The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-12-27
West Virgjni
News CuIEingl
An. epitone of the mos
Important events frsnspif
Ing throughout the staff

Ing throughout the stat ~
MineralWells-A All club has an @,
organized here by J. H. Boyd, cdy II
agent, and Miss Mae Pritchard, Ne h
demonstration agent. ts
HuntingtOn-Harry BeckelhamerE
year-old son of Bert Beckelhamer,u n w
from the b. & o. trestle at Ceo ST
and was probably fatally injured ri
GraftoD-Robbers got away with e
money drawer and cash in the sd
of William Norris, of Pleasant CreI ST
Between $50 and $50 in cash 81 ir
taken. n
Huntington-A set of books conti.l
Ing the messages and public speecll
of the presidents from Washington tG
Roosevelt has been presented to iti
public library by the family of L. o1
Fulton. Lee
Morgantown-The Morgantown El4
tel Corporation which plans a 1jC
room hostelry is starting an actiI b,
campaign to sell S124,OOO worth q
stock, the balance needed to finant VI
the 100000 proposition.
Huntington-To recall how 1t fee ID
to be in school the Canmack parenl h
teachers association will put thenp
selves under the rules of the schodal
.
play the part of visitors.
Pennsboro-Benjamin Wilson, GO, s.
prominent farmer of near Wick, feIh
dead. while singing from a hymn boolo
at a service in church, near his
home. Heart disease was the cause. 4
widow and several children survive g
ShinnstOn - Little Martha Nuzump
daughter of Luther Nazum and wifeE
who live on a farm near here, swala
lowed some pink pills which she took
Off a mantel. She died a few hours
later after a period Of intense agony.
harlestOn-Disposal OF the remainT
ing $3,OO0,000 worth of road bonds tot
pected at any time, according to State
Treasurer w. S. Johnson. Governor
Morgan recently asked bids and
$2,OOO,000 worth were sold a shore
time ago.
Buckhannon-Donald Mcdaniel op
Moundsville, was being sought by DO
1ice here, following the destruction by
fire of the Cutlip and Mossman DruoA
company's store The loss was est
timated at $4,000. Officials of thd
company said that $3.50 in cash had
been stolen.
larksburg-GeOrge Davisson, 64-
year-Old farmer living near here. was
tied to a chair by two masked men and
his home was then searched The roba
bers found 500. Davlsson had rel
Gently received letters telling him toS
leave 500 at a certain place, but
these had been disregarded.
Philippi-FOr the past month, Miss
Leila 1. Dickinson, field secretary for.
the West Virginia tuberculosis Assoc
ciation, has been conducting a surveyF
in Barbour county preparatory I'd
starting a better health campaigns
here. The local officials will coOperH
ate in the effort TO improve conditlonsII
Charleston-TwO men were killed
and two others narrowly escaped lnI
jury when the steamer Marion, of tn
McClain Sand company, Point Marlorh
Pa, exploded in the MonOngahelN
river, eight miles south Of here. ~
victims were Reuben Wlshart, 40, an
tain, of East Nillsboro, Pa, and Mach
Newcomer, 90, engineer of PolH
Marion, Pa. The steamer was ID
stroyed.
Grafton-Infection from a boil d
his chin from which he had been N
fering for one week caused the dealf
In Union Memorial Hospital, Balh
more, Of John Warder, % years Of ake
son Of DR.. and Mrs. A. s. Warder lo.l
Grafton. The deceased was n grad
uate Of Yale university. His parebt,
and one brother, Irwin Warder Of Gbf
ton, survive. Funeral arrangemeht
have not yet been made.
MISUNDERSTANDING that ther
has been too much indulgence Of 10
nOrs smoking cigarettes in the con
munity, Chief of Police G. w. Smit
has announced that all yOungste
found by police officers smoking Gig
rettes or indulging in any other use q
tobacco VIII be arrested and a fp,
assessed against their parents, abs
that tho person or persons selling g.
or furnishing any minors with tobacco
Will also be prosecuted under q std
law. Tie ban against juvenile Hndl,
ing is now on and several arrests has,
been made by the city officers. A.
New Martinsville - william OwA
year old son Of Frank Morgan %
wife, was scalded 10 death when n
pulled a pot Of boiling water o.
himself In the kitchen The bal
lived only a few hours after the
dent.