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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-11-18
Order Of Publication
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State of West Virginia:
Al Rules held in the Clerks Office of
the circuit Courl of calhoun comfy ON
Moaday, the list day of November, 1915.
Ike following orIer was entered
e. 4. NrmDevender, plaintiff
Against
Louisa Van Devender, Horace Van
Devender, Letha Lowe, jasper Lowe
Bert'e NanDcvender, an infant, NJ. l..
NanDevendeT, administrator of the 80
tale or ;. NJ. NanDevender, deceased.
NJ. l.. NanDeyender, j. $. Withe.s.
j. ;. Wthers, trustee and The Carter
OH company, corporation, defendants
In chancery
The Object of the above entitled snit il
to Obtain settlement of the adn.inisl.,-
ton accounts of. the said NJ. |, V,,D.-
vender administrator of the estate Of :.
NJ. anDcvender, deceased, and AN account
Of ali debts and Liabilities of the eslate of
tie said decedeut. showing their priorities.
To ascertain the amount and value az all
the real estate owned by the said = NJ.
NanDcyender at the time of his de,tu To
require the sail Jasper Lowe and etha
Lowe to specifically perform the ncrseu.ent
entered INTO between them and The ,n,d
decedent, dated on the lst day Of lime
1911, a copy e which is fled with Gle bi.I
III this cause, foi the conveyance OF am ma.
divided one hafiniele,t in tract @ 81
acres of land; to have the decd mad. Lv
The SAID dcc-dent The said loui4, V,nD.-
vender, bearing u {. on the l7.h din. If
Augnst, 1911, cancelled st side and lelI
for uarsh' and treated us q cloud uro, de-
ccd,nt's lGeto said g acre, Of land. t,I,v..
The deed made 10y Leila Lowe and ia. ,ph
Lowe, her husband and Horace VurDs-
yender To said VI l.. NanDev, uder. d.te5
l'ehIary 9Th, 1919. cancelled. et 8, "a.
ana held for nlught iu So far as the .s,o,
"h cts ihe title Ga said one half inter..t in
sad 80 acre tract OF land, and lie mi,,r,'s
owned therein, aud conveyed To said de-
cedent 10y John 5 Withers anil e.. T.. N,n-
DevendeT. said 81 acr, parcel OF land le
ING he same tract of land convened 70 the
said decedent by John $. itbcrs and
wife, and C. +. nDeveudpr and wife by
deed dated on the eth day Of May. 1904.
add is sitnate on kowels Fun. Lee district
calhoun county West Virginia.
And it appearing by affidavit f!eI in
ihis cause ;hat louisa VanDcvender il q
nonresident Of this state. il is ordered
'hat She d'apelr here within one month
after tine date Of ohe Gr,, publication here
Of, and do what is necessary to protect her
interest
\ copy teste:
LIE GAMER, Gle X,
Pendleion, Mathews q Bell.
Solicitors reSI9 3.Is
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Pendleton, Mathews Il Bell.
Solicitors. rsvI0atK
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! trlct.
Ethyl Sharp VS. ]. L. Mccoy ct
al, decree appinting Worth Barr,
d. w. Shock and Robert Lamb to
make partition of certain real es-
tate and referring case to Albert
Smith, comr.
The Martin Nelly Co. VS. John
Cornell ct al, demurrer to plain
titf's bill and continued.
Tx parte S. j. Witte and A.
Shock, trustees of Shawnee
Tribe Improved Order of Red
Men. upon an application to sell
real estate. Circuit Clerk di-
rected to publish and post no.
tees showing filing of petition.
Linda F. McGill VS. Ollie and
Clay Wilson, decree reforming
and restoring deed so as to ex-
cept and exclude oil and gas un-
DERIVING a tract of 100 acres of
land.
John A. Buck, admir-, VS. Mary
Ellen Buck, decree appointing
Hamilton & Hamilton commits
sioners to make sale of 20 1-2
acres of land in Lee district.
G. A. Jarvis vs. Lucy Haverty
ct al, decree referring cause to
A. G. Mathews. commissioner.
G. A. Jarvis VS. Bee Hopkins
ct al, decree confirming sale of
II 3-4 acres to Bee Hopkins for
$1OO.
G. A. Jarvis VS. C. A. Dufield
ct al, decree confirming sale of
81 acres to c. A. Jarvis, C. A.
Duffield and Bee Hopkins for
5000.
H. A. Parker VS. John and A.
M. Sutton, decree confirming
sale of LOG 81 acres to DR.. w.
I. w. Dye at $1.351.
w. E. Burke VS. R. ]. Knots.
sheriff and admr. of E. Buck,
Mathews & Bell appointed Ecom-
missioners to ssell 10 acres of
real estate in Lee district.
First National Bank :of .3pen-
Ger VS. Ellis Vannoy ct al. Math.
ews & Bell appointed commits
sloners to sell certain real estate
in Soerman district.
Law Orders
State VS. Frank Richards. fell
ony, continued with Wesley
Richards as surety on bond.
State VS. Philip Davis. felony.
continued with w. T. Frederick
as surety.
State VS. Lloyd Truman, felony,
continued and state Witnesses
entered into recognizances bond
in penalty 500 each.
State VS. Newt Jarvis. INSIDE
meanor, upon an Indictment for
giving wine to minor. Trial Of
case before judge and verdict of
not guilty.
State VS. Newt Jarvis, INSIDE
meanor, continued.
S. A. Mccartney VS. J. J. Plant
and F. S. Rose, dismissed.
State VS. Dave WEIGH, misde.
meanor, continued and prisoner
released on his own recognizance.
State VS. Ethyl Sharp, for car,
lrying weapons. Trial by jury
and a verdict of not guilty di
rected by the Judge on account
Of the States lack of evidence.
State VS. M, S, Matheney fel,
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County Wins Road Case

The case of the county court
against Lucretia Hairless and 9TH
ers. which involved the right-of-
way for the new road of the
West Fork, attracted considera-
bic attention and took up a good
portionn of the Courts's time. 1t
was up on appeal from the com,
pensation fixed by the commits
sioners appointed to assess the
damages, The award of the
commissioners was $3.50. The
case was decided by Judge
.O'Brien and the defendant given
5000, each side to pay its own
costs.
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LOCALS AND PERSONALS.

The Grantsvile Produce CO.
pays spot cash for Produce.
j. N. Cunningham, a worthy
citizen of Philips Run, was trad
ing here Saturday afternoon.
Ora White, progressive
young citizen of White Pine. was
visitor in town Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Dins-
moor, of Brooksville. were pleas
ant visitors in town Saturday.
We want your Produce. Give
us trial.
The Grantsville Produce Co.
Jesse Mason, prominent horse
man and oil operator of Yellow
Creek. was here Saturday with a
couple Of fine horses.
Rhoden w. and Francis Rich
ards. two prominent young
teachers of Yellow Creek, were
visitors in town Saturday.
Lenna Ball and Walter Scott,
prominent young farmers of
Barnes Run, were visitors in the
city Saturday.
County Clerk S. F. Fleming
returned Saturday from a few
days visit in Writ and Wood
counties.
Misses LOWE Sturm and Eva
Riggs, attractive young ladies of
Hur, were pleasant callers here
Saturday.
Drummer Scott Barnes failed
to make his regular trip here last
week on account of one of his
children having diphtheria.
Cashier r. M. Marshall, of the
Calhoun County Bank, returned
Thursday from a business visit
to Parkersburg.
Guy E. RAIDER. a hustling
young business man of Creston,
was looking after matters con-
nected with his cross-tie business
in this section Saturday.
Howard Brummage, one of
Bigbend's influential farmers,
was here Saturday. He was &C
companied by his daughter and
son attending the first number of
the Lyceum course.
F. S. Wilson. formerly a prom
inent citizen of Big Springs, but
now living at Parkersburg, de-
parted for his home Friday after
spending several days in this
county attending to business
interests.
Uncle" John Hayhurst, a
first-class citizen of Leafbank,
received severe injuries when he
fell Monday and dislocated one
of the joints of his arm. He is
getting along very we'll at pres
ent and his many friends hope to
see him out in a short time.
A new produce company has
been organized here. 1t will be
known as the Grantsville Pro-
duce Company and is composed
of K. M. Hunt and County Clerk
S. F. Fleming. The new firm
will deal in poultry, eggs and all
kinds of produce. The head
quarters of the company are on
the wharfboat.
Ernest Stump returned here
Saturday from Rowells Run
where he had been drilling on
the Linn lease for G. L. Cabot.
A small gas we'll was found in
the Berea sand. Contractor L.
T. Bickel will move his string of
tools from the Linn lease to the
Sickles lease and drill well for
Cabot.
A. Gum, the Mt. Zion mer-
chant, was here a day or two
this week attending court and
looking after business matters.
Mr.. Gum had the misfortune of
receiving a bad fracture of the
right arm while cranking his au.
tomobile few days ago. Elk.
cept quite a little pain he is get
ting along fine.
Attorneys Alfred and Amos
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Circuit Court Proceedings

The regular November term OF
Calhoun county Circuit Court
convened Tuesday with Hon.
Walter H. O'Brien, of Ripley,
presiding as Judge. Considera.
BILE routine business was dispos.
ed Of and few jury cases were
tried, but several of the most i'm
portant cases were continued on
account of the inability of wit
nesses to attend and for other
reasons. Many chancery orders
were entered and cases dispose d
of. Court adjourned Wednesday
evening.
A grand jury was empanelled
the first thing after the formal
opening of Court by Sheriff
Knots. and after listening to an
impressive charge and lecture
concerning it's duties by Judge
O'Brien, retired to its room to
examine witnesses summoned be-
fore it. The grand jury was
composed of the following sub
stantial citizens: William Webb,
foreman, Clarence Haddox, A.
H. Jackson, A. Hardman, ST.,
Frank Barr, Andy Newall, Ham
ilton Wease, Resse a. Ross, Com
modore Nutter, Richard White,
P. M. McCune, Chas. Witt, W..
M. Moss, w. S. Starcher, w. T..
Basnett and William Cooper.
Indictments
The following indictments were
returned:
B. F. Tucker, Nina Tucker,
Roy Tucker and Glennie Tucker,
misdemeanor for an assault upon
Emory Spencer.
Lewis Culver, misdemeanor,
violation of Yost law.
Guy Boatwright, same.
Willie Culver, same.
Sarah Reed, same.
Ollie Booher, misdemeanor,
carrying revolver.
Guy Boatwright. same.
Julius Rider, felony, assault
upon Dock Jarvis.
Perry Conrad and John Rich
ards, felony, stealing bicycle
from Clyde Jackson last summer.
Wesley Richards, misdemean-
or, false swearing.
The indictments against Boat
wright, the Culvers and Sarah
Reed are the first indictments to
be found in this county under
the new prohibition law. 1t is
charged that the parties named
above concocted and brewed a
kind of brandy which they sold
inand around he camps of the
Interstate Cooperage Co. near
the Gilmer county line. 1t is
said that the drink. VIII ioh
known as "julep", has a pleas
ant taste fand a powerful kick
and is in great demand by those
who are unable to visit Marietta.
If the evidence against the de-
PENDANTS is found substantial no
doubt the Federal authorities
will take a hand in the business
and indict the parties for illicit
sitting.
The indictments returned
against the fuckers and against
Julius Rider are TO correct an er-
ror in the work of the August
term.
The surprise of the term was
the indictment against Wesley
Richards for false swearing.
Tuesday Wesley was tried for
attempting to corrupt juror in
a case tried at the April term.
One of the witnesses summoned
on behalf of Richards was Mar
tin Erlywine, a school teacher of
Henrietta who is teaching school
at Cabot's factory. During the
course of the trial Tuesday it is
alleged that both Richards and
Erlywine testified under oath
that they had had no converse
ton with each other since the
April term of circuit court. Wit
ncsses were brought before the
grand jury who testified that
they had seen Wesley and Erly-
wine in earnest conversation at
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-11-18
Order Of Publication

State Of West Virginia:
At Rules held in the Clerks Office of ,,,
Circuit Court Of Calhoun county ON Man
day, The LIST da, OF November. 1913. tine
following order was entered
James Dnskey, plainda,
Against
Albert Nilltis, Ar,helia Villers. Hsr.
ley t.. 10y, alice Duskey, Albert
Dnskev ard Orpha Duskey. the last
three Of whom are infants under the
age Of twet - one years, William Vii
lers, John Ti'lcr,. Efie Duskev. Wa.
ter Villers, James illers. Dewey VII
iers and Bessie Villers, the lat three
Of whom are infants under the age Of
twenty one years, defendants
In Chsncery,
Upon Isl. Of Revivor.
The object of the above entitled sui, is
TO ascertain the liens and their priorilie.
against the interests Of the defendant. AL.
bert Villers, in two certain tracts of land
described in the bill, the bill of reyivoi
ard proceedings in said cause as containing
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Smith Released from Jail

George Smith, who has been
confined in Jail for sixteen
months past on a charge of
breaking into the store of r. J.
Knots at Frozen, has secured
his freedom for a while at least.
When his case was called for
trial some of the States witness
es were not here on account of
high waters. and it was eontin-
ued. A bond of $3.50 for his ap-
pearance at the next term was
required and the tame was given
with A. Gum, S. f. Fleming,
Guy Bailey, c. L. Chenoweth
and G. w. Matheny as sureties,
The old man was released and in
company with his brother and
other friends departed for Clarks-
burg Thursday morning.
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Sidney Bell. of Annamoriah,
was visitor here Saturday.

Commodore Nutter, of I.eath.
erbark, was a caller at the Chron-
icle office Tuesday.
j. w. and A. A. Keith, of Or
ma, were callers at the Chronicle
office Tuesday.
]. M. Wease. of White Pine,
was here during court attending
to business affairs.
Take your Produce to the
Grantsvi!le Produce Co. They
pay spot cash.
G. F. Campbell, an industrious
young farmer of Orma, was a
visitor at court day or two this
week.
S. j. Witte, an excellent citi-
zen of Apple Farm, was pleas
ant caller at the Chronicle office
during court.
E. w. Snider, prominent cit
izen of near Tough, was an in
teresting caller at the Chronicle
office Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler Cheno-
weth, of Arnoldsburg, were
pleasant visitors here Saturday
and Sunday.
Misses Maude Shafer and RoX-
lie RAIDER, attractive young ladies
of Brooksville, were pleasant Wis
itors in town in town Saturday.
Carr Shaffer, the Mt. Zion bus
mess man and farmer. was here
several days this week looking
after business matters.
E. F. Roberts, a substantial
farmer of Hur, was looking af-
ter business matters here Tues
day.
Ex-Circuit Clerk G.. G. Starch
err, of Altizer' spent a few days
here the latter part of last week
visiting friends and attending to
business matters.
Mrs. Alfred Stump, u highly
respected lady of Sheridan dis
trict, was the guest of Mrs. H.
A. Price and other friends here
the latter part of the week.
T. j. Wolverton, a substantial
citizen of Big Root, was a pleas
ant visitor at the Chronicle office
while in town Tuesday attending
court.
John w. Haddox, of Leading
Creek, supervisor of roads for
Center district, was greeting
friends and looking after bust
ness matters here a day or two
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard L. Hays
and little son, Samuel L.. of
Spencer, were pleasant guests of
relatives here several days of
the past week. They were &C.
companied from Arnoldsburg by
Mrs. Amy Haymaker who is
spending few days here visit
ing relatives and friends.
Despite the gloomy weather
prevailing on the opening day of
circuit court quite a large crowd
of people from all parts of the
county was present. Lack Of
space and time forbids our men
tioning the names of all our
friends whom we met and saw
in town.
A. A. Stump, a splendid citi-
zen of Staten, was here Tuesday
attending to some business af-
fairs preparatory to moving to
Morgantown where he will make
his home for a while at least.
Mr.. Stump is one of the county's
most honest and Industrious citi-
zens and his many friends here
wish him the most abundant sue
cess that he deserves.
Mrs. D. s. Snyder and daugh-
ter, Opal, and Mrs. j. 2. Snyder
were at Pennsboro, Saturday. -
A. V. Barker and wife and child
and w. P. Bowser, of Fink, were
here over Sunday the guests Of
Park Bowsec and family. A. G.
Fisher, wife and daughter, Miss
Mary, motored to Hazelgreen,
Sunday, and spent the day with
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err. the business and the attor.
neys were given leave to file ad.
ditional briefs 1t is probable
that the decision will be handed
down by the first of the year.
Truman Case Continued
The felony case of State VS.
Lloyd Truman who is charged
with rape upon the person of
Mrs. Sam Witt, of near Minnora,
was continued until the next
term of Court. 1t was expected
that the sanity of Truman would
be looked into at the term Just
ended, but for reasons the Court,
as we'll as attorneys for both the
state and the defense, consider
ed sufficient, a continuance until
the April term was ordered 1t
is likely that Truman will be re-
moved from the Jail at this place
to the Spencer Hospital for the
Insane for safekeeping and in
order that the actions of Truman
may be more closely watched by
DIR. A. G. Barlow, superinten-
dent of that institution. and 9th
er alienists. in an effort to deter
mine Humans sanity.
When brought into the Court
room Truman was not near so
wild looking as at the August
term when he was first arraign-
ed. He is much thinner and has
lost a good deal of his strength
since his cofinement in the Eliza
beth Jail.
Jury Disagreed in Bribery Case
The jury in the case of State
against Wesley Richards, for at
tempting to bride a juror, could
not reach a verdict and a new
trial will be necessary at the
next term of court. 1t will be
remembered that Richards was
on trial at the April, 1915, term
for lardeny. When the jury in
that case was about to be empan-
eled, John Husk, one of the jul
ors summoned, created quite a
sensation by announcing that he
had been approached by Richards
and offered ten dollars to prevent
the jury from coavicting Rich
ards. An indictment followed
and Richards was brought to
at this term. On the trial Mr..
Husk swore that Richards had
made the offer as indicated above
at the noon recess in the closet
back of the Courthouse. Rich
ards and Martin Erlywine went
on the stand for the defense.
The former denied having made
the offer and Earlywine swore
that he was in the closet at the
time Husk and Richards were
there and that no such offer had
been made. After arguments by
Prosecuting Attorney Smith for
the State and Attorney Bruce
Terrell for thr defense the case
was given to the jury and al
though it was out several hours
1T could reach no verdict and the
case resulted in a mistrial.
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Chancery Cases

S. L. Stump, admir-, vs. H. c.
Goodnight, Bruce Terrell ap-
pointed commissioner to make
sale of l20 acres Of land in Sher-
idan district.
b. r, Bennett VS. Kenney Land
& Oil Co., Hamilton & Hamilton
appointed commissioners to make
sale of of oil and gas interests in
1O4 acres Of land in Sherman dis,
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High School Injunction

The injunction case against
the Board of Directors of the
Calhoun County High school was
taken up at the present term and
submitted to the Judge for de-
cision. Able arguments were
made in the case by Attorneys
Jacob Harper and J. NJ, Baker.
of Spencer, for the plaintiffs,
while the side of the High School
was presented by Attorneys A..
G. Mathews and Bruce Terrell in
a manner that proved that thew
had given much attention and
thought to the case. No opinion
was rendered by the Judge as he
desired further time to study oy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-25
RIPPER BILLS HIT
ONLY ONE in KINGS
Farrell, Lone Democrat, Ousted
BY Whitman-Move Is Blow
al County Republicans.

From q sag Core pont,a' - The Tribune
Albany. May p. Thomas r. Farrell.
Commissioner Of Jurors. T. the only
Kings County Democratic oHicial who
will lose his job a. the result OF the
so-called ripper" legislation that got
through the last Legislature.
Farrell is severely criticised by Gov
ernor Whitman in a statement accom-.
panying the signing OF the bill legis-
lating him out OF Office by transferring
the power OF appointing the Commits
sioner of Jurors from Democratic o.
icials 10 a board ruled by Republi-
cans, composed of the county judges.
District Attorney, Sheriff and County
Clerk
The two bills seeking 10 put out OF
Office in a similar manner Edmund
O'Connor, Commissioner OF Records.
and Frank V. Kelley, Public Admins
traitor, are dead Governor Whitman's
failure 10 approve these measures Is
considered hard knock at the pres
tige OF tis Kings County Republican
organization, the leaders being par
ticularly snxious 10 supplsnt O'Connor
and Kelley.
Governor Whitman vetoed the BaS..
ter bill extending the jurisdiction OF
the Public Service Commission over
water supply companies. except in New
York CitN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-25

Those persons Of ro-German dispo'
sition in this country who were accuS-
toned at the beginning Of the war 70
bl.me ENGLAND for distorting caoie
r,essages which told OF progress naue
by the Kaiser's forces, Will no" n~'g
70 vent their wrath elsewhere Ai,I
n tales OF German defeats shotlu
reach this country in the neNt lew
weeks they cannot be charged 20 Vne
british For these the yagarIes OF
1tatic electricity, and nothing more
will be responsible.
a. the start of the European strug-
,re Cerman-Americans complained NAV
:, uas impossible for Americans '"ltn-
on. any hyphen) 20 get fslr concep-
ZION of what was happening IN Europe
Thev declared that England had a great
aTvsntage in the matter Of publicity
snd some more than intimated that
messages from Berlin were being de-
jcted and often distorted by the British
Then there came the wireless COM
-,unication between Nauen, Germany
and Sayville, Long Island, and with Il
satisfaction that the exploits OF the
German troops would come 20 the
United States intact.
But static electricity has taken 8
hand, and once again the German War
Office has 70 rely upon the cables from
London for It's daily press notices
There is an amount OF this atmospheric
electricity stirred up, probably from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-25
"STATC" ISOLATES GERMANY:
LOOK FOR BRITISH VICTORIES!
Atmospheric Electricity Adds 1000 Miles to Distance
Between Nauen and Sayvlle Imposing Handicap 90
Great for Wireless Apparatus to Overcome

, frictional causes. which for some time
has hampered all wireless communlca-
ton between Germany and this coun-
try. Yesterday IL was learned that
both the receiving point and the send
ing station at Tuckerton, y. J., had
been affected.
For a fortnight the Sayville plant
has been isolated as far as messages
from the powerful Nauen station Is
concerned. The communications that
have been borne through the air from
Germany have been for the most part
fragmentsry, and often they have been
impossible 10 decipher. For this are
stated three cause.-the static condi-
tons OF the north Atlantic, the electri-
cal activities Of the aurora borealis,
and the electrical storms that have
come over the wireless routes at in
tervals.
This static electricity does not pre-
vent the sending and transmission OF
wireless messages, but IL does hinder
them. A man who is well acquainted
with the workings OF the wireless said
last night tina. this condition was
prevalent almost every year at this
time and was duo in great measure q
the heat. Normal atmospheric condi-
tions are not expected until July l.
IL is said that the intensity OF the
static disturbances increases the wire.
less distance between Sayville and
Nauen the equivalent Of 1000 miles
This is regarded as handicap too
great TO be overcome by the apparatus.