Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-11-30

approximately $4,000.
| Huntington.-Cla Moreland, IL,
and Marion Moreland. 8, who ran away
from their home here, were located in
Newport, KY, and brought back home
| aIorgantown.-M Mayor William NJ
Gilmore signed an order hating work
on a coal tipple being built at one
of the dangerous bends on Dorsey ave-
nue..
Morgantown.- Mrs. Gertrude Lee
Masters, of St Louis, was badly cut
/ and bruised when the car driven by
her brother, Harley Thompson, over
/ turned.
Monongah-Police Chief Sam Cor
nell shot at fleeing negro whom he
had sought to arrest, and struck an
unidentified Italian. The latter will
recover.
! Wellsburg-The state failed to
prove the automobile which killed a
young girl was driven by Frank Wentz
and he was found not guilty of man
slaughter.
Keyser-aIrs. A. NJ. Taught was ar
rested for assault after he had too Sc
verely punished Malcolm Iser, Is, in
The high school here, of which Taught
is principal.
Fairmont.-Three employees of the
| Owens Bottle Company were carried
into the river when their auto got
out of control and plunged into the
stream. They escaped. (,
| Fairmont.-John Rabagija claims he
was lured into an alley by two negress-
es and robbed of $404. He swore ont
/ warrants for the arrest of Annabeile
Ratlor and Margueretta Roe.
Huntington. Bright nights were
| blamed for an auto striking Bernard
Lockhart after the lights had blinded
him. Herbert Wellman, driver, was
! arrested. Lockhart is in. hospital.
Charleston.-B legs We're suf-
fered by McMullin and t Garvey, of
the Wheeling American Legion foot
| ball team, and several other players re-
ceived injuries in game with the
| Charleston Legion mere. The game
was won by Wheeling 10 TO G.
Charleston.-There was decided
| increase in school attendance in West
| Virginia in the last year, the gain be-
| ing II per cent over the preceding
year. 1t is assumed that this record
attendance is partly due to the new
compulsory law. There were 731 pros.
ecutions in the state last year for vio-
| lation of the attendance law, of which
SIG resulted in convictions.
Charleston.-Many persons are ask
| ing for information regarding the COM
| pulsory school attendance law and it
is learned from the State Department
| of Schools that all children between
Z and 16 are required to attend school
| for the entire term except the children
who have reached their 14th birthday
may be exempted if they obtain writ
| ten permission from the city, district
or county superintendent, to engage
| in regular employment, which mus
be for at least six hours each day.
| arkerSburg-Harry ROwell, aged
Is, resident of Marietta, died in the
| Marietta hospital as the result of 4
bullet wound. The accident occurred
| on Duck Creek Rowell was in a boat
with companion and had with them
an air rifle which they exhibited to
two boys in another boat, one, Carl
| Scarberry, who remarked, 1--WE have
the real thing in our boat and raised
rifle. In some manner the weapon
was discharged. the bullet passing
through Rowell's abdomen and liver.
The alarm was given and the injured
boy was rushed to the hospital, where
| his death occurred.
Morgantown.-'Wi telegraphy,
not to mention the wireless telephone,
las great commercial possibilities in
the future says DR.. G. w. Waggoner,
head of the Department of Physics at
! West Virginia University. 1--WE have
already received requests from one OF
the largest companies of West Virginia
| for information in regard to establish
ing wireless apparatus for communica-
ton between its plants which are To-
Gated in widely scattered parts of the
| state. We have also received a num-
Der of inquiries in regard to the pos
! sibilities of radio-telephone commune
| cation. Both are bound to be of inn
portance to the business world in the
future"
Parkersburg.-Fifty cents of every
dollar received from annual member
ship dues is retained by the local Red
| Cross Chapter: to fight disease ard
make the community healthier, safer
place for mankind to teach emergency
/ aid in case of accident; to save the
/ babies and guard the family health by
teaching home hygiene, care OF the
sick, and home dietetics; to give imme-
date relief to victims of epidemics,
explosion, floods, fires, or similar ca-
lamities; to aid in the care of crippled
children, deserted mothers, financial
stress, etc.
| Charleston.-The attendance was
very large at the special exercises held