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lg the
prevail,
to any cause
»e at perfect
'leases on the
ihould have the
for It
it the bond issue Is
loiineii one and no one
CO to the polls until he has
^hls question thoughtful and un
consideration.
m American people have faith in
r« honesty and purpose of Henry
ord in his efforts to brine about
peace among the warring nations of
Europe. He mad-i an honest effort but
fulled.
We are compelled, through lack of
■pace, to'Omit from this issue several
ocifi Items of interest. Instead we
•we giving space to some communica
tions that came in at a late hour.
However, such as are available will
appear next week.
Some people are considering voting
against the bond issue because our
taxes are already too high. In one in
stance we are at liberty to vote the
taxes on ourselves; in the other case
Hatfield imposes them upon us with
out even consulting us or getting our
mt.
held last .Friday
night Mayor Whetsell and the prevent
council were renominated for the en
suing year. We commend Brother
Whetsell upon his good work as mayor
but also give a Just share of credit to
the members of the council who were
him.
associated with hln
j Tbs question of
good roads is one
in which every progressive community
is interested. There may be a differ
ence of opinion as to the best manner
in which they can be secured but all
good citisena will agree that they are
a material advantage to the commun
ity through which they pass.
'''T^any people who were originally
against the bond Issue will vote for it
m of the action of Portland
*et. If Terra Alta builds the good
roads to gjg^ict line we must not
them stop thVre, for Lyon district
m sskfng to have the question
atL|ni,t<e<1 *° th® voter* ot that district
Valley I* coming in in the near
* ^iitlon to have the ques
^pj*5rtf>rrtTj1tted to her voters. Klng
Hpbod district cannot afford to lag be
lling in the march of progress.
Few men ere opposed to good roads,
but there U quite a division of senti
Itteat In King wood district as to wheth
er or not the people should vote bonds
for their construction. This Is purely
n business question and one which ev
ery naan should decide for himself, and
under our democratic form of govern
ment every citizen has a right to re
oerd his vote at the polls, but every
man should thoroughly Investigate a
question Of this kind and make up his
Opinion after a process of judicial rea
eoning. A conclusion reached upon
this or any other public question from
personal or selfish motives is unsound.
Self-Interest should not control the
Judgment. A man because he owns an
automobile should not be for the bond
Issue any more than the man who does
toot own an automobile should be
togalnst It, The reasoning In both
cnees is selfish and unsound. The
real feet should be, whet Is best for
the community as a whole?
The Hsmofoui SlSs
The poor old Republican party seems
to be degenerating into e joke. The
latest Is an Associated Press report Wn
U» meeting of its national committee in
Washington, which says that one of the
points of attack in the campaign nest
pear trill he that the Democrats in Con
gress bed not stood for an adequate plan
of preparedness until events semes the
Atlantic forced them.
Oaa you beet that for sheer impudence
•nd nerve? Whet party has controlled
Oils country ever since the Civil Wav?
Who, alone, bee had the power to pro
vide for the nations) defence for Die pest
fifty veers'’
The only exception wee tlie incum
bency of Mr. Cleveland, who gave us a
strong naval policy- tie* only greai
lessors ot that fifty year period
Yet these votaries of Die salary check
have stolen the name republican,
being nnahls to criticise what Die Demo
cram ere doing, say we should here dons
it before, when we were out of power.
Truly the old wreck must l»e in desperate
5uKb
'of fed
tho BtateH
fned. As many
^ arc always at
this would provide a
pod deal of work on the roads of
>Vest Virginia. Mr. Drown expects to
devote considerable time to pushing
a bill for extending rural credits, so
farmers may borrow on their growing
crops sufficient funds to harvest them
and keep things going until the crops
are sold. Congressman Littlepage
will devote hla first efforts to assisting
ia the protest against increased
freight rates on coal from West Vir
ginia mines to the west. The formal
protest has been filed and he will as
sist at the hearing, appearing as rep
resentative in Congress of a district
dependent almost entirely upon the
coal industry.
While it looks as though West Vir
ginia would not be represented in the
Republican national convention In
June, still the national committee of
that party has gone through the form
of apportioning 16 delegates to the
state, two for each Congressional dis
trict and four at large. If the 16 dele
gates from West Virginia reach the
convention before It is over and havo
the proper credentials they will be ad
mitted, but as the primary election for
their selection will not be held till the
day before the Republican national
convention meets, there is little possi
bility that the result of the election
will be known in time for the state to
be represented in the selection of a
Republican candidate for the presiden
cy. That fact seems to make little
difference to West Virginia's member
of the Republican national committee,
for he is associated with politicians
who do not care whether the people
are represented or not, so long as they
can put their own programs through.
Formal protest against the propos
ed Increased freight rates on coal ship
ped from West Virginia mines to the
west has been filed with the Inter
state Commerce commission by the
West Virginia Coal association, the
Kanawha iT!oal Operators’ association
and the Public Service commission of
West Virginia. Control of the Norfolk
and Western railroad by the Pennsyl
vania and a desire to prevent a re
duction In' the rates between points
entirely in Ohio are alleged in the pro
tests to bis back of the proposed ad
vanced rates, rather than any econom
ic reason for the Increase. It is prob
able a hearing will be given on the
protest by the Interstate Commerce
commission.
—t—
While the production of petroleum
decreased in West Virginia during the
year 1915 by nearly 700.000 barrels the
state still holds its place as sixth
among the- oil producing states, ac
cording to preliminary estimates for
the year issued by the geological sur
vey. Pennsylvania slightly increased
its production but that in Ohio declin
ed. The total output of the country
in 1915 Was more than 2.000,000 bar
rels more than for 1914.
—I—
Actual figures for 1914 show that
West Virginia continues to lead all the
states -la the production of natural
gas, profldWng In 1914 a slight de
crease In the quantity produced,but an
increase in its value. Pennsylvania
continues to be second and Ohio third
in gas production. West Virginia
ranks bat third, however, in the con
sumption of natural gas, both Ohio
and Pennsylvania using more. West
Virginia ranks second only to Okla
homa In the production of casing head
gasoline.
West Virginia farmers have profit
ed by the Underwood tariff on wool,
as shown by figures of the department
of agriculture. While the average
weight of the fleece was but five
pounds in 1916, one-tenth of a pound
less than in 1914, the number of
fleeces produced in the state increased
from 458,000 In 1914 to 681,000 In 1916. I
The department of agriculture, speak
ing cf conditions generally throughout
the country, said: The average price
to producers fo* unwashed wool has
averaged about 23 4 cents per pound,
as '-ompsrfd With 18.4 for l'iJ4 and
15.7 for 1913 Fo the farmer has not
been hart his wool, nor have the
dire prophedea of -what would happen
to tho wool industry •honld the tariff
on It be lowered been verified Ap
parently the wool industry was never
In better condition ,
Luther W Kerns has been appoint
ed fourth-claes postmaster at Rich
Mountain, Randolph county, to suc
ceed French Cooper, resigned
A new postoffire has been establish
ed at Fast Gulf, Raleigh county, near
Berkley, with Bebastian M Miller as
poetmaster.
The name of the postofflee at Olm
•tead, McDowell county, has been
changed to Maitland ard Henry P.
Barrington has been appointed post
master to succeed Kugene H. Pierce,
resigned
The C««rt Theater
Ormtul opening of the Coart theater
«m Saturday Bight. J to a ary the ftfe.
Tom* and aee the sear aad attraoUre
opwa boose aad enjoy the excellent
program The attraction# for the
eaetiing to
other good
» Charlie Chaplin and
wtarfgt high rleaa.
i
rle. W.
Ohio.
w
r
lbright.
allace, W. Va.
■logwood.
1, KuIhoui.
Cranesville.
It. 1, Albright.
>rra Alta,
i Alta.
ley Point.
_jaer.
Mrs. Nellie Loar, K. 1, ReedsviUe.
Walter Thomas. Bruceton Mills.
U. S. Welch, Terra Alta.
C. E. Jeffreys, It. 2, Albright.
E. B. Conley, R. 1, Reedsvllle.
N. A. Wilson, Knottsville.
E. N. Harried, R. 1, Albright.
J. A. Nedrow, R. l, Albright
Samuel F. Moyers, R. 1, Brandon
llle.
D. S. Livengood. Cuzzart.
Horace W. Elliott, Terra Alta.
8. Casteel, R. 2 .Albright.
Allen May, Rowlesburg.
O. F. Frankhouser, Brandonvllle.
Thos. Dunn, Albright.
B. F. Cole, R. 4, Terra Alta.
I. N. Cale, R. 1, Terra Alta.
E. B. Walls, Pisgah.
W. L. Holmes, Independence.
J. W. Reese, Howesvllle.
Howard Hileman, R. 1, Brandonvllle.
Geo. O. Whltehalr, Amblersburg.
Mrs. Della Everly, Bruceton Mills.
Hosea P. Moyers, Hazelton.
Dayton Forquer, Brandonvllle.
W. H. Glover, Terra Alta. *
A. F. Metheny, R. 1, Bruceton Mills.
Mrs. E. Falkenstlne, Bismark, N. D.
C. W. Zlnn, Morgantown.
James M. Brown, Manhelm.
J. Staley Martin, R. 2, Terra Alta.
B. O. M. Awman, Cuzzart.
J. M. Metheny, Terra Alta.
Joe Lantz, Davis.
D. J. Howdershelt, Terra Alta.
L. T. Stafford, Terra Alta.
L. S. Stemple, Aurora.
Jos. M. Bowers, Allison, Pa.
A. E. Fortney, Bellaire. O.
L. D. Bosley, Marietta, Ohio.
A. R. Martin, Terra Alta.
Frank Ringer, R. 2, Albright.
Harrison Guthrie, R 1, Brandon
ille.
Clinton Graham, Bruceton Mills.
Mrs. Titia Bishop, Rowlesburg.
Frank Liston, R. 1, Albright.
C. W. Wolfe, Kingwood.
Geo. A. Williams, Kingwood.
R. S. Hollis, Rowlesburg.
M. B. Morgan, Morgantown.
W. H. Early, Brandonvllle.
Ruth A. Wolfe, Cranesvtlle.
E. W. Lee, Rowlesburg.
Mrs. Marshall Harned, Brandonvllle
W M. Collier, Clifton Mills.
Samuel Wotring, Amboy.
J. W. Shaffer, Carmel.
H. A. Shaffer, Oakland, Md.
Clark Carroll, R. 2, Kingwood.
Jos. A. Benson, Brandonvllle.
J. D. Browning, Cranesvllle.
J. A. Core, Masontown.
D. A. Smith, Terra Alta.
I. R. Awman, R. 1, Selbysport, Md.
Ezra Turney, Zar.
A. M. Moore, Newburg.
Nancy E. Stone, Kingwood.
John F. Grogan, R. 3, Newburg.
Daddy Jake Feather, R. 2, Albright.
O. E. Spiker, R. 1, Brandonvllle.
Henry Grimm, Tunnelton.
Mrs. L. O. Jennings, Bellngton.
R S.. Christopher, Pisgah.
C. F. Dodge, Terra Alta.
A. L. Gibson, Buckhannon.
J. W. Halbrltter, Tunnelton.
Ciood Roads Meeting
In the court house at this place on
Tuesday evening was held the first
public meeting in the district relative
to the proposed bond issue for good
roads In Klngwood district.
A special train was run over the
West Virginia Northern from Tunnel
ton, Irona, Howesville and Borgmau
to accommodate the large and eager
crowd. Voters came, not only from
these towns but from all parts of the
district, and as was stated during the
address by Mr. Williams, the number
of people present at this meeting far
outnumbered any audience In this
state to which he had yet spoken upon
the subject of good roads and bonds
for building the same, so that It was
very apparent that the voters of King
wood district were taking the matter
under deep consideration and were
eager to avail themselves of any infor
mation for or against the Issue that
would be valuable to them when the
time came to cast their ballots.
At 7:30 o'clock the court room was
crowded to the doors, every seat was
taken, even the aisles. Jury box and
bar were filled to capacity.
The speaker of the evening, A. D.
Williams, state road engineer, was in
troduced by the Hon. Neil J. Fortney
Judge of the Circuit Court of Preston
county. In a few well chosen words,
before Introducing Mr. Williams Judge
Fortney stated facts and figures that
were most pertinent to the subject in
hand. His figures and statements can
not be questioned, any voter may see
for himself In the county records, if
he so desires, that they are correct.
T**"* Judge stated that he had been
prosecuting attorney of this county
for twenty jn*ra #n<j ha<1 JnU_
matejy connecter, with the county
court by virtue of thu o*Ce, and that I
during that time, from uso to l»0h,
and since that time, the room./ court
had appropriated on an average an
nually thirty thousand dollars on the
roads and pikes, making in all one
million and fifty thousand doiars ex
pended upon our roads -and with
wbat result? The same old mud holes
and the seme old roads—no better
than they were In the cfghiiee. That
ibe amount already expended,
visible result, would
the amount
Mr.
Aaent the Bond Imor
'' It *• undoubtedly true, aa Joseph 0.
Brown remarked in hla letter to Ttye
Argus last week, that no farmer In
Klngwood district is opposed to good
roads—but the good roads hs {Man
lead from his own home to bis market
town and the commercial centers of
bis county. Few farmers, I opine,
want to tax themselves to build auto
mobile roads for the sporting frater
nity between Cumberland and Wbeel
ing, and to pave with brick or cement
the streets of towns where their weal
thy neighbors live. Nor does it seem
right that they should.
If it was proposed to spend this
$164,000 in Improving all the roads of
ihe district equally, this matter would
look different to the rural population,
for each would then receive some ben
efit from the expenditure. But as it is
now this is not even promised—and we
all know how cheap are words and
how fulfillment always lags far behind
promises. As has been sensibly said,
this is purely a business proposition,
and I can not see that it Is good bus
iness for me to vote taxes on myself
to build good roads for other poople
while I am compelled to drive over
rocks and through mud on the com
mon country roads that surround me
and my neighbors.
But lifting my eyes from my own
community and looking all over King
wood district, I can not see that it
would be good business to bond the
whole district to the full limit of the
law for one purpose only, and that a
doubtful experiment that appears to
be in the Interest of the few as against
the many—the automobile owners and
bond-holders as against the thousands
who dig In the soil for their daily
bread. Bondage means slavery all
over the world, and this $164,000 bond
issue, together with Its multiplied In
terest, would place a burden oft our
shoulders and on those of our children
that would stagger us for two gen
erations, when added to the constantly
increasing taxation for other purposes
—and then there is that Virginia debt
of many millions looming up in the
near future. Oh, it becomes our peo
ple to think long and earnestly on
this matter.
1 he better plan. It seems to mo,
would be to vote this proposition down
and by delay secure the benefit of
Portland district’s experience, which
would be worth thousands of dollars
to us. They arc bound by the order,
as 1 understand it, to build copcrete
roads and no other. Now any sensi
ble man knows that on their sleeper
grades these roads will be dangerous
to the safety of man and beast. Some
years ago Harrison county built nine
miles of this concrete road, and here
is what a citizen of that county says
about It:
"This piece of road has given us
more trouble and expense thgn has
all the other roads. The farmers could
not use it, as their teams could not
stand up on it, and they raised such
a howl that the court had to do some
thing, so they tarred it at a cost of
1300 per mile—$2,700 in all—but that
was not all. It has had to pe repeat
ed every year since.”
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Does this look good to yoq,, fellow
farmers? Isn’t it buying a pig In a
poke—and paying a devilish big price
for It, too!
It is being argued by those who
favor the bond issue that thebe roads
would never wear out—that they
would last like the old Applan way
built by the Romans. And yet the
evidence of experts place the life of
a concrete road at twenty years, pro
vided liberal sums are spent for its
upkeep. If this be true, before we
were half done paying for them the
roads would have to be rebuilt. This
Is too big a proposition, and has too
many sides to it, to be rushed through
without serious thought and adequate
discussion, You can see with half an
eye that wealthy men and big corpor
ations can save themselves from the
tax by buying the bonds and drawing
the interest on them, while they pay
no taxes on them. It’s a clever scheme
hatched In some brilliant brain, but to
me it seems better to “vote ’er down
hard.” and by petition and election
authorize the court to make a special
levy for say five years of $8,000 per
annum—Just the interest we would
have to pay on the $164,600 bond Issue
every year—and apply this sum to
putting the roads of the entire district
into such condition that the regular
levy would thereafter keep them In
fine shape. This, it appears to me,
would be doing something for the peo
ple, and would meet a more hearty
response from our farmers than the
proposition to furnish a link In the
sportsman’s pleasure road from Cum
berland to Wheeling.
Respectfully,
W. SCOTT OARNBK.
Tunnelton, W. Va.
For Muir.
fllorr, general Jim? Will Inrolce
from 92,000 to 92.KOO. flood lease and
cheap rant. Close to new B. 4 N. tta
tlon. Will bear Inrestlgatlon. Address
C. R HAMILTON.
1l-4t-pd Fairmont, W. Va.
worried, ihoul/1 the bond Ihsuc carry,
waa: That the bonds WOULD furnish
enough money to build ALL the road
that had been specified In the call
and that hr, as one of the officials,
would see that It did build all tho
road specified In the call. Mr. Will
iams said the road proposed would
neither be all brick, all concrete, nor
all macadam, but Ut#t he would do
what was In hts power to s«« that tbs
shore named road materials would be
used, each where It was best adapted
to ths needs of the people.
At the conclusion of the address a
letter was read from Hon. Wm. O.
Brown, stating that he rery much re
gretted not be
meeting on
duties In Was!
he, for one,
crease In
sire cause
Following t
i 4
able to attend the
V Hoads to bo Built in Went Vlr- j
tfluia
CltAKLESTON. W. Va.. Jan. 4.—If
bond" I spues carry which are proposed
[in variouH counties in the aouthern
section of West Virginia this year
more than $5,500,000 will be spent In
the construction of permanent roads
in Wayne, Cabell, Wyoming Mingo,
Mercer and Kanawha counties. In
each of a majority of districts In these
counties it is proposed to spend as
much as $100,000 for roads.
The state road bureau is engaged
in compiling statistics expected to
show that West Virginia has built as
much permanent roadway during the
last year as any other state of its pop
ulation in the South.
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Get news while it Is news—in the
Argus.
SPECIAL ELECTION FOB KOAD
BO.N DH—KINO WOOD DISTRICT.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, sh:
At a special session of the County
Court, held in and for the County of
Preston, at the court house thereof, on
Thursday, the 2nd day of December,
nineteen hundred and fifteen.
Whereupon came E. li. Hauger and
J. T. Dailey and tendered a petition in
writing, signed by mere than fifty dif
ferent voters and freeholders in the
magisterial district of Klngwood, In
Preston county, West Virginia, praying
for the permanent improvement of cer
tain main roads in said district, and
said petition being seen and inspected
by the court, is ordered filed, and the
same is hereby accordingly done,
which said petition is in the words
and figures following, to-wlt:
"To the Honorable County Court of
Preston county, State of West Vir
ginia:
"Whereas, the adjoining counties
and states have and are receiving
great benefit from permanent road
construction through the rural dis
tricts, connecting the towns and vil
lages, thereby building up the district,
bringing in capital and improvements,
affording quick and easy access to
schools and churches, and for business
and trading at all times in the year,
and
"Whereas, it is desired that we may
have such benefit and an even advan
tage with our competitors in the ad
joining counties and states by making
permanent improvements in our pub
lic roads by the construction of con
crete, macadam, lime or asphaitum
roads, and
"Whereas, a large majority of the
citizens of Klngwood district favor
such improvement of said roads by the
issuing and sale of bonds for that pur
pose;
"Therefore, we, the undersigned
free-holders, qualified voters of Kiug
wood district, said county and state,
hereby petition your honorable court
to order a special election to be held
in said Klngwood district, fixing the
day at the earliest date to conform to
the law in such case, to bo conducted
under the statute in such case made
and provided, to vote on the question
of issuing One Hundred and Sixty
Four Thousand ($164,000) Dollars of
.05 per cent Interest bearing bonds,
the same to be non-taxable from coun
ty, district and municipal taxes, and
the money secured from the sale
thereof to be expended for the grad
ing. relocating, building and construc
tion of concrete, macadam, lime or as
phaitum roads of uniform maximum
width of fourteen (14) feet, such im
proved roads to be built and Improved
In the following order specified and
designated, to-wit:
"First—From the Cheat river bridge
at Albright, by way of Albright and
Klngwood pike to and through King
wood by way of the cemetery and the
school house to Klngwood and Tun
nelton pike; thence by way of said
Klngwood and Tunneiton pike through
Irona and Howesville by way of the
“Camp Ground," to and through the
town of Tunneiton by the way of the
Gibson street, now p*ved, on to the
Reno district line, near the east end
of the Klngwood tunnel.
"Second—From the Reno district
line on tlie Number 4 school house
road to connect with the paved street
on the south side of Tunneiton at the
old B. & O. depot, a distance of about
900 feet; and from Gibson street, on
the north side of Tunneiton, by way
of Tunneiton and Kingwood pike to
Philip Rhodes’, a distance of about 800
feet; and from the Valley district line,
near the "overhead" bridge on the M.
* K. railroad, by way of the Morgan
town and Klngwood pike and Main
street of Kingwood to connect with
the Improved road leading to Albright,
near I. p. Martin'*.
"Third- From Lyon district line to
R. R. crossing at West End, by way of
the road leading to Gorman; from the
north side of the Morgantown and
Kingwood railroad track to Pleasant
Dale, on the road leading from Pleas
ant Dale to the station near King
wood; from the Lyon district line on
the Newburg pike, by way’of Birds
creek to Howesville. and from Caddeli
Cheat river bridge by way of the Terra
Alta and Kingwood pike to connect
with the improved road leading to Al
bright near the Wm. M. Schaeffer
property; and that any surplus funds
left over after the const ruction of the
aforesaid roads, be expended by the
County Court in the permanent im*
provement of such additional roads as
the said court may direct.
"And that a direct annual levy be
made of not to exceed three and one
half (3Vfc> rallla on the $1.00 on all the
taxable property in the said district,
for the payment of the interest and
sinking fund to liquidate such bond
issue, as provided by law, the said
bonds to extend over a period of
thirty-four years.
"Your petitioners would further re
commend the appointment by your
Honorable Court of. a financial and
consulting cpnimltfee, to he composed
of three members, fryp) Du
free holders of KlngwoiHl distrfcl, to
assist In the sale of the said bonds,
grading, lorating and letting pf the
contracts for the oropos-d work and
Improvements, ana the work of the
road construction, also to assist In the
expenditure of the money, and the au
diting of the accounts from time to
time, as may he required, which said
committee is to serve without compen
sation.
J. M. Crane
W Flynn
W !. Turner
J Frank Kodeheaver
Fell* Klliott
F. M Murdor'k
P .1. Croran
¥. C. Mo^trrinaktfejr
i F Dailey
» W Varner
J. Ram Manown
W A. Schaeffer
F. K. Par rack
Thomaa Flaher
Keerett Walkar
C. A. Fleetfle
D. K Watann
Krneat W. Wat non
W A. Wateoft
f. c. rmtui
Hal
E. J. Bowermaster
K. M. I*antz
G. E. Wilson
C. I*. Myers
E. C. Manowu
C. A. Conley
The Coffman & Fisher Co.
Ouy M. Bon&fleld
B. S. Rankin
Geo. Miller
Geo. H. Kercheval
L. Bert Hartman
A. H. Halbritter
Penn Mercantile Co.
N. W. Montgomery
John J. McKone. Jr.
Frank West
C. H. Watkins
Thos. J. Holmes
C. L. Cornell
8. H. Wilson
W. O. Lavelle
T. D. Hart
Samuel R. Hardesty
Harry R. Watkins
K. E. Miller
C. J. Miller
Robert Hart
P. Spiker
Wilbert Wiles
John Boyce
A. R. Williams
H. II. Poland
T. Y. Frazier
G. H. Whetsell
M. L. Jackson
Geo. A. Herring
L. 8. Bucklew
W. 8. Reed
F. W. Westernian
Henry Hanst
Geo. A. Lyon
H. Foster Hartman
J. W. Halbritter
W. J. Watson
J. A. Miller
B. A. Reese
J. E. Hayes
D. J. Rudasill
I). J. Gibson
j. F. Coporaan
A. W. Hartman
H. 8. Whetsell
Earl B. Haney
J. Ben Brady
J. W. Watson
Neil J. Fortney
Chas. Spindler
G. H. Bucklew
L. . B. Williams
E. U. Orr
Clint Menear
W. B. Flynn
W. A. Brown
J. T. Spahr
F. W. Cox
Bruce Spindler
M. E. Martin
I. Parsons Martin
Mack Evick
Patrick J. Brown
M. L. Keller.”
And It appearing to the County
Court, and the County Court doth so
find, that more than fifty of the fore
going subscribers to the said petition
hereinbefore set out, are legal voters
of and freeholders within the magis
terial district of Kingwood, in the
county of Preston and State of West
Virginia.
And it further appearing to the
County Court, and the County Court
doth so find, that the amount of the
current road levies upon the property
assessed in the said Kingwood dis
trict, for road purposes, is insufficient
for the purpose of Baid permanent
improvements to be made, construct
ed and erected in said district, as set
forth in said petition.
And it further appearing to the
, County Court, and the County Court
doth so find, that the total valuation of
the taxable property in the magister
ial district of Kingwood, in the coun
ty of Preston, is ($3,895,166.00) Three
Million Right Hundred Ninety-Five
Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Six Dol
lars, as shown by the last assessment
of property in said district, for state
and county purposes.
And it further appearing to the
County Court, and the County Court
doth so find, that the said magisterial
district of Kingwood, has a bonded
indebtedness of Thirty-Five Thousand
Dollars, created by a special election,
held for that purpose on Monday, the
30th day of June, 1913, and that there
is now the sum of $4,426.48 in the
sinking fund, provided for in the man
ner prescribed by law (as shown by
the sheriff’s settlement of 1915), to be
applied on the payment of said bond
issue aforesaid, and there is therefore
still due the sum of $30,573.02, which
the court finds to be the indebtedness,
and the only indebtedness of the said
magisterial district ofKlngwood at this
time; also that said Preston county
has no floating or otter bonded in
debtedness; and it furftier appearing
to the said County Court, and the said
County Court doth so i^jl, that after
deducting the amount of said indebt
edness of $30,573.02 of which the said
magisterial district of Kingwood is
now indebted; the amount of bonded
indebtedness which said magisterial
district of Kingw’ood may incur by the
further issuing of bonds for the said
Improvement of the said roads in the
sum of $164,000.00 is not in excess of
the amount of indebtedness said dis
trict may Incur at this time. Includ
ing the said indebtedness of $30,573.02.
Now, on this day, after mature con
sideration of said petition, the County
( ourt is of the opinion that the prayer
of said petition should be granted,
and the County Court doth hereby
grant the prayer of said petition and
deeming It desirable that the said mag
isterial district of Kingwood, In said
Preston county, should appropriate
the sum mentioned in said petition
and for the purposes mentioned in
said petition, and to the end that said
appropriation may be made, the court
deems It desirable that the said magis
terial district of Kingwood, of this
said county, should be bonded In the
amount named In said petition, to-wlt:
One hundred and sixty-four thousand
dollars, and that the proceeds arising
from the sale of said bonds last afore
said should be used In making per
manent Improvements of the roads
specified in said petition, and to the
extent therein set forth, by the use of
concrete, lime, asphalt urn or macadam
and such other materials as Is required
to complete the work, and In the man
ner prescribed by law; and the County
t’ourt doth hereby order and direct
that a vote be tgken of the legal vot
ers (ft |he said magisterial district of
Kingwitoii, |n |he i.ounty ql Preston,
State of West Virginia, on the i|'>««tlun
aforesaid, at the several voting places
In the aaid district of Kingwood, at a
special election to he held for the pur
pose of taking such vote, and an elec
tion is hereby directed to bo held on
Tnesdny, the BMh day of January,
* Intern Hundred and HU teen,
upon the question of the Issuance of
fhe bonds last aforesaid, the proceeds
of which said bond* shall be used for
the purpose aforesaid, set out in said
petition, whlrh said bonds shall draw
Interest at not to exceed five per cen
tum per annum, payable aeml-annually
on the first daya of January and July
Of *ar*h year. and he redeemable with
Id thirty-four years, tpit yt pleys
«»• *»f the «a!(f magisterial district,
or the County Omrt, aerially on aarh
annual Interaat period after dye (g>
yeara from the dale of aa<d bond,
The County fJourt nerehy appoints
the following commissioner* of sjee
lion, to take the poll and ascertain tb*
results of such fleet ion In such a man
Precinct No. 2 at Howesvllle. C. A
Craig, W. S. Bobo and Reason Swetr*
eugen.
Precinct No. 3 at Kingwood, Wm. H
Murdock. J. E. Murdock and John M
Crane.
Precinct No. 4 at Kiugarood, T. D
Craig. W. T. Morris and V. T. StetupU
Precinct No. 5 at Kingwood. Geo. W
While. E. S. Brown and Chaa. M. Jack
non.
Said commissioners of election, hold
ing Ha id special election at the severa
voting places in said district, shat
cause to be taken aud ascertained th
result of said election at said severs
voting places for which they are ap
pointed, respectively, and the sai<
votes polled at said several voting
places shall be takeu and the resul
ascertained and certified according t«
the regulations prescribed by law. fo
ascertaining and certifying the elec
tion of county and district officers, a;
aforesaid, aud the ballots used in tak
ing such polls shall be the same a:
those used in voting for officers foi
county and district purposes and shal
have printed thereon: First, the word*
For Bonds,” and second, the word*
“Against Bonds.”
It is further ordered by the County
Court that this order be published
throughout the said district thirty
days at least before the said vote it
taken, us follows: The clerk of tin
Couiuv Court shall cause as many
copies of this order to be made o»
printed as may be neccHHary, and sign
the same; he Bhall forthwith pout one
in a conspicuous place in his office, one
at the front door of the court house
of tills county, <y>d shall deliver tin
others to tlnj sheriff of the county,
who shall forthwith post one of said
orders in a conspicuous place at each
voting place In the district. The said
sheriff shall make his return showing
that such orders were duly posted
which shall bo recorded by the clerk
of this court In the order book of this
court, and the court doth further or
der and direct that a copy of this or
der. signed by Its clerk Hhall be pub
lished once each week for four suc
cessive weeks In the following news
papers published in said county, prior
to the date of said election, namely:
The Preston County Journal, the West
Virginia Argus and the Preston New's,
and the certificate of the editor of
said papers, under oath, showing the
publication thereof, shall be recorded
by the clerk of the County Court in
the order hqgj^pf this court.
It Is further ordered that the clerk
of this court do forthwith prepare poll
hooks, ballots, etc., as may he neces
sary for the purpose of taking and cer
tifying said special election; the same
to he delivered by him to said com
missioners of election. The said bal
lots shall have printed thereon, di
rectly over the words “For Ponds"
and “Against Ponds” the following
words, namely:
“Special ltoud Pond Flection, King
wood District, hold by order of the
County Court of Preston county. West
Virginia, entered on the 2nd day of
December, 1915, in compliance with
the petition of more than fifty free
holders filed with the court, asking
for a special election to authorize the
issuance of bonds in the sum of One
Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Dol
lars. according to law, to improve the
roads of said district specified.
It is further ordered that, in the
event of the electorate of said district,
at Haid election, authorizing the issu
ance of said bonds, that the President
of this court be, and he is hereby au
thorized and directed to execute the
bonds of said Kingwood district, for
and in the name of the district, and to
sign the same as President of this
court, and the clerk of this court is
hereby directed and authorized to
countersign said bonds and attach the
seal of this court thereto, which said
bonds shall be, by the President of
this court, in conjunction with a com
mittee of three citizens of Kingwood
distiict, appointed by an order of the
court, which committee shall serve
without compensation for services ren
dered, to confer with and assist the
t’ounty Court, in all transactions per
taining to the locating, grading and
proposed work and improvements, or
ihe letting of contracts therefor, and
the work of road construction, and the
auditing of accounts from time to time
as may be roquired, and the sale oi
said bonds and the expenditure of the
proceeds, etc., sold and delivered undo
the supervision of this court, and th«
President thereof; said bonds shall h<
sold and disposed of to the best
advantage of the said district in
such manner as the President and
committee may deem best, but in
no event shall said bonds be
disposed of for a sum less than
their face value. Said bonds so to hi
issued, shall be serial coupon bonds
of the several denominations of One
Hundred ($100.00) Dollars. Five Hun
dred ($r.00.00) Dollars and One Thou
sand ($1,000.00) Dollars respectively
but not to exceed ir the aggregate
one hundred and sixty-four thousand
♦lollnrs, and shall be issued and dated
the 1 h( day of July, 1010, and be pay
able to bearer at The Kingwood Na
tional Hank, The Dank of Kingwood.
in the town of Kingwood, West Vir
ginia, or at The Tunnelton Hank, ir
the town of Tunnelton, West Virginia,
at the option of the holder, thirty-fou*
(34) years after date, hut conditioned
that fi.ey, or eifher of them, may b<t
recalled serially, and paid al the op
tion of said district, or at the option o
this court, on the first day of July
1921, and each year thereafter, on tlu
same date, the owner being given BP
days’ notice of said district’s or snid
court'h election to redeem said bomb
l*> publication In one or more news
papers published In Preston county
West Virginia, by dps rlbing tlu* bond
or bonds so cslled for redemption and
Riving the serial numbers thereof, and
the bonds shall show on their ran
Hudr serial numbers redeemable or
••a h annual period, and shall bear In
ferrsf at fi per cent per annum, pay
abl» semI-annually at the said Tlir
KltiRwood National Hank, The Dank o'
Kingwood. In the town of Kingwood j
West Virginia, or at the Tunneltor
Park '‘i (he town of Tunnelton, Wes'
I Vti la ;.i the optio i of th< holder
and frnt the said interest be evidenced
by coupons attached to s-ild bonds
e’ld the said coupons to b ex^rufr
by facsimile s'.gPHt'i > r of tlu* Preal
I dent n* th*s court an ‘ the dork there
I of.
Thn plan to moot Mir* nernilnit inter
est on naill bonds grid to pay them a'
maturity by said district, is, If-whal
I bo the duly of tbo County Court o'
I'ronton founty to, and sntd cour
"ball, each year, gt the ntmuMl levy I
for road purposes in said Klngwooc I
district, provide, by Hreet levy am’ I
taxntlon as |* required by law In sucl I
rases made and provided, for (ho In
forest on said bond*, fnni'tlt<>r with ar
additional fund to bo sot apart at In
toroat, annually, or us<»d to punhaai
and retire bonds, for tho purpose, at
a sinking fund, sufficient on or before I
tb^ expiration of the term of tblrtv I
four (34) years to pgy therefor, and
fulljr discharge said bonds at that
time
It Is further ordered by the court
that In the event of said bonds being
dUflpoacd of as aforesaid, the proceed*
•hpll fie by the purchaser thereof plae
•* Jo Uts band* of the aberlff of this
county- and It Is further ordered that
*Md lot the receiving and
Habwrsfng proceeds, shall rmstv* no
f^mpenaatlon or commission therefor,
ard tfc* said sheriff ahal! deposit said
proceeds in *»acb of the banka tle'ue
business in tbs said town of Kt/f*rvy..,Kj.
#*? In the Tunnel ton RanV, dofna
b»« tinea* In the toM of Tunnel ton.
¥e*t Virginia, if) tha manner preset U,
H Jow, snd the said hanks ha re
mired to give security tl
,>rovidt*d by law.
It is also apparent to tMtoqijpEL-_
he court being of the upLiiou tkkt
naxlmuw rale Of levy in the said
\ingwood district, which the qourt is
luthorizid to lay. as fcrovid d in ac
tons 2, S and 4 of chapter »>i tin*
vets of the Legislature of West Vir
,ima, extra session of atuet.-eu hun
tre«l eight, will not produce .sufficient
unds to pay the interest on such pro
>oscd bonded iud* btedness of one
undred sixty-four thousand dollars,
nd to provide a sinking fund for the
ischarge of the principal thereof, in
hirty-four (24) years; aud it further
ippearing to the court aud the court
loth so find that the maximum levy
ecessary each year during the said
hirty-four (34) years to pay the said
merest and to provide a sinking fund
>n said proposed bond issue of one
undred and sixty-four thousand dot
ars. is three and one-half (3^) mills
m each one ($1.00) dollar valuation
f taxable property in said Kingwood
1st rict. The County Court therefore
Oiii hereby order and direct that a
ote of the legal voters be taken in
aid magisterial district of Kingwood,
n the county of Preston, In the saidid
date of West Virginia, on |
riifxdaj, the 25th Day of January, 1916 *
>n t lie question of authorizing a max
intim special bond levy of three and
>ne-half (3*4) mills on each one
n 00) dollar valuation of taxable
iroperty in said Ktngwood district,
° pay die interest on, and provide a
linking luml for the discharge of said
imposed hond issue hereinbefore pro
vided; and that said vote shall be
akcn on the question last aforesaid
it the several voting places’ in the
laid magisterial district mif Klng
•vond. at said special election, to be
u ld on Tuesday, the 23th day of Jau
inry. 1016, which has heretofore been
limi ted to be held for tho purpose of
akmg a vote on the said proposed
>ond issue of one hundred and sixlv
our thousand dollars, and the court
loth further order and direct that the
same election commissioners herein
before appointed to take the poll and
ascertain the results of said special
loud election hereinbefore provided, in
inch manner as Is prescribed hy law.
to lake the poll and ascertain the re
mits of said election on the question
>f the authorization of a maximum
special hond levy of three and
hah (3V&) mills on each one (|1.00^|
hdlar valuation of taxable nrnMftJ
in said King wood district to pay thfl
interest and provide a sinking fltjflH
<>r tin* discharge of said propose^!
hond issue, ami it is further ordered
that the clerk of this court do forth^
with prepare poll books, ballots, etc.,
as may be necessary for the purpose
of taking and certifying said special
election on the question of authorizing
said maximum special bond levy as
aforesaid, to be delivered by him to
said commissioners of election; and
said commissioners of election, hold
ing said special election at the several
voting places in said magisterial dis
trict of Kingwood shall cause to be.
taken and ascertained, the result ofN
said election on the question of au
thorizing said special bond levy at the
several voting places for which thuy
are appointed respectively; and the
said vote and poll bo taken at the said
several voting places on the said spec
al bond levy and the results ascertain
'd and certified according to the regq«
lat ion concerning general elections
and elections under the provisions of
diopter i) of the Acts of the Legisla
ture of West Virginia, extra session
lhOS; which vote shall he taken on a
separate ballot on which shall be
printed “Special Election to Authorize
i maximum special bond levy of three
uui one-half (3V&) mills on each one
1$1.00) dollar taxable valuation of all
be property in Ktngwood district, to
provide for the payment of interest
iml sinking fund pu one hundred and,
sixty four thousand dollars, according
o the order of the County Court of/:
i’reston county, entered on the 2n<!M
lay of December, 1913. Directly un-S|
lerneath shall he printed in two sep
irnte lines, first, the words “For the
Levy,” second, the words, “Against the
Levy," those favoring the levy shall
•rase tho words "Against the Levy,**
and those opposed thereto shall eras*
the words “For the Levy."
It is further ordered that, In the
event of the electorate of said district
it said special election authorizing {fog
ssuance of said bonds and the tTxiagg
>f said inaxiimun special bond
-f throe and one-half (3%) mill* on
ach one ($1.00) dollar valuation of
ill the taxable property In said King*
vood district, the sinking fund thus
rented by said maximum special
bond levy may be used by the said
ourt In the purchase of any of said
mnds issued hereunder, but before
lie said court shall make purchase of
my of said bonds out of said sinking
fund, ns herein provided, the court
ball cause a notice to bo publishedJ
•■ach week for two
- —---j-traB
weeks in a newspaper of general elfcB
•illation published in the fclty of King?
vood or elsewhere, as may bo desig?
at"d by the court, for wri> •■n pm*
>osols to sell it satri bonds Issued
lereuiider and then outstanding,
be court, to the extent of the gi
tmd at it disposal available th^
'hall purchase said bonds off^T
it the lowest price asked tlu_
"< b puri base to be made aU^^L
•f this e...irt in the city
;'te; ton county, W. nbi, or at
h*- King' ".ml RsJB or th«
dunk or King wood, In the town of
< illy wood, or at The TunnelUm
n tie town of Tunnelton, iu the H»s«i
>• V* Virginia,
* •• '-ourt. upon surrender WCfofyVQttff
■ i I* »ads with all unpaid lnter«^t con*
>oii:. pertaining thereto, on t>»e semt*
mmiiil interest date, negt following
•'hi publication, and th* court shall
•»
v,,osc proposals may be accepted such
K.ti( e of such acceptance ad the court
niv deem reasonable; is) the event
hit two or more proposals are for tbs
al‘ of bonds at Identical amounts, bo*
nr lower than the atnouMS asked 1:11
‘»l;er tenders received by tbg o<
•he court shall decide In ttaJ^Ml
whir it proposal or p ropotttgw^|$’Ml
" "Hi: provided, no wevgftftjBg”1
tmreiiMse shall hr- made that. *4if
•he <ourt from rgriiig
‘inning the series »f ttnflMH
hy tin- face of the bond* thart
provided, further, t»>>- ,, ir I
dm ll he made by th» coitr^'gt |j*
if •• ih • par value
and the Interest accrued On *l»h|
and unpaid at the tlnie |i*ef| tyr (j|g
'.nsimimstu.it of such ptirHisae, fjg
;1 Id lionds HO pnrehssed shall ?©tth
with Ik < nncelled.
It is further ordered that ths voters
of Slid district of King wood be
• n i registered by this court as feqa
vided for bv section 9^a-t11 and see*
I "I. Jt*« VII of Chanter of Ah# A«t0
>1 Mm I."gislatnre of West Virginia for
I9ir,.
And it Is further ordered flggKJ
"M.rt do sit on the 20(h day oflg
Ifir, t bfC
* ding file date of s«>d ago
Hon, for the purpose of hearing
ami all matters Ks to the
of voters and for the p.,rf
any and all things «h
0utret] t.v the iV<:fs
hereinbefore last.
»TATR nr VmoiNfA,
Oouoty Of Trostnn, fotrft:
*« »• C& ftvefty, clorlr Of th#»
fV>nrt of «*ntrt rmwty rto herotre^g
that fAe forri«.it tiff I* a fm*
Jfr* record* Of t>« <-,rtt,Mr.«aflHSBB
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