The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-02-12
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on.-Inheritauce taxes i'm
the sum of SIlG.45 were collected bv
the state tax commissioner from the
estate of John Thiel, late Of Marshall
county, ana $2S4 from the estate of
Y. y. Jones, of Tyler county.
WheelinC.-IudSe Robinson refused
to sustain demurrer mterpoSed hy
attorneys for George L. Morris ndict-
ed here in connection with the failure
of the Home EuildcrS Union and the
case was set for trial January 2S in
ohio county criminal court.
Observation-Disclosures fatal and
2,OO9 non-fItal injuries Ia workmen i'm
West NirIinM industries were report
ed in December To the compensation
department. - of the fatalities occur
red in coa| mining districts. The larg-
est number of non-f;ual injuries oc-
CURED in metal working industries.
the total being T72
ClarkShurg.-Federdl agents swooI.-
ed down upon colu,terreirio,, don in
the Glen elk section of The citv. mr.
rested two men who were jaileG and
contiscated a complete CounterfcitIng
outfit, which had been turning out spu-
rious 50 and 81 hills The identity of
the prisoners iS unlnuwn and they re-.
fused 10 give their names.
Charleston.-A lille oirI II veors
old. who has been at The Davis Child
Shelter for sometime. WAS adIpred bv
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank II Tyrre. of Hum
lax collector. He visited the shelter
and was attracted by the littIe Girl
lie returned with Mrs Tvr,c and rh.v
decided to take the child 10 their homo
in Huntingdon
Martinsburg. West VIRGINIA
State Horticultural Society. upou
opening its twenty-sevcnth annual
meeting here, went on record as fa-
es and other fruits grown in this state
at their various points of shipment. rs
means of relieving the growers of
responsibility for the condition of such
fruit when placed on the market
Charleston-An attempt bv the no
lice department to break up the prDc-
toce OF small boys i'm the east end and
other sections of the city of stealing
was inaugurated and resulted i'm the
arrest of Lee Stamper, who raided re
frigerators in Arlington Court and
Maple Terrace, and drew Today iaiI
sentence in Police Court
Charleston.-Dr L. d. Stephenson.
president of the State Board of Con
troll, announced the letting of contracts
for beef or the various state institu-
tions for the first three months of 1920
cents a pound above the contract price
three months ago. The total amount
Of beef purchased was about 10000
pounds, or 10000 pounds a month.
Charleston.-Writ of error and SUI
persedeas were granted by the Su-
preme Court Of Appeals i'm the suit of
Florence Helm versus the NIauufac-
turers' Light ana Heat Company FROM
Brooke county, the defendant heinz tI,..
plaintiff in the Circuit Court because
Of an explosion i'm her home i'm Febru-
airy, 1918, after lighting "a gas stove.
Williamson.-Th powder magazine
of the Randolph mine I'm the suburb
Of Williamsport blew up James Child
ers, the mine foreman, who was near
: the magazine when it exploded. was
killed and another employe was seri-
ously hurt The cause of the explosion
has not been determined and the loss
is said TO be heavy. The explosion
broken.
Chareston.-J W. Anderson. g.. of
Hinton, former member Of the west
Virginia Legislature, representing
Summers county, was Killed by being
thrown from q horse He had been