The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-10
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CULLINGS
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WEST VIRGINIA

III WEST VIRGINIA
Morgantown - New building work
authorized since the first of January
has passed the million dollar mark
Huntington-SIrs NJ p. Morris died
here, after an illness of three weeks,
following an operation at the Guthrie
Hospital.
Wheeling-Notices announcing wage
increases approXimating II per cent
for day labor were posted in most of
the Independent steel mills in the
Wheeling district. Fifteen thousand
men are affected.
Wheeling-Chris Hartman, superin-
tendent of the Ohio county poor farm,
has developed a geranium which he |
has named the Mrs. Harding geranium. |
The first lady of the land will be pre-
sented with the plant early next |
month.
Petersburg - Solomon Meyers, !
young man, who lived on North Fork, |
about eight miles west of here, died |
suddenly. Investigation by the au-
thorities disclosed he had put a gum
hose in a keg of liquor and was drink |
ing when he became ill. a doctor was
called but he died in a short time.
Wheeling-The American Oxide and
Chemical company's plant and hold
ings at Martins Ferry, Ohio, will be
sold at auction, to satisfy the claim
of creditors, according to w. c. Up
perman, receiver for the company. The
company manufactured dry colors for
paints. 1t was promoted in 1919, with
capitalization of $4,000.
Charleston In the 81 days the
Charleston public library was open in
March, children borrowed 1886 books,
and adults 5,619, total of 1855, or
an average OF 313 day, according to
the report o sIrs r. Won Schlechten-
dal, librari. 4 In addition Garnett
branch loaned 1871 books and Lincoln
branch Lilo, bringing the total to s.
I'll.
Bluefield-Rev III. Warner Du-
Bose, of Lewisburg, has been called
TO this city by the congregation of
the First Presbyterian church as CO.
pastor of the church and he has ac-
cepted. Rev. DuBose will have
charge of the work of the church in
South Bluefeld where it has erected
a new edifice for Sunday School and
prayer meetings.
Parkersburg-Proh officers
searching for concealed barrels of
mash in the mud and sawdust along
the Kanawha river bank near Kinks
mill met with minor disaster when
two of the party stepped into barrels
of the liquor which were buried in the
earth to the tops. Five barrels of
mash, made of corn, rye and wheat
were found and destroyed In addi-
tion to Prohibition Commissioner o.
T.. Summers and J. NJ. Leary, who met
with the accident, United States Dep
uty Marshal FearlOck of Huntington,
made up the party. No clue to the
identity of the owners of the stuff was
found.
Sutton-Judge Jake Fisher, Of the
Braxton county circuit court, has SEN
tenced Spicer James, of Frametown
district, that county. TO serve five
years in the Moundsvlle penitentiary
for the death of Archie Singleton.
FrametOwn merchant and member Of
the Braxton county court A jury
had found him guilty of involuntary
manslaughter. Singleton died of
pocketknife wound when the two quar-
relied and fought with knife and
whip.
Clarksburg - The winner in the
statewide essay contest conducted by
the state department Of education at
the instance OF the national highway
education board IS Miss Rebecca Kin
ney, Clarksburg, junior high school
student All the essays were on "My
Share in Making the Highway Safe"
Miss Alice Reece, teacher in the cen
trail school at Chester, has been nam
ed the winner OF the statewide high
way essay contest among elementary
teachers. The winning essays Will be
entered in national contests.
Wheeling Louis Kuhn, who owned
several valuable buildings I'm this city.
his Will revealed, left his entire estate
10 Sam White local monument build
er Kuhn had lived the life Of n re-
cluse and had no relatives Although
he had often criticized others for vast
ing money, as he said, iu building
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