West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-10-30
A REPUBLICAN OF 81
Writes up the. Race for Court Commits
Soner Down In Pleasant District.

." ."e t''efs ~ Sfeds0Nf Disfftt4
You are ate aware fellow citizens tina, ",
arc ON the eve of election and as the Re
publican Party has nominee who is now OF
tho Republican ticket for County Com
missioner, who has represented or rattle,
misreprcsenled your wishes as a member OF
the County Court Of Preston county, is .
Democrat aud always was SO recognized a,
such unIil two years ago, aud he was az
Independent, candidate for County Com
missioner of said county. When with Re
publieans he was Republican and
had voted for Mckinley but whispered
in the ears of the Republicans, II don,
want the Democrats to know it," for he
wanted their votes, and go, them and
by 50 doing, defeated their regular Demo,
cratic aud Republican nominees
Now fellow citizens you have tried him
two years. Let us see now what he has
done. The Grst vote he gave was to send
| the Sheriff 10 take four thousand dollars OF
your tolls FOR your share Of The Rowlesbure
bridge aeross Chea, River; he has given you
SO cents on the hundred dollars as levy;
he has left you the legacy your share OF
more than eleven thousand dollars Indebted
ness OF the county; he has taken sIs 90
per mile Of the pike funds for keeping up
your pixies following the example of the
Board OF Education has doubled your cleo
ton expenses, causing two set of Com.
missionefs to travel To the county seat To
receive The poll books and ballots and the
same In returning them, two of the said
voting places not being five rods apart. lie
has spent hundred dollars or more, for
making ROAD from John G. Gibson's farm
10 Cheat River 10 mouth Of Big Sandy,
where no person resides, or any road meets
IL, solely for the benefit of excursionis,s
from Pennsy lvani, and other places, to
terminus Of said road. that they may dyna-
mite your fish and destroy your game aud
have good Time generally at your expense.
lie has made YOU pay your share to pur.
chase road machine for Giant district, and
when more than sixlylive citzcns Of Pleas.
an, dlsric, who travel tn Bfuceion Mills to
get their whea, ground aud 10 the black
smith shop and stores to do their trading
aud have their smi,hiug done, had asked 10
have short road made from the Terra Alta
pike near &. 5. Rexroads, TO the mouth of
| Is. j.. higgins lane ! through the edge Of
Crant district, shortening the distance one
bundled aud soyen,y rods to Bruceion Mills
aud enabling (by making said road) the
annulling of two miles Of road in Pleasant
district, and one mile in Grant district, dis.
pensing with the necessity Of keeping up a
bridge across Lille Sandy Creek. which
would have TO be rebuilt in the near future,
which II built Of iron would cost from seven
10 eight bundled dollars Who before he
was sworn Ia as Commissioner, went over
into Gran; district, went over The proposed
road aud when the matter Came up before
the County Cont voted against ii, and has
ever since ben throwing every obs,rciion
in the way Of building said road 10 his
power Aud only at last Court when par
ties favorable TO building said road, asked
said Court to appoint other viewers ior The
purpose Of surveying aud making an accu-
rate measurement Of said proposed road
and when tic persons designated to make
said survey and measurement, were agreed
upon, one from Pleasant and two from Grant
district, and after the friends Of the pro.
posed road had returned home the whole
program was changed Al three Of The
viewers taken from Grant district who we're
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road, all for the purpose Of eiieetng COM
promise. pretty compromise TO hand
cuff aud tic hand and foot the friends Of the
proposed road, and hand them over to il.
And this is not all under the instruction
Of his chief Of police George w. Bishop,
who took him IN tow, went over the pro-
posed change ia lime road up Muddy Creek
through the lands of Nolan Chdesicr, T..
X. Miller ana I r. Feathers for tie pur.
pose Of defeating said road which is now
open for travel, and is Of incalcniable value
TO the people Of Pleasant as we'll as to ;he
| citizens a Portland and Graui districts.
| Nothing uncommon to sec forty or City
teams hauling lime aud coal 10 enrich their
farms. Paid WIN A. Wolfe thirty dollars
for ihe permission to change a road shor,
distance through his lands and gave hiu,
back better piece aud lowered the grade
bot very little on one side Of the bill and on
The other side Of the bill left the grade
sleeper and for much longer distance, said
road being 30 the shape u triangle Had
he stopped e., The base Of the bril- on the
west side. and took the fass II the TRANCE
and ron up by where the Old saemn stood.
would have shortened the distance thirty
rods. reducing the grade from ten degrees 10
AZ least three degrees. after being offered
a donation e twenty dollars 10 help make
said change.
Now fellow citizens. look al youi roads,
see The condition they are in. Now fellow
| Republicans. look N the two men. take your
choice. John a Wolf. who has grown up
with y3u and been win you all his lie. be
and bis father having contributed hbefally
toward Oh TIE enterprises # Preston couniy.
managed bis business wisely. and WIN. J.
| Mcihcuey, who has been here and there
/ and has not been identified with the interests
of the county, is here to-day and may bc
cone to.muuow is good miller you
/ paying him one eighth ifituie for lis
/ grinding.
/ Now. genilcmeD. take Youf choice lt's
| Democrat VI YOU take John A., and It's
Democrat II y9u take William J. II Re.
publican memory IS NOT a. fault The Argus
claimed WIN J. as a Democrat at the time
Of his election two years ago. The only
difference Republican can see between the
/ iwo--l0in a. IS pig all the time, good
whenever you find hiin--Wm. J. is pig or
pup. just according to the company be is in.
RrpUmTCAN 1901