West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-05-26
From Grant District.
BRUoRToN May, go

DhuShlDh hhy, so
To the Editor of THR ARGUS:
The reason our taxes are so high Is the;
Last spring only a few men, who took
much money with them, left this county.
This spring there were more than 100
persons left Grant District alone, taking
not less than 800, 900 Of taxable property
with them. We must find remedy for
this EVIL; and we
lave yOuED III AT LAST
and II Is ours II we vote for tho railroad
order. When the road lie completed this
evil will be eradicated.
'Ohl the county Is sc poor and void Of
the essentials" says one. Why man, we
have all the essentials. Only few days
ago, Mr.. Henry Siiger found an ore bank
on his farm which 10 nine feet thick the
ore was tested and was found To- be 90 per
cent. pure. "You don't believe IL T. Wei
Sir, inst go and see as / did, and be con-
WINGED, This ore deposit is quite extern
sive and il utilized will he fortune to
this district But this lie not all all along
the proposed route through the mountain,
limestone OF good quality crops out Ut the
top Of the ground. Ii IS lime that you
want, my farmer friends. and you can get
il very cheap II we get this road. You
can charter car, and burn your lime on
your farm, and get 1t brought to any sta
ton for one-fourth what n will cost "a
haul 1t yourself. But says one, 81 use
phosphate &C." Very good, sir, you pay
so cents per hundred for hauling from the
railroad on every tun you would save
49, IL we had 70 abroad. Please notice
the difference IL costs % cents per hun.
dred from Baltimore TO Unioutown and
30 cents per hundred from UniontowU Il
Bran1oBville. The former distance II
274 miles and the latter, 25. These are
facts and no one can deny them. You
can zee the bills at Messrs. II. G., Hagan
or Chichester Bros.-so will any merchant
10 Grant District tell you or show you The
bills aud you must believe II and IL tn,
old adsge is true, "a penny saved II
worth two earned then by all meant
vote for the order. ! don't care fo
freight" says one, "tbat don't affect mi
any" My dear sir, don't talk such non.
sense you use fish, sal', nails, oil, &c.
don't your Take eDo.half cent ne
pound off Of everv bit Of merchandise yol
use and you will find that the difference 4
great Eg., cents on every gallon o
Syrup, the same for oil 80 cents on
key Of nails, or 100 pounds Of iron S1.2
on every barrel Of salt, sc. Now sir, yor
pay this every year and will continue {,
pay II I'LL the irOnbOrse tbunders alon
Big Sandy Creek. There IL no other al
tentative, you'must pay II till we have
railroad. "Dura" Gays that the peopl
are ignorant because a few are opposed (
the order. II "DurA" kueu the real ser
timeut Of the people he would open hi
eyes As-wide as he hid his mouth. CA
not call the names Of but two men wb
oppose the order and they are yer
quiet about It. Now, Mr., "Dura "
3 will wipe If our chin, pull down our YES
E and 60 10 the polls and vote solid for N
order, thereby proving ourselves intelliger
, people-not iguoramuses az you have IL
z Who will work for their own and the
!. children's greatest Interest who wi
hurl your enathemas and Yituperatior
? square In your teeth, and prove you Il
= meanesi liar known. Now. fellow voter
don't think the day 20 valuable but con
70 the polls and prove to the lying Du
that you are men, and sensible men
= that. Wishing the AReUs a long III
4 and The railroad moyeDent ell success, '
Say sdieu. F. ELLIS.