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Bobbitt Found Not Guilty,
Famous Beef / rial Ended

Of something like ten feet. Said she
was down and could not get up from
eight o'clock Sunday night until
seven O'Clock Monday morning when
she was butchered
A. e. Bobbitt, the defendant, next
testified, giving, in substance practi-
caaly. tlre:-ssnes I'll thing as his son, the
preceding witness. Said that he had
the cow butehered and examined the
beef several times during the day
Tuesday, then carried beef to Til1erv,
selling one quarter. to- Jack Jones at
fifteen cents. pound. one quarter to
Chas Marks at same price, one to
Alonzo Powell, sc:otlanid Neck, at
twelve cents per pound and one 20
Tom Walston at ten cents per pound.
This was considered under the mar
ket price at the time Said he did
not learn aythlng about a complaint
Of the beef until Mr.. R. II. Ansbroo7z
called the following day and told nir.l
that the beef was not fit to eat
Thereupon he Immediately came 4
Scotland Neck, got the beef, and re
imbursed the people to whom he hat
sold and did the same thing in Til
lery.
Being questioned by solicitor Mid
yette to whether lie OF any Of hi
family had eaten any of the beef, tn
defendent stated that neither he no
any of his family ate any.
Walter Bobbitt, another son OF &c
fendant. testified to practically sam
{ thing as his father and brother. Stat
ed that he assisted in butcherin
: beef, but not in it's sale.
t Defense closes
: Attorneys for prosecution and d
fense then proceeded to argue Il
e ease, attorneys for state being Sole
t tor .Midyette,. assisted by Attorne
t Hunt Parker Of Enfield. Attorney
e for defense are Messrs A. P. Kitchi
V OF Scotland Neck, E. L. Travis Ha1
e fax and W. E. Daniel, Weldon
The commonwealth., 1921-03-25
.IlN5 IRISH ELECTION
NOT BEING OPPOSED ]


far from certain that the Nationalist
..-+. viii contest the elections for
nv. lister Parliament. The Union
i.. a;srs are going ahead with their
prsIou plans and preparing to select
.adidates aud it is not unlikely that
-an Fgiaers viii take the field
za1u.t them. but the NationaIists
..re still Of two minds as to whether
aase. he lists.
hey do their successful candi-
Flat will. it is underst..od, take their
seats IN The new parliament. In ac-
-unaue. with the party tactics adop-
bell 1T the parliamentary election two
wears ago. Sim Fein candidates if.
cs-e3 win have nothing to do with
.ho Ulster parliament.
Conferences have been held lately
.arz,.Qllin have been held lately IN
lahH4 between Nationalists and
>infrr> ein leaders fot the purpose Of
irving to agree on a plan of joint ac-
ion with regard to the forthc oming
elections. The first meeting. it IS
,aid, was between Joseph Devlin and
President De Valera of the Dali Fir
aann, They discussed several pro-
!. osals Of mutual party action and
the conversations had not been con
Guided when Mr.. Devlin left for Lon
ion for the reopening Of Parliament
LATER Two either nationalist leaders
went 20 Dublin to talk with Mr.. De
Valera but, it is said, no agreement
could be reached
Ulster Nationalists have no love
or the Sim Fein and they are 1oatl
o take any step that would aid TIL:
slnG Fem cause Hense one section
Of the party here is in favor Of con
testing the elections. Another sec
lion. said to be equally strong, woul'
refrain from entering the election
because OF the belief that the forma
ton of q Nationalist opposition il
the Ulster parliament would be play
]ns directly into the hands of tn
Cnionists.
" Suppose, said a prominent Ma
t1ona5ist to the correspondent, "w
contested the elections. We coul
Hln at the most only y or Is seat
'ht Of the 52. Our opposition there
fore not only would be futile but
N1oult he a blessing to the Unionist
I0'crush our little Catholic minorit,
re tniOnists would sink all the.
own differences and present soil
front against u.s. If there is no o.
position, they viii be deprived of
>eetarian rallving cry, and they wi
nave some lively fights among then
selves which may disrupt their who
PARTY organization.
A meeting of the Nationalists is
oe held soon to decide the questie
'f contesting the elections. IF the
~ go into them it will be for II
7Fowed purpose of using the election
aS means Of trying to make the Pa
''glon Act UNIV workable. The Ulst
Nationalist is opposed even mo
1rongly than the Sim Feiner to t
seheme Of partition, for in Ulster t
->aHonalists will be in hopele
o'nority in the new parliament.
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;fvf3E FIGHT INC Con
TIHIJES IN GERMANY
~ Germany. March

r;..saen, Germany, March 25.-
....ar fighting, resulting from com
,oists outbreak, has been progress
:or for forty eight hours here and
,otaued desperately all last night;
..,binc gun firing and hand grenade
a.osions going on steadily. The
r..a and severely wounded have been
,aag in the streets for forty eight
.er4. less seriously hurt huddling in
roorways. Two thousand police hold
,a1f Of town and workmen other half.
rba number of casualties undetermin-
"A but at least twenty killed and fit
X, wounded this morning.
The commonwealth., 1921-03-25
EX-PRESIDENT WILSON ILL

Former President Wilson suffered
an acute attack Of indigestion to-day
which caused hurried calls for medl-
cal assistance It was said that he
had entirely recovered an hour later
and able to eat light lunch.
The commonwealth., 1921-03-25

Halifax, ?. M-Reports from
Halifax just received are that jury
in trial Of A. E. Bobbitt indicted for
knowingly and wilfullys slaughtering
a diseased animal and offering for
sale for human consumption was
found not guilty as charged.
The commonwealth., 1921-03-25

likely that not only the new crop but
the old crop now on hand and uncon-
sumed will sell for 5 or cents a
pound. There is nothing in the sit
ua ton to indicate any increase IN
price It seems that the only way to
prevent real disast-r to cotton farm
crs and others interested in the cot
ton section is to reduce the acreage at
least so per cent and decrease ferti-
lizers used on the reduced acreage at
least so per cent.
HThe committee unanimously
agreed to urge the bankers, mef-
jcbants. farmers and all others inter
ested in the cotton industry to unite
lin bringing about reduction herein re-
commended.
ssPra cticaIlv the same conditions
and the same recommendations apply
to the tobacco industry!
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
RAILROAD CLERKS
TO STAY ON JOB
Other Branches of Organized
Labor Also Decide to
Remain at Work

Chicago, Ill.-The prospective rail-
strike scheduled for October 80 was
limited to approximately one-fourth
OF the nations railroad employees
when officials of the Brotherhood of
Railway and Steamship Clerks,
Freight Handlers, Express and Sta
ton Employees, representing $4,000
men, voted not to authorize a walkout
by their members for the time being.
This action increased to nine the
number of major rail unions which
have voted not to strike now, and the
number of railroad employees bound
by such action to about three-fourths
OF the country's total of approximate
ly 100000.
The vote was taken in a meeting
which lasted several hours and in
which some of the officials at first
favored a walkout October 80, in pro-
test of recent wage cuts. These Off
cials finally swung over to a mo
strike now" policy, but the question
of quitting work will be taken up
again after the Labor Board renders
decision on the rules and working
conditions questions now before it.
While the official statement an
nouncing the clerks action said
everything had been harmonious in
the meeting, individual officials de-
clared the decision had been made
only after vigorous debate. 1t was
argued by these officials that the
clerks are more closely related in
their work to the members of the
big four" brotherhoods than are any
OF the other union men and that
consequently many of them thought
they should support the big Four"
In it's strike call.
The turning point in the debate
came when, it was said the officials
announced that they, like the leaders
Of the other STANDARD" unions had not
been able to persuade the brother
hoods and the switchmen to agree to
support them throughout the opposed
strike. When it was announced the
Drotherhoods had stated they would
return to work when their personal
grievances had been settled, regard.
less OF the action of other striking
unions, the sentiment swung to the
no-strike plan, 1t was said by those
present at the meeting.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
u. S. RAILROAD LABOR
BOARD BANS STRIKE
government Backs Decree and
Moves TO Force Obedience
of Unions and Roads

Chicago.-The Government moved
to prevent a railroad strike and tc
enforce obedience by both unions
and roads of DEGREES of the limited
States Railroad Labor Board. the
board formally announcing that it
had assumed full Jurisdiction in the
rail crisis and ordering the workers
not to strike pending a conference
Of union heads and rail chiefs.
A decision from this conference
VIII not be announced until after Oc-
toDer 80, TIE scheduled strike date.
board memSers said. declaring that
in this way walkout would be avert
ed unless the unions dehed the
boards orders not to strike pending
ruling.
The action was taken following re-
celpt from Washington Of informa-
lion that every interested branch Of
The government would back the board
IN It's attempts to settle the rail diff
uculties, members declared.
While both carriers and unions
promptly announced they would com
ply with the order citing them to ap
pear before the board, w. G.. Lee
president of the Brotherhood of Rail.
road Trainmen, one of the organi.
cations which has called a strike. in
4 statement given out in Cleveland
asked by what authority anyone
could compel a man to work and
pointed out that the right to strike
lad been upheld by the United States
Supreme Court.
Besides stepping into the breach
between the carriers and the five
unions which have called a strike
ihe trainmen, the switchmen. the en-
gineers, the firemen and the conduc.
.ors-the labor board summarily or.
iered the fremont &c Gulf Railroad
L 67-mile-long line in Louisiana. to
rescind its order installing an open
shop.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
HURRICANE HITS
FLORIDA COAST
Several Cities in Darkness
Water Three Feet Deep in
Tampa Streets
WORST STORM SINCE 1897
Wireless Stations Crippled AS S.
Mile an Hour Hurricane Sweeps
Hortheastward - Crops DAM
aeed-Ralroads Flooded.

Jacksonville, Fla. - The business
section OF Tampa is practically flood
ed under three feet of water as the
advices reaching here over crippled
transmission lines. No loss of life
has been reported but industry is at
standstill. The entire west coast Of
Florida is feeling the effects of the
storm and is virtually isolated insofar
as communication is concerned
The hurricane, which spread north
eastward across the state, causing a
loss of property and crops estimated
at approximately $1,OOO,OOO, apparent
ly attained it's maximum velocity in
the vicinity of Jacksonville
Tampa is without lights, telegraph,
telephone or street car service, &C
cording to the advices which were re-
ceived here by way of Plant City,
about 30 miles northeast of Tampa.
Heavy rains are reported falling
over the entire state. Forty miles in
land from Tampa in the section
around Lakeland and Plant City the
trucks crops have suffered serious
damage. The highways are virtually
impossible because of fallen trees,
but so far as known railroad service
has not been seriously inconveni-
enced Officials of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad, with division head
quarters at Lakeland, report Interrupt
ton of service south of Tampa, with
water three feet deep over the tracks
between Punta Gorda and Boca
Grande.
The storm is described as the worst
since 1897, the west coast having
heretofore been immune largely from
the tropical hurricanes. The maxi
mum velocity of the wind was given
as 56 miles an hour.
The heavy rains have thrown many
cities and towns in darkness because
of the disruption of power plant ia
cilities. Notable among these are ST
Augustine and Orlando. At ST. Au-
gustine pedestrians and property
were endangered by broken live wires
dangling across the streets. Orlando
was in total darkness and newspaper
plants suspended along with other
business.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
new RULING ON
BEER AND wine
No Limit on Prescriptions for
Sick is Placed Upon
Physicians
DOCTORS TO USE JUDGMENT
Ten Quarts Of Beer and Two Quarts
of Wine Can Be Sold-Amount
of Alcohol Beer May Con-
tain Not Specified.

Washtngton.-The bureau of inter.
nal revenue has issued regulations
which will permit the manufacture OF
beer. to be prescribed by doctors.
The amount which can be prescrib-
ed at one time is fixed at two and a
half gallons, equivalent to one case.
The regulations do not, however.
limit the frequency with which doc
tors may issue beer prescriptions.
Nor do they specify the amount of
alcohol the beer may contain.
The regulations at the same time
authorize doctors to prescribe not
more than two quarts of wine. with
out stipulating how often wine NAV
De prescribed. The use of spirituous
liquors - whiskies. brandies and so
iorth-is limited to a pint in 10 days.
The rules mean that patient can
nave as much beer and wine as his
doctor thinks he needs. David II
Blair, commissioner of internal reye
nue. said there was no time limit on
the issuance Of prescriptions except
that OF reasonable frequency.
A physician who has obtained a
quors may prescribe distilled spirits.
wines, malt liquors or such alcoholic
medicinal preparations which are fit
for use for beverage purposes as are
authorized to be manufactured. for a
person upon whom he is in attend
ance. If, after careful examination OF
such person, or in a case where such
examination is impracticable, upon
the best information obtainable. the
physician believes that the internal
or external use OF such liquor as a
medicine by such person is necessary,
and will afford relief to him from
some known ailment, the regulations
said
The regulations were issued from
the treasury after long delay, and in
spite of the fact a bill is pending in
Congress which would make the use
OF beer as medicine illegal. This bill
already has passed the House, but ac.
tion on 1t in the Senate was deferred
through the efforts of vets and others
who contended the bill infringed on
the constitutional rights of citizens
against unwarranted search and seiz-
ure.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
HARDING TALKS
ON RACE ISSUE
Political and Economic Dues
Must Be Given, Birming-
ham Audience Told
CAN BE NO SOCIAL EQUALITY
President Has Busy Day In South
Addresses Students of University.
Lays Cornerstone of New
Masonic Temple.

Birmingham Ala.-North and South
whites and blacks were admonished
by President. Harding here to put
aside old prejudices and pretenses
and set the face of the nation cour-
ageously toward a constructive and
permanent solution of the race pro.
blem.
In sweeping presentation of his
views, which was received with
varying manifestations of emotion
by a crowd of several thousand
whites and Negroes, the President
declared social equality between the
races could not be considered a pos
sibility, but that the black man must
have equal political, economic and
educational opportunity IL the Amer.
lean nation is to live true to it's ira.
ditions Of democracy.
The address, one of five delivered
here by the President during his
visit to the Birmingham Semi-Cen-
tennial celebration, was driven home
with vigorous gesture and deliberate
utterance such as Mr.. Harding sell
dom has employed since he became
Chief Executive. He spoke with a
manifest determination to drive his
shafts to the heart of racial disa-
greements and to make the pro-
nouncement one Of the most plain
spoken OF his administration.
The crowd before whom he ap-
peared was packed in the Inadequate
confines Of Woodrow Wilson Park
and many hundreds were on the out
skirts.
In other parts of the city Mr..
Harding was received with a sue
cession of intensive demonstrations.
For a mile he rode through surging
crowds in a street parade, a roar
OF cheering accompanying him from
start to finish. He was cheered
nearly a minute when he appeared
to speak at a luncheon after the
park address, and he received re.
peated applause as attired in scho-
lastic cap and gown he addressed
the students of Birmingham-South-
ern College and then wearing a Ma.
sonic apron, he laid the cornerstone
of a new Masonic temple.
The President insisted his visit
to the heart Of the South was who'll
ly non-partisan, and everywhere he
was accompanied by Senator Under.
wood Of Alabama, Democratic leader
Of the Senate.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
Bought Whlsky-eot water.

New York. - Four men who said
they had paid $4,000 for % barrels
OF water, thinking it was whisky, we're
discharged in the Morrisania court
when they we're arraigned for disor.
derly conduct. They said they nego.
tiated to buy the whisky, which they
sampled at the warehouse Of Charles
Heitz. the Bronx. When they trucked
the barrels away, however. they say
they found them full Of water. They
returned TO the warehouse and are al
legged to have raised a rumpus The
court held that the loss OF $4,000
was punishment enough.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
CUSTOM OFFICERS RAID SHIP
Drugs and Whisky ConHscated After
Desperate Fiuht.


New York.-A quarter of a million
dollars worth of drugs and whisky
was seized, after a desperate pitched
battle, when the White Star Liner
Cretic docke1 here.
Three arrests were made by the
customs searching squad which board.
ed the vessel. A lively running fight
with some Italians, in hich revolver
shots were exchanged, and chairs and
bottles used as weapons, resulted in
the complete wrecking Of the interior
Of a section Of the liner. and the dis.
covery OF morphine, neroin. opium
and cocaine and quantity OF
whisky.
The Creuc arrived mere from Ital.
ian ports. illicit cargo was found
slowed away behind false panels.
and GO bottles OF whisky were buried
in the coal hold Ten bottles were
said to have been found in the cap
tain's cabin.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
Former KIna charles cantnr.d

Budapest.-Former Emperor Charles
ard former Empress zita were cap.
tured near Komorn and are now con.
fined In the castle at Tata Tovaros.
guarded by government troops The
monarchist troops. who attempted to
open the way for the entry OF former
King Charles to the Hungarian capi.
tai, we're defeated In hand-to-hand
hghting, in which grenades we're
used, near Tats Tovaros. about s5
miles from Budapest They lost 200
killed and about 700 wounded.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
Profit Again Shown BY Panama Canal

Washington. - For the fourth con.
secutive fiscal year, the Panama Ca
nal in 1921 showed profit, according
10 official reports received here The
excess in receipts over expenditures
in the year ending June 80 last was
given as approximately $2,712.OOO. or
sufficient to wipe out the last of the
deficit resulting from slides in the
earlier years of operation" The cost
Of the canal to June 80, or invested
capital" was given as 1868, ,543,271. .95.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
Illinois Prohibits Beer Sales

Springfield, nl.-Beer cannot be
sold as medicine in Illinois no mat.
ter what the government says. it
was announced at the attorney gen.
erals office. The enforcement act
passed by the last Legislature, it
was stated, does not recognize beer
as medicine and places the ban on
all intoxicants except whisky, which
may be sold by druggists.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
U. S. "Unknown" On wav Hon,.

Havre.-America's unknown soldier
is on his way home. After resting
nearly three years in the land where
he fought and died, he began his last
homeward journey on the United
States cruiser Olympia. France, the
country where this unsung fighter
fell, is not to be forgotten at Airing
ton, as the symbol of the lost Ameri-
can dead will rest on French soil in
the American National Cemetery. The
Olympia carries with it a large box
full OF the soil of France, enough to
cover the bottom of the grave.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
Relief Funds Spent for Guns. cbaro.

Washington. - Relief funds for
striking coal miners in West Virginia
were used for the purchase of guns
A. e. Hester, a former confidential
agent for the miners union, told the
senate labor committee investigating
the Mingo mine war. Hester was n
witness for attorneys for the West
virginia mine operators. Hester said
ne knew of 700 guns purchased with
strike funds and delivered to miners
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
RadIun Is stolen From Wound.

Hamilton, Ont - Two tiny tubes
filled with radium and valued at SO.
900 have been lost or stolen I'm the
City hospital here and the patient
from whose body they are missing is
unable to give information. Doctors
Mowbray and McGregor, who owned
the radium, operated on the patient
and inserted the two tubes OF radium
in the incision to combat a cancerous
growth. Returning. the surgeons dis
covered the radium was not ther
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
Two state Troopera wnun.sa

Williamson, w. Va. - Roosevelt
Hensley. charged with bootlegging.
was killed and two state troopers.
Meyer and McDaniels. we're wounded
In a gun fight near Naugatuck. 20
miles from Williamson Hensley and
several other men had crossed the
Tug river to West Virginia from the
Kentucky side OF the border. when
they we're halted by the state troop.
ers. Hensley and his party opened
are. II wsa stated. and the shots were
rstUgned
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
Home Is Sold; Man Ends LIZ

Franklin. - A few hours before he
was TO leave for Iowa to make his
home with a daughter, Phillip Shat.
fer, aged 60 years, machinist, ended
his life by inhaling gas Neighbors
said he brooded over the fact that he
had TO sell his old family home and
leave lifelong friends here. The body
was found when the new owner came
TO take possession OF the house
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
Fort Blows Up; Manv kill.d

Rome. - Many persons were killed
and wounded and large number Of
buildings we're wrecked when n fort
blew up at Vado, in Genoa province
IRE mad broken out in the town, and
lespite the efforts OF the fremen.
spread to the fort. The explosion
was heard for $50 miles. Vado is n
seaside resort and fortress town.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
Mrs. Burkett cets prison s.n,.,,,

New Hork.-Mrs. Emma Richard
son Burkett, who was convicted by
jury of uttering forgery in attempt.
ing TO pass an order for S69. 900
against the estate of Theodore
Roosevelt, was sentenced to an inde.
terminate sentence in the peniten-
tiary in the Court OF General Ses.
sions. She will have to serve six
months TO three years.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
Mills Go on slx.pav Rasis-

youngstown o. Youngstown mills
of the Carnegie Steel Company. are
now operating six days a week in.
stead of five, as during the summer
steel production is reported as up
wards of 20 per cent -Four blast
furnaces in the Ohio works eroup are
producing hot metal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-11-03
Illinois MAI ca. nla.A

Cairo. Ill - Several sacks NJ mail
were rifed in a mail car on the HI.
nois Central train between Centralla
and Cairo. Thomas c. Hill was ar.
rested and charged with the crime.
NO estimate has been placed on the
loot