Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-08-06
DELEGATES ARE NAMED.
THOSE wHo WILL hkPRKsENT THK
WARDS ar COUNTY coSvEorIos.
Pri maries Held in the Various wards
in This City Monday Night-Exccu-
tive Committees NAMED.

in this city Monday for the purpose
of eiecting deIegates.for the republi-
can county convention to be held in
the Central opera house on Saturda y,
Aug. 9. There was a large number in
attendance at AL Of the ward meetings
and all passed off I'm very harmonious
way. Each ward elected eight dele
gates 20 represent them at the con-
vention. After the election OF the
delegates the executive committee,
consisting of four men, was elected.
The following are the delegates and
committeeman elected Monday in the
various wards:
FIRST WARD.
The primary in this ward was held
in the grand jury room in the County
court house, with J. T. Paulding chair
man and Elmer Entler secretary. Del
egates- B. N Martin. j. J. Wharton.
N. ". Lynch. w. IT. Henshaw, Joseph
Imbach. Howard Piper. f. D. Mat
thews and Wade Wolford. Commit
teemen W. T. Henshaw. G. C. Cutler,
W. j Lambert and j. II. Leyth.
SECOND WARD.
The Second ward republicans held
their meeting in the County court
house. W. II. Thomas was chairman
and C. ]. Thomas secretary, Dele
gates j. E. Bnrkholder, August Zin.
norman, O. II. Wolfes, q. w. Van.
Meter, W. F. Mullis, John l.. Bate
man, Charles Dugan and q w. Green.
Comn,itteemen-C. NJ. Lamar, ]. r.
Clifford, II. C. Gorsuch and J. E. Burk-
holder.
THIRD WARD.
The primary In this ward was held
in the Third ward school house, with
F. w. VanHorn as chairman and II.
q. Bowen as secretary. Delegates
j. D. Matthews, l.. Dew. Gerhardt,
JOS Grimes, William Johnson, G. II.
Lowry, W. Fl. Kaufman, e. s. Gettle
and w. W. Clark. Committeeman
f. w. VanHorn. 7. p. Licklider, L.
Dew. Gerhardt and n. e.. Bowen.
FOURTH WARD.
The meeting in this.ward was held
in the Fourth ward school house. with
D. S. Rigsby as chairman and A. T.
Russler. secretary. Delegates-James
Rouark, <. Zimmerman, w. Parkin-
son. H. Heck. @. Gregory, T. Kline
William Matthews and. Morgan Ander-
SON. Committemen--O. S. Rigsby and
A. T. Russler.
FIFTH WARD.
The Fifth ward republicans held
their primary in the Fifth ward school
building, with j. f. Roberts, chair
man, and !. e. Oliver, secretary.
Delegates Fred Grund, w. H. Fauver,
Fred Rakius, william Baker, Lewis
Linthicuin, Charles Hooge. James
Roach and Edward Brandeburg.
Committeeman George Johnson. N.
c. Underdnnk. William Mcdowell
and George Anderson.
COUNTY PRIMARIES.
The republicans of Berkeley county
held their primArie, IN he different
precincts on Saturday for the pnrpose
Of selecting delegates to the county
which will be held in he
Central Opera house on SATURDAY. next,
opening at 10 O'Clock. The conven.
tion will be composed of 1850 delegates
--l20 from the county and 40 from
Martins5nra-and will nominate candi-
dates for all the county officers to be
elected this fall. There are several
names suggested for each place on the
Ticket, and the meeting will probabls
be spirited and interesting one.
The democrats of the county VIII
lold their primaries on Saturday next
tor delegates TO the county convention.
The nominations will he made on Sat
lrday of next week. There will be
/ spirited contest tor nesrlv everv
place on the ticket, with the exception
IF that of prosecuting attorney. which
will go to. Attorney Allen Noll. who
will be named by acclamtaon to oppose
States Attorney Lindsav, whose nomi-
nation BY the republicans is fore
gone conclusion.