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Show Women Serve When Election Officer Pay Refused by Men Eligibles CHARLESTON, W. 7a., May 25. Generally pleasant weather throughout West Virginia today prompted election officials and political leaders to predict a comparatively large vote at the state wide .primaries which is to register presidential preference and place in nomination corapleto state and county tickets. -At Clarksburg, many election officers offi-cers were reported to have refused' co serve for tho legal rate of 2 a day, ! and it was necessary to obtain the services ser-vices of women to act as clerks in a number of polling places throughout the county. Texas Democrats Meet. DALLAS, Tex., May 25 The Texas state Democratic convention met hero today to elect delegates to the national: convention with Indications that the I ! program would be completed by night. I I The meeting promised to be harmonious. harmon-ious. I Inetruct for Wood. BALTIMORE, Md. May 25. The Republican Re-publican state convention met here today to-day to elect delegates to the national I convention at Chicago next month, j The delegates will be instructed for' Major-General Wood for the presiden-' tlal nomination in accordance with the result of tho preferential primary last month. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 25. j With tho party element opposed to1 sending negro delegates to tho Chicago I convention in almost complete control, the Texas Republican state convention assembled here today, to name a dele-i gate, to cast Texas' twenty-three votes' in tho national convention. i |