The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-04-29

CHdrIeSlon.-MrS. Eleanor Hester
Dye, aged Is, the young wife of Thos.
w. Dye, Jr., Of Charleston street, died
at her home as the result of Il mis-
taken drink of wood alcohol.
Fairmont.-Orpha Wirk. a 1j-year-
old school girl, has been declared the
champion speller of Marion county.
She won first hOnors i'm an old-fash,on-
ed spelling bee over fifteen opponents
The prize was so in gold.
MISUNDERSTANDING club women
have extended an invitation TO the Fed
Grated Clubs of the District of West
Virginia TO hold their annual conven-
tion here this spring. The meeting
Will be held during the month of April.
Charleston. - Dwain Kuhn, eight
year-Old son of J. L. Kuhn. of Kama
wha City, three miles from Charleston,
was drowned in the Kanawha river
by falling out of a boat in which he
was playing with another boy of his
age.
uate of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, who is in the employ
of the United States Public Health
Service, has been engaged as assistant
chief engineer for the state health
department.
Middlebourne.-At Kidwell. Tyler
county, John w. Eddy, while driving
Ford tractor in the country road work,
was instantly killed when The tractor
upset. He is a farmer of KidwelI,
about 80 years of age and leaves d
wife and several children.
FairmOnt.-H. c. Toothman. county
superintendent of schools, has urged
school boards to take immediate ac-
tion and secure sufficient teachers for
next year. Mr.. Toothman told the
board members they should raise
teachers wages under the present
school levy, if possible.
Charleston.-The state tax commits
sioner has received a check i'm the
sum of $13,21S.96 in payment of inner
In West Virginia corporations valued
at S536,135, held by the estate of
Mary Whitaker, late of Baltimore. The
stock was in the Whitaker Gleasner
Co. and the Whitaker Iron Works, both
of Wheeling.
CharlestOn.-Many new coal opera
tions will be started in Southern West
Virginia during the summer, according
TO the charters which have been is
sued from the secretarys office. The
coal business in this section of tho
state has been progressing to a great
extent during the past few months and
will continue to do so even under the
conditions that now exist with great
er wage being paid to the men who
work in the mines.
Charleston. - Internal Revenue
Agent G. G. Holt, in charge of the
West Virginia district, has been trans
ferred to Little Rock, Ark, TO take
charge Of the Arkansas Oklahoma dis
trict Mr.. Holt has had his headquar-
ters at Huntington since February !,
1919. He began work in the internal
revenue service in the Oklahoma dis
trict five years ago. His place here
will be filed by ". T. Baxter, now i'm
charge OF the Office at Milwaukee, Wis.
Mt Hope.-Fire Of unknown origin
did more than 100000 damage at Mt.
Hope when one whole business block
was wiped out with the exception IF
the postoffice The blaze, It has been
learned, started in the Waldo Elec-
trical Supply store, destroying this
building, the LindeamoOd undertakii q
establishment, the residence OF T. II.
Gray, coal operator, and the parson-
age Of the Christian church. The Wal
do residence was connected with the
store and it was also burned.
Charleston.--A big surprise was I'm
store for County superintendent
George w. jenkins, of Kanawha coun-
ty, when he conducted the second Of
the uniform teachers examinations
lie expected about sixty or sixty-fvc
To apply for the tests, and was more
than surprised when the registration
ran up TO eighty, and ON the morning
of the first day it finally mounted to
1l5, much larger than for 1919. Re.
ports from other sections of the state
are much the same and the outlook
for sufficient supply Of teachers is
better than il has been for several
years.
CharlestOn.-The state Department
OF Agriculture has ruled that cedar
trees in the northern section OF West
Virginia must be destroyed The de
parunent found that cedar rust is de
structive TO fruit trees, and, therefore.
dry cedar found within a radius OF one
mile of an orchard will be killed by
agents Of the department. Special
attention Will De devoted to the north
ern section, wherein lies the orchard
belt Morris Scanlon, Of the south
branch of the Potomac district in
spector Of orchards, will have charge
Of this cedar killing work.