South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1892-08-05


not time nor space here.
d. @. T.
We have granted Mr.. Tabb the
uss OF our columns, simply that he
may explain himself, not with any
desire for controversy.
! MR. EpIroR:-In another col
amn of your paper is an advertise
ment by w. b. CornweIl and III.
II. Gilkeson, commissioners ap-
pointed by a decree of the court, to
sell 10 acres OF land "owned" by pic
lying between this town and r. &
d. Depot. l deem it my duty to
call a more special notice to this
proceeding, as l have too much in
terest at stake to give silent con-
sent. l consider this uncalled for
and o premature sale as the adYer-
tisement states it is to $50 tisfy q
claim" of S. e. Mosely the amount
of which was S34. This claim was
put in Mr.. CornwelPs hands for
collection AS my means and bus
mess did not enable me paying at
once the full amount Of this claim,
/ arranged with Mr. Cornvell to
pay in installments OF $40, and
then paid him s10 and he receipted
fo- it. In a reasonable time /
rendered him SO more, which
would baYe reduced the claim to
s14. He did not receive it for the
reason as he stated he chad brought
a suit in ehaneery" and the cost on
which l then learned exceeded $4e
This informed Mr. CoEnwell was
t'heaping heavy burdens on mems
shoulders grievous to be borne, these
things should not be done in a
corner and to get at the root of the
matter desire to know who is re-.
sponsible."
l have letter from Mr.. Mosely
in which he expresses sorrow and
regret for this action. The other
claims against ae excepting one
(which was not urged) are in the
hands OF IL. b. Gikeson. The
principal portion of this is for mon
ely l borrowed through him and Sc
cured it by lien on this land. He
has never asked me for it and states
that he does not want it and also
that he is in no way responsible for
this action. These 1 consider suf-
icient reasons that there was no
necessity for this advertisement at
this time, of this 5 acres Of land
which 1 was surprised to see in your
paper and had also been told in n
late conference with Mr.. Gilkeson
that he would notify me before an
advertisement was made. AS had
employed 20, counsel in the suit
and knowing that this land is re-
sponsible for my debts / at least
claim the privilege OF reasoning
with those with whom l come in
contact and make some suggestion
about this land which they state is
"owned by D. G. Tabb," "effenses
will come" but heed the warning
| am guilty of the grave charge Of
being the debtor but "be patient
anu L Will pay IHcc atS.
The tisement admits that
these care almost the only building
lots accessible to the town of Rom
ney'' consequently increasing in
value and many of thaEl would
have been sold by private sale and
built upon had they not been. lock-
ed up by q mortgage and the sur
round1ngs; that prevented access to
them and To the b. & o. depot. Tn
the course of Providence this land
has remained in my possession and
We trust the time has arrived to
oblige an opening of the way
through these lots. 1t Will be re-
membcred that labored hard for
this great need and improvement
done six years ago, and although
there was large petition for it By
the citizens of tho county it waa
not respected and these lots AID
Romney have remained locked up
for six more years.
Mr.. Editor l hal no thought OF
referring to these matters in the
beginning of these remarks, / in
tended only to defend nay personal
interest and show the va ne Of thiS
10 aces of land which Is SO, soon tc
be snatchcd from my hands, you
| will sec that it is oil advertised to
pay a debt which less than half Of
the lots should readily pay. ]
should here add that the calculation
is made and estimate put on to ex
haust it all by costs and law erl
fees which can't be estimated, as
have already stated the costs mucI
exceeds the original debt before
knew it was in the hands OF sht
court. 1t will also be noticed By
their advertisement, il they don
exhaust il by ceiling building lot
they may consider it necessary
TO sell IN "24 acre lots to suit pur
clmscr8" One OF these commits
sionoTs has stated that he wants
lot about this size for his COW pas
ture. There is a great strife il
this town and county, to oonvinc
. rs OF this, only let US refer to tn
many articles that have b on fillint
our county papers tho last fey
months, who has not given vent {,
their spleen? Brethren these thing