Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-26
COUNTY SEAT NEWS.
Held Unds. Red Man Act.


Justice Warmers mill ground
Friday on Red Man case. Walter
. Whaley, Arlie Smith, K. B. Smith
and Cleu Smith concluded to reg
riate the family affairs of Mr.. and
MRS. SampiT. Buck, of. Sancho and
In pursuance Of that conclusion
laid sundry switches, to which were
attached notes OF threatening ma
ture, a, the doo- of the Buck resi-
dence. The would be retormers
were arrested on a warrant sworn
out by Mr.. Buck under the Re d
Man act some ten days or more
ago and the boys were tried Friday
and the Justice held them under
bond In the penalty of $50 each to
answer indictments at the April
grand jury. The bonds were given
and the boys went home, The pen
atty, If convicted of the charge Is
not Tess than $50 nor more than
$500 fine and at the discretion OF
the court, not less than one month
Esr more than Twelve months In
jail.
Coua!y Court.
The regular January session Of
cosatw court was held last week.
The court organized by electing
jobs B. Riggs, who is the senior
member, president for the ensuing
year. This Is the first Democratic
county court since the enactment OF
the law establishing the present
system of county corIts. Under
the old system OF county courts the
late William Williamson of Friend
~, was the last Democratic presi.
dent of said court. The session was
takeA up with a laxge amount of
routine business. The court inaug
urated a new policy In collecting
the rent for the Offices In the Court
House. 1t was found on lnvestiga'
ton that one Of the occupants of
the Offices had not paid rent for 4
years and they entered an order
directing the sheriff to collect all
back rent from all occupants and
In future collect the rent as soon as
due. The court after examining
the Ia - failed to frd where 1t was
incun. ent upon the county to
maintain a free residence FIR
the sheriff and therefore have
decided to charge the sheriff $50
per year rent. The court, under
the head.of poor matters, appointed
John Riggle a committee to visit
the infrmary once month and re-
port to the court as provided by
Chapter 46, section FL OF the Code
Ralph Sweeney, 1t was remarked by
several persons attending court,
went to work on the business before
the court like veteran In the
business. Clerk Duty and his assist.
ants kept the record up for each
day and made good impression by
his kind and courteous treatment
by all persons attending the daily
session. The court adjourned
Thursday to meet on March 2,Ieo3,
In adjourned session for the trans.
action of all business before 1t.
Married
J. A. McElhaney. a trusted en-
ployee OF the Oxford Oh company.
located In the Rockwell field, and
Florence J. Workman, of Point
Pleasant creek. were quietly married
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. ],
W. Swan, on First street, Friday
afternoon by Rev. W. NJ. Kiosley.
They have the we'll wishes Of all
who know the happy couple.
Funeral.
The funeral of Mrs. W. c. Reed
who died Friday, at her home on
Little Saucho from consumption,
took place Saturday and the In
torment at A-chers Chapel at I
O'Clock P. m. of that day. The
deceased was a daughter Of Hugh
Smith, of Muddy creek, leaves
surviving her, husband and several
children and q number OF brothers
ard sisters 10 mourn her loss