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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-29
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Thursday, March 20, 1917
LOCALS AND PERSONALS

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]. tP. Knight, of Big Bend,
was visitor at this place the
first of the week.
DR.. and Mrs. l.. A. Hicks, of
Chloe, were visitors at this place
one day last week.
L. j. Morris moved back to his
farm at Henrietta from this place
one day last week.
DIR. ]. B. Laws family, of
above town, have been sick with
measles the past few days.
A. w. Hallenbake, much i'm
proved from his recent illness,
was greeting friends here We'd
nesday.
Miss Jean Stump arrived home
Saturday from Lockney where
she has just completed very
successful term of school.
A number of people from this
place left Thursday morning
for Creston to attend the funer-
ais of the victims of the fire
there Monday night.
Mrs. S. p. Bell, of PIT. Pleas
ant, arrived here Monday night
and will visit friends and rela-
tives at this and other places in
the county for few days.
A little son was born Sunday
to Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Waldo.
The baby survived till Tuesday
morning 1t was buried Tuesday
in the cemetery at Bethlehem.
Rev. and Mrs. w. ]. Coberly
and daughter, Miss Blanche. of
Elizabeth, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. F. Fleming. Rev. Co.
berly is assisting in the revival
campaign which opened at the
Baptist church here last Sunday.
Miss Maude Shafer, of Ayers,
was the guest of friends here
day or two this week. Miss
Shafer will leave for Parkers-
burg next Monday to enter st.
J0seph's hospital to take a three
years course leading to the de-
gree Of Graduate Nurse.
Considerable interest is being
shown in the revival meeting
now in progress at the local Bap-
fist church. 1t is in charge Of
Revs. Whit Stump and w. J.
", Of Elizabeth. Rev. A. H.
Kelley. of Charleston. will arrive
here Wednesday night to assist
IN the campaign.
Felix B. Stump, son of Rev.
and Mrs. John S. Stump, Of Sew
enteenth street. is one Of the
cadets at the United States Naval
Academy At Annapolis who will
be graduated Thursday morning.
Mrs. gtump planned to attend
the exercises had they been held
at the usual time, but since the
date for the event was advanced
50 that cadets will be available
for service as soon as possible,
she has decided not to make the
trip. Lieut.. Stump will come
here Friday for a short stay be-
fore entering active service.
Fridays Parkersbarg News.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-29
Relief Fund

A fund for the relief Of those
who suffered at Creston of nearly
500 had been subscribed We'd
nesday at Grantsville. Contri-
buttons are being received at the
M. H. Hardman store.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-29

Five are dead as the result OF
a fire that reduced all that part
of the town of Crestun lying or
the east side of the West Fork al
its mouth to ashes Monday
night.
The Dead
Lindsey Stevens.
Carl Stevens.
Mrs. Henan Merrill.
Two unknown.
The fire, one of the most de.
structive CONGREGATIONS ever oc.
curing in this section of the state,
is of uncertain origin but is be.
lieved to have started from a gas
jet in Carl Stevens's room in the
Stevens hotel, about 100 O'Clock
Monday night. Famed by q
strong wind the flames spread
rapidly to other houses clustered
near and in a short time every
building on that side of the West
Fork was ablaze.
The younger Stevens boy. Carl,
a son of Capt. and Mrs. Henry
o. Stevens, who operated the
hotel where the blaze started,
was burned in his bed. while his
brother, Lindsey, and Mrs. Mer-
rill, were burned So badly aiding
others to escape that they died
Tuesday morning while being re-
moved to Parkersburg. Mrs.
Merrill, formerly Miss Isenaugle,
of near Creston, had been. as
sisting in the hotel during the
absence of Mrs. Stevens, moth
er of the dead boys, who was at
the bedside of her husband in a
Parkersburg hospital for an OPP
GRAFTON.
The charred skeletons of two
other people, whose Identities are
unknown, but presumably trav-
elers returning home farther up
the river, were found on the
same bed springs. among the
ruins. Who they were may be
made known when Misses Mag.
and Minnie Stevens, sisters to
the dead boys, who sustained
tanned very severe burns rescu-
ing a crippled brother and who
were taken to Parkersburg for
treatment, are able to tell about
the disaster.
However, at present they are
nameless and no clue as to who
they are has been discovered.
1t was thought at first and it
is still contended by some that
there were two other victims in
the Stevens hotel, but it cannot
be proved definitely now-per.
haps never.
Strong hope was expressed
Wednesd ay for the recovery of
Miss Maggie Stevens, but her
eyesight most likely is destroyed.
Travellers who stayed in Cres-
ton that night. who barely es-
capped with their lives, tell a
grewsome story of the scene.
The screams and sufferings of
the crazed victims are indescri-
bable, they say.
Carl johnson Rescues Baby
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-29
Teachers Asked TO Enroll Early

Teachers planning to take the
the first uniform examination, to
be held at GAINESVILLE and Ar
noldsburg April 5 and 6. are urg
ed to enroll on April 4.
A. r. WEAVER,
County Superintendent.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-29

Biblical mention is made OF nineteen
different precious stones. SIX metals.
lOa trees and plants. thirty-nve ami
mails. thirty birds. six fishes. elev-
en- reptiles, twenty insects and other
smaller creatures
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-29
Carl johnson Rescues Baby

Carl Johnson. of above town,
arrived here from Creston Tues
day night. He was returning
home from Parkersburg and
reached Creston about 900
O'Clock Monday night. Retiring
to bed some time afterwards, in
the Armstrong hotel, he had not
yet fallen asleep when a woman
screams brought him to his feet.
His room was in a corner Of the
building next to the Stevens no.
tel, and on looking from the win
dow was Mortified to see that
building ablaze. Hastily dres-
sing rushed over to the burning
hotel where he saw Mrs. Merrill
in an upper story with her baby
in her arms frantically crying
for help.
Mr.. johnson shouted for her to
throw the baby to him. He
caught the child which was UNI
injured save for a few slight
burns ard carried it across the
street out of immediate danger.
When ! returned, says Mr..
Johnson, Mrs. Merrill was on
the ground. The next person /
saw was Lindsey Stevens, max
ing for the river, so badly burn
ed that he was unconscious of
his actions. He was stopped.
His crippled brother was thrown
from an upper window by his
sisters, and escaped practically
unhurt.
The flames soon spread to adj
joining buildings and famed by
a violent wind quickly turned the
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-29
April Jurors

Circuit Clerk Lee Gamer and
County Clerk S. F. Fleming last
Saturday drew the grand jury
for the regular term of circuit
court which convenes here April
IL.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-29
CreStOn Burns Down With
Heavy Destruction Of Life

whole town into raging furnace.
But few people lived in that sec
ton of the town and any efforts
to have fought the fire would
have been in vain. We saved all
the live stock in the barns and
all automobiles, and then fled to
the hills"
Mr.. Johnson himself received
severe cut on his arm from a
broken window pane.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1917-03-29
Property Loss About $4,000

The loss of property is estimat-
ed at about $40, 600. About $l0.-
OCO will be recovered from inSur-
ace. The house and store of ].
P. Campbell, Guy RAIDERS hard
ware store, the Stevens and
Armstrong hotels. Eustace Glib.
sons store in which the postoffice
was located. the residences of ].
E. Stump and Fuzzy" Reed,
and a confectionery and restau-
rant building were destroyed.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
CURIOUS FEARS OF SOLDIERS
One breads That His Charcoal Burner
viii Be Destroyed Although In
different as to Himself.

1t Is extraordinary what curious
fears some soldiers have. One fighter
always breads that his charcoal fire
will be destroyed by shell. He al
ways places the burner in the most
protected part of the trench, but re-
mains quite indifferent In regard to
his own personal safety.
Another extraordinary fear Of SOL
der at the front is that of having his
bootlaces united. Nothing else has
terrors for him. from bayonet fighting
to asphyxiating gases. But he Is quite
certain that If his bootlaces are loose
he win trip over them and break his
neck. He always examines his laces
to see IL they are properly fastened.
Another soldier who has been through
the thick Of the fighting is terribly
frightened of going through a wood,
and would rather walk miles round 1t
than half a mile through it, He has
the fear that some day tree will sud-
denly fall and crush him.
Many soldiers have q horror of los
ing their identity disks, or of being
unidentified IL they are killed, and
buried in n nameless grave. One man
is known to carry little scraps of paper
In every pocket, giving his name and
regiment, so that his body may be rec
ognized If he Is killed.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
FROM ALL OVER

To provide Turkish baths at home
there has been invented frame to be
covered with blankets to inclose a per-
son, vapor or steam being produced by
an alcohol stove.
What is said to be the first -four
mill to be established ir Florida is
now being constructed at Jackson
Vile. The mill VIII have capacity Of
75o barrels q day. In addition to
-four, quantities of stock feed will be
turned out
In the month Of July MORE than ten
miles of ships passed through the
Panama canal.
The largest meteorite stone actually
known to have fallen to earth weighed
$40 pounds.
Plans are being prepared for new
biological station Of the United States
bureau of fisheries at Key West, Fla.
An appropriation Of $4,000 in addition
to an unexpended balance from pre-
vIous appropriation is now available
for building ii. The new station win
be provided with a small, permanent
staff, Including a scientific director
and an assistant
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
Army Aviation Service.

Significant, in view of the popular
conception of flying as extreme dare
deviltry, Is the record Of the United
States army aviation service from
January / TO December 26, 1916. Dur
ing that period 1887 flights were
made by military pilots. In all 1857
hours were spent in the air, which
means that more than nine hours each
day of the year some soldier-airman
was aloft. The distance Travelled
amounted to approximately 251,775
miles, or slightly more than 10 times
the circumference of the earth. There
was no fatality. Evidently these fig
ures cannot be fairly compared with
current railroad and motor-car statis-
tics. Contrasts are not needed, how
ever, to accent their import. Sane fly
ing is not yet accfdent-proof, and pos
sibly never will be, but neither is 1t
extremely foolhardy. - Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
gVrvIv Vv w w wy w Vn Wy Vr Vr v,
Urges All Citizens to.
Peruse the Great :
Declaration Of =
independence : :

By GAILLARD HUNT, LII. D., Chief of
the Division of Manuscript. Library of
Congress)
LIVERY citizen of the United
- States should read the Declara-
ton of Independence once every
year. 1t is a thoroughly American
document, and the principles 1t en-
bodies cannot be too firmly impressed
upon our minds.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Decla-
ration Of Independence, and he alone is
its literal author, but there were a
number Of men who expressed the SEN
timents, almost in the words he uses,
before they appeared In his great docu-
ment, and Jefferson never laid claim
to originality in the ideas expressed.
There were several men who, years
before, had expressed themselves pub
licly as to American independence.
They were all good men, many Of mas
terful intellect and men without fear,
but the mass of manuscripts this IL
brary owns which came from the hand
Of George Mason make 1t plain that no
man could be called the father Of the
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
WILLING 10 Be Good.

Albert Chevalier tells the follow
Ing:
Zone night" remarked the famous
comedian, Tin q certain music hall
where there was VIGOROUSLY bad
orchestra, the manager suddenly APP
peared on the stage and apologized
for the absence of q favorite comic
singer whose name was a great fea-
ture.
1.-THE manager explained that he had
every reason to believe that the artist
In question would positively appear
later on; and then, by way of throw
Ing oil on troubled waters, suggested,
In order to avoid a wait, that the audi
ence should be favored with a little
music.
"As he announced this, a pathetic
voice In the gallery was heard:
"Oh, / soy, Mr.. Manager, Wen be
good If yer don't let the band playp
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No fooIIshness! Lift your eorns
and calIuses of with fingers--
tie like maulcI

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind Of corn, can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers If you
apply upon the corn few drops Of
freezone, says Cincinnati authority.
For little cost one can get a small
bottle Of freezone at any drug store,
which will positively rid ones feet Of
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
it is applied and does not even irri-
tate the surrounding skin while ap-
plying it or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many Of our readers. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
get small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
Brazil LOSING Rubber Trade,

One of the most striking economic
changes In recent years has been the
loss by Brazil of its dominant posi-
ton in the rubber trade. Whereas, a
few years back, the world looked to
South America for most of its crude
rubber, 1t is now getting the larger
share from the far East. The Bra
lillian product is obtained from trees
that grow wild, and little has been
done toward cultivation of the trees.
In Sumatra, Ceylon, Burmah and other
countries millions of trees have been
set out and are now coming into bear
ing. This domestic product is said to
be slightly superior to that obtained
from Brazil, and the trees improve
with age. The financial loss to Brazil
through Its decreasing exports has be-
come a serious matter.-New York
Times.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
CALOMEL S|CKENS! IT SALVATES!
DON'T STAY BILIOUS, C0NST|PATED
Guarantee "Dodsons Liver Tone win Give You the Best Liver
and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had-Dont Lose Days Work.

Calcmel makes you sick; you lose a
dayss work. Calomel is quicksilver
and 1t salivates; calomel Injuries your
liver. ~
II you are bilious, feel lazy, sluggish
and all knocked out, II your bowels
are constipated and your head aches
or stomach Is sour, just take spoon
full of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone
instead Of using sickening, salivating
calomel. Dodson's Liver Tone is real
liver medicine. You'll know 1t next
morning because you will wake up
feeling fine, your liver will be work
ing, your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular, You will feel like
working. You'll be cheerful; full Of
vigor and ambition.
Your druggist or dealer sells you a
60-cent bottle Of Dodson's Liver Tone
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
Municipal Bus Line.

San Francisco plans to be pioneer
In the municipal operation of motor
bus lines for street traffic, and before
the year is out expects to be running
them In connection with the munich
pal railways. The first will be across
Golden Gate park. Transfers win be
issued and accepted with the NUM-
cipal line. The city engineer reports
Ave buses can be operated at Is cents
mile and viii pay because Of the
increased traffic they will bring to -t<
municipal lines.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29


er the unseen but no less potential ally
of his friend and of his country.
George Mason was from early life
friend of George Washington, and their
intimacy, both as fellow workers and
as congenial neighbors, remained I'M
broken until Mason's death in 1902. He
also knew Jefferson well and was old
enough to give him the benefit of his
broader knowledge and fuller expert
ence In the early days Of their friend
ship.
Born In 1925, he was seven years old
err than his neighbor at Mount Vernon,
and he was eighteen years the senior Of
the brilliant young Jefferson, and both
of these men looked upon the sage Of
Gunston Hall as statesman of the
first order, man of clear vision and of
absolute disinterestedness in his desire
for the best for his country.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
EulLy Qualified.

The clergyman had advertised for @
butler, and the next morning after
breakfast q well-dressed, clean-shaven
young man in black was ushered into
his study.
Name, please?" asked the clergy.
man.
Hillary Arbuthnot, SIR"
"Agew
'Twenty-eight."
"What work have you been accus.
toned tot"
Il am lawyer, SIR"
The clergyman started. This was
odd. However, he know many were
called in the law, but few chosen.
But" he said, do you under, and
the conduct of a householder"
"In a general way, yes" u uignured
the applicant.
"Can you carver"
EYES,"
Wash glass and silver?"
"I-er-think So"
The young man seemed embarrassed
He frowned and blushed. Just then
the clergyman's wife entered.
"Are you married." was the first
question.
THAT" said the young man, was
what / called to see your husband
about, madam. / desire to know If he
can make it convenient to officiate at
my wedding at noon next Thursday
week."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
Lemon Juice
For Freck|es
0Irlsi Make beauty lotion at
home for a few cents. Try I'll

Squeeze the Juice of two lemons into
bottle containing three ounces Of
Srchard white, shake well, and you
have quarter pint Of the best freckle
and tan lotion, and complexion beau
tifier, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of orchard white for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands each day and see how
freckles and blemishes disappear and
how clear, soft and white the skin be-
comes. Yes! 1t is harmless. ADV.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
Thouoht for Nations Birthday.

That there are many Of our people
who hold their blessings cheap, or at
least take them as q matter of course,
cannot be doubted. 1t is well. therefore.
that we should all be reminded that
they were won at great cost, and have
been preserved by men and women
who counted no sacrifice too painful II
it were made in the cause of liberty.
The comforts and luxuries that we en-
JOY, the peace and security that nre
ours, and the liberty of which we are
so proud we owe to those who were
willing to suffer and die In order to
win them for their posterity.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
Knew What Was In 1t.

Raymond Blathwatt, the well-known
journalist, was once asked to write
character sketch of Lord North
cliffe. In a letter he requested a
special interview and the famous
newspaper proprietor sent him the fol-
lowing reply:
Il am sorry, but must ask you to
excuse me from acceding to your re-
quest. ] am like the little boy at a
school treat who, when the squire's
wife came round to him and asked him
IL he would like some strawberry jam,
promptly replied: No, thank you,
marin. I works at the place where
they makes itv"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
But Not At Home.

The man next door was repairing a
chewed-up inner tube belonging to hts
auto tire equipment. George was
watching him. The man laboriously
pumped and sweated and fumed and
fretted as he worked. He was glad
of one thing. He was not out on some
lonely, dusty, country road. At last he
was through.
George" he asked, as he rested In
the "shade Of the old apple tree, ""does
your father ever have any old tire
trouble?"
"Yes," answered honest George, "bui
he never fixes any Of them at home.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29

under my personal guarantee that u
will clean your sluggish liver better
than nasty calomel; 1t won't make you
sick and you can eat anything you
want without being salivated. Your
druggist guarantees that each spoonful
will start your liver, clean your bowels
and straighten you up by morning or
you can have your money back. Chill
dren gladly take Dodson's Liver Tone
because 1t is pleasant tasting and
doesn't grippe or cramp or make them
sick.
lam selling millions of bottles of bod
sons Liver Tone to people who havs
found that this pleasant, vegetable, liv
er medicine takes the place of danger
Gus calomel. Buy one bottle on my
sound, reliable guarantee. Ask your
druggist or storekeeper about me. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
Ereedom,s lnsniration.

True patriotism is not sentiment,
but life. Understood in any other
way 1t is delusion. If all Americans
were to live easy, luxurious and self
centered lives, without thought of
their duty to country, our liberties
would not last over night. Fortunate
ly that is not the case. There is IN
inspiration in the freedom that we in
herit that for the most part keeps
Americans true to their ideals and
faithful to duty.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29

Electrical devices for transmitting
photographs by wire have reached
such a stage Of perfection in Europe
that pictures have been sent 600 miles
Bolivian tin mines that have been
worked more than 800 years have
reached the depth Of $500 feet with
the richness of the ore increasing as
the workings descend.
Springs under the seat Of a rocking
chair that a Pennsylvanian has patent
ed can be connected to washing ma
chine to operate 1t as q person seated
In the chair rocks.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
A WILLING Victim.

Margaret, aged four, had eaten one
of two boxes of berries that her moth
er had purchased for company. Her
mother cried, what would you do If
you had little girl and she ate a
whole box of strawberries"
"Oh, mamma !" she exclaimed eager
ly, I'D make her eat the other box
The Christian Herald.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29

Declaration of Independence more
justly than he.
AS early as 1859 prolonged and
serious orrespondence-kept up for
many years-was going on between
George Washington and George Mason,
the one in his official position as men,
Der of the house of burgesses, the 9TH
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-06-29
cUTlcURA HEALS SORE HANDS
That Itch, Burn, Crack, Chap anc
Hleed--Trial Free.

In q wonderfully short time in most
cases these fragrant, super-creamy
emollients succeed. Soak hands on re-
firing in the hot suds Of Cuticura Soap,
dry and rub Cuticura Ointment into
the hands for some time. Remove sur.
plus Ointment with soft tissue paper.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept L
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.