The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-12-09

Princeton.-Many wells and springs
are reported going dry in this vicinity
Blueiield.-An unknown person walk
cd into the Penny Profit Store and
made away with bag containing $50.
Bluefieid.-Tcntative plans have
been made here for the organization of
the Mercer County Sunday-school As
sociatiOn.
Observation-Disclosures Agent II.
G. Castrup estimates West Virginia
Will have a 11,4OO,OOO pound tobacco
crop this year.
Bethany-The Pittsburc-CIevclanG
Coal Company is said to be optiouing
hundreds of acres of valuable coal
lands near here.
Wheelin=-In expectation of n coal
shortage, residents Of Eastern OHIO
are equipping with oil and coal cook
ing and heating stoves.
Princeton.-AIex. Hoch has present
cd TO Judge IIerndon, of the Circuit
Court a beautifully carved cane, made
from rs wamp maple.
Fairmont-The body of Joseph L.
Van Glider, Killed in France with the
y. f. f., was brought here and buried
with military honorS.
Blucfcld.-R. II. Williams, of Pear
isburg Va, near here, has signed a
contract to play ball with the Chicago
White SoX next year.
Huntington.-Tw sticks Of dyna-
mite were found by workmen in pile
of sand at the tipple OF the Wilson
Sand and Supply Company
Bluefeld.-G. S. Caldwell, an en-
ploye of the American Coal Company
at McCOmas, died in a hospital here
following injuries in the mine.
Bluefield.-Yeggman, believed to
have been amateurs, raided q number
of places here, including the local
water Office, but got no swag.
Bluefcld.-An officer standing on
the station platform here picked up
bag left by a y. & w. passenger.
1t contained six quarts of fine apple
brandy.
Observation-Disclosures II. +. Ma
thews, of the Chamber Of Commerce.
said membership in the Chamber is
wide open, only burglars and anarch-
lists and such being barred.
CharIcston.-T. T.. Martin. Chares-
ton justice of the peace, arrested cleo
tion day ON a charge of attempting to
buy the vote of Joseph Brigodc. Sr..
was given n hearing before United
States Commissioner Joseph y. Iiudd-
ner, pleaded not guilty ana was held
to the grand jury under $1,000 bond
Whecling.-In Criminal Court here
Charles Miller, -, porter at the North
Wheeling Hospital, was found guilty
of "maliciously Withholding informa-
ton from the police in the murder Of
c. +. Il. GrandstafT, Baltimore & Ohio
railroad storekeeper, to which Samuel
A. Blevins, of Little Rock, Ark, has
since confessed.
Clarksburg Mrs. II. y. Curtin, Of
this city, director of the recently re-
habilitated West Virginia Tuberculosis
Association, announced the appoint
ment as its executive secretary at It's
state headquarters at Charleston. of
George G. Rowell, lately field secrc-
tary OF the New Hampshire Tubercu-
lOSis Association.
St. Albans-Thc St AIbans High
School for the first time in it's history
now has an energetic organization Of
the student body working for the uplift
and development Of the school and
community Three times each week
they collect the school ncws and have
It published. The name of this body
IS the Publicity Club, recently organ
ized
Charlcston.-Litu Billie Dawson.
son Of the late Governor W. VI. q
Dawson, was run down by an automo-
bile while riding his bicycle I'm Hale
street, between Quarter and Lee
streets. He escaped injury, but his
wheel was badly smashed, much TO
his grief, and his lamcntation, ooh. my
bicycle, "Oh, my bicycle" speedily
attracted little gathering Of passcrs
by The sympathizlng pedestrians
we're relieved to learn that the lad
lvas not hurt
Clarksburg In "a pistol duel with
Two unknown foreigners fin % road near
lost Creek, John stephen Singleton.
10, % coal miner. was killed and "a com
panion Ray Lougcuettc, is. was
wounded in the LEFT hand The battle
began when the foreigners met the two
young men and are said tO have insult
ed them.
Fairmont.-C Claude Metz lost contrnI
Of his car and ram into crowd OF
people Peter Warner, Ellis Werner
md Mamie Warner were injured
Metz was arrested