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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-29
Final Examination

The third and final examina-
ton for teachers was held at
Arnoldsburg Thursday and Fri
day of last week. The examina.
ton was conducted by County
Superintendent A. E. Weaver,
assisted by Examiners Lenna
Ball, Wheeler Chenoweth and
Harper Burns. There were sew
ty-five applicants enrolled in
tests. This is the final ex-
animation for this year and many
hope to raise grades attained in
former examinations.
The list of applicants follows:
julius Nicholson, Haning Pol
ing, Everett Proudfoot, Clytus
Robinson, Harold Rinehart, Dew
ey Riggs, Waitman Riddle, Jesse
Roach. Jessie E. Reip, Lenore
Riddle. Ralph Riddle, Charles
Stout, Pearl Snider. George Sour
borne, Harvey F. Seaman, J..
Walter Stalnaker, John Fremont
Sutton, Ruffner Stalnaker. Vir-
gil A. Snider, Eva Starcher, Har-
ley Sinner, Beulah Stump,
Blanche Sinner, Ray Stemple.
Ivan Umstead, Lake Vanhorn,
Bryan Ward, Carl B. Whipkey,
Lewis Wolverton, Ora White,
Elias Yoak, Jr.. Leslie c. Ar
mold. Madge Adams, Willie j.
Ayers, Alva Bell. Arlan Burns,
Bina Bennett, Fenton w. Belts,
Frank Church. Ross Collins, Ar
lie Digman, Amy Duskey, Walter
L. Elliott, Harold Elliott, Ber-
nard Y. Elliott, Lizzie Fritz, Liz
zie Terrell, Herbert S. Terrell,
B. F. Terrell, James H. Terrell,
Jerome Francis, Mamie B. Flesh
er, Fay Gamer, Victor Gamer,
Dee Gamer, John Hamric, Cecil
Hall, Clemens Taught, Alfred
Holbert, Hazel Taught, Ira L.
Haverty, Amos E. Haverty,
George w. Hall, Tena Keith, lie.
lah Keith, Villa Knots, Henry
G. Lockney, Jr.. Tina Linger,
Fred r. Lockney, Freddie Nc.
Coy, Mrs. Flora Mckee, Ralph
Morris. Delana E. Minney, Clint
Morrison.
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CoNvICTs WORKING ON STATE ROAD IN
COLORADO.
they are employed and other local con-
ditions. The relative efficiency of the
convict and the free laborer as given
by different authorities also varies
greatly, some rating the convict as only
about half us efficient as the free
Iaborer, and others rating the convict
as the more efficient
Those states i'm which convict labor
has been or IS at present employed ex-
tensively are Alabama. Colorado, Geor-
gia, Louisiana. Montana. New Mexico,
North Carolina Oregon. South Caro-
lima, Virginia and Washington. In ad-
dition, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio. Texas. West
Virginia and Wisconsin have used CON
victs to some extent recently and may
be expected to make greater use OF
them in the future.
John h. Riley, New York state super
intendent Of prisons. is warm advo-
cate of the use of cOnvicts for road
work. and in a recent interview he
said:
The inmates OF our prisons who are
accorded the privilege OF working on
highways will, on the average. do As
much work as the paid laborer. Quite
as important as the value Of the serv-
fees the prisoner renders the state in
building roads is the beneficial effect
upon the individual inmate and. indi-
rectly. the moral effect upon the whole
BODY OF inmates in our state prisons
The demonstration that there are
several hundred men in each Of our
state prisons who may be employed
outside the prison walls at manual
labor also has shown that It Is entirely
feasible 20 raise all vegetables required
for use in the prisons. thereby making
II possible TO save many thousand dol-
lars annually by the expenditure OF a
comparatively small sum in the pur-
chase Of prison farms
"ln the past organized labor has op-
posed the employment Of convicts in
highway construction. Having seen
that they are performing work ln the
construction OF highways that would
hot otherwise be improved and that
the money appropriated IS used On the
employment o. citizen labor and pay.
ment for teams and wagons required
70 render convict labor effective. all
opposition Co the JIan has been with
ira wn"
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Prepare for National Defense

Washington, July "a. Formal
announcement was made at the
white house today that President
Wilson on his return to Wash
ington will confer with Secretary
Garrison and Secretary Daniels
on a program for the national
defense.
The president has written to
the heads Of the war and navy
departments for reports on the
subject, pointing out the neces-
sity for working out plans for in-
creasing the efficiency of the mil
itary arm of the government.
The White House statement
follows:
The President has been con-
sidering every phase of the mat
ter of national defense and in
tends Immediately on his return
to Washington TO confer with the
Secretary of War and Secretary
Of Navy.
His purpose is to procure in
formation on which he can form.
ulate a sane. reasonable and
practical program of national de-
Tense"
Although nothing was stated
officially concerning the purposes
Of the government, il was limited
officially that with the dispatch
Of the emphatic note to Germany
the president had decided to has.
ten the reports and recommends.
tons being prepared by the War
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Real Estate Transfers

P. G. Mick to Thomas w.
Farmhouse, 10 acres, Meadow
Run, $3.50.
Charles C. Starcher to David
W. Knight, house and lots in
Grantsville, 81, 500.
David w. Knight to Charles
C. Starcher, 125 1-2 acres, West
Fork, $4,000.
VIM. Deem to Ed. Stevens,
lot in Grantsville, $500.
d. A. Ruley to E. w. Gamer.
16 acres, Sherman district, 1920.
T. K. Stump, executor, to Net.
tie Stump, lot in Grantsville.
$780, 80.
w. H. Simmons to w. G..
Brannon, l IA acres, Sand
Ridge, $500.
r. B. Newman to w. A. Stal.
maker, 1-3 interest in % acres,
Left Hand, $3.50.
Louis Bennett ct al 20 Mary S.
Conley, 10 acres, Big Bear Run.
$157.6O.
Lura Hersman to Hillery Van
noy, 40 acres, Raccoon Run,
$500.
E. G. Sharp to Norval Sharp.
mineral rights, Left Hand. $500.
Osia Parsons to c. j. Gamer
and E. L. Hays, interest in 70
acres, Sinson, interest in 16C
acres, Wolf Run, and interest in
$50 acres, Sand Run, S132.
Alpheus Jarvis to DR.. A. d.
Adams, mineral rights, White
Oak.
Simon Adams to Samuel Husk
interest in % acres, Lee district.
sos.
Enoch Church to Carr Shafer.
mineral interest in 13 acres
Barnes Run, S13.
Cora M. Burrows to Carr Shat
fer, 10 acres, Sherman district.
$3.50.
Louis Bennett to John W.
Smith, 80 acres, Rattlesnakt
Run. S996.96.
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FiduCiary Notice

The undersigned Commission
er of Accounts for Calhoun coun-
ty, West Virginia, has before
him for settlement the following
fiduciary account:
P. NJ. Woodford, administrat-
or of the estate of J. T. Blake,
deceased.
Given under my hand this 23rd
day of July, 1915.
S. T. WALDO,
Commissioner of Accounts.
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and Navy departments for the
regular session of Congress, so
that all necessary information
might be available if an emer-
gency arose.
AS yet there are no intima-
tons that the president has fixed
any definite time for submitting
the program of national defense
to Congress, but his purpose is
said to be to map out comprehen-
sive plans SO that no time should
be lost should he decide to call a
special session.
President Wilson himself al
ready has collected much data on
the subject.
Secretary Garrison has been at
work steadily with members of
the army general staff for sever
al weeks, planning a general
military policy.
The navy has also been occu-
pied Ill secret with emergency
preparations.
The delicacy of the interna-
tional affairs brought these facts
to light and they were officially
admitted today and for the next
few days the question of nation
al defense will be a foremost
one.
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Rush Run Bridge Contracted

A special session of county
court was convened here Satur-
day for the purpose of selling
out the contract for the bridge
to be built across Steer Creek at
the mouth of Rush Run. All the
members of the court, consisting
of G. w. Dye, president, G..
Johnson and S. E. Keith, COM
missioners, were present.
The only bridge companies
bidding on the contract were the
Faris Bridge Co. and the Con-
crete Steel Bridge Co. of Clarks-
burg. The contract was award
ed to the former at the price of
$5, 300 for the bridge complete.
The bridge is to be of steel with
stone piers and timber floor and
will be $50 feet long with a 16-
foot roadway, and is to have on
ly one span so there will be no
interference with navigation on
that stream. The bridge is to
be completed within ninety days
from the time the court notifies
the contractors that the rights
of-way have been secured.
The bids submitted to the
court were as follows: The Far
is Bridge Co.: Steel bridge with
stone piers. So, 300; steel with
concrete floor and stone piers,
1000; same with middle pier,
81, 900. The Concrete Steel
Bridge Co.: All of concrete,
SO, $50; steel with timber floor
and concrete piers, 81, 8O6; same
with concrete floor, $9,088.
Other business transacted by
the court was the appointment
of Edwin Starcher, Frank Ben
nett, Ellsworth Stump and
Dwight Shock as viewers to To-
cate road through the lands of
Frank Bennett to connect the
public road with the above
bridge.
Edwin Starcher was appointed
to secure permit from the u. S.
War department for bridge across
West Fork at the mouth of Trip
lett in Lee district.
1t was also ordered that the
court and the county engineer
locate road on Darkey Fork of
Pine Creek.
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ADVICE FOR PEACH GROWER,
Federal Bulletin Tells Him About To-
cation Of Orchard, Soil, etc.

Federal Bulletin Tells Him About To-
cation of Orchard, Soil, Etc.
In at least thirty nine of our forty
eight states there are peach interests
OF commercial importance, according
10 recent United States farmers
bulletin, No. 631. OF the department on
growing peaches. This bulletin is the
first OF three on the general subject OF
peach growing, which will treat of
fundamental orchard operations. 1t
gives much valuable information TO
the fruit grower. The questions OF
site, propagation, planting, tillAge and
soil fertility are treated In the FIRST
bulletin.
In locating a peach as we'll as any
other orchard other advantages must
be considered besides the natural ones
OF climate and soil. IL an orchard Is
too remote from a shipping station, too
Tar away from a suitable market, or
located where Ice for refrigerator cars
cannot be conveniently supplied. IL
may not be possible 20 grow peaches
there probably.
Peaches may do we'll on wide
range OF soil types, including even
some OF the moderately heavy clay
loans and clays But, whatever the
type, a soil must be thoroughly well
drained TO be suitable for peaches.
They will not succeed on poorly drain
ed soils. II follows that the heavy
clay types which are so hard and i'm
peryious that water does not percolate
through them readily are TO be avoid
ed as a rule. Moreover, a soil should
be moderately fertile. One very rich
In nitrogen is not to be desired as a
general rule, since It Is likely 70 IN
duce an excessive growth OF foliage.
On the other hand, the impression
which Is somewhat common that n
poor. unfertlle soil f. good enough
for peaches" IS erroneous.
In districts IN which olkaH soils oc-
cur sites should be selected with
view to avoiding them. While the
peach tree can be grown where there
is limited amount OF alksi salts.
they cause disaster II present On large
quantities. II Is safer therefore to
avoid them az far as possible
As a general proposition a site that
is elevated considerably above the sur
rounding area Is TO be preferred for n
peach orchard. Relative elevation ia
generally OF greater importance than
actual elevation above sea level
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ROAD BUILDING
BY CONVICT WORK
Old Idea Adopted to Modern
Requirements.
AN ECON OMIC PROBLEM.

INITIATIVE GHclencJ or Convict and Free
Labor as Given by Various Authori-
ties Varies Greatly-John 3. Riley a
Warm Advocate of Convict Road
Work
While the idea of using prisoners to
build roads is probably as old as the
art of road building itself. the system
attic use of municipal, county and state
prisoners in that work is a compare
lively recent development, says the
Good Roads Magazine. 1t is growing
in favor, however, as the recognition
of its advantages become more general
and as the lease system becomes more
generally condemned. At present the
laws of practically every state in the
Union permit some use of convict labor
in road building, and it is worthy OF
note that although only about n dozen
states have made extensive use of such
labor, it has been found economical
and efficient wherever given a fair
trial
Aside from the fact that the en-
ployment of convict labor effects con-
siderable saving in the cost of road
work, no definite conclusions can be
reached as regards the relative cost
and efficiency of convict and free labor
The cost data available show that the
cost per convict per day for road
building varies from perhaps as low
as % cents to something over a dollar.
depending upon the locality. the char
acter of work upon which the convicts
are engaged, the system under which
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-29
Order Of Publication

State of West Virginia.
Al Rules held in the Clerks Office Of the
Circuit Court o. Calhoun county on Mon
day, the 9th day of July, 1918, the follow
ing order was entered.
The First National Bank of Spencer,
corporation,
VS..
f. j. Nannoy, Locia Vannuy, The
Pa'ksrshurg Mill Company, corpora
ton, }. ID. Jones, trustee J. NJ. Ham
ilt"n, trustee, Henry Brannon, Floride
Mcclellan and Mary f.. Edmi.t ton.
executives of the last will and tesla
ment OF William f. Arnold, deceased,
and Marion Wilmonth.
In Chancerv.
The object Of the above entitled snit il To
Obtain Judgment in favor of the plaintiff
against the makers and endorsers of GER
tain negotiable note made by Il. J. Van
noy for five thousand dollars IS, OOO),
bearing date on the 6 day of January, 1911,
negotiable and payable at the First National
Bank of Spencer, w. Va, due two months
from rs date and endorsed by Locia Van
noy, a. Nannoy and Hillary Vannoy,
AMI protested for non payment at said The
First National Rank of Spencer on the 9Th
day of March, l9l 1; to require The Park
ersburg Mill Company to answer the bill
IA said cause and disclose specifically what
amount, IL any, remains due it on arcount
of lis debts described in its trnst deed men
TONED in the bill, after applying thereon
the timber received by it from the Mar
shall lands, less expense paid for removing
sa d iiIHber; and to release the vendors
lien retaiued in the deed made by Henry
Hrannon and by Floride Mcclellan and
Mary T.. Edmiston, executives, to the
tract OF 2l7 acres of land mentioned in the
the bill.
And it appearing iy affidavit filed in
this Cause that f. j. Vannoy and Locia
Nannoy are non residents of this state, it
is ordered that they and each of them do
appear here within one month after the
date of the first publication hereof, and do
what is necessary to protect their interests.
Teste:
LEE GAINER, Clerk
PeEd!e on, Mathews IL Bell
Solicitors
Date Of first publication, July 10, 1915.
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ROAD BUILDING IN SCHOOLS
Plan TO interest Oklahoma Boys In
Good Roads Movement.

Plan TO interest Oklahoma Boys In
Good Roads Movement.
The good road educational movement
is to reach the country boy I'm OklahO-
ma through the rural schools, az the
result Of advocacy of such a plan by
Colonel Sidney Suggs Of Ardmore, state
highway commissioner who has secur-
ed the Endorsement and cooperation OF
other prominent state officials.
The plan as outlined by Colonel
Suggs is to organize a good roads and
tree planting club i'm every rural school
I'm the state, have the county or state
highway engineer visit the schools, fol-
lowing the organization Of the clubs,
and proceed to lay out one-fourth or
One-half mile OF road leading from the
schOolhOuse. In every instance the
school club shall assist I'm the survey.
the laying out Of the road, in securing
the easements from the abutting prop
erty owners. The club boys shall car
~ the chain. set the grade stakes. learn
just how plans and profits are made
and be taught that this piece Of good
road will be used for generations TO
come.
Only the building Of common dirt
read will be undertaken at the start by
the boys. They will be taught that IL
they desire I'm the future TO put gravel
or macadam on the road that they
have In the well built dirt road a foun-
dalton already prepared for such an
improvement In this manner too.
they may be taught 20 use such mate
rails as are most suitable aud conven-
tent at the time and the nearest at
hand.
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LIZ GAISEn, CLrk.
A copy t~le
LIE GAMER, Clerk.

Notice is also given that at the same
time and place mentioned 10 the foregoing
advertisement, the undersigned will under
his general authority conferred by the will
Of the said w II Campb u, deceased. offer
Tor sale an und'ved one-fith interest in the
oil and gas within aud underlying parcel
OF sixty eight acres, part Of a tract of one
hundred aDd ninety two aud ouebalf acres
Of land, which by the decree herein REFER.
en- 70 was fliotted a. the defendant. S. a.
Hays which said parcel Of sixty eight
acres is bounded as follows: Beginning at
black gum, corner to the ten acre parcel
described 10 the foregoing advertisement.
thence with line Of same, n II T. %
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Marriage Licenses

Willie Bailey.
Peril Boothe.
James Greathouse.
Lora Parsons.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-07-29

], LEE GAMER, Clerk Of the Circui,
Court Of Calhoun county, West Virginia,
DO certify that by the terms Of the decree
IN the above mentioned cause. the said Ad-
ministrator with the will annexed was di.
rtcied t. make The sales, above advertised
under his general bond as Admini,rrsi.r
with The will annexed Of tie decedent, W.
II. Campbell. and no turtle, bond was re-
quired Of him.
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Date Of first publication, July -, 1915.
Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-13
PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT.

The Emporia CKan) Gazette, commenting on the fact
that the people of Leavenworth dissatisfied with
their commission government are thinking
ing to their old system, remarks:
I'VE don't blame them. If lived in Leavenworth
We too would be dissatisfied with it, The commission
form Of has failed in Leavenworh just as
the council form failed and just any other form OF
government will fail in Leavenworth so long as that
city is the kind of a beerdrnking, awdefying, hide
bound, pary-mnded town it is" A stream cannot rise
higher than its source, adds the Gazette and a
model plan of municipal government can't gather grapes
from thoms figs from thistles.
It's characteristic weakness of Americans believe
that abstract political system is capable of running
itself The commission plan because has worked ex
tremey well in many cities has been taken by others
panacea for municipal ills, adopted in a OF
reform and then left alone itself They might as
well expect mental concept of concreemixer operat
ing in vacant space to grind out real concrete.
Good citizens get better results of bad sys
tenn than careless citizens get of good system
The commission plan has certain conspicuous adyant
ages but with without it, the chief essential is spr
responsibility that keeps citizens on the Job
Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-13
STATE BY STATE.

With majority Of the presidents cabinet committed
to woman suffrage, and President Wilson himself an
that he win the approaching New
Jersey election the women have good ubia
ton.
Mr. Wilson is careful to say that he speaks not as
president nor as party leader but simply Woodrow
Wilson tough-minded7 citizen of New Jersey last
converted express his private conviction at
the polls
He reiterates his conviction that the matter is not
properly national ISSUE but state issue and that it
should be made party question. In these views
Of the abes suffrage leaders themselves acquesce
There doubt that harm has been done to the
by misguided spokesman who persisted in agitang
for federal amendment and have sought to make po-
ltical bargains algning definitely with party
or the other with things coming their way they
in elections, there little for arousing
luminosity by militant activity in Washington
From all reports the suffrage amendment seems likely
win in New Jersey on October 49, The prestige of a
victory there would have big influence later in New
York Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, where the out
come is more dubious
Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-13
PRUDENT IDEALIsM.

The warning sent from Washington to Constantnople
that continuance of the Armenian massacres may in
crfere seriously with the friendly relations existing
tween the United States and Turkey brings up again
the onsdsputed question whether our government should
have chamDioned the cause of Belgium.
Theodore Roosevelt has maintained persstently that
it not only moral duty but our legal duty as one
of the sisnatores the treaty guaranteeing Belgum
neutrality to protest against Germanys invasion and
go to war with her in defense of the Belgians Few
other American leaders admit any legal obligation or
warrant for such interference. Many. however have
lamented that American protest registered the
ground of international morals and humanity
The remains that the American nation never said
an official word or lifted an official finger to stay Ger
manys hand when the invading force was burning cities
and saughtering civilians their real or fan
cied resistance. And perhaps should do the same
again under the circumstances
Why. then, do venture to call Turkey to account
for doing what is worse only in degree? Well Turkey
is a small, weak power We have nothing to fear from
Turkey, and don't whether offend her not
so we preach morality and humanity to her.
The comparison brings to mind another parallel
Neither our government public has favored in
terventon in Mexico Yet we have interviewed in Hayti
where there was far less chaos and infinitely less peri
to our interests why? Well. it would have taken al
army of half million men subdue Mexico and Hayt
could be subdued by handful of marines
Uncle Sam has his ideals and be bold occasion
But he isn't such hreeater as he was once. He il
prudent nowadays before he is bold He still cage
to reform the world but he doesn't like tackle YER
much Of Il
Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-13
MAKING coNvIcrs MEN.

There was a unique dinner party at Of the New
York hotels the other evening Thomas Mott Osborne,
warden Of Sing Sing penitenary the guest Of honor
The hosts we're twenty-five exconyicts.
All of them had been in Sing Sins under Warden Os-
borne's them had both the old regime
and the new and understood the different spirit and
method of the warden's work All of them had made
good since leaving prison
Maybe the they had made good that this
particular warden who is storm center of penology
and politics, had treated them as while they
convics and had given them the sefrespect which
is the prerequisite all success. AT any rate they
thought so. And they assembled at this odd
social function within few months a few weeks Of
their liberation a group of welldressed well be
hsyed and understandable from any other group Of decent
American citizens paying honor who had recog
nized and developed their innate manhood.
There has good deal Of adverse criticism lately
regarding the prisoners who have escaped from Sins
Sing under Warden osbones honor policy. There ism
enough said the that escape from tho
bondage Of sefcontempt through that policy.
/ That convict dinner is a landmark the triumph
the penoogy.
For the second time Speaker Champ Clark has faced
mob and prevented ynching That may do in Missouri
but Georgia would never stand for such conduct in
public official