West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-06-12


Tho following id,otic stuff we
clip from the Terra Alta Times OF
last woclc and purports to have been
written by some one here. 1t shows
that the "1'ool Killer" is either
over run with work or neglecting
his duty.
ZONE OF THE LUMpERMEN"
( special Cofrc aoEdcnco of the Times
"rhe article With appeared In the last woek's
ArouY purYortns 20 have been wrlt,on by "A
"mlll man was roeolyci hcro as a fooSie farce.
Every one 0rnly believes tho letter was written
by the arvnt hurr, OF tho n. y. Export Timber
Coippcny, aud Tho editor oi tho ARers sooms
awful ock because he allowed Ais papcr 20 DO
urod 10y fore m scoundrcls against home indus.
try. 40 one hut a fool can believe that tho loss
ot several thousand dollars can fan upon few
men and not cripple their financial condition fur
a time, The "miil man" would have You believe
I uthcvWlsc. And again, there u no mill man IN
ths vicinity who would 80 down and ron q
letter in defense ~ this crooked Export Timber
Company; fur about all are losers aud all have
long since lost faith In tho corporation. My arr
ticlo IN your ssuc ot the i0thult. gave the facts
with somc inside information aa every mill man
I
n mill man IN this vicinity who hno sold 60 tho
Timber Company who win support the article
IN hls last issuo. Nome cl The TRAITS are yet paid
The author OF the above insane
rawlings either has water on the
brain or the jim jams and should
bo confined in an imbecile or ine-
briato asylum at once. In regard
TO the article he refers to, we had
nothing to do with it, more than to
give it space in our columns. We
knew nothing about it till we re-
coiyod it for publication aud as it
was from n gentlemen Of the high
est integrity, responsible mill
man and Q large lumber dealer, who
is we'll known ha the people OF tho
county, we gave II space as we do
all correspondence Of a suitable and
interesting character. We are not
Responsible for the opinions OF our
correspondents and made no odito-
rial mention Of the matter whutcv-
er. As the Times writer is willing
TO swear that il was not mill man
who wrote the article in the ARGUS
but was the agent here Of the N,Y.
Export Timber Company and tho
Editor Of tho ARGus seems awful
sick because ne allowed his paper
to be used by f0reign scomndrels
ag0iHst hOBe ministries, we feel war;
rantcd in giving the name Of the
writer OF the article IN tho AhGus,
who was Mr.. Milford G. Gibson, Of
Tunnciton, who is miH maR Of
this ac{Rity aad ,cbo has sold lots
ag,d lois of Hm5cr 10 tie ErPort
CompaRy, 20 now Mr.. Anonymous
idiot We have accepted your "dare"
and exposed your idiocy. Hadn't
YOU better hire some one TO take
turns kicking you and holding your
mouth for you? We notice this
"stuff from this anonymous wri-
ter (wbo is well known to ns) more
ont OF justice to Mr.. Gibson than
ourseIycs He is not the agent Of
the Export Company nor did he
write the letter in their behalf or
defending them, but in defcnso Of
The mill men, as the Times corre-
spondent would have the people
believe, that they were in frenzied
condition over The delay in the pay
ment Of their money and mis-rcp-
resented their actions generally.
This is what Mr.. Gibson was object
ing to and the poiat ho made in his
letter IN tho AnuCs, 50 now Mr..
Tjmes Correspondent. what excuse
have you for your uncallcd FOR at
tack on AS?