The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-11-11

school work, was made by Louis F.
Black, of ParkerSburg. state superin-
tendent of Sunday-School missions in
the state, at the initial session OF the
annual convention OF the Synod OF
West Virginia of the Presbyterian
church
Wheelng.-While at work in local
manufacturing concerns plant. John
BeiSwinger aged II years. had his
finger 50 badly burned that it had
TO be amputatcd at the North Wheeling
hospital. Last reports state that he
was resting rs good as could be ex-
pected, and that he would leave the
hospital in Il few days The attending
physician is Or. Phillips
Morgantown.-One hundred and five
goods from all parts of the state are
now living at the woman'S dormitory
on the university grounds. according
To statement by Miss Susan Max
well. dean of women at the university.
Besides this. 10 young women are also
housed in the annex i'm Wiley street.
This is Quitc,an increase over the num-
+
Morgautown.-Is the street on pri-
vate property or is the property en-
crOaching on the street? This is the
question troubling Councilmen in con-
nection with complaints from the resi-
dents of Jones street. Ii is understood
that there should be 40 foot street at
this point, but instead there is hardly
room for wagon to get through and
the telephone poles are in the middle
of the street
CharlcSton.-Kecp away from the
Upper ELK district is the warning is
sued by City Health Commissioner r..
n. Ireland. Tier is quite an extensive
section along Elk river outside the vir-
ulent outbreak of dphtheria in the cor
poration limits and several deaths
have resulted, the physicians reports.
There have been several severe cases
Of diphrheria i'm the city, but no deaths
have resulted so far
Fairmont.-H Howard w. Showalter. a
banker of Fairmont who was SEN
fenced TO serve five years in the fed
eral prison in 1917 for misapplication
of national bank funds was prantad n
pardon by President Wilson, it became
known here. He had been on bond
since his conviction, pending decision
as to appeal, and was to have been
surrendered to the court to begin his
sentence in few days.
Berea.-Eerea College, Berea, KY,
the largest educational institution in
Kentucky, inaugurated William ].
Hutchins as president at meeting OF
trustees faculty, students. alumni and
friends of the institution. Following
the inauguration the students present
ed a Pageant Of the Mountains"
which WAS "a great event in the history
IereSt throughout the state.
Elkins-At meetings held here at
Montrose, each of which was well at
tended. the question of marketing the
1920 potatoes was thoroughly discuss
cd. It was decided at each of the
meetings that the potatoes would be
pooled and that the county would be
taken as unit This is considered
fair to ull on the grounds that each
Will receive the same price. which VIII
be the average or alI potatoes sold
Huntington Beatrice Kirkenbaul,
7-year-old schoolgirl Of Cercdo, was
struck and injured seriously by an au-
tomobile driven by an unidentified one
armed man, Immediately after school
closing. According to police reports
received here the driver was speeding
when the accident occurred He stop
ped, hut on seeing the bleeding child
lying in the street, it is claimed re-
marked "This is no place for me" He
then jumped into his car and fled. DO
lice say.
Morgantown-A Boy Scouts notbsr
here is Indignant because the scout
master seems to be neplec,ing bis bus5-
gantown New Dominion lp which She
insisted the BOYS were having too nsnV