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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-09-09
The Calhoun Chronicle
Thursday, Sept. 9, 1920
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

G. G. Kelley, an exemplary cit
lieu of Mt. Zion, was pleasant
visitor here Thursday.
Col. r. P. Moilohan returned
from a visit with home folks at
Parkersburg Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Bennett, OF
SCI, anville. were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Jackson the latter
part O, the week.
Ell. p, avs. prominent bust
ness man of Arnoldsburg, was a
visitor hero lay or two last
week.
Miss iona Marshall. VINO no, ho u,
q responsible position v IN 'ie
want & Barr Hardware q, - d.
Parkersburg. has returned h, me
alCer a short visit with relative.
here.
We are endea'voring to help
!; you cut down the high cost Of
nvlng by selling Flour and Feed
=. JooDing prices, with freight
at car lot ates added.
The Grantsville Mill.
>. ID. Barker, of Parkersburg.
was NJ ere several days last week.
ne n 4cently sold his store at vi
enns to Jacob Huffman and r. L.
ma rshall. and has accepted
&c ,sition as credit manager for
The International Harvester Co.
VIM. r. Kimbell, fire insurance
adjuster, of Clarksburg, was in
'Grantsville Monday adjusting the
loss on the Tell Mcdonald resi-
dence which was destroyed by
flre a few nights ago. He mere
" bad TO look at the ruins to see
that the loss was much greater
thar, the claim and full settlement
Of the $500 policy was made at
once.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-09-09
Wanted

Laborers, at Dam No.
25, Ohio River, York,
w. Va, near PIT. Pleas
ant. Wage rate, in
Guiding bonus, 55c per
hour. Nine hour day.
A pply at job or write
National Contract 90.
PIT. Pleasant, W. Va
90 St
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-09-09
Poplar Logs Wanted

We are always in the market
for good Poplar Logs. We in
spect before loading and make
prompt cash settlement. Write
us before selling. Conroy-Buch-
anan Lumber Co., Jamestown,
N. I. 90 4t
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-09-09
Notice

All persont kno wing them
selves to be indebted to the es-
tate of j. M. Morgan, deceased,
and ali persons having accounts
against the same, are requested
to call and settle same at once.
Mrs. Mary V. Morgan, Adm'K.
9-2 1t Altizer, w. Va.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-09-09
Notice

DR.. Ray G. Morford will be alb
sent from his office for two weeks
beginning Sept. 18th.
Patients are asked to arrange
appointments accordingly.
9-2 ct
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-09-09
DR.. Floyd Coming

DR.. J. r. Floyd, the we'll known
eye specialist. will visit Grants
Vile at the Stump Hotel, Septem-
Der 20 and q. Two days only.
Office in Lawrence Building.
Harrisyille. w. Va. S-26 If
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-09-09
he was Q good Judge
aG2sY all

WHEN . was a kid.
USED to believe.
THE JUDGE next door.
WOULD PVT me in Jail.
FOR PLAYING hockey.
OR swlPlNo apples.
AND l really behaved.
WHEN HE wso around.
AND EVEN today.
I'M A little scared.
OF THE stern old boy.
so IN his office.
THE OTHER day.
] HAD to wait.
AND WANTED to smoke.
AND was afrall.
THE JUDGE would get sore.
BUT ] took the chance.
AND LIT a cigarette.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-09-09
Kidd and Bell to be Here Monday

1t has been announced that
Senator R. F. Kidd, Of Chenille.
Democratic candidate for Con-
gress, and Hon. S. P. Bell, of
Spencer. candidate for Judge.
will be here for the meeting of
Democratic women to be held
Monday. Both will deliver ad-
dresses and it will be an occasion
well worth the time and trouble
of attending.
Women are going to make a
big change in politics in this
county, and it is important that
the right start be made. Let ev-
ry woman who is interested in
good government be at the Court
House Monday afternoon.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-09-09

We have received another car
of Spring Wheat Flour and Of
fer it to you at a price that will
save you money.
The GrantSville Mill.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-09-09

Everett Smith. an industrious
farmer Of Hur, vas attending to
business matters here Friday.
The Washington times., 1920-06-24
LAUDS RAD|UM AS
BIGGEST DISCOVERY
Or. Howard A. Kelly Calls II
Most Remarkable Find
In World.

RAdium 10 growing In Importance In
the medical world and now 10 nrmiy
imbedded In recognised medical prac-
tioe. according TO DIR. Howard A.
Kelly. writing In the Journal OF the
Medical Society Of New Jersey. In
his introduction DR.. Kelly estimates
that radium 10 the most remarkApis
single discovery In physics. chemistry
made In the history OF the world.
After explaining the charaeteristics
OF the alpha. beta and Eumma rays or
radium and the many methods OF ap-
piicAtion of the radium itself or It's
emanAtions. DR.. Kelly tells or the
effects of tho different treatments
and then enumerates the diseases
which apparently respond most read
lily to radium treatment.
Humorous growths. such as iympho-
sarcona. enlargement of the lymph
attic glands. such as Hodshn's ais
ease; various kinds of other tumors
and several forms OF cancer are men
TONED particularly as having yielded
to radium treatment.
Throughout his article he empha-
sises the fact that radium is dan
gorous thing In the hands OF any but
an expert and that, as In surgery and
medicine. the earlier a disease is
brought under treatment the more
likely 10 recovery.
1t 10 also revealed In the article that
there is another substance 80 closely
resembling radium that even the
United States Bureau of Standards
cannot distinguish between the two
The other 10 called mesothorium. and
has. apparently, the same properties
as radium. The difference is that 1t
lasts about eight years, while radium
lasts about two thousand years. and
that mesothorium was worth about
$50, 900 q gram before the war, COM
pared with $40, 900 for a gram OF ra-
dunn. Dr. Kelly says that apparently
more or less mesothorium is being
sold as radium, the sellers reaping an
enormous profit
The Washington times., 1920-06-24
Shimmy and Tcde-toe
Lose Favor In Londog
Back Comes The Waltz

LONDON, June 24.-Jazs In on
It's last legs In London The shin
my shake also appears 70 be In
Absoiuts rspose and the sickle
toe" is QuisscenI
A year ago London dance halls
were crowdsd with ,sxssrs. SHIN
my-shassrs and tickIs- toers. Now
the same giidsd halls are empty.
and dusky husd. ivory toothsd
bandsmsn are migrating to good
ole America"
Dancing masters say the reAc-
tion tas usually 10 In favor OF the
waits, which today 10 the most
popular dance In London. square
dances are being revived
The compromise appears to be be-
tween the Victorian set dances
and the various shuffiings that
have masauersded as dances. The
result. dance teachers say. 10 that
the modern girl cannot dance,
Many young people are taking
lessons now from their parents.
The dancing teachers are trying
to avoid both the ssdateness OF
the Victorian dance and the flop
pings OF the Jass erase.
The Washington times., 1920-06-24

ties to save the American republic.
At the end of fve years Ireland
would still be Ireland. but the British
empire would have gone the way OF
Austria, declared Griffith.
There Is no comparison between
the present situation and that exis-
ting In America at the time Of the
civil war. for the South was an In
tegral part of the United States. Ire
land has been free for 400 years.
The premier's position should have
been compared with that Of the late
czar-not Lincoln.
III Premier Lloyd George proposes
that representatives of the British
government are ready to meet accred-
tied representatives of the govern
ment OF ireland to negotiate a treaty
Of peace between the nations, the
government of Ireland will accept the
proposal"
The Washington times., 1920-06-24
BRITAIN PREPARING |
TO D|SARM IRISH.
Military Curfew Order Bars
People From Londonderry
Streets at Certain Hours.
tcontinusd from First PsEs)

Continued from first Fsss'
drsds of refugees, mostly old men
with women and children. taking Win
them only the clothes on their oacks.
, Late this afternoon artillery men
arrived with a battery or sh-iheh
guns. x
The postofnoe staff was removed
from the town under mihtAry esoo
!Today's death roll Is the hlshes'
since the reign OF terror started.
Every street 10 q battlefield ana
every window and housetop q snipers
nest. Dead and wounded lie scattered
at many points.
Every street is barricaded. In some
veritable trenches have been aug
sandbaxs and barbed wire are In evil
dence everywhere. Some of the snip
ing battles are fought from pehino
bArricades only forty yards apart
Many of the oombAtants. both Union
lists and Nationalist, are nghting In
their shirts and trousers.
DEFEAT UNIOSIsTs.
Toward noon today the National
lists scored a victory over the union
lists by penetrating the latters
stronghold on the water side after
hand-to-hand 1ghting. The National
lists also have stormcd the police par
racks on the water side and are pre-
pairing to take the gas works. where
the Unionists are entrenched behind
barricades surmounted with sandbags.
Early today an attack was made
on the Catholic st. Columba's College.
A man named McKenna, a Catholic
was killed. A priest braved the con-
tinuous hail Of bullets, walked into
the middle OF the street to the spot
where McKenna had fallen. and ad-
ministered the last rites.
The Washington times., 1920-06-24

nins . trip ~ Durops during the sum
msr vacation. He will make the trip
ss . hand on . cattle ship but will re-
turn by passenger boat
DR.. Greenfield 10 . native OF Mary
land. He 10 . graduAts Of western
Maryland College and took his doc
tors degree az Johns Hopkins.
The Washington times., 1920-06-24
MARYLAND REFUSES AID
IN ENFORCING DRY ACT

BALTIMORE. June 2%-rhs police
OF other state officials are under no
'compuision to aid the Federal Author-
tiles In the enforcement OF the pro-
hibition law, states Attorney General
Armstrong ruled today.
The attorney general was asked by
the Baltimore police department As to
what were the responsibilities and
duties OF the members OF the city po-
lice In the snforcsment of the Vol
stead law.
The Washington times., 1920-06-24
REENTS COMPARISON
TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN

LONDON, June 24.-Premier Lloyd
Georges Irish statement. comparing
his position to that Of Abraham Lin
coin at the time of the American civil
war. was scored by Arthur Griffith,
vice president of the Irish republic, in
the Irish Bulletin today. The premier
had pointed out that Lincoln faced
fye years of war and a million casual
The Washington times., 1920-06-24
IRISH RIOTS LAID
TO UNIONlST CHIEFS

LONDON. June 24.-Arthur Griffith.
acting Irish president In the absence
of De Valera, sent out this state
ment today:
"The Londonderry riots have no ac-
cidental origin. They are part of .
plan directed by Unionist leaders In
collusion with persons of eminence in
England and with servants OF the
English government in Ireland"
The Washington times., 1920-06-24
CHILD SMOTHERS IN BED.

wEsTERNPORT, Md. juno pa
william Mercer. nine months old. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Mercer, acci-
dentalIy smothered to death while in
bed.
The Washington times., 1920-06-24
PROFESSOR TO yAleI cows.

NEWARK. Del. June aA-Dr. Kent
Dsbsrt Greenfield. formerly professor
has scosptsd a chair a. assistant In.
structor In history at Yale. 10 plan
The Washington times., 1920-06-24

eroprtoeors OF . ensin OF drug stores.
convicted la United States District
Court or violating the Reed prohibL
tion amendment and Of. conspiracy
The Washington times., 1920-06-24

against the United states. hsws 49,
sentenced To serve siShtssn mopths 1,
the Federal prison at Atlanta anA q
pay nnes Of S10, 900 each.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-07-29
Surgery Popular In Gorge.

Surgical operations are becoming
popular among the natives Of the Bel
CLAN Congo, who are hoGking ta Fhe
mission hospital In such nnmbeps that
an the beds are occupied and many
sleep outside waiting their turn. DIR.
Judson G. King. the Baptist medical
missionary, has started school for
tine traipipg'of hospital assistants aud
considerable progress Is icing made In
the medical education nf the natives.
"A few years ago." said Doctor King
''ti,e natives Of the Congo could not
understand me when tried to Isolate
the different contagious diseases. They
thought such an act cruel. and they
paid the price. Now, teaching. and
consequent observation. has so i'm
pressed thaH that they nj ppce ls9-
late certain diseases and 50 prevent
epidemIcs. They are also bringing the
cases TO us before they have gone sa
far that they are honeless.H
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-07-29

The reformer In China does not meet
sharp, clcar-cut resistance, writes
John Dewey In Asia Magazine. Ii
he did, he might be stimulated to fur
ther effort He simply is smothered.
stalling has become a fine art.
At recent national educational
conference q returned student holding
an official position moved that the pub
lie middle schools corresponding TO
our high schools) be made co-educa-
tiona. He was inspired by sound con-
s!deretion. China suffers from lack
of educated women. Funds are short.
The effective thing Is to admit girls
to the schools already existing.
But the proposition was a radical
Innovation. Yet ii was not opposed.
A resolution In favor was duly passed.
But at the same time II was made
suhtly understood thai this was done
out OF courtesy to the mover, and thai
no steps to carry the resolution into
effect need he expected.
This Is the fate of many proposed
social reforms. They are not fought.
they are only swallowed. China docs
not stagnate, II absOrbs. II takes Nh
all the slack till there Is no rope left
with which to pull
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-07-29
HAVE MADE GLORIOUS NAME
Men Of the Merchant Marine Of Great
Britain and Of America Always
Quietly Heroic.

The merchant marine has always
fed the navy, In Great Britain and in
the United States, because the sail
or's trade differs from that Of the sol
dler In this respect: AS soon as you
drop the harbor lights you are always
In danger and this is what gives sea-
faring men taeir fine, liberal views.
the comitadji and the bandit as dis
tinctly disreputable members of So
ciety--a race to be stamped out anu
utterly disapproved. The sailor re-
CARDS the pirate, the smuggler, and
the gunrunner, not with approval, but
he appreciates the perils Of the call
Ing. Merchant ships went armed as n
matter of course long after a parallel
state of affairs had ceased ON land.
and to. this day the master of mer-
chant ship has arms In his stateroom
with the right to@ use them in his
sound discretion. He is monarch of
all he surveys, and has much more
than the modern monarch's responsi-
bilities. When a crisis comes to you
at sea, you cannot go and talk TO q
friend I'm the next street about it:
you must meet 1t there and then, for
there Is no room on board ship for
indecisions. Squalls. tempeSts, the
public enemy, are just the same for
the steamship as for the sauare-rigger
or the sharprnosad schooner: they are
to be conquered. and immediately.
The merchant marine of the English
speaking peoples has never been false
to its training and tradition; and
whether 1t be Fryatt that plays the
hero and makes no fuss about IL. or
kinner that takes his ship through
Nelson strait and out past the Isle OF
nes0lation, while the pursuing Ger
man prudentiy stays behind and sends
wireless dispatches Of his success, the
breed Is always the same. The breed
Is always the same and always Will
be, Ii Ii be given ships and water;
the danger II will attend to itself. and
the heroisms 1t will just keep quiet
about, but If Britain can give 1t ships.
America can do the same. "Treat em
rough" They thrive upon it, but
heat them square, ,"-Christian Science
Monitor,
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-07-29
eaaed Grizzlies.

Experience in many zoos has shown
TINT subjecting Gagged grtzsiiss tn CLOSE
contact with people Is usually cruelty
to the animals. Often they become
cross. and number Of crowd-worried
grizzlies have died prfmaturely from,
resultant apoplexy. Modern 400 bear
pens are constructed SO that the bsar
is beyond tile wiles Of vislt0rs-s0 that
he can have much privacy--One Of the
needs OF any grizzly, Perhaps we too
often think of the bulky grizaly as be
ing coarse and rude. Esis he Is an AMI
NAL Of the highest type. sensitive, In.
dependent and retiring. The 1erma'
bear Is good tempered apd cheerful.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-07-29
NOTICE.

State of South Dakota, County
Of Haakon, In County Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of
Joseph Neville, Deceased.
1t appearing to this court from
the petition of j. E.. Kurka the
administrator of the estate of
Joseph Neville, deceased; that it is
necessary and that it would be for
the advantage, benefit and best In
terests of the estate and those in
terested therein, to sell the whole
of the live stock in the said estate
for the purpose of raising funds
to pay outstanding Indebtedness
and costs Of administration and
for the reason that the said live
stock is an expence to the estate
and not the source Of any income
thereto;
Therefore notice is hereby given
to all persons interested in the
said estate to appear before this
court on the 7th day of August,
1920 at 10 o'clock A. NJ, at the
office of the County Judge in the
City of Philip, Haakon County.
South Dakota, and then and there
show cause why said petition
should not be granted and an or
der made authorizing such sale.
Dated at Philip, South Dakota
the 24th day Of July, 1920.
BY the Court:
o. X. WHITNEY.
County Judge.
Attest:
"A. s. ANDERSON. Clerk
July - Aug S
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-07-29
Notice for Bids.

Notice is hereby given that bids
will be received by the clerk of
Grandview School District No. IA
Jackson county South Dakota, for
furnishing eight tons Of soft coal
the same to be delivered at the
East School House Of said Ills
trict. Bids must specify kind Of
coal and be in the hands Of the
clerk on or before August Goth,
1890
Esther B. Williams. Clerk. P.O.
Cottonwood, s. d. 81 3t
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-07-29

1t LIOst@ IN III fIOtt5E- III phl vi
Sailed Almonds at the Canteen.
r. E. Flynn Of the law firm OF
Sieh, Flynn & Maloney Of Aber-
deem, is in town today attending
to legal matters.
Peter Baadte, Mr. and Mrs. Bcr-
nard ODonnell and Mr.. Sweeney
all of Sheldon, lows, We're here the
fore part of the week looking over
Haakon county ami.
Mrs. N. P. Nelson Of Harlan,
has been spending the past week
with her brother, j. c.. Nelson of
this city.
Wanted: Contract to put up
hay for cash. Let me know how
much you are willing to pay per
ton and how much you want put
up. Melvin ID. Anderson, Miles
vile, S. d. 36 2t D
Miss Helen Nelson entertained
at a sunrise breakfast on Thurs
day morning of last week, the
guests being Mrs. r. A. Bielski
and her Sunday School class.
Found: On streets of Philip, a
black pocketbook, containing sew
eral dollars In silver. Owner can
secure property by proving owner
ship. Inquire at Pioneer-Reyiew
office. 81 1t
For Sale: Invincible Steel Range
good as new. Boyd's Barber Shop.
36 tt
w. r. Burkholder, well-known
resident of Interior, died at his
home on Monday July 10Th, follow
ing an illness dating over several
months. Mr.. Burkholder has been
resident of South Dakota for
many years, and resided in the
vicinity Of Sioux Falls before com
ing wesb of the river about thir-
teen years ago. He was engaged
in business at Presho for some
time before coming to fnteior.
Rev, and Mrs. H. s. Bly, of Col
ton, South Dakota were arrivals
this morning. Rev. Bly, is the new
minister for the Norwegian Luth-
eran church and will preach his
opening sermon or next Sunday
evening at 500 o'clock. The I'M
stallation will be made by Presi-
dent Boe, of Sioux Falls, and all
services will be in,English.
Sevices will be held at the M. <.
Church both morning and evening
next Sunday, Everybody come. Rev
d. H. Case Of Rapid City will
preach. Morning services at 1890
followed by Sunday School. Even
ing services at s p, m. Everyone
welcome.
For Sale: One Vieiie Trailer, one
young work team. Phone or in
quire of X. K. Olson, Milesville,
S. D. 36 TT
j. f. Kumuyer of Ashton. Ia,
is here this week visiting at the
Lamm home.
Insure your crops -Bielski Farm
Loan Company. 81 If
Mrs. Clarence Shannon of Cot
tonwood was a visitor here We'd
oesday.
For Rent: Several good quarters
of hay land. L. G. Keck, Philip,
S. d. SO St p
Lars Oswald of Ashcreek, who
has spent several months in the
vicinity Of Elmo, Minnesota, arriy-
ed Wednesday morning.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-07-29
Flood or Paper Money.

The year 1920 faces world flooded
with paper money. The paper cur
rency Of thirty principal countries OF
the world at the beginning nf the war
aggregated little over 37.O00. QUO 600 |:
at the end Of the war, In 1913. Il was
$4,000. .O0O. 900, and In December. 1919.
II sotaled s5l COX, ,OOD. .O00, these figures
being IN round terms and exclusive of
rhe currency issue of the bolshevik
government. which alone are esti.
mated at $4,000 OOO. .000. Boston Post.