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Arizona republican., 1922-06-13
WEDDINGS At MESA
ROMANTIC AFFAIRS

MESA. June PA pretty romance,
having it's inception in Douglas sew
eral years ago. when the groom was
Stationed there in one of the army
units, and the bride was teacher in
the city schools, eliminated June I
in Pasadena, when Miss GLADYS
Palmer, prominent local young lady,
and NJ. NJ. Hammer, veteran OF the
World war, were united in marriage.
The simple ceremony was conducted
in the Methodist church in that city,
witnessed by a few intimate friends
of the young people. according to
word conveyed to the brides par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. E. Z. Palmer of
West First street. Mesa.
Mrs. Hammer has resided in Mesa
for many years. Graduating from
the Tempe Normal with the class
of 1919. she taught the following term
in Douglass and the past two terms
has been a teacher in the Mesa city
schools. She was reelected for next
year. but at the close of school. ten
dered her resignation.
Mr. Hammer is now taking voca-
tional training in the University of
Southern California in Los Angeles.
The Young people will make their
home in that city.
Popular Mesa Couple Wed
A quiet beautiful wedding. uniting
Chester A. Smith, Oldest son of L.
II. Smith of Tempe. and Clara Nj.
Lewis. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John F. Lewis was celebrated at the
brides home, June II.
The bride was attended by MISS
Bertha Tyson and the groom was at
tended by Philip |. Lewis, Oldest
brother of the bride Mrs. l.. ii.
Smith played the wedding march,
while the young people went to the
large front porch, and took their
places beneath leafy bower OF pep
per boughs and pink and white olean-
der blossoms. The ring ceremony
was conducted by Rev. Bernard S.
Davis. minister of the Christian
church of Mesa. The bride was very
dainty attired in a white silk crepe
de chine gown and carried bridal
bouquet of white roses and larkspur.
The bridesmaid was attired in a
pink silk jersette gown and carried
a bouquet of pink roses and larkspur.
Many beautiful and useful gifts
were received by the young couple.
After the ceremony bounteous bas-
ket dinner was served cafeteria style
to the 81 guests. AS the large we'd
ding. cake was cut by the bride the
ring was drawn by Bertha Tyson,
the penny by Hiram Shouse and the
thinble by Van Sullivan. Miss
Katherine Peterson caught the bridal
bouquet as it was thrown by the
bride who was blindfolded and sur
rounded by circle of merry young
people
The bride and groom will leave in
Arizona republican., 1922-06-13
American Indians May
Colonize In Mexico

Ell PASO. Texas. June 12-Pres-
ident Obregon of Mexico Informed
Chief Wahre- she of the Osages and
four leading tribesmen that he ap-
proved their plan to found a colony
residing in the United States, if they
would comply with Mexican laws. ae-
cording to Benito Rodriguez, first
chancellor Of the Mexican consulate.
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Road contractors are clamoring for
work and should have no difficulty in
securing labor at very price, he added
at the same time pointing out the re-
lief from unemployment anS the bene-
fit to business that would accrue from
distributing this money among the
banks in the various counties for the
use of the commission.
The letter expressed the belief that
the governor would call special
session If popular demand for it should
appear, and closed:
The people are clamoring for roads !;
road contractors are begging for work :;
labor is abundant and needs employ.
ment; road bonds can be sold at ad-
outrageous prices; the road commissio,
ias an efficient organization ready to
20 to it; we all want West Virginia
pulled out of the mud"
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hardly probable. State police and coun-
~ officials have been giving consider
able time TO the case in an effort TO dis
cover who did it. and have some clues
that may eventually lead TO some
arrests being made.
My father has almost completely re-
covered and was advised his physicians
yesterday that he could resume his
work on April oath. Two X-ray photo
graphs were made of the wound which
showed that he had a very narrow es-
cape. In its course, the bullet entered
the right breast at the collar bone and
Just missed the juglar vein by one
eighth of an inch, passing through the
apex of the right lung and was found
edged between the third and fourt
lbs on the left side, having passed al
most entirely through the body. The
bullet was of the thirty-two steel JACKIE
type and made clean wound, not tear
ing the flesh any.
Thanking all our friends in old Cal
hOun for the interest manifested III
their letters and wishing you the very
best success, i remain,
Yours very truly,
VIM. d. Hathaway.
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Our observation and experience have
led us to conclude that the farther from
Charleston is kept away the past few
years crop of alleged solons. the better
t is for every class of industry in West
Virginia
But Treasurer Johnson's talk about
roads sounds mighty good to us who
have about decided that a raft down
the Little Kanawha or n trip on foot
back to Nc Farlan or Ivydale is the
kind of transportation God meant for
Calhouners. and we are going to take
another chance. So Governor Morgan
is hereby respectfully urged TO call an
extraordinary session of the Legislature
forthwith and without delay to consider
the proposition set out above.
OF course, we would little rather
10 other subjects were included in the
'all. But if those around the scattered
Statehouse in Charleston who do hun
ger and thirst. have their guns cooked
and primed for the Industries of West
Virginia, we still say let them go to it.
We want the roads and we want them
before we have 10 travel over them in
Il plumed wagon. Consequently we are
willing to trade the oil, gas, coal, lum
Der or any other industries (senging
ana coon-hunting always eXcepted) for
roads. Warming is given that nearly
all of the industries mentioned are a
little lean and l-cOnditioned from con-
slant plucking and due care should be
used in all leg-lengthening exercises or
operations attempted.
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WE ARE LIVING IN SPIRIT
OF WILSON," G0MPERS SAYS
Labor Leader Expresses Hope That His
Principles May Become Daily Rules
For Conduct Of Our Lives"

1--WE are living today in the spirit OF
Woodrow Wilson and our efforts in
The future will be directed toward
mobilization of the public sentiment
of this Republic to his work in order
that his principles may become daily
rules for the conduct of our lives"
That is the message sent broadcast
by Samuel GOmpers, president Of the
American Federation of Labor in
giving his endorsement to the plan to
honor the former president through
the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, at a
recent conference between labor lead
ers and representatives. of the FOunda-
ton Fund.
The American people, and particu-
larly the working people owe it to the
country to see to 1t that this honor to
Woodrow Wilson shall be successful.
If there has ever been man i'm re-
sponsible office in this country who
understood labOr's rights It Vas
Woodrow WILSON,"
AS Instances of the fundamental
principles Of the idealism of Mr..
Wilson's efforts toward betterng the
condition of the laboring men, Mr..
Gompers named the Seamen's and
Clayton Antitrust Laws.
THE former" he said, has raised
the sailor from the galley slave to the
modern seaman Of the United States.
But probably the splendid ldealism
Of Mr.. Wilson is nowhere in labor
legislation better illustrated than I'm
the Clayton Antitrust Law. That
bill declared that the labor of human
being is not a commodity or article of
commerce. Every act of Wilson dur
Ing his presidency was prompted by
the highest motives i'm the interest not
only of labor, but of all the people.
Whether Wo have a small treaty OF
four or five, OF an agreement among
al the nations Of the earth, the initial
sep has been taken. Mr.. Wilson has
pointed ont tho way i'm international
understanding, and we are following
he path lie silently emOlazons."
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G. 0. P. CHANCES SLIM
West Virginia Argus, at King
wood, Pre- diets Wholesale
Scattering Of Republican
Officeholders

The people Of West Virginia "can.
not stand another raid on our pocket.
books" says the West Virginia Argus
of Kingwood, one Of the leading week.
ly newspapers OF the state I'm pointing
out that chances for the Republicans
this year are slim. The Argus, which
is edited by J. T. Spahr, says:
There is going to be a whole
sale scattering of Republican
office-holders In this county and
state at the coming election In
November They might us well
prepare for the deluge and charter
canoes. And their canoes will
not run aground at Mount Ararat
like old Noah's ark. They are all
headed for the head waters Of the
historic Salt river. We are
going to load every one Of them in
the canoes, from state senator's to
county commissioners. There
won't be one Of them left to de-
liver the funeral grafton. And
not one OF them will be allowed to
play in our back yard again and
disturb the tomcats when they
hold their annual convention.
We can stand the music of the
tomcats when they are langoing,
but we cannot stand another raid
ON our pOcketboOhs."
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INCREASE IN
TAXES SHOWN
Seven Times as Great Today as
In 1912, Yet State Tax De-
partment Insists Upon
Boosting Assessment
MUST MEET A DEFICIT DUE TO
EXTRAVAGANZA

An example Of the startling increase
In taxes in West Virginia in the last
ten years, especially on farm lands
and other real estate, is reflected in
an authentic table prepared by L. A.
Christy, former Democratic member
of the Kanawha county court, who re-
signed a year ago because he said he
could not sit mutely by and observe
the careless manner in which the ma
jority Republican members were run
ming the cOuntrys affairs"
In his study of the increase in the
assessed valuation of real estate in
Kanawha, the home of the state
capitol, Judge Christy covers a period
of ten years, from 1912 to 1921.
Rate Increases Seven Times
He disclosed that the average rate
Of taxation in these ten years has in
creased from "A cents on the 500
valuation to S2.O41a. Meanwhile, the
value of land, lots and improvements,
he shows, has increased from $4,000,
900. to S64, 100000, an increase of S27,-
100000 in realty value alone
That means that the owners of real
-
approximately $204 900 in taxes. In
1921, they paid approximately $1,4OO,-
900. In other words, 1t means, the
Charleston Gazette points out edito-
rally, that the land owners of Ka-
nawha county paid to the sheriff in
1921 about seven times as much as
they did in 1912. This does not in
clude city taxes in Charleston, and.
of course, does not include personal
property taxation.
Going Still Higher
The same conditions prevail in all
the counties of the state In face of
these figures and the fact that farm
values ar. shown by a survey of the
United States department of agrlcul-
ture to have greatly decreased in
West Virginia during the past few
years, the Republican tax depart
ment of this state, of which Walter S.
Hallanan is the head insists upon res
directing the old Dawson tax law.
which lay dormant for years on the
statute books, and using it to boost
taxes at u time when the people can
least afford it, This is being done,
Democratic leaders say, for the OBJ
viOus purpose Of meeting deficit in
operating expenses due TO the lavish
administration Of affairs by the pres
ent Republican administration. In
order to make this reassessment of
property, Commissioner Hal!anan was
voted $4,000 additional expense
money by the last Republican leg
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA: At
Rules held in the office Of the Clerk
Of the Circuit Court OF Calhoun county
on the 0rst Monday In March, 1922, the
following order was entered.
Scott Duffield Plaintiff
Against
w. $. Kelley, Q. N. Kelley,
The Calhoun County Bank,
n corporation, and L. l.. Fer
rell Trustee. Defendants.
In Chancery.
The above Is the title Of a suit in
Chancery pending in the Circuit Court
of said Calhoun county, the object Of
which ia TO recover from the defendants.
w. S. Kelley and G. NJ. Kelley the sum
Of s253.79, with interest thereon from
the 9th day Of March, 1922. by reason
Of certain note, dated September 9Th.
1921. made by said W 8. Kelley and
G. 81. Kelley 10 the order Of the Bank
of Grantsville. calling for the sum of
$4,000, due four months after it's date
aud endorsed by the plaintiff as On
accommodation eudOrsor for said W x
Kelley ana O. ~ Kelley ana which snid
note The said plaintiff was compelled
60 pay TO- said Bank by reas0n
Of said endorsement and is now
owned and held by the plaintiff
And also to subject 20 sale for said
amount so due TO the plaintiff and
the costs Of this suit certain real es
tate Of the defendant. W S. Kelley.
consisting Of the following. to-wit an
undivided 515-26% of the oil and gas
within and underlying 20H acres Of
land, on Walkers Greek. In Washing
ton district, Calhoun county, West vir-
ginia, and certain mining and operat-
ing rights and privileges also a certain
parcel Of land containing 5GM acres
on aid Wslksr's Creek, in Aaid Wash
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ington district and also an undivided
one-fourth Of the coal and other miner.
ais Except oil and gas) within and nm
DERIVING q parcel Of 1O5 acres in said
Washington district on said walkers
Creek oil of which said real estate IL
described in the bill and proceedings in
said suit and all of which has been at
lached in said suit and for general
relief
And 1t appearing by affidavit filed
tnot the defendants, w. S. Kelley ana
9. NJ. Kelley are non-residents Of this
state 1t is ordered that they, each. do
appear here within one month after the
iirst publication hereof, and do what
may be necessary to protect their inter
ests.
Given under my hand this March
9th, 1922.
Teste:
L. L. TERRELL. Caark.
a Copy Teste
J.. L. TERRELL. Clerk.
Lorentz c. Hamilton.
Attorney Tor Plaintiff. a. q.
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TREASIR REF WOULD BUILD
ALL ROADS AT ONCE

Charleston, April 1J.-State deposit
tory banks, county officials and news
papers have been asked in letters sent
out by State Treasurer w. =. Johnson
TO urge On Governor Morgan special
session of the legislature to authorize
the issue Of more state road bonds.
To take advantage of market in
which state road bonds could be sold
with Az per cent interest instead of
) per cent, TO issue the bonds before
Congress passes an act that would
deprive them of taX-emption features.
to pull West Virginia out of the mud"
while labor is plentiful, ut the same
time relieving unemployment and fl
nancial stringency, whic the state Off
cial admits are becoming acute. are
the reasons Mr.. Johnson advanced for
calling a special session that the bonds
may be issued as soon as possible.
More than two million dollars would
be saved in interest alone by sale of
bonds now under a plan outlined by the
state treasurer, he declared Sale of
$10,000,000 ten-year bonds and So, 900.
600 twenty -five-year bonds at AZ per
cent rates would mean n saving to the
state of $2315.0O0 as compared with
the interest that would be necessary If
the rate were D per cent, the letter
pointed out. Assurances have been re
celved from New York bankers and
brokers, Mr.. Johnson wrote that
whereas there was much difficulty in
selling the previous S15.000OO0 issue
..t =
be readily disposed at par on the Az
per cent basis now. \ business revival.
calling for large sums for industrial
use, however would alter this condi-
ton and in six months the market
might reach the same state which ere
ated difficulties in selling the first
issue.
OF the possibilities and effects of
federal taxation, the treasurer
wrote:
II understand there is a bill pend
Ing before Congress that is likely to
pass, making all state bonds subject
to taxation. If this bill should become
law 1t would mean that our state road
bonds would have to bear much high
er rate of interest than at the presen,
time in order for the state to realize
par for them and if we should delay
issuing our road bonds until after
this law is passed it would mean that
our bonds would have to bear not less
than six per cent interest instead of
AZ per cent in order to realize par for
same. This increase in interest on
l'25,OOO,OO0 of bonds would cost the
state more than $7,12J,OOO
The letter also pointed out that the
state road commission had an organi-
cation able to care for disbursement of
more money with but little additional
overhead expense. An $15,OOO,OO or
$25OOO,000 to spend will mean a savina,
by expediting construction Df state
roads and shortening the time until
construction expenses of the commits
sion would cease, Mr.. Johnson wrote.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
OUTS very TRULY,
VIM. d. Hathaway

WEST VIRGINIA, TO-WIT:
At Rules held in the Clerks office of
the Circuit Court of Calhoun county.
West Virginia, on Monday the 9th day
of March, 1922, the following order was
entered:
John Rafferty,, surviving
husband of Matilda G. Raj
ferty, and in his own right,
c. o. Rafferty,, Ada V. Bur
rows, G. II. Rafferty,, John c.
Rafferty,, l.. ]. Vincent and
Ida l.. Gamer, Plaintiffs.
Against
Thomas Pool, Elias Pool,
L. j. Kremer, r. r. Denbow,
Harry K. Stewart, Q. II.
Smith and Hope Natural Gas
Company, Defendants.
In Ejectment
The object of the above entitled suit
is to obtain a JUDGMENT of the said Cir
cult Court in favor of said plaintiffs
and against said defendants, for the
possession OF certain tract or parcel
of land, lying and being situate in the
said county of Calhoun, and containing
% acres, bounded and described as fol-
lows
beginning at n Beech stump and run
ming thence S. 43AE. 4 poles to point
ers; ). 69AE. AZ poles to a stake !;
S. 4SA f. 391a poles to pointers in
Block line; N. 8S1a W. 60 poles to a
stake in the Block line. on the bank OF
n. IL w. 461a poles to the place of
the Little Kanawha River, and thence
beginning.
And it appearing by affidavit filed in
said suit that T. ]. Kremer, r. r. Den
bow, Harry f. Stewart and G. Fl. Smith
are non-residents of this state, it is
ordered that they do appear here with
in one month after the date of the first
publication hereof and do what is nee
essary to protect their interests.
Teste:
L. L. TERRELL, Clerk.
A. G. Mathews, Sol. 3-16 At
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DEMOCRATS HAD
MOST SENATORS
Ten Democratic United States
Senators Have Been Elected
From West Virginia and
Only Nine Republicans

West Virginia votes according 10
aer convictions and does not adhere
strictly to party lines year in and year
put, records in the state archives at
Charleston show.
These same records show conclu-
sively that West Virginia is not nor
nally a Republican state. As q
whole, the state can justly be CLASH
fled as doubtful, in the light of past
events, with honors more or less
equally divided between both parties
IN the matter of plucking choice polit-
cal plums
Ten Democratic Senators
There have been ten Democratic
United States senators elected in this
state since its organization in 1863 and
zine Republicans. There have been
eight Republican governors and seven
Democratic.
After reviewing the statistics and
records in connection with the election
Of United States senator's in West
Virginia, political wiseacres are con-
vinced that this is democratic
year They point to the fact that
he Republicans have never in the his
tory of the state elected a United
States senator more than three times
in succession. With the election OF
Nathan Gofc, Howard sutherland and
Davis E.liEs. "tne Republicans Lave
reached their limit, these wiscucres
say, ana are due % sep oUt next
November and make way for "a Dem
Ocratlc senator
C. o. ?. Period Near End
The Republicans started ;he SEN
ltorship bah rolling 10y coping The
ball three times IN succession, elect
ing Peter q. Van Wrinkle rs the first
ana following with ,he election of
Waiman r. Wiley and Arthur 1.
Boreman. Then the Democrats took
the bull by the horns" and elected
eight members OF their party in sue
cession. They were Henry G.. Davis,
Allen T. CapertOn, Samuel Price.
Frank Hereford, johnson \. Camden,
John f. Kenna, Charles j. Faulkencr
and Johnson n. Camden a second time.
The Republicans then staged u come
back and filled the office three more
terms by electing Stephen Il. Elkins,
Nathan b. Scott and Davis Elkins, Sr.
During the next two terms Clarence
w. Watson and William f. Chiffon,
Democrats were elected, and then
the Republicans stepped in for the
present three-term period which, the
wiseacres aver, is due to be broken
next November by the Democrats.
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Wlman Democrat Wins
For School Board
In Reane

Official results of the cleo
ton held in the Spencer school
district, in Roam county, show
that Mrs. William NJ. Looney
was one of two new members
elected to the board in an eX-
citing contest. The contest
was fought out along party lines
and Mrs. Looney is Democrat.
The other winning candidate
was T. E. Vineyard, also a Dem
ocrat. They defeated Anderson
McKown and Z. ]. Sarver, Re
publicans.
In taking the lead in putting
women to the front, Roam county
Democrats "have selected a wo-
man who will justify the con-
fidence in wOmen's ability to
handle public affairs" her
friends say.
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The virnilisn PloNa.

Early the forest elm Is bowed by
main force TO bend into q share beam
and takes the shape of the curVing
pillow; to the stock Of It are fitted the
long eight-foot pole. the two mold
boards and the double back Of the
share-bead and the Hgnt lime Is cut
to season for The yoke, and the tall
beech for the plow-tall that Is to turn
the carriage from Gbove and behind.
and ORk batteus are hung over the fire
for the smoke 10 search them through.
-"The EeiOgues and Georges Of viz
XII" Ctr by q w MackaiD.
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HATHAWAY SHOOTING
STILL A MYSTERY
Clarksburg, w. Va.
April 18th, 1922.

Clarksburg, w. Va.
April 18th, 1922.
Editor Chronicle:
Having received many letters from
former friends in Calhoun county, ask
for particulars regarding the the shoot
ing of my father, benjamin w. Hatha-
way, and inasmuch as l do not have the
time 20 write to each of them individ-
ually. | would thank you to publish this
letter in the next issue of your paper as
an explanation of the whole affair as
know it. Just who fired the shot and
the motive for the act remains n mys-
fiery, as my father had never had any
Kind OF trouble with anyone and as far
as he knew, had not an enemy in the
world. 1t is possible that it could have
hccn stray shot fired at random. but
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F1rm for Sale-132lA acres S-room
nous" With concrete porch. good well
and ciStern, stone cellar. garage. two
barns and other good out buildings.
woll fenced. good orchard. good blue
grass sod, plenty of timber. On Par
kerSburg and Stanton pike. between
Burnt Hourse and Smithville in sight
OF school. one mile to church If inter
ested call on write W. \. kirkpatrick,
Fonzo, tRitchie Coz w. Va. &c 2t