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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1933
Page
8
Ora Semler was held to the grand jury by Judge D. Boone Dawson in municipal court yesterday on a shooting with intent to kill charge. A pistol and a stretcher knife were described, and Semler allegedly fired at James Greer but struck Townsend instead, with the incident occurring across the street.
Multiple petty crimes dominate the session with B Ralston jailed a day for stealing six onions and John W Carney fined 65 for interfering with firemen at a Summers Street shoe shop. L C Gander’s whiskey charge bonds forfeited while Cerl Horton’s health case was continued. Matthew Brown and Descon Holmes fined eight dollars each for gambling. Albert Simon’s case dismissed for shooting firearms and John Welker failed to prosecute. Bettie Smith larceny case postponed. J C Martin’s larceny charge dismissed. W R Bostick case continued for larceny of 14 dollars from Adaline Colbert.
A reflective piece on responsibility asks how it shapes a person beyond grand claims. It contrasts puffed confidence with anxious self-doubt and urges balancing trust in duty with attention to small duties. It questions whether one overlooks minor tasks at the price of larger goals.
The Gazette congratulates Judge William Wesley Wertz a prominent Republican figure in state and city politics. He served as mayor two terms declined a third, held city selectman and legislative posts, introduced workmen compensation and school reform bills, taught in Charleston, served two terms as municipal judge, and never lost an election. Wertz was born Graham Mines in Kanawha County, educated at Pinch and West Virginia University, and has long attended Republican conventions since Taft.
The text highlights Judge Werte from the First M B Church active in Sunday school and author of the 1907 historical novel Malinda about Elk and Greasy Karnacks rivers frontiers. It describes his summer home Dare Manor on Elk river, his hostess mother Mrs Chloe Werte, and a poetic note on Haroscope Persons Boyd. It concludes with a line about Rembrandt born on this date.
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