Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1876-02-24
To tho Editor of The Commercial.

SrR:-You have an advantage over me
As YOU have paper Of your own and !
cannot afford to pay for two columns ~
reply to YOU, but will have to condense as
mnca n possible.
| still hold to the assertions | made in
my last letter.
You make three distinct charges against
me Of faisehood, but before You start to
prove them, you let off a small portion OF
ynur spleen; YOU advise men to keep out
of newspapers; that is Ia" only sensible re-
mark in your article, but you commenced
this ntroverfy. although ought not 10
have allowed the attack Of u fJul-mOuth
editor to have provoked me.
Your first charge against me IL that ]
say YOU aspire to be Il preacher OF the
Gospel a pitiful spectacle YOU indeed
present, If YOU have no aspirations;
minister of the Gospel without aspira-
tons what spectacle. God help tao
minister
As for your license to preach making a
preacher Of YOU, | think it total fail
ure; but you know your license was
given YOU in the face Of the protest OF
every member Of the official Board OF the
churci that was in Huntington at that
time, who, as ar. informed signed pc
titiun to the District Conference not to
license YOU again. But ] suppose YOU
got your license as you got the oSt-otiice,
and this is another OF Grants mistakeS,-
bv intrigue and wire working.
have not heard YOU preach, but |
! have heard that Won had congregation
her. one day whics was under protest, as
they expected to hear some one else. !
heard that your ideas came too fast Tor
uttcrance. ii YOU think YOU are 50 pop
ular, put a notice in your paper, that YOU
will preach, and see if YOU have Cor
poras guard to hear you. You would
hay. the sexton ii You could keep him
awake.
You seem to have some aspirations,
however You aspire to haze a congrega-
ton; you aspire to get money and keep
| it, You aspire have people look up and
bow down to J. T. Gibson as the head OF
the Republican party in this pla-e. !
will leave it t. the people 81 Huntington
to say who has lied in relation TO my first
charge.
2nd charge, signing petition to License
grog-shop5 On dear. \ preacher Of the
/ Gospel and Republican. will leave it
T. yourself Mr. Editor if it does not
look rather ridiculous aud ont Of
ace. In this also you charge me with
/ wing. but d. not see a you Try 10 prove
/ il. but admit the charge, 30 YOU lave
! lied.
Now we vii pass on to Were We come
t. the charge that "Bro. Shore has set
himself a. paragon Of morality in tie
lcommuaitv :" that is false | feel IL the
Publican tina, went MP T. the te..ple 10
pray, but ii YOU pattern alter his COM
paniou, cant help it
DO tell ; ! did not kr1w that editors,
who pretend to be educated ever used
sag. You asser. that there is no more
/ liqu II sold and drank in Huntington since
the .r' tirg oi license than before; II you
/ kD- O., hail as much a. YOU think You do,
jNJu would know that the contrary Of tRst
as .ertion is true and it appears you hsss
found i. ont in the last lew days as you
urged some gentlemen T. try and keep the
gr1g-shops from getting License a. they
werc run in the interest OF rebels. ! have
good authority f1r the above comment
l. d necessary.
A, for your argument, and tslk about
hedging in the sale OF liquor, If a boy 10
wears Old could not WRIT = better piece on
the subject, he ought t. have the Ounce
cap on him. | thine you ought to have
yorr head felt and see II yea lave not a
SIT place in it, As for some one using
me for a cat'- u ", suppose you try 1t and
rec how yau VII make out.
Now, at, thethi,d ialseho1d you ac-
cuse me Of, ! wantt2 assert that yIu, j. /
Gibson, was opposing tie Republican
party, when | wla Supporting il, and
vt assert it in the flee Of all you have
~ dusSho VS.: srIsn lrting the Repub.i
Pxas chairman Of the
e;ieu,se.~s the admin
Political primo.
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