The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-12-13

at Tulsa, Okla, according to word
received here He was trying to clean
mud from pipes in heater in a bath
room.
ingwood-Justice of the Peace NJ.
O. Bowermaster, admitted to Mayor
b. l.. Brown that he had been lntoxi-
Gated. He resigned when asked to do
so by Frank E. Parrack, prosecuting
attorney.
Morgnntown-As the result of a
hunting accident In Union district,
Whlsworth Westerman, 81, died at the
county hospital following the amputa-
ton Of his leg. The gun was dis
charged accidentally by John Keffer
when he tried to climb through a
fence.
Huntington-C. e. Blagg, local Job
printing plant owner, convicted Of in
voluntary manslaughter, was sentenc-
ed to pay fine of 5000 by Judge d. T..
Matthews in common pleas court. He
was accused Of causing the death of
his father-in-law when he struck him
during family quarrel last May.
MOrgantown-An "employees want
ed" sign was placed in front of the
chamber of commerce offices by Sec
retary Thomas f. Burley as the result
of steadily growing demand for
clerks, laborers and other employees
1--WE can find work for all the labor.
ers we can get at the present time"
Mr. Burley said.
Belington-What is believed to be
the largest deer buck in the state was
killed near Valley Head, Randolph
county, by Brooks George, who teach
es school at Chestnut Flat, Barbour
county, and Herbert Bennett, of BOul-
der, this county. He weighed 800
pounds and his antlers had spread
of three feet, with six prongs.
Parkersburg-Boy Morris, %, was
instantly killed, and Frank Rapp. Of
the firm OF HedG.estone and Rapp,
was probably fatally injured when a
truck which Morris was drivlGg went
over a steep embankment at Ten Mile,
~"SN ~ hOiSANA . NlllNt dONOIulllS W du-
vices received here. Morris was in
the employ of the Heddlestone and
Rapp firm and was a bricklayer by
trade.
Martinsburg-In an effort to rid the
city Of undesirable characters Mayor
III. G. Tonkin has instructed the po-
lice to depOrt questionable men and
women who have not shaken the dust
of the city from their feet after the
first warning. For some time past
throngs of 'roughnecks" have been
cOngregatlng on certain streets bring
ing about conditions obnoxious to pc
deStTians and detrimental to bust
ness.
lueheld-Leonard Barrier, worker
employed at the Raleigh-Wyoming
COmpany's Glen Rogers mine, alive
and happy, said he owes his life TO the
loss Of three fingers. BARRIER was
In minor accident at the mine Mon
day. He left that night for Blue
field where the wounded diglts were
dressed. The next morning came the
blast In the compartment OF the mine
in which he usually works, taking a
toll OF u lives.
- Blueheld-A large sized 'possum oc-
'cupying the top of new roadster
which was parked on Bland street
gave the owner of the car quite sur
prise when he returned to drive his
machine away and found the animal
on the top OF II. Where II came from
Is s<qiflte9a rnystery, but when II was
found the owner Of the car had blIt
little trouble In getting rid Of the pos
gs'lm, because there were any number
Of applicants within few minutes
inter upe discovery was made.
- MV11echen-The speed trap" signs
placed at both south ana north en-.
trance Of McMechen, presumably by
.the Wheeling Auto club, warning mo.
florists. to beware Of speed cops IN
McMechen, were torn down when
Mayor Morris notified the parties re-
4. sponsible for their erection that they
must be removed. Mayor Morris
wishes it clearly understood that those
hi"''i t"t' ~ FttiIE lHIOukU inc IDWU
or McMechen at a speed of fifteen or
eighteen miles per hour, have not and
VIII not be fined, but those travelling
" Of an excess rate Of speed Will be
fined.
's Standardization and West Union
are now connected by 30 miles OF hard
surfaced road. The last link Of 81
mile and a half between Salem and
the Doddridge county line has Just
beeE completed
- P,'Irmont- While many members OF
tho" local Elks' lodge we're assembled
Ia IOlelr club rooms last night I'm.
10 eilly discussing the approaching
reii election for good water, a veri
IA food broke through the ceiling
al and dove the members from
tb1Tr. pom.