Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-09-12
COUNTY COURT ORDER.
WEST VIRGINIA.

At a County Court continued ana
held for the County OF Mercer at the
Court House thereof on Saturday.
the 2Sth cay OF July, 1906.
In the matter OF establishing new
voting precincts In Rock District:
This day w. G. Hedrick. Edward
Cooper and A. b. Calfee who were
heretofore appointed committee TO
lay OF and define new voting pre-
cincts In Rock district made their
report in writing. which is In words
and figures following. to-wit: To
the Worshipful the County Court OF
Mercer County" &C., which report
being inspected by the court is In all
matters confirmed and adopted: IL
is further considered by the Court
that the old Giatto precinct be and
is hereby revised in conformance with
the following boundary. Beginning at
]. II. Harman's at Blum and running
with state road I'm direction OF Span
ishburg to ap oint on the Lashmeet
road where these roads intersect.
leaving said Harman's In the Spring
Precinct: thence with said Lash
meet road by way OF Deaf and
Dumb Shrewsbury boys mill to
Rich creek; thence down Rich creek
to forks OF same at Foley place;
thence n straight line to Lashmeet
and Spanlshburg road at the forks
n NM ~
with Lashmeet and Spanlshburg road
to Lashmeet; thence a straight line
TO lower end OF tunnel on Wide
mouth Creek; thence a straight line
to G. c. Anderson's, intersecting the
old line; thence with the road to c..
r. Kinzer's TO forks OF road leading
to mouth OF Widemouth Creek;
thence with the Clark's Gap road to
w. NJ. Smiths store. leaving Joe
Thorn to Rock precinct and w. Nj.
Smith to Thomas precinct on Crane
Creek; thence leaving Clark's Gap
road, and running with the old Gil
alto road to Widemouth Creek to
bridge below S. Z. Lambert's;
thence up Widemouth to mouth OF
branch between Betsy's Flat and w.
S. Cook, and running up said branch
to Low Gap near Lewis Aker's /;
thence with top OF Mountain to Rich
Flat, TO county line; thence with
county line to place OF beginning.
1t Is further considered by the
court that the foregoing revised Gil
alto precinct be divided into two vo-
ting precincts to be known as Spring
and Matoaka precincts respectively.
1t is further considered by the court
that there be and hereby Is establish
ed a voting place at the public school
house at Springton whose precinct
lines are as follows.
The revised Giatto District is d.
vided into Spring and Matoaka Dis
tricts as follows: Beginning at Low
Gap near Lewis Akers' and running
with the Giatto road to 8. p. Lam
bert's, thence leaving said road and
running a straight line to Big Branch
junction; thence to top of steep on
Harris Ridge so as to leave Lon
Clark to Mataoka; thence a straight
line to T. ]. Hurst farm, leaving the
Hurst farm TO Mataoka, and r. b
McComas, w. r. McComas and Reu-
ben Farmer to Spring; thence with
the road by l.. NJ. Repass' to Deaf
and Dumb Shrewsbury boys mill
the end of division line.
1t is further considered by the
court that. there be and is hereby
established at Mataoka a voting
place in the publics chool house
whose boundary lines shall include
all the territory OF the revised Giatto
precinct not included In the boundary
OF the spring precinct. II is further
considered by the court that there
be and is hereby established at Pin
be known as Thomas precinct, whose
precinct lines are as follows: Divis-
ion OF the Godfrey district is as fol-
lows: Beginning at a point In the
SOunNI lilt near " W. - walnut d
80 as to leave said Walker and John
Fletcher to Thomas precinct; thence
down dividing ridge between Thomas
and Crane Creeks Works TO Mora
leaving Sycamore TO Thornhill pre-
cinct; thence to top OF Web Ridge
near b. w. Walkers and up said
-idge to county road near Taylor'S
20 the former Godfrey district line tc
Gap near Lewis Aker's and witt
Spring precinct line to county line al
Rich Flat and with the county line
to &. w. J. Walkers. place OF be
ginning.
II Is further considered by the
court that there be established al
Thornhill in the store building oil
@. w Atkinson a voting place whose
boundaries shall include all terri.
tory OF the old Godfrey precinct not
included In the foregoing boundary oil
The Thomas precinct
10 is further ordered that the
said precincts be numbered az fcl.
lows: Matoaka, No. 2; Thornhill, No
9 Thomas, No. 10, Spring, No. IL
II is further ordered that all elect
tors at ensuing elections shall vote