The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-11-30

Wheeling-GeOrge Oldham. senior
member o. the firm of Oldham and
Beck has taken over and will con
tinue the business of the firm in the
Wheeling steel corporation building.
Wheeling population of the
Ohio county poor farm, near Roney's
Point, has increased with the ap-
prOach of winter and there is now a
total of as unfortunate men and
women sheltered there
Parkersburg Schadenhaufer,
superintendent of local manufactur-
ing plant, may lose ;Se sight of both
eyes from burns received when gases
that had collected i'm a drum that had
contained sulphuric acid exploded
PiedmOnt-Rev. Martin A. Hay has
resigned as pastor of the First Presby-
terian here, position he has filed
for several years. to accept the pas
tOrate of the Presbyterian church at
JonesbOrO, n. c..
MOrgantOwn-At the instance of the
Chamber of Commerce, the American
railway express company has arrang-
ed to motOrize its delivery service
here within the next 60 days. The
action was taken because of com
plants of slow delivery service.
rgantOwn-Backed by the Amer
ican Legion, the Central labor union
and the MOrgantOwn chamber of com
merce, the first night school to be
conducted here by the board of educa-
tion began sessions recently. Teach
ing English is one of The principal
classes.
Parkersburg- City Fireman Guy
Dowler, William Taggart and Floyd
Cochran were overcome by smoke
fumes while fighting blaze in the
Parkersburg postOffice and Dowler was
so seriously affected that he had to be
removed to the city hospital. The
other two were revived
Morgantown-Indicat point to
the largest Burley tobacco crop of
years in West Virginia The 10 to-
baccO producing counties, Jackson,
Wood, Writ, Boone. Kanawha, Put
nam, Lincoln, Cabell, Mason and
Wayne are expected to produce 12,-
100000 pounds this year
Wheeling-Edward LarkinS. %, for
mer resident of Wheeling, proprietor
of an automobile accessory store in
GAINESVILLE, o., was instantly killed
and DIR. Hupp of GAINESVILLE suffered
q fractured skull when the formers
machine cOllided with another car
between GAINESVILLE and Columbus.
istersville-William Kent, of Be
thesda, and Dorsey Kent, and Samuel
Hubbard, Of Sistersville, all presenting
convincing alibs were freed by Mar
shall county authorities who detained
them as suspects in the unsoved
killing of James +. Hatfield, whose
body was found in the river last JuIy.
Blueheld - Pleading guilty TO q
charge of murder before Special Judge
p. G. Cook in the criminal court OF
Mcdowell county Jim Davis. colored
alias Jim Lowdown, was sentenced ia
life imprisonment Davis confessed
to the murder or Annie Moore M
Kimball early in September He was
recently arrested in Columbus. O.
Huntington Fred Sammong OF
Cium, miraculOusly escaped death
when he rode 500 yards on the pilot
OF n Norfolk & Western engine with
his head wedged between the headlight
and a rod, after the mule on which
ne was riding was hit and instantly
killed, according to word brought nc
Kenova by trainmen Sammons wa.
UDhurt
Charleston County clerks in Wes
Virginia issued 1928 hunting license,
70 residents Of the state and 2OS li
censes to non-residents between Janu
ary / and October I OF this year. nc
cording TO a report compiled by TIN,
state game and fsh commission. Tn,
licenses 10 residents OF the state al s.
each brought in SG4,92s and those g.,
non-residents $500.
Bluefeld Kirk Maybeury shot an,
killed his father-n-law. Jasper Hat
Held, at the latter's home In Davy 81,
me outcome Of domestic trouble, ac
cordlng 10 word received here Nav
'NhiJf n tWuiU UA ~ Il rs Sdln, admit
ted the shooting but with the claim
he shot in self-defense, saying Hat
Held shot first. Maybeury surrender
ed himself 10 Mcdowell County am
fhOrities
Huntington The Atlas drug com
pany has gone into voluntary bank
ruptcy, listing liabilities a $1,000 an,
assets Of 10000
Charleston are nearly 600,
iliiterates in Kanawha county, j. wal
ter Barnes, member of the state boar,
OF control, told the Lions club i'm
talk on education. Two per cent o
the population are native whites. u
per cent foreign born and - per cen
colored he said. West Virginia. Mr
Barnes said, should seek to eliminate
uBieTacy through the ru~pI schools.