Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1882-10-10

Vote early. -sl,.s.a 4ssg rs az
Vote for Snyder.l 8sgs.. ~ saE Es,zi5ar >
Vote for, Wilson. - eas 500 :
j Vote for7J! s. Melvin. q 75@..
Vote for Isaac Fouke. :, e@.. ~
Vote for Jno. W. Rider.
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10 Vote for Col. R. ~ Baylor. -
Vote for William j. Knott. III
Vote only the square and straight. Demo.
cratic ticket, and see that you have none 9th
Hon D. B. Lucas spoke at Romney last
Saturday, in behalf of the Democratic nom .
! inees.
G. Mason Pendleton, Esq, has Withdrawn
from the contest for the House of Delegates
in Morgan county. ;a
Ex-Gov. Jacob has been nominated by the
Wheeling Democrats for Judge of Circui.
Court of tho first district
Hon. William l.. Wilson deserves the full
and solid support of the Democracy of JEFF
ferson county. Do your whole duty, and see
that he gets every vote possible to-day.
James Rhodes, the murderer of John o.
Massie and wife, was taken from the Jail at
Charlottesville, Va, and hanged by party Of
masked men early on Monday morning OF
last week.
The law forbids citizens to vote in any other
than the district where they reside. We
would call the attention of Democrats especial,
ly to this. Vote in your o,on district, or YOU
will lose your vote.
Let the canVassers appointed by the Dem
ocra.io County Executive Committee keep a
sharp lookout at the polls to-day for mixed
election tickets partly the Democratic nom
inees, and partly not.
Democrats, beware of so. called Democratic
tickets which have upon them only portion
OF the Democratic nominees to be voted for,
and arc completed with the names of one or
more Republican or indcpende candidates.
On Thursday night week, tho safes of
Warner h. Hazlegrove, commission merchant,
1anoy Il Kent, Valley Plaster Mills, and
the b. u o. Depot in Harrisonburg, Va,
were opened by burglars, and about $500
stolen.
We return thanks to the Democratic Con-
gressional Campaign Committee (of which
Hon b. G. Davis is Chairman fthe Finance
departmenD for copy of tho Champaign
Book of the Democratic Party"-a valuable
political work.
candidate on the Democratic ticket, and are a
good and true Democrat, sink your objection
for the good of the party, and DONE take the
risk OF aiding in the election of Repub.
Acan U. s. Senator from West Virginia.
Examine your ticket closely before voting,
and see that you have upon it the names of
Snyder, Wilson, Melvin, Fouke, Rider, Bay
Tor and Knott, and then vote it straight, and
you will have done your whole duty-excep,
to see that your neighbor does likewise.
Where in the Second Congressional distr;et
WI! You lind a more honest. sober, straitfor.
Tardi heapabie business man than John w Ma
tins 'district.-Philirpi Republican
Ind Jefferson county. His name is William
Il. Wilson. Ask us hard one. =.
~; - [Pdiappi Plaindea7er.
= Hon. VIM. Mines, of Page county, Va,
lost son aged Is years few days ago. On
Thursday week another son, Thomas j.
Mines, aged % years, died Of typhoid fever
and the mother ofthe two boys is dangerously
i'll. ME- Mines has the sincere sympathy
ofa host of friends in his sore affection.
Farmers of Jefferson, do not stay ava,
from the polls to-day, on account OF seeding
or anything else. William L. Wilson needs
every vote, and should you allow him to be
defeated by your no. voting, your after re-
grets will be of no avail. One day later in
seeding will not cause you to lose a crop
one vote less may cast the die in the election.
Mr.. John T. Janney, in card in the las.
Free Press, Indignantly denies the charge of
"Tobias R." that ho is a Republican, but
nowhere, that We have seen, does he denounc e
the publication of his name in the regular
Republican ticket in Morgan county. Of
course it makes no difference that Morgan
county is Republican, while Jefferson is
Democratic.
Remember voters! The law upon the
subject of printing and circulating ballots
was changed last winter (Chaptcr ls9, sec>
tion 5, Acts of 1922 and any violation of il.
we understand, will be rigidly prosecuted
The old fashioned way of deseiving voters bv
printing mixed tickets. the Legislature has
pointedly guarded against. The punishment.
for violation of the provisions of this Section
are severe, and tho party offending is guilty.
ola misdemeanor, and for each offense is fined
nnf less than 500 nor mora a.. o1no