about the same, no matter
what season Of the year undertaken
and the need for caution rs lust ne
great in the fall as 80 is I'm the sprl,o
II is six OF ono and half dozen OF the
other so the matter SINNERS down N
the choice between losing six months
or a whole year
Fail colts can be raised as proatablv
as spring colts for the reason tbat
what they eat during the FIRST six
months Is seldom missed. when six
months old or thereabouts they go ont
on the grass and II well fed MAKO !
continuous growth. but never quite 80
good as a spring colt does when given
exactly the same treatment There h
something about the action of the
grass in the young stomach that ma.
ture requires and which is denied n
the fall born youngster
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
kindly solicit your support and in
fuence.
Yours respectfully.
G Il O.. HAUGHT

To the taxpayers Of Calhoun county:
L have been solicited by hosts
Of good citizens of my county to
become a candidate for Member of
the County Court, as there is Que
to be elected this fall. l had
thought and felt that no desire or
ambition would ever find lis place
in the horizon Of my future for Of
fee. However, at the earnest sol
lcii0tion Of so many Of tie good
citizers, irrespective Of poll les.
Lave asked me to g before the
people, have SO decided
| ak the tax payers Of NY coun-
ty TO take his matter NJ in each
Of your minds and ponder it well.
and if vcu decide l am the more
suitable man for the flee. vote 4
me. In return for that, II elected,
] assure yen ! Will do all i'm my
I power for Mhat believe to lie IN
best interests # he masses Near
Is ,ve'v tuX-pnyer in the county
knows me. | bavo Lell this sarre
tlice + twelve yeas lIior TO tits
aud you would naturally irf,r from
nay past record that l would do n.
such servant in the foture
came 10 this county { Itc-sil
years "go today April . 1868 {
boy, not then a voter. Then ther,
vas just little rising two thousant
population in the county. Now
NV fellow citizens you all know
me. Do what you believe will b,
for your best interest and / Will as
sure y.u l will be satisfied. Sub
jcct 10 the mode tf nominating
comfy Ulcers, Hereafter to lie iixec
by the Democratic Executive Com
mnttte cf Calhoun county.
T. r.. STUMP.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
Washington News Letter
BUF0RD LYNCH, Correspondent.

The Washington Post had the
following touching little article
a few days ago, which goes to
show that even the sedate Sena-
tors have their human side:
'Wearied by the tolls debate
Senators Chiffon, of West Vir-
ginia, and Overman, of North
Carolina, hired an automobile
Tuesday and sped over the
gree l-fringed roads of Virginia
into the fresh air and sunlight.
After about twenty miles Of des-
ultory driving they stopped the
ca and seated themselves by the
road side. Senator Chiffon found
himself possessed of q two bladed
knife. 1t was the light kind,
so Trey fell TO a game Of mum
bletypeg. AS the game pro-
crossed Mr.. Chilton's prowess
proved superior. and Mr.. Over
man, the dignified acting head
OF tie senate judiciary commit
tee had to bury his nose in the
turf and root the peg" with his
teeth. He could not stab the
peg" These be the little things
hat noe nations, and if one of
Senator Cations pet legislative
projects is ever killed by Sena-
tor Overman, the reason will be
obvious. "
S majors Chiffon and Golf were
designated by the Vice Presi-
dent on the committee to attend
the funeral of the late Senator
B adley. of Kentucky, but owing
to the Illness of Senator Golf,
and the absence Of Senator Chill
ton, neither could attend. Mrs.
Chiffon aud her two daughters,
who have been abroad for sever
al months, arrived in New York
on Monday morning on the PIi1z
frederick Wilhelm of the Nol tn
G rman Lloyd line, and Senator
Chiffon went to New York to
meet them.
Mr.. Henry Frye, Senator Chill
ton 5 courteous and efficient Sec
rotary, accompanied Vice Presi-
dent Marshall to Charleston
where the Vice President made
a speech on Sunday under the
auspicics af the Union Mission.
The following postmasters
have been recommended by Sen
ator Chiffon: John b. Pierratt at
Ebert: G. j. Henry at Fayette;
} Melvin Meredith at jed; DR..
John H. Bard at Rock; Mrs.
Clara j. Woodrum at Virgins;
John J.. Wbitworth at Mag beury,
and Herman Blair at Windy.
8 new pos office has been es-
tabIishcJ az Plumb, Logan couu-
ty, and al R.verview, Kanawha
county ard Taylor, Preston
county.
Senator Chiffon is trying to Sc
cure the establishment of a ru-
raj route from Kenna, and has
recommended Joseph d. Cooper
as r. +. d. carrier from Mill .
wood. He has also secured an .
increase of pension to $50 a
month for James p. Davis, of .
Toll Gaze. and is trying to secure /
the establishment of a postodise
lt Wonayille, Logan county
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04

only one. RMS can be accomplished
by giving them care and attention Mt
the right time. Thpce days after wean-
ing their filters they will mate IL the
feed has been increased. and they are
in thriving condition From this
time on to farrowiBg they should be
fed heterogeneous food which will nour-
ssh the unborn successfully.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
THE MiLkMAKER.

Milk The leaking COW three
times a day.
Is your barn pr par, d for the
cold wintry weather:
Put little bran in the bottom
of the pail when the calf has
drunk his milk and he viii read.
lily learn to eat it,
You cannot EXPECT cow to
give large quantities of milk UNI
less she has plenty of feed and
quantities of water
An account should he kept
with every COW. The way to de-
termine her value Is by using
the scales and the Babcock test.
Other things being equal. the
largest yields of mix usually
represent the largest profits.
Not one COW barn in hundred
has windows enough.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1914-06-04
For County Superintendent
LEE GAMER.

l announce myself a candidate
for the cGice of County Superinten-
don't Of the schools Of Calhoun
county, sui Jet 20 the decision of
the Democratic convention, June
the 9th.
The limited time in which 1 shall
le compelled TO made my campaign
viii make il impossible for me to
fse all the voters e the county.
ask on TO familarize Yourself with
M qualifications and fitness for the
office to which / aspire and vote for
the interest of the school children
Of the county. ] promise if nomi-
mated and elected TO devote my en-
IRE time 20 the educational inter
ests Of the county.
CLAUDE l. BOARD
hereby announce myself a can
didate for the Office Of County
Superintendent Of Calhoun county,
subject 10 the decision Of the Dem
ocratic parry. promise, if nomi-
mated and elected TO be progressive
along ell lines Of school work. and
give the people faithful and honest
administration.
Y Try truly yours,
G.. VI EISMON