The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-05-24
Whole No. 1890

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Moundsville.-A proposition TO issue
$4,000 worth OF bonds for new
school carried in an election here.
Point Pleasant.-A road bond issue
or $l5O.0O0 for Lewis district OF Mason
county carried. 400 for and 81 against.
ParSersburs.-Thirty young men OF
this city are now at Fort BENJAMIN
Harrison. Ind, where they, have ON.
tered the officers training camp Five
students from Marietta College also
left for New York to join an ambu
lance corps that will go to France.
Charleston.-A charter has been is.
sued by the Federal Farm Loan Board
to the Nirginian Joint Stock Bank OF
Charleston. the second such bank tn
be chartered in the United States. The
Charleston bank will make loans to
farmers OF West Virginia and Virginia.
Huntington.-E. p. Goodwin, general
inspector OF transportation OF the Ches.
apeake & Ohio Railway Co, was In
Huntington comforting with local Off.
cials. Mr.. Goodwin is making a tour
or the railroad with a view of speeding
up the movement or freight OF all
kinds
Martinsburg-The 43rd annual con.
clave OF the Grand Commandery OF the
knights Templar OF West Virginia wac
held here last week with 900 knights
and their ladies present from every
section OF the state. as we'll as com.
manderies from Hagerstown and Cum.
berland. Md. and Winchester, Va.
Martinsburg.- hundred rep.
resentative women from various sec.
tions OF West Virginia. Maryland, vir.
ginia and the District of Columbia.
wives OF railroad engineers, we're in at.
tendance here at the Virginia state
meeting of the ladies' auxiliary OF the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
Parkersburg.-The 25th department
convention OF the Woman's Relief
Corps, auxiliary TO the Department OF
West Virginia. Grand Army OF the Re
public. is being held here. In conjunc
tion with the Grand Army encamp
ment. All sessions OF the convention
are being held in the First NJ. E.
church.
Char!eston.-Judge Jake Fisher. OF
the Twenty-first Judicial Circuit, is III
at his home In Sutton. He has been
selected 10 preside at the May term
or Circuit Court in Kanawha county.
I'm the absence OF Judge Sam d. Little
page, but was unable TO come E. b
Dyer. Of Charleston was elected by
the Kanawha county bar to preside
Charleston.-It was officially report
ed here that the miners and operators
in the New River field have again fail
ed TO reach an agreement A confer
ence was held In New York at which
time many operators or their repre-
sentatives met with leading officers OF
the United Mine Workers OF America.
representing the organizations OF the
New River region
Fairmont.-Orders from President
Jere n. Wheelwright. OF the ConsoIi.
dalton Coal Co for the speeding M
OF production in every one OF the 100
or more operations OF the company in
West Virginia. Maryland and Kentucky
have been received here Much OF the
tonnage will go to the United States
government and the allies az the At
lantic seaboard
Huntington.-Rev John n Grant.
ID. D.. OF Elyria. o.. was elected mod
orator and Dr. r. r. Barrett. Of Mans.
field. o.. layman, was elected assist.
ant moderator by the Congregations
Conference OF Ohio in annual session
here. Resolutions recommending the
prohibiting or the use OF grain in tho
manufacturing OF alcoholic liquors
we're unanimously adopted
Charleston. First Sergeant Alono
NJ. Eubank "a dead and First Lleuten-
ant George Bratt is seriously Injured
and I'm a hospital as the result OF an
accident near Welch. They were rid
ing on a gasoline motor tricycle. on
I the Norfolk a. Western railroad near
/ Welch when the car struck dog. Both
were thrown some distance and the
sergeant died almost instantly
FairmOnt-BecaUse Of lack Of sim
| ilarlty between the West Virriaia and
| Ohio laws. !he plans Origiosily adopt
ed by the Monongahela Valley Trac-
/ ton Co. for taking over the lines OF the
! Parkersburg and Marietta. Ohio. com
I panies we're discarded at the meeting
I Of the directors. Instead q new agree
\ ment with the Parkersburg company
was promulgated By the local officials.
Clarksburg The Ciarksburg minis.
/ ters union voted to- invite the West
Virginia Sunday-school Association 10
I hold its 1918 convention in this city.