WYOMING COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA

1917 COUNTY OFFICERS AND BOARDS
Judge Circuit Court.........James Damron. Republican; Williamson.
Terms Commence...........Second Monday in February, second Monday in May,
second Monday in August and second Monday In November.

Official Court Reporter......Bert Shumate. Democrat; Williamson.
Sheriff......................W. B. Belcher. Republican; Pineville.
Prosecuting Attorney........R. D. Bailey. Democrat; Baileysville.
Clerk Circuit Court..........Rice Cook. Republican; Pineville.
Chancery Commissioners----E. M. Senter. Republican; Oceana.
M. P. Howard. Democrat; Pineville.
F. E. Shannon. Republican; Pineville.
H. C. Gorby. Republican; Pineville.
Divorce Commissioner.......L. S. Hutchens, Republican; Baileysville.
Clerk County Court.......... William P. Cook. Democrat; Pinevllle.
Supt. Free Schools..........J. H. Cooper. Republican; Pineville.
Surveyor....................L. R. Hash, Republican; Rockview.
Assessor....................L. S. Walls. Republican; Uno.
Com. School Lands..........J. M. Glenn. Republican; Jesse.
County Commissioners......
President—Hiram Sisemore, Republican; Mullens; term expires Dec. 31, 1922.
J. P. Cook. Republican; Sun Hill; term expires Dec. 31. 1920.
H. M. Cline, Republican; Pineville; term expires Dec. 81, 1918.

Sealer Weights & Measures.. L. L. Shannon, Republican; Pineville.

B'd Review & Equalization.....George W. Graham, Republican; Mullens; term expires in 1919.
O. J. Brooks, Republican; Rockview; term expires in 1921.
Lee P. Bailey, Democrat; Baileysville; term expires in 1923.

Board of Health..... The President of the County Court and Prosecuting Attorney, ex-officio; Dr. M. C. Kessler, Pineville, County Health Officer.

LIST OF ATTORNEYS.
(Post office address Pineville, except otherwise given.)

Childers & Gorby
Pyle, C. E.
Hutchens, L. S. - Baileysville
Cook, John W.
Shannon, F. E.
Gilmore, James H.
Toler, J. Albert
Burnett, W. R.
Glenn, J. M.
Worrell, E. W.
Moran, D. D.
Howard, M. P.
Bailey, R. D. - Baileysville
Worrell, Grover C. - Mullens
Lambert, Philip

POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

Republican Executive Committee—
D. D. Moran, Chairman, Mullens;
F. E. Shannon, Secretary, Pineville;
E. P. Rose, Treasurer, Baileysville.

George W. Spratt, Trent; Thomas Toler, Baileysville; F. M. Lambert and M. F. Tackett, Herndon; Dell Cook, Pineville; Thomas E. Cook, Keyrock; Troy B. Harvey; Uno; Larkin Morgan, Guyan; Lloyd England, Hanover; B. R. Morgan, North Spring; A. C. Brown and Lewis Perry, Oceana; Theodore Sizemore and J. W. Phillips, Mullens.

Democratic Executive Committee
Col. Childers, Chairman
Charles Short, Secretary
George W. Goode, Treasurer, Pineville.

Lee P. Bailey and J. Levi Cook, Baileysville; A. J. Bailey, Basin; E. L. Burks, Herndon; O. A. Brooke, Pineville; Lemuel Goode, Newfound; Troy Lockhart and Larkin Riffe, Hanover; Day Cook, Oceana; Wood Cook, Jesse; Dock Hinkle and Edward Short, Sun Hill; Felt Acord, McGraws; George Caldwell, Maben.

NEWSPAPERS
Wyoming Mountaineer Pineville.
Established in 1905; published every Friday by R. L. Cook; Republican; circulation 800.

Independent Herald Pineville.
Established in 1899; published every Friday by the Independent Herald Company; Democratic; circulation 650.

NATIONAL BANK.
First National Bank Pineville.
H. M. Cline, President; C. M. Wikel, Cashier.
Capital $25,000; surplus $10,000; undivided profits $4,000.

STATE BANKS.
Bank of Mullens ...... Mullens.
Began business in 1910.
John Faulkner, President; S. D. Frantz, Cashier.
Capital $50,000; surplus $10,000.

Bank of Wyoming ...... Mullens.
Began business in 1916.
J. C. Sullivan, President; A. D. Daubenspeck, Cashier;
Capital $100,000.

DISTRICT OFFICERS.
Baileysville District.
Justices of the Peace Bartley Beavers, Democrat; Baileysville.
J. S. Lester, Republican; Baileysville.
Constables
Amos Elswick, Republican; Baileysville.
George Collins, Democrat; Baileysville.

Barkers Ridge District.
Justices of the Peace George M. Farley, Republican; Herndon.
Ballard Belcher, Republican; Herndon.
Constables
By special appointment.

Center District.
Justices of the Peace Robert M. Cook, Republican; Rockview.
Dan W. Cook, Republican; Pineville.
Constables
J. R. Sizemore, Republican; Pineville.
A. D. Beavers, Republican; Pineville.

Clear Fork District.
Justices of the Peace G. G. Christian, Democrat; Uno.
R. L. Brooks, Democrat; Guyan.
Constables
Lee J. Morgan, Republican; Sun Hill.
Patrick Cline, Democrat; Sun Hill.

Huffs Creek District.
Justice of the Peace Lane Blankenship, Democrat; Justice.
Constable
J. E. Kennedy, Democrat; Justice.

Oceana District.
Justices of the Peace J. B. Walker, Republican; Oceana.
J. Clayton Cook, Democrat; Toneyfork.
Constable
Lon Walker, Republican; Oceana.

Slab Fork District.
Justices of the Peace C. E. Shrewsberry, Democrat; Mullens.
Joel McGraw, Democrat; McGraws.
Constables
M. A. Canady, Democrat; Mullens.
Silas Phillips, Republican; Saulsville.

POST OFFICES IN WYOMING COUNTY.

Alpoca
Baileysville.
Basin.
Bud.
Caloric.
Corinne.
Craney.
Devilsfork.
Edith.
Fanny.
Guyan.
Hanover.
Herndon.
Iroquois.
Jemand.
Jesse.
Keyrock.
McGraws.
Maben.
Mullens.
Newfound.
Newlest.
North Spring.
Oceana.
Otsego.
Pineville.
Rockview.
Saulsville.
Simon.
Sun Hill.
Toneyfork.
Tralee.
Trent.
Uno.
Weldon.
Windom.
Woosley.
Wyco.

[Source: "West Virginia Blue Book" By West Virginia Legislature, 1917]
Transcribed by K. Torp