The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-07
l1UNGIPl[. ELECTIONS WE'RE
QUIET THROUGHOUT. STATE


Jane Lew;
JANE LEW, Jan. Elm the munich
pal election held here today, the citi-
zens party, with the exception Of one
councilman was elected. j: qoodloe
Jackson, Jr.t candidate for mayor, and
endorsed by both the citizens and peo-
ple's parties, was elected sby 81 votes
over b, Hall, an depend dent cand1-
date. &C. Others elected were: G.. b.
Wagner, recorder; R. r. Price, w. w.
MowreySS Ben F1esher, NJ. 2. Jackson
and J.: B. jackson, lcouncilmen; Bert
Swisher, assessor.
Webster Springs.
WEBSTER SPRINGS Jan: o.
Sweeping this town by about 40 major
ity to the man; the citizens party elect
ed their candidates today over the
improvement party.
Judge H! c.. Thurmond, candidate
on the Improvement ticket for mayor
was defeated for that Office, but land
ed place as Scouncilmanlwlth the cit
izens. The victorious citizens were:
f. M. Zicafoose, mayor; y. w. White,
recorder Ward Hoffman, H. G. Thur
mond, e. H. Gillespie, DR.. G. H. Chap
man and DR.. F. B. Allen, councilmen.
SUTTON, Jan. 6-The fight between
the. citizens and peoples parties ended
here today in sweeping victory for
the citizens. ( The newKofficers elected
are: JohnG Newlon, mayor; w. H.
James, Recorder, w. NJ. Davis, G. e.
Morrison, E. G.. Rider, C: H. BLAND
and w. C. Baxter, councilmen. E. e.
Boggs, school commissioner. ~"
81 BurnsviIle. - go:
BURNSVILLE,HJ Jan. Nv. F. Barnes
candidate on the progressive party
ticket, in today's election here defeat
ed Fletcher Westfall, the citizens can
didate, by small margin;
The newly elected officers are: w.
F. Barnes, mayor; Frank amos, re-
corder; F. F. Davis, John R. Bender,
P. w. Smith, John Sandy and Henry
Doddrill, councilmen. 44
Thomas. GsL
ELKINS, Jan.t6-Results Of the city
election at Thomas, w. Va, today. Nc
Intire elected mayor by ~ votes.
Sharp was eected recorder by ma
jority OF two. L. D. Thomas, was
elected councilman by so votes.
sAdamston.
Every candidate on the peoples tick
ct won at Adamston. Two hundred
fifty four votes were cast. Here is the
peoples ticket-the winners: For
mayor, Henry Schultz, 1872; for record
er, j.. @. Garrett, 1872; for councilmen:
s. G. Swiger, 10; John c. Biddle, 143;
John w. Flanagan, III; Sam Powell,
1872; Z. D. johnson 131. Here is the
way they voted for the rest of the can
didates: Peoples progressive = for
mayor, Walter Bumgard, "a; for re-
corder; Chas. Sans, so; for council
men: III B3 Baker, So & SiIvian Ledoux,
So; Frank NJ Clauson, Sc; ~. NSKidd,
So; David Wolfe, 81. Citlzens-for
mayor: w. v. Hutchinson, 48; for re-
corder, E. L. Swiger, AZ; for council
men: w. w. Carr, 80; R. e. Alexander,
IS; e. E. Wycoff, As; W.. C. Baxter, 81 |;
and DR.. G. L. Lesson, 81.
stealey Heights.
"Victory" announced the peoples
progressive party at Stealey Heights.
They elected Dorsey Mitchell for may
or; H. B. Winters for recorder; and
got three Of the counciImen; ]. B.
Cunningham, A. II. -Ridenour. and Wal
ter Rutherford, iiJ.sI. s. stealey and B.
Erwin Woods were the other two coun:
cliu6n elscLeuS huu Lu6 VutS nuhSSpRtu4
candidates on the citizens progressive
ticket which has been in power for
the last year. The issue was over the
towns water works. NTH
" Broad Oaks. Il
The administration was successful
in Broad Oaks
The successful progressive ticket.
with the vote of the respective candf-
dates is as follows: For mayor, c. A.
McMunn; 49,; for recorder, G. ]. Cot
trilI, i09 ION both tickets; for council-
men: Patrick H. Dugan,s 81; Andrew
]. Rogers, So; William o. Carter, 60
t(re.elected) \. G. w. Coffman, 60; Ma
than Vance, 63. .3s4a. 4.
y Y; NorthvteW. Ef
The election at Northview was the
quietest' IN the historylof the suburban
town. "a. Matthew and j. R. Talk
ington were on the citizens ticket and
were endorsed by the republicans.
Those elected were: for mayorIsA. L.
Matthew; 4 for recorder; ]. R. Talking
ton; for counciIInen: E. W. Starkey,
John sehon, r: T. z Queen, David NJ.
StuIl' and John Coulson.
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