Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-05-24
The Primary Election on Saturday.

county officers will be held in Jeffer-
son county Saturday of this week
The polls will be open from one clock
in the afternoon until sunset. The
election will be conducted by the two
regularly appointed Democratic COM
missioners and a third commissioner
whom these two shall appoint, the
members of the county executive COM
mittee for each precinct to fill any
vacancies that may occur. The fol-
lowing are the commissioners in this
district: Precinct No. l at Dufields,
T. Ogle Link and S. W. Hunter; No.
2 at Moler's, W. ]. Knott and A. ?.
Reinhart; No. 8 at Shepherdstown, w.
w. Myers and Charles Terrell No. 4
at Shepherdstown, Joseph Byers and
NJ. ]. Billmyer.
The election is to be held under the
provisions of the law governing pri-
mary elections. An opinion has been
given by committee of lawyers and
accepted to this effect: eve have ex-
amined that part of the general cleo
ton law, consisting of section 33 and
subsequent section and section 45 of
chapter 3, adopted by the Executive
Committee in the call for the coming
primary election. and in our opinion
there is nothing contained in said Sec
tons or in said call, prohibiting the
chairman or secretary of said commit
tee or the election commissioners from
giving to any voter or candidate any
number of tickets that.he may request
for his purpose, and that any of said
tickets may be prepared for voting
outside of the election room, if done
outside of the 6O-foot limit prescribed
in the call, and when voted will be
legal ballots. The names Of poll clerks
need not be written on any ballot,
but it is the duty of the commissioners
to refuse to count any ticket that is
different from the ballots furnished
them by the chairman or secretary OF
the committee. "
No person will be permitted to cleo
tioneer a voter within sixty feet Of the
polling place. All persons shall be
permitted to vote who supported the
Democratic tickets at the Presidential
election in the year 1896, and who in
tend supporting the Democratic ticket
at the coming election this year, OF all
Democrats who have moved into this
county and will be legal voters at the
next election, of all young men known
to be Democrats who will be of age at
the next general election, and none
others.
A special announcement by the COM
mittee says in effect that those who
supported the gold-standard ticket in
1896 will be permitted to vote.
The following are the candidates
whose names will appear on the ticket
to be voted on Saturday:
State Senator,
]. GARLAND HURST,
WIN. CAMPBELL.
House of Delegates,
B. C. WASHINGTON,
R. w. MORROW.
District Delegate,
R. NJ. FISHER,
Sheriff,
L. G. LUCAS,
J. DAVIS BILLMYER.
Prosecuting Attorney,
FORREST w. BROWN,
JAMES NJ. MASON, JR.
Assessor, First District,
THOMAS r. MOORE,
THOMAS JANNEY,
JAS. p. CONLEY,
d. G.. DONNELLY,
w. p. BELL,
E. E. DUNAWAY.
Assessor, Second District,
c. +. LAMAR,
II. TAYLOR LINK,
j. ALBERT LINK,
WILL. G. DANIELS,
ROBERT L. COOK,
j. w. GARDNER.
County Commissioner, Kabletown Dis
trict,
DANIEL HEFLEBOWER,
w. H. 7, LEWIS,
JOHN w. ROBERTS.
County Commissioner, Harper's Ferry
District,
B. F. MOLER,
L. BOTELER MOORE.
County Surveyor,
JAMES X. HENDRICKS.
Justice Of the Peace, ShepherdStown
District.
LEE II. MOLER,
D. S. RENTCH.
A school commissioner and con-
stable are to be elected in Shepherds
town district, and two members of the
Democratic County Executive Com
mittee are to be chosen at each pre-
cinct.
The voting place for the upper pre-
cinct in Shepherdstown will be at
Joseph Byers's building, corner Duke
and Main streets, having been changed
from the Hout building.