The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-06-12
WHOOP'EE
Bull Moose Heard in Northfork
-Four Strong.

Inc bui Mos-#' county Convention
''rral'is~i lar and wi,lc a. take place. in
the Masonic Theatre in Northfork. Fri
lay al '.s' y. m. turned out Ia le an
insi@niirant little iizzle. AtI:t5a han.
han'inll "i voters were present. most nf
whom were regular Republicans and
Democrats who came ont Of curiosity. 4
lew minutes later Hon. brooks Williams
"i Welch made hi- fourth trip to tln.
theatre, this time followed 10y eleven I'm
naturaliz'Si lIungarians lie was -.snn
followed 10y Editor Sewers with -..vcn
Nsyr~-- whom lac lined corralled al kaul
mans salOon
The meeting Wa called to orlrr by
Hon. Hr"ok- Williams. County progn--
ivc Chairman. who cal.ed Charlie Nc.
f"rlan, kry-t"ne'- perpetual candidnt.
L" tlle chair and I"hn Belcher, fnrnarr
l''-t'"e "f ti'e I-'a.r 81 Northfork. a. ~.
nctary. The Temporary organization wn-
made permanent and the iirr works Ia.
:an. MIR. Williams made ia. tir-t -,s,..L,
'n winch hr attacks~i the ''-tsan ROLLER.
reti'"l- pf the old parties and pa-ss~I M
4" the secretary Lists of names of hand
lirk'"i dals-gat'-- o. attend the Hunting.
'"n Progressive Convention. lie did not
1iglr~t that delegates lc nominated from
lhe il"or of the convention hut he in
drneted the -rr-tary Ia real tie li-t.
presumably prcIars-i by. himself. .Sowerr
and l;t-ls'lber. After r.asling of the nane-
Rev. J. w. Crockett. coloreI, of North
i"fk, whose name wa- real a. one of th,.
iel''gat'~ To- represent tlsr Northfork ,li--
,r'et arcs and Requested that hi- mans.
'~ -trIckrn ott hscau-s.. ~ lac -aid. II
Know nothing about You I'ro,,re--i,.-- AMI
:" n"t care Q" have anything t. ,lo with
y"u. Ssrretary lSelclcr looke,l over Tia.
r"~d AMI -aid ''Jcii Willis don't YOU
want Ia CO.. JcT replied, "Ye- -ar
~'ss, AMI hIz name Was substitute
il'e ia on the approval Of the ls----
~'l'ct'si 'irl,gats- was 5y aye aud nny
mi ~i'en the chairman put the QUESTION
'hr'F v"lc'-- only were heard 90 vote aye.
Va" negative was not called for.
The kcyn"t- of the convention WIZ
~'in'i'~i hy 4. u. Sowcr- upon las motion
10 hold - county convention to nominate.
-"nnty "ilir~r- ON July 18th. lie attack
81 tlrs I;ePull'can party. stated that he
had once i@=n KsI,ullican bnt had left
iiic party Tor gs,pl. that he might not al
~ay- IT, Progressive Iut lsr would never
H. IL
'''ie r'~Ord for youth of ~ years. lie
made a hitter attack upon Hon. w. w.
Whyte, Republican County Chairman.
and -tats~l tliat col We Will give him a hand
u hand conflict thi- fall" Before the
in''tipn va pat Mr. Sliultz a-ks-I several
Iu',tiDn- which showed that he Wa not
satisfied with the high han,lerI metlpo.I-
of the 'sss~- 81 the Bull MOs,-r herd. lie
i'd not wish convention called b. nom
mat county candidat-s at this time and
hr. ~"wer- REFUSED a. answer hi- anf,
tion~ until Mr.. Shulz had tDld him the
rea-on Tor asking them. Charlie Nc.
farlan made a litter attark upon gang
rule. 'ls-s~-," -. The convention
AS very tame. There wn- absolutely no
enthusiasm among tie - I-rr-ons pres
cnt. eleven ~ whom wcrr unnaturalizsvl
liungar'an-, ~ -talwart Isepullican-, .
~lite i'rInfrrat-, thrs-- dOultful whits--.
uhre N'gr"-, Supposed b. H. Progress
ite-. anil tile four lr,--s- who not only
"I~raU-i the show hut werr the only Ter
i"rner-. of tl,e SIX nagi-terial di-trict-
'n the colnty only to" were represented.
Tie l-lloW- If -uch Bull Mo,-rr. A.
Me--r-. Williams. Sower-. McFarlan am.
lsricl'er, all disappointed ofice -seker-.
vii MT disturb the Tcaceful reJro-e 81 tl,,.
most neTeou- and excital,lc Republican IN
NcIDO~ell county.
1T de session went