The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-22
MAKE FIGHT ON ALL
NELSON OFFICERS
Report That There WIFI Be
Strong Opposition to Every
Man Holding Office.
ECHOES OF LOVING TRIAL
Lines to Be Drawn Similar to
Those in Recent Senatorial
Primary Contest.
ECHOES OF LOVING TRIAL

Special to The Times pispateh.l

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
AMHERST, VA, September 2l.--Re- |
ports reaching amherst are to the ef-
feet that there Will be bitterly fought
political battle all along the line in
Nelson county this fall IT is reported.
that all of the officials in that county |
will have opposition, including Sheriff
M. Is. Estes. whose SON. Theodore
Estes, was shot BE- Judge w. G, Lov- 1
ing, and who took such au active part
in the senatorial contest recently |
fought out in the Nineteenth District. /
Already Mr.. W. 3. Lea, a prominate |
merchant of that county, has an
nounced himself q candidate for the
Office OF treasurer against the incpm- 7
bent. Mr.. j. r. PEBBLES Mr. Lea this
week published a card to the voters i
of the county, in which lie pledges the |
people of his county that every county. |
State and district warrant shall be paid !
when due. and that every voter of the /
county who rays his capitation tax
within the time prescribed by law may
be assured that his name will appear |
upon the tax list, and that he "ill be /
entitled TO vote. 1t is not known
whether by this statement it /, meant
TO charge that there has been delin-
1uency in these matters upon the part
of Treasurer PEBBLES.
Eree-tOr-Au F1Ent.
Nelson is one of the counties in
which they do not hold any primary
for county officers. The members of
the State Legislature are nominated in
a primary, but the other officers fight
1t out in the general election. For a t
number of years past there has been
little open opposition TO the office
holding element In this county. Mr.. |
Estes has been sheriff for years.
MIR. S. B. Whitehead. the Common
wealth's attorney who led the forces !
of the prosecution in the case against
Judge Loving before that case was
moved from Nelson county to Halifax. |
was appointed to his office by Judge |
Is. T. Gordon when Judge Gordon him |
self vacated this office. which he had I
held for years. to go upon the bench. I
Mr. Whitehead now for the first time |
comes before the people as candi- /
iate for the office of commemorative
attorney.
1t is said that the shooting of Theo-
dore Estes By Judge Loving played
rather IN important part in the re-
cent senatorial fight in Nelson. in
which Mr.. ". X. Allen defeated SEN
ator Aubrey e STROBE in that county
hy IS votes. AS most of the officers
who are now asking for reelection 4
were identified with the prosecution
of Judge Loving and were active sup
porters of Mr.. ". *. Allen, it is sup
posed that the lines Will be some
what similarly drawn in the approach |
ing contest. Who the candidates !
against Mr. N. X. ENes and S. B.
Whitehead Will be is not yet known.
To Have Electric Light.
1t is said that corporation will /
he soon organized with the object
of furnishing electric light to the
town of Amherst. The site has already I
been purchased for the erection of
the plant Messrs. II. l.. and n. F.
Page. of Norfolk. are back of the /
movement. Associated with them will |
be prominent citizens of Amherst.