Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-05-14
FACTS
A True Statement by the Com.
mittee.--A. II. Smiths Name
Goes on Ballot.

Ter County Republican Executive
committee, held at Middlebourne,
w. Va, April 4th, 1904, the fol
lowing rule, among others, was
adopted:
On motion it is ordered that
the candidates for District off
GERS make known to the members
of the County Executive commit
tee of their district the Offices for
which they are candidates Sc the
same can be reported at the meet
ing of this committee on April 16,
1904, and that all candidates for
county offices and for State Sen
ate be present on the above named
date prepared to pay their several
assessments to defray the ex-
penses of holding the County Pri-
mary; and it is also ordered that
any candidate who fails to pay
his assessment within five days
after said meeting, above named,
his name will not be placed upon
the ticket by this committee.
On motion it is ordered that
the committee meet on Saturday,
April 18th, 1904. at l o'clock, p.
m. at the Court house of Tyler
county, for the purpose of fixing
the date of holding the County
Primary election for the purpose
of nominating candidates as
above set forth.
At the meeting of April 10th,
1904, on motion it was ordered
that the chairman, P. II. Ander-
son; the secretary, ARA Il. I'm
derwood, and the treasurer, W.
L. Armstrong, be appointed a
subcommittee to contract for
supplies for the primary to be
held May 25th, to have the bal
lots printed, and to certify to the
printer the names of the candl7
dates who would have paid their
assessments to the treasurer with
in the five days from the date of
meeting, April 10th. Owing to
the death of the son of Captain
w. l.. Armstrong, this sub-cOm-
mittee did not meet till April
26th to certify the names OF
those who had paid. The COM
mittee met at the office OF Cap
tain Armstrong in Sistersville,
and certified that DR.. E. B: Con-
away, Emanuel Elder, j. B.
Taught, G. F. Mercer, j. S.
Roberts and H. B. Shriver had
complied with the rule and had
paid their assessments within the
specified five days from April
10th, for the office Of Sheriff. On
the evening of May 7th Mr.. Arm
strong, the treasurer, received his
bank book from the First Ma
tional bank of Middlebourne, in
which he had deposited the funds
of the committee to his own per-
sonal account, and he found that
on May Sd he had been credited
with $75. In going over his book
in which he kept the accounts OF
the committee he discovered
that he was $75 ahead, and had
that much money to his credit for
which he could not account, or
for which no name appeared on
his book. Captain Armstrong,
wishing to look the matter up, on
that evening, called Mr.. Pyle up
by phone and asked him about
the matter. Mr.. Pyle stated that
this amount, $75, had been de-
posted by A. H. Smith. In re-
ply, Mr.. Armstrong told Mr..
Pyle "that this was the first
knowledge that he had OF Mr..
Smiths paying in this money,
and that the names had already
been certified and ballots order
ed printed. The printer. ii. W.
Smith, of the Tyler County Star,
was asked to withhold the print
ing of the ballots till the other
members of the committee could
be consulted and the matter
thoroughly Investigated. Mr.;
Armstrong Immediately notified
the chairman, P. Fl. Anderson,
who received the letter Monday
morning. The evening before Mr..
Anderson was Informed by Z. +.
Mercer at the Hotel Mercer, that
A. H. Smith had told him, Mer-
Ger. that he, Smith, chad paid IN