Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-25
FLOOD Of PETITIONS
FROM COUNTY FILED
Rush of Primary Business Jams
Commissioners; New Regis
trars Are Appointed

The appointment OF new registrars
to fill vacancies in several of the regis
tration boards in the city, the receiv-
ing and filing of another flood of pri-
mary election petitions and prepa-
ration and distribution of the regis
tration books and supplies to- the
registrars in the city kept the county
commissioners and their clerks mighty
busy to-day, And when the clerks
were not receiving petitions and dis
tributing books they were answering
telephone inquiries by the score.
Up until noon to-day the commits
sioners had appointed the following
new registrars:
Samuel Lawyer. Fourth precinct
Eighth ward, vice Charles White
dead; John d. Record, Third precinct
Third ward, vice Harry Van Horn
removed; James Moses, Second pre-
cinct, Seventh ward, vice George w.
Snavely, resigned: ]. S. Murray, Sec
ond precinct, Twelfth ward, vice Isaac
Meyers; James ]. Mcclellan, First
precinct, Third ward, vice Charles W.
Mcclellan, resigned because of an
injury he received in fall.
Farmers Kill Two Birds
While number of petitions for
places on the primary ballot were filed
from the city to-day, the fact that this
was market day was responsible in
measure for the filing of an unusual
number from the county. Many a
farmer brought his petition along to-
day when he came in to do business
Among the petitions filed were the fol-
lowing:
City - Simon Snyder Republican,
Tenth ward, constable; Joseph G.
Beckwith, Democrat, Fifth precinct,
Seventh ward, inspector; Frederick
w. Darrow, Republican, First pre-
cinct, Seventh ward, inspector; Rob-
ert E. McEntee. Sixth ward, ward
assessor; Charles Thomas, Republican,
Second precinct, Eighth ward. in
spector.
County-William Boltz, Democrat,
school director, East Hanover; Charles
f. Dinger Republican, school di-
rector, four years. Rush; Joseph 3.
Stehman, Republican, First precinct,
Second ward, Middletown, judge of
election; William E. McCreary, Re-
publican, First precinct, Second ward,
Middletown, inspector; John e.
Kinsey, Democrat, Second ward. Roy
alton, council; w. C. Matter, Demo-
crat Halifax township, inspector;
Charles c. Carbaugh, Democrat,
SteeltOn, nlgn cOnStaDle; Alder Olch,
Republican, Upper Paxton, auditor;
C. C. Kinsey, Republican, West ward,
Lykens, school director; Samuel L.
Shroy, Democrat. Second precinct,
First ward. Middletown, Judge; w. Fl.
Miller. Republican, Berrysburg school
director. six years; c. L. Wise, Repub-
lican, Berrysburg. school director;
Charles Keboch, Republican, Berrys-
burg, school director; d. NJ. Lower,
Republican, Berrysburg, school di-
rector; Tillman Grubb, Repu blican,
Londonderry, auditor; I. F. Shoop,
Republican, Berrysburg. school di-
council; Isaac Keboch, Republican,
Berrysburg, council; these from Jack
son township: Alfred NJ. Lyter, Demo-
cTat, supervisor; VIM. Warfel, Demo-
crat, supervisor; Solomon r. Farmer,
Democrat. auditor: Charles w. Deibler,
Democrat, Judge; Ira B. Miller, Demo-
crat, constable; Edward Sheetz, Demo-
crat, inspector; James NJ. Woland,
Democrat. assessor; A. n. Matchett.
Democrat school director; Jacob Clip
pie. Democrat, school director; these
Democrats from East Hanover town
ship: William d. Farley, supervisor;
Isaac A. Baker, judge OF election;
William f. Rainier. Jr.. inspector of
elections; Jacob Brightbill, constable;
William z. Rainier, Sr., auditor.