West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-10-09

dOrses the resolution adopted by the
GARFIELD and Arthsr club Of scotch Hin.
and, further, We hereby announce Col.
VIM. II. j. Ing ~ our candidate for the
gtice pf Shriii."
J. u. ca EssLER. Pee.
J. a. 7 EN4;A'I, Hec'y
so She voters and Tax-PnYcrs OF
Portland District.
As the time tyr lie election II dis
trIct offers is near al hand We pro
pose TO give you few reasons VIII,
you should yole for tie following
persons q Cfhcers Ia our district;
!, We want. j. o. 0 Whetse aod L
y. Benson reelected Tor the follow
ing reasons: They eubduel the road
traffic irst in .his 9Islrict, then IN
tbe coupiy, they will oppose having
dog tax lmp osei on the people con-
traIy TO law; they did oppose, and
viii again, having 60 cent road tex
imposed on the people OF tnio distrlct
for tie sSle benefit OF Johu z. Jones
aad George II Ire nbiy.
In the year 1876, through the in
husnce OF John 2. Jones aud George
ID. Trembly. road was built from
Benz smin FreelaDd's 10 George II
TTemb!y's, spd pacing through j.
T. Jones land. 1t was also made
post-road, aud through the Influence
OF Jones, Mr.. Trembly was made
postmaster. Every body knows That
the SAID road was Of no earthly ben
EFT TO any body but Jones and Trem
bly, as there were good roads not
more than n mile and bali on either
eide OF 1t, VIZ, the Braudouvllle and
Albrl6 htsvilie pixies. And now Mr.
Jones proposes TO elect Tremb!y
Justice OF Re Peace in order to have
him use his Influence In having a
road built from Wm. Kings mill to
where Trembly lives. which will cost
from $500. to $1,000. aud will oe OF
10 benefit to snyto9y nut the Jones
add TremblY ring. Do you want
ouch meu IN office? BY electinp
Whetsell and Benson there will be
no more $3.50. bridges built by Jones
that cost BIN but SIS; there viii be
no more 1912. expended under the
Jones ring Tor the repairing OF 81
rode OF road leading from st. Joe to
Fairfax . that should not have cost
more than $50. Gentlemen aud tax.
payers by electing such men az The
nng propose tp ee2t gben 10 you
expect TO get through paying such
heavy taxes. Our present Justices
are acquainted With the wants OF the
people 'and by re-slectlpg them they
will undoubtedly watch all suco
frauds, and give US better roads with
less tax.
La the acts Of 1879. chap. 10, art.
80, 1T says that the compe nsation OF
asssessorg shall be 6yed by The county
court at not less than one hundred
and fifty dollars nor more than two
hundred and Fifty dollars per annum.
In defiance Of the above law the as-
SCISSORS last year were paid $l034. or
1884. more than the maximum rate.
This fraud was bitterly opposed Ivy
our present justices but they were
ouLnumbered and the above amount
allowed. Another fraud that Whet-
sell and Benson opposed was the al
lowsGoe Of about $3.50, every year
20 tAs cleyka Of our courts foT sta
tionsTy that they should have paid
out of their own pockets, instead oil
the Taxpayers. They put 90 end to
that We appeal 10 the tax puyere
70 read the above gacts carefully and
we think they will conclude that
Whetsell and Benson are the men
We want az JUSTICES.
:. We want w. H.. Whettel and L
7. White elected Constables for the
following reasons, viz, AIr. WhetselI
Las served us faithfully and honestly
Tor the last four years aud has gwen
general satisfaction TO all No one
can say that BIO ever faltered in has
dnty. He is honest and upright 10
~ pie Ieslings.
l. I. White Is & young man that
has bad considerable experience IN
business, aud ~ 10 svery way quail
ned TO fill the Office 10 our town.
lie does not belong to the ring and
CAD not be Influenced by IL. We
have nothing TO say against his op-
ponent, y. W Crane except that he
belongs 20 the jones
ring and We are tined OF having that
kind Of men il Office.
There is another important Office
20 be filled Ia cafe the Alternate
Road Law should carry and that ia A
road supervisor, aud we would sug-
gest The name OF John g. Calhoun A.
. man that - 10 every qualified 10
All the Office. We ask you 10 give
hitn your support.
Be are sorry that our good Dem
ocra.ic friend, VIM. N. JefFsrs has
announced himself ~ candidate for
justice IN opposition 20 John O.
W betsell. We think be has been
influenced o7 The wrong parties, and
while We baye no objections TO Mr.
Jsfers being elected yet We are sat
jshsd that such q thing Is imposa-
bic o. The present time. We bore
hr. Jefsrs can Gee ~ we do and
WItRdraw "a favor Of Mr. Whstsell
MANY TAx-PAYEEs.