Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-07-02

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| Huntington.-Because he couldn't
| resist the temptation to revisit his old
haunts in Huntington, Leonard Graley
is prisoner in the county jail facing
q felony indictment returned by the
Cabsll county grand jury.
Huntington-Wom "idlers" of the
''Bowery' section of the city were told
that they must get to work at legiti-
mate employment or leave the city in
police court in a pointed address de.
livered by Mayor Leon S. Wiles.
Harrisville.-Israel Dawson, who
| celebrated his one hundredth birthday
recently, has never ridden in a street
| car nor an automobile. When asked
to take a ride in an automobile, he
declined, saying he had promised him
| self never to do so.
Fairmont.-Dewey Dean, q son Of
| Charles F. Dean, of Jamison street, is
in Cook hospital in serious condition
as result of being thrown from an
automobile On Peacock Hill near this
city when a wheel came off the car as
it vas speeding down the hill.
HUntington.-Chie of Police Davis
recently gave orders to close all gamb-
| ling houses. Owners of such places
have been notified to vacate premises
/ cancel their leases and dispose of
| equipment Public gambling will not
! be sanctioned by the present admins
| tration.
| CharlestOn.-Two prominent Charles
| ton pharmacists, DR.. F. B. Klostermey
| er and DR.. Julious Boirasky, were ar
! rested on eapius by United States
/ Marshal w. M. Osborne, charged with
violation of the narcotic act One col
ored physician, DIR. c. A. Cleveland,
was arrested also.
Martinsburg.-Th new city council
| has passed sweeping ordinance
against gambling and the police are
enforcing it to the letter. Slot ma
| chimes, punching boards and other de-
vices embracing the gambling els-
ment are being removed from their
| customary places.
| Huntington.-A rumor that Mar
| shall College 10 to be converted into
war hospital, could not be confirmed
| in any official source here. A mem
Der of the board of regents seemed
somewhat surprised when asked to
confirm the rumor, and said he had
heard of no such plan.
Clarksburg. Charged with stealing
/ one orange from an orange crate at
the Baltimore and Ohio freight station,
Abraham Ball was convicted and fined
$40 and costs by Magistrate t. G.
| Nicewarmer. Ball was unable to pay
the fine and costs and was sentenced
to work it out on the road gang.
Clarksburg. with having
forged the names of Larry Can, R. Ro-
mano and San Gango to note of $500
/ at the Clarksburg Trust Co., and one
| for 5000 at the Farmers Bank, Alfonso
Dinaldo, well-known contractor Of
| Kelley Hill, was arrested by Constable
Robert NJ. Noon and placed in Jail.
Bluef1eld.-Deliyery to the Mercer
county authorities dead or alive" of
the body of Cleveland Boyd, the negro
who two weeks ago.shot and killed JUS
tice of Peace H. e. Cook, of Matoaka,
has been authorized by Prosecuting
! Attorney H. B. Lee, with the offer of a
$500 reward to the officer making tina
capture.
Fairmont.-Arrested by Constable
L. J. Michel, H. j. Nelson, of this city.
was locked up in the county jail pend
ing a hearing before Justice w. w.
Conway on charge of forgery. 1t is
alleged that Nelson forged the name
Of W. R. Stotler to several cheeks
which aggregated about $500. The
checks We're on the Monongahela bank
and were cashed there.
Wheeling excitement was
caused in North Wheeling when a
large drying tank in the F.. l.. StifeI
calico works on Main street let loose.
wrecking portion of the building and
ihturing three men, none of them seri-
ously. The three men were employees
OF the works, but none were injured
to such an extent that they had to be
removed to the hospital.
Parkersburg--Four of the dental
offices of this city were entered and
considerable booty was secured in
three of them, three of these offices
being located in the Logan building
Immediately across the street from DO
lice headquarters on Fifth street.
Fairmont.-Rev C. E. Goodwin. pas.
tor of the First Methodist Episcopal
church, has been granted a leave of
absence with full pay for six weeks
and will take up army work at Camp |
Lee at Petersburg, Va, and expects to |
do his bit by singing for the soldiers.
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