Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-08-19
COUNTY COURT ORDER.
WEST VIRGINIA.


Court House thereof on Saturday.
the 2Sth day OF July. 1906
In the matter OF establishing new
voting precincts in Rock District.
This day w. c. Hedrick. Edward
Cooper and A. b. Calfee who were
heretofore appointed a committee 10
lay OF and define new voting pre-
cincts in Rock district made their
report in writing. which Is I'm words
and fguros following. to-wit TO
the Worshipful the County Court OF
Mercer County" &c. which report
being inspected by the court is i'm all
matters confirmed and adopted II
is further considered by the Court
that the old Glotto precinct Doc and
is hereby revised I'm confurmauco with
the following boundary. Beginning AZ
j IL Harman's M Blum and running
with state road In direction OF Span
ishburg TO APP oiut 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 a straight line TO Lashmeet
and Spanishburg road at the forks
leading TO A. j. Huffman's; thence
with Lashmeet and Spanishburg road
10 I.ashmeet: thence straight line
To lower end OF tunnel on Wide
mouth Creek; thence n straight line
TO c. G. Anderson's, intersecting the
old line thence with tho road TO c
r.. Kinzer's to forks OF road leading
10 mouth OF Widcmouth Creek:
thence with the Clark's Gap road to
w. NJ Smiths store, leaving Joe
Thorn to Rock precinct and w. M
Smith 10 Thomas precinct on Crane
Creek: thence leaving Clarks Gap
road, and running with the old CT
alto road to Widemouth Creek to
bridge below s. p. Lambertsi
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.
It is further considered by the
court that the foregoing revised Gil
alto precinct be divided into two vo-
ting precincts 10 be known as Spring
and Matoaka precincts respectively
II is further considered by the court
that there be and hereby is establish
ed voting place at the public school
house at Springton whose precinct
lines are as follows
The revised Giatto District is di-
vided into Spring and Matoaka Dis
tricts as follows. Beginning at Low
Gap near Lewis Akers and running
with the Giatto road to S. =. 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 r. J. Hurst farm, leaving the
Hurst farm TO Mataoka, ana Il. p
McComas. w. r. McC0mas and Reu-
ben Farmer 10 Spring thence with
the road by l.. NJ Bepass 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 10 the publlcs chool house
whose boundary lines shall include
all the territory Of the revised Giatto
precinct not included In the boundary
OF the spring precinct. 1t is further
considered by the court that there
be and is hereby established at PIN
nacle school house voting place 20
be known as Thomas precinct. whose
precinct lines are as follows: Divis-
ion OF the Godfrey district is as fol
lows Beginning at q point In the
County line near c W. j. Walkers
so as TO leave said Walker and John
Fletcher TO Thomas precinct; thence
down dividing ridge between Thomas
anu VI hlB AsltEho " VI No ~ Afibl a f
leaving Sycamore TO Thornhiu pre-
cinct; thence TO top of Web Ridge
near 3. w. Walkers and up said
ridge 20 county road near Taylor's
to the former Godfrey district line 20
Gap near Lewis Aker's and with
Spring precinct line 10 county line at
Rich Fiat aud with the county line
TO C. w J walkers. place OF be
ginning
10 ls further considered by the
court that there be established of
Thornhiu in the store building of
g w Atkinson q voting place whose
boundaries shall include 800 terri
tory OF the OLD Godfrey precinct mo-.
included in the foregoing boundary OF
the Thomas precinct
10 ls further ordered that th.
said precincts be numbered a fol
lows Ma.oaka. SO THornnU. $50
s. Thomas. So 10. Spring. $50. 1I
il Is further ordered fhat all elect
tors az ensuing elecIous shall vote
la their respective precincts at the