The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-04-13
West Virginia
News Briefs
ri Mast Important events n
I'LL Of entire sfafo covered
. By cur esrrespondanfs L

Observation-Disclosures rubber factory
here reopens after having been closed
for more than year.
school conditions here, school children
and parents held a parade through
the city.
Clarksburg-Local lodge I. o. o. f.
accepts challenge of ParkerSburg to
beat 1t in membership drive.
Bduefeld-Ten teams in campaign
to raise funds for organization of a
community service here.
Williamson - Business men here
have organized the Williamson cham
Der Of commerce.
Morgantown-Two hundred miners
will take a course in mining at the
state university here this summer.
Williamson-Ernest S. Juhling, has
been appointed deputy collector of
internal revenue to succeed II. P.
jules, TeSlSueu.
Weirton-New world record for
tonnage set here when Weirton steel
company's plant produced S45.6 tons
In a day, according to officials.
I untington-Gorman Watts, charged
with burglary, was found guilty in
common pleas court. Judge Matthews
sentenced him to two years at Mounds
vile.
Kingwood-This place has COM
pleted the sale of it's municipality OWL.
ed electric lighting plant to the West
Penn Power and Electric company
for $4,000.
Clarksburg- w. Davis will be
one of the speakers of the annual
state convention Of Elks to be held
here in September. Former Governor
JOIN ]. Cornwell also will speak.
Clarksburg - Twenty-three produc
Ing wells in Harrison, Doddridge anC
Braxton counties bought by Wolfe
Penn oil company as result of court
order. Price paid was $4,000.
tington-Marshall college will
open its summer school on June 1.
with the greatest enrolment in tht
history of the college summer sessions
according to President Frederick r
Hamilton.
MorgantOwn-Judge r. E. L. Alle1
sentenced Dewey Smith, il, to lear1
the ten commandments and repea
them without error after Dewey con
fessed to stealing marbles from a five
and ten cent store.
Charleston-Owing to the large mum
Der Of fires in West Virginia last year
fire insurance companies had to pa,
out for losses about 80 percent Of al
the premiums held by go such com
panies on property in this state, /
was said yesterday by w. E. White
of the state insurance department.
Morgantown-W. II. Davis, Of Clarks
burg, will have charge of the mainten
ance of state roads in northern Yves
Virginia it was announced here by w
IS. Downs, state road engineer for TN,
northern division of the state. Mr.
Davis will organize a force Of patrol
imen and gang workers to maintain
the roads on a new system similar Il
that used In Maryland, Mr. Down
said.
Wheeling-Plans for a million dol
lar bridge between Bellaire and Ben
wood connecting the Steubenville
Marietta highway with the state roa,
on the West Virginia side, were com
pleted at meeting Of a number o.
prominent Bellaire men. Attorne,
Clifford Beltz returned from Washing
ton where he was assured specia
legislation viii be enacted authorizin,
construction OF the bridge.
Huntington-A year and a dav q
Atlanta prison was the sentence givei
-. Jerome HaddOX, ex-BarbOlrsvil
postmaster, when he pleaded guilty q
emDezzIemeut Of postal funds fin fed
eral court Haddox, widely konwl
throughout southern West virginia
was arrested some time ago when
shortage 10 his funds was disclos1d b,
an Inspector. Iaddox said he had los
the money.
Bluefeld-James a. Daugherty VIII,
served as machine gunner i'm fin,
World war, found dead I'm hotel here
Wheeling-A jury in criminal cour
here returned a verdict finding Harr,
Manuel a former Pittsburgh Serbian
resident guilty Of murder in the sec
ond degree. Mamnuel was accuse,
with Mike Wayeh, also formerly Of
pittsburgh, OF killing John Kalas. s
wheeling Pole, in an argument over s
hand Of poker at the Polish hall ir
south Wheeling the night OF Novem
Der II.