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

Charleston.-There is a large bloom
of the fruit trees generally in the
state of West Virginia. Agricultural
Commissioner James H. Stewart said,
and apparently there will he good
crop unless injured by cold weather
later. The winter seems 10 have been
favorable to the fruit crop.
Huntington.-Enorts made by tbs
Chamber of Commerce to have an
office of the chief clerk of the railway
mail service established in Hunting
ton have failed. Secretary Mathews
received letter from Otto Praeger,
second assistant postmaster general,
stating the request had been denied.
Charleston.-Soy Pyles, of Porters
Hollow, was arrested by Officers ]. w.
Fisher and Fred blessing. on a charge
of carrying firearms without state
license. He waived examination.
when arraigned before Police Judge
Wertz, and was bound to the grand
jury under $500, with IL. H. Reveal as
his surety.
ParkerSburg.-A wind storm of cv-
clonic proportions struck this CITY and
during the hour and Il half ii RACED
did damage estimated at several thou
sand dollars. Houses were unroofed
and scores Of plate glass windows in
the business district were blown in,
trees were unroOteG and wires and
poles were torn down.
Charleston. - Order was entered
here by Judge Peter Prtchard in the
federal district court overruling the
demurrers interposed to the several
counts of the indictment returned sew
eral days ago by the grand jury, charg-
ing the Diamond Shoe and Garment
Company of Charleston with violat-
ing the Lever act in profteering.
HuntingtOn.-Fire totally DESTROYED
the West Virginia Colored Orphans
Home located on the banks of the
Guyandotte river, a short distance
above Huntington. All OF the thirty
eight children in the institution were
rescued, though not until Isaac NJ. Car
per, superintendent, had rsked his life
in an effort to bring them TO safety.
Huntington.-The director general
of railroads is made the defendant i'm
three damage suits. Virginia Slower,
administrators of the estate of Marcus
Stover, seeks to recover $4,000. E.
Il. Young, administrator of the estate
of James Norris, asks $4,000. *. f..
l.. Washington, administrator of es-
tate of Joseph Sefro, brings suit for
$4,000.
Superintendent NJ. p.
Shawkey, Of the State Department Of
Schools, Will head the committee 10
select the prize thrift posters submit
ted by the school children of the
state. Six cash prizes are offered in
West Virginia by the district War
Loan organization, and, in addition,
the boys and girls here have a chance
to win the two district grand prizes.
Morgantown.-West Virginia Uni
versity's cadet corps has been recon-
mended by Major General Leonard
Wood, commanding the central DEPART
ment of the U. s. Army, for inspection
by board Of officers of the general
staff for one Of the distinguished col
leges in the United States. This an
nouncement was made by Captain
Harlan II. Mumma, commandant of
the University corps.
Huntington.-The charred bodies of
16-year-old boy and two infants,
burned fatally when fire DESTROYED two
residences on the south bank OF the
Ohio river one mile east of here were
taken from the debris. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lafe Larson, parents of the babes,
were burned severely in attempting TO
reach the victims. They are patients
In the Huntington General Hospital.
The father is not expected to recover
Wheeling.-One of the largest deeds
both In size and the amount of money
involved was left for record I'm the
county clerks office, being a transfer
Of large number of acres of coal land
near Elm Grove from the Bemar Coal
Company to the Glendale Gas Com
pany. The sale price was 100000,
while the transfer covers several nun
dred closely typewriter pages. The
instrument carries 500 in revenue
stamps.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. progress in
the campaign Of the attendance de-
partment of the public school system
to enforce the compulsory attendance
law was made when pleas Of guilty
were taken before Magistrate Tramp