The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-04-26

he had been warned to be careful or
machine would hit him.
Wheeling-George Kemp, 80, of
Wellsburg, prominent musician in the
Panhandle district Of West Virginia,
was killed, and William Lebfarth, 81
Brooke county commissioner, also OF
Wellsburg, was seriously, perhaps ia
| tally injured, when a touring car own
ed and driven by Kemp, left the road
and plunged over a forty foot embank-
ment.
Morgantown-Wes Virginia Univer-
| sity has been selected by the War De-
partment as one of the five institu-
tionS in the central corps area to be
examined by army officers for desig-
nation as "a distinguished college" in
the rating of its Reserve Officers
training corps unit, Captain Harlan
Mumma, commandant of cadets, an
nOunced here.
ParkerSburg-Ma of this juris-
| dictiOn have arranged for a special
cOnclave of the West Virginia grand
commandery of knights Templar to
be held here in connection with the
annual spring ceremonial session Of
the shriners of Nemesis Temple
scheduled for May II. The conclave
will be held at the Masonic temple
and the meetings of the Shriners will
be held in a nearby hall.
observation-disclosures of the road
between the corporation line Of
Moundsville and Greendale was prom
i5ed by members of the state road
commission who inspected roads in
| this vicinity. Major Fortney, chair
man of the commission; c.. Il. Hiner,
member of the commission, and H. E.
Snyder, division engineer, made the
! inspection. The project of widening
the road has been under consideration
! for some time.
Charleston-After much discussion,
| the Lions Club at its noon luncheon
defeated a resolution which would
recommend the passage Of state legis-
lation i..acing a tax of one cent a
| gallon on gasoline sold for Sc in mo-
tor propelled vehicles. A bill pro-
posing such a tax has been reported
out by the finance committee of the
house of delegates and a bill provid-
| ing a tax of two cents has been intro
duced in the Senate.
st. Albans-Floyd Burns, better
known to his neighbors as Daddy,
aged - years, was instantly killed
when he was struck by C. & O. pas
senger train No. almost at his home
near Amandaville, a short distance
west Of St. Adams The old man had
been walking along the track picking
~ coal to provide fuel for his home
a few minutes before the accident,
and it wcs believed he was doing
tbs when the train struck him.
Clarksburg- Dorsey ]. Gaynor, Fair
mont youth, who is said by police to
have confessed sending a threatening
letter to G. h. Hutchinson, Fairmont
coal operator, demanding $500, has
| been committed to the Harrison coun-
| ty Jail in default of $500 bail, by
! United States Commissioner G.. H.
Gordon, charged with using the mails
| to defraud Gaynor was trapped by
officers when he went to q point near
the Hutchinson home to get the mon
ey, it is said.
Sutton--A verdict of voluntary man
slaughter involving a penitentlary sen
tence Of from one to five years, has
been returned by the Braxton Circuit
Court jury against Spicer James, 90.
for the death OF Archie Singleton,
prosperous farmer and merchant OF
the FrametOwn section, and member
Of the Braxton County Court. The
men quarreled and fought with q
whip and a pocket knife, Singleton
being fatally stabbed II the abdomen.
The defendant pleaded sef-defense.
Wheeling g-Infringement Of a patent
process is charged In a suit filed in
United States Court here against the
! Wheeling Steel and Iron Company by
! attorneys representing the Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube Company. An
accounting to the plaintiff for use Of
| the process is asked, together with
/ an injunction restraining it's further
/ use. The plaintiff, represented by
/ Attorneys Danncn Damien. of Chi
cago, and John j. Couin and Austin
| V. Wood, Of this city, charge the lo-
cal concern used patent processes Of
the plaintiff company without paying
for the privilege
Bluefeld-Next meeting Of the West
| Virginia Auto Dealers Association
will be held here in December, it was
decided in meeting held at Wheel
I ing.
| CharlestoJ Suit for damages Of
/ 100000 was entered I'm Federal Court
/ by the Delaware Steamship and Com
merce corporation against the Raj
eigh SmOkeless Fuel Company. F..
b. Dyer, local attorney, who filed the
suit, stated that II Is based on alleged
breach OF contract to deliver coal
/ made In 1920.