The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-10-22
The Democratic Ticket of Mason
County.

The Democratic Ticket of Mason
County.
The Democracy of Mason coun-
ty has submitted for the considera
ton of the whole people a ticket
composed of some of the best men
in the county, and we appeal to
the voters-all of them-to saw
whether any party ever submitted
for their consideration a better
ticket. Every man on it is an hon.
orable and upright gentleman and
each and every one of them is iden-
tilted with the history, growth and
development of the county and all
have done what they could to adj
vance the best interests of the
whole people. A few words con-
corning each will stand in evidence
of this.
COLONEL J. P. R. B. SMITH.
The name of Colonel Smith
who has been renominated for
Clerk of the County Court. stands
at the head of the county ticket.
For nearly quarter of a century
he has most acceptably filed
that Office and in that time he has
given away almost a fortune to the
people whom he served. In that
time he has missed no opportunity
nor spared any effort to assist those
who sought aid from him. The
Church. the Sabbath School, the
sick, the needy, the MANNED, the
halt and the blind, all indeed, have
been the recipients of his charity.
To such an extent is this true that
after all his years of public service
he finds himself a poor man-one
who must labor on for that support
which he would possess had it not
been for that charity which he has
distributed with such a liberal
hand. He needs no further en-
comiums from us, Every man in
the county knows Col. Smith.
MR.. VIRGIL A. LEWIS.
The nominee for Clerk of the
Circuit Court is. thoroughly well
known. Indeed. his name is a
household word in Mason county,
where he has resided the whole of
his life. All the years of his boy
hood and those of his early man.
hood were spent in toll on the farm,
and for more than thirty years he
has been identified with the educa-
tional work of the county and state.
He needs no word of praise from
us for he is known to the whole
people of the county and no man
doubts for a minute that he will
make worthy successor of Mr.. r.
E. Mitchell who has SO faithfully
and honorably filled the office of
Clerk of the Circuit Court. Mr..
Lewis has ever done all that pub
lie spirited citizen could do to ad.
vance the interests of the people,
and ever accommodating and oblig-
ing, he will continue thus if elect
ed to the Office for which he has
been nominated.
MIR. A. w. RIFLE.
Mr.. A. w. Rifle. the nominee
for County Commissioners is Every
inch man." He is upright, hon.
orable, clean, sober, pure and con
scientious. Born in Mason county,
he has lived here all his life. At
the age of fifteen, without capital,
he began business for himself, and
as a result of nineteen years of
close application to that business,
he is the owner of fine farm in
Cologne district, and other bust
ness interests. Among these it
may be mentioned that he is half
owner in the lumber and timber
firm of Rifle & Buxton, which has,
as part of its holdings, six hundred
acres of timber land in Kanawha
county. He is the possessor of a
good education and is an intelli-
gent gentleman with excellent bus.
mess ability. There is no other
Office of SO much concern to the
taxpayer as that of Commissioner,
and it may be safely said that when
it comes to matter of levies and
disbursements of public monies,
Drew" Rifle will Figure for him
self" and this will be in the inter
est of the whole body of tax. payers
of Mason county.
MR.. ]. A. DUNN.
Pretty nearly every body in the
country knows "Polk" Dunn, one
of the nominees for the House of
Delegates. Born in Ohio, he came