The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1919-11-06

fuul w. Bourneman, street car con- .
ductor. Car wheels cut off an arm aud
Il leg.
CharleSton.-Th grand total balaucs,
IN the state treasury at the close oc {,
business September 80 was S9.SII.-
"'S.32. including investments of Sc.
2+I.oOO from the workmen's compen-.
sation fund and S992, 500 from tho.
state school fund \ total cash bal.
ance In all funds of 50 2,45S32 was
shown.
MartmShurg.-Dr Charles Samuel
Trump, pastor of 81. Johns Lutheran
church. this city. for thirty-one years
a member of the board of Irving Col
leSe' MechanicShurg, Pa; vice presi-
dent of the Lutheran home for aged at
Washington, and director OF the
board OF gettysburg College died. He
was G3 years old.
CharleStOn.-J Arthur Pierson. city
truaht officer, has reported To the state
department of labor. which is charged
with The enforcement of the child la
hor law, that Il number of boys in
Charleston under Its years OF aye are
working il the streets selling papers
before Il. IN. and after : .. M. in
violation of that law.
huntington city commissioners, in
regular session, voted To postpone de-
cis.on ON ~copcniug of the city hospital
h N"N Huntington. TheNpostpoue-
n"nt followed The suggestion OF Com
missioner MiSrr thai some arrange
"ent might br made whereby the city
could secure rental fo~ the hospital
buildings while being used Tor city pa
ticnts
CharlcSton- Wayne district OF
Wayne county has arranged for Sc
r'eS of parcnt-tcachcE association meet
ings throughout the district. according
40 Information received at the state
department of schools. The purpose OF
the meetings is To arouse the interest
or TN" parents in the progress of the
schools and create public sentiment for
stu further improvements, it was said.
Huntington Automobile Club consist
ing of X. l.. Archer and J. Broh. wero
before the city commissioners seeking
enforcement of the city traffic laws.
They told The board speeding is ram
pant, accidents frequent with hum
drcds of cars operating with mufiiers
open and slaring headlights Condi-
lions ought to be corrected at once.
the committee said, and promised fuH
cooperation of the club to bring about
remedial action
Charlcston.-Ou of list OF 81 cities
which the department of labor has
been Investigating relative to the high
rentals reported from there, Charles
ton is placed as the 2Sth. These cal
culaiionS are the result of an effort 10
discover what the average family
whose income varies from S1.2OO 10
$1,000 pays out for rent. Bridgeport
is first ON the list with an average OF
$2l0.5S, as against $4,000 for this city.
The average rental for the 81 coR-
mnni.Ics WAS S17L
Wv iiil~ -Alit' 'r-lIlE MS son was nor
given the proper care in recovering
from broken leG, Assistant CITY Man
ager Lafayette Grancr instituted suit
in the circuit court for Lafayette Gran
cr Jr, as his next friend. for $1,000
against Or. J. Il. Caldwell. one OF
Wheclngs most widely known and
popular physicians. The plaintir al
legrs that the accident occurred on
September 20, 1918, and that the boy
Gid not recover from the injury, due to
alleged lack OF care by the physicians.
CharlestOn.-Attempt To dynamite
the town Of Glen White was told by
Dorr SnufTcr, witness for the state in
the trial OF Toney Stafford and others
charged with shooting ut the mines OF
the +. y. White Coal Co. in November.
1917, in progress at BecBley. Snuffer
said that Toney Sarazzo, another
striker, had suggested the rolling down
Of q barrel of dynamite into one of the
residential sections OF Glen White.
which did no damage further than
blow out windows in number OF
houses.
Taken unawares. the
four men charged with the robbery
of the hank It Whitesville. Boone
county, where they obtained about ST.
900, JACK Bell, Cecil IIightower, Chas.
Phelps and John Patrick have been ar-
rested about 30 miles from that
place. They were captured by J. j.
JaTcII and g. j. Jim, who, knowing