The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-07-27

Co., with capital Of $4,000 was grant
ed charter by the secretary of the
state.
Parkersburg damage was re-
ported in Roane and Writ counties
by a recent severe wind and rain
storm.
Parkersburg-Mason county officers
have arrested Mason Shields, wanted
in connection with the killing of NJ.
]. Rousch.
Elkins-Ku Klux K1an donated an
American flag and a roll of bills to
Rev. j. w. English at the local Bap-
tist church.
MATHEMATICIAN crop in this
section was saved from late frosts
by building fires-have been destroyed
by hailstorms.
CharlestOn-Engineers Of the Asso-
ciated Bell Telephone Companies from
different parts of the country held
conference here.
Charleston-SOme one entered the
Interstate tire repair company's place
on Mcfarland street and took tires,
tubes and other accessories amounting
to about $780,
Fairmont-Because q party OF ne
groes would not vacate a passenger
coach on the Baltimore & Ohio r. r.
members Of a street carnival are al
legged to have forcibly put them off.
untington-Razing of the Wash
ington school building and drastic al
terations in the Central-Oley and
Burlington buildings were contained
in a resolution passed by the Rotary
club.
Morgantown-Th property of the
Columbia Coal and Coke Co., in North
Union of Fayette-co, Pa, has been
sold by special receiver to satisfy
the claims of the Federal Savings
and Trust Co, of Morgantown.
Wayne-The Wayne county court
after refusing petitions, fixed August
8, as the date for election on a pro-
posed $4,000 road bond for Lincoln
district. The order comes as a Sc
quel to an offer by the state road
commission, to raise the additional
$150,0O0 for completion of a road form
ing a link in the Ohio river-Bluefeld
highway.
arleston-Receipts from automo-
bile licenses of various kinds issued
by the state road commission were
5S.S per cent greater in the fiscal
year ended June 80, than they were
in the preceding fiscal year. In the
year sjust closed they amounted to
S1,S47 ,J67.71. In the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1921, they amounted to
$1,175,375.66.
Wheeling Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Jeffer-
son, who for several years past have
been actively engaged here in promo
tiOl of the work Of the Union Mis-
sion, have gone to Parkersburg, w.
Va, where they will have charge Of
tic mission of that city. Mrs. Jeffer-
son will act as matron Of the Par
kersburg mission, with her husband as
superintendent.
Parkersburg Frederick Wines. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Wines, of this
city, was instantly killed in an auto
mobile accident when he attempted to
drive an automobile across the rail-
road track at Warren, Ohio. according
to information received here. Three
others we're killed at the same time,
Mr. and Mrs. George Harrison and a
brother of Mr.. Harrison.
Charleston There was a grand to-
tai cash balance i'm the state treasury
at the close Of the fiscal year on June
30, Of $171SO,0f3sS, and a balance in
elusive Of investments Of $27,5STOi3.-
So, it is shown by q financial state
mcnt issued by the state treasurer.
The investments reported by the treas
urer include $9,4OG1OO OF the work.
mems compensation fund and $1,000
900 of the school fund.
Charleston Relief work I'm this state
being organized by the Friends Ser
vice Commission, will be devoted, at
present, TO the lower end Of the Cabin
Greek coal fields, it was said at
mine union headquarters. Commit
tees which have investigated the needs
Of miners families have agreed with
union officials as to the territory in
which they are to work, I'm order that
there may be no duplication of the
relief distributed through union aeen-
cies, Fred Mooney, district secretary,
declared
Wheeling a game refuge I'm every
county in the state is the ambition Of
the Wild Life League Of West Vir-
ginia according to Glenn t.. Powers.
vice-president Of the league. The
league IS working In cooperation with
state Game Protector Brooks towards
this end. These county wild life
refugees would be In addition 10 the
three national forests which have al
ready been established in this state.
Protection for fhp native u,iId yonno