The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-05-13

WIS IOunu IN street on the north
side. He had been killed with a club.
Fairmont.-Dr a. c. Powell, OF
French Creek, was elected moderator
mt the opening meeting of the Grafton
Presbytery in session here. Rev. G..
w. Guthrie, of Fairmont, was elected
secretary. The retiring moderator. DR..
Charles L. Bishop, of Morgantown,
gave the sermon.
Charleston.-Two men, John Craw
ford, known as Raleigh BID" Craw,
ford, and George Pete, were killed in
fight between whites and colOred
men ut the mining town of Raleigh,
Raleigh county. Moonshine whisky is
said to be the cause of the conflict
between the races.
Notwithstanding n hacksaw
from a steel rib from a soldiers uni.
form leggin, Clyde Turley, Charles
Lambert and Samuel Collins, prisoners
at the Cabell county Jail, sawed their
way through bars of their cell and es.
capped. The men were being held
awaiting trial on charges of robbery.
Falrmont.-WeSton was chosen as
the next place of meeting by the Graf.
ton PreSbytery, which closed its an.
nual session here. Rev. ]. V. Koontz.
of Warrington, was elected commits.
sioner TO the general assembly to be
held in Philadelphia, and Rev. Louis
T.. Black, of ParkerSburg, alternate.
Clarksburg.-Fo an autopsy.
Dr. b. f. Matheny, county coroner, pro.
nounced the death of ]. c. Graces, 43
a coal miner employed at the Willard
mine near ShinnstOn, due to hai1
tonic, which he drank for a beverage
at baseball game here a few days
ago. His relatives can not be located
Bluefield.-Steve Whit, 45, of viii.
lowton Bridge, Va, was killed instantly
when he jumped one hundred and fif.
teen feet from the Trace Fork viaduct
on the Norfolk and Western railroad
near Berwind, w. Va. Whit was
caught on the viaduct by freight
crushed.
HuntingtOn.-H. J. Spelman, division
engineer of the state highway depart.
ment, left here for Mcdowell county
where he will investigate a bond issue
1t is proposed to float there to con.
struct a hard road from Coalwood TO.
ward Tazewell Court House 1t is es
timated 100000 will be required foi
the work.
observation-disclosures rents may
seem high, dwelling owners are not re
ceiving fair return on the amount
of money invested" is the statement
made by real estate dealers i'm this
city. Although the price of lumber Is
high, they declare that the great cosl
of labor is the cause of the high price
of completed house.
Parkersburg.-T three little
daughters of DR.. and Mrs. f. Z. Deem
were injured when they were strucl
by an automobile being driven by Mrs
). IL. ID. Wise, at the corner of Avery
and Thirteenth streets. Mrs. Wise
who was trying to avoid a street car
ran into the little girls, the machine
passing over two of them.
Characterization was started ir
Kanawha Circuit Court by the Rollir
Chemical Corporation against Hugh
Rollin for the recovery of SGOOOC
claimed due the corporation from him
The defendant was an official of TN.
company until a change i'm manage
inent took place a few months ago
This case a proceeding in assumpsii
on an alleged debt.
Clarksburg. persons beside,
the twenty-eight enrolled already an
peared at the police Headquarters anC
asked for narcotic treatment. One Of
these persons was a woman aged Il
years, another a man aged a. The
majority OF the addicts whom loca
physicians, druggists and federal Off
cials have combined To- give treatment
are 30 years of age or younger.
NUM- liH-iDIl.- ObJcCIlOu TO the nav
ment OF fees to magistrates for swear
Ing witnesses lead the county court +,
withhold action ON the quarterly re
ports of Magistrates Sam Wright auc
j. w. Frampton which had been pra
scnicd to the court The ms6 isfr9to,
contend they are allowed ten cents for
each witness sworn at trials u thef,
courts. The amount involved is mo-.
great but the justices declare they will
insist ON favorable action because oj
the principle involved.
Parkersburg. g.-Thc First Nafiona
Bank Of Sour Lake, in the heart of tbe
Louisiana oil field, is odRccred by for
mer Parkersburgers who have been fin
the oil business i'm that section foI
some years. The president of the con.
cern is w. T.. Lee, former resident
of Murphytown, who with his brother
Thomas Ice, left here for the Som
Lake ield about fifteen years ago and
the latter is now one OF the greatesi
producers IN Louisiana and Texas. NJ
r.. Couley is cashier, and Thoma,
Rothwell Is director, both Irwin,
Ceen residents Of this county.