West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-04-26
EBENEsEa VS.. TOMMY HAwKER.
The County Reads Worked on Paper
HowEsylILR. W. Va,
April 30, 1898.


say that we are not in che least dis
figured by the last attack made on
us and the MciSinzie Road Machine
by Tommy Hawkor and his band
of loafers.
But today, taking seat on the
machine, with my back against the
steering oar, | propose TO defend
the machine tby the way, the ma
chine is little disfgured now and
all meritorions modern improve
ments and ideas.
There is a certain element that
always oppose, with all their preju-
dice and self conceit. the progress
and advancement Of the human
race. 1t has ever been so, and rs
long as tinfe lasts we may look for
the same condition of things. We
to-day see it in the Methodist
church opposing the seating of wo-
men as lay delegates in the General
Conference. 1t is IN the Baptist
church in the shape of "Close Com
munion," aud some of the good
Presbyterians still think they be-
lieve in REORGANIZATION" and
along in the same line Tommy
Hawker still advocates the old way
Of working our roads and condemns
our road machine as only fit to rob
the tax payers pockets and furnish
soft snaps for the friends of our
worthy Commissioner.
Tommy. will you deny that you
are fond of soft snaps yourself, and
that if you could get position on
the machine you would to day be
using your bright talents in an eff
fort 10 advance the interests OF the
machine and forget all about the
'~dear tax payers" How about
your one dollar and fifteen cents a
day road theory? Was that a bene-
tit to the tax payers or yourself {?
BY the way, We notice that the
Honorable County Court has dis
covered that hole and has plugged
it ss tight as Tommy Rhodes plug
ged his cider barrel when Citizen
B. +. Miller wanted drink of
cider.
Comrade Hawker, why don't you
tell US something about the second
battle of Bull Run ? We have often,
IN attending Soldiers Reunions,
sat with bated breath and moisten-
ed eyes and listened to the deeds
OF valor and HAIR breadth escapes OF
the old veterans deeds that would
have been credit to the armored
knights of the sixteenth century. OF
the whipping of whole brgades by
a handful Of men and the narrator
only left to tell the tale, and we
have seen You among them, in al
the spiendor and glory of an old vet.
eran, and heard your modest (,) tale
along with the rest. Now. why
can't you humor us for this once
and give your experience Tor tbt
benefit of the ARGUS readers F.? Or
if you will promise to tell MS about
it at the next Reunion, we will be
quiet about it until that time,
What say you, Colonel?
AS to the merits Of the machine
come up and take a view of our
streets, made by the Mckenzie Road
Machine, and they will tell the
tale. We want no better recon
mendation than, the streets Of thr
beautiful village. 1t might be DIFF.
ferent with us if our town wa,
either a bottomless swamp or ar
impenetrable rock bar. We ther
might oppose the machine througf
selfish motives like some other PEG
pie we could name.
Our advice is, il you live in sucl
town move out to some better
country 1--WE still have a few vacant
lotsD add let the country that was
designed for the wild beasts for Z
habitation grow up again to it,
primitive state and let 1t again b,
inhabited by the denizens of thu
forest. Then can we dwell topethe,
IN unity and peace, while the Nc
Kinzie Machine makes our road,
we will all 20 fishing with Benn,
Miller. SO says
EBENEZER.
$50
IL. -. $500