The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-08-12

were in charge of Rev. A. C. Whit
more, OF the Shadyside NJ f. Church.
lnterment was in the Rose Hill ceme-
terry.
Bluefield.-Earl Wolfe. son of Mr.
and Mrs. w. Wolfe, of Wayne street.
while playing fell over bank and sus-
talned broken arm. Drs. Scott and
thompson were summoned and found
that both bones in the right arm had
been broken. He is reported as get
ting along nicely at this time.
Huntington.-Cecil Waddell of Rock
camp near Ironton, was killed in
stantly near his home when a team he
was driving frightened at an automo-
bile. Waddell's neck was l. n.
Waddell, who was forty years olu. ,,us
unmarried. He lives with his mother
Mrs. Frank Waddell, on a large farm
III Lawrence county.
Wheeling.-William Hilson and an
other business man of Pittsburg had q
narrow escape from death or serious
injuries when the automobile owned
ana driven by the former skidded in
the National road near the Elm Grove
bridge, tearing down large telegraph
pole, part of a stone wall and badly
smashing the automobile.
Huntington.-Howard Boggs. %. a
bell boy at the Huntington hotel, was
arrested and charged with being the
negro who drove an ice pick through
the neck of Arthur Gibson, driver for
the Union Transfer Company, during
an argument over payment of taxi
cab BILL Boggs was arrested at his
home at 615 Second avenue.
Charleston.-Writ of error and SUI
persedeas were granted by the SUI
preme court of appeals in the suit OF
Mary L. Jones versus Simon Hebdo,
petitioner, the plaintiff being awarded
S2,T2o of $4,000 suit by a jury in
the Wood county circuit court he.
cause of alleged illegal arrest and i'm
prlsonment brought about by the de-
fenddnt.
ical Association is preparing a bill to
be presented to the Legislature provid-
ing for the proper taking and keeping
of vital statistics. 1t is proposed to
get the cooperation of all the civic
bodies, health leagues, chambers of
commerce and the like to back the
movement, and aid in having the new
law passed.
Charleston.-W. u. Lee has been ap-
pointed mine inspector of the eigh-
teenth district with headquarters at
Jaeger. Mcdowell county, according to
announcement made by r. NJ. LAME.
chief of the state department of mines.
Mr.. Lee succeeds NJ. e. Quenon, trans
ferred to the twelfth district with
headquarters at Thurmond, Fayette
county, the latter succeeding Edward
Nicholson, resigned.
Charleston.-O. Emerson Campo.
city gardener connected with the coun-
ty agricultural department, reports
that the school gardens of the city,
worked during vacation time by stu
dents who are interested, are more
productive and in better condition gen
orally this year than ever before. The
products of the gardens are canned by
the community kitchen which will
open in Charleston this month.
Charleston.-A conference of mem
bers Of the advisory committee of the
Kanawha Farm Bureau was held at
farm bureau headquarters I'm the court
house for the purpose OF securing an
unloading and storage place for lime.
location will be obtained on the line
of one of the railroads in Charleston.
Kanawha county farmers are prepar-
ing for more extensive use Of lime for
fertilizing purposes on their lands.
Huntington.-Nin hundred appli-
cants for positions as teachers I'm
the Huntington schools have been re-
ceived by the board Of education. II
was stated at the offices Of Superin-
tendent G. l.. Wright. Applications
have been received from every state in
the Union, from Canada, France and
Switzerland. Many foreign born men
and women have asked for appoint
ments to the foreign language depart
ments.
Charleston.-'rhe jury I'm common
pleas court that tried the case Of Geo.
w. Salyers against Miss Edna Martin.
contesting the will of the late A. w.
Salyers, returned a verdict for the de-
fendant. The will bequeathed to the
defendant $4,000 and a diamond ring.
A brother contested the will on the al
legation that Salyers was incapacitated
for making a will at the time the doc
ument was drawn on account OF his Sc
riOus illness.
MOrgantOwn.- The fOrtieth county
has now come into the fold OF the
West Virginia Farm Bureau Fedora
tiOn. The Cabell county, Putnam coun-
ty and Wetzel county farm bureaus
were among the latest to Join the fed
GRAFTON. OF the remaining fifteen
counties, twelve do not have active
farm bureaus and do not have the as
slstance OF county agents. The Put.
nam county farm bureau elected Of
ficers as follows A. a. Cochran, Red