The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-01-20

County superintendent r. c. Cain
was attending to official duties here
Wednesday.
Lloyd Wright, line walker for the
his duties
f. b. Bennett. of Boogerhole, was ii
day.
Lehman Wilson, a prominent teacher
of Ayers. was transacting business here
Saturday
Capt. Bruce Terrell. of the Steamer
Lark, is here from CreSton this week
looking after business matters.
Ralph Stealey. one the Hopes first
class drillerS, was here Saturday on his
way back to work in the Lockney field.
Herbert Terrell, line walker for the
! Hope, met with an accident Wednesday
i'll which one of his hands was severely
burned He was emptying Il drip and
in some manner the blaze of the burn
ing gasolene emveloped his hand and
burned it badly.
l.. NJ. Williams returned Saturday
! from Parkersburg where he served on
the Federal grand jury. The jury of
| which he was member finished up its
work in the shortest time on record.
sitting only one day for work that for
mer juries have spent two weeks on.
ollie Umstead, of Brooksville, was a
visitor here Saturday. He attends
Marshall College at Huntington and
was visiting his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. o. Umstead, during the holidays.
He returned to his school work Mon
day.
Judge c. o. Rafferty,, of Withers
GiImer county, was here Thursday at
tending to business matters. The gen.
ial justice was candidate for re-elec.
ton and went down with Cox. Koont2
and many other good men and true in
the late catastrophe, failing by five
votes. However, his opponent could
not qualify and Mr.. Rafferty, was ap.
pointed by the county court Monday.
VIM. Cooper. of AnmamOriah, was I'M
town Monday on business. He recent
y returned from visit to the Big Kan
aWha section where he visited Charles.
ton and other places. He looked i'm on
the ruins of the capitol building and
declares it was some fire. Mr.. Cooper
was looking for location and has
/ about decided to move to Parkcrs.
burg He is a splendid citizen and we
! regret to hear of him and his excellent
family leaving this county.
Poe Gum, the hustling Mt Zion
/ merchant, was here the first of the
= week. lie stirred some of the town
! boys up for little while with story
That Griffith had spent the previous
night in this section, but upon inycsti.
| CATION 1t was found out that il was
another case of mistaken identity Oh
one of the other numerous things that
the many reports about the bandit arc
/ usually found ont TO be.
Hon. s. j. Bell, Of Spencer. has been
more successful i'm the matter of getting
Office or rather of letting office get him
mere Of late than ne was i'm the so
vcmbcr election Recently he was al
Icctcd president Of Spcncer's new Rotary
Club and now comes the announcement
that he has been appointed secretary
of the board of education of that thirty
ing village Mr.. Bell learned the lat
ter business IN good school scrvin,
IN that capacity for Center distrlc
many years ago when the school af
fairs Of the district were under III,
management of Monroe Ward, FranI
Norman, G. w. Richards and others
in the days before all the JOY wa
taken out Of life. Judge Bell may &c
a bigger salary now but we wager In
doesn't have half rs much fun.