The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-20

Elkins Henry Fallon injured when
his speedster went over an embank-
ment near BurnSville.
Huntington-Bracy Fout was SEN
fenced to an hour in Jail and fined $50
for assault and battery.
Weston - Transfer of home of Mrs.
Louise Bennett for public library pur-
poses will be effected soon.
Petersburg Wroth was elect
ed president of Parkersburg manufac-
turers' and jobbers' association.
Mannington-Union Carpenters here
have agreed to a voluntary reduction
in wages from 90 cents an hour to 80
cents.
Grafton-Joseph A. Fuccy, pioneer
builder of railroads in West Virginia,
died here suddenly at the age Of Ga
years.
Fayettesville-Seth Summerfield has
been held to the grand jury on a
charge of killing his wife, Rosa Sum-
| merfield.
Buchannon - Movement on here to
erect monument to the memory of Up
shur county boys who lost their lives
in the war.
IN frfxr Aron =
represented by about 700 delegates at
regional Sunday school convention
here May 1925.
ParkerSburg-Mis Katherine Rut-
tencutter will be named to succeed
Walter E. Stout, who resigned as
postmaster here.
Ellenboro owners have
filed protests against damages allow
| ed by the county commissioners for
proposed road improvements.
Elkins-Annual meeting of the CEN
trail district organization of the West
Virginia federation of women's clubs
will be held here on May and 3.
Clarksburg - James w. Robinson,
| councilman from the second ward, re-
| signs because of his business interests.
Formerly he was judge of the Harri-
son county criminal court
Morgantown-D. n. Day was sem
| fenced to two days in Jail because he
told Judge Allen he didn't know "who
in hell he got his liquor from" He
was fined $7.6O for getting it.
Fairmount - The Chesapeake coal
company has made a great expansion
in its holdings in Marion county and
will in a short time move its general
offices, its sales offices and operating
| offices to Fairmount-
Parkersburg - Confederate Daugh-
ters are planning the erection of q
bronze tablet on the Confederate sold
iers' monument in city park here with
the names of Confederate soldiers
from Wood county inscribed thereon.
Morgantown-The body of David
Wright, 73 years old, was found hang
ing in barn on his farm near here.
Mr.. Wright had been suffering from
i'll health for some time, and was de-
scribed by members of his family as
having been respondent
Clarksburg-Declaring that City
Health Commissioner DR.. r. i. Osborne.
was "splteful man" and discriminate
ed against "one-cow dalryists" Mrs.
Mary II. Moore broke into a meeting
Of dignifed city councilmen and har-
angued the council on the fine art OF
city government for two hours.
HuntingtOn-The American Legion
post here has completed negotiations
! for purchase Of a residence in the
heart of the city, for a permanent
home. An expenditure Of thirty thou
| sand dollars is involved I'm the deal,
to which Will be added an additional
ten thousand dollars for erection Of a
brick annex which will house a gym
nasium.
Lowcsville-E -Ejectment orders Of
local magistrates directing deputy
sheri1s to oust miners from houses
belonging to the Lowesville-Fairmont
Coal company have been returned by
the officers with the information that
the order had been eyaded by the
occupants Of the houses by trans
fer Of the title Of the property to
some other member Of the family.
! Parkersbdrg - Harold r. White. at
present boys work secretary Of the
Fall River, Mass, Y. VI. c. A., has
been appointed boys work secretary
Of the Y. VI. G. A. here.
! Charleston - Mont Pierce, res
ident Of Dunbar, died while being
brought TO Charleston hospital as
result Of pistol wound said to have
been fired by Constable Lace Coleman.
According to Information received here
Pierce attempted to free man placed
under arrest by Chief Of Police Young