The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-06-07

Virginia attended
Grafton-Clean-up Week is being
held here following a proclamation
recently issued by the Mayor and
County Board of Health of Taylor
county.
Observation-Disclosures Of the Evans
Lead Co.'S plant, South Charleston,
will be increased 33 per cent when an
additional unit, now under construc-
ton, is completed.
Morgantown-Notice has been re-
ceived by the County Court that the
State Road Commission is ready to
take over for maintenance the section
of the Fairmont pike between Nor
gantown and Little Indian Creek at
Barker's Ridge
Clarksburg-Buried under a fall of
a ton and a half of slate in Mine 81
of the Consolidation Coal Company at
Gypsy, Eicamo Sirello, 40, was dis
covered dead Workers struggled
frantically for three hours in a vain
effort to recover the miner alive.
Huntington-Otis Blake, patrolman,
is in a hospital here, probably fatally
injured, as a result of driving his au-
tomobile head-on into a street car
here. Blake was driving at a high
rate of speed on the wrong side of
the street when the collision occurred.
ChariestOn-Jail sentences of six
months and a fine OF $500 was impos-
ed on ]. NJ. Phillips, of Charleston,
when convicted of possession of 90 gal
Ions of moonShine whiskey, the state
prohibition commission reported. @.
A. Bowling, of Bluefield, was fined
800 and sentenced to 80 days in Jail
for possession of one pint of moon
shine.
Huntington-Fred Ash, said to be
of ThurmOnd, was remanded to the
Jail here in default OF $1,000 bond, on
a charge Of transporting liquor after
arraignment before United States
Commissioner J. p. Douglass Ash
was arrested by Federal officers at
Ceredo when it is alleged he was car
rying 10 cases of Canadian whisky In
his roadster.
Charles Town-The Rev. J. F. VIII
burn and his son, John, found guilty
last summer of the murder of John
Gore, Logan county deputy sheriff,
recently were taken to the state peni-
tentiary at Moundsville to begin serv-
Ing sentences Of II years. They
were convicted of second degree man
slaughter, the charges growing out Of
the miners armed march on Logan
county.
Fairmont-Nelle Mitchell of Fair
mont and Mary McGraw Of Baltimore
were injured severely when the au-
tomobile in which they were riding
was struck by an interurban street
car near here. Miss McGraw has
been here with local carnival com
pany. Irwin Keith, driver Of the
machine, and two other occupants
were uninjured The accident oc-
CURED at a crossing.
Logan-A centennial celebration Of
the Tooth anniversary of the forma-
tion of Logan county was planned by
the Logan Chamber OF Commerce At
It's regular meeting here. The cele-
bratlon will be held In Logan during
the month of October, 1924, and plans
are already being made for staging
the event, which, 1t IS planned, viii
be the biggest thing Of It's kind ever
held in West Virginia.
Charleston Charleston led all West
Virginia cities In building during the
month Of April, according to figures
received by n. S. Stark, city building
Inspector Charleston, with its to-
tol of S1,11G,S23, was pushed close,
however, by Huntington, which re-
ported total Of S1,116,S23. Wheel
ing ran a bad third, with only S3S7.75
even ess than April 1922, when it re-
ported Sf18,Gf5 in building.
Clarksburg-Tw generations Of the
same family--father and -receiv-
cd diplomas certifying their gradua-
tiOn from the Sutton High School this
commen cement. They are Marcelus
Skidmore, the father, who, despite the
education he did not have, was once
superintendent of BraxtOn county
schools, fifteen or more years ago and
his son, Holmes, rs, who. judged by
high school standards, knows just as
much as does his father.
Grafton-The Salvation Army seeks
$4,000 with which to carry on work
Of the organization during the com
ing year a drive 90 raise the funds
s. being conducted By Captain g.
Miller, Of the Army, In charge Of the
work here.
ST. Albans-M. p. Summers, who
has been the principal Of the s. Al
bans High School for the last two
years, was elected superintendent OF
the ST. Adams Independent district
for next year at the meeting of the
school board.