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Hiram Hill, 1831-45; H. M. Dickinson, 1845-’53; John B. Jones, 1853-61; G. M. Blume, 1865-’78;M. T. Davis, 187885; E. B .Hawkins, 1885-’97; J. T. Grose, 1897-1903; William Grafton, 1903-09; S. T. Carter, 1909, at present clerk, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Elected in 1882, J. H. Miller, Jr. G. W. Imboden and W. T. Harvey; 1884, John Kincaid; 1886, James A. Taylor; 1888, E. G. Hinman; 1890, Noah M. Jenkin; 1892, J. D. Campbell; 1896, Noah M Jenkins; 1898, M. J.Simms and Sherman Shirkey (short term) ; 1900, Thomas A. McClanahan; 1902, Dr. H. L. Kirkpatrick; 194, M. J. Simms; 1906, W. H. Ramsey; 1908, Dr. H. L. Kirkpatrick, and in 1910, M. J. Simms. COUNTY ASSESSORS. Elected in 1868, Isaac J. Settle; 1870, A. L. Mas ters; 1872, Peyton Morton; 1884, W. S. Thomas; same year, P. M. Hays; 1888, J. C. Farr and David Tamplin; 1892, R. L. Ashly,and Henry Taylor; 1904, B. E. Bare and S. T. Carter; 1908, B. E. Bare, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS. Elected in 1886, James A. Cassady; 1888, Ben jamin Bibb; 1893, H. H. Bennett; 1894, James Arm strong; 1898, A. R. Dickinson; 1902, W. S. John son; 1906, A. G. Levy; 1910, James T. Peters. STATE SENATORS. Elected in 1872, H. M. Dickerson and Elliott Vawter; 1886, M. Vanpelt; 1888, J. W. Arbuckle and Edgar P. Rucker; 1894, Thomas P.. Davies; 1896, N. C. McNeil; 1898, C. W. Osenton; 1900, Alex McVeigh Miller; 1904, W. S. Johnson; 1908, W. S. Johnson; 1910, John A. Preston, MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES. Elected in 1867, Mathew Harrow; 1868, John Kincaid; 1870, Richard Flannagan; 1872, J. H. Mil ler; 1884, William Davies; 1886, James E. Kincaid ; 1892,T. P. Davies and J. R. Koontz; 1894, John McNabb and George F. Baumgardner; 1896, C. H. Payne and John L. Ryan; 1898, G. C. McIntosh and Dr. J. J. Hantonstall; 1900, G. C. McTintosh and T. P. Davies; 1902, J. W. Blizzard, W. J. Martin and J. M. Ellis; 1904, W.H. Bardin, G. E. W. Woods and H. H. Bailey; 1906, M. H. Dent, C. A. Midel burg and J. M. Ellis; 1908, George H. Brackland, M. W. Ryan and J. M. Ellis; 1910, Dr. H. C. Skaggs, John Nuttall and Richmond Morton. : COUNTY SURVEYORS. From 1872, the oldest record obtainable, it is found that the following gentlemen have filled the offices of county surveyor in the order named: L. S. Robson, J. W. Shreve, Samuel Tyree, H. J. Tucker, I. J. Settle and H. A. Gentry. The office of county surveyor has been abolished by Act of the Legislature, and that of county engineer takes its place, the same being now filled by Henry A. Gentry, who holds the appointment from the cou ty court. FAYETTE COUNTY FINANCES: Fifteen years ago Fayette County did not boast of a single banking institution within her borders, ‘Now’ she supports eleven, and others are in con templation’ in some of the newly developing lo calities. Notwithstanding the fact that a very large per cent of the banking business of Fayette County is done with the large institutions in Charleston, Cincinnati, New York City and other commercial centres, the fact that eleven banks, National and State, with an aggregate capital stock of $530,000 and total deposits at the present time exceeding four millions of dollars, are, profitably ,conducted within the limits of the county, indicates the stability of the business community ,and the ‘loyalty ‘of the business interests to home institutions. Savings deposits are a strong feature, with the Fayette County banks, and in many instances the funds in that department are the strongest assets. Bank officials, as a rule, are liberal with home enterprises, and this feature has been a strong factor in the successful banking history of the county. TAXATION IN FAYETTE COUNTY. In 1904, the last year under the old “fair. cash value”assessment period, the total value of all property in Fayette County, real estate, personal, railroad and all other property assessed by the State Board of Public Works, amounted to $6,971,343, and the average rate of levy for taxes was $2.52 on every one hundred dollars valuation in the magisterial districts, outside of towns, and $3.02 in the municipal corporations. In 1910, after the “actual value” assessment plan had been in operation for a period of five years, the total assessed value of all property in the coun ty reached a total of $32,991,235, and the average rate of levy in the magisterial districts was ninety cents on every one hundred dollars of valuation, and $1.14 in the municipalities, THE LUMBER INDUSTRY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, AND OTHER, INDUSTRIES. Of course the coal industry is by far the largest of any of Fayette County’s industries, the total amount of money netted to the operators for the year ending June, 1911, aggregating in round num bers almost nine million dollars. However, the lumber industry is not a negligible quantity by any means. The lumber development began even before the coal development as barges of sawed lumber were shipped down the river be fore the C. IL. O. railroad was built in 1873. Last year, it is estimated by a conservative, lum berman of the county, that at least seventy-five million feet of lumber was sawed by mills in Fay ette County alone. The most important kinds are oak, poplar, chest nut, basswood, hemlock, beach and hickory. Very little walnut is now sawed. Some of the leading companies are given be low: The Sewell Lumber Company, The Mohan Lum ber Company, Mankin Sutphin, P. M. Snyder, Coleman Terrell, Hogg Lumber Company, J. W. Coleman. Farming as an industry does not compare in im portance with the coal industry, yet there are many farms and their crops are potatoes, corn, oats, grass and small quantities of wheat. The farming industry, however, consists chiefly in truck garden ing, supplying all the garden vegetables, etc. Apples, cherries, pears, plums, and peaches are cultivated in many sections to a considerable extent. Straw berries, raspberries and blackberries are also grown. THE LUMBER INDUSTRY IN FAYETTE COUNTY Jas, Wehrie, Leading Lumber Dealer, Moving a Recent Purchase. PRESENT SITE OF THE OLD FORT Owned and Beautified by E. L. Nuckoll, Eq.
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Fayette Journal
Fayetteville, West Virginia, US
Thu, Nov 02, 1911
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