Bluefield evening leader. [volume], August 15, 1906, Image 4

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COUNTY COURT ORDER.
WEST VIRGINIA.
At a County Court continued uud
held for the County of Mercer at the
Court Houro thereof on Saturday,
the 28th day of July, 1906.
Id the matter of establishing new
voting precincts in ltock District:
This duy W. C. Hedrick. Edward
Cooper and A. 11. Cal fee who wore
heretofore appointed a committee to
lay off and define new voting pre
etnets In Rock district made their
report in writing, which |h in wordt
and figures following, to-wit: 'To
the Worshipful the Count) Court of
Mercer County" &e., which report
being inspected by the court Is in all
matt.us confirmed and adopted: It
Is furtIter considered by the Court
that the old Glntto pre< Inrt be nail
Is hereby revised in conformance with
the fallowing boundary Beginning at
J. II Harman's at liluff and running
witli Blato road In direction of Span
Ishbttrg to np olnt on the Lnshtneet
road where these roads Intersect,
leaving said Harman's In the Spring
Precinct; thence with said Loah
meet road by way of Deaf and
Dumb Shrewsbury hoys' mill to
Rich creek; thence down Rich creek
to forks of same at Foley place;
thence a straight line to Lnshtneet
and Spanlshburg road at the fork
leading to A. J. Huffman's; thence
with Lashmcpt and Spanfshburg road
to Lashmeet; thence a straight Hut
to lower end of tunnel on Wide
mouth Creek; thence n straight 1 in•
to G C. Anderson's, intersecting the
old line: thence with the road to C
E KInzer’s to forks of road leading
to mouth of Widemouth Creek
thence with the Clark’s Gap road t<
W. M. Smith's store, leaving Jo.
Thorn to Rock precinct and W. M
Smith to Thomas precinct on Crane
Creek; thence leaving Clark’s Gap
road, and running with the old Gl
atto road to Wldemouth Creek to
bridge below S. P. Lambert's;
thence up Wldemouth to mouth of
brunch between Betsy’s Flat and W
8 Cook, and ruunlng up said branch
to Low Gap near Lewis Aker's
thence with top of Mountain to Rich
Flat, to county line; thence with
county line to place of beginning
It Is further considered “by tin
court that the foregoing revised Qi
atto precinct be divided Into two vo
ting precincts to he known ns Spring
and Matoaka precincts respectively
It Is further considered by the court
thnt Ihero be and hereby is establish
ed a voting place at the public school
bouse at Rprtngton whose preclnc'
lines are as follows.
The revised Giatto District Is di
vided Into Spring and Matoaka Dis
tricts as follows; Beginning at Low
Gap near Lewis Akers’ and running
with the Giatto road to S. P. Lam
hert’s, thence leaving said road nml
running a straight line to Big Branch
Junction; thence to top of steep on
Harris Ridge so ns to leave Lon
Clurk lo Mntaoka;thence a straight
line tn T. J. Hurst farm, leaving the
Hurst farm to Mntaoka. and It. B.
M( Comas. W. It McComas and Ren
hen Farmer to Spring; thence with
the road by L. M. Kepnss’ to Deaf
and Dumb Shrewsbury 1 IOVR ' mill,
the end of division line.
It Is furtther considered by the
court that there he and is hereb\
established at Mntaoka a voting
place In the publics chool house.
Whose boundary linos shall include
all Hie territory of the revised Giatto
precinct not included In the boundary,
of the spring precinct. It la further
considered by the court that there
be and Is hereby established at Pin
nacle school house a voting place to
be known as Thomas precinct, whose
precinct lines are as follows: Divis
ion of Hie Godfrey district is ns fol
lows; Beginning at a point In th<
County line near C. W. J. Walker’s,
bo an to leave said Walker and John
Fletcher to Thomas precinct; thence
down dividing ridge between Thotnn
and Crane Creeks W’orks to Mora,
leaving Sagamore to Thornhill pre
cinct; thence to top of Web Ridge
near B. W. Walker’s and up said
ridge to county road near Taylor’s
to the former Godfrey district line to
Gap near Lewis Aker's and with
Spring precinct line to county line at j
Rleh Flat and with the county line
to C. W. J. Walker’s, place of be
ginning
It Is further ronsldored by the
court that there be established tit
Thornhill |u the store building o!
O. W. Atkinson a voting place whos*
boundaries shall Include all terri
tory of the old 0odfrey precinct not ;
Included In the foregoing boundary of !
the Thomas precinct.
It Is further ordered that the '
said precincts he numbered as fol
lows Maloaka, No. 2; Thornhill, No
9, Thomas, No 10: Spring. No. 11
It Is further ordered that all elect
tors at ensuing ejections Mt)11 Vote
In their respective precinct at the
places within each respective pr».
«Inct as hereinbefore designated
I* Is further ordered that the 0P>rk
do forthwith furnish to the sheriff
m; copies of this order and the said
I fieriff Is directed to post « copy
hereof In four public place/ in each'
precinct herein described. The '
flerk shall also forthwith poet aj
copy of this oid«*r at the front door I
of the court houne, and f irm-h cop '
les her* of Sir the CoulfP <1 Knterprl ' .
a republican paper publisfmd In -aid
county, and to the Dally Lender, a
democratic paper published In said
county, which paper are directed to
publish fills order for on** month in
their columns and render h*ir hills
therefor to »hl court
A Copy Teste
E8TILL BAILEY, Clerk
I
COUNTY COURT ORDER.
VKW l*m:< IM TH TO in:
IN MPItPP.lt POI NTY.
WI.ST \ IIMJINIA.
At a County Court continued and
hold for the county of Mercer :tt the
Court house thereof, on Monday, the j
JClrd day of July, 1906.
In the matter of increasing the
voting precincts in lleaver Pond dis
trict :
This day II. I. Shott, A. .1. Hearn
and I*. .1 Kelley, who were hereto- j
fore appointed a committee to lay off
and describe additional voting pro-j
el nets
ft. C.
Ab'X Cooper, who were heretofore I
appointed to lay off and describe a
voting precinct for (Irtish Pork, sub
mitted their respective reports in
writing, which are in words and
figures to wit- “To the Worshipful,
the County Court of Mercer County,”
&»\ which reports being Inspected by j
Hu* Court are in all matters con
firmed and adopted. Ii is further
considered by the Court that in eon
1 ormanee with Hie report of Hu* said
If I Shott, J. Mourn and p. J.
Kelley that there be mul Ik hereby es
tablished within the city of BlnelieUI
s voting places, numbered from 1 to
k. Inclusive, the precinct lines of
which are and shall be bounded as
follows;
Precinct No. 1:
On the north by Norfolk and West
ern Railway Company's right of way
on tin* east by Thomas Street; on the
south by the summit of dravely ridge,
running with a Hue of the Bluelield
Water Works and Improvement
company's land, and on the west by
tlie line dividing the states of Virgin
ia and West Virginia. Voting place
at the store of \\\ A. Reedy
Precinct No. 2'
On the north by the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company's right
of way; on the east by Mi^mr street;
on the south by the summit of
(irnvely ridge on the line mentioned
above; on the west by Thomas street.
Voting place at tore building of R
K. Carter
Product No IP
On the north by the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company's right
o| way; on tlie east h\ Higginbotham
avenue: on the south by summit of
(Irnvely ridge on the line mentioned
above, ami on the wc-i by Merer i
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i point opposite tlie In
tersection of Monroe and Kal*-igh
• reels; said line being also a part of
the northern boundary of Precinct
No. r>: on tlie west by n straight line
'n the Intersection or Raleigh and
Monroe aerect thence along Monroe
•rosslng the railroad to Henry street;
hence along Henry, .Sussox and
Warren street, to tlie head of Warren
dreet; tlience a straight line to the
lorthern boundary of the city of
Minefield tIn in e with the northern
ine of Preclm t No. 7 to the Mttles
{ burg road; thence with the Hltfles
•urg road to the southern line of
I (lilttleshurg i Precinct No. 11; thence
i with the soieie rn line of HttHesburg
) Precinct No I I to Hie western line
I of the Ada Pierlnct No. 9; thence
Jviitli the western line of the Ada
j Precinct No. 9 to the northern line
or Preelnct No. r.; thence with the
northern line of Precinct No. G to
the beginning. Voting place at store
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Precinct No. 7:
On the south by the Norfolk and
Western Railway Company’s right
of way; on the oast by the lines of
Precinct No. (l; on the north by the
corporate limits of niuefleld. being
tlso line of Precinct No. t; to a point
on a line of Hensley street; on the
west by a straight line running from
'he said corporate line to the head
of Hensley street; thence with Hens
ley street to Marshall street; thence
1 willi Marshall street to Reese street;
' thence with Reese street to the Nor
I folk and We tern Railway Company's
J i igiit of way Voting place at Houch*
ins store.
Precinct No s
f>n the north by Hie corporate
lines or the City of Bltteflold; on Hie
j south by the Norfolk and Western
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Hallway Company's right of way; ou
'be #*ust by the linos of Precinct No. !
Voting place on Allen street in
Store building of Norfolk and West
ern Hallway Company.
It Is further ordered by tho court
that there be and Is hereby estab
lished at Brush Fork Schoolhouse In
heaver Fond District a voting place
in conformance with the said report
of K. C. Dangerfleld. J. C. Davidson
uml Alex Cooper, whose precinct
lines are bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at the corporate
lino of Hluclield on tin* county road
leading from .1 II. Higginbotham's
to Minefield at or near (he dwelling
house of Thomas Miles on said road
• ml running with said road to where
if Intersects tho road leading from
Mttlesburg to Falls Mills, by way of
I Higginbothams and front that
point to the dwelling house of Mrs.
A. it. Davidson, and Dinning from |
• lie said dwelling house of Mr. \V. B
| Davidson so as to include any voter!
at said house on a straight Hue to
tin* dwelling house or Ile/.iklah Poe.
so ns to Include any voters that may
it house on th«* waters of Lorton’s
Lifk and front that running with
the waters of Morton's Lick to the
line of lloek District and running
from that point in a south west di
rection and with said Rock District
line until It connects with line di
viding .Mercer and Tazewell county,
and with said county line until It
connects with the corporate lines of
Bluefleld and with said corporate
line of Minefield to the beginning,
and the voting plaeo shall ho at
Brush Fork School house
It Is further ordered that the num
bering of the voting precincts in.
said district he and is hereby changed
;o that Ada Precinct shall No. 9.
Belcher's School house No. 10, IJt
' lesburg No. 11. Brush Fork school
house No. 12. And the electors with
in the said prod nets shall at ensuing
elections vote at the places herein
set fort It within their respective pro
ducts. n is further ordered that the
Clerk nr this Court do forthwith
make of) and deliver to the sheriff
of this county four copies of this
order for ench precinct herein de
scribed and the sheriff shall post
In rout- public places in each pre
cinct a copy hereof. The Clerk Is
also directed to cause a copy of this
order to he posted at the front door
of I he court house.
B Is further ordered that the
Clerk do cause copies hereof to he
delivered to the Dainly Leader a
democratic paper in said county and
iIn* Dally Telegraph, a republican
l»a|i.*i in so id county, for publication,
and said papers are directed to pub
lish in (heir columns tills order for
one month and render their account
to this Court.
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