West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-10-29


FACTS before casting your bal
lot. View the question as YOU
would il serving on Jury and
listening to SWORN testimony
because that is exactly what YOU
are getting in this case. In fact
there is real, live and vital issue
before you for trial. 1t is the
case OF THE PEOPLE vs.. THE
WATER POWER TRUST. On
which side will you cast your bal
LOTT Let each and every voter
conscientiously decide.
Still More Evidence.
But we are not done with our
submission of evidence for the
consideration of the Jury which
is composed of the VOTERS in
this instance. We can and will
submit that which will corrobo-
rate the letter of Samuel O. Bill
ings. We CAN convince ANY
FAIR-MINDED voter that Sam
uel 0. Billings was telling the
truth in the letter he wrote Sen
ator A. b. McCrum when he
made reference to what the Co.
would do and what they would
expect" We can plainly show
you so that "he who runs may
read that Samuel O. Billings is
the paid agent of the Water
Power Trust and that he endeav-
ored TO employ at least one attor-
ney for the Trust. He not only
did this but went still farther
and stated that the employment
would prove remunerative and
that private practice could be
abandoned. This attorney was
informed also that he would be
expected to secure certain fran
chises from municipalities and
to also use his influence to ST.
lence opposition to the Trust IN
the public press. He stated that
the Trust did not want nor did
they care for publicity. In other
words the Trust did not want the
PEOPLE TO know about the
abominable steal that was to be
perpetrated upon them. How do
you relish that sort of a bird
coming before you and asking for
additional honors at your hands
Can you HONESTLY vote for
such a candidate? Shall partisan
politics cause you TO vote your
self into bondage? VIII the vot-
ers of Grant district vote to wipe
off the map the little town of
Bruceton? Will the voters of the
other seven districts of this coun-
ty not lend helping hand to
their brethren in distress? Is not
the tie of human brotherhood
stronger than mere party rela-
tons? Can it be that with a full
knowledge of the facts the citi-
zens OF Preston will surrender
the last natural resource we pos
sess! Voting for Samuel O. Bill
ings will mean this and nothing
more. Read every word in the
following affidavit which has
been given and SWORN to by
David +. Cuppett, Attorney-at-
law, of Thomas. Mr.. Cuppett is
a lawyer well versed in the law
and would not say under oath
that which is not true otherwise
he would be liable to prosecution
for PERJURY Could or would
he take that chance with such a
powerful and dangerous oppo-
nent?
Affidavit of Attorney D. E. Cup
petit.
State of West Virginia,
County Of Tucker, to-wit:
This day personally appeared
before the undersigned authority
in my said county, ID. L. Cup
petit, who being by me first duly
sworn, deposes and says:
That he is a practicing attor-
ney in the county OF Tucker
where he has been engaged in
the practice OF law for the past
ten years; that at the December,
1913, term of the Circuit Court of
Tucker county, one evening S. O.
Billings, County Clerk, called
him into his private office in the
court house at Parsons saying
that he had some important mat
tiers TO talk over with him; that
said Billings told him, Cuppett,
that he had just returned from
Pittsburgh where he had been
to see his people, the water pow
er officials, and had been instruct
ed by them to employ additional
counsel for them in Tucker coun-
ty as well as in surrounding
counties, naming Mineral as one
OF them, and that he had authori-
ty 10 act for them; that he then
proposed TO employ afiiant as at
torney and affiant called his at
tention TO the fact that he was