Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-07-27
Communicated.
THE OMEGA OF OUR coRRESP0N-
DENCE.

MARTINsBURG. w. VA, July 23d, 1889.
Mr.. d. H. DoDD :-Sir,-I have no de-
sire to misrepresent you, nor have any
desire to use the columns of The HERALD
for sophistry or fallacious reasoning of
my own case to an intelligent public, as
you have done in the past. All that
have said about you, will be qualified
to. and if my statements are not correct.
! why all this false reasoning of yours
| Why not call Messrs. Lamar, Albright
& Syester to your aid and have them deny
nv assertions over their respective sig
natures Each of your communications
is an admission of the untruthfulness of
the former. You are simply verifying
the old adage, The crime that needs
lie, grows many thereby"
In yours of the first of July. you denied
having inspired Mr.. Lamar to write to
me, now in your last letter you publish
ed what you feign to be your letter to
Mr.. Lamar, asking him to write to me,
thinking it might do him some good.
You also deny inspiring your friend,
George, to write to Mr.. Syester. OF
course you told him to deal with Mr..
Syester clandestinely, as that seems to
be your principal way of working, Ia
principle that / claim to be unbecoming
man of character, the principle of the
midnight assassin, and principle that
is always likely to bring reproach upon
yourself and family.l You prefer
darkness unto light, because your deeds
are evil"
am compelled to say the instruction
you received from State Supt. Morgan.
concerning your sisters four-year certi-
fcate, differs very much from the in
in l,a cohna1 Io l.,,@
like yourself. suppose he thought it
was sister.
You tell the public that my general
average last year was 81 per cent, and a
fraction less would have given me No.
2, but you forgot to tell what Mr.. Lamar
told me, that you insisted on him reduc-
ing my average so as to make it a No. 2,
or you would not endorse it, and his re-
ply to you was, II believe in Justice
though the heavens fall" hence the
reason you were afraid to give him &C.
cess to my manuscript this year.
Now, d. H., you advise me to attend
the State Examination. can boasting-
ly cay / have been there and have the
parchment to prove it, and had any de-
sire to teach would go there again since
the opportunity is so favorable. would
advise you to try your own remedy for l
am confident it will cure of that mania
that you and the greater part of the
family have demonstrated, viz, living
on the school funds by giving each other
certificates regardless of merit. In re-
ference to my S. or $40 worth of assis-
lance in examination, just give US the
name of you supposed .coadiutor and we
will soon give the public the benefit of a
negative over his own signature. am
pleased to hear you have lost your taste
for betting or gambling, for you know
when you and Mr.. Bowen were on the
ticket for Co. Supt., you followed him
into Mr.. Simpsons Office and proposed to
play him game of hustle-cap to see
which should withdraw, and his reply
was, II have no desire to gamble. -
Hence in speaking of you to me he al
ways branded you ''Hustle-cap Davy."
l have no reason to believe you are able
to relieve me of my 800. and if you de-
sire, will give your father for security,
for my offer. I know from the way he
has always done business he will be good
and at the same time running no risk.
Yours sympathizingly,
E. B. PTTSNOGLE.