Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-10-28

| Bank at Richmond has just issued q
| circular to all banks and trust COM
| panies calling attention to the methods
| to be followed in converting first and
| second Liberty Bonds from the 4 per
| cent interest rate to Az. Those of the
second Liberty loan should be present
ed before November 10, and those Of
the first should be presented before
December Is, after detaching the cou-
pons due ON those dates.
dered committed to the county Jail by
Justice G. ID. AGREE ON account of sew
eral checks he has issued recently on
which collections could not be made.
His commitment followed the with
drawal of Joe Kelly from his bond in
| a check case on which he was brought
back from Northfork several days ago,
in which he failed to make good on
his promise TO take up the $40 check
which caused his arrest at Northfork.
Charleston.-A total of 1888 work
pei mis- " Nl4iQACA DClhtNH Tic dSCs
of IA and 16 were issued by the coun-
ty superintendent of schools of the
state in the month of September, ac
cording TO the records kept at the state
department of labor. OF this number
&C were boys to work as messengers in
stores and offices. Twenty-four were
vacation permits. Three hundred and
e., ol,o
sixteen years of age also were issued
Charleston.-William Burdette Ma
theWs, state director Of the COnstitu-
ton Day movement, estimates that the
number of persons reached through the
meetings held in the state in one day
at 100000 There were 125 school
meetings held, 80 church meetings,
and so general meetings, or a total of
455. The number of speeches made
totaled 800, and newspaper columns
published regarding the day, 200. Ap-
proXimately % parades were scheduled
and 1000 pamphlets distributed.
Huntington.-B. Il. Iceland, repre-
senting the extension department of
the University of West Virginia DIT
Morgantown, was here interviewing
the superintendent of schools and
members of the high school and junior
high school faculties in regard TO ex-
tension work in the vocational educa-
ton branches. He proposes to organ
ize classes here in the second semester
for the purpose of promoting the adop- |
ton of the provisions of the Smith
Towner bill and for trades teachers.
Charleston.-The first detailed re-
port on bond data in the state of West |
Virginia, published by the state tax |
commissioners Office, shows that on |
July l, 1913, the total bonds issued in |
the state were $30,3G2, 400 The total |
bonded Indebtedness of West Virginia |
at the present time is estimated by Il. |
A. Dover, accountant in the office Of |
the tax commissioner, as approximate |
ly $4,000, including 13,500,000 in |
Virginia Debt bonds, and between So |
100000 and $1O,000,000 in bonds issued |
in the last year.
arkersburg.-There is a greater |
number of prisoners in the county Jail |
now than there has been for several |
years, thirty-two all told, being held |
for trial for nearly every grade of |
crime from murder down to sneak |
thievery. Several of the men are |
known 10 be dangerous characters and |
the belief is expressed that they will |
take advantage of any opportunity TO
make their escape, hence a constant
watch is being kept to Illustrate any |
attempt. An unusual fact is that there |
is not one bootlegger in the crowd of |
prisoners, though it was the belief of
the officers that there would be many
after the dry spell began.
Charleston.-W. C. Harmon, A. A.
Guss and I. b. Chenoweth, aged Is. 10 |
and 20 years, respectively, were each
sentenced to one year and one day in
the Iowa state reformatory by Judge |
Benjamin f. Keller of the United
States District Court, in session AT
Huntington, after they had pleaded
guilty 10 rifiing the mails in the Char
lesion postoffice. The young men were
arrested in the postofice here ON the
evening of July /. by postoffice inspec-
tors after they had been observed |
breaking open letters and taking
money from them. All of them had
been employed as distributing clerks in
the postoflice less than eight months
when they were arrested.
CharIeston.-Wyat Nutter, who
gave his age as fourteen,
charged with grand larceny of 500
from Thomas Price, son of Colonel
Price, OF Blue Creek, pleaded guilty
and was turned over TO Justice Field
er'S court for commitment TO the state
reform school by Police Judge Wertz.
Conyulsed with sobs Nutter managed
TO tell Judge Wertz that he found the
money in Il pocket book lying in the
toilet at the Given Hotel, on Kanawha
street, and not knowing who it belong |
ed to took it for himself.
ington.-Patrolman A. Is. Shat
fer, who was working the c. & o. de-
pot beat, was found between two box
cars in the railroad yards unconscious.
He was taken TO the Guthrie hospital
suffering from numerous injuries. He
was taken to his home, having recoy-
cred sufficiently to warrant his re-
moval from the hospital. Two theo-
ries have been offered us to the cause
of Mr. Skaters injuries. One is that
d thug slipped up behind him and
struck him upon the head with some
blunt Instrument and the other is thai
lie slipped while climbing between cars
from belt to hem in rather narrow
tucks placed at least six inches apart.