West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-04-09
THE COUNTY cLERKsHIp.
Campaign Chapters on Our County
Candidates.

Oy Joseph Ann Martin the pas,
twenty years. 1t is four hand.
round aud right. aud left contest.
Somebody will be all right and
somebody will be left, There are
four candidates aud three-fourths
of them are wasting smiles and
elbow-grease for nothing. George
a. Walls, William NJ. Sch@ffer,
Joseph A. Miller and Elisha b.
Stone are the men. Which will
you have to take charge of the best
paying office in the county? Mr..
Walls has been clerk in the Office
for fourteen years, and has master
ed every detail of the business. He
is accommo odating aud if promoted
to full charge. can 60 right on with
the important business Of the county
without a break or any in convent
ence to the public. If possession
is nine points IN law, Mr.. Walls is
a hard man to down.
He was born ard raised in Grant
district and has many relatives
down there, but most of them are
Democrats and can't help HIM
much. Still it is conceded that he
will carry that district, and he ex.
poets Pleasant, Valley and King
wood, but Sch@ffer claims Pleas.
ant and Portland, and Kiugwood
will be badly split up and no can
didste have majority to brag of
In this district, but the chances are
in favor of Walls. Some claim that
because he has been In with Mr..
Martin so long, that it is about the
same thing as re-electing Martin
and are trying to make capital of
1t, but this won't hurt him any and
will be in his favor, for of course,
Clerk Martin has his friends all
oyer the county, and he will do his
best to influence them for Walls.
Then in this district there are quite
number OF railroad employees.
who are expected to support Walls
through the influence of Mr.. Mar
tin, Superintendent of the road.
Deputy Sheriff Shaffcr, or Schef-
fer, as he spells it, with the old
German accent, was the last in the
field, and claims to represent the
East Side, although living here at
present and his father lives here
also. But he says this is only tenn
porarily while assisting Sheriff Shaw
and only decided to become a candi-
date at the urgent request Of many
friends on the East Side. He is a
clever fellow and has had consider
able official experience. His can
didacy puts Sheriff Shaw in hole,
as he is a brother-ln-law to the
Sheriff and it was the Sheriff who
brought Squire Miller out. This
makes it embarrassing for our
friend Leroy, as he would natur.
ally like TO support his brother-in.
law, but can't 60 back on Joe
after persuading him to run. The
result is, that he has to lay low,
and spelling to, to take hand in
the fight. Scheffer had hardly
thought Of running till there seem.
ed to be such big opening on the
East Side, with no representative at
all and three on this side, that he
concluded to SHE his castor in the
ring and take his chances. If he
carries Pleasant and Portland and
gets II respectable vote in King
wood and Lyon, he will be a strong
candidate and surprise some Of the
other boys. George Q. Shaw is ex.
pectod to help him in Lyon dis
triot and especially at Austen.
The oldest Of tho -four candidates
is Joseph A. Miller, Of Tunnelton.
lie is a veteran Of the late war, who
ran away from home to enlist, at
an early age, and made q gallant
record as a soldier, and this was
one reason Why Sheriff Shaw, an
old veteran himself, brought him
ont. It was expected that the old
soldier vote would nominate him,
but it won't do it. It's true that
there are several hundred Of them
IN this county, but they will split
up among the candidates as bad as
any other class aud all vote for
their friends Mr.. Miller has
served a term as Postmaster and
Justice Of the Peace at Tunneiton
and therefore had considerable