Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-08-17

j. A. Blake, killed in a boiler explo~
sion.
Shadyside.-Funeral services were
held Friday afternoon for the late
John Parker. who died at Shadyside.
after brief Illness. Funeral services
We're in charge Of Rev. A. c. Whit
more, of the Shadyside NJ. E. Church.
Interment was in the Rose Hill GENE
terry.
Bluefield.-Earl Wolfe, son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. Wolfe, of Wayne street,
while playing fell over a bank and sus-
/ tanned a broken arm. Drs. Scott and
Thompson were summoned and found
that both bones in the right arm had
been broken. He is reported as get.
ting along nicely at this time.
Huntington.-Cecil Waddell of Rock
Camp near Ironton, was killed in
stantly near his home when team he
was driving frightened at an automo-
bile. Waddell's neck was broken.
Waddell, who was forty years old, was
unmarried. He lives with his mother,
Mrs. Frank Waddell, on large farm
In Lawrence county.
Wheeling.-William Hilson and an
other business man of Pittsburg had
narrow escape from death or serious
| injuries when the automobile owned
| and driven by the former skidded in
| the National road near the Elm Grove
bridge, tearing down large telegraph
pole, part of stone wall and badly
smashing the automobile.
untington.-Howard Boggs, %,
bell boy at the Huntington hotel, was
arrested and charged with being the
negro who drove an ice pick through
the neck of Arthur Gibson, driver for
| the Union Transfer Company, during
an argument over payment of a taxi
| cab bill. Boggs was arrested at his
home at 615 Second avenue.
Charleston.-Writ of error and SUI
persedeas were granted by the SUI
preme court of appeals in the suit Of
Mary Il. Jones versus Simon Hebdo,
petitioner, the plaintiff being awarded
$2,725 of $4,000 suit by jury in
the Wood county circuit court be-
| cause of alleged illegal arrest and inn
prisonment brought about by the de
PENDANT.
Bluefield.-The West Virginia Med
zeal Association is preparing bill to
be presented to the legislature proyiG-
ing for the proper taking and keeping
of vital statistics. 1t is proposed to
get the cooperation of all the civic
bodies, health leagues, chambers of
commerce and the like to back the
movement, and aid in having the new
law passed.
Charleston.-W. d. Lee has been APP
pointed mine inspector of the eigh-
teenth district with headquarters at
Jaeger, Mcdowell county, according TO
announcement made by r. N. LAME,
chief of the state department of mines.
Mr.. Lee succeeds NJ. E. Quenon, trans
ferred to the twelfth district with
headquarters at Thurmond, Fayette
county, the latter succeeding Edward
Nicholson, resigned
Charleston.-O. Emerson Campo,
city gardener connected with the coun-
| ty agricultural department, reports
that the school gardens of the city,
worked during vacation time by stu
dents who are interested, are more
productive and in better condition gen.
orally this year than ever before. The
products of the gardens are canned by
the community kitchen which viii
open in Charleston this month.
Charleston.-A conference of men,
bers of the advisory committee of the
Kanawha Farm Bureau was held at
farm bureau headquarters in the court
house for the purpose of securing an
unloading and storage place for lime.
A location will be obtained on the line
of one of the railroads in Charleston.
Kanawha county farmers are prepar-
ing for more extensive use of lime for
fertilizing purposes on their lands.
Huntington.-Nine hundred appli-
cants for positions as teachers in
the Huntington schools have been re-
ceived by the board of education it
was stated at the offices of Superin-
tendent C. l.. Wright. Applications
have been received from every state in
the Union, from Canada, France and
Switzerland. Many foreign born men
and women have asked for appoint
ments to the foreign language depart.
ments.
Charleston.-The jury in common
pleas court that tried the case of Geo.
w. Salyers against Miss Edna Martin,
contesting the will of the late A. w.
Salyers, returned a verdict for the de-
PENDANT. The will bequeathed TO the
defendant $4,000 and a diamond ring.
A brother contested the will on the al
legation that Salyers was incapacitated
for making 4 will at the time the doc
ument was drawn on account of his Sc
rious Illness.
Morgantown.-Th fortieth county
has now come into the fold of the
West Virginia Farm Bureau Fedora
ton The Cabell county, Putnam coun-
ty and Wetzel county farm bureaus
We're among tie latest to join the fed
GRAFTON. OF the remaining fifteen