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

said letter was written as above
appears upon the stationery OF
the County Court of Tucker
county of which s. .. Billings is
the clerk as appears on both the
letter and the envelope and that
afhant Is well acquainted with
the handwriting of said Billings
and that the signature to said let
ter was the signature OF s. Q.
Billings, and that shortly after
receiving the same and having
said copy made that Senator a.
Is. McCrum met said affiant and
asked him il he had received a
letter for him and that then Nc
Crum seeing the envelope in affi-
ants pocket seized the same and
said There it is now" and kept
1t and then gave to affiant a
letter which McCrum said he had
received for afiiant and which
was addressed to said McCrum,
and that said McCrum now has
the original OF the above letter.
or last had it TO atlantis knowl-
edge.
And affiant further states that
on the same day he mailed 10
said Billings on a postal card, a
copy of which appears above the
reply there written.
j. A. MCDANIEL.
Taken, sworn to and subscrib-
ed before me, this October 8,
1914.
ID. +. CUPPETT,
Notary Public.
My Commission Expires Janu-
AIRY IS. 1920.
Especial attention is called to
the fact that the original OF this
letter written by Billings was
shown TO II. s. Whetsell. editor
of the Preston County Journal.
and that despite the fact that Ed
itor Whetsell had full knowl-
edge of this he brazenly states
In the local column of his paper
OF October 9Th that Sam Billings
Is a candidate for whom no apollo
gies will be made. In view of
the fact that Editor Whetsell can
support and advocate the cleo
ton to Office of such men were il
not well to view with an eve OF
suspicion any and all candidates
whom Editor Whetsell may sup
port through the columns of his
paper or otherwise? How can II.
5. Whetsell ask the people to
vote for men of this character
Does Whetsell in reality stand
for all that is the best in civil
government? If he does he will
have to render to the people of
this county some good evidence
of that fact.
1t will also be remembered that
Senator A. B. McCrum and form
er Senator Samuel B. Montgom-
cry engaged in an acrimonious
debate at the Republican senate
rial convention in Keyser on tn
very Water Power Trust ques-
ton and Senator Montgomery
then and there served notice on
the convention that he would
take the stump against the nom
inee thereof if found TO be friend
ly to the Water Power Trust
1t is to be hoped that Senator
Montgomery has been convinced
and that he will aid the PEG
PLE,in defeating Samuel O. Bill
ings. Montgomery's eloquence
would materially aid in bringing
about this benefit TO the STATE.
We pause for a reply.
Affidavit of Attorney ]. ". Gibson.
State of West Virginia,
County of Preston, to-wit:
This day personally appeared
before me, in my said county, J..
V. Gibson, who being by me
first duly sworn, deposes and
says:
ON or about the Ist day of Oc-
tober, 1914, J. A. Mcdaniel
showed me a letter OF which the
above is an exact copy, addressed
to McDaniels, and signed S. O.
Billings, that the stationery was
that of the Tucker County
Clerks office Of which Office / am
informed Mr. Billings is the clerk,
that the above is an exact copy
OF said letter and envelope, also
OF the postal card sent in reply,
and that the same was copied by
myself as it appeared and the
spelling in the above copy is the
same as the letter. After making
the copy for Mr.. McDaniels /
returned the same 20 him along
with the original from which the
copy was made.
]. V. GIBSON,
Afiant.
Taken, sworn 20, and subscrib-
ed before me this 9Th day Of Oc-