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

near Spencer, by Reed Starcher, late
ly of Doylestown, suburb of Akron,
o. 1t is a ginseng farm. Starcher
says the soil in that section Is ideal
for growing ginseng.
Morgantown-The MOrgantown Post,
afternoon newspaper, has been pur-
chased by II. G. Greer. OF Morgantown
and Pittsburgh. Announcement of the
sale was made by ]. l.. Keener, head
Of the Morgantown Post company. The
new owner Is a coal operator Of the
northern part OF the state.
Martinsburg-AIis l.. NJ Hiscock,
of Springfield, Mass, a trained nurse
working out Of Charleston under the
auspices OF the West Virginia Tuber-
culosis Association, has been assigned
to Martinsburg and Berkeley county.
She will make health survey during
the next two or three months.
HuntingtOn-Ch BAH, a patrol
man of the Huntington police depart
ment, was shot and killed by William
Brown, Of Huntington. Ball was at
tempting to arrest Brown when he
pulled out a gun and fired at him, it
was said. The bullet took effect in
the chest. Brown fled imm mediately.
Martinsburg-One of the first new
Santa Fe type locomotives being built
by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for
n1 e.
and been put into use on the Cumber-
land division. The locomotive passed
through here hauling ninety-five
empties from Brunswick, Md, to Key
ser.
Charleston-Alfred Fields, 1S years
old, son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Fields,
Stop IA, South Charleston, was in
stantly killed when struck by the en-
CINE of G. & o. passenger train No. 8.
The youth was walking along the track
alone near Spring Hill and stepped
out OF the way OF a freight train
directly in front of the passenger
train, 1T was said. His body was bad
ly mangled.
Clarksburg - Judson Howell, 80, a
chemical worker, made the mistake Of
believing a term in the penitentiary
equivalent to a divorce, while as a
matter of fact the law Is that convic-
tion of a felony constitutes merely
grounds for a divorce. When Howell
was discharged from the penitentiary
recently he thought he was free from
his wife and married again. The
bigamy charge will be placed before
the grand jury.
Morgantown - Announcement has
been made by DIR. Frank b. Trotter,
president OF the State University. that
actual work on the chemistry building
at the institution Will be started i'm
mediately after the first of the year,
following the letting of the contract
on December %. There is S63OOOO
available for the chemistry building,
DR.. Trotter stated, and work can be
started Immediately after the contract
Is let and approved
Charleston-The Appalachian Power
company was ordered by the public
service commission to construct and
install all the necessary equipment
for a supply Of water adequate to the
supply of the city of Welch. A stOr-
age tank of not less than 100000 gall
Ions capacity was ordered and the
case will be retained on the docket
for 30 days at which time the
company Is ordered to report prog
ress in the carrying out of these
orders
Morgantown - The nature of the
| jokes published in "Moonshine," hui
morous magazine published by stu
dents of West Virginia University.
| was formally disapproved by 175 uni
ve.slty students in attendance at
! the Epworth League meeting in the
/ First Methodist Episcopal church.
Fhe resolution included a recon-
mendation that the editorial staff
use more discretion I'm selecting its
material and endeavor to get "more
wholesome literature" for It's pages.
/ ANtg SCI II dlIltI8 OI IilS county
| have organized and Incorporated the
Mineral County Farm Bureau Ware
/ house division, which has just com
| pleted the erection of 81 large ware
house here for the storage of mill
! feeds, fertilizers, wire, nails and other
commodities in demand by the farmer
! which will be sold among them on the
! cooperative plan Silas VI. Arnold has
/ been elected president. J.. S. Canell,
vice president; w. A. Leatherman,
secretary, and J W. Thomas, treas
/ urer
Rlchwood-M Julia Earlston, pro-
| prletOr of tie Central hotel here, was
fined $50 and sentenced to 60 days In
! jaH by Squire Walter Cox for having
moonshlne in her possession. She ap-
! pealed her case.
Huntlngton-Mrs G. G. Payne, a
professional nurse residing at Kenova,
a suburb may die, her physicians say,
after swallowing a bichloride Of mer-