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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-15
WILL WE LET RED CROSS GO

Mrs. T. III. Wilson. of Columbus,
ohio, field worker for the American
Red Cross, was here Friday transacting
business with the officers of the local
chapter.
The local, which was one of the best
and most active during war times, has
about ceased to function, and Mrs.
Wilson made it plain that we would
have to do something to justify our
existence as part of the Red Cross
organization or give up our charter.
meeting will be called in the near
future for the purpose of recognizing
the local chapter and deciding upon a
policy to carry out in the future. 1t
will likely be held some Sunday in one
of the churches, after the mornings
services are over.
The peace program of the Red Cross
is no less important than its war work
and the local chapter should not lose
its identity. There is more to be done
than ever. For instance Il very few
miles from us lies Il little girl on a
bed of agony who will never be able
to walk again unless she has treatment
and care in some good hospital and
that soon. She has tubercular bone
in the hip. Her parents are. poor. alb
solutely unable to give her the treat
ment required in such cases. If we
had strong and active Red Cross or
ganizatiOn, it would be an easy matter
to get the child in Red Cross hospit-
al where she would receive free of
charge the very best of attention.
This is only one of the many cases
that are around us. Every individual
reader of this likely knows of some
such case. There are also many other
ways the Red Cross can benefit a com
munity.
When the call for the meeting to re-
organize the local chapter is sent out,
every resident of Grantsville and com
munity should heed and he present
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NOTICE
o Thomas K. Terrell .

To Thomas K Terrell
You will take notice tls ~. G. Ham
iltOn, the purchaser Of lo following
real estate, to-wit: Al .bc OH. gas
aud minerals within and underlying q
certain lot, tract or parcel of land.
LYING and being situate on the waters
OF Yellow Creek, I'm tho district of
Sheridan, county Of Calhoun and state
Of West Virginia, containing sixty-two
acres, and being all Of The same oil.
gas and minerals which were excepted
and reserved In q certain deed. made
by you and your wife to A. B Rich
ards, bearing date on the 18Th day of
April, 1904, OF records -he offccsqf
the Clerk. of the -C9uRty Court Of said
county OF Calhoun, in Decd Book, No.
"a, at page 396 to which deed re6ereIt6
Is made for a more particular, defl6sfe
and complete description of said qil
gas and minerals so excepted and re
served, and OF said parcel of sixty-two
acres, which said oil, gas and minerals
were sold by the Sheriff OF Calhoun
county, West Virginia, at the sale for
delinduenttsxes, made on the 8rd day
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-15

for the school interests of the county.
If the experts who will be here at the
meeting next Wednesday say that the
school can be properly maintained be-
fore the new building is completed.
and If the people who are interested
make known to the Board their desires
concerning school this year, we have
no doubt it will he started in the Court
House next September. Consequently.
all who are interested in seeing the
school started should come out and at
tehd Wednesdays meeting The Board
extends cordial invitation to both the
friends and foes of the proposition and
every one will be given an opportunity
10 express his or her opinion
Remember the Wednesday,
June 18th
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-15
HAUGHT WOULD RESIGN
FROM COUNTY COURT

The feature of the special term of
county court held here Monday that
attracted most attention was that of
the resignation OF G.. T.. q. Taught. of
Sycamore rs one of the commissioners.
Mr.. Taught was elected in 1918 and
had two years and Il half yet to serve.
Mr.. HaughtS resignation was not
accepted at the special term as the call
for ii did not provide for action upon
such matters. 1t is said that a special
term will be called in few days to
act upon IL in time for candidates to
fill the vacancy to file their announce
mcnts for the primary before July LIST.
Mr. Haughts resignation came az a
surprise ID the public and has OCCASION
ed considerable speculation us to who
Will succeed to his place. The ap-
pointment by the court of his successor
will hold only until the November cleo
ton which n commissioner will be ell
ected to fill the unexpired term.
Other business transacted by the
court at its special term included the
following:
The Board of Directors of the Cal
houn County High School was given
the use of the Court and jury rooms
for the purpose of conducting a high
school this year. reserving the right TO
use the same for county and circuit
court when needed.
EXoneratiOnS upon erroneous assess
ment were granted i'm favor of the
following: VI. j. Blackshire. w. 4. w
Dye, Trustee. j. f. Jones, Isaac Rich
ards, John II. Jones. y. o. Bennett.
e. l.. and G. w. Hays, Jr, Howard
Cooper, c. l. Stutler, Mrs j. r. Gard
ner; Levi J. Smith, Godfrey l.. Cabot.
Jay Smith, \. T. Harris. j. z. Knight.
Howard Trippett, Everett Starcher.
f. p. Goodnight, T. w. Everson. Park
BowSer, 5. \. Hays and T.. NJ. Pearcy.
e. G. Knots hrs. Ben Craddoc ]. G..
Oles; Otis McEndree and l.. A. Bell.
1t is said that these exOneration will
cut down the revenues of the various
funds by some nine or ten thousand
dollars.
II. G. Lockney. II. G. Lockney, Jr..
e. O. Conley and o. p. Elliott were
each granted certificates for commits
sions as notaries public.
An order was entered agreeing to
pave Main street an additional width
of four feet in front Of the court yard
when the state road commission is
ready to carry out its paving program
in the town Of Grantsville.
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MAY HAVE HIGH SCHOOL NOW

If plans that are now being worked
out carry through the many boys and
girls in this county who are now ready
to start their high school education
will not have to wait until the autumn
Of 1923 or leave their homes to get the
work
The Directors Of the Calhoun County
High School have had under considera-
ton for some time the matter of estab-
fishing and carrying on high school
work in some other building than the
new one In South Grantsville which
will not be finished in time TO start
school this fall.
Dozens of children are being sent out
of the county to attend high schools at
a great expense to their parents and
to the various boards of education in
the county, for school districts that do
not maintain high schools are compelled
by law TO pay tuition for pupils at
tending other schools. Grantsville
Independent district alone paid out
nearly two hundred dollars for tuition
for children In the Parkersburg high
school. Other districts had TO make
like payments, and next year the total
amount will be much greater as many
pupils OF the graded schools received
common school diplomas this spring
and are now ready for high school.
The High School Board has deferred
taking any definite action in the matter
until it could consult with those better
informed about such things. The as
sistant state supervisor of high schools
Mr. E. f. knight, of Charleston, will be
here to attend a meeting of the Board
of Directors next Wednesday, June IA.
There will also be present Prof Chas
kislig, principal of the Middlebourne
high school and recognized as one of
the states leading school men. At this
meeting the board will take decisive
action on the matter and settle the
question of whether or not the pupils
who are now ready for high school and
whose parents are unable to send them
to other cities, will be compelled to get
along without a high school education
The Board wants to do what is best
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-15
COUNTRY
HOME FOR SALE

1 offer for sale my farm, comprising
81 acres Of good land in village on hard
road, 3 miles from Parkersburg 2
miles from street car, 1 mile to river
and railroad Nice Groom house with
cabinet mantles, closets, porches, recep-
ton hall, etc Plenty of fruit for home
use. Good outbuildings and splendid
water.
Price $4,000. Address
Mrs Annie Stops,
MineralWells, Wood Co, w. Va.
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FTDUCIARY NOTICE

I, L. l.. Terrell, Commissioner of Ac-
counts for Calhoun county, have in my
hands for settlement the fiduciary ac-
count Of J. II. Huffman, administrator
of the estate of Lemuel Huffman. de-
ceased.
Gievn under my hand this oath day
Of May, 1922.
J.. l.. TERRELL,
81 2t Commissioner of Accounts
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HOMES WANTED
West Virginia Homes for
West Virginia Children

The State Board of Children's Guard
ians of West Virginia is az Nious to re
receive applications from good Christ
ian people who desire to take homeless
children into their homo us members
of their families TheSc homes must
bear strict investigator and furnish
satisfactory references. Children re
ceived by this Board are given careful
medical examinations and are placed
only after course OF training. Upon
request, applications will bp sent by the
State Board Of Childrcu'S Guardians
Agent. Stella Parker. civ Building.
Parkersburg. w Va.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-06-15
NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE

By virtue OF a decree OF the circuit
court OF Calhoun county, West Virgin
la, rendered on the 10th day of August.
1921, In certain CHANGER cause, there
In pending, wherein Peoples Bank OF
Grantsville, a corpOration. was plain
tiff and Homer A. Price and others
were defendants, the undersigned Com
missioner will on Saturday, the tenth
day Of June, 1922, at the Courthouse
of said county of Calhoun. offer for
sale and sell by public auction to the
highest bidder the following described
property by said decree directed to be
sold, to-wit:
An undivided One-fourth OF the roy
atty in the oil and gas-bcing the un-
divided one-fourth Thereof after such
oil and gas has been operated and
prOduced-within and underlying four
certain lots, tracts or parcel of land,
situate on the Little Kauawha River.
In Sheridan district, Calhoun county,
West Virginia, aggregate about one
hundred and forty-one acres which
which compose what was known as
the Aaron Petit Home Farm. and being
all Of the interest In such oil and gas
which was reserved and excepted unto
the said Homer A. Price I'm n certain
deed OF conveyance made by him and
his wife to b. G.. Stump dated on the
fourth day Of March, 1919. of record in
the office OF the Clerk of The County
Court OF said county OF Calhoun i'm
Deed Book No. 63 at page 81, to
which deed and the papers i'm said chan
Gerry cause reference Is made for a more
definite, particular and complete des-
cription of said land and The royalty
interest therein 80 to BE- sold
TERMS OF SALE: Cash i'm hand
on day OF sale.
Given under my hand this 18th day
OF May, 1922.
LORENTZ G. HAMILTON,
Commissioner.
/, l.. L. Terrell, Clerk OF the Circuit
Court of Calhoun county West Virgin
la, do certify that bond iu H. penalty Of
three thousand dollars has been filed
in my office by the abOvr uucd Com
missioner, as required b. decree I'm the
above mentioned cause. which bond
has been approved by me-
Teste:
5-1S-4t j. L. FEREETT. Clerk.
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FrlandA and Books-

The Arst time read an excellent
book. Il 10 to me just as If 1 hid
gained q new friend; when 1 read over
Q beck have psrussd before, it re-
SAMPLES the meeting with an old one.
oliver Goldsmith.
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Ns Calhoun Chronicle
Thursday, June Is, 1922
LEGAL HAPPENINGS

Why drag around feeling half sick
can get Tanlac? w. II. w. Dye
ThOs. Johnson, leading citizen of
Big Springs. was here a few hours Fri
day on business.
Carr Shaffcr. an influential citizen
of Barnes Run, was here Monday trans
acting business.
Deputy Assessor Is. Ii. SINNER OF
Freed. was attending TO official duties
at the Court House Monday
Harmon Martin, a subtantial and
prosperous farmer of Yellow Greek,
was transacting business here Friday.
l.. ]. Morris was on Leading Creek
Friday making a location on the Es-
Their Bell farm for Godfrey l.. Cabot.
]. ID. Smith, an excellent citizen of
Index, was visitor in Grantsville
Wednesday.
Z. l.. Hays and Wheeler ChenOweth,
OF Arnoldsburg, were among the prom
inent visitors in Grantsville for county
court Monday.
Tanlac makes people strong, sturdy
and well by toning up the vital organs.
w T. w. Dye.
Miss Matte Hays who has been Wis.,
iting friends here for the past few
weeks, returned to her home at Par
kersburg Friday.
Miss Eloise Stump, who is in high
school at Parkersburg, is here to spend
her vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira N. Stump.
For Sale-Two lots in South Grants
vile. Price right IL sold at once Call
or MFite, Jerry o.. West, Index, w. Va.
A crew of telephone men have been
busy between this place and Glenville
for several days past tearing down the
lines and poles of the Bell system that
once ran through here.
Col. J. T. Waldo celebrated his six
ty-ninth birthday today. He felt so
young that he offered to fight Senator
Alpheus Yoak an eight round battle I'm
front Of the Court House.
w. +. and Carl Stump, first-class
farmers Of Apple Farm, were Grants
vile visitors Tuesday. The former has
been In rather poor health for some
time but is much improved now and Is
able for his three squares daily.
Misses Daisy and Susan Mathews
and Albert Mathews, Jr., have arrived
home from BarbOursvllle where they
have been attending Morris Harvey
College to spend their summer vacation
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs Albert
q. Mathews.
The Sycamore pOstoffice was broken
into and robbed Of about thirty dollars
ia cash Tuesday night The office is
kept In the general store Of G. g. Morris
but nothing else was bothered except
the pOstOffice funds Entrance was
effected by boring a hole I'm the front
door and opening the spring night lock
]. NJ. Hickman, prominent citizen
OF White Pine, met with q serious and
nearly fatal accident Tuesday wher
unloading some logs from a wagon neal
his residence One Of the logs, wher
rolled from the wagon. struck a slat
It such a way that the latter strucl
Mr.. Hickman violent blow, knocking
him to the ground where his heaC
struck a sharp rock, cutting a baC
cash and rendering him unconscious
For time his companions thought h'
was dead, but he was revived and taker
70 his home where medical attention
was given him. He is recovering nicely
from the effects OF the blow and fal
and will soon be able to resume hii
nnk
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Of January 1921, and deed has been
required, as provided by law, which
deed will be be made to the said L @.
Hamilton ON OF after the LIST day Of
August, 1922 unless you against that
day redeem the said real estate from
the said sale
The amount necessary to redeem IL
as follows
Amount paid Sheriff at said
sale. ................... 97.b4
Amount taxes paid on prop
erty since said sale ......... 6.e6
s Amount paid Surveyor for
survey and report ........ 200
Amount paid for notice and
service thereof ........... 17.2O
interest .................... 90
Total SaA6a
Given under my hand this oath day
Of April, 1922.
S. r. WALDO.
Clerk OF the County Court Of Cal.
4-2T-4t houn County. west Virginia,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-07-19
ATWATER GIRL
PASSED AWAY
Young Atwater Girl Died Last Ev-
ening in This City After a
Long Illness +

Viola Johnson peacefully passed
away into eternal sleep at 1880 P. M.
on Tuesday, July 18th, at the home of
her grandfather, August Johnson, 915
Campbell ave-, after a lingering ILL.,
ness of about five months. She was
bedridden since April with heart trou-
BILE and suffered a stroke last Sunday.
Viola Emma Rosetta Johnson was
born on March 80, 1908, at Kandiyohi.
After the death of her father years
ago, the family moved to Atwater,
where they now reside. Viola finished
the first year of High School at Atwa-
ter this year. She leaves to mourn
her untimely death her mother, Mrs.
Elmer P. Johnson, the following bro
theirs and sisters, Carl Leroy, Frances
Eldon, Ruth Helen, and Elmer Philip,
her grandfather, August Johnson and
aunts, Emma T. and Ida Johnson of
this city, besides a large number Of
other relatives and friends.
The funeral will be held next Friday
afternoon from the home in Atwater
at 2 p. m. and from the Swedish Luth-
eran church at 2:30 p. m. Rev. M.
LeVander will ofticiate. The pail bear
ers are Charlie, Harold and Roy Ced-
erstrom, Carl Klint, Harold Nelson
and Gust Monson, uncles and cousins
of the deceased. The i1lterment will
be made at the family lot in the Trip
oils cemetery.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-07-19
TO RE:SURFACE
GREEN LAKE ROAD
Com. Babcock Authorizes Scores
Of Special Improvements Thru
Maintenance Department

Re-surfacing of Eleven Miles on
trunk highway No. between
Willmar and Spicer estimated at
$4,000 is an item on the list of
special projects referred to in the
following announcement.
In addition to the big mileages Of
grading and graveling on Minnesota
trunk routes-the so-called Babcock
rOads-by contract this season, about
$50 miles of gravel surfacing, 800 miles
of r>shaping, also scarcifying and other
special improvements will be spread
by maintenances forces.
Charles M. Babcock, state highway
commissioner, so announced this week
in authorizing special maintenance ex-
penditures of $426,125 to cover list
of 553 miles Of surfacing, 80 miles of
re-shaping and other like operations
in the maintenance department. Ad-
ditional items estimated at $175,O0O
are to be added upon recommendation
from district superintendent some of
whom have yet to submit their lists.
Trunk highway maintenance funds
this year will total about $2,600,O00,
highway officials stated. After pro-
viding for the special improvements,
many of which border on the contract
class, the remainder of the fund is to
be used for patrol upkeep, bridge re-
pairs and other undertakings which
distribute benefits to all parts Of the
state.
Special maintenance projects will
differ from those of last year, it was
explained. During the first year I'M
der the Babcock good roads plan much
new mileage was improved by the
maintenance forces, while this year
the operations will be mainly on pre-
vious work, including shaping, sur
facing and so forth. The lists supple
ment the regular service by patrolmen
and other employees of the mainten
ance department in the state highway
organization.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-07-19
Early Note on Bald EAGLES.

In that quaint old book, the Natural
History Of South Carolina, written by
John Brickell and printed In 1887, we
find the following note on the white
headed eagle: 'These birds are very
great breeders most part Of the year,
and always build their nests in old de-
cayed cyprus, or pine trees near the
river side, where they generally lay
two eggs, and sometimes three, but
they seldom have four; as soon as they
are Matched, and the young eagles have
down on them, with white woolly feath-
ers, the hen eagles lay again, which
eggs are Matched by the warmth of the
young ones In the nest, so that the
flight Of one makes room for the others
that are just Matched. Thus they con-
ttnue breeding most part Of the year."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-07-19
Eeif Life-3avlnn CORPS,

They were vinegar "eels" which
had been allowed a nne, vigorous
growth. When the writer was exam.
lining them with microscope one got
stranded In the shall0xer portion of
the vtnegar-drop. There it wriggled
and squirmed. the while the liquid
grew shallower. :. Just as 1t seemed
about to give Its last expiring wriggle
an amazing thing hap9ened. Several
OF the other cells made a dash from
the deeper vinegar and literally
dragged themselves across the fast
drying shallow towards their helpless
comrade. Rushing at the latter with
frantic ensrgy, they gradually worked
It in the direction Of the deeper fluid.
They reached it safely. too; though
for some little time 1t looked as II
rescuers AID rescued were going to
perish after all. #.'s.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-07-19
RURAL CREDITS ! |
GROUP FORMING
Statewide Campaign Committee
Called to Meet July rs to Back
zs..55z Amendment

Representatives of the farm organ
:izations of Minnesota will meet in St.
Paul on July 26 to map out an inten-
>sive statewide campaign for the rural
credits amendment to the state con
.stitution. '.'' ~. z=sF.
Officers Of. various farmers: asso-
Citations, in session with the executive
board of the Minnesota Farm Bureau
federation, authorized J. F. Reed, pres
ident of the federation, to invite all
agricultural organizations to select a
representative to serve on a commit
tee for the purpose of organizing sup.
port for the amendment. 49,.
President Reed today sent, out a
message to the farm organizations of
the state, asking them to appoint a
delegate to a central campaign COM
mittee. ..z, ;:
The first session of the committee
was set for Wednesday,, July &C., in the
Old Capitol, st. Paul.
The farm organizations represented
at the first conference, including the
largest cooperative institutions in the
northwest, agreed that the rural cred.
it's amendment was probably the most
important agricultural measure that
has come before the people Of Mime
sofa in many years, but. that passage
of the amendment, in spite of it's urg-
ency and its value to the state as a
whole, depended entirely on an in
tensive campaign to put all the facts
before the voters.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-07-19
World's Finest Diamond.

o T = - =
The largest diamond in the world
Is the Cullinan diamond. given to King
Edward by the Transvaal government
In 1907. The stone was presented to
King Edward In token Of the loyalty
and appreciation Of the people Of the
Transvaal for the bestowal Of the
constitution on the colony. It was I'M
earthed at the Jaegersfontein mine,
Orange River Colony. South Africa, il
1905. In it's rough state it weighed
2025 carats. or l 1,3 pounds. Amster-
dam diamond cutters made nine large
stones and several smaller ones from
1t. The largest still weighs 6161k
carats and is said to be the most valu.
able and brilliant diamond II human
possession today.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-07-19
RETURNED FRIDAY FROM
THOUSAND MILE TRIP

Mr.. and Mrs. T. G.. Nelson and dau-
ghter Myrtle Irene and son Stan. Cor
don returned Friday evening from a
two weeks auto trip to Minneapolis,
Bemidji, Grand Forks and Fargo, N.
D. They visited relatives at these pla-
ces and also in northern part Of the
state. They made a tour of HOO mile
trip. The Nelson family reports fine
trip. They state that the roads are
good and the crops are looking dandy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-07-19
GOLDEN RODS WIN ANOTHER

Golden Rod defeated Svea at the
formers grounds last Sunday by
score of 9 to 6. The batteries were
Thorson and Knutson for the Golden
Rods, and Tatting and Westerberg for
Svea. The score was 6 to in the
Sth' Golden Rod connected for a three
ply and three two baggers in the 9Th
and brot over tallies. This was the
seventh consecutive win for Golden
Rod.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-07-19
MoToRED TO GLENWooD

Mrs. J. E. Cleary, and sons Charles,
Robert and John and daughter Betty
motored to Herman, Elbow Lake, Ev-
ansvillek Alexandria and Glenwood.
They returned by the way of Benson.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-07-19
MRS. JOHN A JOHNSON VERY LOW

MRS. JOHN A JOHNSON VERY LOW
Friends thruout the county will be
grieved to learn that Mrs. John A.
Johnson of 420 First St., Willmar, is
very low. Her children have been
summoned to her bedside. Mrs. Esth-
er Wood and Mrs. Emma Gulbrandson
of Minneapolis and Mrs. Manda John
son of St. Paul arrived home last Fri
day night at which time their moth
er's condition had become very crit
ical. Doctors express no hope for her
recovery.