The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-01-05


Moundsville-New officers of Mar
shall county farm bureau include O. II.
Stewart, of Glen Eeaston, president;
a. II. Acker, MoundsviIle, secretary:
Frank Bowman, of Bowman Ridge,
| treasurer.
Conditions at the Pan
anna mine Of the Ben Franklin coal
company here, were quiet following
the arrival of "a squad of state troopers,
insresponse to an appeal made to the
state authorities by Sheriff John Haz-
| lett.
Huntington.-Sllve loving cups of
! fered by Kiwanis and Rotary clubs to
| junior high school studnts entered in
the students reading and speaker con-
tests, awarded to Bernie Fox, of En-
slow Junior high school, and Hortense
Ziegler of Central high school.
Huntington-Plans being made
for community Christmas celebration
| possibly at city auditorium. Frank
| Nlurrison has arrived from New York
to train members of various local or
ganizations to sing Christmas carols.
Huntington-Living on S15
week is simple according to girls
studying millinery and other subjects
at y. w C. \. evening classes
Through their Instructions they are
able to copy hats and dresses they
| see in shop windows at half the cost.
Fairmont-Olethia, the four year
| old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II.
Toothman, died at a local hospital
from burns received when her cloth
ing caught fire from an open CRATE.
Her older brother, James, has his
hands severely burned in trying to
eXtinguish the flames.
Huntington-A branch of he
Huntington pOstoffice is to be estab-
lished in Bridge street, between Rich
m0t'd>.Qna Burlington in the Guyan-
dotte section OF the city. Contract
for poStoffice building has been
awarded to j. VI. Beale and the build
ing is to completed by March l, 1922.
Wheeling.-Following his acuuittaI
In the criminal court recently on the
charge of completely in municipal cleo
council voted unanimously to reinstate
John j. z. O'Brien in the office of citv
solicitor. When indicted, Mr.. O'Brien
voluntarily withdrew from the office
and Harold Brennan has since served
in his stead.
w. VA. STATE NEWC GAL,
Williamson.-Bread checks issued
every week by United Mine Workers to
strikers and others have been cut sew
eral times within recent weeks. The
weekly amount given to single men has
been reduced from 81 to 81 through
out the strike area. Each married man
now receives $5.25 each week while
If he has one child, he receives 75 cents
extra.
Contracts for roads in
ii counties were let by the state road
commission the bids tOtaling S5S3. 700
TO. Bids were submitted by about $50
contractors and the prices were said
10 be more reasonable than any receiv-
ed for work under the S15,OOO.OOO bond
issue. 1t was the third letting of con
tracts under the new road law. the
hrst a month ago totalled 100000.
while contracts for ten bridges were
let two weeks later
Charleston-Under the law assessors
are required TO collect capitatlon taxeg
and forward them to the state auditor
by the fifteenth Of the following month
TO be credited to the school fund When
auditor Bond took charge Of his office
last march, he said, p assessors owed
the auditor of these accounts abOut
$4,000. This has not only been paid up
but all Of this years capitation taxes
nave been turned over to the auditor.
except those due from one assessor.
who has been III. The collections this
year amount TO S2SOOOO as compared
with $25OOOO collected last year
Huntington.-In answer to n query
from II. II. Mclaughlin, who owns a
home in Huntington, as 70 whether the
state intends to make it prohibltive for
man Of ordinary means to own n
home, State Tax Commissioner IIalIan-
an replied that the state Is engaged in
vigorous efforts to combat the attempts
OF local communities TO pile up tre-
mendous public debts for improve
ments, and further more that out OF
%3lO taxes that Mr.. Mclaughlin pays.
only $l4 goes to support the state gov
ernment.
Fairmont-Grand army men OF
Marion county made honorary mem
Ders Of veterans of foreign wars.
Clarksburg Morris Hill, Of
Clarksburg, has been elected president
of the United brotherhood OF Window
Glass Workers OF America.
Morgantown-As the result Of
putting a small ad In che Welsh
American of Pittsburgh, Lewis Tom
Jones, OF Ebbvale, Monmouthshlre
England, found his nephew, w. n.
Jones, Of Morgantewn. He had not
seen his nephew for 10 years