The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-01-18

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WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown-A bill is being drafted
TO present to the legislature this win
ter. creating a new court for Monon-
gala county, to relieve the circuit of
juvenile cases.
Parkersburg- Grimm, Spring
field, Mo-, Western association infield-
er, was shot through the right hand
at his home at New Haven. w. Va. The
shooting was accidental He was
brought to local hospital
ClarkSburg-When struck by an au-
tomobile in which five young men were
riding as she was walking home from
mass at the Salem Catholic church,
Mrs. Delphia Mayer, TO- of East
Salem, was instantly killed. Her
skull was fractured and her back
broken.
Beckley-C. S. Maxwell, principal
of public school here and H. c.
Newton, were arraigned before Justice
of the Peace c. c. Collaway on charge
of assault, as the result of fight dur
ing which three shots were alleged to
have been fired by Maxwell. Newton
was uninjured
Parkersburg L he Monongahela
power and railway company, operat-
Ing traction lines and power stations
in Parkersburg, FairmOnt and other
West Virginia cities, has announced
through their local office that during
the coming year babies born into the
families of all employees of the COM
pany will be presented with a bank
account in the amount of So
Charleston-Montgomery boy scouts
will enter the tri-county league early
In the year and will be under the su-
pervision of a scoutmaster from ma
tional headquarters. The plan is to
organize the scouts of Fayette, Raleigh
and Summers counties into a league
and through the cooperation of all
TO employ an expert scoutmaster who
will divide his time among Montgom-
cry, Beckley and Hinton
ntington-HuntingtO will re-
ceive wide publicity through the col
umns of a magazine published by the
Chesapeake and Ohio railway, of
which more than $4,000 copies are to
be distributed in the near future, ac-
cordlng to II. e. Mathews, secretary
of the local chamber of commerce. The
chamber wrote an article boosting this
city, which was given space in the
railroad company's magazine
FairmOnt-LOcal brokers' saw thev
are shipping prepared coke sizes into
the territory in which anthracite coal
was the leader in past years and in
fact some of this West Virginia coke
is practically going into the anthracite
coal region. Some limited shipments
are going to Reading, Pa, but il is
expected that others will follow. The
people are unable to obtain anthracite
coal and are Using coke as a substi-
te, which, of course, is not as good,
although a make-shft in a pinch.
Parkersburg-Suit on behalf of the
o. s. was entered in the office Of the
local deputy clerk of United States
court for the northern district of West
Virginia against the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad company on a charge of
violating the safety appliance regula-
tions. 1t is charged in the bill of par
ticulars that on a certain date a train
OF freight cars was hauled out of
Grafton with defective safety coup-
lings. The complaint was made by an
Inspector of the interstate commerce
commission.
Morgantown-west Virginia boys
are the undls0uted champion fruit
judges east of the Mississippi river.
They won tho chamnlonship in a CON
test between three-man team from
West Virginia University and te7ms
from the state universities Of Mary
land, Pennsylvania. Massachusetts.
New Jersey and Ohio. The Massa-
chusetts team had previously won the
New England championship. The
West Vlrginias are r. C. Mcdonald.
Inwood; II. p. Sevy, Oak Hill; and
John w. Coleman, Victor. The coach
was II. E. Knowleton, West Virginia
University.
FairmOnt-What is thought to be
a record for a pair Of machine run
ners was established for the two weeks
ending December IS, when the general
superintendent of local COMPANY
discovered that the payroll showed
these two men had S266 for the two.
week period, based on only go per
cent working time This means that
the men drew 1880 each for 60 per
cent time in a fortnights stretch. or
Si65 week. Uncertain working con-
ditions at all times makes a miners
pay vary, but this is said to be a
high record in the local field. one OF
the largest in the state.
CharlestOn--If all the propertv In
West Virginia we're placed upon the
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