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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
S25O,OOO FIRE At
REDWOOD, W. VA.
Thirty-oneB Buildings in Business
Section of Town Destroyed;
Others Badly Damaged

Redwood, w. .Va-Thirty-one build.
ings, most OF them business struc.
lures. were consumed by flames here.
The loss is estimated at from $780,
900 to $25OOOO.
The fire started in the Busy Bee
Restaurant and, famed by a high
wind, ate its way through the down
town section. Brick structures were
the only business buildings to escape
destruction and many of these suffer.
ed considerable damage. A partial
list OF the buildings destroyed fol.
lows:
National Hotel. Chesapeake and Po-
6mac Telephone Exchange. Boston
Candy Kitchen, Northern Methodist
Episcopal church. Schatz Brothers
clothing store, D. A Godfreys cloth
ing store. Joseph Pollone's general
store, fleetwood Bank and Trust
Company, Trimble's barber shop, Busy
Bee restaurant, COleman's drug store.
Lee Gabb's soft drink stand. Mrs. Jess
T. Baber's pattern shop. f. f. Bucks
tailoring shop. Frank WIkinson's
general store G.. E Geetz's residence.
Homer Stanley's residence. A. E. Ben.
netts residence. A. A Wagner's resi-
dence.
More than half a dozen other bust
ness houses and eight or 10 more res
idences were destroyed by the fire.
Communications were cut and as yet
only few telephone wires have been
replaced to link the town to the out
side world
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
BIG OIL PLANT BURNS
Five Killed, Score Injured When Blast
Sets Works On Fire

~ 'N'''NHf OCOl G injured Wnen Blast
Sets Works On Fire.
Philadelphia - Five persons were
killed, one reported dying and a score
were injured in a fire which broke
out in the Point Breeze oil works OF
the Atlantic Refining Company. The
fire was still burning and the damage
already done was estimated at $1,000
600.
Five tanks each having a capacity
of 10000 barrels Of oil. were destroy.
ed. as well as four "agitator" tanks OF
4OO0-barrel capacity each and three
pump houses and number OF smaller
tanks and pump lines
Virtually every man connected with
the city fire department was rushed to
the scene after the first explosion. and
when small fires broke out in other
parts OF the city it was necessary to
relay the alarms TO Point Breeze
Not only were many of the fremen
temporarily overcome by smoke and
heat. but some Of them dropped from
sheer exhaustion from their long toll
IN the intense heat
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
DEADLOCK ON IRISH
PEACE PROPOSAL
Dominion Rule Offer Met With
Demand for Absolute
Separation

London. - Correspondence between
Lloyd George, British prime minister,
and Eamon de Valera. Irish Republi-
can leader, made public by the Brit
ish government, shows that. while
there is deadlock on the question OF
independence for Ireland the negotia-
tions still are open
Great Britain offered Ireland com.
plete autonomy in finance and taxa.
ton, military forces for home defense.
her own police and. among other
things, control of the Irish postal
services
In his reply to Lloyd George. Mr. de
Valera argued for independence and
offered to submit the Ulster questions
TO arbitration.
The letter added that it was the
deep conviction of De Valera and his
colleagues that true friendship be-
tween Ireland and Great Britain could
be obtained most readily through
amicable absolute separation" A do
minion status for Ireland was declar.
ed to be illusory.
In his final letter Lloyd George de-
MED Ireland's right to secession. re-
fused foreign arbitration for Irish
questions and expressed the hope that
Ireland would accept the British
terms. which, he declared. were the
best that could be offered.
Our proposals present to the Irish
people says the premier, "an oppor-
tunity such as never has dawned in
their history before We have made
them in a sincere desire TO achieve
peace, but beyond them we cannot
60"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
r. r. OFFICE SAFE is BLOWN
Robbers Escape With $500; Many
Windows Broken BY Blast

Vanderbilt. Pa. - About $500 was
stolen from the Pennsylvania railroad
station here after the safe had been
blown open with a heavy charge of
explosives The yeggs did not dis
turb the tickets.
Entrance to the building was effect
ed by forcing a window. The con.
cussion of the explosion broke the
glass in many nearby windows.
Railroad policemen from Pittsburgh
and towns of the Allegheny valley di.
vision have been hurried here to trace
the thieves Railroad officials declin.
ed to state whether or not the safe
crackers had left clue
The robbery was discovered bv a
freight conductor He aroused the To-
cal police and wired the railroad au
thorities Of the robbery.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
TWO MEN GoRED BY BULL
One Victim Expected to Die; Both
Unconscious When Rescued.

Huntington, W. Va. - Charles f.
Wilson. so years old, owner of the
famous Wilson picnicking and camp.
ing grounds on Pea Ridge road is dy-
ing as a result of having been gored
by a bull. Cline Doss. son-in-law of
Wilson, was knocked down and pain
fully injured when he attempted TO
rescue Wilson.
Wilson had gone into the pasture
and the animal made a dash for him.
In running to escape the animal, Will
son fell and the bull overlook him be-
fore he could arise. goring him with
his horns and trampling him with his
hoofs. Doss ran to his father-in- law
and was knocked down and gored.
Others hurried to the rescue of the
two men and succeeded in dragging
both, who then were uncons scious, to
safety.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

PIT Pleasant.-Red means danger
even when in the hair. so Clarence
Hughes, of Letart, has learned.
Hughes claims a tall, red-haired man
stopped at his home and asked him to
keep a still and some mash for him,
which he did. Officers raided Hughes
home and found the mash and still
which the alleged red-haired man had
left. Hughes is now in the county Jail,
pending trial
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Make spaniards Kiss U. s. Elao

Naples. ~ Sailors belonging to the
crew of the American steamer Poca.
hontas handed out chastisement to "A
number OF Spanish sailors in a free
fight which resulted from the Span.
lards insulting the Americans by cry.
ing. Down with America" The
Americans Immediately tackled the
Spaniards and forced them to with.
draw their insult and kiss the Ameri-
can flag
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
"suioide Han" in New YORK corsD,es

New York One end Of the old
Suicide Hail. onetime famous Bow
cry resort collapsed. endangering the
lives of q family OF iour living on the
TOP floor friehtening 200 homeless
men sleeping in the basement and
throwing the neighborhood into "a
panic. Years ago the building earned
the name Of Suicide Hau" from the
large number of unfortunate girls
who took their lives there For some
years past IL has housed the Hadley
mission
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Railroad Sued for s44.noo

Philadelphia Suit to recover s44.
600 in penalties for SO alleged viola.
tons of the law forbidding railroads
to keep train crews on duty longer
than 16 consecutive hours was fled
against the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad in the United States District
Court here The complainant is Unit
ed states District Attorney George w
Coles
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Killed After Breskino Record

Toledo. Ohio.-Less than half an
hour after he had broken the worlds
dirt track motorcycle record for one
mile covering the distance i'm 81 2/5
seconds Albert W Burns. aged o. OF
Oakland Cal was fatally injured
when in the first lap of a 25.mile race
at the fair grounds here. a fellow
rider crowded him forcing his ma.
chine TO skid and crash through a
fence Burns neck was broken and
he died en- route 20 a hospital
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Cashier Foils Bank Robber

Harrisburg An attempt to hold up
the Peoples Bank OF Enola, a rail
road town on the Cumberland Valley
shore OF the Susquehanna river oppo-
site this city was frustrated by H.
NJ. Hoover. the cashier. who ran out
OF the rear door and called for help
when man drew a gun and demand.
ed cash. The cashier tricked the rob.
Der into looking behind him by ex-
claiming Who's that with you?" and
then ran. The bandit. frightened. ran
to the street and with a companion.
who had remained on watch. fed to
the hills
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

Bluefeld.-Every citizen Of Bluefield
will be given an opportunity to tender
service to the community By joinin,;
tho local Chamber of Commerce. \
membership drive will be staged here
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Wife 80 Farrer - Annru nnl

Mddletown N. Y.-Had it not been
for the timely arrival of his wife. J.
w Snyder Of Rock Valley. Delaware
county probably would have been
killed by his yearIing bull Snyder
went TO salt his cattle and as he
turned to leave the pasture the bull
knocked him down and began goripg
him Alarmed by his cries. Mrs Snv.
der hurried to his rescue He sue.
ceeded in getting the animal by the
horns, the bull was beaten on by the
woman and Snyder escaped
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Soldier Saves Drowning Boy.

Camp Siegerfoss, Mt. Gretna-Sgt.
Lloyd b. Ickes, of Altoona. a member
OF Company d, First Engineers. saved
Walter F. Allen, aged : years. son of
Capt. j. c. Allen, from drowning in
Lake Conewago. Allen had gone
down for the third time when Ickes
reached the spot and brought him to
the surface The boy had been play.
ing on raft. SGT. lckes heard the
cries of persons on shore and leaped
into the water without removing
clothes or ammunition belt.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
oivers Find loo Autos In eooL

Chicago. - Divers who have been
working for a week removing automo.
biles from an abandoned stone quar-.
ry near Summit. a suburb. said that
there are 100 machines in the pool.
The quarry contains 80 feet Of water.
About 30 machines have been taken
out and police and insurance men are
investigating
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Walks In Sleep Seeking For+ur.

Minneapolis.-Michael OLeary, aged
80 years, clad in pajamas. was res
cued from second-story window
ledge of the Chamber of Commerce
building sound asleep. He lives two
miles from the building and told the
police he is a somnambulist. but never
left home before. He dreamed OF
making fortune in wheat and start
ed to get into the pit when trading
opened. All doors were locked. and il
is believed OLeary scaled the wall.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

Hickman KY Two women here
owe their lives to- wasp stngs Mrs
j p M.tchum who lives near town
was awakened by the stings. discover.
ed her home ON fire and about Co col.
lapse upon her and her daughter She
rushed to- the girls room and assisted
her to safety just as the house fell I'm
The wasps had built their nests In the
attic and The smoke drove them out
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Barber Sets Chair Out for pieke,

Charleston. w. Va-Fred Fry. who
conducts a barber shop, was not dis
turbed when the barbers' union sent
man to patrol in front OF his place
with a large sign on which was paint.
ed DO not patronize this shop: it
is a scab joint Fry placed chair
with a cushion in front of the shop
and invited the picket to sit down and
be comfortable.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

Bluefeld.-The Atlantic 4 Pacific
fuel corporation Of Bluefeld has filed
. voluntary petition in bankruptcy.
listing Is liabilities at S1l3. So. 81, with
assets Of s137, ,691.SG. Rucker Jenkins
Is president Of the company.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Man killed ey counterf.it.r,

Point Pleasant w Va Harry Gul-
lum. operative of the United states
treasury department was fatally shot
in the abdomen and his assailant j..
/. Sharpsburg wounded in a gun bat.
tie with a gang OF counterfeiters
whose headquarters near here. they
raided
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Chud's Assailant HanoeJ

Waco. Texas - The body of Alex
Winn. a Negro, who was hanged bv
mob at Datura for attacking a white
girl. aged q was taken from an under.
taking establishment at Collidge and
burned on the main street. according
TO word reaching here
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
cLoUOeURsT FLOODS TOWN
Water Destroys Every 8ulding-No
Loss of Life Reported


Las Cruces, n. M.-Relief was rush
ed to residents of Hatch. n NJ. 50
miles north of here. who fed to the
hills when a wall of water from a
cloudburst flooded the town and de-
stroyed every building in it.
No loss of life was reported. The
cloudburst struck Santa Tereza. a
village in the foothills. two miles west
Of Hatch. destroying all but one
building, the water then rushing down
the arroyo into Hatch, town OF 500
inhabitants.
From three to seven feet of water
lies in the stricken village. Officials
of the United States Reclamation
Service said there was no way to
drain the water off except to dig
deep canal, as the town lies in a basin.
below the level OF the arroyo.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Lightning Blamed for $500 ooo Eir.

Kansas City Mo Damage estimat.
ed at approximately SjOO.0OO was
caused here when the large plant of
the Kelley Milling Company. located
TN an East Side industrial district
was destroyed by fire The plant is
supposed to have been struck by light.
ming during severe electrical storm.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

Huntington.-Mrs. Donald Clark has
seen named by Governor +. F. Morgan
As member of the child welfare com
mission authorized by an enactment Of
the legislature at its recent session.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
10 Than 100 ooo 80 of 80.

Washington d. c. BesG pstimates
available at this time show that s..
135.ooO persons are out of employment
in the United States Secretary of La.
Dor Davis reported 10 the Seuaje. i'm
response TO a resolution calling for
figures
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
RourJbouse Damsoed Nv ri,.

Erie Fire destroyed about one.
third of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
roundhouse in the Yards al Eipbteentr
ana Wayne streets causing damage
estimated at $4,000 Officials OF the
company believe the fire was caused
by sparks from am engine
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
ounlian Is, shot 81 onieer

washington Pa - A highwayman
who attempted to hold up a policeman
at Nestaburg was shot and fatally
wounded by the officer after the high.
wayman had fred four shots all OF
which went wild. at the officer
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
FIRE CAUSES 100000 LOSS
Police Order 500 People To Leave
Homes AS Flames Spread.

New York. - A million dollar fire
ragged in Brooklyn The fire started
in wood-turning factory, spread to
a three-story building, licked up a
wooden factory building on Diamond
street. finally demolishing the whole
block on Green Point avenue and
Newell street.
Nine buildings were destroyed. No
loss OF life was reported
Police ordered 500 people to leave
their homes in the thickly crowded
tenement districts.
After a three-hour fight the fire was
brought under control
Three thousand persons are out OF
employment as a result OF the fire.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

London Florence Turner said 10
be- an American actress and who had
been missing several days was found
bound and gagged in Hampstead
Heath. North London She accused a
man named Phillips Of having robbed
her
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Berlin Cafes open Two Hours Lo,,.r

Berlin - Last round. gentlemen"
will not be until O'Clock i'm future
the closing hour for restaurants. cafes
and bars having been extended from
II y m Swarme of Americans are
overjoyed at the extension of the
drinking hours
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

Cleveland A blood TRANSMISSION at
St Alexis Hospital failed to save the
life of Charles Macurowski. aged rs
years of 1899 East sivtysevenfb
street Tho boy whose legs were
crushed by a train. died after his
brother Alex had given blood TO save
his life
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

Belgrade Jupo. .Slavia King Peter
OF Serbia died here after a long and
severe illness. He was born i'm f845.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

Boston An unidentified man Jean
ed to his death in front of a subway
train at the Summer street station
here
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Martinsburg. - A. Paul Hertzog,
prominent local newspaper man. died
here following an operation for locked
bowels, a complication which devel-
0ped from an automobile accident last
December Mr. Hertzog was a years
OF age.
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Pt. Harry Anemang. Of
NIncennes. Ind, formerly of Mason
City, whose sensational baseball career
was cut short in 1903 by bullet from
the pistol of bandits who were robbing
the Mason City bank. is visiting friends
and relatives here
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

Kngwood.-Dr. A. G. Defoe. Of
Bruceton, near here. has been exon
Grated by coroner's Jury of any blame
for killing of John Moore at that place
The jury returned -he verdict that
Moore had come to his death while
resisting arrest on q charge of bur
glury.'
Charleston.-Taken suddenly with
cramps while attempting to swim the
kanawha river, just below Lock Six,
George Harris. age SO years, whose
house was on the SissOnville road. sank
to the bottom of the river. He drown
ed before a rescuing party in canoes
could reach him.
Charleston.-Run over by a Kama
wha & Michigan switch engine in the
railroad yard at Dickinson. Lewis
Henry McNeal, age 33 years, died n
few minutes later while on the way 10
a Charleston hospital. His right arm
was severed and the upper part of his
body badly cut and mashed
Pt. Pleasant.-Red means danger
even when in the hair. so Clarence
Hughes, of Letart, has learned.
Hughes claims a tall red-haired man
stopped at his home and asked him to
keep still and some mash for him,
which he did. Officers raided Hughes
home and found the mash and still
which the alleged red-haired man had
left. Hughes is now in the county Jail,
pending trial
PIT. Pleasant boys ranging in
ages from 8 to - years appeared be-
fore Mayor Dover. charged with enter
Ing George Van Sickle's watermelon
patch. Several melons were taken and
about fifty destroyed. Van Sickle told
the mayor that ne didn't want the boys
punished, but wanted assurance from
them that they would not repeat the
Oflense. After a good, fatherly talk
by the mayor the boys were sent home.
Charleston On.-COnStructiOn of the pro-
posed addition to the Charleston post
office will cost approximately S144,OOO.
II. Rus Warne, local architect, notified
the Chamber of Commerce. The esti-
mate was forwarded to Congressman
Leonard c. EchOlS, who will introduce
a bill authoriz NJ the addition. Mr..
Warne's estimate IS for an addition 81
by 81 feet, the width Of the postoffice.
and of the same height as the postofice
building
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25
Woman steps on Nail and Dies.

Bryan o Tetanus caused by step
ping ON a nail resulted in the death
of Mrs Edward Forrest OF Fulton
courty
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Kingwood.-Dr. A. G. Defoe. Of
Bruceton, near here. has been exon
Grated by coroner's Jury of any blame
for killing of John Moore at that place
The jury returned The verdict that
Moore had come to his death while
resisting arrest on a charge of bur
glury."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

Charleston.-N. G. Tigrett and his
wife, Of stop 3, Dunbar line, we're
both severely cut and bruised and Ed
Duncan, motorman, Of Dunbar. was
also injured in The chest, when one
Of the street cars, Dunbar bound.
struck a motor truck loaded with
bricks at the Stop 3 crossing. Mr. and
Mrs Tigrett, who were on their way
70 the city, were able 10 return ia
their homes, where their wounds we're
dressed.
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Parker-burg Ei.fE-h.. train rob-
bers were ilken before Justices frt
peace Iu wood County during July d..
baltimore ONO dctcD"so- Tev OF
them we've of thc hobo t.rr most of
them were young men $50 aere fus
Wandering
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Clarksburg.-WeSt Virginia county
jails are, as rule, a disgrace" says
group of trained social Investigators.
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Charleston.-Taken suddenly with
cramps while attempting to swim the
Kanawha river, just below Lock Six,
George Harris. age SO years, whose
house was on the SiSsonville road. sank
to the bottom Of the river. He drown
ed before a rescuing party in canoes
could reach him.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

Hinton.--A number of old ShaCks
have been torn down here recently by
an order of the state fire marshal
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Huntington.-The CLOSED door" pol
Icy has been adopted at the local po.
lice court and audiences are now
barred
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Charleston.-Con Of the pro-
posed addition to the Charleston post
office will cost approximately S144,OOO,
H. Rus Warne, local architect, notified
the Chamber Of Commerce The esti-
mate was forwarded to Congressman
Leonard c. Echols, who will introduce
a bill authoriz NJ the addition. Mr..
Warne's estimate IS for an addition 50
by 81 feet, the width Of the postofice
and of the same height as the postoffice
building.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

Bridgeport.-A chamber Of com
merce has been organized here with
A B. Fitzhugh as president
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Rolfe.-Mr. and Mrs. Silas White
were badly injured when their auto
mobile rolled over steep embank-
ment, turning over completely five
Nimes.
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Morgantown.-A Morgantown meat
buyer wants to be one of a hundred
men TO put up $50 to start a meat mar
ket at that place which is to sell on a
ten per cent profit.
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Charleston.-Run over by a Kama
wha & Michigan switch engine in the
railroad yard at Dickinson. Lewis
Henry McNeal, age 33 years, died a
few minutes later while on the way -
a Charleston hospital. His right arm
was severed and the upper part of his
body badly cut and mashed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1921-08-25

Sistersville.-Tyler County grand
jury is going after automobile speed
ers. Many witnesses have been called
to testify as to speeding Of cars
throughout the county. A number of
indictments are expected.
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Pt. Pleasant.-Three boys ranging in
ages from 8 to - years appeared be-
fore Mayor Dover. charged with enter
ins George Van Sickle's watermelon
patch. Several melons were taken and
about fifty destroyed Van Sickle told
the mayor that he didn't want the boys
punished, but wanted assurance from
them that they would not repeat the
oflense. After a good, fatherly talk
by the mayor the boys were sent home.