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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-07
Former Resident Murdered

Huntington, W. Va, Oct. s.
DR.. A. M. Parsons. aged 40, is
dead, and William Bryle. aged
81, farmer is lying mortally
wounded in Guthrie hospital as
the result of a shooting scrape
which occurred late Sunday
night at Branchland, Lincoln
county. DR.. Parsons, according
to witnesses, opened fire with a
pistol on Bryle when they met on
the railroad tracks without utter
ing a word of warning. The vic
tim sank to the earth mortally
wounded with two bullet holes in
his abdomen.
His assailant, according to
witnesses, coolly walked from
the scene and went into the
country to attend sick child.
While on his way home he was
shot from ambush. His body
was riddled with buckshot fired
from a shotgun. Death was in
Simultaneous.
The identity of his slayers is
not known, but it is expected
that arrests will be made within
the next few hours. Bryle has
three grown sons.
Family trouble of long stand
ing is said to have been the cause
of the double tragedy.
DR.. Parsons last week bought
the Roth drug store on Washing
ton street near Morris and in
tended to move to Charleston in
a few days. His son is now
managing the business.
He leaves one daughter besides
his son, she being an employee in
the office of the Huntington Adj
vertiser.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-07
Lower Rush Run School Report

Report of the Lower Rush Run
school, Sherman district, No. 5,
for the first month. ending Octo-
Der 1, 1915.
Enrolment, boys, 21; girls, %.
Honor roll for this month:
Boys, Fred Robinson, Carl Stump,
Victor H. Stump, L. Roberts
Stump, John H. Stump; those
missing one day, Dona Fowler,
Royce Fowler, Dallas Stump.
Girls, Eda Stump, Nina G. Barr,
Mary V. Barr, Edna B. Stump,
Ina N. Bennett, Lelah G. Ben
nett, Oleta M. Bennett, Jerrine
Stump. Treacy Wilson, Wanda
Stump, Fosta Stump, Minnie
Barr, Melba Shock.
Average daily attendance, 81
per cent.
D. w. SHOCK, Teacher.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-07
= Program

Program for Lee District Insti-
tute to be held at the Craddock
School house October 9Th 1915.
Song and devotion.
2. What the community ex-
poets of the teacher G.. J, Gamer
). What the teacher should eX-
pect Of the community
Geo w. Hall
a. Some best ways of keeping
children in school after they are
enrolled Eva Riggs
5. Some points on teaching
children how to study
A. E. Weaver
Round table
|. Songs
2. School room decoration (a)
Reasons for decorating the school
room Freddie Mccoy
lbl Some points on how to decor
ate Docia Belts -Madge Adams
3. The Social Center
Ia The social center as a means
of improving school attendance
Holly hester
(b) Social center as vitalizing
influence in community
Lei What should he atteT pied
in social center work and how to
get started Lenna Ball
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-07
GOT CORNER ON BAD EGGS
Entertainer" Must Have Been some-
what Doubtful of His Power to
Please Audience.

Apropos of Marie Corellfs new
novel Butler Glacier. the critic and es-
sayist of New York, said at the Play
ers' club:
Miss Corelli is the only novelist in
existence who sends no free copies of
her novels to the press for review.
Miss Corelli has been roasted so hard
by the press that she is resolved to
undergo no more of it.
She is like the lOng-haired chap
who walked into the general store at
Quog and said;
Do you sell stale eggs?'
No, said the grocer with a smile,
but I've got some
Well, give me all you've got,
said the stranger.
The grocer, as he bundled up the
eggs. laughed and said:
1 guess you're going to see Ham
let tonight at the opera house.
No, said the stranger grimly, I'm
going to play Hamlet" tonight at the
opera house.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-07
DR.. c. E Park Located
at Parkersburg

The many friends in this count
ty of DR.. Clermont E. Park will
be glad to learn that he has again
decided 10 cast his lot with West
Virginians and has located at
Parkersburg. DIR. Park was
formerly manager of the Creston
wharfboat and made many
friends throughout the Little
Kanawha valley while in that
business After selling the
wharfboat he completed a medi-
cal course in the College of Ply
sicians & Surgeons at Baltimore
and was located at Parkersburg
for a few years. He then NOV
ed to Scranton, Pa, where he
was located until few weeks
ago when he returned to Park
ersburg. His offices are at
621 LIZ Market street, just OPP
posite the Chancellor Hotel. Not
only does DIR. Park stand high
in his profession, but he has re-
tainee his genial, pleasant dispo-
siti5n and the writer can vouch
for the fact that he makes resi-
dents of the Little Kanawha val
ley feel at home when they call
On him.
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Activities Of Women.

New York has nearly seven thou
sand women boarding and lodging
housekeepers.
over 90 per cent Of the females in
the United States are unmarried.
Women school teachers in Denmark
receive from 1864 to $500 a year sal
airy.
Quebec (Canada) nuns have COM
plete booking establishment in their
nunnery, where girls entering are
taught and trained in the rudiments
of printing.
In Denmark the widow Of a public
school teacher is entitled to a pension
OF one-eighth of her husbands aver.
age salary during the last Ave years OF
his Office
Mile Renaudiere has been awarded
the Order Of the Leopold by King Al
bert Of Belgium, as reward for her
bravery WIDER fire while serving with
y Oss ambulance
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questioning that the word silo
had been pressed into universal
use. In this case what was re-
ferred to as SLIDING" was SIM
ply a process by which an alco-
holic drink is made out of dates,
corn meal and yeast and is SINH
lar to the liquor known as "Old
Hem. The yeast is used for a
preservative. while the churn
was used because it mixed the
ingredients so well. Charleston
Gazette.
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PROUD OF DISTINCTIVE GARB
Japanese Carpenters Wear Peculiar
Coat BIazoned With the Name
of Their Employer.

The artisan of old Nippon is walk.
ing advertisement for his employer.
At work he wears a long blue coat
blaZoned between the shoulders with
a huge white Japanese character de.
noting the name of the contractor
for whom he works.
Down the front are figured in white
other names of the contractor; wheth.
er they may be called given names
or Christian names / cannot say. At
any rate, the name on the back is
the one the contractor is known by
to the world, like our Smith or Jones.
Below this name is a rectangular de.
sign in white covering the entire
skirt of the coat
When the Japanese artisans first
came to the exposition grounds to
erect their national pavilions specta-
tors thought they were some part of
a pageant rather than carpenters, for
their long coats are like the tabards
worn by heralds in ancient times.
The coat is perQuisite of the carpen-
ter. Twice a year his employer has
to give him a new one.
For the rest, the carpenter wears
a pair of high-waisted, close-fitting,
long blue tights with stocking feet, re-
enforced on the soles with thin leath-
err. Most remarkable of all, the stock
ing foot has separate division for
the great toe, like the thumb on a
mitten Why, cannot tell. watched
one of these carpenters for some time,
hoping to see him pick up a nail
or a hammer with his toes, but in
vain. So far as ! could see, the Jap
anese carpenters rootgear has no rela-
ton to juggling. San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-07
WONDERFUL ENGINES OF WAR
Marvellous Are the Devices That Are
Being Employed by the op-
posing Armies.

The Germans have adopted several
ingenious devices to cope with prob
lens not fOreseen at the start Of the
war, such as armored car destroyers,
quick-firing guns on motorcycles.
canal gunbOats, and other similar in
ventions. A wonderful stereO-telescope
produced by the famous firm Of Beiss
deserves inclusion. Every battery Of
German artillery is provided with one
It is a remarkable instrument which
can be used behind cover out Of
vt Of the enemy The outstanding
go two long slender arms
&c Of an insect.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-07
DRESSINGS for Soldiers, Wounds,

The demand for dressing materials
chat is, materials for dressing wounds
lis reported as immense in Europe,
and Krecke, a German military sur
geon, is quoted by the Medical Record
as prophesying that in this war the
incapaciJated will reach so per cent
of the actual combatants. Economies
are being practiced in dressing the
wounds of soldiers, small wounds be-
ing fixed up with little null and a
patch of adhesive plaster instead of
a wad OF cotton and long strips of
bandage. Padding material is being
used by the surgeons generally only
for fractures. Roller bandages are
being used as seldom and as sparingly
as possible. Plaster of paris dressings
for gunshot fractures are being used
as one OF the economies in the military
hospitals
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-07

1t will be remembered by many
Chronicle readers that DR.. A. M.
Parsons, the subject of the above
dispatch, was located at this
place and was employed in the
Dye Pharmacy for a while and
later practiced his profession
here. He left twelve or fifteen
years ago, going to Spencer.
DIR. Parsons is remembered as
quiet. peaceful citizen and his
friends here were shocked to
hear of his untimely death.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-07

age and had spent most of the
time since then in Central and
South America and had not heard
of his fathers death, having
been beyond reach of letters for
some time. He was quite over
come at the news that Col. Freer
had died. He is living now in
Baltimore.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-07
Substitute for Whisky

A resident Of Sutton brought
the story to the city the other
day that a famous characte r
about the town went home one
day and found that the family
churn was not in its place. He
asked his wife about the matter
and she said that a neighbor had
the churn. The head of the
house raved about the churn te-
ing away, and all the time limited
that there was something mys-
ferrous about the fact that the
churn had been loaned, particu-
larly to the individual that had
it. Finally the wife insisted up
on knowing why her husband
raised SO such fuss about ..her
leadi~~ churn. whereupon,
the the house replied.
why / am kick
ing. n is SLIDING up
thel .hurn."
l. from <furth
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-10-07
Surprised to Hear
! Of Fathers Dealt


Washington, d. c., Sept. 80. i
With former Senator Nathan 3,
Scott leading the delegation,
West Virginia veterans to the
number of nearly 300 marched in
the big parade of the G. A. r.
from tho Capitol to the White
House yesterday. The depart
ment banner, American flags AMI
banners bearing the coat of arms
of West Virginia were carried in
the march. A great hit was
made all along the line of march
by the West Virginia water wage
on, which was wheeled along i'll
the Middle of the West Virginia
delegation. 1t consisted of 4
barre. IN wheels, filled with ice
water, which was served to all
who became thirsty ON the
march
Son Much Grieved
"A prosperous looking man of
out 80 years went to the West
:ginia headquarters and asked
alter Scott. in charge of regis
alton. if Romeo HI. Freer, of
est Virginia. had registered.
e was informed of the death of
ol. Freer more than two years
90. He seemed greatly sur
cised and grieved. When asked
ho he was he replied that he
meo I'll. Freer. Jr. He said he
ad left home at twelve years of
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in October, 1915.

SATURDAY DAY
$3.50 A. M. Devotional, Rev E. v Harold
1000 Adoption Of program
1915 The Importance of knowledge of the Bible. Hosea
!, 4:6. Rev. f. j. James.
, ii 45 Appointment of Committees.
!, 1900 Rece So for dinner
, 1870 +. Nj. Devotional Rev. Warder Stump.
200 Has the Lord srecihc church on earth TODAY in
doctrine and practice? Elder M. B. Stump.
General discussion Of above topic
adjournment
Night service optional.
SUNDA SECOND DAY
900 A. M. De-otonal Rev. Iva Stump
9SO Has this specific church Scrptura officers? If So
what are their duties qualifications?
Rev. c. L. James
General discussion.
1900 Recess for dinner
1870 p. M. Devotional Rev M S Gherke
ZOO Miscellaneous business and report of committees
Report of Missionary Work, Rev. c. Stalnaker
23O The blessed invitation the Christians happy lot
} Harvey Campbell
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q 9 70 66OOO600
PROGRAM

OF Fifth Sunday Meeting Of the Mount Pisgah Baptist Asso
citation to be Held With the Crummies Creek Baptist
Church on the Fifth Saturday and Sunday
in October, 1915.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-16

( PINE TREE POULTRY HERALD won as
best in competition with rs poultry pubieA-
tions are you reading it? II not, write for
sample copy and 25c coupon free. Herald.
box %. Belfast Maine. 27t6
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-16
Magnesia Fine For
Acid Stomach
Quickly Stops Sourness, Acidity, Belch-
ing, Bloating, Stomach Pains, ETC,
and Makes Digestion Easy

Most folks who after eating experience a
sour burning sensation in the stomach ana
are troubled with gas, bloating or heavy
lumpy feeling call IL indigestion and take a
pepsin pill or something Of the kind 70 neip
the stomach digest the food and push II INTO
the intestines.
In most cases these people have what physi-
clans call an acid stomach. Their stomacns
secrote too much hydrochloric acid. when
mixes with their food SO that u ierments
and sours and makes them uncomfortable. IN
stead Of using something TO artihcialiy push
this sour acid mass into the intestines, where
Il will do almost much harm as IN tne
stomach, they need simple antacid that WIN
quickly and harmlessy neutralize the acid IN
their stomach and make its food contents
sweet Then digestion becomes natural and
painless and the dBagreeable symptoms OF
heaviness burning gas, belching. boating.
ETC., all vanish. Ordinary Bisurated Magnesia
which can be obtained at any drug store Is
excellent for this purpose but should always
be bought in sealed bottles to insure its
purity and full strength. either tablet or pow
der FORM And be sure that it is BISURATED
Magnesa--not just plain citrated magnesia
which are not good for this purpose. One to
two teaspoonfus of Bisurated Magnesa in
little water taken after meals win neutralize
all the excess acid in your stomach and pre-
vent stop all stomach distress.
For sale by Barre Drug Company.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-16
How to Pick Out a Good Laying Hen

How to Pick Out a Good-Laying Hen
In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside, the national farm paper pub
lished at Springfield O., appears a very
interesting discussion of the egg laying
qualities OF hens. Some poultrymen in
sist that the only way to develop a
strong egg laying strain is by the use
of the trap-nest. Others claim that the
best method of selection is by the APP
pearance of hens. One of the contrib
utors to this practical and suggestive
discussion tells as follows how to pick
out good egg-laying hen:
Practically all 200-egg hens are very
long bodied birds, and this point should
be remembered.
Select the bird which has length and
depth of body, large red combs, bright
eve and erect carriage, which is first
to the feeding trough and last to the
roost.
ITO indicate the worth OF the above
method the writer of this plan once Sc
lected II breeders from 1870 birds. The
first Is birds were selected chiefly for
color. The other 40 were selected chiefly
for the desire TO work and move about,
general health and strength, moderate
size and length of body.
THE II selected hens were separated
from the others, and the first day out.
laid the culls by 63 per cent. They
kept the speed up day after day until
the writer became satisfied that the
selected birds were really better layers,
and that this method was 0. h"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-16
FOR DRINK HABIT
THE FERTILIZER SITUATION
FARMERS IN TROUBLE

Farmers are to-day confronted
by a most serious situation with
reference to fertilizers. AS every
farmer who reads the papers
knows, potash, one of the leading
and best ingredients generally
used in fertilizers, is unobtain-
able except at almost prohibitive
prices because of the embargo
placed on the expectation of this
commodity from Germany, where
the great bulk of all the potash
in the world is produced.
This being the case, even the
best grades of ready-mixed fer
tilizers will this year carry only
a small proportion of their usual
amount of potash and, in view of
this fact, it is all-important that
the farmer should scrutinize care
fully his fertilizers and know ex-
actly what he is paying for.
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN BE ABB
soLUTELY SURE ABOUT WHAT YOU
ARE BUYING Is TO PURCHASE ONLY
THE CRUDE MATERIALS AND MIX
THEM YOURSELF.
c. S. Page of Hyde Park has
obtained formulas from the Ver-
mont Experiment Station giving
ingredients which experience and
a multitude of tests show to be
best adapted to Vermont soils
and Vermont crops, and by writ
ing to him he will cheerfully fur
nish these formulas showing the |
most economical and practical
combinations for almost any de-
sired crop, at the same time Civ
ing the cost Of any desired COM
binations of muriate Of potash,
nitrate of soda, raw ground bone,
basic Stag, acid phosphate fer
tilizer salt, etc.
These facts about fertilizers
cost the farmer nothing except a
postal card on which to ask for
them, and since they certainly
can do no harm, and may prove
of value to the farmer, the ques-
tion as to whether he should or
should not write for them is not /
debatable.-News and Citizen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-16
Tenders for the Collection of
Garbage, Waste Material and
Ashes in the City of Barre.


The city of Barre by its health committee
invites tenders for the privilege of collecting
garbage in the city of Barre said garbage TO
include all swill, kitchen refuse. vegetable
and animal matter; collections TO be made
throughout the whole city at least twice each
week during the months OF May, June, July,
August September and October and at least
once week during the other months in the
year. The collections must be made In carts
that will not spill or drip and that have a
covered body
Also tenders for collecting within the city
all provision cans, bottles, tin. glass, waste
paper and other matter of a similar nature
said collection 10 be made at least once
each week.
Also tenders for collecting once each week
all of the ashes within the city. All ashes
to be placed in cans or boxes where they
can be easily reached by the collector.
All work 20 be done under the supervi-
sion Of and to the satisfaction Of the health
committee Tenders to be made for each prop
osition separately. also for all three Jointly,
and marked Garbage Tender" sent to the
city clerk before April "a, 1915.
The city reserves the right to reject any
or all tenders.
JOHN r. COOK.
A. f. BRUCE,
Z. C. GLYSSON,
Health Committee of the City of Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-16
Remembered OroeTs.

Bobby was spending an afternoon with
his aunt, and tea being rather late, was
getting very hungry.
what makes you look so serious, Bob
byf" asked auntie.
Mother told me / mustn't ask for
to eat, but till someone led
me, and I'm trying to remember said
Bobby.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-16
q. y. DtDHNENf
Rooms 8. ., 10, Rowland Cave Bldg,
Barre City, vt.--Tel. Con.

FARM FoP SALE-While the granite tie-up
is on. come and look ever the best farm propo-
sition in central Vermont; 200 acres
with yearly income of $1,000 milk route, 2
mile trip. l75 OTIS. daily. income yearly over
SO, 900: income from sugar orchard $500 TO
$500; apple orchard. s40o 10 $500 raspberries
and blaekberries, $500 to $500; poultry, 81, 900
to $4,000; an immense gravel pit on farm, all
opened for use on highway estimated 81 900
worth standing hard and soft wood can rent
for 1900 ana taxes yearly; with milk boy
in winter and an extra man in summer you
will have over SIS 600 yearly income from the
start. ! invite your inspection of farm and
books prce reasonable. F. c. Little, owner,
Granitevie, VT. 25tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-16

UNITED STATES postoffice, Barre, VT Of
fee of custodian. April l6, 1915 Sealed pro-
posals will be received at this building until
o'clock p. M, April 23, 1915, and then opened,
for furnishing electric current, gas, water.
ice and miscellaneous supplies, removing
ashes and rubbish and washing towels during
the fiscal year ending June &c. 1915. Sealed
will also be received until 2 o'clock
D. M, April "a, 1916 and then opened. for 81
tons anthracite coal and cords wood. The
right to reject any and all bids is reserved by
the treasury department Geo. W. German,
Custodian. 28t2
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-16
FOR QUICK SALE

DurinT ~ past tve Fra- . hsee huif W.
end dsssiursd . rsirtts Eurd KnH rlrsFtstiis
sefi aHtate hsfsiness tr - Artrshary iasa8-
.arrr rfsss oHlaaaand thrnuFfuuf unftheastern
Ep=--art Hsrs rsif nui $500 90 nsv-rtisinr
anE f.uiidinE uf the hasiness Hn1 ne rrusf
larvr 81 OHee ruorr Nnd eesrT-hiuN ~ rrNdy
T. n.n-r ~. ard Ers 81 eu~r-ssrssr1 en~e ur6sr
ea~ SriFnEia r-nrcs r. frnnrt 49, Fer
sa-as tnrTa Nsrrrrrf aEFrrr iffiF rarrfT
sst-s nf 49, ~ nsses q p Harrz 49,
81 aEeEna. ErilI urturs Vt EnT
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-16
Sounds Logical.

A young man just home rom col
lege, wishing to inspire his little sister
with awe for his learning, pointed to a
star, and said:
do you see that bright little lumi-
naryl It's bigger than this whole
world"
"No. 'tisn't." said he.
''Yes, it is" declared the young col
legian.
"Then why don't il keep o. the rain =
was the triumphant reioinder.-Spare
Moments.