Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-07-08
FORD ANNOUNCES
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE

In this issue OF The Progress
i've will be found the announce
ment of Attorney Gene w. Ford
declaring himself a candidate
for the office of Judge of the Cir
cult Court for the judicial cir
cult composed of the counties of
Barbour and Taylor.
Mr.. Ford is a native of Tay-
lor County, having been reared
on farm where he worked dur
ing the summer months and at
tended the free schools during
the winter months until he was
twenty years of age, he then
taught school near his home and
later entered the Wesleyan
School at Buckhannon from
which he was graduated in
June, 1902, he then returned to
the farm and worked until
the fall of that year
when he entered the Law School
of the West Virginia Univer-
sity, finishing the law course in
1904, and Immediately entered
upon the practice of law at Graf
ton where he has since been act
i've in his chosen profession.
From the start he was successful
in his practice and at the Re-
publican primary held in the
spring of 1908 received the no.
mination for the Office Of Pros
ecuting Attorney of Taylor
County being elected to the Of
flee that fall by a good majority.
Mr.. Ford filled the office for
four years with credit, treating
the public courteously and con-
Quoted prosecutions against law
violators without any manifest
alton of favoritism or partial
I ity and when he became cand-
idate in 1912 to succeed himself
in the same office the voters at
tested their confidence in his
ability and their appreciation of
his treatment by rejecting him
by a majority more than double
the majority he had received in
his first election.
AS further evidence of the
confidence of the people in both
his ability as a lawyer and in his
interegrity he has been continu-
ously retained for the past sew
en- years as city attorney for the
City Of Grafton during which
time the city administration has
changed three times.
In addition to this evidence of
trust imposed by the general
public Mr.. Ford has also from
time to time been appointed by
the courts as receiver, trustee
7 and the like of,large properties
difficult Of Management and has
each time performed the duties
of such appointments to the
satisfaction of the courts and
the parties interested. Within a
year after he had been admitted
to the. practise of law the then
judge of the court appointed
/ Commissioner in Chancery for
the Circuit Court of Taylor
County which position he still
holds during whichtime the
court has referred to him num-
erous chancery suits for re-
! ports to the court upon ques-
! lions involved and so careful
4 this work that each and every
report made by him was con-
! firmed by the Circuit Court
with one single exception and
in that case his report upon
appeal to the Supreme Court
was confirmed.
Mr.. Ford since early manhood
has been activein Republican
politics. He is now forty-two
years of age, of a kindly dispos-
ition and even temperament and
with his experience in court
work if nominated and elected
will bring to the judicial bench
an officer in the prime of life,
with faulties and intellect in the
very zenith of usefulness and
with the well known energy that
seems to be part of his being he
will do much toward expedit-
ing the business of the courts
giving such business speedy and
prompt dispatch.