The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-05-24

Bluefleld-Sam Hicks, Warrior Coal
Co employe, died enroute to a hos
pltal here following a pistol wound
sustained when Hicks dropped a re-
volver to the floor.
Bluefield-One of the city fire de-
mission in trying TO avert q crash
with an oncoming touring car. The
| front axle was broken as the fire
truck struck a curb
Observation-Disclosures OF the Harri-
son County Court came TO Johnstown
10 confer with citizens regarding good
| roads for the district. Elk District
is now approaching a bond Issue cleo
tion for the roads.
Clarksburg-C. w. Mason, director
of the state wool pool, announced
that five counties In the state have
exceeded their quota in Offering wool
for pooling. These counties are
Greenbrier, Ohio, Upshur, Kanawha
and Mason.
Wheeling Virginia Universi-
ty students Of the school OF business
composed delegation which visited
several plants Of the Wheeling Steel
Corporation here. Local alumni OF
the university rendered the delegation
banquet which was held at the
Mountaineer Club
Charleston-Harry Bays, South Side
magistrate, was fined 500 by Judge
McClintlc Of the Federal Court when
Bays entered a plea of guilty to a
charge OF possessing moonshlne liquor
Bays case is also pending on an in
dictment in intermediate court. He
was arrested in his court room two
months ago by state police.
Clarksburg sensation was sprung
at the adjournment OF criminal court
when Thomas G.. Restlfo, wealthy Ital-
Ian autom mobile dealer of Baltimore
was arrested by Carmi Ash, a deputy
| sheriff and jailed on a warrant charg-
Ing him with trying to bribe Ash to
FIX" the jury in the Corbi black hand
murder case.
Shinnston-George Whltehill, D. F.
Herr and another man whom the Off
GERS said was so drunk that they
were unable to give him a trial, were
arrested near here by State Trooper
Townsend. Whitehill was fined $50
and costs when arraigned before Mag
istrate Hertzog for resisting an Off
Ger. Herr was also arraigned and
sent to jail for 80 days and fined 500
Clarksburg- Rev. Elmer Guy
Cutshall, Phi. d., of Philadelphia, will
be the next president OF West Virginia
Wesleyan College at Buckhannon. He
was elected by unanimous vote of the
board OF directors of the college in
session at the First Methodist Epis-
| copal church here from a list of five
eligible candidates.
Clarksburg- official program
for the historical pageant to be staged
here in connection with the homecom-
! ing festival the week Of June 1915
was announced by F. II. Marvin of
the Pageant Committee. The out
door spectacle portraying the history
| Of Harrison county from the days Of
the Indians to the present Will be
made up Of eight episodes, prolog
| for each and three interludes.
Slstersville-The engine house and
derrick Of the a II. McGlnnls well No.
at Sancho near here was destroyed
| by fire. Scores of volunteer firemen
fought the blaze, which was augment
ed every hour by a flow OF Is to 20
| barrels of oil. The well, drilled in
several weeks ago, was the second
producer struck on the Sancho farm.
The first came in with an estimated
daily production of 500 barrels.
gomery-Masons Of Montgom-
cry are going to build four-story
| lodge, store and office building that
will cost from 100000 to S15O,OOO. It
VIII be on the r. r. Davies corner.
Plans for the building are now being
| drawn and the Masons are arranging
a campaign to dispose Of stock among
their membership along the line OF the
| campaign Of the Benz Kedem temple at
! Charleston.
Seth-Nlne gamblers and two al
legged pistoltoters we're arrested In
one raid conducted by state police
| here. Each of the gamblers was fined
| $40 and costs. Leland Green, one
NJ the alleged gun-carrlers. was fined
| $50 and sentenced 90 SIS months in
/ JAIL The Jail sentence was suspend
! ed upon promise he would leive the
| state Orval Meadows, the ether all
legged guu-toter, was held to the grand
| jury
CharIeston-A fire of unknown
origin which was discovered shortly
after midnight nearly destroyed the
onyx cafe, causing n damage of about
| 5000 The cafe is % ouestory frame
building commonly known as dog
/ wagon and Is built iu between the
| Moore building and the Capitol City
| Floral company in Quarter street.
| The building was owned by G. =.
| Stacy, and had been unoccupied for
/ several weeks The loss was covered