West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-11-24
IMPORTATION WANTED.
kn Old Veteran Asks About tx. Sher.
in Shaw And Farmer"
HesrmanS.
He Also Explains Some Interesting
Natter About The County History.
November 81, o
DEACON BROWN
Kingwood, w Va.

ways roScing around aud finding out
things 60 put in your paper, we want
YOU to fluid out whether Lee Shaw L.
living or not Lee is n friend of ours
You know. Lee u an old soldier aud
we like him for that IL he doe. get u
little cranky sometimes. and the way
Farmer" llcermuns and all them f-l.
lows have been kicking and cufiug
him around this summer il real mean.
Now you know Ice is spunky and will
fight back, but we have not heard from
him FOR sometime and we are afraid
that last punch the Farmer" gave
him under the tifth rib, killed him or
laid him up and he is not able to- get
around. but YOU find ont and let uS
know whether he is living or not.
Farmer" has been right good OF late
10 the old veterans TO watch over them
and tell them how To vote so their lit.
tie pensions would not be paid i'm n -
cent dollar, but he hns a spite at Lee
for something, 1 don't know what IL il,
though maybe he thinks IL was Lee
that was going to sue him or the
county for that bounty money they
said no collected md did not pay the
for John w, Hardesty told me IL was
himself and that he had got enough OF
the boys to chip in to pay Judge Bran
o his fee for looking after IL for
them and may be Squire Benson had a
lot to do with H.. for he was n nom Der
~ the rntnt, nAnrt ,yh.n Nah .~A..
and ID. ). Keefover raised n rumpus
about what was coming to them. 80
was Capt Godwin and y s.. Murdoch.
fou know Benson was n soldier, and !
expect wanted his share of IL. Then
the fellows, you know, were not all
here when IL was all collected and aid
not get all that was coming TO them,
and Lee Shaw was out on the plait q
until 1868. Gross and Keefover said
they got $l2 apiece wher they were at
home on Veteran Furloughs," IN
February. 1864, and then 10 1877 or rs
they found out they ought to nave had
enough to make them equal with the
other fellows, and the court agreed TO
give them Ss4 a piece, more. Then
there were a lot more come in and
claimed thc1 had not got their share,
but the court said the levy was laid
aud the people had paid the tax TO pay
tins bounty to the soldiers and the
county did not have the money and IT,
would not be right To collect IL off the
people again, so the matter dropped
Tor awhile and the court house was
burned and the boys did not Say nny.
thiRg nOout it. until 1884, when John
w. Hardestv gave the case To Judge
Brannon, and the Judge told him the
limitation barred their claims. Now.
Deacon" you live right there ia King
wood with Farmer" Heermans and II
that il what he is mad mt Lee about.
tell him IL was not Lee. and Just toll
him who IL q IL was Hardesty, and
ne may let mp on Lee. Blu ! tell you,
Deacon when those fellows get n
spite at an old soldier. they 20 right In
for killing him off. Don't you mind
how Dawson and those other fellows
used to kick poor old Frank Huffman
and he only had one leg; but they did
wv @top VI htIhA anu We UtNtF COni0
find ont wnatt they got mad at him for.
unless il was because Frank kicked
out OF the traces ami would run for
sheriff when they did o want him TO.
Rut IL might ia va been the making OF
Frank. for hetoould not get 10 be sher-
ia. and they say he has get 20 be a
great warrior and statesman. / am
glad q rear IL, for Francis Ia a right
good fellow and " they let him alone
no and Farmer" and "gordy" DAYTON
are going TO build the greatest navy
the world ever produced. Gor y"
has been working at IL for four years.
and they say lac is going bach this
winter ~ finish ID aud they say ''0or.
dy'' has done "A lot OF things for the
old soldier 20, IN trying 70 get their
pensions; but you know the soldiers
bel ped 20 elect him and the Govern.
mcnt pays him five thousand dollars A
year to help the soldiers get pensions
and things like that. but they say that
"GOrdy' got mad and talked real mean
To Bill r. Menear and some more OF
them. because they wanted postoffices
and things he had promised % other
fellows, and ] eNpsct there vas n lot
Of soldiers who did not vote for him
this time because he said they wanted
TO id much, and did not mount 10
much nOway and ne could get along
without them And they suy he was
going TO get 5000 majority. bot when
they counted MP everything no only
got SOC. Now Deacon" you find out
II "Gordy" did tslk that way - Bill =
hepear because he wanted the post
Office az Kingwood. and ind oct il BnI
L. Mcnear and Lenhart and Jim'lYhite
and George Walls got t0gstber two
years ago and OWED the offices. ami
esch ore ot them chose the one he
wEuted md if Bill r. did not get % be
the assessor. that . wanted the post
Office ta ken from Jim White. 40 he
could get H. and when you write 30
Va IL yOu have found out these thing.
and tell us how everything rs. We
will write ~ vou again and tell Won a
lot more ne want 10 know. but don't
you forget To- zee Farmer" Heermans
and Sad DOT IL Ice Shaw il alive and n
you are Sc rcs ~ something to Gil M
the paper this week, YOU may pot this
In your Da per. and when we write
again We viii tell you things that
hapOcusd 10 the war and hos the old
veteran Tas cheated out 81 his 6oyerg-
mrnt bouutv MS we'll - his Iocni