West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-10-16

obtained guide aud We proceeded to ex-
plcse the mines in search OF the man Who
knows politics to flush We soon came
upon me Squire where he was directing the
repais of switch. lie at once recognized
me aud saloted me with awarm grasp of
the baud. You will understand Mr. Ram
bier ,ha, aa not now In politics. The
tune Vas that l took gres, iu,eres, in my
party aud us welfare bot you are well aware
ot the fact ,hata reward Tor my service to
my country aud my party never come. 1
intercepted. Can You assign any isason for
the disfranehisemeu, you have received at
the hands of the par,ys have no complaint
TO make agains, the rank aud tile Of my
party. You know the leaders have dictated
aud dominated everything in the way Of
Office since Henry Glover surrendered the
party to the sticker element. What do you
mean BY the s,ieker element I mean that
the Mccormick faction. of which was
snember. VAS recognized by our State com.
mittee as the Republican party and that the
boiling faction had ,o get ON to the ticket by
shin plaster process. You see they would
have their names printed on slip aud stick
4, on to the ticket over the name u the reg.
nlsr nominee. Besides the hostility to me
rs Mccormick man l am veteran soldier
of the civil war and while the Republican
party OF Preston county is not run by the
Southern Confederaey it IS run by their Off
spring hence they show an old soldier no
quarter. Lee Shaw is the only man that
occupies The position that / do Who ever
Knocked them on, aud II you know any
thing about him YOU know that he never sur.
renders but submits every time that he gets
licked aud goes at them next time The
facts are the same hand that smo,e me smote
Bill +. Menear when he was candidate for
land assessor. Since that understand that
they have been throwing HIM n bone occa-
Nonaity hut l have been 10 bones myself
and am waiting patiently to get even with
my prosecutor when the time comes and
am informed tina, il is coming
Can You tell me anything about the bus.
iness prospects OF yout section? Oh yes We
are having business To burn. IL Is nov an
uudisputed fact that very large per ceut of
the business that is tn he done ia Preston
county will he done from Newburr to
Prneic Run. The facts are IL will be the
center of population for the next forty years.
The Austen aud Newburg Companies. the
Merchants Company of Tunnel,on and the
Atlantic Company of Pdngle Run will un.
doubiedly mine more coal in the period
named than all others In Preston as they
have the coal, the money and the railroad
facilities TO market their product. This has
had wonderful effect on real estate. To
illustrate, es Sheriff Shaw owns large sur
vey OF land adjoining the Atlantic Coal
plan, on Pringe Run that the surface WAS
worth twenty dollars per acre which now
commands fifty dollars per acre. We are
Informed that the Sheriff offered the com.
psny fifty for a small psrsei adjoining his
land. which offer was not accepted. Our
CREATES, trouble seems TO be an unwsrrant.
able rate Of local taxation ranging as high
as 50 90 on the hundred valuation in the
town Of Kingwood with function a close
second.
IL the Democracy can reduce this burden
as they announce in their local platform why
no, give them chance and farther deponent
'sayeth not. THE RAMBLER.