The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1920-04-01

Observation-Disclosures and punils OF
the Rigley Avenue School co-operated
In securing funds for the Near East
Keller and as result of their cam
paiSn have raised sum of Sl2O as
their part in the work. The spirit dis
played 10y the donors was harmonious
and sympathetic. and the amount Sc
cured is cause of rejoicing to all
concerned.
Fairmont - Becoming despondent
over III health and his inability lo
work, Edward l. Guhart. aged %
years, for many years an engineer i'm
the service of the Baltimore x Ohio
Railroad Company. shot himself
through the temple. dying few hours
iater. lie leaves a widow and three
daughters. He was a native of Berke-
ley Springs, w. VA.
Wheeling.-Whlle sitting at his
schoolroom desk. Edward Kurth. aged
- years, teacher at the high school.
six miles northeast of BelIaire. was
buried beneath pile of bricks ana
t,mbelS and seriously injured when n
WindStorm blew down an entire end
OF the school building. Except for the
teacher, tile Schoolroom was vacant at
The time of the accident.
CharleSton.-The Mcdowell County
Mining Institute has been organized
at Welch with 81 members. The or
ganiZation was under the auspices OF
the local mine inspectors, Messrs Nc
Lindin and McQuinnin and the meet
ing was addressed by Mr.. Cameron.
Of Huntington, president of the West
Virginia State Mining Institute. and
Mr.. Vaughan, of the State Mine De-
partment.
Charleston.-Herman Billups was
painfully, though not seriously. burned
when the gasoline i'm several vessels
which he was filling from a 5O-gnllon
drum IN some way ignited, causing n
small, but dangerous, blaze I'm the
plant of the Nuway Dry Cleaning Co.
Clendcnih street Only the courageous
efforts of the firemen from Central sta
tion prevented a serious explosion. il
is believed.
Clnrksburg.-Dora Margaret, seven
Near-old daughter of Fred Combs, an
electrician, employed at the local plant
of the Owens Bottle Company. was
burned to death and her mother. sis
ters and brothers had narrow escapes
from like fate when their home at
Hendricks, near Elkins, was DESTROY
ed by fire. Mr.. Combs was at work
here at the time. \ defective chimney
caused the fire.
Iluntn"ton.-Judge Mathews, of the
Court of Common Pleas, awarded c. O.
Reynolds judgment for S213 30
against NJ. T. Borders 1t was alleged
the formers automobile was damaged
when machine operated by Borders
crashed into IT, Borders was not i'm
court. The case was brought to the
Court of Common Pleas on an appeal
from decision entered in a Justice OF
the peace court.
Huntington.-A section Of an alarm
clock was used as a saw by two iuve-
nile prisoners in the city jail to effect
an escape, 1t was discovered by Jailer
Hansher. One bar was sawed and
Others benttO widen the aperture. One
lad was an escaped prisoner from
PruntytOwn and the other was fed
eral prisoner charged with passing
counterfeit money. Few prisoners
have ever escaped from the city jail.
Wheeling.-Charles McConnaughy.
of East Wheeling, said to be one Of the
walking delegates Of the teamsters'
and chaureurs' strike, was arrested
by the police on charge of assault
ing Geo Fox, a driver for the w. J.
Sands Express Company According
to the police, the alleged assault oc-
Cured on Market street, near Fif-
teenth street IT is reported that Fox
had refused TO join the union and an
alteration arose between him and Nc
COnnaughy
Charleston.-Mr W. D. Sell has ac-
cepted the position OF state chairman
10 organize the women Of West Vir-
enia into units TO work against th,,
high cost of living Mrs. Sells ap-
pOintmcnt comes from Washington and
is made through the Department of
Justice, which has inaugurated fbe
war on high prices. Mrs. Sell frsr
started the AGITATION locally against
tIe l-h ,. or living through the
South Side civic Club and The Woui-