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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12
West Virginia
NeUs Cuttings
An epitome of most important
eUents tTdnSpiring in the state

Clarksburg.-The Grafton Presby-
terry held a three-day session here.
Clarkshurg-Mr Mary I. Stone. y !
years of age, died ut her home here.
tersville.-Gradinc started on the |
new city park was donated the city by
citizens.
Sistcrsvillc.-The KiwaniS Club viii
hack the playground movement launch
ed here.
Pt. Pleasantly -Ninety-seven take
teachers examinations for schools in
Mason county.
Paden City.-Bernard Iehew had
narrow escape when a gun he was
cleaning, discharged
Thurmond.-R. F. Tyree Iineman for
the c. & o. here, was struck and kill
ed by a passenger engine here.
Parkersburg.-Pic have been
made of the internal revenue force.
including Collector S. a. Hays.
Grafton.-Benjamin Rowland and
James Nester were burned in Il fire
here that destroyed two automobiles.
Nitro.-John Balleulol, Belgian, is
arrested on the charge OF taking ten
copper coils from confscated stills.
Clarksburg-Discovery of $50 coun-
terfeit nOtes leads officials to believe
that there is counterfeiting den here.
CiarkSburg-T sixteenth annual
convention of the West Virginia Dental
Society will be held in this city next
year
Nitro.-A. A. Gold, state horticul-
turist, is planting shade trees in the
towns campaign to beautfy the
streets.
Fairmont.-Contract for the new
East Side high school building has
been awarded to John NJ Kisner K
Company.
Hinton.-After falling backwards
down into ravine below a road here.
Mrs William NJ. Meredith succumbed
10 the injuries
TT. Pleasant-F. c. MuSgrave is the
republican nominee for mayor Of 1T.
Pleasant in the election to be held
mere May 81.
Grafton.-Thomas BarnouSe, known
a. the zone man band" Will tour the
state advertising a soft drink He viii
give daily concerts.
Ceredo-An invaluable collection OF
antique furniture was burned when the
residence OF W. a. RamsGeu was par
tally destroyed by fire.
Woodsdale.-Rapid progress is being
made on the street construction work
here. The cost Of thc work will amount
70 approximately 100000
Fairmont-C. SatterfeId. wanted
here for the alleged slashing Of Ed
ward Jones at the Dukota mines has
been arrested at Verona, Pa
Morgantown.-J l.. Coulter. com.
mander Cf the Monongalia post of tb.
American Legion, has been appointed
AmerGanization officer for West vir-
gina.
Moreahtown.-Twenty-f,e f,e gallons of
milk are required TO supply the de-
mands Of the children of uhc schools
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Thncker.-Tug river has given up
the body OF Thomas T. Sydnor, nine
years Of age. who was drowned here
when playing IN a small boat.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Morgantown.-The Sunday-scnOol of
the First Methodist Episcopal church
OF Morsantown voted down a resOIu-
ton endorsing an order of the local
board Of education forbidding teachers
to dance during the school year. Sew
cral minutes of heated argument and
debate preceded the vote on the reso-
luton, - voting in favor OF 1t and u
yJtnS against it.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Morrant6wn. - The Morcantown
high school teachers association flat
ly condemn the recent action of the
school board which put a ban on
teachers dancing.
Clarkshurg. Standardization of
school girls dresses is advocated bv
Prof. G. W. Colebank in a recent ad-
dress here. He says the present dress
fashions are naughty
Letart.-John Boston was seriously
injured and three other men working
with him seriously injured when scat
fold collapsed on the Il. * o. bridge
over Old Town Creek.
PC. Pleanant-H II. Broadwater. 81.
arrived in TT. Pleasant from Baltimore.
in the custody of Deputy Sheriff Har-
ry Lewis Broadwater is charged with
fake oil stock proposition.
Observation-Disclosures + Roberts,
principal of the Charleston high school
Virginia Secondary Schoo! Principals
Association at the closing session of
the annual meeting of the organization
here. c. l.. Broadwater, OF Middle
bourne, was elected Secretary-treasurer
of the association.
MorGantown. - The Morgantown
High School Teachers Association is
sued lengthy appeal to the public and
the press, expressing its position on a
recent order of the Board OF Education
prohibiting dancing by the teachers
and condemning the action of the
board in refusing TO consider a peti-
ton OF the teachers for a modification
Of the order.
observation-disclosures Judge Nor
ris ruled that the jury convicting w.
IL. Griffith Of the murder of Henry
Lewis at the state prison had no right
to designate that Griffith was to spend
five months out of the year in solitary
confinement, the convict will be forced
to spend that much if not more time
in an Isolated cell according TO
prison authorities
MorgantOwn-Th Sunday school of
the First Methodist Episcopal church
Of AIorgautOwn voted down a resolu-
tion endorsing an order of the local
board Of education forbidding teachers
TO dance during the school year. Sev-
cral minutes of heated argument and
debate preceded the vote On the reso-
luton. - voting in favor OF it and %
voting against it.
Biuefeld.-The 1S-mHe extension Of
the Norfolk * Western railway from
Lenore up Pigeon Creek, in NIinga
County Will be completed by MAY H.
Ih!s means the tapping Of one of the
best coal fields in Southern West Vir-
gina. The extension is costing The
railroad company Approximately So
"p,pOp, but when the work is com
pIeted there Will be an outlet to mil
lions Of bushels of coal
Martiushu~g Samuel V. Fiery. aged
3d. former private secretary OF Newton
-. Baker, secretary of War during the
wilson admins ration, shot himself
at his home mere, dying from tho
wound an hour later. Mr. Fiery.
retired merchant and formerly phy-
sic.an, has suffered from meIanchol.1
since 1913, when he overtaxed his
strength during he influenza epidemic
according to physicians He is sur
viNed by his SCH, BENJAMIN r Fiery
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Moundsville.-Although Judge Nor
riS ruled that the jury convicting w.
II. Griffith of the murder of Henry
Lewis at the state prison had no right
to designate that Griffith was to spend
1--WE months out of the year in solitary
confinement the convict will be forced
to spend that much if not more time
in an Isolated cell according to
prison authorities.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

wellsburc- William Wiley. robbed
three times I'm a few weeks, believes
he will have to quit the grocery busi-
ness to escape the attention OF bur
glars.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Biuefeld.-The 1S-mile extension OF
the Norfolk * Western railway from
Len"re up Pigeon Creek, in Mingo
County Will be completed by May -.
Ih's means the tapping of one of the
best coal fields in Southern West Vir-
gina. The extension is costing the
railroad company Approximately So
oopooo, but when the work is com
pleted there Will be an outlet to mil
lions Of bushels of coal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Martinshurg Samuel V. Fiery. aged
%, former private secretary OF Newton
-. Baker, secretary of War during the
Wilson admins ration, shot himself
at his home mere, dying from the
wound an hour later Mr.. Fiery. a
retired merchant and formerly ply
Sic.an, has suffered from melancholia
since 1918, when he overtaxed his
strength during he influenza epidemic.
according to physicians. He IS sur
v''ed by his SGD, benjamin Fiery.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Huntington. An invitation will be
extended the members of the Chambe,.
of Commerce of South America 10 visit
Huntington, when they visit the United
States.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Paden City.-Bernard Lehew had a
narrow escape when a gun he was
cleaning, discharged
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Thurmond.-R. F. Tyree. lineman for
the c. & o. here, was struck and kill
ed by a passenger engine here
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Nitro.-A. A. Cold. state horticul-
turist, is planting shade trees in the
towns campaign to beauufy the
streets.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Ciarksburg.-The sixteenth annual
convention of the West Virginia Dental
Society will be held in this city next
year.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Fairmont-Contract for the new
East Side high school building has
"een awarded to John NJ Kisner &
Company.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

PIT Pleasant.-N -Ninety-scven take
teachers examinations for schools in
Mason county.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

MorCantOwn. - The Morgantown
High School Teachers Association is
sued lengthy appeal to the public and
the press, expressing its position on Il
recent order of the Board OF Education
prohibiting dancing by the teachers
and condemning the action of the
board in refusing to consider a peti-
ton Of the teachers for a modification
Of the order.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Hinton.-After falling backwards
down into a ravine below a road here,
Mrs William NJ. Meredith succumbed
10 the injuries.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Grafton.-Benjamin Rowland and
lanes Nester were burned in fire
here that destroyed two automobiles.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Nitro.-JOhn Balleulol, Belgian, is
arrested on the charge of taking ten
copper coils from confscated stills.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Parkersburg Pictures have been
made of the internal revenue force,
including Collector 5. a. Hays.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

Clarksburg-Discovery of $40 cOun-
terfeit notes leads officials to believe
that there is a counterfeiting den here.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-05-12

hack the playground movement launch
ed here
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-06

of general taxation for partial street
improvements, and it is practically
impossible to give all the streets per-
manent construction in any one or
two campaigns of street building, or
for a fixed period of construction.
Some of the streets would perforce be
left unimproved. That citizen whose
street is therefore not improved I'M
der such plan would be paying
taxes for the citizen whose street is
improved. The plan is wholly wrong
and indefensible. No such objection
can be offered to the front-foot as
sessment plan.
The bone of real contention, as
The Commercial sees it, lies in the
custom of letting large contracts
and the opportunity afforded to con-
tractors for graft. We oppose
this manner of street construction
for that reason, relying on our own
people to handle these matters. We
believe in systematic campaign of
street work covering a period of
years, but a skilled workman should
first be found, man highly accred-
tied, Endorsed and employed at fixed
annual salary to manage the work,
and then enter the competitive mar
ket for material and reserve a resi-
due for employment of home labor,
thus taking this mode of getting dol
lar for dollar when the work is done.
Captain Fuches was present with
the proposition that a campaign un-
der the direction of the. State Board
of Health and the U. S. Public Health |
Service be put on foot in Union City |
to eliminate the mosquito and eradi- |
cate malaria. This was proposed at
a meeting of the Lions Club and |
committee named to work out ways |
and means. The cost of the campaign |
is $3.50 proposition, Union City to
bear half the cost. The board agreed
that as health and
economic movement it would be very
valuable to our people and voted to
Captain Fuches' offer.
The City Hall matter was further
discussed and deferred for more COM
plete reports.
Mr.. Reynolds offered a motion to
employ counsel for prosecution in the
case of the State versus Clarence
Johnson, which motion failed for
lack of a constitutional majority.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-06
TO THE PUBLIC.

We wish to thank our many GUS
toners in Union City for their orders
last year, and now as spring is here
any one thinking of having a monu-
ment erected will do well to write
us for prices before placing orders.
High-class material and workman
ship at reasonable prices. Can ship
promptly. 5Otf
]. ]. SNYDER, Prop.
Eclipse Marble & Granite Works,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-06
MAYOR AND ALDERMEN
DISCUSS IMPROVEMENTS
Streets, City Hall, Anti-Mosquito
Campaign, CURLING, Etc.

At the meeting of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen, Tuesday night,
a petition with two hundred and fifty
names, more or less, was presented
suggesting the improperly of pro-
eeeding with permanent street i'm
provements on the front-foot assess
ment plan and the issuing of bonds
for these improvements; otherwise
| if such a course be insisted upon to
submit the proposition to a vote of
the citizens of the corporation of I'm
ion City.
Alderman Bransford spoke in favor
of the election, but did not want to
be understood as opposed to the
front-foot assessment plan. t h 9
question of bonding and interest rate
were both gone over. Mr.. Clogs ia
vored proceeding with the street
work, at least to the extent of i'm
proving First street from Washing
ton to Main and from the intersection
east on Main street to the Methodist
Church. So did Mr.. Corum. Mr..
Lovelace and Mr.. Bryan favored also
a conservative policy of street build
ing, with favorable bond conditions.
Mr.. Reynolds was not present until
the matter was disposed of with a
motion to defer the petition for flu
ture action. The Mayor offered some
new light on the subject to the eff
feet that something should be done
for the unemployed labor in Union
City. He stated that conditions were
getting to be distressing, the
matter of charity would confront the
people of Union City long before win
ter, and that a campaign of street
work would largely alleviate these
conditions, at the same time the tax
payers would not be called on un-
til conditions were in all probability
considerably relieved. He believed
that the wisest step would be to be-
gin with limited amount of street
work.
No serious objections were offered
to an election, but the board did not
seem disposed to drop the matter of
street work altogether.
The Commercial wants to suggest,
if it is in order, that the Mayors
point of order is well taken. If bonds
could be sold at par or Whereabouts,
no doubt limited amount of street
work would be advisable under the
conditions. There could be no seri-
GUS objection to an election excepting
the undue delay, but the objection of
petitioners to the front-foot assess
ment plan is undoubtedly not based
on deliberate judgment. However |
we'll any plan may be made for street |
it is hardly possible |
that all the streets in Union City will |
be improved alike, and it is almost |
certain that in no campaign will all
the streets be treated with perma
nent improvements, at least for many
years. Therefore the construction of
street improvements under the plan
If general taxation for all the streets
would be a policy of gross injustice
md discrimination. The frontfoot
plan offers a fairer di-
yision and participation in these i'm
than any other method
hat has ever been devised and the
most satisfactory plan ever yet tried
n street construction
We don't believe any municipal
,oard could survive the pressure of
that would follow the plan
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-06

Greenfield, Mo-; that each one of us
will read portion of Gods word and
pray daily that God will honor the
work OF the Woman's Board.
THE PRESIDENT.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-06
In Loving Memory of My Sister.

Oh! call it not death-it is life be.
For the waters are passed, the home
is soon;
The ransomed spirit has reached the
Where they weep and suffer and sin
no more.
She is safe in her fathers house
In the place prepared by her
Saviour's love.
To depart from a world of sin and
strife
And to be with Jesus-yes this is life
Oh! call it not death-'tis a holy
sleep,
And the precious dust the Lord doth
keep;
She shall wake again-and how
satisfied
With the likeness of Him who for her
died;
AS he arose again-she shall also
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-05-06

rise
From the quiet bed where now she
lies;
Then cheer ye-fond mourners who
sadly weep
For happy> are they who in Jesus.
sleep.
Oh! call it not death-'tis a glorious
Yea, sayeth the spirit for all such are
blest;
They rest from their labors, their
work is done.
The goal is attained, the weary race
The battle is fought-the struggle is
DER,
The crown now replaces the cross
they bore;
The pilgrimage path shall no more
be trod.
"a rest remains to the people of
God"
MRS. MARY OSBORNE DAVIS,
Los Angeles, CAL
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-10-04
BUILDERS OF WALLS
IN THE SOUTH SEAS

The Associated Press correspondent
at Papeete, Tahiti, says: "Who the
people were who erected the massive
walls, Notifications and platforms to
be found on widely separated islands
ell through the South Seas still re-
mains mystery. For the past Is
months representative of the Brit
ish museum has been studying the
massive stone structures on Easter
Island. He is now on his way to
Rapa to investigate the megalithic
remains on the slopes of the noun
tains there. The same race that erect
ed the colossal statues on Easter ISL
and, he believes constructed the Rapa
Notifications. These great builders
were a race of white men of Aryan
stock, according to Professor Machill-
an-Brown of New Zealand, who has
written book in support of his con-
tention. After emigrating across the
steppes of Asia in the Stone Age, the
New Zealand professor says these
white men finally occupied the Japa-
nese islands. But again they moved
on, this time compelled by increasing
pressure of Monaghan hordes coming
down from the high plateaus of the
continent, and they went out to find
new habitations across the wide ex-
panses of the Pacific. There they set
Up an island empire. with its capital
the great megalithic city, the walls
OF which still stand, on the island of
Ponape in the Carolinas. 1t was this
white race, the professor maintains,
that in the days of their undispqted
possession of the South Sea islands
erected these enduring monuments.
Many centuries later came a dark
skinned race from Indonesia which
conquered the inhabitants and ANAL
gsmating with them produced the
Polynesian type of today. Professor
Mac illan-Brown's argument is not
generally accepted as sound by the
larger number of students of Polynes-
ian origin, but they have failed so far
| te offer convincing theory in its
tplace.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-10-04

new ship in their heart of hearts, but
they did not talk so freely as before,
and somehow, somewhere, / felt they
we're not happy"
After describing the final flight and
its disastrous end, DIR. Hermon adds:
II had seen the last of the ZR-2 and
OF some of the dearest, staunchest,
bravest men | had ever known. I had
seen railway collisions, shipwrecks,
and many of the horrors of the great
war both on land and sea, but nothing
| had ever seen could equal the COM
pressed agony of those CHASTITY 80 sec
onds.
"And so they died-as many great
martyrs in the causes of science and
exploration have died-in the pursuit
Of great ideals and new truths, and
to make the way easier for others.
Their courage was greater than their
faith, their loyalty to duty their great
est glory.
"They leave behind story and an
example which will go down in history
and, for those who knew them well, a
memory which will be ever cherished.
May they rest in peace"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-10-04

The safety of Mustapha Renal
Pasha, the Turkish nationalist leader,
says the Associated Press, is assured
by an organization known as the
Black Company. They are stalwart
soldiers selected from the fierce race
of Lazes whose homes border the
Black Sea country between Batum
and Trebizond. They are dressed en-
tirely in black. Each is a dead shot
and carries a rife with several ammu-
milton belts buckled around him and
huge crescent-shaped knife stuck in
his belt. These men do sentinel duty
about his villa, near the city and at
his Office in the railway station and
travel with him on his longer jour
neys. One or two ride in his automo-
bile when he motors, or else follow
in another one of his automobiles
The company is well trained and the
men are quiet and orderly. The guard
was chosen from the Lazes because
they have the reputation of being the
bravest and most ferocious fighters
of all Asia.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-10-04

The Associated Press correspondent
at Lima says Chilean secret service
agents discovered recently in the Ger
man consulate at Antofagasta, Chile,
powerfully equipped wireless sta
ton, according to an article published
in the newspaper Ell Tarapaca, of Iqu-
ique, Chile. The article says a Ger
man named Enrique Kestchan, report
ed to be an attache of the consulate,
was taken into custody but later was
released. He is said to have told the
authorities the station was installed
purely for scientific purposes. The
paper asserts the station was dis
mantled by the chief radio officer of
the Chilean government and that the
apparatus were found to be sufficient
~ powerful to communicate with
Mexican and North American stations
as well as with ships off the south Pa
cific coast.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-10-04
SALE

have decided to put on the mar
ket MY LAND OUT ON THE SILL
YER SPRINGS ROAD, OKLAWAHA
AND FORT KING AVENUES. 1 will
sell this land in 21z or five-acre lots,
part cash and five years to pay bal
ance. See me for terms.
If Ocala ever builds, she is certain
to build out east on this property.
You can secure a lot on either of the
roads mentioned above. Buy a lot,
set out an orange grove and let it
bring you an income.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-10-04
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have 20 acres of fine watermelon
and tomato land 31z miles east of
Ocala, which l will either rent or sell.
House and good well of water on the
place. Will sell on easy terms.
| am offering for sale one-half of
Block 81 Old Survey, Ocala-the
south half of lots 8 and A. This prop
erty is Immediately behind Franks
Store Several small houses now on
property which are rented. Will sell
for part cash and balance on terms.