The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-01-13

been able To meet their problems a
little more satisfactorily than West
Virginia has.
Williamson. - Receipts for tooth
some things, such aS are found on the
"women'S pages" and in women's mag
azines. are eagerly read by the fed
eral soldiers on strike duty in this re-
gion, and then passed on to the COM
pany cook. This fact was discovered
at headquarters here when a lieuten-
ant came in from one of the outlying
posts for supplies.
CharleSton.-Th state compensa-
tion commissioner has received from
the chief Of the claim department a re-
port stating that applications for COM
pensattOn were received during No
vember from 2,14I persons, while in
jurieS reported numbered 2.O4S.
Claims were reported as follows:
Less than one week disability, no bills.
4OS; non-fatal claims, paid in full.
2,O25; partial payments, 1854; perma-
nent disability, II; fatal cases. 6s; to-
tai, 2936.
Huntington.-A contract involving
the expenditure of several million dol
lars was secured by the local shops OF
the American Car & Foundry Company
when District Manager John w. En-
sign received notice that n deal, which,
had been pending for some time with
the Louisville & Nashville railroad,
had been closed and that his shops
had been awarded the contract The
contract calls for the construction OF
1000 all-steel hopper ears OF 55-ton
capacity.
Williamson.-The grand jury sum-
moned for the special term of circuit
court here completed its work after a
session of two days and a half. A
number of Indictments of minor inn
portance were returned One of the
last acts of the jurors was to indict
William Dozier for shooting with in
tent to kill and wound George Bur-
CESS in the railroad yard here Speedy
action was taken by the jury upon the
request of Judge II. D. Bailey to in
vestigate the affair.
Wheeing.-C. w. Chambers. who
was sentenced TO the state peniten-
tiary at Moundsville for nine years
from Ohio county, after having been
convicted of defrauding local mer-
chants by representing himself to be-
advance purchasing agent for n cir
Gus and later parOled, is in prison
again. Warden Terrell announced that
after securing his release on account
of bad health, Chambers went to the
home of a local convict and offered TO
get the son out for $500 He claimed'
he had forged a health certificate AMI
could do the same thing for the local
prisoner, according to Terrell
Wiliamson.-The question of the
use of federal troops on the Kentucky
side of the West Virginia border in
the Williamson coal strike district has
been settled, it was disclosed by Colo
mel Herman Hall, commanding the
provisional battalion here. The troODs
may cross the Tug River into Ken
lucky where the coal fields I'm the
Pond Creek region are located, in
case of emergency it was said, and
they may do some patrolling there to
learn the country. Permanent detach-
ments will not be assigned to Ken
tucky. however, as the situation in the
coal fields is said to be well in hand
by the sheriff of pike county.
Charleston.-Cost of government in
West Virginia has increased from
Sj.54 per capita in 1919 to S5.O1 I'm
1920, according to the sixth annual re-
port of the audit OF state finances Just
issued by state Tax Commissioner
Walter : Ifallanan. The per capita
cost in 1913 was S3.O7. The report
shows that the annual deficit i'm the
state fund at the end OF the last fiscal
year was S451 ,O00 while the estimated
deficit on June 30 1921, will exceed
S1,OOO,OOU This deficit. it is explained.
however, will be almost entirely wiped
out If the recent decision Of the Su-
preme Court Of Appeals in the oil and
gas tax cases is sustained. Under this
tax there is an accruel OF 100000 in
revenue for the state.
arleston.-Among the new bills
which VIII be brought before the COM
ing session Of the legislature is one to
establish. equip and maintain q state
fair for the purpose Of illustrating,
teaching and demonstrating the most
up-tO-date methods Of all the indus
tries and enterprises OF the state"
The proposed act, which Is supported
by the West Virginia Federation OF
Farm Bureaus, has been brought to
the attention OF the Charleston Cham
ber of Commerce and Is being closely
scrutinized by that bodys legislative
subcommittee II is reported that the
bill has the unqualified support of the
agricultural interests Of the state ard
viii be introduced by some legislator
from the northern end OF the state.
Charleston.-An increase OF S2s.-
24266Gs1 In the amount of deposits
OF AN kinds in the state banks and
trust companies of West Virginia from
June 30. 1920, to November Is. 1920.
is shown in the report of State Bank
ing Commissioner j. S. Hill made pub
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