West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-05-01
THE PRIMARY
Scramble for Seat In the Pie Wagon
Which Passed Through the
County Last Saturday.

hotly contested affair, and there
were some surprises in II for a num-
Der of people. There was a large
vote polled and considerable drink
ing and disorder at several places,
particularly Kingwood, Tunnelton
and Rowlesburg. A total of about
3aoo votes were cast IN the county,
but an average of nearly one nun
dred votes were lost through the
ignorance or carelessness or drunk
enncss OF the voters In not making
their tickets out right.
For Clerk of the Circuit Court,
John Winner Watson was nominated
without opposition.
For Clerk of the County Court,
one of the hottest fights ever pulled
off in the county was wagcd between
George Amounted Walls, the pres
ent incumbent, and James Willing
Flynn, the Chairman of the Repub-
lican Committee. The latter was
willing, but his machine slipped a
cog and turned out to be wireless
machine, as his wires failed to con-
meet, and now both sides are charg-
ing the other with the use of Doodle
and liquor. Fiynn's total vote was
1856 and Walls I646, majority
for the latter of 100.
For County Supt. of Schools.
Arthur w. Carrico beat Charles w.
Beerbower more than two to one.
His vote was 2o78 to $50 for the
man with the suggestive name. We
wanted Charley to change the latter
part of his name little and make
it Beerbottle to draw the crowd, but
1t was too late, as Carrico already
had the start of him two or three
years and had half the teachers in
the county pledged to him.
For the Legislature on the East
Side, William Baldwin Freeland
won out, as announced by the
"Growler" in the ARGUS a month
ago. His vote is 1878 to 1911 for
DIR. Bryte of Bruceton.
On the West Side, the race was
between "Uncle Joe" Davis Of
Etam, and John SAINT Dunn of Val
ley, although as usual, "Uncle Lee"
Shaw was in the thickcst of the
fight. Davis was the Ring candi-
date and rested easy on the promise
OF the Commitice tha, he should
have the office. But Dunn went
into the fight TO WIN, and would have
done so il his own district had
stood by him. But they slaughtered
him terribly right at home. Davis
only beat him about hundred
votes, aud Dunn lost more than
that in his own district thar went
10 Shaw, who carried Valley, beat
ing Dunn two to one at Rcedsyills,
his home voting place. The total
vote for Shaw is 800 for Dunn
1877, and Davis 1881, a plurality
of Io4. AT Reedsvillc the vote was:
Davis, a5i Dunn aS, and Shaw SO.
At Masontown, Davis 81, Dunn 50
and Shaw 10. At Herring, Davis
rs, Dunn 10 and Shaw 81. So that
Dunn received but IS votes in his
district oat Of ISL, and right there
is the story of his defeat.
At Kingwood about a75 votes
were polled. Flynn carried this dis
trict by a big majority, zo5. The
vote stood: Kingwood, Flynn 1873,
Walls SS. Howesvil!c, Flynn SO,
Walls so. Tunnelton, Hymn I4I
and Walls SO. In Valley the vote
for Walls was ra5 to 1874 for Flynn,
a majority of 20 for the latter. In
Lyon the vote was very close, no
for Flynn to III for Walls, and here
is where the Chairman fell down, as
he expected tc carry his old district
by big majority. AT Indepen-
dence Walls beat him badly, 90 to
"a, and even Irondale, Flynn's old
home, only gave him two majority.
In Reno the vote was aoS for Walls
to 344 for Flynn, majority Of 90.
Rowlesburg gave the Chairman
black eye with TAT for Walls TO 90
for Flynn. The latter carried all
the districts on this side Of the river
by total majority of aS3, but
Walls carried all the districts on the
East Side by majority Of as. The
Walls forces claimed they would
cross the river with 500 majority,
and they came very near doing IT,
Union district went for Walls 1913 to
IS for Flynn, which was another
black eye for the Squire, as he had
been led 70 believe that he was all
right over there. Portland went
heavy for Walls $50 to sos for
Flynn, a majority Of as In Pleas
ant the vote was % for Flynn 10 roI