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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-11-01
GAINESVILLE SCHOOL

The school law OF West Virginia pro
vides for medical inspection OF all child
rem attending school in the independ-
ent districts In compliance with the
above law DR.. J. A Morrord and Miss
Grace Morgan made Z thorough luspcc-
ton OF ali pupils in the grades on last
Thursday and Friday.
The eighth grade gradua ton class
this year il made UP OF the following
pupils LOWE Reed. Gladys Marshall
Ruth Miller, Oma Harris, Mary Lutz.
Mary Harris. Pearl Plant, Edra Polling
Howard Waldo, Jr., Johnson Bennett
Robert MOIlOhan, Jr.. Mcclellan Elem
ing, Thur ProudfOot, Robert OGutt and
ROnzel Law. These boys and girls must
take the state diploma examination
next spring and attain m average of Il
per cent TO enter high school.
Miss Perrie Jackson was unable &c
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INTERESTING PROHIBITION
AND TEMPERANCE MEETING

". D. Brown. State Prohibition Com
missioner and o. NJ. Pullen. Superinten-
deaf OF the West Virginia Anti-SaIooa
League. both Of Charleston. deIiveded
highly entertaining and instructive al
dresses ut the BAPTIST church Sunday
evening The large crowd present was
greatly interested IN the subjects talk.
ed about By these gentlemen and the
closest attention was paid to their re-
marks
Before adjournment the following re-
solutions were adopted:
That the law requiring the teaching
.ot the e-ccts OF alcohol and narcotics
upon the human body, that was repeal
ed when our school law was rewritten
in 1905. lie again placed upon the stat
ute book. so that our children may have
the benefit OF scientific instruction in
temperance
That our Sunday Schools return TO
Tue tsaching and study OF practical les
sons IN temperance. at least once a
quarter. and that our pulpits constantly
impress the solemn obligations Of
Christian citizenship upon our people.
That our prohibition laws should BE-
amended 70 forbid and punish public
drunkenness, and 70 provide for the re-
mOval from Orce any public Official
found guilty ?; sEeh eTsasv.
y z, Ftamric. Chairman.
c. P. White, Sec'y.
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Mrs. George Owens. Of Big Springs. is
visiting at the home Of Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Martin.
Eli Roberts, justice Of the peace and
farmer OF Hur, was a business visitor
in GAINESVILLE Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il VI. Maze. Of Industry.
we're among the many visitors here
Saturday for the football game.
G. W. Hartman. prominent citizen Of
Barnes Run. was here a few hours Sat
urday attending to business matters.
Mrs. r. B. Smith. Of Parkersburg. IS
the guest Of Mrs. y. B. HamriclS and is
attending the series Of meetings being
held at the Baptist church
c. z. Bastnett, an Industrious farm
er Of Anuamoriah, was transacting bust
ness here Tuesday Mr. Basnett in
forms Us that his father. Taylor Bias
nett, is in fairly good health notwith-
standing the paraIytic stroke be suffer
ed several months ago.
Another automobile collision was
staged on the Philips Run state road
Wednesday night when a touring car
driven by Roscoe Plant and a Roadster
driven by Howard Waldo, Jr. and be
longing TO the Hope Natural Gas Co
came together with d smash. None OF
the occupants Of the cars were seriously
injured. but the cars were badly wreck
ed. front wheels and tenders being scat
tered over a large section Of the ada
cent territory.
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meet her classes Wednesday on account
OF severe attack Of indigestion. Miss
Jackson teaches the third and fourth
grades anu her work deserves much
praise.
Master ROnzeI Francis and Miss
Grace Hamilton were both out Of school
most OF the week Oh account OF illness.
Center district teachers institute viii
meet Wednesday. Oct 81. 1T the Grants
vile graded school building. Sena tor
l. +: Hill. who IS assistant supervisor
or rural schools in West Virginia Is 70
be present 10 represent his depa rtment.
Rev y. b. Hamric visited the grades
Friday afternoon and extended an in
vttation to the pupils To attend church
IN body. Wednesday at 80 p. m.
Rev Hamric remarked daring his visit.
In all my experience IN school l have
never seen grade school Us we'll dis
cIpLned Is the Grantsville graded
school" Thanks. and come again.
The per cent Of attendance for the
second month is 81 follows:
Mr.. White, 9S1a.
Mrs. Farmer, 9Tl%.
Miss Jackson. 90.
Mrs. Wilson. SO.
Miss Davis. %
Average Tor entire school. o. %.
Three OF Mrs. Wilson's pupils made
IN average OF 100 per cent for the en-
tire month in spelling. They were
Albert Gamer. Joseph Taught and Lilly
Hickman.
The following pupils made perfect
scores In the SchOrling and Clark stand
ard tests in arithmetic:
Eighth Grade-LOvie Reed. Gladys
Marshall. Oma Harris, Jeneva Fleming
and Robert OGutt.
Sixth Grade-Mary Ruth Mcdonald
and Mary Virginia Hathaway.
Seventh Grade-Eleanore stump.
Eula Arthur. Greta Harris. Geraldine
Weaver, aud Eva Law.
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TEACHER SHORTAGE
SERIOUS IN STATE

Charleston.-Up 20 yesterday 2s3 en-
Urgency teachers certificates had been
granted BY the state department Of ed
uCatiOu. This Is almost double the en-
tire number in the whole OF last school
year and Robert Clark. Of the teacher
training department. estimates that the
number this year will reach 400.
He bases this estimate on the fact
that there are always some vacancies
occurring during the winter from vart-
Gus causes and also because there are
yet a number OF schools without teach
ers.
Mr.. Clark believes that existing con
ditl0us are due I'm g great mea sure %
the failuEe % school boards % employ
teachers early tn the season. II has Be
come habit Ia many % the districts Tor
the board Of education 70 wait until a
week or two before the school term Is
20 open and then the available teachers
are for the most part engaged. many %
them seeking schools IN other states
Mr. Clark. early a June. sent out a
questionable % all county supertntend-
erts iu the state with This question
According 70 present Indications do
you eYpoct % hape uDO1sb usschoEy Ibis
y1arF'
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-11-01
CHENILLE POLICEMAN
GETS SIXTEEN YEARS

Chenille. Oct 2T.-After deliberat-
ing b minutes, the jury trying Charles
Steele, former Chenille policeman. for
the murder OF Floyd Jones, a Gumer
county youth. last June, brought in a
verdict OF murder in the second degree
at half past two this afternoon.
Twenty minutes later after short
statement by Steele, in which he denied
any feeling Of malice toward the young
man whom he had slain, and feslingiy
thanked the good people OF Glenyille for
their kindness in taking care OF his wife
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FOOTBALL WITH
CHENILLE SATURDAY

Calhoun HIS crack football team
will meet the Chenille Normal Reser-
YES on the South Grantsville gridiron
Saturday afternoon The game will
start promptly at two o'clock and will
likely be one OF the hardest fought bat
ties Of the season. The Chenille team
defeated the local boys two weeks ago.
but since that time the Calhoun team
has gained additional strength.
The local team has some mighty sna p
py players and are deserving OF the
support OF the entire county. Come out
and give them 4 hand.
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The Calhoun Chronicle
THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 1923.
Local. HAPPENINGS

Miss Thelma Hartman. Of Mt. Zion.
was the guest of friends here Saturday
Attorney a. G. Mathews made bust
ness trip to Point Pleasant the latter
part OF last week
Fred Burrows, Of Russell, was here
Monday delivering some fine hogs to the
Propst Meat Market
Everett Gamer, substantial farmer
Of Joker, was transacting business in
EVANSVILLE Saturday.
Harley and Eddie Knots, first class
young men Of Minnora, were among the
many visitors in town Saturday even
ing
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph MOrford, of Spen-
T.. Ger, were the guests Of relatives here
Ger, were the guests of relatives here
Sunday.
For Sale-At bargain l Six Il. P
Fairbanks, gas or gasolene engine. in
new condition r. o. Haskins, Grants
Vile, ". Va. 1O-25-2t
Charley Roberts, of Charleston. who
was visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Eli Roberts, OF Hur, was here Saturday
greeting friends.
Louis YAnnOy, a substantial farmer
and staunch Democrat Of Dodriu. was
looking after business matters in
Grantsyille, Monday.
Lynn 8. Oles and a crew Of drivers
returned Tuesday from Parkersburg
with a flock OF henries. In the assort-
ment were touring cars, roadsters. Sc
dams and coupes.
The term OF circuit court which con
Venes Tuesday Of next week viii likely
be an interesting one. many witnesses
have been summoned for the grand Jury
and there are several important cases
To 6y.
The two year-old boy baby Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. L. Criss, Of South Grantsvtlle.
who had been sick for long time, died
Monday morning. Funeral services
were held at the home and interment
was made In Bethlehem cemetery.
". z. Stump. a prominent citizen Of
Rush Run, was attending to business
matters IN Grantsville Monday He
Informs US that Mcintosh & Miller. Of
Spencer, have made lOcat ton on WOLF
Bun and viii start drilling in a short
time
A tract OF 90 acres Of land and an in
trest IN 81 acres In oil and gas. known
as the Howard Miller farm. Was sold al
q trustees sale In front Of the Court
house Saturday The parcels were
purchased by Allie Hartman at the
price &C $3.50.
County Superintendent q. n. suod
grass. Of Elizabeth, accompanied the
football team here Saturday Prof
SGodgrass was once principal Of the
local schools and vas highly thought u
here. Ills many friends gave him o
warm welcome.
Times have changed. Many will ar
que for the better too. This year we
did not see any evidence Of the usual
pr0perty-destrOying Halloween pranks
that used 10 be found by early risers on
November hrsts. Maybe the younger
generation Is not 80 awful much worse
than the old boys who put cows i1
clerks offices. painted windows. etc.
Alvin Hall and son. Dog. frst-class
citizens Of Beech. were pleasant caller,
at the Chronicle once Tuesday Will.
"a town on a business mission Mr.
Han Is q Republican. We are sorry %
state. But his good wife has a better
idea ~ things and votes the Democrat
ie t.eeet Doy their only son, who cas-
his first vote asst year. V not bound bl
eitber ones pre3udioes and vii votl
tyx ~ best guaiifed persOu.
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CALHOUNERS DEFEAT ELIZABETH

Elizabeth Hi proved an easy mark for
the local high school team IN saturdays
clash on the South GrantsviIl. field.
the score being 80. Although The Wis
iting team was heavier all arounG than
our boys, their attempts TO break
throughthe Calhoun line were inelTcc-
tuaI.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-11-01
LEMUELs Run SCHOOL REPORT

For second mouth beginning Sept II.
and ending oct Il
Boys enrolled u girls u: total -
average daily attendance 81 per cent
Those present every day Minnie
Thomas. Anna EsteIl Almeda and Pear
Rothweil. Media KERRY Lucille and Min
ME knight. opal and Olive Edgeu. Del
bert. Boyd Willard. Cleo and Forest
Kerby, Harold Knight. Asher Stock
we'll Charles Thomas and Harry Roth
veil
Eva Starcher Teacher
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for Carpenter. Calhoun: Hickman
for II Hamilton, Fleming for Stump.
Kelley for p Hamilton, Sturm for Hick-
man. p. Hamilton for Kelley, Il Ham
ilton for Hickman
Referee: Fred Hardman.
Umpire: Fred HickeL
Field Judges: Snodgrass and Ham
ilton.
Headlinesmen Hathaway.
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Fifty out Of fsty-fve superintsndents
answered @Xes. there viii be a sur
plus BY The middle of August from
kug~sss FOOaved Il rppeargd a. x tbze
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-11-01

would b 1000 1ore tsaehsrs than
schools.
Yet when school Openet there vac &
sfSo<Tage q 80 tesc1szs n a. aakA
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-11-01

Darwin Tuiips-In Four Varities
I5c Per dOz- $500 per 100
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Pink, Red. White Blue, & Yellow
&c per dOz. $500 per 100.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-11-01
Gold Fish

We have a tne collection or THESE
Toe 70 500 each
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-11-01
Tuilps-Fsr Planting Out. Doors

Red, Yellow, Pink. 4 White
+ec rs- sca. e2T5 ee< fSe
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Notice To Taxpayers


The undersigned Sheriff of Calhoun county, or of
Deputies will be at the following named places the
following named dates, for the purpose Of discountins
All taxpayers requested to be present and pay
their and receive the regular discount Of per
WASHINGTON DISTRICT
Okla, Jarvis Store Nov. 1st
Mnnors, Knots Store Nov End and Bird
LEE DISTRICT
Arnoldsbug, Hays Store Nov. 18th and 18th
Rocksdale, Starcher Store Nov. 14th
SHERIDAN DISTRICT
Big Bend, Rogers Store Nov. 18th
SHERMAN DISTRICT
Russell Stump Store Nov 18th
Very truly yours,
c. A. RICHARD, Sheriff,
Calhoun County
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Sarcissis-FOr Planting In Flower
Bowls With GraveI-BIOom
In Six Weeks
5Oc per doz $3.50 per 100.
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Narcissis-- Y elbow Single & Double
75c per dog.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-11-01

Say Ii With Flowers For
Birthdays 4 Anniversaries
Order From cur Agent
We Grow our own Flower,
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Crocus Bulbs-plant In Grass
Yellow, White, Blue. & Striped
sc per dog. s1T5 per 100.
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For Mothers bay
PiAnt-Oarwin Tulips
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Fern Plants
A very fine collection
800 to $500 each
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08

tiyes Once we were startled by
blood-curdling cries that came from
the direction in which we were going.
Our boys said the men of Malekula
were hunting wild pigs. We went on
in silence. Our hearts jumped every
time a twig cracked. There was
set expression on OSa's face ! knew
she was frightened, but l knew, too.
that no amount OF money would have
persuaded her to turn back.
BY noon we had reached what
seemed to be the highest point of
northern Malekula. Here we heard
a sound behind US and quickly turned
There were some twenty men, sent
by the big fellow master belong Big
Numbers" They took our apparatus
and indicated that we were to fol-
low them. We We're dead tired: still
there seemed nothing to do but to
push on.
Our trail became wider and harder
and we passed weed-grown patches
of vans and taro, protected against
the wild pigs by rude walls of BAN
boo. Finally we came out upon a
clearing around which clustered a
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cooked over a fire made by an inc
ferior. He conveniently considered
US his superiors and ate greedily
everything we gave him. We never
saw a woman eating. and the children
seemed to live on sugar cane and on
clay that they dug up with their
skinny little fingers
Our first day as Nagapate's guests
drew to an end. Just before dark a
native came and led US to a new
house. We were tired out after our
| long march, so we turned in without
delay. We spread our blankets on
the ground and lay, fully dressed, on
top of them. The camp soon became
quiet, but we could not sleep. Our
boys crowded around the hut as close
to US as they could get. Some OF them
slipped under the grass walls and lay
half inside the hut
We were UP before dawn, stiff from
lying on the hard ground. After
breakfast of timed beef we set to
work, but it was impossible to get
good pictures. The women had all
left the village to get the days sup
ply of water. fruits and frevood.
The men squatted in the center OF
the clearing, guns in hand. They
were apparently waiting for some-
thing-for what
We were uneasy surrounded as vs.
were by savages, ugly and powerful.
whose only pleasure was murder and
who, we were convinced, were eaters
Of human flesh. All day long our
hosts squatted about the giant boo
boos, staring at us or at the ground
or at tho Jungle. Now and then a
single savage would come out of tbs
! Jungle and join the group, and i'm
mediately one Of the squatters would
get up and go into the bush, taking
the trail by which the newcomer had
arrived. Even Paul was troubled and
! confided to me when the others were
not about, me no like"
TIVE coming and going and inter-
i minable squatting, and staring
got on the nerves OF all of us.
Toward evening we received an ex-
PLANTATION Of it from Atree, Maya
! pate's private secretary who knew
| a little beche -de-mer and acted
as go-between and interpreter in all
| our dealings with Nagapate. He told
!
US that a fight with a neighboring
village was brewing. There had been
dispute over some pigs in which
| somebody had got hurt. The rela-
| tives of the victim were preparing 70
attack our hosts The men who had
| come and gone from the clearing
were the lookouts who guarded the
village against surprise.
Go1, r1,n
What a picture Ill get! But Oss.
at my elbow, said rniserably, Il wish
we were back in the boat" and my
conscience began TO hurt
Before sunset there was great
activity in the clearing. Men kept
coming and going, and there was
much grunted consultation in the
shadow OF the boo-boos. All that
night an armed guard stood watch
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few wretched shelters thatched
roughly with leaves. In the center
of the clearing stood upright hollow
logs-the drums used to send mes
sages from village to village and to
furnish music for the native dances.
The natives called them boo-boos-
the name given to conch shells and
all other sound making instruments.
on the hard ground of the clearing
sat some thirty savages. all well
armed We spoke to them. but be-
yond a few grunts they made no re-
ply. There We're no women and chill
dren in sight. That was bad sign,
for the women and children are sent
away only when there is trouble in
the air Perrole. Stephens and Ma
zouyer drew nearer to Osa and me.
Their faces were grave. Our boys
edged close to US. None of us spoke.
After a short rest our guides indi-
Gated that we were to take the trail
again. In about fifteen minutes We
came out upon another clearing, much
larger than the first, with many more
huts surrounding il and with more
and bigger boob in the center
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Here again We're savages awaiting
us-about two hundred OF them, each
with a gun. We were led to big
boo-boo that had been overturned by
the wind and were told to sit down.
We obeyed like obedient children.
One Of the natives beat out on a
boo-boo an irregular boomboo m-
boom that roared through the clear
ing and was echoed back from the
hills. II sounded like a code. Osa
huddled close to me. A stiffness fell
over the assembly.
!; /: < X
CUDDENLY. at the far side Of the
- clearing. a huge savage appeared
1t was Nagapate. He stood for mo-
ment looking over the audience, then
he walked slowly and majestically
into the center Of the clearing. lie
roared a few words to his men. Then
he turned to us. A native came run
ming up-the LATEST black stepped
lively when Nagapate commanded
with a block of wood for throne.
The chief sat down near US and we
stepped forward and shook hands
with him. He had grown used to this
form of greeting and responded with
graciousness.
1t had been a wonderful entrance.
Nagapate had an instinct for the dra-
matte. Throughout our stay in his
village he never made q move that
was not staged. lie let it be known
BY his every act that he was no COM
mon chief who had won his position
through skill In killing pigs or men.
Nagapate was a king and descend
ant of kings His was the only tribe
I had come across during my travels
among the blacks of the South Pa
cific that had a hereditary ruler.
After he had greeted US he uttered
sharp command and native
stepped up with big bamboo water
bottle. Nagapate drank from it, and
then the native offered it. tilted at
the proper angle. to each OF US In
turn. We gathered that the bottle
was the South Sea equivalent OF
pipe of peace; so we drank gladly.
I then presented to Nagapate a royal
gift of knives. calico and tobacco and
I told one Of the boys to give two
sticks Of tobacco to each native. The
natives smoked their tobacco Chose
that did not eat it, at once and
greedily. 1t seemed to break the ice
bit; SO I got out my cameras. For
three hours I made pictures.
AS the afternoon wore on scores
Of women and children appeared.
have never seen human beings more
wretched than those women. At first
sight they looked like walking hay
stacks. They wore dresses Of purple
dyed grasses. consisting of bushy
skirt that hung from the waist to the
knees. a sort OF widows veil that was
thrown. over. the head and face sos a;
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brought Osa ashore. The natives
greeted her with grunts of satisfac-
ton and laid their Offering at her
feet
Nv respect for Nagapate increased
T saw that he was diplomat. lie
had observed that this little person
in overalls who had approached him
50 fearlessly was treated with the Ut
most Difference by the crews OF the
schooner and by the white men. He
had come to the conclusion that she
was the real boss of the expedition.
And he was very nearly right.
DERROLE and Stephens Joined U.s.
and every now and then ne"
delegation of natives arrived on the
beach. In spite Of the law that pro-
hibits the sale Of firearms to the ma
tiyes. they all carried rifles. BY noon
the sayages had lost their suspicion
If us They stacked their rihes
against rocks and trees and moved
about. talking to each other IN 'helr
strange, granting speech. My at
tempts to learn their language with
beche -de-mer as a medium brought
great outlaws But in spite OF the
friendliness of our visitors we we're
never quite at ease. Their appear
snce was against them. Their ugly
faces-eyes with scarcely any pupils
fiat noses, great mouths with thick
loose lips-their stealthy way OF
walking, their coarse, rapid, cultural
speech which sounded angry even
| when they spoke to one another. the
quick gestures with which they filled
, in the gaps in their limited language
none of these things tended to make
US feel at home.
| Several fresh groups OF natives
came out Of the jungle to stare at US,
I, and toward sunset a number of saw
! ages brought us a message from the
great chief 1t was couched as fol-
lows: "Nagapate. he big fellow mas
ter belong Big Numbers. He, he
.wantem you, you two fellow, you
come along lookem house belong him,
you lookem piccaninny belong him.
you lookem Mary belong him. He
makem big fellow sing-sing. More
good you, you two fellow come. He
no makem bad. he NAKED good alto
gether." And it meant that his high
ness. Chief Nagapate, would like to
have US visit him in his village and
that he guaranteed our safety.
The messengers hurried off and Osa
and I followed. We had not gone far
before Paul shouted for US to. stop.
We halted and saw, quarter of a
| n q
a hundred armed natives. Some Big
| Numbers people came up TO us and
warned us with gestures to go no
farther. SO we sat down on the sand
and awaited. developm ents. The-new-