West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-11-23

that place.
RRBDsv LIZ West Va, Nov. the Is 1898
Ed ARGUS viii you allow me 10 answer
my friend Mr.. Browns letter In last week =
Journal IL my friend Mr. Brown will
take the mote out OF his own eye, he can
| more clearly see 10 take the bean out Of
his brothers eye. will just say to Mr..
Brown, speaking OF 8 s, Loar's house,
when assessed that property he had not
his house finished, neither is II finished
to-day, and the actual cost OF Il az far as
IL was completed al the time assessed
IL, was not over one hundred dollars, and
as far Ss 1t is finished now the cost would
not amount TO S400. did not take IL luto
consideration, and left 1, 10 be put upon
the books by the assessor when Il was
ready TO be occupied.
Next he speaks OF Gay Fairfaxs proper
~. Mr., Fairfaxs house Was, know, al
old shell but It Ia true he has. since the as.
sessment, reftted his house.
He speaks OF Mr. Grahsms land situated
In the lower end Of our district upon which
we are aware, there Is q good house but
| taking into consideration the locality Il is
situated In, be could not cash IL to-day
for $500 including one acre of land.
| Now let us talk about the land In VAL
ley district Prior to my assessment,
never knew but enc farm 10 bring over
| $50 Der acer on time. Tnat was the
Wheeler farm which could not be sold for
$40 on the streets OF KiugN ood ion one,
two. Snd three years timc. IL % not the
farm that Gay Fairfax DOW owns, and
spoken OF by the gentleman, spld On the
streets within the last three years
for less than CIT per acre on tme
with oil the fine bullGingstO supposed to
be on IL by Mr.. Bows Z We will no W
turn our attention to land 10 the vicinity
OF Kiugwood. Mr. Brown speaks OF one
eleven acre tract. Il adere, want you 10
know this land lies adj Iiung Kiugwood,
and land not any more accessible To the
town and not worth aOy IN re In true
value: has been cold for $3.50, per acre.
Now, Mr.. Brown, / ask you as gentle
man, has not the tOts around KING wood
such 90 you have spoken of as adj Iiuiug
lots, toeer sold for from go To $3.50 per
acre Readers of tn ARGUS, these lots
spoken Of by Mr, Brown lie adj lining
or 10 the corporation OF the town of King
wood.
The gentleman wishes 10 M Ike the peo-
pie OF Kingwood and Newburg believe
that / assessed their property higher han
| / did In our own district According TO lie
true cash value. This claim TO be not
correct. II appears at the july term of
Court that some of the parties, Mr. Brown
included claimed thai / was partial TO
Newburg and thst had assessed the prop.
erty IN King0ood higher IN proportion
than had In N1wburg. Now uncle jim,
when you take a text, stick To IT,
The whole pstch seem to be against Val
ley district. Nc. BrOwR appears TO DO
very much interested for some persons In
Kiogwood since she night Of OFT. the 9 I'd.
Hespeaks of my old friend Vine Browns
| property being assessed esroneously Now
l will say for my friend Wm. q. Brown
that j met with no one in my assessing
business that wac more willing to have hrs
property assessed at q fir cAsh value than
he. tie told me that the Federal govern
ment and State government had done
grest deal for him, therefore he was will
ing TO pay bis tax . o. II was pleasure
for him 10 do go. Mr. Won. q. Brown
stated 10 the court at the July term that
be wac satisfsd With the assessment With
the exception Of a four acre lot, which be
thought might haYs overlooked, but was
willing 10 lei IT go.
Aud, friend Brown, did not Mr. Monroe
and no mao doubts his honesty and iudg-
mont aud he was not citizen Of eithe,
Valley OF KiugwOod district at the lime
assess the reel estate, piior TO my assess
meDt, yet ! raised from his assessment,
Kiogwood district ten Ger cent. This ten
per cent will include zoe Town Of Tunnel
ton, which was nearly all of the books.
And the County Court had reduced a tract
n land pear Tunnelton from as, to 81 GO,
Increased IL &C. 600. and you will see by
careful examination Of the books thai
the ten per cent gain in KiogWood distric,
mainly includes property along the
q. g. o. X. r. and that which vas of the
books. The gain In Valley Is twelve pr
cent, yet N Valley, fOnnd BAT ono tract
on the books amounting 20 500.
/ had not intended to say any thing IN
1 regard to the action Of TIE County & urt
OF Mr Browns ac,iOn but since the nigh,
II Oct. 2id OF ,hereafter the time when be
at his prop,rty reduced, be has made
personal attacks nearly every week through
the papers on me, thought it ny duty
therefore to reply. the private letter nc
wrote me will not htvo published a. tbis
time. IF he could persuade the good cit
'us Of K ,ag FoOd to Iiuhim against the